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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 334 points (20.9/g), 8th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 356 points (22.2/g), 25th.
Differential of -22 points (-1.4/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 7.4-8.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 22nd.
Coached by Sam Rutigliano (8-8-0)
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1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 3 | box | W | 1-0 | San Francisco 49ers | 24 | 7 | 18 | 393 | 180 | 213 | 3 | 18 | 295 | 164 | 131 | 6 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 10 | box | W | 2-0 | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 10 | 20 | 355 | 186 | 169 | 1 | 14 | 277 | 162 | 115 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 17 | box | W | 3-0 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 24 | 16 | 17 | 308 | 198 | 110 | 3 | 17 | 234 | 147 | 87 | 4 |
| 4 | Sun | September 24 | box | L | 3-1 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 15 | 19 | 199 | 102 | 97 | 2 | 18 | 339 | 200 | 139 | 3 |
| 5 | Sun | October 1 | box | L | 3-2 | Houston Oilers | 13 | 16 | 11 | 182 | 104 | 78 | 4 | 20 | 379 | 215 | 164 | 4 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 8 | box | W | 4-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 24 | 16 | 20 | 271 | 92 | 179 | 3 | 21 | 298 | 231 | 67 | 2 |
| 7 | Sun | October 15 | box | L | 4-3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 34 | 19 | 360 | 228 | 132 | 4 | 20 | 321 | 153 | 168 | ||
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 4-4 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 17 | 11 | 162 | 51 | 111 | 3 | 17 | 238 | 48 | 190 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 29 | box | W | 5-4 | Buffalo Bills | 41 | 20 | 28 | 532 | 223 | 309 | 1 | 28 | 283 | 201 | 82 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 5 | box | L | 5-5 | @ | Houston Oilers | 10 | 14 | 10 | 194 | 166 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 392 | 236 | 156 | 4 |
| 11 | Sun | November 12 | box | L | 5-6 | Denver Broncos | 7 | 19 | 14 | 255 | 145 | 110 | 3 | 17 | 323 | 214 | 109 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 19 | box | W | 6-6 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 45 | 24 | 20 | 480 | 309 | 171 | 2 | 22 | 329 | 267 | 62 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | November 26 | box | W | 7-6 | Los Angeles Rams | 30 | 19 | 16 | 357 | 227 | 130 | 3 | 24 | 363 | 215 | 148 | 5 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 3 | box | L | 7-7 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 24 | 47 | 24 | 452 | 259 | 193 | 6 | 28 | 418 | 235 | 183 | 2 |
| 15 | Sun | December 10 | box | W | 8-7 | New York Jets | 37 | 34 | 29 | 519 | 283 | 236 | 5 | 20 | 369 | 266 | 103 | 5 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 17 | box | L | 8-8 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 48 | 17 | 328 | 106 | 222 | 6 | 27 | 494 | 249 | 245 | 3 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 334 | 5347 | 1036 | 5.2 | 293 | 236 | 442 | 2859 | 22 | 21 | 6.0 | 130 | 559 | 2488 | 17 | 4.5 | 133 | 50 | 29 | 30 |
| Team Defense | 356 | 5352 | 1083 | 4.9 | 542 | 265 | 489 | 3203 | 20 | 27 | 6.2 | 175 | 563 | 2149 | 19 | 3.8 | 329 | 45 | 18 | 38 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 8 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 28 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 25 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Sipe | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 222 | 399 | 55.6 | 2906 | 21 | 5.3 | 15 | 3.8 | 69 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 13.1 | 181.6 | 80.7 | 29 | 229 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 6.8 |
| Mark Miller | 22 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 33.3 | 212 | 1 | 2.6 | 4 | 10.3 | 44 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 16.3 | 26.5 | 21.5 | 5 | 47 | 3.8 | -0.1 | 11.4 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 27 | RB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | -30.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -30.0 | 0.0 | |
| Johnny Evans | 22 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 1.2 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 236 | 442 | 53.4 | 3137 | 22 | 5.0 | 21 | 4.8 | 69 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 13.3 | 196.1 | 72.9 | 35 | 278 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 7.3 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 265 | 489 | 54.2 | 3203 | 20 | 4.1 | 27 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 12.1 | 200.2 | 65.2 | 31 | 232 | 6.2 | 3.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Greg Pruitt | 27 | RB | 12 | 12 | 176 | 960 | 3 | 70 | 5.5 | 80.0 | 14.7 | 38 | 292 | 7.7 | 2 | 26 | 3.2 | 24.3 | 1252 | 5 | 12 |
| Mike Pruitt | 24 | FB | 16 | 9 | 135 | 560 | 5 | 71 | 4.1 | 35.0 | 8.4 | 20 | 112 | 5.6 | 0 | 15 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 672 | 5 | 3 |
| Cleo Miller | 26 | rb | 15 | 9 | 89 | 336 | 1 | 18 | 3.8 | 22.4 | 5.9 | 20 | 152 | 7.6 | 0 | 23 | 1.3 | 10.1 | 488 | 1 | 2 |
| Calvin Hill | 31 | 12 | 1 | 80 | 289 | 1 | 21 | 3.6 | 24.1 | 6.7 | 25 | 334 | 13.4 | 6 | 53 | 2.1 | 27.8 | 623 | 7 | 2 | |
| Brian Sipe | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 28 | 87 | 3 | 35 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 87 | 3 | 12 | |||||||
| Larry Collins | 23 | RET | 15 | 1 | 22 | 64 | 1 | 19 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 68 | 1 | 4 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 22 | TE | 16 | 16 | 13 | 96 | 2 | 33 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 38 | 589 | 15.5 | 2 | 47 | 2.4 | 36.8 | 685 | 4 | 1 |
| Mark Miller | 22 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 1 | 17 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 0.9 | 63 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tom Sullivan | 28 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 31 | WR | 15 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 43 | 893 | 20.8 | 8 | 69 | 2.9 | 59.5 | 907 | 8 | 3 |
| Johnny Evans | 22 | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Dave Logan | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37 | 585 | 15.8 | 4 | 44 | 2.3 | 36.6 | 585 | 4 | 0 | |
| Keith Wright | 22 | RET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 76 | 0 | 6 | |
| Ricky Feacher | 24 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 0 | 42 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 76 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Parris | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 559 | 2488 | 17 | 71 | 4.5 | 155.5 | 34.9 | 236 | 3137 | 13.3 | 22 | 69 | 14.8 | 196.1 | 5625 | 39 | 50 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 563 | 2149 | 19 | 3.8 | 134.3 | 35.2 | 265 | 3203 | 12.1 | 20 | 16.6 | 200.2 | 5352 | 39 | 35 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Keith Wright | 22 | RET | 16 | 0 | 37 | 288 | 0 | 42 | 7.8 | 30 | 789 | 0 | 86 | 26.3 | 1153 |
| Larry Collins | 23 | RET | 15 | 1 | 32 | 709 | 0 | 41 | 22.2 | 777 | |||||
| Tom Sullivan | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 27 | 22.5 | 117 | ||||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 22 | TE | 16 | 16 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 24 | 14.5 | 714 | |||||
| Randy Rich | 25 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 24 | 21.5 | 43 | ||||||
| Robert E. Jackson | 25 | RG | 16 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | |||||
| Cleo Miller | 26 | rb | 15 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 503 | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 27 | RB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 1283 | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 31 | WR | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 908 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 39 | 317 | 0 | 42 | 8.1 | 72 | 1697 | 0 | 86 | 23.6 | 7639 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 41 | 0 | 72 | 1469 | 1 | 20.4 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Johnny Evans | 22 | P | 16 | 0 | 79 | 3089 | 65 | 0 | 39.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Cockroft | 33 | K | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 67.9% | 40 | 37 | 92.5% | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 67.9% | 40 | 37 | 92.5% | 79 | 3089 | 65 | 0 | 39.1 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 29 | 22 | 75.9% | 41 | 36 | 87.8% | 82 | 3149 | 38.4 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Dick Ambrose | 25 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Bolton | 28 | lcb | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Collins | 23 | RET | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Thom Darden* | 28 | FS | 16 | 16 | 10 | 200 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Barry Darrow | 28 | RT | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oliver Davis | 24 | RCB | 13 | 13 | 6 | 65 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Tom DeLeone | 28 | C | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Dieken | 29 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Evans | 22 | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Feacher | 24 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Hall | 30 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Calvin Hill | 31 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Irons | 31 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ricky Jones | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Logan | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clay Matthews | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Cleo Miller | 26 | rb | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mark Miller | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mack Mitchell | 26 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 22 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Parris | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tony Peters | 25 | SS | 16 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Greg Pruitt | 27 | RB | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Pruitt | 24 | FB | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Rich | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | 31 | WR | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clarence R. Scott | 29 | LCB | 16 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Henry Sheppard | 26 | LG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mickey Sims | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | -11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike St. Clair | 25 | LDE | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gerry Sullivan | 26 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -26 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Sullivan | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Keith Wright | 22 | RET | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 27 | 353 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 50 | 39 | -1 | 0 | 34 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 35 | 35 | 17 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 33 | K | 16 | 0 | 37 | 19 | 94 | |||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | 31 | WR | 15 | 15 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Calvin Hill | 31 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Greg Pruitt | 27 | RB | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 30 | |||||||||
| Mike Pruitt | 24 | FB | 16 | 9 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Dave Logan | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 22 | TE | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 24 | |||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Larry Collins | 23 | RET | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Oliver Davis | 24 | RCB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Cleo Miller | 26 | rb | 15 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mark Miller | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 37 | 19 | 334 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 36 | 22 | 1 | 356 |