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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 239 points (14.9/g), 27th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 421 points (26.3/g), 28th.
Differential of -182 points (-11.4/g), 28th.
Expected W-L: 3.3-12.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 25th.
Coached by Ted Marchibroda (5-11-0)
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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 | Mon | September 4 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 38 | 9 | 181 | 82 | 99 | 3 | 25 | 583 | 305 | 278 | 3 |
| 2 | Sun | September 10 | box | L | 0-2 | Miami Dolphins | 0 | 42 | 18 | 247 | 151 | 96 | 7 | 20 | 440 | 148 | 292 | 2 | |
| 3 | Mon | September 18 | box | W | 1-2 | @ | New England Patriots | 34 | 27 | 15 | 361 | 265 | 96 | 4 | 23 | 429 | 223 | 206 | 4 |
| 4 | Sun | September 24 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 17 | 24 | 16 | 307 | 125 | 182 | 3 | 12 | 247 | 118 | 129 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 1 | box | L | 1-4 | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 17 | 13 | 234 | 145 | 89 | 1 | 21 | 362 | 117 | 245 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 8 | box | W | 2-4 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 17 | 14 | 222 | 66 | 156 | 2 | 21 | 343 | 198 | 145 | 3 |
| 7 | Sun | October 15 | box | L | 2-5 | New York Jets | 10 | 33 | 23 | 360 | 211 | 149 | 5 | 17 | 403 | 199 | 204 | ||
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | box | W | 3-5 | Denver Broncos | 7 | 6 | 11 | 237 | 131 | 106 | 1 | 17 | 341 | 190 | 151 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 29 | box | L | 3-6 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 8 | 26 | 13 | 231 | 39 | 192 | 6 | 14 | 309 | 189 | 120 | 2 |
| 10 | Mon | November 6 | box | W | 4-6 | Washington Redskins | 21 | 17 | 16 | 305 | 160 | 145 | 1 | 13 | 255 | 116 | 139 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 12 | box | W | 5-6 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 17 | 14 | 14 | 248 | 115 | 133 | 1 | 18 | 263 | 95 | 168 | 3 |
| 12 | Sun | November 19 | box | L | 5-7 | Cleveland Browns | 24 | 45 | 22 | 329 | 267 | 62 | 1 | 20 | 480 | 309 | 171 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 5-8 | New England Patriots | 14 | 35 | 18 | 300 | 155 | 145 | 3 | 15 | 460 | 232 | 228 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 3 | box | L | 5-9 | @ | New York Jets | 16 | 24 | 17 | 244 | 75 | 169 | 2 | 19 | 377 | 175 | 202 | 4 |
| 15 | Sat | December 9 | box | L | 5-10 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 35 | 12 | 129 | 43 | 86 | 5 | 20 | 373 | 234 | 139 | 3 |
| 16 | Sun | December 17 | box | L | 5-11 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 21 | 18 | 172 | 33 | 139 | 2 | 16 | 246 | 53 | 193 | 1 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 239 | 4107 | 964 | 4.3 | 249 | 202 | 383 | 2063 | 17 | 30 | 4.8 | 124 | 532 | 2044 | 9 | 3.8 | 95 | 47 | 17 | 30 |
| Team Defense | 421 | 5911 | 1049 | 5.6 | 429 | 191 | 357 | 2901 | 29 | 17 | 7.5 | 119 | 662 | 3010 | 21 | 4.5 | 291 | 37 | 20 | 19 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 27 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 28 | 17 | 23 | 10 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 28 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 7 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Troup | 27 | QB | 12 | 11 | 154 | 296 | 52.0 | 1882 | 10 | 3.4 | 21 | 7.1 | 67 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 12.2 | 156.8 | 53.6 | 32 | 340 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 9.8 |
| Bert Jones | 27 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 42 | 64.3 | 370 | 4 | 9.5 | 1 | 2.4 | 78 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 13.7 | 123.3 | 114.2 | 6 | 62 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 12.5 | |
| Mike Kirkland | 24 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 41 | 46.3 | 211 | 1 | 2.4 | 8 | 19.5 | 34 | 5.1 | -3.4 | 11.1 | 13.2 | 30.7 | 11 | 78 | 2.6 | -4.2 | 21.2 | |
| Joe Washington | 25 | RB | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 80 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 5.0 | 135.4 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 |
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 202 | 383 | 52.7 | 2543 | 17 | 4.4 | 30 | 7.8 | 78 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 12.6 | 158.9 | 55.9 | 49 | 480 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 11.3 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 191 | 357 | 53.5 | 2901 | 29 | 8.1 | 17 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 15.2 | 181.3 | 87.8 | 30 | 224 | 7.5 | 5.7 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Joe Washington | 25 | RB | 16 | 12 | 240 | 956 | 0 | 29 | 4.0 | 59.8 | 15.0 | 45 | 377 | 8.4 | 1 | 33 | 2.8 | 23.6 | 1333 | 1 | 12 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 25 | FB | 12 | 12 | 83 | 266 | 2 | 11 | 3.2 | 22.2 | 6.9 | 9 | 111 | 12.3 | 2 | 27 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 377 | 4 | 3 |
| Ron Lee | 25 | 15 | 4 | 81 | 374 | 1 | 24 | 4.6 | 24.9 | 5.4 | 13 | 109 | 8.4 | 1 | 24 | 0.9 | 7.3 | 483 | 2 | 3 | |
| Don Hardeman | 26 | 13 | 0 | 48 | 244 | 0 | 46 | 5.1 | 18.8 | 3.7 | 10 | 88 | 8.8 | 0 | 19 | 0.8 | 6.8 | 332 | 0 | 1 | |
| Don McCauley | 29 | 15 | 1 | 44 | 107 | 5 | 10 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 2.9 | 34 | 296 | 8.7 | 0 | 21 | 2.3 | 19.7 | 403 | 5 | 2 | |
| Bill Troup | 27 | QB | 12 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 25 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Bert Jones | 27 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 4.2 | 12.7 | 3.0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mike Kirkland | 24 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Glenn Doughty | 31 | WR | 15 | 15 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 25 | 390 | 15.6 | 3 | 46 | 1.7 | 26.0 | 389 | 3 | 1 |
| Roger Carr | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30 | 629 | 21.0 | 6 | 78 | 1.9 | 39.3 | 629 | 6 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 31 | TE | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 210 | 11.7 | 2 | 23 | 1.1 | 13.1 | 210 | 2 | 0 | |
| Reese McCall | 22 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 160 | 14.5 | 1 | 34 | 0.7 | 10.0 | 160 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Siani | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 1 | 49 | 0.9 | 21.6 | 151 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marshall Johnson | 26 | RET | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 22 | 0 | 5 | |
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 532 | 2044 | 9 | 46 | 3.8 | 127.8 | 33.3 | 202 | 2543 | 12.6 | 17 | 78 | 12.6 | 158.9 | 4587 | 26 | 38 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 662 | 3010 | 21 | 4.5 | 188.1 | 41.4 | 191 | 2901 | 15.2 | 29 | 11.9 | 181.3 | 5911 | 50 | 36 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Marshall Johnson | 26 | RET | 15 | 1 | 25 | 143 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 41 | 927 | 0 | 57 | 22.6 | 1092 |
| Joe Washington | 25 | RB | 16 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 17 | 5.3 | 19 | 499 | 1 | 90 | 26.3 | 1869 |
| Don McCauley | 29 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 150 | 0 | 31 | 21.4 | 553 | ||||||
| Don Hardeman | 26 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 15 | 12.0 | 368 | ||||||
| Lyle Blackwood | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 20 |
| Randy Burke | 23 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |
| Reese McCall | 22 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 37.0 | 197 | ||||||
| Don Morrison | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob Van Duyne | 26 | RT | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 35 | 219 | 0 | 37 | 6.3 | 74 | 1648 | 1 | 90 | 22.3 | 6454 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 53 | 0 | 52 | 1271 | 1 | 24.4 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| David Lee | 35 | P | 16 | 0 | 92 | 3513 | 67 | 2 | 38.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Toni Linhart | 36 | K | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 47.1% | 31 | 27 | 87.1% | |||||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 47.1% | 31 | 27 | 87.1% | 92 | 3513 | 67 | 2 | 38.2 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 24 | 14 | 58.3% | 54 | 53 | 98.1% | 80 | 2856 | 35.7 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Tim Baylor | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lyle Blackwood | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 4 | 146 | 2 | 79 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Fred Cook | 26 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Glenn Doughty | 31 | WR | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Dutton | 27 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wade Griffin | 24 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Hardeman | 26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Marshall Johnson | 26 | RET | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bert Jones | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Laird | 28 | SS | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 25 | FB | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Lee | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Derrel Luce | 26 | llb | 16 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 1 | ||||||
| Reese McCall | 22 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Don McCauley | 29 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ken Mendenhall | 30 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lloyd Mumphord | 32 | lcb | 16 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Doug Nettles | 27 | RCB | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Stu O'Dell | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Rowe | 33 | ldt/rdt | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sanders Shiver | 24 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ed Simonini | 24 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Norm Thompson | 33 | LCB | 13 | 9 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Troup | 27 | QB | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | -12 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Van Duyne | 26 | RT | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Washington | 25 | RB | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Stan White | 29 | RLB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 17 | 249 | 2 | 79 | 38 | 40 | 77 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 49 | 36 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Linhart | 36 | K | 16 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 51 | |||||||||
| Roger Carr | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Don McCauley | 29 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 25 | FB | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 24 | |||||||||
| Glenn Doughty | 31 | WR | 15 | 15 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Mack Alston | 31 | TE | 16 | 13 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Lyle Blackwood | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ron Lee | 25 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Reese McCall | 22 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Joe Washington | 25 | RB | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Derrel Luce | 26 | llb | 16 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mike Siani | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bill Troup | 27 | QB | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Randy Burke | 23 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 239 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 421 |