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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 290 points (18.1/g), 13th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 300 points (18.8/g), 19th.
Differential of -10 points (-0.6/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 7.7-8.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 6th.
Coached by Monte Clark (7-9-0)
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1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 3 | box | L | 0-1 | Green Bay Packers | 7 | 13 | 11 | 122 | 40 | 82 | 1 | 16 | 212 | 31 | 181 | ||
| 2 | Sat | September 9 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 15 | 7 | 11 | 196 | 47 | 149 | 2 | 10 | 109 | -31 | 140 | 6 |
| 3 | Sun | September 17 | box | L | 1-2 | Chicago Bears | 0 | 19 | 15 | 237 | 94 | 143 | 2 | 15 | 326 | 141 | 185 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 24 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 28 | 15 | 261 | 129 | 132 | 21 | 245 | 158 | 87 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 1 | box | L | 1-4 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 35 | 14 | 227 | 101 | 126 | 1 | 16 | 482 | 261 | 221 | 4 |
| 6 | Sun | October 8 | box | L | 1-5 | Washington Redskins | 19 | 21 | 19 | 374 | 143 | 231 | 1 | 12 | 284 | 208 | 76 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 15 | box | L | 1-6 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 14 | 13 | 169 | 147 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 248 | 122 | 126 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | box | W | 2-6 | San Diego Chargers | 31 | 14 | 29 | 461 | 188 | 273 | 2 | 16 | 304 | 215 | 89 | 6 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 29 | box | W | 3-6 | @ | Chicago Bears | 21 | 17 | 23 | 315 | 181 | 134 | 1 | 21 | 358 | 191 | 167 | 2 |
| 10 | Sun | November 5 | box | L | 3-7 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 17 | 11 | 175 | 105 | 70 | 3 | 22 | 312 | 188 | 124 | 5 |
| 11 | Sun | November 12 | box | W | 4-7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 34 | 23 | 20 | 404 | 193 | 211 | 3 | 18 | 202 | 89 | 113 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 19 | box | L | 4-8 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 17 | 29 | 18 | 328 | 208 | 120 | 4 | 24 | 280 | 119 | 161 | 1 |
| 13 | Thu | November 23 | box | W | 5-8 | Denver Broncos | 17 | 14 | 15 | 244 | 105 | 139 | 1 | 16 | 233 | 105 | 128 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 3 | box | L | 5-9 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 21 | 16 | 224 | 119 | 105 | 5 | 18 | 284 | 151 | 133 | 1 |
| 15 | Sat | December 9 | box | W | 6-9 | Minnesota Vikings | 45 | 14 | 22 | 507 | 350 | 157 | 2 | 16 | 235 | 213 | 22 | 3 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 17 | box | W | 7-9 | San Francisco 49ers | 33 | 14 | 17 | 221 | 152 | 69 | 2 | 20 | 369 | 138 | 231 | 7 | |