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1978 Green Bay Packers

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Record: 8-7-1, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 249 points (15.6/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 269 points (16.8/g), 8th.
 Differential of -20 points (-1.2/g), 18th.
 Expected W-L: 7.3-8.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 8th.

Coached by Bart Starr (8-7-1)

1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 @ Detroit Lions 13 7 16 212 31 181 11 122 40 82 1
2 Sun September 10 box W 2-0 New Orleans Saints 28 17 20 376 156 220 2 25 395 295 100 1
3 Sun September 17 box L 2-1 Oakland Raiders 3 28 13 196 117 79 3 28 420 72 348 4
4 Sun September 24 box W 3-1 @ San Diego Chargers 24 3 9 127 9 118 2 20 245 154 91 11
5 Sun October 1 box W 4-1 Detroit Lions 35 14 16 482 261 221 4 14 227 101 126 1
6 Sun October 8 box W 5-1 Chicago Bears 24 14 8 166 68 98 2 21 357 210 147 5
7 Sun October 15 box W 6-1 Seattle Seahawks 45 28 20 369 179 190 3 23 483 289 194 7
8 Sun October 22 box L 6-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 7 21 14 247 118 129 2 22 294 234 60 1
9 Sun October 29 box W 7-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 7 18 249 158 91 4 7 170 98 72 3
10 Sun November 5 box L 7-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 3 10 15 385 211 174 5 10 148 97 51 1
11 Sun November 12 box L 7-4 Dallas Cowboys 14 42 9 142 76 66 3 32 537 224 313 2
12 Sun November 19 box L 7-5 @ Denver Broncos 3 16 13 263 179 84 1 19 359 144 215
13 Sun November 26 box T 7-5-1 Minnesota Vikings 10 10 16 318 164 154 3 15 293 182 111 5
14 Sun December 3 box W 8-5-1 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 7 11 173 108 65 1 20 321 144 177 3
15 Sun December 10 box L 8-6-1 @ Chicago Bears 0 14 11 161 83 78 3 17 293 119 174 1
16 Sun December 17 box L 8-7-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 31 17 241 166 75 4 18 299 121 178 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 249 4107 944 4.4 226 180 357 2084 11 18 5.3 101 550 2023 16 3.7 105 42 24 20
Team Defense 269 4963 1131 4.4 467 254 463 2524 16 27 4.9 143 620 2439 19 3.9 302 47 20 22
Lg Rank Offense 22 24 28 27 23 24 8 18 19 24 12 21 19 26
Lg Rank Defense 8 19 21 27 16 12 7 6 23 22 19 16 4 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
David Whitehurst 23 QB 16 16 168 328 51.2 2093 10 3.0 17 5.2 58 6.4 4.4 12.5 130.8 59.9 35 258 5.1 3.2 9.6
Dennis Sproul 22 6 0 5 13 38.5 87 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 6.7 6.7 17.4 14.5 62.0 1 7 5.7 5.7 7.1
Bobby Douglass 31 12 0 5 12 41.7 90 1 8.3 1 8.3 30 7.5 4.6 18.0 7.5 61.1 1 9 6.2 3.5 7.7
David Beverly 28 P 16 0 2 2 100.0 88 0 0.0 0 0.0 57 44.0 44.0 44.0 5.5 118.7 0 0 44.0 44.0 0.0
James Lofton* 22 WR 16 16 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 24.9 16 180 357 50.4 2358 11 3.1 18 5.0 58 6.6 4.6 13.1 147.4 60.9 37 274 5.3 3.5 9.4
Opp Total 16 254 463 54.9 2524 16 3.5 27 5.8 5.5 3.2 9.9 157.8 57.7 48 386 4.9 2.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Terdell Middleton* 23 RB 16 16 284 1116 11 76 3.9 69.8 17.8 34 332 9.8 1 50 2.1 20.8 1448 12 8
Barty Smith 26 FB 16 0 154 567 4 33 3.7 35.4 9.6 37 256 6.9 0 24 2.3 16.0 823 4 5
Jim Culbreath 26 12 0 30 92 0 15 3.1 7.7 2.5 7 78 11.1 0 19 0.6 6.5 170 0 1
David Whitehurst 23 QB 16 16 28 67 1 18 2.4 4.2 1.8 67 1 8
Nate Simpson 24 16 0 27 58 0 11 2.1 3.6 1.7 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 62 0 1
Walter Landers 25 4 0 7 40 0 10 5.7 10.0 1.8 40 0 0
Eric Torkelson 26 14 0 6 18 0 6 3.0 1.3 0.4 2 36 18.0 0 31 0.1 2.6 54 0 0
Aundra Thompson 25 WR 16 16 4 25 0 13 6.3 1.6 0.3 26 527 20.3 2 57 1.6 32.9 552 2 1
Bobby Douglass 31 12 0 4 27 0 17 6.8 2.3 0.3 27 0 0
James Lofton* 22 WR 16 16 3 13 0 15 4.3 0.8 0.2 46 818 17.8 6 58 2.9 51.1 831 6 2
Dennis Sproul 22 6 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 2
David Beverly 28 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Rich McGeorge 30 TE 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 247 10.7 1 25 1.4 15.4 247 1 0
Steve Odom 26 RET 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 60 15.0 1 18 0.3 5.0 60 1 2
Team Total 24.9 16 550 2023 16 76 3.7 126.4 34.4 180 2358 13.1 11 58 11.3 147.4 4381 27 35
Opp Total 16 620 2439 19 3.9 152.4 38.8 254 2524 9.9 16 15.9 157.8 4963 35 40

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Steve Odom 26 RET 12 0 33 298 0 48 9.0 25 677 1 95 27.1 1035
Johnnie Gray 25 FS 16 16 11 95 0 22 8.6 95
Aundra Thompson 25 WR 16 16 6 124 0 31 20.7 676
Steve Wagner 24 16 0 6 84 0 17 14.0 84
Jim Culbreath 26 12 0 4 58 0 20 14.5 228
Estus Hood 23 16 0 3 74 0 26 24.7 74
Howard Sampson 22 15 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 23 0 23 23.0 23
Jim Gueno 24 15 1 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Ezra Johnson* 23 RDE 16 16 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Walter Landers 25 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 40
James Lofton* 22 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 831
Rich McGeorge 30 TE 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 247
Terdell Middleton* 23 RB 16 16 1 22 0 22 22.0 1470
Barty Smith 26 FB 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 823
Walter Tullis 25 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 24.9 16 46 393 0 48 8.5 52 1085 1 95 20.9 5859
Opp Total 16 51 0 52 1015 0 19.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
David Beverly 28 P 16 0 106 3759 57 0 35.5
Chester Marcol 29 K 16 0 2 2 5 3 5 2 6 4 1 19 11 57.9% 30 30 100.0%
Team Total 24.9 16 2 2 5 3 5 2 6 4 1 19 11 57.9% 30 30 100.0% 106 3759 57 0 35.5
Opp Total 16 18 5 27.8% 36 36 100.0% 90 3411 37.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
John Anderson 22 RLB 13 12 5 27 0 12 0 1 0 0
Bob Barber 27 16 0 0 1 0 0
Carl Barzilauskas 27 RDT 16 0 1 5 0 5
David Beverly 28 P 16 0 1 0 -11 0
Willie Buchanon*+ 28 LCB 16 16 9 93 1 77 0 1 0 0
Jim Carter 30 14 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Culbreath 26 12 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Douglass 23 16 3 0 2 0 0
Johnnie Gray 25 FS 16 16 3 66 0 66 1 2 0 0
Estus Hood 23 16 0 3 18 0 18 0 1 0 0
Mike Hunt 22 MLB 16 0 1 10 0 10 0 1 0 0
Ezra Johnson* 23 RDE 16 16 0 2 0 0
James Lofton* 22 WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
Steve Luke 25 SS 16 16 2 91 1 63 0 2 0 0
Mike C. McCoy 25 RCB 16 16 3 34 0 23 2 1 0 0
Terdell Middleton* 23 RB 16 16 8 0 0 0
Rick Nuzum 26 16 0 0 1 15 0
Steve Odom 26 RET 12 0 2 1 0 0
Dave Roller 29 LDT 16 0 0 2 -2 0
Howard Sampson 22 15 0 1 0 0 0
Nate Simpson 24 16 0 1 0 0 0
Barty Smith 26 FB 16 0 5 1 0 0
Dennis Sproul 22 6 0 2 1 -5 0
Aundra Thompson 25 WR 16 16 1 1 0 0
Eric Torkelson 26 14 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Weaver 29 LLB 16 0 0 1 0 0
David Whitehurst 23 QB 16 16 8 2 -28 0
Team Total 24.9 16 27 344 2 77 35 27 -31 0
Opp Total 16 37 40 20 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Terdell Middleton* 23 RB 16 16 11 1 72
Chester Marcol 29 K 16 0 30 11 63
James Lofton* 22 WR 16 16 6 36
Barty Smith 26 FB 16 0 4 24
Steve Odom 26 RET 12 0 1 1 12
Aundra Thompson 25 WR 16 16 2 12
Willie Buchanon*+ 28 LCB 16 16 1 6
Walter Landers 25 4 0 1 6
Steve Luke 25 SS 16 16 1 6
Rich McGeorge 30 TE 16 0 1 6
David Whitehurst 23 QB 16 16 1 6
Team Total 24.9 16 16 11 1 2 1 30 11 249
Opp Total 16 19 16 36 5 1 269