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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 351 points (25.1/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 230 points (16.4/g), 14th.
Differential of 121 points (8.6/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 10.2-3.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 6th.
Coached by John Madden (11-3-0)
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1977 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 18 | box | W | 1-0 | San Diego Chargers | 24 | 0 | 21 | 317 | 139 | 178 | 1 | 7 | 121 | 62 | 59 | 3 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 25 | box | W | 2-0 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 7 | 13 | 247 | 107 | 140 | 18 | 369 | 217 | 152 | 5 | |
| 3 | Mon | October 3 | box | W | 3-0 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 37 | 28 | 29 | 539 | 297 | 242 | 4 | 14 | 322 | 128 | 194 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 9 | box | W | 4-0 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 26 | 10 | 17 | 259 | 88 | 171 | 2 | 14 | 250 | 137 | 113 | 5 |
| 5 | Sun | October 16 | box | L | 4-1 | Denver Broncos | 7 | 30 | 21 | 326 | 239 | 87 | 8 | 8 | 200 | 98 | 102 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 23 | box | W | 5-1 | @ | New York Jets | 28 | 27 | 29 | 423 | 213 | 210 | 2 | 17 | 442 | 375 | 67 | 3 |
| 7 | Sun | October 30 | box | W | 6-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 24 | 14 | 17 | 270 | 70 | 200 | 19 | 278 | 180 | 98 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 6 | box | W | 7-1 | Seattle Seahawks | 44 | 7 | 29 | 397 | 149 | 248 | 13 | 177 | 51 | 126 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 13 | box | W | 8-1 | Houston Oilers | 34 | 29 | 24 | 365 | 255 | 110 | 4 | 13 | 352 | 196 | 156 | 5 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 20 | box | L | 8-2 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 7 | 12 | 10 | 142 | 30 | 112 | 1 | 18 | 310 | 47 | 263 | 2 |
| 11 | Mon | November 28 | box | W | 9-2 | Buffalo Bills | 34 | 13 | 26 | 473 | 166 | 307 | 4 | 18 | 304 | 239 | 65 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 4 | box | L | 9-3 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 20 | 27 | 351 | 153 | 198 | 6 | 19 | 302 | 165 | 137 | 2 |
| 13 | Sun | December 11 | box | W | 10-3 | Minnesota Vikings | 35 | 13 | 17 | 306 | 124 | 182 | 3 | 11 | 214 | 147 | 67 | 7 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 18 | box | W | 11-3 | Kansas City Chiefs | 21 | 20 | 25 | 321 | 79 | 242 | 5 | 15 | 335 | 180 | 155 | 6 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 24 | box | W | 12-3 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 37 | 31 | 28 | 491 | 324 | 167 | 4 | 22 | 301 | 114 | 187 | |
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 1 | box | L | 12-4 | @ | Denver Broncos | 17 | 20 | 20 | 298 | 204 | 94 | 3 | 16 | 308 | 217 | 91 | 1 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 351 | 4736 | 1030 | 4.6 | 305 | 184 | 324 | 2109 | 21 | 24 | 6.0 | 125 | 681 | 2627 | 20 | 3.9 | 156 | 40 | 16 | 24 |
| Team Defense | 230 | 3976 | 810 | 4.9 | 204 | 177 | 367 | 2222 | 17 | 26 | 5.5 | 105 | 408 | 1754 | 7 | 4.3 | 86 | 47 | 21 | 13 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 16 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 14 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Ken Stabler* | 32 | QB | 13 | 13 | 10-3-0 | 169 | 294 | 57.5 | 2176 | 20 | 6.8 | 20 | 6.8 | 44 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 12.9 | 167.4 | 75.2 | 16 | 141 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| 15 | Mike Rae | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 162 | 1 | 3.3 | 4 | 13.3 | 30 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 10.8 | 16.2 | 37.8 | 9 | 88 | 1.9 | -2.2 | 23.1 | |
| Team Total | 27.9 | 14 | 11-3-0 | 184 | 324 | 56.8 | 2338 | 21 | 6.5 | 24 | 7.4 | 44 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 12.7 | 167.0 | 70.2 | 25 | 229 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 7.2 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 177 | 367 | 48.2 | 2503 | 17 | 4.6 | 26 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 14.1 | 178.8 | 56.6 | 35 | 281 | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 30 | Mark van Eeghen | 25 | FB | 14 | 14 | 324 | 1273 | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 90.9 | 23.1 | 15 | 135 | 9.0 | 0 | 30 | 1.1 | 9.6 | 1408 | 7 | 3 |
| 28 | Clarence Davis | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 194 | 787 | 5 | 37 | 4.1 | 56.2 | 13.9 | 16 | 124 | 7.8 | 0 | 38 | 1.1 | 8.9 | 911 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 33 | 14 | 0 | 67 | 214 | 5 | 11 | 3.2 | 15.3 | 4.8 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 228 | 5 | 2 | |
| 31 | Carl Garrett | 30 | RET | 14 | 0 | 53 | 175 | 1 | 13 | 3.3 | 12.5 | 3.8 | 8 | 61 | 7.6 | 2 | 13 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 236 | 3 | 2 |
| 35 | Terry Robiskie | 23 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 100 | 1 | 10 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 100 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 15 | Mike Rae | 26 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 75 | 1 | 21 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 75 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 29 | Hubert Ginn | 30 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 12 | Ken Stabler* | 32 | QB | 13 | 13 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 87 | Dave Casper*+ | 26 | TE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 48 | 584 | 12.2 | 6 | 27 | 3.4 | 41.7 | 584 | 6 | 1 | |
| 25 | Fred Biletnikoff | 34 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33 | 446 | 13.5 | 5 | 44 | 2.4 | 31.9 | 446 | 5 | 1 | |
| 21 | Cliff Branch* | 29 | WR | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33 | 540 | 16.4 | 6 | 43 | 2.5 | 41.5 | 540 | 6 | 0 | |
| 49 | Mike Siani | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 | 344 | 14.3 | 2 | 39 | 2.0 | 28.7 | 344 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 81 | Morris Bradshaw | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 0 | 28 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 90 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.9 | 14 | 681 | 2627 | 20 | 37 | 3.9 | 187.6 | 48.6 | 184 | 2338 | 12.7 | 21 | 44 | 13.1 | 167.0 | 4965 | 41 | 22 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 408 | 1754 | 7 | 4.3 | 125.3 | 29.1 | 177 | 2222 | 12.6 | 17 | 12.6 | 158.7 | 3976 | 24 | 31 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 20 | Neal Colzie | 23 | RET | 13 | 3 | 32 | 334 | 0 | 23 | 10.4 | 334 | |||||
| 31 | Carl Garrett | 30 | RET | 14 | 0 | 21 | 420 | 0 | 31 | 20.0 | 656 | |||||
| 33 | Rick Jennings | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 19 | 7.8 | 4 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 132 | |
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 33 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 119 | 0 | 30 | 17.0 | 347 | ||||||
| 35 | Terry Robiskie | 23 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 83 | 0 | 24 | 13.8 | 183 | ||||||
| 28 | Clarence Davis | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 26 | 21.0 | 974 | |||||
| 29 | Hubert Ginn | 30 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 30 | 24.7 | 80 | ||||||
| 37 | Lester Hayes | 22 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 23 | 19.0 | 57 | ||||||
| 46 | Warren Bankston | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 76 | Mike McCoy | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.9 | 14 | 37 | 373 | 0 | 23 | 10.1 | 49 | 909 | 0 | 31 | 18.6 | 6247 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 31 | 0 | 63 | 997 | 0 | 15.8 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 14 | Errol Mann | 36 | K | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 20 | 71.4% | 42 | 39 | 92.9% | ||||||
| 8 | Ray Guy*+ | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 59 | 2552 | 74 | 0 | 43.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 20 | 71.4% | 42 | 39 | 92.9% | 59 | 2552 | 74 | 0 | 43.3 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 19 | 11 | 57.9% | 29 | 23 | 79.3% | 74 | 2782 | 37.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 43 | George Atkinson | 30 | SS | 12 | 11 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 33 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 56 | Jeff Barnes | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Fred Biletnikoff | 34 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Willie Brown | 37 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 64 | George Buehler | 30 | RG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Dave Casper*+ | 26 | TE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Neal Colzie | 23 | RET | 13 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 31 | Carl Garrett | 30 | RET | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Hubert Ginn | 30 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 39 | Willie Hall | 28 | RILB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 37 | Lester Hayes | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | |||||||
| 83 | Ted Hendricks | 30 | ROLB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 42 | Steve Jackson | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 33 | Rick Jennings | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 58 | Monte Johnson | 26 | LILB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| 70 | Henry Lawrence | 26 | RT | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 72 | John Matuszak | 27 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 76 | Mike McCoy | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Charlie Phillips | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 15 | Mike Rae | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 52 | Floyd Rice | 28 | LOLB | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 35 | Terry Robiskie | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 60 | Otis Sistrunk | 31 | RDE | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Ken Stabler* | 32 | QB | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Jack Tatum | 29 | FS | 11 | 11 | 6 | 146 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 | Skip Thomas | 27 | LCB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 67 | Pat Toomay | 32 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 30 | Mark van Eeghen | 25 | FB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.9 | 14 | 26 | 352 | 0 | 41 | 22 | 27 | 34 | 1 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 25 | 31 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Errol Mann | 36 | K | 14 | 0 | 39 | 20 | 99 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Mark van Eeghen | 25 | FB | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Cliff Branch* | 29 | WR | 13 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Dave Casper*+ | 26 | TE | 14 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 33 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Fred Biletnikoff | 34 | WR | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Clarence Davis | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Carl Garrett | 30 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| 49 | Mike Siani | 27 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 39 | Willie Hall | 28 | RILB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Mike Rae | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Terry Robiskie | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.9 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 42 | 39 | 20 | 351 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 230 |