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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 311 points (19.4/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 283 points (17.7/g), 10th.
Differential of 28 points (1.8/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 8.9-7.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 13th.
Coached by John Madden (9-7-0)
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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 | L | 0-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 6 | 14 | 16 | 318 | 201 | 117 | 3 | 13 | 152 | 8 | 144 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 10 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 21 | 20 | 18 | 364 | 280 | 84 | 4 | 24 | 372 | 175 | 197 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 17 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 28 | 3 | 28 | 420 | 72 | 348 | 4 | 13 | 196 | 117 | 79 | 3 |
| 4 | Sun | September 24 | box | L | 2-2 | New England Patriots | 14 | 21 | 14 | 236 | 153 | 83 | 3 | 22 | 404 | 197 | 207 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 3-2 | @ | Chicago Bears | 25 | 19 | 26 | 411 | 255 | 156 | 17 | 278 | 122 | 156 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 8 | box | W | 4-2 | Houston Oilers | 21 | 17 | 22 | 279 | 156 | 123 | 5 | 20 | 373 | 168 | 205 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 15 | box | W | 5-2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 28 | 6 | 20 | 354 | 218 | 136 | 14 | 255 | 163 | 92 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 5-3 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 7 | 27 | 18 | 247 | 177 | 70 | 4 | 27 | 374 | 170 | 204 | 1 |
| 9 | Sun | October 29 | box | L | 5-4 | San Diego Chargers | 23 | 27 | 15 | 234 | 87 | 147 | 1 | 22 | 324 | 163 | 161 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 5 | box | W | 6-4 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 20 | 10 | 20 | 329 | 153 | 176 | 3 | 12 | 202 | 95 | 107 | 3 |
| 11 | Mon | November 13 | box | W | 7-4 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 34 | 21 | 11 | 201 | 103 | 98 | 27 | 448 | 355 | 93 | 7 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 19 | box | W | 8-4 | Detroit Lions | 29 | 17 | 24 | 280 | 119 | 161 | 1 | 18 | 328 | 208 | 120 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 8-5 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 17 | 20 | 331 | 198 | 133 | 1 | 20 | 347 | 263 | 84 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 3 | box | L | 8-6 | Denver Broncos | 6 | 21 | 20 | 279 | 178 | 101 | 5 | 16 | 192 | 45 | 147 | 1 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 10 | box | L | 8-7 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 6 | 23 | 21 | 319 | 234 | 85 | 7 | 13 | 260 | 163 | 97 | 3 |
| 16 | Sun | December 17 | box | W | 9-7 | Minnesota Vikings | 27 | 20 | 16 | 311 | 143 | 168 | 2 | 21 | 389 | 299 | 90 | 7 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 311 | 4913 | 1049 | 4.7 | 309 | 251 | 433 | 2727 | 16 | 31 | 5.8 | 164 | 577 | 2186 | 18 | 3.8 | 116 | 43 | 12 | 29 |
| Team Defense | 283 | 4894 | 1060 | 4.6 | 473 | 234 | 448 | 2711 | 17 | 28 | 5.7 | 140 | 583 | 2183 | 15 | 3.7 | 299 | 43 | 15 | 34 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 10 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 3 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 10 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 22 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Stabler | 33 | QB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 406 | 58.4 | 2944 | 16 | 3.9 | 30 | 7.4 | 49 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 12.4 | 184.0 | 63.3 | 37 | 347 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 8.4 |
| David Humm | 26 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.8 | 23 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 55.1 | 2 | 21 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 7.1 | |
| Dave Casper*+ | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 27.7 | 16 | 251 | 433 | 58.0 | 3095 | 16 | 3.7 | 31 | 7.2 | 49 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 12.3 | 193.4 | 62.7 | 39 | 368 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 8.3 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 234 | 448 | 52.2 | 2711 | 17 | 3.8 | 28 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 11.6 | 169.4 | 57.4 | 29 | 205 | 5.7 | 3.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Mark van Eeghen | 26 | FB | 16 | 16 | 270 | 1080 | 9 | 34 | 4.0 | 67.5 | 16.9 | 27 | 291 | 10.8 | 0 | 33 | 1.7 | 18.2 | 1371 | 9 | 5 |
| Arthur Whittington | 23 | RB | 16 | 9 | 172 | 661 | 7 | 26 | 3.8 | 41.3 | 10.8 | 23 | 106 | 4.6 | 0 | 20 | 1.4 | 6.6 | 767 | 7 | 2 |
| Terry Robiskie | 24 | rb | 7 | 5 | 49 | 189 | 2 | 18 | 3.9 | 27.0 | 7.0 | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 21 | 0.7 | 7.3 | 240 | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Banaszak | 34 | 16 | 0 | 43 | 137 | 0 | 10 | 3.2 | 8.6 | 2.7 | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 0 | 20 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 215 | 0 | 1 | |
| Clarence Davis | 29 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 13 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Booker Russell | 22 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 65 | 0 | 15 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 65 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Harold Hart | 26 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 45 | 0 | 1 | |
| David Humm | 26 | 16 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 4 | -0.8 | -0.3 | 0.3 | -4 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 33 | QB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
| Dave Casper*+ | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 62 | 852 | 13.7 | 9 | 44 | 3.9 | 53.3 | 857 | 9 | 1 |
| Morris Bradshaw | 26 | WR | 16 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 40 | 552 | 13.8 | 2 | 44 | 2.5 | 34.5 | 557 | 2 | 1 |
| Cliff Branch | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49 | 709 | 14.5 | 1 | 41 | 3.1 | 44.3 | 709 | 1 | 2 | |
| Fred Biletnikoff | 35 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 285 | 14.3 | 2 | 49 | 1.3 | 17.8 | 285 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Chester | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 146 | 11.2 | 2 | 27 | 0.8 | 9.1 | 146 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.7 | 16 | 577 | 2186 | 18 | 34 | 3.8 | 136.6 | 36.1 | 251 | 3095 | 12.3 | 16 | 49 | 15.7 | 193.4 | 5281 | 34 | 27 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 583 | 2183 | 15 | 3.7 | 136.4 | 36.4 | 234 | 2711 | 11.6 | 17 | 14.6 | 169.4 | 4894 | 32 | 29 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Neal Colzie | 24 | RET | 16 | 0 | 47 | 310 | 0 | 24 | 6.6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 325 |
| Arthur Whittington | 23 | RB | 16 | 9 | 23 | 473 | 0 | 34 | 20.6 | 1240 | |||||
| Harold Hart | 26 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 252 | 0 | 38 | 22.9 | 297 | ||||||
| Derrick Ramsey | 22 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 125 | 0 | 29 | 17.9 | 125 | ||||||
| Larry Brunson | 29 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 154 | 0 | 47 | 25.7 | 154 | ||||||
| Joe Stewart | 23 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 0 | 56 | 30.0 | 120 | ||||||
| Terry Robiskie | 24 | rb | 7 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 22 | 19.3 | 298 | |||||
| Raymond Chester | 30 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 13.5 | 173 | ||||||
| Booker Russell | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -1.5 | 62 | ||||||
| Lindsey Mason | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.7 | 16 | 47 | 310 | 0 | 24 | 6.6 | 60 | 1233 | 0 | 56 | 20.6 | 6824 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 38 | 0 | 51 | 992 | 0 | 19.5 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Ray Guy*+ | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 81 | 3462 | 69 | 2 | 42.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Errol Mann | 37 | K | 16 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 60.0% | 38 | 33 | 86.8% | |||||||||
| Team Total | 27.7 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 60.0% | 38 | 33 | 86.8% | 81 | 3462 | 69 | 2 | 42.7 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 17 | 14 | 82.4% | 35 | 31 | 88.6% | 90 | 3555 | 39.5 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Pete Banaszak | 34 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Morris Bradshaw | 26 | WR | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Branch | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Brown | 38 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Casper*+ | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Neal Colzie | 24 | RET | 16 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 1 | ||||||
| Dave Dalby | 28 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Davis | 22 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Willie Hall | 29 | RILB | 11 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Harold Hart | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lester Hayes | 23 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Ted Hendricks | 31 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Huddleston | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| David Humm | 26 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Monte Jackson | 25 | RCB | 16 | 14 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Monte Johnson | 27 | LILB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Henry Lawrence | 27 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mickey Marvin | 23 | RG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Matuszak | 28 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike McCoy | 30 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Phillips | 26 | SS | 16 | 16 | 6 | 121 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 2 | ||||||
| Booker Russell | 22 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Art Shell* | 32 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 33 | QB | 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | -4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Tatum | 30 | FS | 15 | 15 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Mark van Eeghen | 26 | FB | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Phil Villapiano | 29 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Arthur Whittington | 23 | RB | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.7 | 16 | 28 | 407 | 1 | 52 | 27 | 28 | 154 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 39 | 29 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errol Mann | 37 | K | 16 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 69 | |||||||||
| Dave Casper*+ | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 60 | |||||||||
| Mark van Eeghen | 26 | FB | 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 60 | |||||||||
| Arthur Whittington | 23 | RB | 16 | 9 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Phillips | 26 | SS | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Fred Biletnikoff | 35 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Morris Bradshaw | 26 | WR | 16 | 14 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Raymond Chester | 30 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Terry Robiskie | 24 | rb | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Branch | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Neal Colzie | 24 | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Phil Villapiano | 29 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.7 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 311 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 15 | 17 | 31 | 14 | 283 |