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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 316 points (19.8/g), 9th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 245 points (15.3/g), 4th.
Differential of 71 points (4.4/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 15th.
Coached by Ray Malavasi (12-4-0)
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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 | W | 1-0 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 14 | 15 | 220 | 117 | 103 | 1 | 10 | 208 | 80 | 128 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 10 | box | W | 2-0 | Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 0 | 23 | 358 | 216 | 142 | 4 | 7 | 73 | 3 | 70 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 17 | box | W | 3-0 | Dallas Cowboys | 27 | 14 | 16 | 317 | 219 | 98 | 2 | 21 | 319 | 223 | 96 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 24 | box | W | 4-0 | @ | Houston Oilers | 10 | 6 | 26 | 388 | 213 | 175 | 3 | 10 | 232 | 120 | 112 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 5-0 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 26 | 20 | 15 | 281 | 157 | 124 | 1 | 19 | 315 | 172 | 143 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 8 | box | W | 6-0 | San Francisco 49ers | 27 | 10 | 23 | 404 | 177 | 227 | 4 | 13 | 215 | 83 | 132 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 15 | box | W | 7-0 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 34 | 17 | 23 | 326 | 146 | 180 | 3 | 13 | 167 | 125 | 42 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 7-1 | New Orleans Saints | 3 | 10 | 20 | 342 | 184 | 158 | 6 | 12 | 118 | 78 | 40 | 1 | |
| 9 | Mon | October 30 | box | L | 7-2 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 15 | 14 | 234 | 140 | 94 | 5 | 9 | 185 | 87 | 98 | 2 |
| 10 | Sun | November 5 | box | W | 8-2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 26 | 23 | 15 | 344 | 220 | 124 | 1 | 18 | 341 | 132 | 209 | 5 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 12 | box | W | 9-2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 7 | 14 | 313 | 121 | 192 | 2 | 12 | 174 | 115 | 59 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 19 | box | W | 10-2 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 28 | 21 | 386 | 255 | 131 | 3 | 16 | 248 | 83 | 165 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 10-3 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 19 | 30 | 24 | 363 | 215 | 148 | 5 | 16 | 357 | 227 | 130 | 3 |
| 14 | Sun | December 3 | box | W | 11-3 | @ | New York Giants | 20 | 17 | 13 | 192 | 94 | 98 | 18 | 333 | 148 | 185 | 5 | |
| 15 | Mon | December 11 | box | L | 11-4 | Cincinnati Bengals | 19 | 20 | 21 | 415 | 279 | 136 | 3 | 18 | 367 | 206 | 161 | 2 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 17 | box | W | 12-4 | Green Bay Packers | 31 | 14 | 18 | 299 | 121 | 178 | 1 | 17 | 241 | 166 | 75 | 4 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 31 | box | W | 13-4 | Minnesota Vikings | 34 | 10 | |||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 7 | box | L | 13-5 | Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 316 | 5182 | 1109 | 4.7 | 301 | 236 | 466 | 2874 | 13 | 22 | 5.7 | 148 | 609 | 2308 | 12 | 3.8 | 128 | 44 | 22 | 25 |
| Team Defense | 245 | 3893 | 951 | 4.1 | 369 | 188 | 399 | 2048 | 15 | 28 | 4.6 | 113 | 505 | 1845 | 11 | 3.7 | 229 | 43 | 15 | 27 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 24 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Haden | 25 | QB | 16 | 16 | 229 | 444 | 51.6 | 2995 | 13 | 2.9 | 19 | 4.3 | 68 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 13.1 | 187.2 | 65.1 | 32 | 216 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 6.7 |
| Vince Ferragamo | 24 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 35.0 | 114 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 28 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 16.3 | 12.7 | 15.4 | 2 | 19 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 9.1 | |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 28 | rb | 8 | 7 | 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 | |
| Glen Walker | 26 | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 236 | 466 | 50.6 | 3109 | 13 | 2.8 | 22 | 4.7 | 68 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 13.2 | 194.3 | 61.7 | 34 | 235 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 6.8 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 188 | 399 | 47.1 | 2048 | 15 | 3.8 | 28 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 10.9 | 128.0 | 46.0 | 47 | 401 | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Cullen Bryant | 27 | RB | 16 | 9 | 178 | 658 | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 41.1 | 11.1 | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 0 | 37 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 734 | 7 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 26 | FB | 14 | 14 | 174 | 604 | 3 | 26 | 3.5 | 43.1 | 12.4 | 41 | 382 | 9.3 | 1 | 37 | 2.9 | 27.3 | 986 | 4 | 4 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 28 | rb | 8 | 7 | 118 | 420 | 0 | 18 | 3.6 | 52.5 | 14.8 | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 2 | 33 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 496 | 2 | 4 |
| Pat Haden | 25 | QB | 16 | 16 | 33 | 206 | 0 | 24 | 6.2 | 12.9 | 2.1 | 206 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| Rod Phillips | 26 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 81 | 0 | 11 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 0 | 16 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 129 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Jodat | 24 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 100 | 0 | 18 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 121 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jerry Latin | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 18 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 64 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| Wendell Tyler | 23 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 18 | 3.2 | 22.5 | 7.0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 16 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 62 | 0 | 2 | |
| Terry Nelson | 27 | TE | 13 | 13 | 6 | 67 | 1 | 17 | 11.2 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 23 | 344 | 15.0 | 0 | 52 | 1.8 | 26.5 | 411 | 1 | 2 |
| Billy Waddy | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 14 | 258 | 18.4 | 1 | 68 | 1.3 | 23.5 | 289 | 1 | 3 | |
| Anthony Davis | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charle Young | 27 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 18 | 213 | 11.8 | 0 | 19 | 1.1 | 13.3 | 219 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vince Ferragamo | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willie Miller | 31 | WR | 16 | 14 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 50 | 767 | 15.3 | 5 | 52 | 3.1 | 47.9 | 760 | 5 | 1 |
| Nolan Cromwell | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Jessie | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49 | 752 | 15.3 | 4 | 49 | 3.1 | 47.0 | 752 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dwight Scales | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 0 | 38 | 0.4 | 8.1 | 105 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Preston Dennard | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 15 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron B. Smith | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 609 | 2308 | 12 | 26 | 3.8 | 144.3 | 38.1 | 236 | 3109 | 13.2 | 13 | 68 | 14.8 | 194.3 | 5417 | 25 | 39 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 505 | 1845 | 11 | 3.7 | 115.3 | 31.6 | 188 | 2048 | 10.9 | 15 | 11.8 | 128.0 | 3893 | 26 | 33 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Jackie Wallace | 27 | RET | 14 | 0 | 52 | 618 | 0 | 58 | 11.9 | 618 | |||||
| Jim Jodat | 24 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 447 | 0 | 35 | 20.3 | 568 | ||||||
| Jerry Latin | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 22 | 467 | 0 | 41 | 21.2 | 531 | |||||
| Billy Waddy | 24 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 12 | 4.5 | 334 | ||||||
| Cullen Bryant | 27 | RB | 16 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 9.0 | 761 | |||||
| Rod Phillips | 26 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 24 | 17.3 | 181 | ||||||
| Larry Marshall | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 38 | 25.0 | 50 | ||||||
| Wendell Tyler | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 21 | 15.5 | 93 | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | ||||||
| Nolan Cromwell | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 24 | ||||||
| Doug C. Smith | 22 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 67 | 711 | 0 | 58 | 10.6 | 52 | 1055 | 0 | 41 | 20.3 | 7183 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 38 | 1 | 64 | 1335 | 1 | 20.9 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Glen Walker | 26 | P | 16 | 0 | 83 | 3069 | 61 | 2 | 37.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Frank Corral* | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 29 | 67.4% | 33 | 31 | 93.9% | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 29 | 67.4% | 33 | 31 | 93.9% | 83 | 3069 | 61 | 2 | 37.0 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 26 | 17 | 65.4% | 28 | 26 | 92.9% | 104 | 3952 | 38.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Bob Brudzinski | 23 | RLB | 16 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Cullen Bryant | 27 | RB | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Cappelletti | 26 | FB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Nolan Cromwell | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Fred Dryer | 32 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Elmendorf | 29 | SS | 16 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | ||||||
| Pat Haden | 25 | QB | 16 | 16 | 7 | 0 | -24 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Jodat | 24 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Latin | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 28 | rb | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Miller | 31 | WR | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Nelson | 27 | TE | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rod Perry* | 25 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 8 | 117 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Isiah Robertson | 29 | rlb | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dan Ryczek | 29 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Simpson | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Jackie Slater | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Doug C. Smith | 22 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pat Thomas* | 24 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 8 | 96 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wendell Tyler | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Billy Waddy | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jackie Wallace | 27 | RET | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charle Young | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jack Youngblood*+ | 28 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Youngblood | 28 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 28 | 427 | 5 | 44 | 39 | 29 | 38 | 1 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 33 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Corral* | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 31 | 29 | 118 | |||||||||
| Cullen Bryant | 27 | RB | 16 | 9 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Willie Miller | 31 | WR | 16 | 14 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| John Cappelletti | 26 | FB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||
| Ron Jessie | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Rod Perry* | 25 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Nolan Cromwell | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 28 | rb | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bob Brudzinski | 23 | RLB | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Terry Nelson | 27 | TE | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Isiah Robertson | 29 | rlb | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dwight Scales | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Pat Thomas* | 24 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Billy Waddy | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 29 | 316 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 245 |