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1978 Seattle Seahawks

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 345 points (21.6/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 358 points (22.4/g), 26th.
 Differential of -13 points (-0.8/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 7.6-8.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 16th.

Coached by Jack Patera (9-7-0)

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 L 0-1 San Diego Chargers 20 24 22 446 308 138 2 16 275 186 89 2
2 Sun September 10 box L 0-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 10 21 18 247 154 93 3 26 336 185 151 1
3 Sun September 17 box W 1-2 @ New York Jets 24 17 28 334 181 153 2 17 378 201 177 3
4 Sun September 24 box W 2-2 Detroit Lions 28 16 21 245 158 87 1 15 261 129 132
5 Sun October 1 box L 2-3 @ Denver Broncos 7 28 19 323 231 92 5 24 373 169 204 3
6 Sun October 8 box W 3-3 Minnesota Vikings 29 28 23 432 248 184 2 28 391 274 117 1
7 Sun October 15 box L 3-4 @ Green Bay Packers 28 45 23 483 289 194 7 20 369 179 190 3
8 Sun October 22 box W 4-4 Oakland Raiders 27 7 27 374 170 204 1 18 247 177 70 4
9 Sun October 29 box L 4-5 Denver Broncos 17 20 19 258 140 118 5 25 423 145 278 3
10 Sun November 5 box W 5-5 @ Chicago Bears 31 29 23 389 165 224 1 26 401 227 174 3
11 Sun November 12 box L 5-6 Baltimore Colts 14 17 18 263 95 168 3 14 248 115 133 1
12 Sun November 19 box W 6-6 @ Kansas City Chiefs 13 10 13 257 125 132 20 355 231 124 4
13 Sun November 26 box W 7-6 @ Oakland Raiders 17 16 20 347 263 84 2 20 331 198 133 1
14 Sun December 3 box W 8-6 Cleveland Browns 47 24 28 418 235 183 2 24 452 259 193 6
15 Sun December 10 box L 8-7 @ San Diego Chargers 10 37 17 239 103 136 3 20 381 286 95 1
16 Sun December 17 box W 9-7 Kansas City Chiefs 23 19 26 456 252 204 2 18 297 44 253 3

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 345 5511 1072 5.1 345 261 467 3117 15 22 6.1 156 561 2394 28 4.3 150 41 19 39
Team Defense 358 5518 1036 5.3 509 263 460 3005 21 22 6.2 160 551 2513 20 4.6 331 39 17 18
Lg Rank Offense 7 3 1 6 6 18 15 7 15 9 2 7 17 18
Lg Rank Defense 26 26 27 26 27 23 13 26 9 23 21 27 17 14

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%
Jim Zorn 25 QB 16 16 248 443 56.0 3283 15 3.4 20 4.5 64 7.4 5.7 13.2 205.2 72.1 44 284 6.2 4.6 9.0
Steve Myer 24 4 0 11 22 50.0 94 0 0.0 2 9.1 17 4.3 0.2 8.5 23.5 23.7 0 0 4.3 0.2 0.0
David Sims 23 FB 12 9 1 1 100.0 15 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 15.0 15.0 15.0 1.3 118.7 0 0 15.0 15.0 0.0
Herman Weaver 30 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.6 104.2 0 0 9.0 9.0 0.0
Team Total 25.2 16 261 467 55.9 3401 15 3.2 22 4.7 64 7.3 5.5 13.0 212.6 70.1 44 284 6.1 4.5 8.6
Opp Total 16 263 460 57.2 3005 21 4.6 22 4.8 6.5 4.8 11.4 187.8 72.2 25 220 6.2 4.1

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
David Sims 23 FB 12 9 174 752 14 44 4.3 62.7 14.5 30 195 6.5 1 25 2.5 16.3 947 15 4
Sherman Smith 24 RB 12 12 165 805 6 67 4.9 67.1 13.8 28 366 13.1 1 64 2.3 30.5 1171 7 3
Al Hunter 23 rb 16 5 105 348 2 55 3.3 21.8 6.6 12 172 14.3 0 21 0.8 10.8 520 2 3
Jim Zorn 25 QB 16 16 59 290 6 23 4.9 18.1 3.7 290 6 11
Don Testerman 26 fb 16 5 43 155 0 16 3.6 9.7 2.7 17 143 8.4 0 21 1.1 8.9 298 0 3
Rufus Crawford 23 RET 16 0 8 19 0 11 2.4 1.2 0.5 4 25 6.3 0 8 0.3 1.6 44 0 5
Steve Raible 24 16 0 2 13 0 13 6.5 0.8 0.1 22 316 14.4 1 38 1.4 19.8 329 1 1
Steve Myer 24 4 0 2 10 0 5 5.0 2.5 0.5 10 0 0
Herman Weaver 30 P 16 0 2 -5 0 0 -2.5 -0.3 0.1 -5 0 0
Tony Benjamin 23 6 1 1 7 0 7 7.0 1.2 0.2 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.2 1.5 16 0 0
Steve Largent* 24 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 71 1168 16.5 8 57 4.4 73.0 1168 8 0
Sam McCullum 26 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 525 14.2 3 44 2.3 32.8 525 3 0
Ron Howard 27 TE 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 251 13.9 1 42 1.1 15.7 251 1 1
Duke Fergerson 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 116 10.5 0 17 0.7 7.3 116 0 1
John Sawyer 25 te 11 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 101 11.2 0 20 0.8 9.2 101 0 1
Brian Peets 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.8 14 0 0
Team Total 25.2 16 561 2394 28 67 4.3 149.6 35.1 261 3401 13.0 15 64 16.3 212.6 5795 43 36
Opp Total 16 551 2513 20 4.6 157.1 34.4 263 3005 11.4 21 16.4 187.8 5518 41 34

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
Rufus Crawford 23 RET 16 0 34 284 0 22 8.4 35 829 0 36 23.7 1157
Al Hunter 23 rb 16 5 16 385 0 38 24.1 905
Duke Fergerson 24 16 0 10 236 0 31 23.6 352
John Harris 22 FS 16 16 5 58 0 42 11.6 58
Doug Long 23 15 0 4 35 0 15 8.8 35
Dennis Boyd 23 LDT 16 16 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Ken Geddes 32 12 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Don Testerman 26 fb 16 5 1 19 0 19 19.0 317
Team Total 25.2 16 40 342 0 42 8.6 67 1510 0 38 22.5 7647
Opp Total 16 36 0 66 1328 1 20.1

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
Efren Herrera 27 K 16 0 2 2 1 1 6 5 11 5 1 21 13 61.9% 44 40 90.9% 3 73 30 0 24.3
Herman Weaver 30 P 16 0 66 2440 59 0 37.0
Team Total 25.2 16 2 2 1 1 6 5 11 5 1 21 13 61.9% 44 40 90.9% 69 2513 59 0 36.4
Opp Total 16 27 19 70.4% 43 41 95.3% 67 2506 37.4

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
Steve August 24 RT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Autry Beamon 25 SS 16 16 4 17 0 15 0 1 0 0
Nick Bebout 27 LT 16 16 0 2 0 0
Dennis Boyd 23 LDT 16 16 0 3 0 0
Dave Brown 25 RCB 16 16 3 44 0 44 0 3 -2 0
Keith Butler 22 RLB 16 14 0 2 0 0
Rufus Crawford 23 RET 16 0 5 0 0 0
Pete Cronan 23 15 1 2 15 0 12
Duke Fergerson 24 16 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Geddes 32 12 2 1 0 0 0
Sammy Green 24 LLB 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Gregory 29 RDE 16 14 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 0
John Harris 22 FS 16 16 4 65 0 28 1 0 0 0
Ron Howard 27 TE 16 11 1 1 0 0
Al Hunter 23 rb 16 5 3 1 0 0
Kerry Justin 23 16 0 0 1 0 0
Art Kuehn 25 16 3 1 1 -29 0
Steve Largent* 24 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0
Bob Newton 29 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Ernie Price 28 LDE 12 11 0 1 0 0
Steve Raible 24 16 0 1 1 0 0 1
John Sawyer 25 te 11 5 1 0 0 0
Keith Simpson 22 13 2 2 40 1 40 0 1 0 0
David Sims 23 FB 12 9 4 1 0 0
Sherman Smith 24 RB 12 12 3 1 0 0
Don Testerman 26 fb 16 5 3 0 0 0
Herman Weaver 30 P 16 0 0 1 0 0
Cornell Webster 24 LCB 15 14 5 9 0 14 0 1 0 0
John Yarno 24 C 13 13 0 1 7 0
Jim Zorn 25 QB 16 16 11 3 -18 0
Team Total 25.2 16 22 193 1 44 36 33 -42 0 1
Opp Total 16 44 34 17 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
David Sims 23 FB 12 9 14 1 90
Efren Herrera 27 K 16 0 40 13 79
Steve Largent* 24 WR 16 16 8 48
Sherman Smith 24 RB 12 12 6 1 42
Jim Zorn 25 QB 16 16 6 36
Sam McCullum 26 WR 16 16 3 18
Al Hunter 23 rb 16 5 2 12
Steve Raible 24 16 0 1 1 8
Ron Howard 27 TE 16 11 1 6
Keith Simpson 22 13 2 1 6
Team Total 25.2 16 28 15 1 40 13 1 345
Opp Total 16 20 21 1 41 19 1 358