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1978 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-7-1, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bart Starr (8-7-1)

Points For: 249 (15.6/g) 22nd of 28

Points Against: 269 (16.8/g) 8th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.3-8.7

SRS: -0.60 (15th of 28), SOS: .65

Defensive Coordinator: Dave Hanner

Other Notable Asst.: Zeke Bratkowski (Quarterbacks), Lew Carpenter (Receivers), Dick LeBeau (Defensive Backs) and John Meyer (Linebackers)

Stadium: Lambeau Field

President: Dominic Olejniczak (GNB is operated by Packers Board of Directors; Olejniczak was president of its Executive Committee)

Head Coach/General Manager: Bart Starr

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +20000

Training Camp: St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	249	4107	944	4.4	42	24	226	180	357	2084	11	18	5.3	101	550	2023	16	3.7	105	99	776	20
Opp. Stats	269	4963	1131	4.4	47	20	302	254	463	2524	16	27	4.9	143	620	2439	19	3.9	137	116	949	22
Lg Rank Offense	22	24			19	26	28		27	23	24	8	18		19	24	12	21
Lg Rank Defense	8	19			4	7	23		27	16	12	7	6		23	22	19	16

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Detroit Lions	13	7	16	212	31	181		11	122	40	82	1
2	Sun	September 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		New Orleans Saints	28	17	20	376	156	220	2	25	395	295	100	1
3	Sun	September 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1		Oakland Raiders	3	28	13	196	117	79	3	28	420	72	348	4
4	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	San Diego Chargers	24	3	9	127	9	118	2	20	245	154	91	11
5	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		Detroit Lions	35	14	16	482	261	221	4	14	227	101	126	1
6	Sun	October 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Chicago Bears	24	14	8	166	68	98	2	21	357	210	147	5
7	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1		Seattle Seahawks	45	28	20	369	179	190	3	23	483	289	194	7
8	Sun	October 22	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-2	@	Minnesota Vikings	7	21	14	247	118	129	2	22	294	234	60	1
9	Sun	October 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9	7	18	249	158	91	4	7	170	98	72	3
10	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-3	@	Philadelphia Eagles	3	10	15	385	211	174	5	10	148	97	51	1
11	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4		Dallas Cowboys	14	42	9	142	76	66	3	32	537	224	313	2
12	Sun	November 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5	@	Denver Broncos	3	16	13	263	179	84	1	19	359	144	215
13	Sun	November 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	T	OT	7-5-1		Minnesota Vikings	10	10	16	318	164	154	3	15	293	182	111	5
14	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5-1	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	7	11	173	108	65	1	20	321	144	177	3
15	Sun	December 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6-1	@	Chicago Bears	0	14	11	161	83	78	3	17	293	119	174	1
16	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	14	31	17	241	166	75	4	18	299	121	178	1

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	David Whitehurst	23	QB	16	16	8-7-1	168	328	51.2	2093	10	3.0	17	5.2	58	6.4	4.66	12.5	130.8	59.9	35	258	9.64	5.06	3.50	1	1
2	Bobby Douglass	31	QB	12	0		5	12	41.7	90	1	8.3	1	8.3	30	7.5	5.42	18.0	7.5	61.1	1	9	7.69	6.23	4.31	0	0
3	David Beverly	28	P	16	0		2	2	100.0	88	0	0.0	0	0.0	57	44.0	44.00	44.0	5.5	118.7	0	0	0.00	44.00	44.00	0	0
4	Dennis Sproul	22	QB	6	0		5	13	38.5	87	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	6.7	6.69	17.4	14.5	62.0	1	7	7.14	5.71	5.71	0	0
5	James Lofton	22	WR	16	16		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	PB
	Team Totals			16	16	8-7-1	180	357	50.4	2084	11	3.1	18	5.0	58	6.6	4.18	13.1	130.3	60.9	37	274	9.39	5.29	3.79	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	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	318	4.6	1448	12	8	PB
2	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	49	17.0	831	6	2	PB
3	Barty Smith	26	FB	16	16	154	567	4	33	3.7	35.4	9.6	37	256	6.9	0	24	2.3	16.0	191	4.3	823	4	5
4	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	30	18.4	552	2	1
5	Rich McGeorge	30	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	247	10.7	1	25	1.4	15.4	23	10.7	247	1	0
6	Jim Culbreath	26	RB	12	0	30	92	0	15	3.1	7.7	2.5	7	78	11.1	0	19	0.6	6.5	37	4.6	170	0	1
7	David Whitehurst	23	QB	16	16	28	67	1	18	2.4	4.2	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	28	2.4	67	1	8
8	Nate Simpson	24	RB	16	0	27	58	0	11	2.1	3.6	1.7	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	28	2.2	62	0	1
9	Steve Odom	26	WR	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	60	15.0	1	18	0.3	5.0	4	15.0	60	1	2
10	Eric Torkelson	26	RB	14	0	6	18	0	6	3.0	1.3	0.4	2	36	18.0	0	31	0.1	2.6	8	6.8	54	0	0
11	Walter Landers	25	RB	4	0	7	40	0	10	5.7	10.0	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	5.7	40	0	0
12	Bobby Douglass	31	QB	12	0	4	27	0	17	6.8	2.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	6.8	27	0	0
13	David Beverly	28	P	16	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
14	Dennis Sproul	22	QB	6	0	2	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	0.0	0	0	2
	Team Totals			16	16	550	2023	16	76	3.7	126.4	34.4	180	2358	13.1	11	58	11.3	147.4	730	6.0	4381	27	35

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Carl Barzilauskas	27	RDT	16	16	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
2	Willie Buchanon	28	LCB	16	16	9	93	1	77	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Mike Butler	24	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	0
4	Johnnie Gray	25	FS	16	16	3	66	0	66	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Ezra Johnson	23	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17.5	0	PB
6	James Lofton	22	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	Steve Luke	25	SS	16	16	2	91	1	63	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Mike McCoy	25	RCB	16	16	3	34	0	23	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Terdell Middleton	23	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Dave Roller	29	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0	5.0	0
11	Barty Smith	26	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Aundra Thompson	25	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Gary Weaver	29	LLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
14	David Whitehurst	23	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	8	2	-28	0	0.0	0
15	Mike Hunt	22	MLB	16	15	1	10	0	10	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	John Anderson	22	RLB	13	13	5	27	0	12	0	1	0	0	3.5	0
17	Mike Douglass	23	LB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.0	0
18	Jim Carter	30	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
19	Bob Barber	27	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
20	David Beverly	28	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-11	0	0.0	0
21	Jim Culbreath	26	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Estus Hood	23	DB	16	0	3	18	0	18	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
23	Rick Nuzum	26	C	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0.0	0
24	Steve Odom	26	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Howard Sampson	22	DB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Nate Simpson	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Dennis Sproul	22	QB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-5	0	0.0	0
28	Eric Torkelson	26	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	27	0	2		35	11	-31	0	48	0

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