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1979 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-11-0, 4th in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bart Starr (5-11-0)

Points For: 246 (15.4/g) 25th of 28

Points Against: 316 (19.8/g) 13th of 28

Expected W-L: 5.7-10.3

SRS: -6.83 (25th of 28), SOS: -2.45

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 +10000

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	246	4542	974	4.7	44	22	279	240	444	2681	15	22	5.5	133	483	1861	14	3.9	121	93	681	25
Opp. Stats	316	5647	1114	5.1	32	14	327	249	440	2762	21	18	5.8	146	639	2885	14	4.5	162	106	912	19
Lg Rank Offense	25	25			23	27	21		17	16	23	12	17		24	21	20	19
Lg Rank Defense	13	23			25	22	24		8	13	15	20	15		28	28	8	27

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 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Chicago Bears	3	6	9	149	72	77	1	17	300	117	183	2
2	Sun	September 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		New Orleans Saints	28	19	21	309	115	194	2	29	474	289	185	2
3	Sun	September 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	21	18	274	185	89	3	19	367	132	235	1
4	Sun	September 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	1-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	21	27	14	249	108	141	1	24	376	215	161	2
5	Mon	October 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3		New England Patriots	27	14	19	317	199	118	2	26	401	239	162	6
6	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Atlanta Falcons	7	25	17	275	158	117	3	19	286	134	152	1
7	Sun	October 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4		Detroit Lions	24	16	18	298	109	189	2	13	247	154	93	2
8	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	21	16	299	261	38	4	15	313	85	228	1
9	Sun	October 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6	@	Miami Dolphins	7	27	9	196	143	53	3	28	475	280	195	1
10	Sun	November 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7		New York Jets	22	27	22	395	287	108	4	20	382	136	246	2
11	Sun	November 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-7		Minnesota Vikings	19	7	19	293	115	178	3	23	347	230	117	5
12	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-8	@	Buffalo Bills	12	19	14	290	195	95	5	20	400	213	187	1
13	Sun	November 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-9		Philadelphia Eagles	10	21	25	331	213	118	3	16	347	118	229
14	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-10	@	Washington Redskins	21	38	19	274	178	96	3	24	437	242	195	1
15	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-11		Chicago Bears	14	15	19	306	251	55	5	16	267	106	161	2
16	Sat	December 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-11	@	Detroit Lions	18	13	20	287	92	195		18	228	72	156	3

Passing

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	24	QB	13	13	4-9-0	179	322	55.6	2247	10	3.1	18	5.6	78	7.0	5.08	12.6	172.8	64.5	32	256	9.04	5.62	3.90	0	0
2	Lynn Dickey	30	QB	5	3	1-2-0	60	119	50.4	787	5	4.2	4	3.4	52	6.6	5.94	13.1	157.4	71.7	15	120	11.19	4.98	4.38	0	0
3	David Beverly	29	P	16	0		1	2	50.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	11.5	11.50	23.0	1.4	91.7	0	0	0.00	11.50	11.50	0	0
4	James Lofton	23	WR	16	16		0	1	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
	Team Totals			16	16	5-11-0	240	444	54.1	2681	15	3.4	22	5.0	78	6.9	5.33	12.7	167.6	66.4	47	376	9.57	5.46	4.05	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

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	James Lofton	23	WR	16	16	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	54	968	17.9	4	52	3.4	60.5	55	17.6	967	4	5
2	Paul Coffman	23	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	56	711	12.7	4	78	3.5	44.4	56	12.7	711	4	4
3	Terdell Middleton	24	RB	14	12	131	495	2	28	3.8	35.4	9.4	18	155	8.6	1	29	1.3	11.1	149	4.4	650	3	3
4	Eric Torkelson	27	FB	14	8	98	401	3	15	4.1	28.6	7.0	19	139	7.3	0	14	1.4	9.9	117	4.6	540	3	3
5	Aundra Thompson	26	WR	15	15	2	-18	0	-7	-9.0	-1.2	0.1	25	395	15.8	3	50	1.7	26.3	27	14.0	377	3	3
6	Barty Smith	27	FB	6	6	57	201	3	23	3.5	33.5	9.5	19	155	8.2	1	22	3.2	25.8	76	4.7	356	4	1
7	Steve Atkins	23	RB	7	1	42	239	1	60	5.7	34.1	6.0	10	89	8.9	0	19	1.4	12.7	52	6.3	328	1	1
8	Nate Simpson	25	RB	15	3	66	235	1	22	3.6	15.7	4.4	11	46	4.2	0	10	0.7	3.1	77	3.6	281	1	2
9	Ricky Patton	25	RB	6	1	37	134	0	14	3.6	22.3	6.2	6	41	6.8	0	9	1.0	6.8	43	4.1	175	0	1
10	Walter Tullis	26	WR	16	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	173	17.3	1	52	0.6	10.8	10	17.3	173	1	0
11	Ron Cassidy	22	WR	8	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	102	17.0	0	23	0.8	12.8	6	17.0	102	0	0
12	Walter Landers	26	RB	9	1	17	41	0	14	2.4	4.6	1.9	5	60	12.0	1	55	0.6	6.7	22	4.6	101	1	0
13	David Whitehurst	24	QB	13	13	18	73	4	17	4.1	5.6	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	4.1	73	4	3
14	Eddie Lee Ivery	22	RB	1	0	3	24	0	11	8.0	24.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	8.0	24	0	1
15	Jim Gueno	25	LB	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	23	23.0	0	23	0.1	1.4	1	23.0	23	0	0
16	Steve Wagner	25	DB	16	0	1	16	0	16	16.0	1.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	16.0	16	0	0
17	Lynn Dickey	30	QB	5	3	5	13	0	8	2.6	2.6	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	2.6	13	0	2
18	Jim Culbreath	27	RB	4	0	5	8	0	6	1.6	2.0	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	1.6	8	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	483	1861	14	60	3.9	116.3	30.2	240	3057	12.7	15	78	15.0	191.1	723	6.8	4918	29	29

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Paul Coffman	23	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Mike Douglass	24	RLB	16	16	3	73	0	46	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
3	Johnnie Gray	26	FS	16	16	5	66	0	35	3	4	0	0	0.0	0
4	Estus Hood	24	LCB	16	16	2	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	James Lofton	23	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Steve Luke	26	SS	16	16	1	10	0	10	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
7	Mike McCoy	26	RCB	16	16	3	60	0	38	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Aundra Thompson	26	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Mike Butler	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	70	1	3.0	0
10	Gary Weaver	30	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Rich Wingo	23	MLB	16	14	2	13	0	13	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
12	David Whitehurst	24	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Charles Johnson	22	RDT	16	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
14	Terdell Middleton	24	RB	14	12	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Leotis Harris	24	RG	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Ezra Johnson	24	RDE	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0
17	Bob Barber	28	RDE	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
18	Earl Edwards	33	LDT	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
19	Eric Torkelson	27	FB	14	8	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Terry Jones	23	LDT	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
21	Barty Smith	27	FB	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Carl Barzilauskas	28	DT	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
23	Lynn Dickey	30	QB	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	0	0.0	0
24	Nate Simpson	25	RB	15	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	John Anderson	23	LB	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Mike Hunt	23	LB	3	2	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Steve Atkins	23	RB	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Ricky Patton	25	RB	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Jim Culbreath	27	RB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Jim Gueno	25	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
31	Eddie Lee Ivery	22	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Kit Lathrop	23	DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Casey Merrill	22	DT	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
34	Steve Odom	27	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
35	John Thompson	22	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	18	243	0	46	37	25	69	1	33.5	0

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