We're hiring! Join our team as a Senior Test Engineer. Apply here.

via Sports Logos.net

1978 Seattle Seahawks Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

Previous Season Next Season

Record: 9-7-0, 3rd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jack Patera (9-7-0)

Points For: 345 (21.6/g) 7th of 28

Points Against: 358 (22.4/g) 26th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.6-8.4

SRS: -0.36 (12th of 28), SOS: .45

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Rhome

Defensive Coordinator: Larry Peccatiello

Other Notable Asst.: Jack Christiansen (Defensive Backfield) and Jim Mora (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Seattle Kingdome

Principal Owner: Lloyd Nordstrom

General Manager: John Thompson

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +50000

Training Camp: Eastern Washington University (Cheney, Washington)

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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	345	5511	1072	5.1	41	19	345	261	467	3117	15	22	6.1	156	561	2394	28	4.3	150	94	789	39
Opp. Stats	358	5518	1036	5.3	39	17	331	263	460	3005	21	22	6.2	160	551	2513	20	4.6	153	125	997	18
Lg Rank Offense	7	3			17	18	1		6	6	18	15	6		15	9	2	7
Lg Rank Defense	26	26			17	14	28		26	27	23	13	26		9	23	21	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 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		San Diego Chargers	20	24	22	446	308	138	2	16	275	186	89	2
2	Sun	September 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	21	18	247	154	93	3	26	336	185	151	1
3	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2	@	New York Jets	24	17	28	334	181	153	2	17	378	201	177	3
4	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		Detroit Lions	28	16	21	245	158	87	1	15	261	129	132
5	Sun	October 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Denver Broncos	7	28	19	323	231	92	5	24	373	169	204	3
6	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		Minnesota Vikings	29	28	23	432	248	184	2	28	391	274	117	1
7	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4	@	Green Bay Packers	28	45	23	483	289	194	7	20	369	179	190	3
8	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		Oakland Raiders	27	7	27	374	170	204	1	18	247	177	70	4
9	Sun	October 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	4-5		Denver Broncos	17	20	19	258	140	118	5	25	423	145	278	3
10	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5	@	Chicago Bears	31	29	23	389	165	224	1	26	401	227	174	3
11	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6		Baltimore Colts	14	17	18	263	95	168	3	14	248	115	133	1
12	Sun	November 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6	@	Kansas City Chiefs	13	10	13	257	125	132		20	355	231	124	4
13	Sun	November 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6	@	Oakland Raiders	17	16	20	347	263	84	2	20	331	198	133	1
14	Sun	December 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6		Cleveland Browns	47	24	28	418	235	183	2	24	452	259	193	6
15	Sun	December 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7	@	San Diego Chargers	10	37	17	239	103	136	3	20	381	286	95	1
16	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-7		Kansas City Chiefs	23	19	26	456	252	204	2	18	297	44	253	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	Jim Zorn	25	QB	16	16	9-7-0	248	443	56.0	3283	15	3.4	20	4.5	64	7.4	6.06	13.2	205.2	72.1	44	284	9.03	6.16	4.93	3	4	AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-3
2	Steve Myer	24	QB	4	0		11	22	50.0	94	0	0.0	2	9.1	17	4.3	0.18	8.5	23.5	23.7	0	0	0.00	4.27	0.18	0	0
3	David Sims	23	FB	12	9		1	1	100.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	15.0	15.00	15.0	1.3	118.7	0	0	0.00	15.00	15.00	0	0
4	Herman Weaver	30	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	9.0	9.00	9.0	0.6	104.2	0	0	0.00	9.00	9.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	261	467	55.9	3117	15	3.2	22	4.7	64	7.3	5.81	13.0	194.8	70.1	44	284	8.61	6.10	4.75	3	4

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	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	193	6.1	1171	7	3
2	Steve Largent	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	71	1168	16.5	8	57	4.4	73.0	71	16.5	1168	8	0	PB,AP-2
3	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	204	4.6	947	15	4
4	Sam McCullum	26	WR	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	37	525	14.2	3	44	2.3	32.8	37	14.2	525	3	0
5	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	117	4.4	520	2	3
6	Steve Raible	24	WR	16	0	2	13	0	13	6.5	0.8	0.1	22	316	14.4	1	38	1.4	19.8	24	13.7	329	1	1
7	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	60	5.0	298	0	3
8	Jim Zorn	25	QB	16	16	59	290	6	23	4.9	18.1	3.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	59	4.9	290	6	11	AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-3
9	Ron Howard	27	TE	16	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	251	13.9	1	42	1.1	15.7	18	13.9	251	1	1
10	Duke Fergerson	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	116	10.5	0	17	0.7	7.3	11	10.5	116	0	1
11	John Sawyer	25	TE	11	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	101	11.2	0	20	0.8	9.2	9	11.2	101	0	1
12	Rufus Crawford	23	RB	16	0	8	19	0	11	2.4	1.2	0.5	4	25	6.3	0	8	0.3	1.6	12	3.7	44	0	5
13	Tony Benjamin	23	RB	6	1	1	7	0	7	7.0	1.2	0.2	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.2	1.5	2	8.0	16	0	0
14	Brian Peets	22	TE	8	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.1	1.8	1	14.0	14	0	0
15	Steve Myer	24	QB	4	0	2	10	0	5	5.0	2.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	5.0	10	0	0
16	Herman Weaver	30	P	16	0	2	-5	0		-2.5	-0.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-2.5	-5	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	561	2394	28	67	4.3	149.6	35.1	261	3401	13.0	15	64	16.3	212.6	822	7.0	5795	43	33

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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	Autry Beamon	25	SS	16	16	4	17	0	15	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Nick Bebout	27	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Dennis Boyd	23	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.0	0
4	Dave Brown	25	RCB	16	16	3	44	0	44	0	3	-2	0	0.0	0
5	Sammy Green	24	LLB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	John Harris	22	FS	16	16	4	65	0	28	1	0	0	0	1.0	0
7	Steve Largent	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
8	Bob Newton	29	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Jim Zorn	25	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	11	3	-18	0	0.0	0	AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-3
10	Steve August	24	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Keith Butler	22	RLB	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
12	Bill Gregory	29	RDE	16	14	1	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	9.0	0
13	Cornell Webster	24	LCB	15	14	5	9	0	14	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Bill Sandifer	26	RDT/LDE	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
15	John Yarno	24	C	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0.0	0
16	Sherman Smith	24	RB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ron Howard	27	TE	16	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ernie Price	28	LDE	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
19	David Sims	23	FB	12	9	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Al Hunter	23	RB	16	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	John Sawyer	25	TE	11	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Don Testerman	26	FB	16	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Art Kuehn	25	C	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-29	0	0.0	0
24	Ken Geddes	32	LB	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Keith Simpson	22	DB	13	2	2	40	1	40	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
26	Pete Cronan	23	LB	15	1	2	15	0	12	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
27	Rufus Crawford	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Duke Fergerson	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Kerry Justin	23	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Steve Raible	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1
31	Herman Weaver	30	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	22	193	1	44	36	33	-42	0	23.0	1

Touchdown Log

Opponent Touchdown Log

More 1978 Seahawks Pages

Seahawks Franchise Pages

1978 Seahawks Statistics

Previous Season Next Season