1978 NFL Kicking & Punting

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Super Bowl Champion: Pittsburgh Steelers

AP MVP: Terry Bradshaw

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Earl Campbell

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Al Baker

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Randy Gradishar

Passing Leader: Fran Tarkenton, 3468 Yds

Rushing Leader: Earl Campbell, 1450 Yds

Receiving Leader: Wesley Walker, 1169 Yds

Kicking & Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring							Kickoffs					Punting
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1	Frank Corral*	RAM	23		16	0	2	2	15	13	12	8	13	6	1		43	29	48	67.4%	33	31	93.9%
2	Chris Bahr	CIN	25		16	0			7	5	8	4	12	6	3	1	30	16	52	53.3%	29	26	89.7%						4	108	41	0	27.0
3	Pat Leahy+	NYJ	27		16	0	2	2	5	5	12	9	9	6	2		30	22	47	73.3%	42	41	97.6%
4	Mark Moseley	WAS	30		16	0			4	4	7	5	13	8	6	2	30	19	52	63.3%	31	30	96.8%
5	Jan Stenerud	KAN	36		16	0	1	1	10	8	9	6	7	5	3		30	20	47	66.7%	26	25	96.2%
6	Joe Danelo	NYG	25		16	0			12	9	8	5	6	5	3	2	29	21	52	72.4%	29	27	93.1%
7	Don Cockroft	CLE	33		16	0	2	1	7	6	5	2	12	10	2		28	19	45	67.9%	40	37	92.5%
8	Benny Ricardo	DET	24		16	0	3	3	7	7	8	6	9	4	1		28	20	48	71.4%	33	32	97.0%
9	Roy Gerela	PIT	30		16	0	1	1	6	5	9	3	8	3	2		26	12	44	46.2%	45	44	97.8%
10	Rafael Septien	DAL	25		16	0	3	2	8	8	5	3	10	3			26	16	48	61.5%	47	46	97.9%
11	Neil O'Donoghue	TAM	25		15	0			6	6	6	2	10	5	1		23	13	47	56.5%	29	25	86.2%
12	Ray Wersching	SFO	28		16	0	2	2	5	5	10	4	5	4	1		23	15	45	65.2%	25	24	96.0%
13	Garo Yepremian*	MIA	34		16	0			5	4	11	10	7	5			23	19	49	82.6%	45	41	91.1%
14	Jim Bakken	STL	38		16	0			5	4	7	4	10	3			22	11	45	50.0%	30	27	90.0%						4	147	42	0	36.8
15	Rolf Benirschke	SDG	23		15	0	2	2	10	9	6	4	4	3			22	18	44	81.8%	43	37	86.0%
16	David Posey	NWE	22		11	0	1	1	4	3	11	5	6	2			22	11	47	50.0%	31	29	93.5%
17	Bob Thomas	CHI	26		16	0			7	7	11	9	4	1			22	17	44	77.3%	28	26	92.9%
18	Jim Turner	DEN	37		16	0	1	1	4	3	7	3	8	4	2		22	11	45	50.0%	35	31	88.6%
19	Efren Herrera	SEA	27		16	0	2	2	1	1	6	5	11	5	1		21	13	48	61.9%	44	40	90.9%						3	73	30	0	24.3
20	Errol Mann	OAK	37		16	0			8	5	7	5	5	2			20	12	45	60.0%	38	33	86.8%
21	Rick Danmeier	MIN	26		16	0	1	1	5	4	5	3	8	4			19	12	47	63.2%	37	36	97.3%
22	Chester Marcol	GNB	29		16	0	2	2	5	3	5	2	6	4	1		19	11	48	57.9%	30	30	100.0%
23	Toni Fritsch	HOU	33		16	0	2	2	3	2	9	7	4	3			18	14	49	77.8%	32	31	96.9%
24	Toni Linhart	BAL	36		16	0			5	5	6	2	6	1			17	8	41	47.1%	31	27	87.1%
25	Nick Mike-Mayer	PHI	28		12	0			5	5	7	3	4		1		17	8	39	47.1%	22	21	95.5%
26	Tim Mazzetti	ATL	22		10	0			7	7	9	6					16	13	39	81.3%	18	18	100.0%
27	Tom Dempsey	BUF	31		16	0			5	5	5	4	3	1			13	10	46	76.9%	38	36	94.7%
28	Steve Mike-Mayer	NOR	31		9	0	1	1	3	2	3	2	2		4	1	13	6	50	46.2%	18	18	100.0%
29	Fred Steinfort	ATL	26		6	0			1	1	5	1	4	1			10	3	48	30.0%	9	8	88.9%
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
30	Rich Szaro	NOR	30		4	0			2	2	2	2	2				6	4	37	66.7%	9	9	100.0%
31	Tom Jurich	NOR	22		1	0			2				1				3			0.0%	2	2	100.0%
32	John Leypoldt	2TM	32		3	0			2	1	1	1					3	2	39	66.7%	5	4	80.0%
33	Dave Green	TAM	29		16	0					1	1					1	1	35	100.0%									100	4092	61	2	40.9
34	Nick Lowery	NWE	22		2	0							1				1			0.0%	7	7	100.0%
35	John Smith	NWE	29		3	0			1	1							1	1	24	100.0%	7	6	85.7%
36	John James	ATL	29		16	0																							109	4227	57	1	38.8
37	David Beverly	GNB	28		16	0																							106	3759	57	0	35.5
38	Mike Bragg	WAS	32		16	0																							103	4056	56	1	39.4
39	Mike Connell	SFO	22		16	0																							96	3583	59	1	37.3
40	Bucky Dilts	DEN	25		16	0																							96	3494	73	0	36.4
41	Bob Parsons	CHI	28		16	0																							96	3549	54	0	37.0
42	Dave Jennings*	NYG	26		16	0																							95	3995	68	0	42.1
43	David Lee	BAL	35		16	0																							92	3513	67	2	38.2
44	Pat McInally	CIN	25		16	1																							91	3919	65	0	43.1
45	Cliff Parsley	HOU	24		16	0																							91	3539	59	1	38.9
46	Rusty Jackson	BUF	28		16	0																							87	3373	70	2	38.8
47	Tom Skladany	DET	23		16	0																							86	3654	63	1	42.5
48	Tom Blanchard	NOR	30		16	0																							84	3532	61	2	42.0
49	Glen Walker	RAM	26		16	0																							83	3069	61	2	37.0
50	Mike Wood	2TM	24		15	0																							82	3019	81	2	36.8
51	Ray Guy*+	OAK	29		16	0																							81	3462	69	2	42.7
52	George Roberts	MIA	23		16	0																							81	3263	59	0	40.3
53	Zenon Andrusyshyn	KAN	30		16	0																							79	3247	61	1	41.1
54	Johnny Evans	CLE	22		16	0																							79	3089	65	0	39.1
55	Danny White	DAL	26		16	1																							76	3076	56	1	40.5
56	Chuck Ramsey	NYJ	26		16	0																							74	2964	79	0	40.1
57	Jeff West	SDG	25		16	0																							73	2720	59	2	37.3
58	Craig Colquitt	PIT	24		16	0																							66	2642	58	0	40.0
59	Herman Weaver	SEA	30		16	0																							66	2440	59	0	37.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
60	Mike Michel	PHI	24		10	0															12	9	75.0%						58	2078	52	0	35.8
61	Jerrel Wilson	NWE	37		14	0															1		0.0%						54	1921	57	0	35.6
62	Greg Coleman	MIN	24		9	0																							51	1991	61	1	39.0
63	Steve Little	STL	22		11	0																							46	1749	54	1	38.0
64	Rick Engles	PHI	24		6	0																							33	1307	53	1	39.6
65	Mike Patrick	NWE	26		1	0																							7	216	47	0	30.9
66	Tony Galbreath	NOR	24	FB	16	16															1		0.0%

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