1978 NFL 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 Offensive Player of the Year: Earl Campbell

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

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Punting

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

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1	John James	ATL	29	P	16	0	109	4227	38.8	305	3742	34.0	57	9	8.3%	24	22.0%	1
2	David Beverly	GNB	28	P	16	0	106	3759	35.5	286	3333	31.4	57	7	6.6%	20	18.9%	0
3	Mike Bragg	WAS	32	P	16	0	103	4056	39.4	328	3528	33.9	56	10	9.7%	23	22.3%	1
4	Dave Green	TAM	29	P	16	0	100	4092	40.9	447	3385	33.2	61	13	13.0%	20	20.0%	2
5	Mike Connell	SFO	22	P	16	0	96	3583	37.3	356	3067	31.6	59	8	8.3%	15	15.6%	1
6	Bucky Dilts	DEN	25	P	16	0	96	3494	36.4	226	3148	32.8	73	6	6.3%	23	24.0%	0
7	Bob Parsons	CHI	28	P	16	0	96	3549	37.0	295	3094	32.2	54	8	8.3%	16	16.7%	0
8	Dave Jennings*	NYG	26	P	16	0	95	3995	42.1	624	3151	33.2	68	11	11.6%	18	18.9%	0
9	David Lee	BAL	35	P	16	0	92	3513	38.2	460	2873	30.6	67	9	9.8%	17	18.5%	2
10	Pat McInally	CIN	25	P	16	1	91	3919	43.1	558	3161	34.7	65	10	11.0%	25	27.5%	0
11	Cliff Parsley	HOU	24	P	16	0	91	3539	38.9	517	2902	31.5	59	6	6.6%	20	22.0%	1
12	Rusty Jackson	BUF	28	P	16	0	87	3373	38.8	442	2751	30.9	70	9	10.3%	19	21.8%	2
13	Tom Skladany	DET	23	P	16	0	86	3654	42.5	467	3047	35.0	63	7	8.1%	19	22.1%	1
14	Tom Blanchard	NOR	30	P	16	0	84	3532	42.0	539	2793	32.5	61	10	11.9%	15	17.9%	2
15	Glen Walker	RAM	26	P	16	0	83	3069	37.0	223	2746	32.3	61	5	6.0%	26	31.3%	2
16	Mike Wood	2TM	24	P	15	0	82	3019	36.8	439	2440	29.0	81	7	8.5%	15	18.3%	2
17	Ray Guy*+	OAK	29	P	16	0	81	3462	42.7	309	2873	34.6	69	14	17.3%	23	28.4%	2
18	George Roberts	MIA	23	P	16	0	81	3263	40.3	303	2780	34.3	59	9	11.1%	22	27.2%	0
19	Zenon Andrusyshyn	KAN	30	P	16	0	79	3247	41.1	538	2569	32.1	61	7	8.9%	18	22.8%	1
20	Johnny Evans	CLE	22	P	16	0	79	3089	39.1	366	2563	32.4	65	8	10.1%	16	20.3%	0
21	Danny White	DAL	26	P	16	1	76	3076	40.5	311	2545	33.1	56	11	14.5%	16	21.1%	1
22	Chuck Ramsey	NYJ	26	P	16	0	74	2964	40.1	609	2215	29.9	79	7	9.5%	9	12.2%	0
23	Jeff West	SDG	25	P	16	0	73	2720	37.3	356	2204	29.4	59	8	11.0%	22	30.1%	2
24	Craig Colquitt	PIT	24	P	16	0	66	2642	40.0	239	2323	35.2	58	4	6.1%	14	21.2%	0
25	Herman Weaver	SEA	30	P	16	0	66	2440	37.0	371	1949	29.5	59	6	9.1%	13	19.7%	0
26	Mike Michel	PHI	24	P	10	0	58	2078	35.8	168	1790	30.9	52	6	10.3%	11	19.0%	0
27	Jerrel Wilson	NWE	37	P	14	0	54	1921	35.6	251	1590	29.4	57	4	7.4%	14	25.9%	0
28	Greg Coleman	MIN	24	P	9	0	51	1991	39.0	321	1610	31.0	61	3	5.9%	12	23.5%	1
29	Steve Little	STL	22	P	11	0	46	1749	38.0	334	1315	28.0	54	5	10.9%	6	13.0%	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
30	Rick Engles	PHI	24	P	6	0	33	1307	39.6	186	1041	30.6	53	4	12.1%	7	21.2%	1
31	Mike Patrick	NWE	26	P	1	0	7	216	30.9	21	195	27.9	47	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	0
32	Chris Bahr	CIN	25	K	16	0	4	108	27.0	6	82	20.5	41	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	0
33	Jim Bakken	STL	38	K	16	0	4	147	36.8	22	125	31.3	42	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	0
34	Efren Herrera	SEA	27	K	16	0	3	73	24.3	0	73	24.3	30	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	0

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