1977 Green Bay Packers roster and stats

1977 Green Bay Packers: 4-10-0
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Home record: 2-5-0 (55 points scored, 119 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (79 points scored, 100 allowed) Head Coach: Bart Starr 134 points scored (27th of 28 teams), 219 points allowed (10th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 164 327 1,748 (22) 4.87 6 21 469 1,464 (27) 3.1 5 3,212 (27) 30 Defense: 186 319 1,719 ( 5) 4.83 10 13 583 2,317 (24) 4.0 16 4,036 (18) 24

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Lynn Dickey QB 9 6'4 220 28 6 Kansas State 11 David Beverly P 14 6'2 180 27 4 Auburn 12 Brian Dowling QB 2 6'2 210 30 3 Yale 13 Chester Marcol K 14 6'0 190 28 6 Hillsdale 17 David Whitehurst QB 7 6'2 204 22 R Furman 18 Randy Vataha WR 6 5'10 170 28 7 Stanford 21 Steve Wagner DB 14 6'2 208 23 2 Wisconsin 23 Terry Randolph DB 14 6'0 184 22 R American International 24 Johnnie Gray DB 14 5'11 185 23 3 Cal State-Fullerton 26 Eric Torkelson RB 14 6'2 194 25 4 Connecticut 28 Willie Buchanon DB 14 6'0 190 26 6 San Diego State 29 Mike McCoy DB 14 5'11 183 24 2 Colorado 31 Jim Culbreath RB 13 6'0 209 25 R Oklahoma 33 Barty Smith RB 14 6'4 240 25 4 Richmond 34 Terdell Middleton RB 14 6'0 195 22 R Memphis 37 Tim Moresco DB 14 5'11 176 23 R Syracuse 40 Willard Harrell RB 13 5'9 182 25 3 Pacific 42 John Brockington RB 1 6'1 225 29 7 Ohio State 43 Aundra Thompson WR 14 6'0 186 24 1 East Texas State 46 Steve Luke DB 14 6'2 205 24 3 Ohio State 48 Nate Simpson RB 12 5'10 176 22 R Tennessee State 50 Jim Carter LB 14 6'3 245 29 7 Minnesota 51 Jim Gueno LB 14 6'2 220 23 2 Tulane 52 Gary Weaver LB 5 6'1 225 28 5 Fresno State 53 Fred Carr LB 14 6'5 240 31 10 Texas-El Paso 54 Larry McCarren C 14 6'3 248 25 5 Illinois 56 Blane Smith LB 1 6'3 238 23 R Purdue 57 Derrel Gofourth C 13 6'3 260 22 R Oklahoma State 58 Don Hansen LB 8 6'3 228 33 11 Illinois 59 Tom Toner LB 14 6'3 235 27 4 Idaho State 60 Steve Knutson OG 13 6'3 254 26 2 Southern California 61 Herb McMath DT 8 6'4 250 23 2 Morningside College 62 Dennis Havig OG 7 6'2 251 28 6 Colorado 67 Bob Kowalkowski OG 4 6'3 245 33 12 Virginia 68 Greg Koch OT 14 6'4 265 22 R Arkansas 70 Bob Barber DE 14 6'3 240 25 2 Grambling 71 Melvin Jackson OG 13 6'1 267 23 2 Southern California 72 Dick Himes OT 13 6'4 260 31 10 Ohio State 74 Dave Roller DT 13 6'2 270 28 4 Kentucky 75 Dave Pureifory DE 12 6'1 255 28 6 Eastern Michigan 77 Mike Butler DE 14 6'5 265 23 R Kansas 78 Ezra Johnson DE 14 6'4 240 22 R Morris Brown 79 Mark Koncar OT 13 6'5 268 24 2 Colorado 81 Rich McGeorge TE 14 6'4 230 29 8 Elon 82 Keith Hartwig WR 4 6'0 186 23 R Arizona 83 Clarence Williams DE 13 6'5 255 31 8 Prairie View A&M 84 Steve Odom WR 14 5'8 174 25 4 Utah 85 Ken Payne WR 4 6'1 185 27 4 Langston 88 Bert Askson TE 14 6'3 225 31 5 Texas Southern 89 Ollie Smith WR 12 6'2 200 28 4 Tennessee State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Lynn Dickey 220 113 51.4 1,346 6.12 11.9 5 2.3 14 6.4 21 187 51.4 David Whitehurst 105 50 47.6 634 6.04 12.7 1 1.0 7 6.7 10 68 42.3 Willard Harrell 1 1 100.0 33 33.00 33.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 10 118.8 Brian Dowling 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Barty Smith            37    340    9.2    1
Steve Odom             27    549   20.3    3
Ollie Smith            22    357   16.2    0
Willard Harrell        19    194   10.2    0
Rich McGeorge          17    142    8.4    1
Eric Torkelson         11    107    9.7    0
Randy Vataha           10    109   10.9    0
Ken Payne               7     99   14.1    1
Nate Simpson            5     19    3.8    0
Bert Askson             2     51   25.5    0
Aundra Thompson         2     12    6.0    0
Jim Culbreath           2      6    3.0    0
John Brockington        2      1    0.5    0
Terdell Middleton       1     27   27.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Barty Smith           166    554    3.3    2
Eric Torkelson        103    309    3.0    1
Nate Simpson           60    204    3.4    0
Willard Harrell        60    140    2.3    1
Terdell Middleton      35     97    2.8    0
David Whitehurst       14     55    3.9    1
Jim Culbreath          12     53    4.4    0
John Brockington       11     25    2.3    0
Lynn Dickey             5     24    4.8    0
Steve Odom              1      6    6.0    0
David Beverly           2     -3   -1.5    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Steve Odom             23    468   20.3    0
Steve Wagner            6     62   10.3    0
Jim Culbreath           5     82   16.4    0
Terdell Middleton       4    141   35.2    1
Aundra Thompson         4     82   20.5    0
Willard Harrell         3     48   16.0    0
Eric Torkelson          2     36   18.0    0
Tim Moresco             1     15   15.0    0
Derrel Gofourth         1     13   13.0    0
Jim Gueno               1      0    0.0    0
Nate Simpson            1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Willard Harrell        28    253    9.0   10    1
Johnnie Gray           10     68    6.8    3    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net David Beverly 85 3,391 39.9 9 16 1 53 311 33.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Chester Marcol 2/2 2/3 4/8 5/6 0/2 13/21 11/14 50 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bob Barber 5.5 Willie Buchanon 2 41 1 Mike Butler 5.0 Fred Carr 1 15 0 Johnnie Gray 1 12 0 Don Hansen 1.0 Ezra Johnson 3.5 Steve Luke 4 9 0 Mike McCoy 4 2 0 Herb McMath 1.0 Dave Pureifory 6.0 Dave Roller 8.0 Tom Toner 1 10 0 Gary Weaver 1.0 Clarence Williams 3.0

1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 DE Mike Butler 95 Kansas 1 28 DE Ezra Johnson 192 Morris Brown [pick acquired from OAK] 2 39 OT Greg Koch 159 Arkansas 3 74 OG Rick Scribner Idaho State [pick acquired from DEN] 5 122 RB Nate Simpson 43 Tennessee State 6 149 DB Tim Moresco 52 Syracuse 7 172 C Derrel Gofourth 116 Oklahoma State [pick acquired from NYG] 7 176 OG Rell Tipton Baylor 8 206 QB David Whitehurst 54 Furman 9 233 OT Joel Mullins Arkansas State 10 260 RB Jim Culbreath 32 Oklahoma 11 290 DB Terry Randolph 14 American International

Traded draft picks: #3 to HOU (Tim Wilson), #4 to PIT (Ted Petersen), #12 to OAK (Rod Martin)

Transactions:

05-03-1977	traded a player to be named later (Perry Smith) to Cardinals for Terdell Middleton
07-20-1977	Bruce Van Dyke retired
08-31-1977	traded an undisclosed draft pick (trade voided when Marangi failed physical) to Bills for Gary Marangi
09-06-1977	traded Alden Roche to Colts for a #7 pick in the 1978 draft
09-11-1977	traded Mike McCoy to Raiders for Herb McMath, Oakland's #1 pick in the 1978 draft and #4 pick in the 1979 draft
09-14-1977	placed Gerald Skinner on injured reserve
09-21-1977	placed Rick Scribner on injured reserve
11-10-1977	placed Randy Vataha on injured reserve

1977 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/18/77    at New Orleans Saints      W 24-20       1-0-0
09/25/77    vs Houston Oilers          L 10-16       1-1-0
10/02/77    at Minnesota Vikings       L 7-19        1-2-0
10/09/77    vs Cincinnati Bengals      L 7-17        1-3-0
10/16/77    at Detroit Lions           L 6-10        1-4-0
10/23/77    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 13-0        2-4-0
10/30/77    vs Chicago Bears           L 0-26        2-5-0
11/06/77    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 10-20       2-6-0
11/13/77    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 6-24        2-7-0
11/21/77    at Washington Redskins     L 9-10        2-8-0
11/27/77    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 6-13        2-9-0
12/04/77    vs Detroit Lions           W 10-9        3-9-0
12/11/77    at Chicago Bears           L 10-21       3-10-0
12/18/77    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 16-14       4-10-0

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