1978 Green Bay Packers: 8-7-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-1 (168 points scored, 160 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (84 points scored, 120 allowed) Head Coach: Bart Starr 252 points scored (22nd of 28 teams), 280 points allowed (8th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 180 357 2,084 (23) 5.29 11 18 550 2,023 (24) 3.7 16 4,107 (24) 42 Defense: 254 463 2,524 (16) 4.94 16 27 620 2,439 (22) 3.9 19 4,963 (19) 47
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 David Beverly P 16 6'2 180 28 5 Auburn 13 Chester Marcol K 16 6'0 190 29 7 Hillsdale 16 Dennis Sproul QB 6 6'2 210 22 R Arizona State 17 David Whitehurst QB 16 6'2 204 23 2 Furman 19 Bobby Douglass QB 12 6'3 228 31 10 Kansas 20 Walter Tullis WR 16 6'0 170 25 1 Delaware State 21 Steve Wagner DB 16 6'2 208 24 3 Wisconsin 24 Johnnie Gray DB 16 5'11 185 24 4 Cal State-Fullerton 26 Eric Torkelson RB 14 6'2 194 26 5 Connecticut 28 Willie Buchanon DB 16 6'0 190 27 7 San Diego State 29 Mike McCoy DB 16 5'11 183 25 3 Colorado 31 Jim Culbreath RB 12 6'0 210 26 2 Oklahoma 33 Barty Smith RB 16 6'4 240 26 5 Richmond 34 Terdell Middleton RB 16 6'0 195 23 2 Memphis 36 Howard Sampson DB 15 5'10 185 22 R Arkansas 38 Estus Hood DB 16 5'11 180 22 R Illinois State 42 Walt Landers RB 4 6'0 214 25 1 Clark Atlanta 43 Aundra Thompson WR 16 6'0 186 25 2 East Texas State 46 Steve Luke DB 16 6'2 205 25 4 Ohio State 48 Nate Simpson RB 16 5'11 190 23 2 Tennessee State 50 Jim Carter LB 14 6'3 245 30 8 Minnesota 51 Jim Gueno LB 15 6'2 220 24 3 Tulane 52 Gary Weaver LB 16 6'1 225 29 6 Fresno State 53 Frank Chesley LB 1 6'3 219 23 R Wyoming 54 Larry McCarren C 16 6'3 248 26 6 Illinois 55 Mike Hunt LB 16 6'2 240 22 R Minnesota 56 Rick Nuzum C 16 6'4 238 26 2 Kentucky 57 Derrel Gofourth OG 16 6'3 260 23 2 Oklahoma State 58 Danny Johnson LB 3 6'1 216 23 R Tennessee State 60 John Anderson LB 13 6'3 221 22 1 Michigan 63 Terry Jones DT 16 6'2 259 21 R Alabama 65 Mike Douglass LB 16 6'0 224 23 R San Diego State 66 Paul Rudzinski LB 16 6'1 220 22 R Michigan State 68 Greg Koch OT 16 6'4 265 23 2 Arkansas 69 Leotis Harris OG 13 6'1 267 23 R Arkansas 70 Bob Barber DE 16 6'3 240 26 3 Grambling 71 Melvin Jackson OG 16 6'1 267 24 3 Southern California 73 Gerald Skinner OT 15 6'4 260 24 1 Arkansas 74 Dave Roller DT 16 6'2 270 29 5 Kentucky 75 Carl Barzilauskas DT 16 6'6 265 27 5 Indiana 76 Tim Stokes OT 16 6'5 252 28 5 Oregon 77 Mike Butler DE 16 6'5 265 24 2 Kansas 78 Ezra Johnson DE 16 6'4 240 23 2 Morris Brown 80 James Lofton WR 16 6'3 187 22 R Stanford 81 Rich McGeorge TE 16 6'4 230 30 9 Elon 82 Paul Coffman TE 16 6'3 218 22 R Kansas State 84 Steve Odom WR 12 5'8 174 26 5 Utah 85 Elmo Boyd WR 2 6'0 188 24 R Eastern Kentucky 89 Willie Taylor WR 1 6'1 179 22 R Pittsburgh
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating David Whitehurst 328 168 51.2 2,093 6.38 12.5 10 3.0 17 5.2 35 258 59.9 Dennis Sproul 13 5 38.5 87 6.69 17.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 7 62.0 Bobby Douglass 12 5 41.7 90 7.50 18.0 1 8.3 1 8.3 1 9 61.1 David Beverly 2 2 100.0 88 44.00 44.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 James Lofton 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD James Lofton 46 818 17.8 6 Barty Smith 37 256 6.9 0 Terdell Middleton 34 332 9.8 1 Aundra Thompson 26 527 20.3 2 Rich McGeorge 23 247 10.7 1 Jim Culbreath 7 78 11.1 0 Steve Odom 4 60 15.0 1 Eric Torkelson 2 36 18.0 0 Nate Simpson 1 4 4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Terdell Middleton 284 1,116 3.9 11 Barty Smith 154 567 3.7 4 Jim Culbreath 30 92 3.1 0 David Whitehurst 28 67 2.4 1 Nate Simpson 27 58 2.1 0 Walt Landers 7 40 5.7 0 Bobby Douglass 4 27 6.8 0 Aundra Thompson 4 25 6.2 0 Eric Torkelson 6 18 3.0 0 James Lofton 3 13 4.3 0 David Beverly 1 0 0.0 0 Dennis Sproul 2 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Steve Odom 25 677 27.1 1 Aundra Thompson 6 124 20.7 0 Steve Wagner 6 84 14.0 0 Jim Culbreath 4 58 14.5 0 Estus Hood 3 74 24.7 0 Howard Sampson 1 23 23.0 0 Terdell Middleton 1 22 22.0 0 Ezra Johnson 1 14 14.0 0 Jim Gueno 1 9 9.0 0 Walt Landers 1 0 0.0 0 James Lofton 1 0 0.0 0 Barty Smith 1 0 0.0 0 Rich McGeorge 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Steve Odom 33 298 9.0 7 0 Johnnie Gray 11 95 8.6 6 0 Howard Sampson 1 0 0.0 0 0 Walter Tullis 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 WR James Lofton 233 Stanford 1 26 LB John Anderson 146 Michigan [pick acquired from OAK] 2 34 LB Mike Hunt 22 Minnesota 3 62 DB Estus Hood 104 Illinois State 5 116 LB Mike Douglass 126 San Diego State 5 128 RB Willie Wilder Florida [pick acquired from PIT] 6 144 OG Leotis Harris 74 Arkansas 7 172 LB George Plasketes Mississippi 8 200 QB Dennis Sproul 6 Arizona State 9 228 QB Keith Myers Utah State 10 256 RB Larry Key Florida State 10 259 C Mark Totten Florida [pick acquired from NYG] 11 284 DT Terry Jones 85 Alabama 12 312 TE Eason Ramson 85 Washington State
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 05-02-1978 | traded Dave Pureifory to Steelers for Pittsburgh's #5 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 05-04-1978 | traded Steve Knutson to 49ers for San Francisco's #8 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 06-07-1978 | traded Green Bay's #4 and #5 picks in the 1979 draft to Jets for Carl Barzilauskas |
| 06-19-1978 | Jets claimed Blane Smith on waivers |
| 07-21-1978 | claimed Allan Leavitt on waivers from Buccaneers |
| 08-01-1978 | Keith Hartwig retired |
| 08-04-1978 | traded Oakland's #4 pick in the 1979 draft to Redskins for Tim Stokes |
| 08-15-1978 | placed Lynn Dickey on injured reserve |
| 08-15-1978 | traded Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1980 draft to Rams for Rick Nuzum |
| 08-17-1978 | claimed Gordon Bell on waivers from Giants |
| 08-25-1978 | claimed Willie Taylor on waivers from Buccaneers |
| 08-30-1978 | placed Rick Scribner on injured reserve |
| 09-27-1978 | placed Walter Landers on injured reserve |
| 11-15-1978 | placed Dennis Sproul on injured reserve |
| 12-06-1978 | placed John Anderson on injured reserve |
| 12-06-1978 | placed Mark Koncar on injured reserve |
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 at Detroit Lions W 13-7 1-0-0 09/10/78 vs New Orleans Saints W 28-17 2-0-0 09/17/78 vs Oakland Raiders L 3-28 2-1-0 09/24/78 at San Diego Chargers W 27-14 3-1-0 10/01/78 vs Detroit Lions W 35-14 4-1-0 10/08/78 vs Chicago Bears W 24-14 5-1-0 10/15/78 vs Seattle Seahawks W 45-28 6-1-0 10/22/78 at Minnesota Vikings L 7-21 6-2-0 10/29/78 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 9-7 7-2-0 11/05/78 at Philadelphia Eagles L 3-10 7-3-0 11/12/78 vs Dallas Cowboys L 14-42 7-4-0 11/19/78 at Denver Broncos L 3-16 7-5-0 11/26/78 vs Minnesota Vikings T 10-10 (OT) 7-5-1 12/03/78 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17-7 8-5-1 12/10/78 at Chicago Bears L 0-14 8-6-1 12/17/78 at Los Angeles Rams L 14-31 8-7-1