1979 Green Bay Packers: 5-11-0
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Home record: 4-4-0 (154 points scored, 140 allowed) Road record: 1-7-0 (92 points scored, 176 allowed) Head Coach: Bart Starr
246 points scored (25th of 28 teams), 316 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 240 444 2,681 (16) 5.46 15 22 483 1,861 (21) 3.9 14 4,542 (25) 44
Defense: 249 440 2,762 (13) 5.81 21 18 639 2,885 (28) 4.5 14 5,647 (23) 32
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Lynn Dickey QB 5 6'4 220 30 7 Kansas State 11 David Beverly P 16 6'2 180 29 6 Auburn 13 Chester Marcol K 10 6'0 190 30 8 Hillsdale 17 David Whitehurst QB 13 6'2 204 24 3 Furman 19 Tom Birney K 6 6'4 220 23 R Michigan State 20 Wylie Turner DB 12 5'10 182 22 R Angelo State 21 Steve Wagner DB 16 6'2 208 25 4 Wisconsin 24 Johnnie Gray DB 16 5'11 185 25 5 Cal State-Fullerton 26 Eric Torkelson RB 14 6'2 194 27 6 Connecticut 29 Mike McCoy DB 16 5'11 183 26 4 Colorado 30 Ricky Patton RB 6 5'11 189 25 2 Jackson State 31 Jim Culbreath RB 4 6'0 210 27 3 Oklahoma 32 Steve Atkins RB 7 6'0 216 23 R Maryland 33 Barty Smith RB 6 6'4 240 27 6 Richmond 34 Terdell Middleton RB 14 6'0 195 24 3 Memphis 36 Howard Sampson DB 16 5'10 185 23 2 Arkansas 38 Estus Hood DB 16 5'11 180 23 2 Illinois State 39 Sammy Johnson RB 3 6'1 226 27 6 North Carolina 40 Eddie Lee Ivery RB 1 6'1 210 22 R Georgia Tech 42 Walt Landers RB 9 6'0 214 26 2 Clark Atlanta 43 Henry Monroe DB 3 5'11 180 22 R Mississippi State 46 Steve Luke DB 16 6'2 205 26 5 Ohio State 48 Nate Simpson RB 15 5'11 201 24 3 Tennessee State 50 Rich Wingo LB 16 6'1 230 23 R Alabama 51 Jim Gueno LB 16 6'2 220 25 4 Tulane 52 Gary Weaver LB 14 6'1 225 30 7 Fresno State 53 Mike Douglass LB 16 6'0 224 24 2 San Diego State 54 Larry McCarren C 16 6'3 248 27 7 Illinois 55 Mike Hunt LB 3 6'2 240 23 2 Minnesota 57 Derrel Gofourth OG 16 6'3 260 24 3 Oklahoma State 58 Paul Rudzinski LB 11 6'1 220 23 2 Michigan State 58 Steve Stewart LB 3 6'2 220 23 2 Minnesota 59 John Anderson LB 7 6'3 230 23 2 Michigan 61 Dave Simmons LB 16 6'4 218 22 R North Carolina 62 Joe McLaughlin LB 3 6'1 235 22 R Massachusetts 63 Terry Jones DT 12 6'2 259 22 2 Alabama 65 Mike Wellman C 16 6'3 253 23 R Kansas 68 Greg Koch OT 16 6'4 265 24 3 Arkansas 69 Leotis Harris OG 15 6'1 267 24 2 Arkansas 70 Bob Barber DE 16 6'3 240 27 4 Grambling 71 Melvin Jackson OG 16 6'1 267 25 4 Southern California 72 Kit Lathrop DE 2 6'5 253 23 R Arizona State 73 Earl Edwards DT 9 6'6 260 33 11 Wichita State 75 Carl Barzilauskas DT 5 6'6 265 28 6 Indiana 76 Tim Stokes OT 16 6'5 252 29 6 Oregon 77 Mike Butler DE 14 6'5 265 25 3 Kansas 78 Casey Merrill DE 13 6'4 255 22 R California-Davis 79 Mark Koncar OT 12 6'5 268 26 3 Colorado 80 James Lofton WR 16 6'3 187 23 2 Stanford 82 Paul Coffman TE 16 6'3 218 23 2 Kansas State 83 John Thompson TE 16 6'3 228 22 R Utah State 84 Steve Odom WR 9 5'8 174 27 6 Utah 85 Bobby Kimball WR 7 6'1 190 22 R Oklahoma 87 Walter Tullis WR 16 6'0 170 26 2 Delaware State 88 Ron Cassidy WR 8 6'0 185 22 R Utah State 89 Aundra Thompson WR 16 6'0 186 26 3 East Texas State 90 Ezra Johnson DE 11 6'4 240 24 3 Morris Brown 99 Charles Johnson DT 16 6'1 262 22 R Maryland
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
David Whitehurst 322 179 55.6 2,247 6.98 12.6 10 3.1 18 5.6 32 256 64.5
Lynn Dickey 119 60 50.4 787 6.61 13.1 5 4.2 4 3.4 15 120 71.7
David Beverly 2 1 50.0 23 11.50 23.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 91.9
James Lofton 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Paul Coffman 56 711 12.7 4 James Lofton 54 968 17.9 4 Aundra Thompson 25 395 15.8 3 Barty Smith 19 155 8.2 1 Eric Torkelson 19 139 7.3 0 Terdell Middleton 18 155 8.6 1 Nate Simpson 11 46 4.2 0 Walter Tullis 10 173 17.3 1 Steve Atkins 10 89 8.9 0 Ron Cassidy 6 102 17.0 0 Ricky Patton 6 41 6.8 0 Walt Landers 5 60 12.0 1 Jim Gueno 1 23 23.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Terdell Middleton 131 495 3.8 2 Eric Torkelson 98 401 4.1 3 Steve Atkins 42 239 5.7 1 Nate Simpson 66 235 3.6 1 Barty Smith 57 201 3.5 3 Ricky Patton 37 134 3.6 0 David Whitehurst 18 73 4.1 4 Walt Landers 17 41 2.4 0 Eddie Lee Ivery 3 24 8.0 0 Steve Wagner 1 16 16.0 0 Lynn Dickey 5 13 2.6 0 Jim Culbreath 5 8 1.6 0 James Lofton 1 -1 -1.0 0 Aundra Thompson 2 -18 -9.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Steve Odom 29 622 21.4 0 Aundra Thompson 15 346 23.1 1 Mike McCoy 11 248 22.5 0 Howard Sampson 4 61 15.2 0 Mike Wellman 1 10 10.0 0 Steve Wagner 1 8 8.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Steve Odom 15 80 5.3 5 0 Johnnie Gray 13 61 4.7 8 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 15 RB Eddie Lee Ivery 72 Georgia Tech 2 44 RB Steve Atkins 20 Maryland 3 71 DT Charles Johnson 45 Maryland 6 153 LB Dave Simmons 36 North Carolina 7 180 DB Henry Monroe 6 Mississippi State 7 184 LB Rich Wingo 69 Alabama [pick acquired from SD] 8 193 WR Ron Cassidy 60 Utah State [pick acquired from SF] 8 208 P Rick Partridge 32 Utah 9 235 TE John Thompson 34 Utah State 10 264 WR Frank Lockett 3 Nebraska 11 290 DB Mark Thorson Ottawa (Kan.) 12 318 P Bill Moats South Dakota
Traded draft picks: #4 to NYJ (Johnny Lynn), #5 to NYJ (Stan Blinka)
Transactions:
| 04-26-1979 | traded Willie Buchanon to Chargers for San Diego's #7 pick in the 1979 draft and #1 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-06-1979 | traded a conditional draft pick to Cowboys for Mike Salzano |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Greg Krpalek on injured reserve |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Ron Cassidy on injured reserve |
| 08-14-1979 | traded Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1981 draft to Rams for Mike Wellman |
| 08-28-1979 | placed John Anderson on injured reserve |
| 09-05-1979 | placed Eddie Lee Ivery on injured reserve |
| 11-07-1979 | placed Chester Marcol on injured reserve |
| 11-27-1979 | placed Sammy Johnson on injured reserve |
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 at Chicago Bears L 3-6 0-1-0 09/09/79 vs New Orleans Saints W 28-19 1-1-0 09/16/79 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10-21 1-2-0 09/23/79 at Minnesota Vikings L 21-27 (OT) 1-3-0 10/01/79 vs New England Patriots W 27-14 2-3-0 10/07/79 at Atlanta Falcons L 7-25 2-4-0 10/14/79 vs Detroit Lions W 24-16 3-4-0 10/21/79 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 3-21 3-5-0 10/28/79 at Miami Dolphins L 7-27 3-6-0 11/04/79 vs New York Jets L 22-27 3-7-0 11/11/79 vs Minnesota Vikings W 19-7 4-7-0 11/18/79 at Buffalo Bills L 12-19 4-8-0 11/25/79 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 10-21 4-9-0 12/02/79 at Washington Redskins L 21-38 4-10-0 12/09/79 vs Chicago Bears L 14-15 4-11-0 12/15/79 at Detroit Lions W 18-13 5-11-0
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