1979 Green Bay Packers roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net David Beverly 69 2,785 40.4 4 11 0 43 305 34.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Tom Birney 0/0 3/3 2/2 2/3 0/1 7/ 9 7/10 28 Chester Marcol 0/0 1/2 2/5 1/3 0/0 4/10 16/18 28 John Anderson 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 1/ 1 1/ 2 4 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bob Barber 5.0 Carl Barzilauskas 1.5 Mike Butler 3.0 Mike Douglass 2.0 3 73 0 Earl Edwards 3.5 Johnnie Gray 5 66 0 Jim Gueno 1.0 Estus Hood 2 8 0 Mike Hunt 1 13 0 Charles Johnson 2.0 1 0 0 Ezra Johnson 6.0 Terry Jones 5.0 Steve Luke 2.0 1 10 0 Mike McCoy 3 60 0 Casey Merrill 1.0 Rich Wingo 1.5 2 13 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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