1976 Seattle Seahawks: 2-12-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 1-6-0 (136 points scored, 234 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (93 points scored, 195 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Patera 229 points scored (21st of 28 teams), 429 points allowed (28th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 229 480 2,649 ( 7) 5.21 13 30 374 1,416 (28) 3.8 14 4,065 (19) 48 Defense: 223 367 2,524 (25) 6.41 27 15 614 2,876 (28) 4.7 20 5,400 (28) 26
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 John Leypoldt K 11 6'2 230 30 6 Northern Virginia C.C. 4 Don Bitterlich K 3 5'7 166 22 R Temple 5 Rick Engles P 14 5'11 170 22 R Tulsa 10 Jim Zorn QB 14 6'2 200 23 R Cal Poly-Pomona 19 Bill Munson QB 5 6'2 205 35 13 Utah State 22 Dave Brown DB 14 6'1 190 23 2 Michigan 25 Don Dufek DB 14 6'0 195 22 R Michigan 28 Lyle Blackwood DB 11 6'0 190 25 4 Texas Christian 29 Al Matthews DB 14 5'11 190 28 7 Texas A&I 30 Oliver Ross RB 10 6'0 210 27 4 Alabama A&M 32 Mike Curtis LB 14 6'2 232 33 12 Duke 33 Andy Bolton RB 5 6'1 205 22 R Fisk 36 Ken Geddes LB 11 6'3 235 30 6 Nebraska 37 Hugh McKinnis RB 11 6'0 219 28 4 Arizona State 38 Ed Bradley LB 14 6'2 239 26 5 Wake Forest 39 Bill Olds RB 1 6'1 224 25 4 Nebraska 41 Eddie McMillan DB 14 6'0 190 24 4 Florida State 42 Don Testerman RB 14 6'2 230 23 R Clemson 44 Ralph Nelson RB 8 6'2 195 23 2 None 45 Rolly Woolsey DB 14 6'1 182 23 2 Boise State 46 Ted Bachman DB 5 6'0 190 24 1 New Mexico State 47 Sherman Smith RB 12 6'4 217 21 R Miami (Ohio) 49 Ernie Jones DB 9 6'3 180 23 R Miami 50 Greg Collins LB 13 6'3 227 23 2 Notre Dame 52 Randy Coffield LB 13 6'3 215 22 R Florida State 53 Fred Hoaglin C 13 6'4 250 32 11 Pittsburgh 54 Art Kuehn C 14 6'3 270 23 1 UCLA 56 Sammy Green LB 14 6'2 228 22 R Florida 58 Don Hansen LB 2 6'3 228 32 10 Illinois 60 Ron Coder OG 13 6'4 250 22 R Penn State 62 Dave Simonson OT 5 6'6 250 24 3 Minnesota 63 Nick Bebout OT 14 6'5 260 25 4 Wyoming 64 Gordon Jolley OT 14 6'5 245 27 5 Utah 65 John Demarie OG 9 6'3 248 31 10 Louisiana State 67 Bobby Penchion OG 14 6'5 252 27 5 Alcorn State 70 Bob Lurtsema DE 13 6'6 250 34 10 Western Michigan 70 Larry Woods DT 6 6'6 268 28 6 Tennessee State 71 Steve Niehaus DT 14 6'4 270 22 R Notre Dame 72 Al Cowlings DE 1 6'5 245 29 7 Southern California 73 Norm Evans OT 10 6'5 250 34 12 Texas Christian 74 Carl Barisich DT 14 6'4 255 25 4 Princeton 75 Dave Tipton DE 12 6'6 246 27 6 Stanford 77 Richard Harris DE 14 6'4 258 28 6 Grambling 78 Bob Newton OG 12 6'4 260 27 6 Nebraska 79 Jim White DE 2 6'3 260 28 4 Colorado State 80 Steve Largent WR 14 5'11 184 22 R Tulsa 81 John McMakin TE 13 6'3 225 26 5 Clemson 83 Steve Raible WR 13 6'2 195 22 R Georgia Tech 84 Sam McCullum WR 14 6'2 203 23 3 Montana State 87 Ron Howard TE 14 6'4 225 25 3 Seattle 88 Don Clune WR 10 6'3 195 24 3 Pennsylvania 89 Alvis Darby TE 1 6'5 216 22 R Florida
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Zorn 439 208 47.4 2,571 5.86 12.4 12 2.7 27 6.2 25 196 49.5 Bill Munson 37 20 54.1 295 7.97 14.8 1 2.7 3 8.1 3 29 55.6 Sherman Smith 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Rick Engles 1 1 100.0 8 8.00 8.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 100.0 Steve Largent 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Steve Largent 54 705 13.1 4 Ron Howard 37 422 11.4 0 Sherman Smith 36 384 10.7 1 Sam McCullum 32 506 15.8 4 Don Testerman 25 232 9.3 1 Hugh McKinnis 13 148 11.4 0 Ralph Nelson 12 96 8.0 0 John McMakin 9 158 17.6 2 Steve Raible 4 126 31.5 1 Don Clune 4 67 16.8 0 Oliver Ross 2 22 11.0 0 Lyle Blackwood 1 8 8.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Sherman Smith 119 537 4.5 4 Jim Zorn 52 246 4.7 4 Don Testerman 67 246 3.7 1 Ralph Nelson 52 173 3.3 1 Hugh McKinnis 46 105 2.3 4 Andy Bolton 13 44 3.4 0 Rick Engles 3 37 12.3 0 Oliver Ross 13 23 1.8 0 Bill Olds 2 9 4.5 0 Bill Munson 1 6 6.0 0 Steve Raible 1 2 2.0 0 Ron Howard 1 2 2.0 0 Steve Largent 4 -14 -3.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Oliver Ross 30 655 21.8 0 Andy Bolton 15 280 18.7 0 Lyle Blackwood 10 230 23.0 0 Don Dufek 9 177 19.7 0 Steve Largent 8 156 19.5 0 Sherman Smith 5 78 15.6 0 Don Testerman 2 29 14.5 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Lyle Blackwood 19 132 6.9 2 0 Dave Brown 11 74 6.7 5 0 Steve Largent 4 36 9.0 0 0 Rolly Woolsey 2 5 2.5 0 0 Eddie McMillan 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 |
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 DT Steve Niehaus 39 Notre Dame 2 29 LB Sammy Green 62 Florida 2 58 RB Sherman Smith 95 Miami (Ohio) 2 59 WR Steve Raible 84 Georgia Tech 3 62 DE Jeff Lloyd 25 West Texas State 3 89 P Rick Engles 22 Tulsa 3 92 K Don Bitterlich 3 Temple 4 93 QB Steve Myer 12 New Mexico 4 122 OG Randy Johnson 22 Georgia 4 123 RB Andy Bolton 32 Fisk 5 126 DB Don Dufek 95 Michigan 5 153 DB Ernie Jones 44 Miami 5 156 RB Larry Bates Miami 6 157 TE Al Darby 9 Florida 7 184 DT Lodie Dixon Arkansas State 8 210 WR Larry Shipp LSU 9 239 OT Bob Bos Iowa State 10 266 LB Randy Coffield 24 Florida State 11 293 P Keith Muehr S.W. Louisiana 12 320 WR Ronnie Barnett Texas-Arlington 13 349 RB Andy Reid 1 Georgia 14 376 DB Jarvis Blinks N.W. Louisiana 15 405 OT Dan Smith Washington State 16 432 OG Jeff Urczyk Georgia Tech 17 461 QB Chris Rowland Washington
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | selected Al Matthews from Packers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Art Kuehn from Redskins in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Bill Olds from Colts in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Bob Picard from Eagles in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Carl Barisich from Browns in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Charles Waddell from Chargers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Dave Brown from Steelers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Dave Tipton from Chargers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Don Clune from Giants in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Don Hansen from Falcons in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Dwayne Crump from Cardinals in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Ed Bradley from Steelers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Eddie McMillan from Rams in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Fred Hoaglin from Oilers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Gary Hayman from Bills in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Gary Keithley from Cardinals in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Gordon Jolley from Lions in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Jerry Davis from Jets in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Jesse O'Neal from Oilers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Joe Owens from Saints in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected John Demarie from Browns in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected John McMakin from Lions in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Ken Geddes from Rams in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Ken Hutcherson from Packers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Kerry Marbury from Patriots in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Larry Woods from Jets in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Lyle Blackwood from Bengals in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Mike Curtis from Colts in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Neil Graff from Patriots in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Nick Bebout from Falcons in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Norm Evans from Dolphins in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Bob Penchion from 49ers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Rocky Rasley from Chiefs in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Rolly Woolsey from Cowboys in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Ron Howard from Cowboys in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Rondy Colbert from Giants in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Sam McCullum from Vikings in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Steve Taylor from Broncos in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Wayne Baker from 49ers in expansion draft |
| 08-03-1976 | placed Charles Waddell on injured reserve |
| 08-03-1976 | placed Larry Bates on injured reserve |
| 08-05-1976 | traded Wayne Baker to Raiders for a conditional draft pick |
| 08-26-1976 | traded Seattle's #8 pick in the 1977 draft to Oilers for Steve Largent |
| 09-06-1976 | traded Seattle's #5 pick in the 1977 draft to Lions for Bill Munson |
| 09-06-1976 | claimed Terry Brown on waivers from Cardinals |
| 09-06-1976 | traded Seattle's #12 pick in the 1977 draft to Steelers for Ron Coder and Pittsburgh's #12 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-07-1976 | traded Terry Brown to Browns for Ted Bachman |
| 09-07-1976 | traded Ahmad Rashad to Vikings for Minnesota's #4 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-21-1976 | traded Don Hansen to Packers for cash |
| 12-03-1976 | claimed Bryant Salter on waivers from Dolphins |
| 12-08-1976 | Colts claimed Bryant Salter on waivers |
1976 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 24-30 0-1-0 09/19/76 at Washington Redskins L 7-31 0-2-0 09/26/76 vs San Francisco 49ers L 21-37 0-3-0 10/03/76 vs Dallas Cowboys L 13-28 0-4-0 10/10/76 at Green Bay Packers L 20-27 0-5-0 10/17/76 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 13-10 1-5-0 10/24/76 vs Detroit Lions L 14-41 1-6-0 10/31/76 at Los Angeles Rams L 6-45 1-7-0 11/07/76 vs Atlanta Falcons W 30-13 2-7-0 11/14/76 at Minnesota Vikings L 21-27 2-8-0 11/21/76 vs New Orleans Saints L 27-51 2-9-0 11/28/76 at New York Giants L 16-28 2-10-0 12/05/76 vs Chicago Bears L 7-34 2-11-0 12/12/76 at Philadelphia Eagles L 10-27 2-12-0