1977 Seattle Seahawks roster and stats

1977 Seattle Seahawks: 5-9-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (171 points scored, 164 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (111 points scored, 209 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Patera 282 points scored (8th of 28 teams), 373 points allowed (28th) 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: 175 387 2,328 ( 8) 5.71 23 32 461 1,964 (15) 4.3 12 4,292 (12) 46 Defense: 199 349 2,333 (27) 6.36 19 25 596 2,485 (26) 4.2 21 4,818 (27) 36

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 John Leypoldt K 13 6'2 230 31 7 Northern Virginia C.C. 5 Rick Engles P 1 5'11 180 23 2 Tulsa 10 Jim Zorn QB 10 6'2 200 24 2 Cal Poly-Pomona 12 Sam Adkins QB 1 6'2 214 22 R Wichita State 16 Steve Myer QB 7 6'2 188 23 1 New Mexico 18 Herman Weaver P 13 6'4 210 28 8 Tennessee 20 Steve Preece DB 14 6'1 195 30 9 Oregon State 22 Dave Brown DB 14 6'1 190 24 3 Michigan 24 Al Hunter RB 12 5'11 195 22 R Notre Dame 25 Don Dufek DB 13 6'0 195 23 2 Michigan 27 Autry Beamon DB 14 6'1 190 23 3 East Texas State 31 Tony Benjamin RB 6 6'3 225 22 R Duke 35 David Sims RB 14 6'3 216 22 R Georgia Tech 36 Ken Geddes LB 14 6'3 235 31 7 Nebraska 38 Cornell Webster DB 14 6'0 180 22 R Tulsa 40 Walter Packer DB 10 5'10 174 21 R Mississippi State 41 Eddie McMillan DB 14 6'0 190 25 5 Florida State 42 Don Testerman RB 14 6'2 235 24 2 Clemson 47 Sherman Smith RB 14 6'4 216 22 2 Miami (Ohio) 49 Ed Marinaro RB 1 6'2 207 27 6 Cornell 50 Amos Martin LB 2 6'3 228 28 6 Louisville 51 John Yarno C 10 6'5 251 22 R Idaho 53 Mike Jones LB 12 6'2 214 23 R Jackson State 54 Art Kuehn C 14 6'3 255 24 2 UCLA 55 Geoff Reece C 3 6'4 247 25 2 Washington State 56 Sammy Green LB 14 6'2 230 23 2 Florida 57 Pete Cronan LB 14 6'2 238 22 R Boston College 58 Terry Beeson LB 14 6'3 240 22 R Kansas 60 Ron Coder OG 14 6'4 250 23 2 Penn State 61 Tom Lynch OG 14 6'5 260 22 R Boston College 63 Nick Bebout OT 13 6'5 260 26 5 Wyoming 64 Gordon Jolley OT 13 6'5 245 28 6 Utah 66 Bill Sandifer DT 1 6'6 262 25 4 UCLA 68 Dennis Boyd DE 14 6'6 255 21 R Oregon State 69 Andy Dorris DE 4 6'4 240 26 5 New Mexico State 70 Bob Lurtsema DE 14 6'6 250 35 11 Western Michigan 71 Steve Niehaus DT 8 6'4 270 23 2 Notre Dame 73 Norm Evans OT 13 6'5 250 35 13 Texas Christian 74 Ron East DT 14 6'4 248 34 10 Montana State 75 Alden Roche DE 13 6'4 255 32 8 Southern 76 Steve August OT 6 6'5 254 23 R Tulsa 77 Richard Harris DE 14 6'4 258 29 7 Grambling 78 Bob Newton OG 13 6'4 260 28 7 Nebraska 79 Horace Jones DE 1 6'3 255 28 6 Louisville 80 Steve Largent WR 14 5'11 184 23 2 Tulsa 81 John Sawyer TE 14 6'2 230 24 3 Southern Mississippi 82 Fred Rayhle TE 2 6'5 216 23 1 Tennessee-Chattanooga 83 Steve Raible WR 14 6'2 195 23 2 Georgia Tech 84 Sam McCullum WR 13 6'2 203 24 4 Montana State 87 Ron Howard TE 12 6'4 240 26 4 Seattle 88 Doug Long DB 1 6'0 189 22 R Whitworth 89 Duke Fergerson WR 13 6'1 193 23 1 San Diego State 90 Charles McShane LB 14 6'3 230 23 1 California Lutheran

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Zorn 251 104 41.4 1,687 6.72 16.2 16 6.4 19 7.6 11 43 54.3 Steve Myer 130 70 53.8 729 5.61 10.4 6 4.6 12 9.2 9 80 47.2 David Sims 4 1 25.0 43 10.75 43.0 1 25.0 1 25.0 0 0 71.9 Steve Preece 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Sherman Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Sam Adkins 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 8 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Steve Largent          33    643   19.5   10
Don Testerman          31    219    7.1    4
Sherman Smith          30    419   14.0    2
Duke Fergerson         19    374   19.7    2
Ron Howard             17    177   10.4    1
David Sims             12    176   14.7    3
John Sawyer            10    105   10.5    0
Sam McCullum            9    198   22.0    1
Steve Raible            5     79   15.8    0
Al Hunter               5     42    8.4    0
Tony Benjamin           4     27    6.8    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Sherman Smith         163    763    4.7    4
Don Testerman         119    459    3.9    1
David Sims             99    369    3.7    5
Al Hunter              32    179    5.6    1
Jim Zorn               25    141    5.6    1
Tony Benjamin          13     48    3.7    0
Sam Adkins              3      6    2.0    0
Steve Myer              6      1    0.2    0
Herman Weaver           1     -2   -2.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Al Hunter              36    820   22.8    0
Walter Packer          13    280   21.5    0
Duke Fergerson         11    240   21.8    0
David Sims              4     52   13.0    0
Sherman Smith           3     56   18.7    0
Steve Raible            2     19    9.5    0
Don Dufek               1     21   21.0    0
Don Testerman           1     14   14.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Walter Packer          20    131    6.5    0    0
Duke Fergerson          8     54    6.8    3    0
Steve Largent           4     32    8.0    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Herman Weaver 58 2,293 39.5 4 10 1 39 336 31.8 Rick Engles 4 137 34.2 0 0 1 3 53 16.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts John Leypoldt 1/2 2/3 2/4 3/4 1/5 9/18 33/37 60 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Autry Beamon 6 36 0 Terry Beeson 1.0 Dennis Boyd 2.0 Dave Brown 4 68 1 Don Dufek 2 26 0 Ron East 2.5 Ken Geddes 2.0 3 9 0 Sammy Green 1 9 0 Richard Harris 3.0 Bob Lurtsema 2.0 Eddie McMillan 4 157 0 Steve Preece 4 55 0 Alden Roche 3.5 Cornell Webster 1 -4 0

1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 14 OG Steve August 102 Tulsa [pick acquired from SD via DAL] 2 30 OT Tom Lynch 105 Boston College [pick acquired from BUF via DAL] 2 41 LB Terry Beeson 82 Kansas [pick acquired from SD via DAL] 2 51 LB Pete Cronan 90 Boston College [pick acquired from LA] 3 58 DE Dennis Boyd 59 Oregon State 4 87 C John Yarno 74 Idaho 4 111 WR Larry Seivers Tennessee [pick acquired from MIN] 6 142 RB Tony Benjamin 28 Duke 7 169 RB David Sims 29 Georgia Tech 9 225 DB George Adzick Minnesota 10 254 QB Sam Adkins 11 Wichita State 11 281 OT Bill Westbeld Dayton 12 329 DT I.V. Wilson Tulsa [pick acquired from PIT]

Traded draft picks: #1 to DAL (Tony Dorsett), #2 to LA (Nolan Cromwell), #5 to DET (Ron Crosby), #8 to HOU (Steve Davis), #12 to PIT (Jimmy Stephens)

Transactions:

05-03-1977	traded Ed Bradley to 49ers for Bill Sandifer
05-03-1977	traded Seattle's #1 pick in the 1977 draft to Cowboys for San Diego's #1 and #2 picks, Buffalo's #2 pick and Dallas' #2 pick in the 1977 draft
05-03-1977	traded Dallas' #2 pick in the 1977 draft to Cowboys for Duke Ferguson
05-03-1977	traded Seattle's #2 pick in the 1977 draft to Rams for Geoff Reece and Los Angeles' #2 pick in the 1977 draft
07-1977	traded Carl Barisich to Dolphins for Miami's #11 pick in the 1978 draft
08-11-1977	traded cash to Raiders for Horace Jones
08-19-1977	traded Fred Steinfort to Lions for $100 cash
08-30-1977	traded Larry Seivers to Buccaneers for a #4 pick in the 1979 draft
09-05-1977	traded Seattle's #8 pick in the 1978 draft to Vikings for Autry Beamon and Amos Martin
09-06-1977	traded Seattle's #11 pick in the 1978 draft to Saints for Andy Dorris
09-29-1977	placed Amos Martin on injured reserve

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

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/18/77    vs Baltimore Colts         L 14-29       0-1-0
09/25/77    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 20-42       0-2-0
10/02/77    vs Denver Broncos          L 13-24       0-3-0
10/09/77    at New England Patriots    L 0-31        0-4-0
10/16/77    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 30-23       1-4-0
10/23/77    at Miami Dolphins          L 13-31       1-5-0
10/30/77    vs Buffalo Bills           W 56-17       2-5-0
11/06/77    at Oakland Raiders         L 7-44        2-6-0
11/13/77    at New York Jets           W 17-0        3-6-0
11/20/77    vs Houston Oilers          L 10-22       3-7-0
11/27/77    vs San Diego Chargers      L 28-30       3-8-0
12/04/77    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 20-30       3-9-0
12/11/77    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 34-31       4-9-0
12/18/77    vs Cleveland Browns        W 20-19       5-9-0

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