1978 Seattle Seahawks: 9-7-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-3-0 (205 points scored, 155 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (140 points scored, 203 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Patera 345 points scored (7th of 28 teams), 358 points allowed (26th) 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: 261 467 3,117 ( 6) 6.10 15 22 561 2,394 ( 9) 4.3 28 5,511 ( 3) 41 Defense: 263 460 3,005 (27) 6.20 21 22 551 2,513 (23) 4.6 20 5,518 (26) 39
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Efren Herrera K 16 5'9 190 27 4 UCLA 3 John Leypoldt K 1 6'2 230 32 8 Northern Virginia C.C. 10 Jim Zorn QB 16 6'2 200 25 3 Cal Poly-Pomona 16 Steve Myer QB 4 6'2 188 24 2 New Mexico 18 Herman Weaver P 16 6'4 210 29 9 Tennessee 22 Dave Brown DB 16 6'1 190 25 4 Michigan 24 Al Hunter RB 16 5'11 195 23 2 Notre Dame 26 Kerry Justin DB 16 5'11 175 23 1 Oregon State 27 Autry Beamon DB 16 6'1 190 24 4 East Texas State 31 Tony Benjamin RB 6 6'3 225 23 2 Duke 34 Rufus Crawford RB 16 5'10 180 23 1 Virginia State 35 David Sims RB 12 6'3 216 23 2 Georgia Tech 36 Ken Geddes LB 12 6'3 235 32 8 Nebraska 38 Cornell Webster DB 15 6'0 180 23 2 Tulsa 42 Keith Simpson DB 13 6'1 195 22 R Memphis 42 Don Testerman RB 16 6'2 230 25 3 Clemson 44 John Harris DB 16 6'2 200 22 R Arizona State 47 Sherman Smith RB 12 6'4 225 23 3 Miami (Ohio) 51 John Yarno C 13 6'5 251 23 2 Idaho 53 Keith Butler LB 16 6'4 225 22 R Memphis 54 Art Kuehn C 16 6'3 255 25 3 UCLA 56 Sammy Green LB 16 6'2 230 24 3 Florida 57 Pete Cronan LB 15 6'2 238 23 2 Boston College 58 Terry Beeson LB 16 6'3 240 23 2 Kansas 61 Tom Lynch OG 16 6'5 260 23 2 Boston College 62 Ernie Price DE 12 6'4 245 28 6 Texas A&I 63 Nick Bebout OT 16 6'5 260 27 6 Wyoming 64 Charles Aiu OG 1 6'2 250 24 3 Hawaii 66 Bill Sandifer DT 15 6'6 260 26 5 UCLA 67 Bill Cooke DT 4 6'5 250 27 4 Massachusetts 68 Dennis Boyd DT 16 6'6 255 22 2 Oregon State 70 Dave Kraayeveld DE 12 6'5 255 23 R Milton 71 Steve Niehaus DT 14 6'4 255 24 3 Notre Dame 72 Louis Bullard OT 16 6'6 285 22 R Jackson State 73 Norm Evans OT 13 6'5 250 36 14 Texas Christian 75 Alden Roche DE 10 6'4 255 33 9 Southern 76 Steve August OT 14 6'5 254 24 2 Tulsa 77 Bill Gregory DE 16 6'5 260 28 8 Wisconsin 78 Bob Newton OG 16 6'4 260 29 8 Nebraska 80 Steve Largent WR 16 5'11 184 24 3 Tulsa 81 John Sawyer TE 11 6'2 230 25 4 Southern Mississippi 83 Steve Raible WR 16 6'2 195 24 3 Georgia Tech 84 Sam McCullum WR 16 6'2 203 25 5 Montana State 87 Ron Howard TE 16 6'4 240 27 5 Seattle 88 Doug Long DB 15 6'0 189 23 2 Whitworth 88 Brian Peets TE 8 6'4 225 22 R Pacific 89 Duke Fergerson WR 16 6'1 193 24 2 San Diego State 90 Charles McShane LB 14 6'3 230 24 2 California Lutheran
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Zorn 443 248 56.0 3,283 7.41 13.2 15 3.4 20 4.5 44 284 72.1 Steve Myer 22 11 50.0 94 4.27 8.5 0 0.0 2 9.1 0 0 23.7 David Sims 1 1 100.0 15 15.00 15.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Herman Weaver 1 1 100.0 9 9.00 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 104.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Steve Largent 71 1,168 16.5 8 Sam McCullum 37 525 14.2 3 David Sims 30 195 6.5 1 Sherman Smith 28 366 13.1 1 Steve Raible 22 316 14.4 1 Ron Howard 18 251 13.9 1 Don Testerman 17 143 8.4 0 Al Hunter 12 172 14.3 0 Duke Fergerson 11 116 10.5 0 John Sawyer 9 101 11.2 0 Rufus Crawford 4 25 6.2 0 Brian Peets 1 14 14.0 0 Tony Benjamin 1 9 9.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Sherman Smith 165 805 4.9 6 David Sims 174 752 4.3 14 Al Hunter 105 348 3.3 2 Jim Zorn 59 290 4.9 6 Don Testerman 43 155 3.6 0 Rufus Crawford 6 19 3.2 0 Steve Raible 2 13 6.5 0 Steve Myer 2 10 5.0 0 Tony Benjamin 1 7 7.0 0 Herman Weaver 2 -5 -2.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Rufus Crawford 35 829 23.7 0 Al Hunter 16 385 24.1 0 Duke Fergerson 10 236 23.6 0 Doug Long 4 35 8.8 0 Don Testerman 1 19 19.0 0 Dennis Boyd 1 6 6.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rufus Crawford 34 284 8.4 4 0 John Harris 5 58 11.6 1 0 Ken Geddes 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 DB Keith Simpson 108 Memphis 2 36 LB Keith Butler 146 Memphis 3 63 DB Bob Jury 15 Pittsburgh 5 119 OT Louis Bullard 35 Jackson State 6 146 WR Glenn Starks Texas A&I 7 173 DB John Harris 160 Arizona State 9 231 OT Rich Grimmett Illinois 10 258 WR Rob Stewart Lafayette 11 301 LB George Halas Miami [pick acquired from MIA] 12 316 RB Jeff Bergeron Lamar
Traded draft picks: #8 to MIN (Mike Wood), #11 to NO (Dave Riley)
Transactions:
| 08-08-1978 | claimed Barrett Paige on waivers from Cowboys |
| 08-15-1978 | traded Seattle's #5 pick in the 1979 draft to Cowboys for Efren Herrera |
| 08-23-1978 | placed Gordon Jolley on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1978 | traded Bob Jury and Dallas' #3 pick in the 1979 draft to 49ers for San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-28-1978 | traded Seattle's #3 and #6 picks in the 1979 draft to Cowboys for Bill Gregory and Dallas' #3 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-30-1978 | claimed Dave Kraayeveld on waivers from Cowboys |
| 09-27-1978 | traded Bill Cooke and Seattle's #8 pick in the 1979 draft to Lions for Ernie Price |
| 12-13-1978 | placed David Sims on injured reserve |
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 vs San Diego Chargers L 20-24 0-1-0 09/10/78 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10-21 0-2-0 09/17/78 at New York Jets W 24-17 1-2-0 09/24/78 vs Detroit Lions W 28-16 2-2-0 10/01/78 at Denver Broncos L 7-28 2-3-0 10/08/78 vs Minnesota Vikings W 29-28 3-3-0 10/15/78 at Green Bay Packers L 28-45 3-4-0 10/22/78 vs Oakland Raiders W 27-7 4-4-0 10/29/78 vs Denver Broncos L 17-20 (OT) 4-5-0 11/05/78 at Chicago Bears W 31-29 5-5-0 11/12/78 vs Baltimore Colts L 14-17 5-6-0 11/19/78 at Kansas City Chiefs W 13-10 6-6-0 11/26/78 at Oakland Raiders W 17-16 7-6-0 12/03/78 vs Cleveland Browns W 47-24 8-6-0 12/10/78 at San Diego Chargers L 10-37 8-7-0 12/17/78 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 23-19 9-7-0