1979 Seattle Seahawks: 9-7-0
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Home record: 5-3-0 (179 points scored, 159 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (199 points scored, 213 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Patera
378 points scored (4th of 28 teams), 372 points allowed (24th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 292 523 3,590 ( 5) 6.58 20 18 500 1,967 (19) 3.9 24 5,557 ( 7) 36
Defense: 317 508 3,459 (25) 6.35 21 17 533 2,375 (21) 4.5 23 5,834 (27) 33
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Efren Herrera K 16 5'9 190 28 5 UCLA 10 Jim Zorn QB 16 6'2 200 26 4 Cal Poly-Pomona 12 Sam Adkins QB 3 6'2 214 24 2 Wichita State 16 Steve Myer QB 1 6'2 200 25 3 New Mexico 18 Herman Weaver P 16 6'4 210 30 10 Tennessee 20 Mike O'Brien DB 3 6'1 195 23 1 California 22 Dave Brown DB 16 6'1 190 26 5 Michigan 24 Al Hunter RB 15 5'11 195 24 3 Notre Dame 25 Don Dufek DB 13 6'0 195 25 3 Michigan 26 Kerry Justin DB 14 5'11 175 24 2 Oregon State 27 Autry Beamon DB 15 6'1 190 25 5 East Texas State 31 Tony Benjamin RB 16 6'3 225 24 3 Duke 32 Jeff Moore RB 16 6'0 195 23 R Jackson State 33 Dan Doornink RB 16 6'3 210 23 2 Washington State 34 Tony Green RB 11 5'9 185 23 2 Florida 35 David Sims RB 3 6'3 216 24 3 Georgia Tech 38 Cornell Webster DB 15 6'0 180 24 3 Tulsa 42 Keith Simpson DB 15 6'1 195 23 2 Memphis 44 John Harris DB 14 6'2 200 23 2 Arizona State 47 Sherman Smith RB 16 6'4 225 24 4 Miami (Ohio) 50 Larry Polowski LB 14 6'3 235 22 R Boise State 51 John Yarno C 16 6'5 251 24 3 Idaho 52 Joe Norman LB 15 6'1 220 23 R Indiana 53 Keith Butler LB 14 6'4 225 23 2 Memphis 54 Art Kuehn C 16 6'3 255 26 4 UCLA 55 Michael Jackson LB 15 6'1 220 22 R Washington 56 Sammy Green LB 16 6'2 230 25 4 Florida 57 Pete Cronan LB 16 6'2 238 24 3 Boston College 58 Terry Beeson LB 16 6'3 240 24 3 Kansas 60 Ron Coder OG 15 6'4 250 25 3 Penn State 61 Tom Lynch OG 15 6'5 260 24 3 Boston College 62 Ernie Price DE 4 6'4 245 29 7 Texas A&I 63 Nick Bebout OT 13 6'5 260 28 7 Wyoming 67 Bill Cooke DT 15 6'5 250 28 5 Massachusetts 68 Dennis Boyd DE 11 6'6 255 23 3 Oregon State 70 Jeff Sevy OT 4 6'5 260 28 5 California 71 Carl Eller DE 16 6'6 247 37 16 Minnesota 72 Louis Bullard OT 3 6'6 265 23 2 Jackson State 74 Manu Tuiasosopo DE 16 6'3 252 22 R UCLA 75 Robert Hardy DT 16 6'2 250 23 R Jackson State 76 Steve August OT 16 6'5 254 25 3 Tulsa 77 Bill Gregory DT 16 6'5 260 29 9 Wisconsin 78 Bob Newton OG 11 6'4 260 30 9 Nebraska 80 Steve Largent WR 15 5'11 184 25 4 Tulsa 82 Mark Bell DE 16 6'4 240 22 R Colorado State 83 Steve Raible WR 16 6'2 195 25 4 Georgia Tech 84 Sam McCullum WR 16 6'2 203 26 6 Montana State 86 Jessie Green WR 12 6'3 194 25 2 Tulsa 88 Brian Peets TE 16 6'4 225 23 2 Pacific 89 Duke Fergerson WR 4 6'1 185 25 3 San Diego State 90 Charles McShane LB 1 6'3 230 25 3 California Lutheran
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Jim Zorn 505 285 56.4 3,661 7.25 12.8 20 4.0 18 3.6 23 201 77.7
Steve Myer 8 2 25.0 28 3.50 14.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 41.7
Herman Weaver 4 3 75.0 73 18.25 24.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 116.7
Sam Adkins 3 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
David Sims 2 1 50.0 18 9.00 18.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 81.3
Sherman Smith 1 1 100.0 11 11.00 11.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 112.5
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Steve Largent 66 1,237 18.7 9 Dan Doornink 54 432 8.0 1 Sherman Smith 48 499 10.4 4 Sam McCullum 46 739 16.1 4 Brian Peets 25 293 11.7 1 Steve Raible 20 252 12.6 1 Jeff Moore 14 128 9.1 0 Al Hunter 7 77 11.0 0 David Sims 4 28 7.0 0 Mark Bell 2 20 10.0 0 Duke Fergerson 2 12 6.0 0 Cornell Webster 1 39 39.0 0 Efren Herrera 1 20 20.0 0 Jessie Green 1 9 9.0 0 Tony Benjamin 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Sherman Smith 194 775 4.0 11 Dan Doornink 152 500 3.3 8 Jim Zorn 46 279 6.1 2 Al Hunter 34 174 5.1 1 Jeff Moore 44 168 3.8 2 David Sims 20 53 2.6 0 Tony Benjamin 5 13 2.6 0 Sam Adkins 2 11 5.5 0 Steve Myer 1 0 0.0 0 Herman Weaver 2 -6 -3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Jeff Moore 31 641 20.7 0 Tony Green 20 437 21.9 0 Al Hunter 15 299 19.9 0 Tony Benjamin 2 33 16.5 0 John Harris 1 21 21.0 0 Dan Doornink 1 13 13.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Tony Green 16 121 7.6 3 0 Jeff Moore 10 90 9.0 1 0 John Harris 8 70 8.8 2 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 18 DT Manu Tuiasosopo 119 UCLA 2 45 LB Joe Norman 50 Indiana 3 57 LB Michael Jackson 105 Washington [pick acquired from SF] 4 102 TE Mark Bell 64 Colorado State 7 169 LB Larry Polowski 14 Boise State [pick acquired from TB via WAS] 9 240 RB Ezra Tate Mississippi State 10 267 DT Robert Hardy 54 Jackson State 11 293 OG Jim Hinesly Michigan State 12 319 RB Jeff Moore 63 Jackson State
Traded draft picks: #3 to DAL (Doug Cosbie), #5 to DAL (Curtis Anderson), #6 to DAL (Tim Lavender), #7 to WAS (Rich Milot), #8 to DET (John Mohring)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1979 | traded Don Testerman and Seattle's #7 pick in the 1979 draft to Redskins for Tampa's #7 pick in the 1979 draft and Miami's #5 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 04-16-1979 | traded Gordon Jolley to Lions for past considerations |
| 07-30-1979 | traded Steve Niehaus to Vikings for Carl Eller and Minnesota's #8 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Bill Sandifer on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | placed John Sawyer on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | traded Seattle's #7 pick in the 1980 draft to Giants for Dan Doornink |
| 11-28-1979 | placed Don Dufek on injured reserve |
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 vs San Diego Chargers L 16-33 0-1-0 09/09/79 at Miami Dolphins L 10-19 0-2-0 09/16/79 vs Oakland Raiders W 27-10 1-2-0 09/23/79 at Denver Broncos L 34-37 1-3-0 09/30/79 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 6-24 1-4-0 10/07/79 at San Francisco 49ers W 35-24 2-4-0 10/14/79 at San Diego Chargers L 10-20 2-5-0 10/21/79 vs Houston Oilers W 34-14 3-5-0 10/29/79 at Atlanta Falcons W 31-28 4-5-0 11/04/79 vs Los Angeles Rams L 0-24 4-6-0 11/11/79 at Cleveland Browns W 29-24 5-6-0 11/18/79 vs New Orleans Saints W 38-24 6-6-0 11/26/79 vs New York Jets W 30-7 7-6-0 12/02/79 at Kansas City Chiefs L 21-37 7-7-0 12/08/79 vs Denver Broncos W 28-23 8-7-0 12/16/79 at Oakland Raiders W 29-24 9-7-0
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