Sunday November 12, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/12/1978:



Baltimore converted three Seattle turnovers into scores and won for the second straight week. The Colts took a 7-0 first quarter lead when Bert Jones capped a 64-yard drive with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Glen Doughty. Norm Thompson's second quarter fumble recovery set up a 22-yard field goal by Toni Linhart that gave Baltimore a 10-7 halftime lead. In the fourth quarter, Stu O'Dell recovered a Seahawk fumble and Ron Lee scored three plays later on a 14-yard run to give the Colts a 17-7 lead. David Sims' second touchdown run of the game, with 1:05 left, made the final score 17-14.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE131.0  (19)137.5  (20)268.5  (24)33
DEFENSE190.9  (27)180.3  (25)371.2  (28)22
OFFENSE148.7  (14)204.4  (2)353.1  (3)29
DEFENSE158.2  (22)187.2  (27)345.4  (26)23

Line: Seahawks by 3½

Team1234F
Baltimore Colts (5-6-0)730717
Seattle Seahawks (5-6-0)700714

( 7- 0) BAL Glenn Doughty 12 yard pass from Bert Jones (Toni Linhart kick) ( 7- 7) SEA David Sims 44 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) (10- 7) BAL Toni Linhart 22 yard field goal (17- 7) BAL Ron Lee 14 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) (17-14) SEA David Sims 1 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
                     BAL             SEA
First Downs:         14              18
Rushes-yards:        40-133          31-168
Yards/rush:          3.3             5.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-19-134-0     10-24-119-1
Sacked-yards:        3-19            3-24
Net pass yards:      115             95
Net yards/pass:      5.2             3.5
Total net yards:     248             263
Total plays:         62 (64% run)    58 (53% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             4.5
Fumbles-lost:        5-1             2-2
Turnovers:           1               3
Penalties-yards:     10-86           5-35

Attendance: 61,905

Passing:
BAL: Bert Jones, 12 of 17 for 128 yards and 1 TD; Joe Washington, 0 of 1 for 0 yards; Mike Kirkland, 1 of 1 for 6 yards SEA: Jim Zorn, 10 of 24 for 119 yards (1 int)
Rushing:
BAL: Joe Washington, 25 for 93 yards; Roosevelt Leaks, 6 for 11 yards; Ron Lee, 4 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Don McCauley, 2 for 2 yards; Mike Kirkland, 2 for -4 yards; Bert Jones, 1 for 8 yards SEA: David Sims, 14 for 106 yards and 2 TDs; Sherman Smith, 13 for 46 yards; Jim Zorn, 4 for 16 yards
Receiving:
BAL: Don McCauley, 10 for 88 yards; Roosevelt Leaks, 1 for 27 yards; Glenn Doughty, 1 for 12 yards and 1 TD; Joe Washington, 1 for 7 yards SEA: Steve Largent, 4 for 57 yards; Steve Raible, 2 for 24 yards; David Sims, 2 for 9 yards; Sam McCullum, 1 for 18 yards; Sherman Smith, 1 for 11 yards
Kick returns:
BAL: Joe Washington, 2 for 42 yards; Randy Burke, 1 for 2 yards SEA: Al Hunter, 4 for 87 yards
Punt returns:
BAL: Marshall Johnson, 3 for 29 yards SEA: Rufus Crawford, 2 for 4 yards; Ken Geddes, 1 for 0 yards
Interceptions:
BAL: Norm Thompson, 1 for 3 yards
Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 6 for 261 yards SEA: Herman Weaver, 5 for 184 yards
Field Goals:
BAL: Toni Linhart, 1/2 SEA: Efren Herrera, 0/1


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