Sunday November 19, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/19/1978:



Dave Brown's recovery of a Kansas City fumble at the Seahawks' 17 with six seconds left to play enabled Seattle to even its record at 6-6. The Chiefs, who suffered their second straight last-minute defeat, closed to within three points with 10:09 left in the game on Mike Livingston's short touchdown pass to Ted McKnight. Fumble recoveries by Keith Simpson and Keith Butler set up Efren Herrera's 40-yard field goal and David Sims' 10-yard touchdown, which gave Seattle a 10-3 halftime advantage.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE150.5  (10)194.5  (3)344.9  (3)32
DEFENSE155.9  (23)180.6  (27)336.5  (26)24
OFFENSE184.6  (2)113.2  (28)297.8  (16)20
DEFENSE149.9  (20)142.1  (5)292.0  (12)20

Line: Chiefs by 2

Team1234F
Seattle Seahawks (6-6-0)373013
Kansas City Chiefs (2-10-0)030710

( 3- 0) SEA Efren Herrera 40 yard field goal (10- 0) SEA David Sims 10 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) (10- 3) KC Jan Stenerud 20 yard field goal (13- 3) SEA Efren Herrera 18 yard field goal (13-10) KC Ted McKnight 1 yard pass from Mike Livingston (Jan Stenerud kick)
                     SEA             KC
First Downs:         13              20
Rushes-yards:        29-132          41-124
Yards/rush:          4.6             3.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-23-142-0     18-33-231-0
Sacked-yards:        2-17            0-0
Net pass yards:      125             231
Net yards/pass:      5.0             7.0
Total net yards:     257             355
Total plays:         54 (53% run)    74 (55% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             7-4
Turnovers:           0               4
Penalties-yards:     6-55            7-60

Attendance: 35,252

Passing:
SEA: Jim Zorn, 14 of 23 for 142 yards KC: Mike Livingston, 18 of 33 for 231 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
SEA: David Sims, 13 for 44 yards and 1 TD; Sherman Smith, 12 for 84 yards; Don Testerman, 2 for 4 yards; Jim Zorn, 2 for 0 yards KC: Tony Reed, 15 for 50 yards; Arnold Morgado, 14 for 37 yards; Ted McKnight, 4 for 26 yards; Mark Bailey, 3 for 9 yards; Mike Livingston, 3 for 0 yards; MacArthur Lane, 2 for 2 yards
Receiving:
SEA: Steve Largent, 6 for 89 yards; David Sims, 4 for 15 yards; Steve Raible, 1 for 16 yards; John Sawyer, 1 for 14 yards; Sherman Smith, 1 for 5 yards; Don Testerman, 1 for 3 yards KC: Henry Marshall, 4 for 78 yards; MacArthur Lane, 4 for 64 yards; Walter White, 3 for 28 yards; Tony Reed, 3 for 9 yards; Ted McKnight, 2 for 4 yards and 1 TD; Tony Samuels, 1 for 25 yards; Larry Dorsey, 1 for 23 yards
Kick returns:
SEA: Al Hunter, 1 for 31 yards; Rufus Crawford, 1 for 25 yards; Doug Long, 1 for 3 yards KC: Horace Belton, 2 for 61 yards; Eddie Payton, 2 for 32 yards
Punt returns:
SEA: Rufus Crawford, 3 for 17 yards KC: Eddie Payton, 2 for 16 yards; Clarence Sanders, 1 for 5 yards
Interceptions:

Punting:
SEA: Herman Weaver, 7 for 235 yards KC: Zenon Andrusyshyn, 5 for 201 yards
Field Goals:
SEA: Efren Herrera, 2/2 KC: Jan Stenerud, 1/1


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