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1978 Green Bay Packers Roster
Team Record: 8-7-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bart Starr (8-7-1)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1978 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Green Bay ran up 249 points, while the defense gave up 269. Terdell Middleton carried the ball for a team-best 1,116 yards for the Packers.
David Whitehurst passed for 2,093 yards. James Lofton snagged 46 passes for 818 yards, while Barty Smith was targeted regularly, too.
The sticky-fingered defense led the way with 47 turnovers. Willie Buchanon intercepted 9 opponent throws.
Bart Starr coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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60 | John Anderson | RLB | February 14, 1956 | 6'3" | 226 | Michigan | Waukesha, WI USA | 13 | 12 |
70 | Bob Barber | DE | December 26, 1951 | 6'3" | 240 | Grambling St. | Ferriday, LA USA | 16 | 0 |
75 | Carl Barzilauskas | RDT | March 19, 1951 | 6'6" | 271 | Indiana | Waterbury, CT USA | 16 | 0 |
11 | David Beverly | P | August 19, 1950 | 6'2" | 180 | Auburn | Selma, AL USA | 16 | 0 |
85 | Elmo Boyd | WR | June 15, 1954 | 6'0" | 188 | East. Kentucky | Muleshoe, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
28 | Willie Buchanon | LCB | November 4, 1950 | 6'0" | 190 | San Diego St. | Oceanside, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
77 | Mike Butler | LDE | April 4, 1954 | 6'5" | 265 | Kansas | Washington, DC USA | 16 | 16 |
50 | Jim Carter | LB-G | October 18, 1948 | 6'3" | 235 | Minnesota | St. Paul, MN USA | 14 | 0 |
53 | Frank Chesley | LB | July 14, 1955 | 6'3" | 219 | Wyoming | Washington, DC USA | 1 | 0 |
82 | Paul Coffman | TE | March 29, 1956 | 6'3" | 222 | Kansas St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 16 | 0 |
31 | Jim Culbreath | RB | October 21, 1952 | 6'0" | 209 | Oklahoma | Yeadon, PA USA | 12 | 0 |
65 | Mike Douglass | LB | March 15, 1955 | 6'0" | 220 | Arizona St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 16 | 3 |
19 | Bobby Douglass | QB | June 22, 1947 | 6'4" | 225 | Kansas | Manhattan, KS USA | 12 | 0 |
57 | Derrel Gofourth | LG | March 20, 1955 | 6'3" | 260 | Oklahoma St. | Parsons, KS USA | 16 | 16 |
24 | Johnnie Gray | FS | December 18, 1953 | 5'11" | 185 | Cal State-Fullerton | Lake Charles, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
51 | Jim Gueno | LB | January 15, 1954 | 6'2" | 220 | Tulane | Crowley, LA USA | 15 | 1 |
69 | Leotis Harris | G | June 28, 1955 | 6'1" | 267 | Arkansas | Little Rock, AR USA | 13 | 0 |
38 | Estus Hood | DB | November 14, 1955 | 5'11" | 183 | Illinois St. | Hattiesburg, MS USA | 16 | 0 |
55 | Mike Hunt | MLB | October 6, 1956 | 6'2" | 240 | Minnesota | Madison, WI USA | 16 | 0 |
71 | Melvin Jackson | RG | May 5, 1954 | 6'1" | 267 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 16 | 0 |
58 | Danny Johnson | LB | May 7, 1955 | 6'1" | 215 | Tennessee St. | Normandy, TN USA | 3 | 0 |
78 | Ezra Johnson | RDE | October 2, 1955 | 6'4" | 250 | Morris Brown | Shreveport, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
63 | Terry Jones | NT-DT | November 8, 1956 | 6'2" | 259 | Alabama | Sandersville, GA USA | 16 | 0 |
68 | Greg Koch | RT | June 14, 1955 | 6'4" | 270 | Arkansas | Bethesda, MD USA | 16 | 16 |
42 | Walter Landers | RB | July 4, 1953 | 6'0" | 214 | Clark (GA) | Lanett, AL USA | 4 | 0 |
80 | James Lofton | WR | July 5, 1956 | 6'3" | 192 | Stanford | Fort Ord, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
46 | Steve Luke | SS | September 4, 1953 | 6'2" | 205 | Ohio St. | Massillon, OH USA | 16 | 16 |
13 | Chester Marcol | K | October 24, 1949 | 6'0" | 190 | Hillsdale | Opole, Poland | 16 | 0 |
54 | Larry McCarren | C | November 9, 1951 | 6'3" | 246 | Illinois | Park Forest, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
29 | Mike McCoy | RCB | August 16, 1953 | 5'11" | 183 | Colorado | West Memphis, AR USA | 16 | 16 |
81 | Rich McGeorge | TE | September 14, 1948 | 6'4" | 235 | Elon | Roanoke, VA USA | 16 | 0 |
34 | Terdell Middleton | RB | April 8, 1955 | 6'0" | 198 | Memphis | Memphis, TN USA | 16 | 16 |
56 | Rick Nuzum | C | June 30, 1952 | 6'4" | 238 | Kentucky | Charleston, WV USA | 16 | 0 |
84 | Steve Odom | KR | September 5, 1952 | 5'8" | 173 | Utah | Oakland, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
74 | Dave Roller | LDT | October 28, 1949 | 6'2" | 270 | Kentucky | Dayton, TN USA | 16 | 0 |
66 | Paul Rudzinski | LB | July 28, 1956 | 6'1" | 220 | Michigan St. | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 0 |
36 | Howard Sampson | DB | July 7, 1956 | 5'10" | 185 | Arkansas | Baytown, TX USA | 15 | 0 |
48 | Nate Simpson | RB | November 30, 1954 | 5'11" | 189 | Tennessee St. | Nashville, TN USA | 16 | 0 |
73 | Gerald Skinner | T | September 12, 1954 | 6'4" | 260 | Arkansas | Malvern, AR USA | 15 | 0 |
33 | Barty Smith | FB | April 23, 1952 | 6'3" | 240 | Richmond | Richmond, VA USA | 16 | 0 |
16 | Dennis Sproul | QB | July 17, 1956 | 6'2" | 210 | Arizona St. | Downey, CA USA | 6 | 0 |
76 | Tim Stokes | LT | March 16, 1950 | 6'5" | 252 | Oregon | Oakland, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
89 | Willie Taylor | WR | December 9, 1955 | 6'1" | 179 | Pittsburgh | Montclair, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
43 | Aundra Thompson | WR | January 2, 1953 | 6'1" | 186 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Dallas, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
26 | Eric Torkelson | RB | March 23, 1952 | 6'2" | 194 | Connecticut | Troy, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
20 | Walter Tullis | WR | April 12, 1953 | 6'0" | 170 | Delaware St. | Americus, GA USA | 16 | 0 |
21 | Steve Wagner | DB | April 18, 1954 | 6'2" | 208 | Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI USA | 16 | 0 |
52 | Gary Weaver | LLB | March 13, 1949 | 6'1" | 224 | Fresno St. | Florence, AL USA | 16 | 0 |
17 | David Whitehurst | QB | April 27, 1955 | 6'2" | 204 | Furman | Baumhaulder, Germany | 16 | 16 |