1979 Seattle Seahawks Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jack Patera (9-7)
Location: Seattle, Washington
1979 Seattle Seahawks StatisticsTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jack Patera (9-7)
Location: Seattle, Washington
1979 Seattle Seahawks Results
The Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Seahawks kept the scoreboard humming with 378 points, and the defensive unit allowed 372. Jim Zorn led the charge, passing for 3,661 yards. Steve Largent snagged 66 passes for 1,237 yards, while Dan Doornink contributed to the receiving game, too.
Sherman Smith ran for a team-best 775 yards for Seattle.
Dave Brown picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Jack Patera coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Sam Adkins | QB | May 21, 1955 | 6'2" | 214 | Wichita St. | Van Nuys, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 76 | Steve August | RT | September 4, 1954 | 6'4" | 255 | Tulsa | Jeannette, PA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 27 | Autry Beamon | FS | November 12, 1953 | 6'1" | 190 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Terrell, TX USA | 15 | 13 |
| 63 | Nick Bebout | LT | May 5, 1951 | 6'5" | 261 | Wyoming | Riverton, WY USA | 13 | 13 |
| 58 | Terry Beeson | MLB | September 19, 1955 | 6'3" | 240 | Kansas | Coffeyville, KS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 82 | Mark Bell | DE | August 30, 1957 | 6'5" | 241 | Colorado St. | Wichita, KS USA | 16 | 1 |
| 31 | Tony Benjamin | RB | October 27, 1955 | 6'3" | 225 | Duke | Monessen, PA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 68 | Dennis Boyd | DT | November 5, 1955 | 6'6" | 255 | Oregon St. | Washington, DC USA | 11 | 4 |
| 22 | Dave Brown | RCB | January 16, 1953 | 6'1" | 190 | Michigan | Akron, OH USA | 16 | 16 |
| 72 | Louis Bullard | T | May 6, 1956 | 6'6" | 265 | Jackson St. | Hernando, MS USA | 3 | 2 |
| 53 | Keith Butler | RLB | May 16, 1956 | 6'4" | 230 | Memphis | Anniston, AL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Ron Coder | RG | May 24, 1954 | 6'4" | 250 | Penn St. | Savannah, GA USA | 15 | 5 |
| 67 | Bill Cooke | DT-DE-T | February 26, 1951 | 6'5" | 249 | Connecticut | Lowell, MA USA | 15 | 0 |
| 57 | Pete Cronan | LB | January 13, 1955 | 6'2" | 238 | Boston Col. | Bourne, MA USA | 16 | 1 |
| 33 | Dan Doornink | FB | February 1, 1956 | 6'3" | 210 | Washington St. | Yakima, WA USA | 16 | 12 |
| 25 | Don Dufek | DB | April 28, 1954 | 6'0" | 195 | Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI USA | 13 | 0 |
| 71 | Carl Eller | LDE | February 25, 1942 | 6'6" | 247 | Minnesota | Winston-Salem, NC USA | 16 | 8 |
| 89 | Duke Fergerson | WR | April 21, 1954 | 6'1" | 189 | Washington St. | Boise, ID USA | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Tony Green | PR | September 26, 1956 | 5'9" | 185 | Florida | Rochester, NY USA | 11 | 0 |
| 86 | Jessie Green | WR | February 21, 1954 | 6'3" | 191 | Tulsa | Malakoff, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 56 | Sammy Green | LLB | October 12, 1954 | 6'2" | 228 | Florida | Bradenton, FL USA | 16 | 9 |
| 77 | Bill Gregory | RDE | December 14, 1949 | 6'5" | 255 | Wisconsin | Galveston, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 75 | Robert Hardy | LDT | July 3, 1956 | 6'2" | 250 | Jackson St. | Tulsa, OK USA | 16 | 16 |
| 44 | John Harris | FS | June 13, 1956 | 6'2" | 200 | Arizona St. | Fort Benning, GA USA | 14 | 6 |
| 1 | Efren Herrera | K | July 30, 1951 | 5'9" | 185 | UCLA | Guadalajara, Mexico | 16 | 0 |
| 24 | Al Hunter | RB | February 21, 1955 | 5'11" | 195 | Notre Dame | Greenville, NC USA | 15 | 0 |
| 55 | Michael Jackson | LLB | July 15, 1957 | 6'1" | 220 | Washington | Pasco, WA USA | 15 | 7 |
| 26 | Kerry Justin | DB | May 3, 1955 | 5'11" | 175 | Oregon St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 14 | 2 |
| 54 | Art Kuehn | C | February 12, 1953 | 6'3" | 257 | San Jose St. | Victoria, BC Canada | 16 | 1 |
| 80 | Steve Largent | WR | September 28, 1954 | 5'11" | 187 | Tulsa | Tulsa, OK USA | 15 | 15 |
| 61 | Tom Lynch | LG | May 24, 1955 | 6'5" | 256 | Boston Col. | Chicago, IL USA | 15 | 15 |
| 84 | Sam McCullum | WR | November 30, 1952 | 6'2" | 203 | Montana St. | McComb, MS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 90 | Charles McShane | LB | January 4, 1954 | 6'3" | 230 | California Lutheran | Long Beach, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Jeff Moore | KR | August 20, 1956 | 6'0" | 195 | Jackson St. | Kosciusko, MS USA | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | Steve Myer | QB | July 17, 1954 | 6'2" | 191 | New Mexico | Covina, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Bob Newton | RG | August 16, 1949 | 6'4" | 257 | Nebraska | Pomona, CA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 52 | Joe Norman | LB | October 15, 1956 | 6'1" | 220 | Indiana | Millersburg, OH USA | 15 | 1 |
| 20 | Mike O'Brien | DB | April 25, 1956 | 6'1" | 195 | California | Kirkland, WA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | Brian Peets | TE | July 15, 1956 | 6'4" | 225 | Pacific | Stockton, CA USA | 16 | 14 |
| 50 | Larry Polowski | LB | September 15, 1957 | 6'3" | 235 | Boise St. | Three Rivers, MI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 62 | Ernie Price | DE | September 20, 1950 | 6'4" | 248 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Corpus Christi, TX USA | 4 | 4 |
| 83 | Steve Raible | WR | June 2, 1954 | 6'2" | 195 | Georgia Tech | Louisville, KY USA | 16 | 4 |
| 70 | Jeff Sevy | T | October 24, 1951 | 6'5" | 260 | California | Palo Alto, CA USA | 4 | 1 |
| 42 | Keith Simpson | SS | March 9, 1956 | 6'1" | 195 | Memphis | Memphis, TN USA | 15 | 11 |
| 35 | David Sims | RB | October 26, 1955 | 6'3" | 216 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 47 | Sherman Smith | RB | November 1, 1954 | 6'4" | 225 | Miami (OH) | Youngstown, OH USA | 16 | 15 |
| 74 | Manu Tuiasosopo | RDT | August 30, 1957 | 6'3" | 255 | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 18 | Herman Weaver | P | November 17, 1948 | 6'4" | 210 | Tennessee | Villa Rica, GA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 38 | Cornell Webster | LCB | November 2, 1954 | 6'0" | 180 | UCLA | Greeneville, TN USA | 15 | 14 |
| 51 | John Yarno | C | December 17, 1954 | 6'5" | 251 | Idaho | Spokane, WA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 10 | Jim Zorn | QB | May 10, 1953 | 6'2" | 200 | Cal Poly-Pomona | Whittier, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
