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1978 Green Bay Packers Statistics
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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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Whitehurst | 328 | 168 | 51.2 | 2093 | 6.4 | 10 | 3.0 | 17 | 5.2 | 58 | 35 | 258 | 59.9 |
Bobby Douglass | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 90 | 7.5 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 61.1 |
David Beverly | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 88 | 44.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
Dennis Sproul | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 87 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 62.0 |
James Lofton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 357 | 180 | 50.4 | 2358 | 6.6 | 11 | 3.1 | 18 | 5.0 | 58 | 37 | 274 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terdell Middleton | 284 | 1116 | 3.9 | 76 | 11 |
Barty Smith | 154 | 567 | 3.7 | 33 | 4 |
Jim Culbreath | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 |
David Whitehurst | 28 | 67 | 2.4 | 18 | 1 |
Nate Simpson | 27 | 58 | 2.1 | 11 | 0 |
Walter Landers | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
Bobby Douglass | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 17 | 0 |
Aundra Thompson | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 |
Eric Torkelson | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
James Lofton | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
David Beverly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis Sproul | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 550 | 2023 | 3.7 | 76 | 16 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Lofton | 46 | 818 | 17.8 | 58 | 6 |
Barty Smith | 37 | 256 | 6.9 | 24 | 0 |
Terdell Middleton | 34 | 332 | 9.8 | 50 | 1 |
Aundra Thompson | 26 | 527 | 20.3 | 57 | 2 |
Rich McGeorge | 23 | 247 | 10.7 | 25 | 1 |
Jim Culbreath | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 19 | 0 |
Steve Odom | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 18 | 1 |
Eric Torkelson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 31 | 0 |
Nate Simpson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 180 | 2358 | 13.1 | 58 | 11 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chester Marcol | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 63 |
Totals | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 63 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
David Beverly | 106 | 3759 | 35.5 | 57 |
Totals | 106 | 3759 | 35.5 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Odom | 33 | 298 | 9.0 | 48 | 0 |
Johnnie Gray | 11 | 95 | 8.6 | 22 | 0 |
Howard Sampson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Walter Tullis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 46 | 393 | 8.5 | 48 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Odom | 25 | 677 | 27.1 | 95 | 1 |
Aundra Thompson | 6 | 124 | 20.7 | 31 | 0 |
Steve Wagner | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
Estus Hood | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 26 | 0 |
Jim Culbreath | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
Howard Sampson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Terdell Middleton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Ezra Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Jim Gueno | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Walter Landers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Rich McGeorge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
James Lofton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Barty Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 52 | 1085 | 20.9 | 95 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Buchanon | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 77 | 1 |
John Anderson | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 12 | 0 |
Johnnie Gray | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 66 | 0 |
Mike McCoy | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 |
Estus Hood | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
Steve Luke | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 63 | 1 |
Mike Hunt | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Carl Barzilauskas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 344 | 12.7 | 77 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Whitehurst | 8 | 2 | -28 | 0 | |||
Mike Douglass | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Luke | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Roller | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Carter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ezra Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnnie Gray | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dennis Sproul | 2 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike McCoy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Aundra Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Barty Smith | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Estus Hood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Odom | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Hunt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Buchanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eric Torkelson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Nuzum | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Barber | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Weaver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Lofton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Howard Sampson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Culbreath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
David Beverly | 1 | 0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terdell Middleton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Nate Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 27 | -31 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Terdell Middleton | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
Chester Marcol | 11 | 30 | 0 | 63 | ||||||||||
James Lofton | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Barty Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Aundra Thompson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Steve Odom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
David Whitehurst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Willie Buchanon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Rich McGeorge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Steve Luke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Walter Landers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 |