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1979 Green Bay Packers Statistics
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bart Starr (5-11)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1979 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Packers eked out just 246 points, and the defense yielded 316. David Whitehurst threw for 2,247 yards. Paul Coffman snagged 56 passes, while James Lofton accumulated 968 receiving yards.
Terdell Middleton carried the ball for a team-best 495 yards for Green Bay, and Eric Torkelson also contributed to the rushing attack.
Johnnie Gray picked off 5 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 | 322 | 179 | 55.6 | 2247 | 7.0 | 10 | 3.1 | 18 | 5.6 | 78 | 32 | 256 | 64.5 |
Lynn Dickey | 119 | 60 | 50.4 | 787 | 6.6 | 5 | 4.2 | 4 | 3.4 | 52 | 15 | 120 | 71.7 |
David Beverly | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
James Lofton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 444 | 240 | 54.1 | 3057 | 6.9 | 15 | 3.4 | 22 | 5.0 | 78 | 47 | 376 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terdell Middleton | 131 | 495 | 3.8 | 28 | 2 |
Eric Torkelson | 98 | 401 | 4.1 | 15 | 3 |
Steve Atkins | 42 | 239 | 5.7 | 60 | 1 |
Nate Simpson | 66 | 235 | 3.6 | 22 | 1 |
Barty Smith | 57 | 201 | 3.5 | 23 | 3 |
Ricky Patton | 37 | 134 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
David Whitehurst | 18 | 73 | 4.1 | 17 | 4 |
Walter Landers | 17 | 41 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 |
Eddie Ivery | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
Steve Wagner | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Lynn Dickey | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
Jim Culbreath | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
James Lofton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Aundra Thompson | 2 | -18 | -9.0 | -7 | 0 |
Totals | 483 | 1861 | 3.9 | 60 | 14 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Coffman | 56 | 711 | 12.7 | 78 | 4 |
James Lofton | 54 | 968 | 17.9 | 52 | 4 |
Aundra Thompson | 25 | 395 | 15.8 | 50 | 3 |
Barty Smith | 19 | 155 | 8.2 | 22 | 1 |
Eric Torkelson | 19 | 139 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 |
Terdell Middleton | 18 | 155 | 8.6 | 29 | 1 |
Nate Simpson | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 |
Walter Tullis | 10 | 173 | 17.3 | 52 | 1 |
Steve Atkins | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 19 | 0 |
Ron Cassidy | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
Ricky Patton | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 |
Walter Landers | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 55 | 1 |
Jim Gueno | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Totals | 240 | 3057 | 12.7 | 78 | 15 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Birney | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 28 |
Chester Marcol | 18 | 16 | 88.9 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 28 |
John Anderson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 |
Totals | 30 | 24 | 80.0 | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 60 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
David Beverly | 69 | 2785 | 40.4 | 65 |
Totals | 69 | 2785 | 40.4 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Odom | 15 | 80 | 5.3 | 19 | 0 |
Johnnie Gray | 13 | 61 | 4.7 | 18 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 141 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Odom | 29 | 622 | 21.4 | 31 | 0 |
Aundra Thompson | 15 | 346 | 23.1 | 100 | 1 |
Mike McCoy | 11 | 248 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 |
Howard Sampson | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
Sammy Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Mike Wellman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Steve Wagner | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 61 | 1295 | 21.2 | 100 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnnie Gray | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 35 | 0 |
Mike Douglass | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 46 | 0 |
Mike McCoy | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 38 | 0 |
Rich Wingo | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
Estus Hood | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
Mike Hunt | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Steve Luke | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Charles Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 18 | 243 | 13.5 | 46 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnnie Gray | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike McCoy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eric Torkelson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Terry Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rich Wingo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Culbreath | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charles Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Leotis Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Aundra Thompson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Nate Simpson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Luke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Terdell Middleton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bob Barber | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Weaver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Carl Barzilauskas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kit Lathrop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Butler | 0 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 0 | ||
Lynn Dickey | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barty Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Eddie Ivery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Coffman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ricky Patton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
David Whitehurst | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
James Lofton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Steve Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Steve Odom | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 69 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Tom Birney | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
Chester Marcol | 4 | 16 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
David Whitehurst | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Aundra Thompson | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Barty Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Paul Coffman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
James Lofton | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Eric Torkelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Terdell Middleton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Steve Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Nate Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Mike Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Walter Tullis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Walter Landers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
John Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
Totals | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 246 |