
1978 Seattle Seahawks Statistics
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jack Patera (9-7)
Location: Seattle, Washington
1978 Seattle Seahawks Results
The Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Seahawks chalked up 345 points, but the wobbly defensive unit conceded 358. Sherman Smith ran for a team-best 805 yards for Seattle, and David Sims also contributed to the rushing attack.
Jim Zorn triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,283 yards. Steve Largent snagged 71 passes for 1,168 yards.
Cornell Webster intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Jack Patera coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Zorn | 443 | 248 | 56.0 | 3283 | 7.4 | 15 | 3.4 | 20 | 4.5 | 64 | 44 | 284 | 72.1 |
Steve Myer | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 94 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9.1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 |
David Sims | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
Herman Weaver | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 |
Totals | 467 | 261 | 55.9 | 3401 | 7.3 | 15 | 3.2 | 22 | 4.7 | 64 | 44 | 284 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sherman Smith | 165 | 805 | 4.9 | 67 | 6 |
David Sims | 174 | 752 | 4.3 | 44 | 14 |
Al Hunter | 105 | 348 | 3.3 | 55 | 2 |
Jim Zorn | 59 | 290 | 4.9 | 23 | 6 |
Don Testerman | 43 | 155 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 |
Rufus Crawford | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 11 | 0 |
Steve Raible | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
Steve Myer | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Tony Benjamin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Herman Weaver | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 561 | 2394 | 4.3 | 67 | 28 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Largent | 71 | 1168 | 16.5 | 57 | 8 |
Sam McCullum | 37 | 525 | 14.2 | 44 | 3 |
David Sims | 30 | 195 | 6.5 | 25 | 1 |
Sherman Smith | 28 | 366 | 13.1 | 64 | 1 |
Steve Raible | 22 | 316 | 14.4 | 38 | 1 |
Ron Howard | 18 | 251 | 13.9 | 42 | 1 |
Don Testerman | 17 | 143 | 8.4 | 21 | 0 |
Al Hunter | 12 | 172 | 14.3 | 21 | 0 |
Duke Fergerson | 11 | 116 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 |
John Sawyer | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 20 | 0 |
Rufus Crawford | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 8 | 0 |
Brian Peets | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Tony Benjamin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 261 | 3401 | 13.0 | 64 | 15 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Herman Weaver | 66 | 2440 | 37.0 | 59 |
Efren Herrera | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 30 |
Totals | 69 | 2513 | 36.4 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rufus Crawford | 34 | 284 | 8.4 | 22 | 0 |
John Harris | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 42 | 0 |
Ken Geddes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 40 | 342 | 8.6 | 42 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rufus Crawford | 35 | 829 | 23.7 | 36 | 0 |
Al Hunter | 16 | 385 | 24.1 | 38 | 0 |
Duke Fergerson | 10 | 236 | 23.6 | 31 | 0 |
Doug Long | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 |
Don Testerman | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Dennis Boyd | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 67 | 1510 | 22.5 | 38 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cornell Webster | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 14 | 0 |
John Harris | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 28 | 0 |
Autry Beamon | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 15 | 0 |
Dave Brown | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 44 | 0 |
Keith Simpson | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 40 | 1 |
Pete Cronan | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
Bill Gregory | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Sammy Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 22 | 193 | 8.8 | 44 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Brown | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Gregory | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dennis Boyd | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Zorn | 11 | 3 | -18 | 0 | |||
Keith Butler | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nick Bebout | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Autry Beamon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Newton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Herman Weaver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Largent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Keith Simpson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sammy Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ernie Price | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cornell Webster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Howard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Yarno | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Art Kuehn | 1 | 1 | -29 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Hunter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Steve Raible | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sherman Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kerry Justin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
David Sims | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Duke Fergerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rufus Crawford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Geddes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Testerman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 33 | -42 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
David Sims | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||||||||
Efren Herrera | 13 | 40 | 0 | 79 | ||||||||||
Steve Largent | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
Sherman Smith | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Jim Zorn | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Sam McCullum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Al Hunter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Steve Raible | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
Ron Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Keith Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 345 |