1978

1978
Record 9-7 
3rd AFC West
Head Coach: Jack Patera

Scores

  Date      Opponent      W/L    Score
 09-03      San Diego      L     24-20
 09-10      @Pittsburgh    L     21-10
 09-17      @N.Y. Jets     W     23-17
 09-24      Detroit        W     28-16
10-01      @Denver        L     28-7
 10-08      Minnesota      W     29-28
 10-15      @Green Bay     L     45-28
10-22      Oakland        W     27-7
 10-29      Denver         L     20-17
 11-05      @Chicago       W     31-29
 11-12      Baltimore      L     17-14
 11-19      @Kansas City   W     13-10
 11-26      @Oakland       W     17-16
 12-03      Cleveland      W     47-24
 12-10      @San Diego     L     37-10
 12-17      Kansas City    W     23-19

Passing

                Comp   Att   Pct   Yds   Td   Int
Jim Zorn         248   443  56.0  3238   15    20
Steve Myer        11    22  50.0    94    0     2
David Sims         1     1 100.0    15    0     0
Herman Weaver      1     1 100.0     9    0     0

Rushing

                    Rush   Yds   Avg   Td
Sherman Smith        165   805   4.9    6
David Sims           174   752   4.3   14
Al Hunter            105   348   3.3    2
Jim Zorn              59   290   4.9    6
Don Testerman         43   155   3.6    0
Rufus Crawford         8    19   2.4    0
Steve Raible           2    13   6.5    0
Steve Myer             2    10   5.0    0
Tony Benjamin          1     7   7.0    0

Receiving        
                     Rec   Yds   Avg   Td
Steve Largent         71  1168  16.5    8
Sam McCullum          37   525  14.2    3
David Sims            30   196   6.5    1
Sherman Smith         28   366  13.1    1
Steve Raible          22   316  14.4    1
Ron Howard            18   251  13.9    1
Don Testerman         17   143   8.4    0
Al Hunter             12   172  14.3    0
Duke Fergerson        11   116  10.5    0
John Sawyer            9   101  11.2    0
Rufus Crawford         4    25   6.3    0
Brian Peets            1    14  14.0    0
Tony Benjamin          1     9   9.0    0

Punt Returns

                      Pr   Yds   Avg   Td
Rufus Crawford        34   284   8.4    0
John Harris            5    58  11.6    0
Ken Geddes             1     0   0.0    0

Kickoff Returns

                      Kr   Yds   Avg   Td
Al Hunter             16   385  24.1    0
Rufus Crawford        35   829  23.7    0
Duke Fergerson        10   236  23.6    0
Doug Long              4    35   8.8    0
Don Testerman          1    19  19.0    0
Dennis Boyd            1     6   6.0    0

Punting   

                       P   Yds   Avg   I20
Herman Weaver         66  2240  37.0    13
Efren Herrera          3   303  24.3     2

Kicking

                      Fg     Xp    Pts
Efren Herrera      13-21  40-44     79

Interceptions

                      Int   Yds   Avg   Td
Cornell Webster         5     9   1.8    0
John Harris             4    65  16.3    0
Autry Beamon            4    17   4.3    0
Dave Brown              3    44  14.7    0
Keith Simpson           2    40  20.0    0
Peter Cronan            2    15  17.5    0
Sammy Green             1     0   0.0    0

Tackles
Terry Beeson     153
Keith Butler     122
Sammy Green      115
John Harris      113
Cornell Webster  113

Sacks (Unoficial)
Bill Gregory     9.0
Keith Butler     2.0
John Harris      2.0

Starting Offensive Lineman
LT  Nick Bebout   16
LG  Tom Lynch     16
 C  John Yarno    13
    Art Kuehn      3
RG  Bob Newton    16
RT  Steve August  14
    Norm Evans     2

300 Yard Games (Passing)
Player           Opponent        Date    Comp  Att  Yds  Td  Int
Jim Zorn         San Diego       9-03      21   32  329   2    1
Jim Zorn         @Green Bay     10-15      17   32  308   1    2

100 Yard Games (Rushing)
Player           Opponent        Date     Rush  Yds  Avg  Td
Sherman Smith    @Chicago       11-05       23  152  6.6   2
Al Hunter        Kansas City    12-17       27  133  4.9   2
David Sims       @N.Y. Jets      9-17       23  121  5.3   3
David Sims       Baltimore      11-12       14  106  7.6   2
David Sims       @Green Bay     10-15       22  104  4.7   1

100 Yard Games (Receiving)
Player            Opponent       Date       Rec  Yds  Avg  Td
Steve Largent     San Diego      9-03         6  127 21.2   1
Steve Largent     @Green Bay    10-15         6  127 21.2   1
Steve Largent     @Chicago      11-05         6  126 21.0   2
Steve Largent     Cleveland     12-03         8  108 13.5   1

Honors

Seahawks MVP
Jim Zorn

Pro Bowl
Steve Largent

All NFL Team
Steve Largent (AP, NEA)2nd Team
Jim Zorn (NEA)1st Team (AP)2nd Team

All AFC Team
Steve Largent (UPI)2nd Team (SN)1st Team
Jim Zorn (UPI)2nd Team 



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