1977 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 4th place National Football Conference Central Division 4-10-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Bart Starr |
| Zeke Bratkowski | Quarterbacks |
| Lew Carpenter | Receivers/Passing Game |
| Bill Curry | Offensive Line |
| Burt Gustafson | Special Teams |
| Dave Hanner | Assistant Head Coach |
| Dick LeBeau | Defensive Backs |
| Bob Lord | Offensive Backs |
| John Meyer | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1977 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 23-20 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 51178 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1977 | H | New England Patriots | 3-38 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 53244 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1977 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7-10 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 49045 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1977 | H | Washington Redskins | 9-13 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 55021 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1977 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-19 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 53180 | |
| Fri | 9/9/1977 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-16 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 32217 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1977 | A | New Orleans Saints | 24-20 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 56250 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1977 | H | Houston Oilers | 10-16 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 55071 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1977 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 7-19 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47143 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1977 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 7-17 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 53653 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1977 | A | Detroit Lions | 6-10 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 78452 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1977 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13-0 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 47635 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1977 | H | Chicago Bears | 0-26 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56002 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1977 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-20 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 62687 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1977 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 6-24 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 52948 | |
| Mon | 11/21/1977 | A | Washington Redskins | 9-10 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 51498 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1977 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 6-13 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56267 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1977 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-9 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56267 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1977 | A | Chicago Bears | 10-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 33557 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1977 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 16-14 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 44902 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 88 | Bert Askson | TE | 6-3 | 229 | 32 | Texas Southern | 14 | 1 |
| 70 | Bob Barber | RDE | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 11 | David Beverly | P | 6-2 | 180 | 27 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| 42 | John Brockington | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 29 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Willie Buchanon | LCB | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | MiraCosta JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Mike Butler | LDE | 6-5 | 265 | 23 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Fred Carr | RLB | 6-5 | 239 | 31 | Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | Jim Carter | MLB | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 31 | Jim Culbreath | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Oklahoma | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | Lynn Dickey | QB | 6-3 | 214 | 28 | Kansas State | 9 | 9 |
| 12 | Brian Dowling | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 30 | Yale | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Derrel Gofourth | C | 6-3 | 260 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 0 |
| 24 | Johnnie Gray | RS | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Allan Hancock JC; Fullerton State | 14 | 14 |
| 51 | Jim Gueno | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Tulane | 14 | 0 |
| 58 | Don Hansen | LB | 6-3 | 227 | 33 | Illinois | 8 | 0 |
| 40 | Willard Harrell | RB | 5-8 | 182 | 25 | Pacific | 13 | 4 |
| 82 | Keith Hartwig | WR | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | Arizona | 4 | 0 |
| 62 | Dennis Havig | LOG | 6-2 | 253 | 28 | Colorado | 7 | 6 |
| 72 | Dick Himes | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 31 | Ohio State | 13 | 12 |
| 71 | Mel Jackson | ROG | 6-1 | 267 | 23 | Southern California | 13 | 13 |
| 78 | Ezra Johnson | DE | 6-4 | 258 | 22 | Morris Brown | 14 | 0 |
| 60 | Steve Knutson | LOG | 6-3 | 254 | 26 | East Los Angeles JC; Southern California | 13 | 7 |
| 68 | Greg Koch | ROT-LOT | 6-4 | 276 | 22 | Arkansas | 14 | 3 |
| 79 | Mark Koncar | LOT | 6-5 | 268 | 24 | Colorado | 13 | 13 |
| 67 | Bob Kowalkowski | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 243 | 34 | Virginia | 4 | 2 |
| 46 | Steve Luke | LS | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 13 | Chester Marcol | K | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Hillsdale | 14 | 0 |
| 54 | Larry McCarren | C | 6-3 | 251 | 26 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 29 | Mike McCoy | RCB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | West Los Angeles JC; Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Rich McGeorge | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 29 | Elon | 14 | 13 |
| 61 | Herb McMath | DT | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Ellsworth CC; Morningside | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | Terdell Middleton | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Memphis | 14 | 1 |
| 37 | Tim Moresco | S | 5-10 | 176 | 23 | Syracuse | 14 | 0 |
| 84 | Steve Odom | WR | 5-8 | 175 | 25 | Utah | 14 | 10 |
| 85 | Ken Payne | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 27 | Langston | 4 | 4 |
| 75 | Dave Pureifory | RDT | 6-1 | 255 | 28 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 23 | Terry Randolph | CB | 6-0 | 184 | 22 | American International | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | Dave Roller | LDT | 6-2 | 270 | 28 | Kentucky | 13 | 12 |
| 48 | Nate Simpson | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Tennessee State | 12 | 2 |
| 33 | Barty Smith | RB | 6-4 | 240 | 25 | Richmond | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Blane Smith | LB | 6-3 | 238 | 23 | Purdue | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Ollie Smith | WR | 6-3 | 200 | 28 | Tennessee State | 12 | 11 |
| 43 | Aundra Thompson | WR | 6-1 | 186 | 24 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 0 |
| 59 | Tom Toner | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Idaho State | 14 | 9 |
| 26 | Eric Torkelson | RB | 6-2 | 194 | 25 | Connecticut | 14 | 7 |
| 18 | Randy Vataha | WR | 5-10 | 173 | 29 | Golden West JC; Stanford | 6 | 3 |
| 21 | Steve Wagner | S | 6-2 | 203 | 23 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| 52 | Gary Weaver | LLB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Trinidad State JC; Fresno State | 5 | 5 |
| 17 | David Whitehurst | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 22 | Furman | 7 | 5 |
| 83 | Clarence Williams | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 253 | 31 | Prairie View A&M | 13 | 4 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Mike Butler | DE | Kansas |
| 1 | 28 | Ezra Johnson | DE | Morris Brown |
| 2 | 39 | Greg Koch | DT | Arkansas |
| 3 | 74 | Rick Scribner | G | Idaho State |
| 5 | 122 | Nate Simpson | RB | Tennessee State |
| 6 | 149 | Tim Moresco | DB | Syracuse |
| 7 | 172 | Derrel Gofourth | C | Oklahoma State |
| 7 | 176 | Rell Tipton | G | Baylor |
| 8 | 206 | David Whitehurst | QB | Furman |
| 9 | 233 | Joel Mullins | T | Arkansas State |
| 10 | 260 | Jim Culbreath | RB | Oklahoma |
| 11 | 290 | Terry Randolph | DB | American International |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 53 | 49 | 22 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 76 | 21 | 78 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 195 | 81 | 91 | 23 | 66/209 31.6% | / % | 82 | 690 | |
| Opponents Totals | 261 | 140 | 105 | 16 | 89/211 42.2% | / % | 101 | 799 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Marcol | 0 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 0 | 50 |
| Steve Odom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Barty Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Willie Buchanon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rich McGeorge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Terdell Middleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Payne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eric Torkelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| David Whitehurst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 14 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 0 | 134 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 22 | 27 | 81.5 | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 1 | 219 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Marcol | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 0 | 44 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 4/8 | 5/6 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 0 | 44 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 4/8 | 5/6 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 0/0 | 5/8 | 5/7 | 1/7 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barty Smith | 166 | 554 | 3.3 | 11 | 2 |
| Eric Torkelson | 103 | 309 | 3.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Nate Simpson | 60 | 204 | 3.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 60 | 140 | 2.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Terdell Middleton | 35 | 97 | 2.8 | 16 | 0 |
| David Whitehurst | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 19 | 1 |
| Jim Culbreath | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 18 | 0 |
| John Brockington | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Odom | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| David Beverly | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 469 | 1464 | 3.1 | 40 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 582 | 2314 | 4.0 | 58 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Dickey | 220 | 113 | 51.4 | 93 | 1346 | 6.1 | 11.9 | 95t | 5 | 2.3 | 14 | 6.4 | 21 | 187 | 1159 | 51.4 |
| David Whitehurst | 105 | 50 | 47.6 | 48 | 634 | 6.0 | 12.7 | 48 | 1 | 1.0 | 7 | 6.7 | 10 | 68 | 566 | 42.3 |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 118.8 |
| Brian Dowling | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 327 | 164 | 50.2 | 142 | 2013 | 6.2 | 12.3 | 95t | 6 | 1.8 | 21 | 6.4 | 32 | 265 | 1748 | 48.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 319 | 186 | 58.3 | 120 | 2042 | 6.4 | 11.0 | 59t | 10 | 3.1 | 13 | 4.1 | 37 | 323 | 1719 | 70.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barty Smith | 37 | 340 | 9.2 | 42 | 1 |
| Steve Odom | 27 | 549 | 20.3 | 95t | 3 |
| Ollie Smith | 22 | 357 | 16.2 | 41 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 19 | 194 | 10.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Rich McGeorge | 17 | 142 | 8.4 | 18 | 1 |
| Eric Torkelson | 11 | 107 | 9.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Randy Vataha | 10 | 109 | 10.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Ken Payne | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 45 | 1 |
| Nate Simpson | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Bert Askson | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Aundra Thompson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Culbreath | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Brockington | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 164 | 2013 | 12.3 | 95t | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 2042 | 11.0 | 59t | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Luke | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike McCoy | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Willie Buchanon | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 29t | 1 |
| Fred Carr | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnnie Gray | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Toner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 89 | 6.8 | 29t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 349 | 16.6 | 95t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Beverly | 85 | 3391 | 39.9 | 59 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 311 | 2900 | 33.7 |
| Team Totals | 86 | 3391 | 39.4 | 59 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 311 | 2900 | 33.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 2776 | 36.5 | 57 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 321 | 2355 | 31.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Harrell | 28 | 10 | 253 | 9.0 | 75t | 1 |
| Johnnie Gray | 10 | 3 | 68 | 6.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 13 | 321 | 8.4 | 75t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 4 | 311 | 5.9 | 18 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Odom | 23 | 468 | 20.3 | 37 | 0 | |
| Steve Wagner | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jim Culbreath | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 30 | 0 | |
| Terdell Middleton | 4 | 141 | 35.3 | 85t | 1 | |
| Aundra Thompson | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Eric Torkelson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Tim Moresco | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Derrel Gofourth | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Jim Gueno | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nate Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 51 | 947 | 18.6 | 96t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 786 | 20.2 | 68 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Pureifory | 6.0 | |
| Bob Barber | 5.5 | |
| Clarence Williams | 3.0 | |
| Don Hansen | 1.0 | |
| Gary Weaver | 1.0 | |
| Terry Randolph | 8.0 | |
| Mike Butler | 5.0 | |
| Ezra Johnson | 3.5 | |
| Herb McMath | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 37.0 | 323.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32.0 | 265.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Barber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Beverly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Buchanon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Culbreath | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Gray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gueno | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Himes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ezra Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Koncar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Luke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich McGeorge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terdell Middleton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Pureifory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Roller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Simpson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barty Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Torkelson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Wagner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Whitehurst | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 0 |
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