1977 Seattle Seahawks (NFL) |
| 4th place American Football Conference Western Division 5-9-0 .357 |
| Head Coach: Jack Patera |
| Sam Boghosian | Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line |
| Bob Hollway | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backfield |
| Earl Leggett | Defensive Line |
| Andy MacDonald | Running Backs/Special Teams |
| Larry Peccatiello | Linebackers |
| Jerry Rhome | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/7/1977 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 34-24 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 38024 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1977 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 23-17 | W | OT | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 58789 |
| Thu | 8/18/1977 | H | Oakland Raiders | 12-10 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 62187 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1977 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-16 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 56345 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1977 | H | Denver Broncos | 10-27 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 54916 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1977 | A | San Diego Chargers | 20-38 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 27505 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1977 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-29 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 58991 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1977 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-42 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 45579 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1977 | H | Denver Broncos | 13-24 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 53108 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1977 | A | New England Patriots | 0-31 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 45927 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1977 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 30-23 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 54783 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1977 | A | Miami Dolphins | 13-31 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 29855 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1977 | H | Buffalo Bills | 56-17 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 61180 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1977 | A | Oakland Raiders | 7-44 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 50929 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1977 | A | New York Jets | 17-0 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 42923 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1977 | H | Houston Oilers | 10-22 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 61519 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1977 | H | San Diego Chargers | 28-30 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 47338 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1977 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 45429 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1977 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 34-31 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 22262 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1977 | H | Cleveland Browns | 20-19 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 61583 | |
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 |
| 12 | Sam Adkins | QB | 6-2 | 214 | 22 | Wichita State | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Steve August | ROT | 6-5 | 258 | 23 | Tulsa | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | Autry Beamon | SS | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 9 |
| 63 | Nick Bebout | LOT | 6-5 | 261 | 26 | Wyoming | 13 | 12 |
| 58 | Terry Beeson | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Kansas | 14 | 13 |
| 31 | Tony Benjamin | RB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Duke | 6 | 0 |
| 68 | Dennis Boyd | RDT-RDE | 6-6 | 255 | 22 | Oregon State | 14 | 5 |
| 22 | Dave Brown | RCB | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Ron Coder | ROG | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 57 | Pete Cronan | MLB | 6-2 | 238 | 22 | Boston College | 14 | 1 |
| 61 | Andy Dorris | DE | 6-4 | 248 | 26 | New Mexico State | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | Don Dufek | SS | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Michigan | 13 | 5 |
| 74 | Ron East | LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 34 | Oregon State; Columbia Basin JC; Oregon State; Montana State | 14 | 14 |
| 5 | Rick Engles | P | 5-11 | 170 | 23 | Tulsa | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | Norm Evans | ROT | 6-5 | 248 | 35 | Texas Christian | 13 | 13 |
| 89 | Duke Fergerson | WR | 6-1 | 186 | 23 | Merced JC; Washington State; San Diego State | 13 | 8 |
| 36 | Ken Geddes | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Sammy Green | LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Rich Harris | LDE | 6-5 | 265 | 29 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Ron Howard | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | Seattle | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Al Hunter | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
| 64 | Gordon Jolley | LOG-LOT | 6-5 | 230 | 28 | Utah | 13 | 11 |
| 79 | Horace Jones | DE | 6-4 | 260 | 28 | Louisville | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Mike Jones | RLB | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | Alcorn State | 12 | 0 |
| 54 | Art Kuehn | C | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Steve Largent | WR | 5-11 | 189 | 23 | Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | John Leypoldt | K | 6-2 | 230 | 31 | none | 13 | 0 |
| 88 | Doug Long | WR | 5-11 | 189 | 22 | Whitworth | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Bob Lurtsema | RDT-RDE | 6-6 | 251 | 35 | Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan | 14 | 12 |
| 61 | Tom Lynch | LOG | 6-5 | 260 | 22 | Boston College | 14 | 5 |
| 49 | Ed Marinaro | RB | 6-2 | 212 | 27 | Cornell | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Amos Martin | LB | 6-3 | 228 | 28 | Louisville | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Sam McCullum | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Montana State | 13 | 3 |
| 41 | Eddie McMillan | LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Florida State | 14 | 14 |
| 59 | Charles McShane | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Long Beach CC; California Lutheran | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Steve Myer | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | Mount San Antonio JC; New Mexico | 7 | 4 |
| 78 | Bob Newton | ROT-ROG | 6-5 | 260 | 28 | Cerritos JC; Nebraska | 13 | 1 |
| 71 | Steve Niehaus | LDE | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Notre Dame | 8 | 0 |
| 40 | Walter Packer | CB | 5-10 | 174 | 22 | Mississippi State | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | Steve Preece | FS | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Steve Raible | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 3 |
| 82 | Fred Rayhle | TE | 6-5 | 216 | 23 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | Geoff Reece | C | 6-4 | 247 | 25 | Washington State | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | Alden Roche | RDE | 6-4 | 253 | 32 | Southern University | 13 | 9 |
| 66 | Bill Sandifer | DT | 6-6 | 260 | 25 | MiraCosta JC; UCLA | 1 | 1 |
| 81 | John Sawyer | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 2 |
| 35 | David Sims | RB | 6-3 | 216 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 1 |
| 47 | Sherman Smith | RB | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Don Testerman | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Virginia Tech; Ferrum JC; Clemson | 14 | 13 |
| 18 | Herman Weaver | P | 6-4 | 210 | 29 | Tennessee | 13 | 0 |
| 38 | Cornell Webster | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Scottsdale CC; UCLA; Tulsa | 14 | 0 |
| 51 | John Yarno | C | 6-5 | 251 | 23 | Idaho | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | Jim Zorn | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Cerritos JC; Cal Poly (Pomona) | 10 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | Steve August | G | Tulsa |
| 2 | 30 | Tom Lynch | T | Boston College |
| 2 | 41 | Terry Beeson | LB | Kansas |
| 2 | 51 | Pete Cronan | LB | Boston College |
| 3 | 58 | Dennis Boyd | DE | Oregon State |
| 4 | 87 | John Yarno | C | Idaho |
| 4 | 111 | Larry Seivers | WR | Tennessee |
| 6 | 142 | Tony Benjamin | RB | Duke |
| 7 | 169 | David Sims | RB | Georgia Tech |
| 9 | 225 | George Adzick | DB | Minnesota |
| 10 | 254 | Sam Adkins | QB | Wichita State |
| 11 | 281 | Bill Westbeld | T | Dayton |
| 12 | 329 | I.V. Wilson | DT | Tulsa |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 52 | 106 | 57 | 67 | |
| Opponents Totals | 101 | 105 | 65 | 102 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 251 | 116 | 116 | 19 | 72/187 38.5% | 6/16 37.5% | 76 | 656 | |
| Opponents Totals | 295 | 152 | 125 | 18 | 88/206 42.7% | 9/14 64.3% | 96 | 794 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Largent | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| John Leypoldt | 0 | 33 | 37 | 89.2 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 60 |
| David Sims | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Sherman Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Don Testerman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Duke Fergerson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Autry Beamon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Zorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 33 | 37 | 89.2 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 282 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 42 | 43 | 97.7 | 23 | 31 | 74.2 | 2 | 373 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Leypoldt | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 2 | 51 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 1/5 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 2 | 51 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 1/5 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 31 | 74.2 | 0/0 | 9/10 | 10/12 | 4/9 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Smith | 163 | 763 | 4.7 | 39 | 4 |
| Don Testerman | 119 | 459 | 3.9 | 20 | 1 |
| David Sims | 99 | 369 | 3.7 | 17t | 5 |
| Al Hunter | 32 | 179 | 5.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Jim Zorn | 25 | 141 | 5.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Tony Benjamin | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Sam Adkins | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Myer | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Herman Weaver | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 461 | 1964 | 4.3 | 39 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 596 | 2485 | 4.2 | 41 | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Zorn | 251 | 104 | 41.4 | 128 | 1687 | 6.7 | 16.2 | 82t | 16 | 6.4 | 19 | 7.6 | 11 | 43 | 1644 | 54.3 |
| Steve Myer | 130 | 70 | 53.8 | 48 | 729 | 5.6 | 10.4 | 45t | 6 | 4.6 | 12 | 9.2 | 9 | 80 | 649 | 47.2 |
| David Sims | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 43 | 10.8 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 71.9 |
| Steve Preece | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Sherman Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Sam Adkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -8 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 387 | 175 | 45.2 | 180 | 2459 | 6.4 | 14.1 | 82t | 23 | 5.9 | 32 | 8.3 | 21 | 131 | 2328 | 51.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 349 | 199 | 57.0 | 125 | 2464 | 7.1 | 12.4 | 67t | 19 | 5.4 | 25 | 7.2 | 18 | 131 | 2333 | 67.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Largent | 33 | 643 | 19.5 | 74t | 10 |
| Don Testerman | 31 | 219 | 7.1 | 25 | 4 |
| Sherman Smith | 30 | 419 | 14.0 | 44t | 2 |
| Duke Fergerson | 19 | 374 | 19.7 | 45t | 2 |
| Ron Howard | 17 | 177 | 10.4 | 24 | 1 |
| David Sims | 12 | 176 | 14.7 | 82t | 3 |
| John Sawyer | 10 | 105 | 10.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 9 | 198 | 22.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Steve Raible | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Al Hunter | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Tony Benjamin | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 175 | 2459 | 14.1 | 82t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 199 | 2464 | 12.4 | 67t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autry Beamon | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Eddie McMillan | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 57 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Steve Preece | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Ken Geddes | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Dufek | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Sammy Green | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cornell Webster | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 356 | 14.2 | 57 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 592 | 18.5 | 102t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Weaver | 58 | 2293 | 39.5 | 59 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 336 | 1877 | 31.8 |
| Rick Engles | 4 | 137 | 34.3 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 84 | 16.8 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 2430 | 38.0 | 59 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 389 | 1961 | 30.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1942 | 36.0 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 217 | 1665 | 30.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Packer | 20 | 0 | 131 | 6.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Duke Fergerson | 8 | 3 | 54 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Largent | 4 | 1 | 32 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 4 | 217 | 6.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 2 | 389 | 9.3 | 39 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Hunter | 36 | 820 | 22.8 | 41 | 0 | |
| Walter Packer | 13 | 280 | 21.5 | 44 | 0 | |
| Duke Fergerson | 11 | 240 | 21.8 | 39 | 0 | |
| David Sims | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Sherman Smith | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Steve Raible | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| Don Dufek | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Don Testerman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 71 | 1502 | 21.2 | 44 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1240 | 24.8 | 70 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Ron East | 3.5 | |
| Rich Harris | 3.0 | |
| Bob Lurtsema | 2.0 | |
| Ken Geddes | 2.0 | |
| Dennis Boyd | 2.0 | |
| Terry Beeson | 1.0 | |
| Alden Roche | 4.5 | |
| Team Totals | 18.0 | 131.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21.0 | 131.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Adkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Beeson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Coder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Cronan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Norm Evans | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke Fergerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Hunter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Kuehn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Leypoldt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie McMillan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Myer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -13 | 0 | |
| Walter Packer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Preece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alden Roche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Sims | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sherman Smith | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Testerman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Zorn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0 |
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