| San Diego Chargers at Seattle Seahawks |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 3, 1978 Location: Seattle, WA Venue: Kingdome Attendance: 55778 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Seattle SeahawksSEA | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | SEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Sherman Smith 64 pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Jefferson 29 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 18 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Jim Zorn 23 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Jefferson 6 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Johnson 52 interception return (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 24 | 13 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Steve Largent 33 pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick) | 24 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | John Jefferson |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 53 | C | Ralph Perretta |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 84 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 33 | RB | Don Woods |
| 41 | FB | Bo Matthews |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 69 | RDE | John Lee |
| 50 | LLB | Don Goode |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 29 | LCB | Mike Williams |
| 42 | SS | Mike Fuller |
| 44 | FS | Pete Shaw |
| 45 | RCB | Hal Stringert |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Steve Largent |
| 84 | WR | Sam McCullum |
| 63 | LOT | Nick Bebout |
| 61 | LOG | Tom Lynch |
| 51 | C | John Yarno |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 76 | ROT | Steve August |
| 87 | TE | Ron Howard |
| 10 | QB | Jim Zorn |
| 47 | RB | Sherman Smith |
| 35 | FB | David Sims |
| Offense | ||
| 66 | LDE | Bill Sandifer |
| 68 | LDT | Dennis Boyd |
| 71 | RDT | Steve Niehaus |
| 75 | RDE | Alden Roche |
| 56 | LLB | Sammy Green |
| 58 | MLB | Terry Beeson |
| 36 | RLB | Ken Geddes |
| 38 | LCB | Cornell Webster |
| 27 | SS | Autry Beamon |
| 44 | FS | John Harris |
| 22 | RCB | Dave Brown |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 23:00 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3/10 | / | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| SEA | 37:00 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 12/20 | / | 5 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bo Matthews | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Woods | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 89 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| David Sims | 18 | 61 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Zorn | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 23t | 1 |
| Al Hunter | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sherman Smith | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 138 | 3.6 | 23t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 1 | 186 | 8.5 | 29t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101.7 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 1 | 186 | 8.5 | 29t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101.7 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Jim Zorn | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 1 | 329 | 10.3 | 64t | 2 | 3 | 21 | 107.4 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 1 | 329 | 10.3 | 64t | 2 | 3 | 21 | 107.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Don Woods | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 |
| John Jefferson | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 29t | 2 |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Klein | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bo Matthews | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 186 | 13.3 | 29t | 2 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Steve Largent | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 33t | 1 |
| David Sims | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Sherman Smith | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 64t | 1 |
| Al Hunter | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ron Howard | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Duke Fergerson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 329 | 15.7 | 64t | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Johnson | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Autry Beamon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||
| Jeff West | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||
| Herman Weaver | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Efren Herrera | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| John Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Artie Owens | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Ray Preston | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 32 | 0 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Duke Fergerson | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Gary Johnson | 1.0 |
| Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| Charles DeJurnett | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |
| Team Totals | 0.0 |