1977 Seattle Seahawks: 5-9-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (171 points scored, 164 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (111 points scored, 209 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Patera
282 points scored (8th of 28 teams), 373 points allowed (28th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 175 387 2,328 ( 8) 5.71 23 32 461 1,964 (15) 4.3 12 4,292 (12) 46
Defense: 199 349 2,333 (27) 6.36 19 25 596 2,485 (26) 4.2 21 4,818 (27) 36
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 John Leypoldt K 13 6'2 230 31 7 Northern Virginia C.C. 5 Rick Engles P 1 5'11 180 23 2 Tulsa 10 Jim Zorn QB 10 6'2 200 24 2 Cal Poly-Pomona 12 Sam Adkins QB 1 6'2 214 22 R Wichita State 16 Steve Myer QB 7 6'2 188 23 1 New Mexico 18 Herman Weaver P 13 6'4 210 28 8 Tennessee 20 Steve Preece DB 14 6'1 195 30 9 Oregon State 22 Dave Brown DB 14 6'1 190 24 3 Michigan 24 Al Hunter RB 12 5'11 195 22 R Notre Dame 25 Don Dufek DB 13 6'0 195 23 2 Michigan 27 Autry Beamon DB 14 6'1 190 23 3 East Texas State 31 Tony Benjamin RB 6 6'3 225 22 R Duke 35 David Sims RB 14 6'3 216 22 R Georgia Tech 36 Ken Geddes LB 14 6'3 235 31 7 Nebraska 38 Cornell Webster DB 14 6'0 180 22 R Tulsa 40 Walter Packer DB 10 5'10 174 21 R Mississippi State 41 Eddie McMillan DB 14 6'0 190 25 5 Florida State 42 Don Testerman RB 14 6'2 235 24 2 Clemson 47 Sherman Smith RB 14 6'4 216 22 2 Miami (Ohio) 49 Ed Marinaro RB 1 6'2 207 27 6 Cornell 50 Amos Martin LB 2 6'3 228 28 6 Louisville 51 John Yarno C 10 6'5 251 22 R Idaho 53 Mike Jones LB 12 6'2 214 23 R Jackson State 54 Art Kuehn C 14 6'3 255 24 2 UCLA 55 Geoff Reece C 3 6'4 247 25 2 Washington State 56 Sammy Green LB 14 6'2 230 23 2 Florida 57 Pete Cronan LB 14 6'2 238 22 R Boston College 58 Terry Beeson LB 14 6'3 240 22 R Kansas 60 Ron Coder OG 14 6'4 250 23 2 Penn State 61 Tom Lynch OG 14 6'5 260 22 R Boston College 63 Nick Bebout OT 13 6'5 260 26 5 Wyoming 64 Gordon Jolley OT 13 6'5 245 28 6 Utah 66 Bill Sandifer DT 1 6'6 262 25 4 UCLA 68 Dennis Boyd DE 14 6'6 255 21 R Oregon State 69 Andy Dorris DE 4 6'4 240 26 5 New Mexico State 70 Bob Lurtsema DE 14 6'6 250 35 11 Western Michigan 71 Steve Niehaus DT 8 6'4 270 23 2 Notre Dame 73 Norm Evans OT 13 6'5 250 35 13 Texas Christian 74 Ron East DT 14 6'4 248 34 10 Montana State 75 Alden Roche DE 13 6'4 255 32 8 Southern 76 Steve August OT 6 6'5 254 23 R Tulsa 77 Richard Harris DE 14 6'4 258 29 7 Grambling 78 Bob Newton OG 13 6'4 260 28 7 Nebraska 79 Horace Jones DE 1 6'3 255 28 6 Louisville 80 Steve Largent WR 14 5'11 184 23 2 Tulsa 81 John Sawyer TE 14 6'2 230 24 3 Southern Mississippi 82 Fred Rayhle TE 2 6'5 216 23 1 Tennessee-Chattanooga 83 Steve Raible WR 14 6'2 195 23 2 Georgia Tech 84 Sam McCullum WR 13 6'2 203 24 4 Montana State 87 Ron Howard TE 12 6'4 240 26 4 Seattle 88 Doug Long DB 1 6'0 189 22 R Whitworth 89 Duke Fergerson WR 13 6'1 193 23 1 San Diego State 90 Charles McShane LB 14 6'3 230 23 1 California Lutheran
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Jim Zorn 251 104 41.4 1,687 6.72 16.2 16 6.4 19 7.6 11 43 54.3
Steve Myer 130 70 53.8 729 5.61 10.4 6 4.6 12 9.2 9 80 47.2
David Sims 4 1 25.0 43 10.75 43.0 1 25.0 1 25.0 0 0 71.9
Steve Preece 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Sherman Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Sam Adkins 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 8 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Steve Largent 33 643 19.5 10 Don Testerman 31 219 7.1 4 Sherman Smith 30 419 14.0 2 Duke Fergerson 19 374 19.7 2 Ron Howard 17 177 10.4 1 David Sims 12 176 14.7 3 John Sawyer 10 105 10.5 0 Sam McCullum 9 198 22.0 1 Steve Raible 5 79 15.8 0 Al Hunter 5 42 8.4 0 Tony Benjamin 4 27 6.8 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Sherman Smith 163 763 4.7 4 Don Testerman 119 459 3.9 1 David Sims 99 369 3.7 5 Al Hunter 32 179 5.6 1 Jim Zorn 25 141 5.6 1 Tony Benjamin 13 48 3.7 0 Sam Adkins 3 6 2.0 0 Steve Myer 6 1 0.2 0 Herman Weaver 1 -2 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Al Hunter 36 820 22.8 0 Walter Packer 13 280 21.5 0 Duke Fergerson 11 240 21.8 0 David Sims 4 52 13.0 0 Sherman Smith 3 56 18.7 0 Steve Raible 2 19 9.5 0 Don Dufek 1 21 21.0 0 Don Testerman 1 14 14.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Walter Packer 20 131 6.5 0 0 Duke Fergerson 8 54 6.8 3 0 Steve Largent 4 32 8.0 1 0 |
1977 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 14 OG Steve August 102 Tulsa [pick acquired from SD via DAL] 2 30 OT Tom Lynch 105 Boston College [pick acquired from BUF via DAL] 2 41 LB Terry Beeson 82 Kansas [pick acquired from SD via DAL] 2 51 LB Pete Cronan 90 Boston College [pick acquired from LA] 3 58 DE Dennis Boyd 59 Oregon State 4 87 C John Yarno 74 Idaho 4 111 WR Larry Seivers Tennessee [pick acquired from MIN] 6 142 RB Tony Benjamin 28 Duke 7 169 RB David Sims 29 Georgia Tech 9 225 DB George Adzick Minnesota 10 254 QB Sam Adkins 11 Wichita State 11 281 OT Bill Westbeld Dayton 12 329 DT I.V. Wilson Tulsa [pick acquired from PIT]
Traded draft picks: #1 to DAL (Tony Dorsett), #2 to LA (Nolan Cromwell), #5 to DET (Ron Crosby), #8 to HOU (Steve Davis), #12 to PIT (Jimmy Stephens)
Transactions:
| 05-03-1977 | traded Ed Bradley to 49ers for Bill Sandifer |
| 05-03-1977 | traded Seattle's #1 pick in the 1977 draft to Cowboys for San Diego's #1 and #2 picks, Buffalo's #2 pick and Dallas' #2 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 05-03-1977 | traded Dallas' #2 pick in the 1977 draft to Cowboys for Duke Ferguson |
| 05-03-1977 | traded Seattle's #2 pick in the 1977 draft to Rams for Geoff Reece and Los Angeles' #2 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 07-1977 | traded Carl Barisich to Dolphins for Miami's #11 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 08-11-1977 | traded cash to Raiders for Horace Jones |
| 08-19-1977 | traded Fred Steinfort to Lions for $100 cash |
| 08-30-1977 | traded Larry Seivers to Buccaneers for a #4 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 09-05-1977 | traded Seattle's #8 pick in the 1978 draft to Vikings for Autry Beamon and Amos Martin |
| 09-06-1977 | traded Seattle's #11 pick in the 1978 draft to Saints for Andy Dorris |
| 09-29-1977 | placed Amos Martin on injured reserve |
1977 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 vs Baltimore Colts L 14-29 0-1-0 09/25/77 at Cincinnati Bengals L 20-42 0-2-0 10/02/77 vs Denver Broncos L 13-24 0-3-0 10/09/77 at New England Patriots L 0-31 0-4-0 10/16/77 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 30-23 1-4-0 10/23/77 at Miami Dolphins L 13-31 1-5-0 10/30/77 vs Buffalo Bills W 56-17 2-5-0 11/06/77 at Oakland Raiders L 7-44 2-6-0 11/13/77 at New York Jets W 17-0 3-6-0 11/20/77 vs Houston Oilers L 10-22 3-7-0 11/27/77 vs San Diego Chargers L 28-30 3-8-0 12/04/77 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 20-30 3-9-0 12/11/77 at Kansas City Chiefs W 34-31 4-9-0 12/18/77 vs Cleveland Browns W 20-19 5-9-0
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