1977 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Western Division 5-9-0 .357

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.

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	Columbia Basin JC; Montana State; Oregon 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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
John Leypoldt	9	18	50.0	1/2	2/3	2/4	3/4	1/5
Team Totals	9	18	50.0	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
Walter Packer	20	0	131	6.6	31
Duke Fergerson	8	3	54	6.8	14
Steve Largent	4	1	32	8.0	12
Team Totals	32	4	217	6.8	31
Opponents Totals	42	2	389	9.3	39

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Al Hunter	36	820	22.8	41
Walter Packer	13	280	21.5	44
Duke Fergerson	11	240	21.8	39
David Sims	4	52	13.0	19
Sherman Smith	3	56	18.7	21
Steve Raible	2	19	9.5	12
Don Dufek	1	21	21.0	21
Don Testerman	1	14	14.0	14
Team Totals	71	1502	21.2	44
Opponents Totals	50	1240	24.8	70

SACKS	NO	YDS
Alden Roche	4.5
Ron East	3.5
Rich Harris	3.0
Bob Lurtsema	2.0
Dennis Boyd	2.0
Ken Geddes	2.0
Terry Beeson	1.0
Team Totals	18.0	131.0
Opponents Totals	21.0	131.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Sam Adkins	1		0	0	0	0
Terry Beeson	0	0	0	1	1	9
Ron Coder	0	0	0	1	1	0
Pete Cronan	0	0	0	3	3	8
Norm Evans	0	0	1	0	1	0
Duke Fergerson	1		0	0	0	0
Al Hunter	2		1	0	1	0
Art Kuehn	1		1	0	1	0
John Leypoldt	0	0	0	1	1	0
Eddie McMillan	0	0	0	3	3	0
Steve Myer	3		1	0	1	-13
Walter Packer	2		0	0	0	0
Steve Preece	0	0	0	1	1	0
Alden Roche	0	0	0	1	1	0
John Sawyer	1		0	0	0	0
David Sims	6		3	0	3	0
Sherman Smith	6		1	0	1	0
Don Testerman	3		1	0	1	0
Jim Zorn	1		1	0	1	0
Team Totals	27	17	10	11	21	4
Opponents Totals	20	11	9	14	23