| Detroit Lions at Seattle Seahawks Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1978 Location: Seattle, WA |
| Venue: Kingdome Attendance: 56781 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| Seattle SeahawksSEA | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 44 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 35 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Jim Zorn 5 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 29 FG | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Dexter Bussey 29 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 16 | 7 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Steve Largent 40 pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick) | 16 | 14 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Ron Howard 4 pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick) | 16 | 21 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Sam McCullum 12 pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick) | 16 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Luther Blue |
| 47 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 63 | C | Mike Montler |
| 62 | ROG | Lynn Boden |
| 74 | ROT | Brad Oates |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 25 | FB | Horace King |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 77 | LDT | John Woodcock |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 55 | MLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 28 | LCB | James Hunter |
| 33 | SS | Bruce Rhodes |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| 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 |
| 73 | ROT | Norm Evans |
| 87 | TE | Ron Howard |
| 10 | QB | Jim Zorn |
| 24 | RB | Al Hunter |
| 42 | FB | Don Testerman |
| Offense | ||
| 66 | LDE | Bill Sandifer |
| 68 | LDT | Dennis Boyd |
| 71 | RDT | Steve Niehaus |
| 77 | RDE | Bill Gregory |
| 56 | LLB | Sammy Green |
| 58 | MLB | Terry Beeson |
| 53 | RLB | Keith Butler |
| 38 | LCB | Cornell Webster |
| 27 | SS | Autry Beamon |
| 44 | FS | John Harris |
| 22 | RCB | Dave Brown |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 20 | 120 | 6.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Horace King | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Greg Landry | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| David Sims | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Zorn | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Steve Raible | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Al Hunter | 10 | 10 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Testerman | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rufus Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 0 | 155 | 6.0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 78.2 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Jim Zorn | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 1 | 189 | 11.1 | 40t | 3 | 6 | 31 | 122.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 15 | 0 |
| David Hill | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Luther Blue | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Steve Largent | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 40t | 1 |
| Steve Raible | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Ron Howard | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 1 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Duke Fergerson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Reggie Pinkney | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Rufus Crawford | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jesse Thompson | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Duke Fergerson | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Rufus Crawford | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 2.0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 2.0 |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| Ken Sanders | 1.0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |
| Bill Gregory | 1.0 |
| Dennis Boyd | 1.0 |
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