1978 Green Bay Packers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bart Starr (8-7-1)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1978 Green Bay Packers RosterTeam Record: 8-7-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bart Starr (8-7-1)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1978 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Packers ran up 249 points, and the defense gave up 269. Terdell Middleton carried the ball for a team-best 1,116 yards for Green Bay.
David Whitehurst passed for 2,093 yards. James Lofton snagged 46 passes for 818 yards, while Barty Smith contributed to the receiving game, too.
The sticky-fingered defense led the way with 47 turnovers. Willie Buchanon intercepted 9 opponent throws.
Bart Starr coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Whitehurst | 328 | 168 | 51.2 | 2093 | 6.4 | 10 | 3.0 | 17 | 5.2 | 58 | 35 | 258 | 59.9 |
| Bobby Douglass | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 90 | 7.5 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 61.1 |
| David Beverly | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 88 | 44.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Dennis Sproul | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 87 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 62.0 |
| James Lofton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 357 | 180 | 50.4 | 2358 | 6.6 | 11 | 3.1 | 18 | 5.0 | 58 | 37 | 274 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terdell Middleton | 284 | 1116 | 3.9 | 76 | 11 |
| Barty Smith | 154 | 567 | 3.7 | 33 | 4 |
| Jim Culbreath | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 |
| David Whitehurst | 28 | 67 | 2.4 | 18 | 1 |
| Nate Simpson | 27 | 58 | 2.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Walter Landers | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Douglass | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Aundra Thompson | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Eric Torkelson | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| James Lofton | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| David Beverly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Sproul | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 550 | 2023 | 3.7 | 76 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Lofton | 46 | 818 | 17.8 | 58 | 6 |
| Barty Smith | 37 | 256 | 6.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 34 | 332 | 9.8 | 50 | 1 |
| Aundra Thompson | 26 | 527 | 20.3 | 57 | 2 |
| Rich McGeorge | 23 | 247 | 10.7 | 25 | 1 |
| Jim Culbreath | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Steve Odom | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Eric Torkelson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Nate Simpson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 180 | 2358 | 13.1 | 58 | 11 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Marcol | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 63 |
| Totals | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 63 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Beverly | 106 | 3759 | 35.5 | 57 |
| Totals | 106 | 3759 | 35.5 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Odom | 33 | 298 | 9.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Johnnie Gray | 11 | 95 | 8.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Howard Sampson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Tullis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 393 | 8.5 | 48 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Odom | 25 | 677 | 27.1 | 95 | 1 |
| Aundra Thompson | 6 | 124 | 20.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Steve Wagner | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Estus Hood | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Culbreath | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Howard Sampson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ezra Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Gueno | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Walter Landers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich McGeorge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Lofton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barty Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 1085 | 20.9 | 95 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Buchanon | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 77 | 1 |
| John Anderson | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Johnnie Gray | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Mike McCoy | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Estus Hood | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Steve Luke | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 63 | 1 |
| Mike Hunt | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Carl Barzilauskas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 344 | 12.7 | 77 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Whitehurst | 8 | 2 | -28 | 0 | |||
| Mike Douglass | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Luke | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Roller | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Carter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ezra Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnnie Gray | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Sproul | 2 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McCoy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aundra Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Barty Smith | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Estus Hood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Odom | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Hunt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Buchanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Torkelson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Nuzum | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Barber | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Weaver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Lofton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Howard Sampson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Culbreath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Beverly | 1 | 0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terdell Middleton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nate Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 27 | -31 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Terdell Middleton | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
| Chester Marcol | 11 | 30 | 0 | 63 | ||||||||||
| James Lofton | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Barty Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Aundra Thompson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Steve Odom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| David Whitehurst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Willie Buchanon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rich McGeorge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Steve Luke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Walter Landers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 |
