1977 Seattle Seahawks Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jack Patera (5-9)
Location: Seattle, Washington
1977 Seattle Seahawks StatisticsTeam Record: 5-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jack Patera (5-9)
Location: Seattle, Washington
1977 Seattle Seahawks Results
The Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Seahawks scored 282 points, but the leaky defensive unit surrendered 373, most in the circuit. Sherman Smith ran for a team-best 763 yards for Seattle.
Jim Zorn threw for 1,687 yards. Steve Largent paced pass catchers, snagging 33 passes for 643 yards. Don Testerman and Sherman Smith contributed to the receiving game, too.
Autry Beamon picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Jack Patera coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Sam Adkins | QB | May 21, 1955 | 6'2" | 214 | Wichita St. | Van Nuys, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Steve August | T | September 4, 1954 | 6'4" | 255 | Tulsa | Jeannette, PA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | Autry Beamon | SS | November 12, 1953 | 6'1" | 190 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Terrell, TX USA | 14 | 9 |
| 63 | Nick Bebout | LT | May 5, 1951 | 6'5" | 261 | Wyoming | Riverton, WY USA | 13 | 12 |
| 58 | Terry Beeson | MLB | September 19, 1955 | 6'3" | 240 | Kansas | Coffeyville, KS USA | 14 | 13 |
| 31 | Tony Benjamin | RB | October 27, 1955 | 6'3" | 225 | Duke | Monessen, PA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 68 | Dennis Boyd | RDT | November 5, 1955 | 6'6" | 255 | Oregon St. | Washington, DC USA | 14 | 5 |
| 22 | Dave Brown | RCB | January 16, 1953 | 6'1" | 190 | Michigan | Akron, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Ron Coder | RG | May 24, 1954 | 6'4" | 250 | Penn St. | Savannah, GA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 57 | Pete Cronan | LB | January 13, 1955 | 6'2" | 238 | Boston Col. | Bourne, MA USA | 14 | 1 |
| 69 | Andy Dorris | DE | August 11, 1951 | 6'4" | 238 | New Mexico St. | Bellaire, OH USA | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | Don Dufek | SS | April 28, 1954 | 6'0" | 195 | Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI USA | 13 | 5 |
| 74 | Ron East | LDT | August 26, 1943 | 6'4" | 250 | Montana St. | Portland, OR USA | 14 | 14 |
| 5 | Rick Engles | P | August 18, 1954 | 5'11" | 177 | Tulsa | Tulsa, OK USA | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | Norm Evans | RT | September 28, 1942 | 6'5" | 250 | TCU | Santa Fe, NM USA | 13 | 13 |
| 89 | Duke Fergerson | WR | April 21, 1954 | 6'1" | 189 | Washington St. | Boise, ID USA | 13 | 8 |
| 36 | Ken Geddes | RLB | September 27, 1946 | 6'3" | 235 | Nebraska | Jacksonville, FL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Sammy Green | LLB | October 12, 1954 | 6'2" | 228 | Florida | Bradenton, FL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Richard Harris | LDE | January 21, 1948 | 6'5" | 260 | Grambling St. | Shreveport, LA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Ron Howard | TE | March 3, 1951 | 6'4" | 229 | Seattle | Oakland, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Al Hunter | KR | February 21, 1955 | 5'11" | 195 | Notre Dame | Greenville, NC USA | 12 | 0 |
| 64 | Gordon Jolley | LG | May 22, 1949 | 6'5" | 250 | Utah | Provo, UT USA | 13 | 11 |
| 79 | Horace Jones | DE | July 31, 1949 | 6'3" | 255 | Louisville | Pensacola, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Mike Jones | LB | July 12, 1954 | 6'3" | 224 | Alcorn St. | Chicago, IL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 54 | Art Kuehn | C | February 12, 1953 | 6'3" | 257 | San Jose St. | Victoria, BC Canada | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Steve Largent | WR | September 28, 1954 | 5'11" | 187 | Tulsa | Tulsa, OK USA | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | John Leypoldt | K | March 31, 1946 | 6'2" | 229 | Northern Virginia CC | Washington, DC USA | 13 | 0 |
| 88 | Doug Long | DB | May 24, 1955 | 6'0" | 189 | Whitworth | Spokane, WA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Bob Lurtsema | RDT | March 29, 1942 | 6'6" | 250 | Michigan Tech | Grand Rapids, MI USA | 14 | 9 |
| 61 | Tom Lynch | LG | May 24, 1955 | 6'5" | 256 | Boston Col. | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 5 |
| 49 | Ed Marinaro | RB | March 31, 1950 | 6'2" | 212 | Cornell | New York, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Amos Martin | LB | January 30, 1949 | 6'3" | 228 | Louisville | Indianapolis, IN USA | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Sam McCullum | WR | November 30, 1952 | 6'2" | 203 | Montana St. | McComb, MS USA | 13 | 3 |
| 41 | Eddie McMillan | LCB | November 25, 1951 | 6'0" | 189 | Florida St. | Tampa, FL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 59 | Charles McShane | LB | January 4, 1954 | 6'3" | 230 | California Lutheran | Long Beach, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Steve Myer | QB | July 17, 1954 | 6'2" | 191 | New Mexico | Covina, CA USA | 7 | 4 |
| 78 | Bob Newton | G | August 16, 1949 | 6'4" | 257 | Nebraska | Pomona, CA USA | 13 | 1 |
| 71 | Steve Niehaus | DT-DE | September 25, 1954 | 6'4" | 263 | Notre Dame | Cincinnati, OH USA | 8 | 0 |
| 40 | Walter Packer | PR | November 7, 1955 | 5'10" | 174 | Mississippi St. | Leakesville, MS USA | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | Steve Preece | FS | February 15, 1947 | 6'1" | 195 | Oregon St. | Idaho Falls, ID USA | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Steve Raible | WR | June 2, 1954 | 6'2" | 195 | Georgia Tech | Louisville, KY USA | 14 | 3 |
| 82 | Fred Rayhle | TE | April 9, 1954 | 6'5" | 217 | Tenn-Chattanooga | Covington, KY USA | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | Geoff Reece | C | May 16, 1952 | 6'4" | 247 | Washington St. | Everett, WA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | Alden Roche | RDE | April 9, 1945 | 6'4" | 255 | Southern | New Orleans, LA USA | 13 | 9 |
| 66 | Bill Sandifer | DT | January 5, 1952 | 6'6" | 278 | UCLA | Quantico, VA USA | 1 | 1 |
| 81 | John Sawyer | TE | July 26, 1953 | 6'2" | 230 | Southern Miss | Brookhaven, MS USA | 14 | 2 |
| 35 | David Sims | RB | October 26, 1955 | 6'3" | 216 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA USA | 14 | 3 |
| 47 | Sherman Smith | RB | November 1, 1954 | 6'4" | 225 | Miami (OH) | Youngstown, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Don Testerman | FB | November 7, 1952 | 6'2" | 230 | Ferrum | Danville, VA USA | 14 | 13 |
| 18 | Herman Weaver | P | November 17, 1948 | 6'4" | 210 | Tennessee | Villa Rica, GA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 38 | Cornell Webster | DB | November 2, 1954 | 6'0" | 180 | UCLA | Greeneville, TN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 51 | John Yarno | C | December 17, 1954 | 6'5" | 251 | Idaho | Spokane, WA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | Jim Zorn | QB | May 10, 1953 | 6'2" | 200 | Cal Poly-Pomona | Whittier, CA USA | 10 | 10 |
