1977 Seattle Seahawks Statistics
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 RosterTeam 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. Sherman Smith and Don Testerman provided receiving help, too.
Autry Beamon picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Jack Patera coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Jim Zorn | 251 | 104 | 41.4 | 1687 | 6.7 | 16 | 6.4 | 19 | 7.6 | 82 | 11 | 43 | 54.3 | Steve Myer | 130 | 70 | 53.8 | 729 | 5.6 | 6 | 4.6 | 12 | 9.2 | 45 | 9 | 80 | 47.2 | David Sims | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 43 | 10.8 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 71.9 | Steve Preece | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Sherman Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Sam Adkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 387 | 175 | 45.2 | 2459 | 6.4 | 23 | 5.9 | 32 | 8.3 | 82 | 21 | 131 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Sherman Smith | 163 | 763 | 4.7 | 39 | 4 | Don Testerman | 119 | 459 | 3.9 | 20 | 1 | David Sims | 99 | 369 | 3.7 | 17 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 461 | 1964 | 4.3 | 39 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Steve Largent | 33 | 643 | 19.5 | 74 | 10 | Don Testerman | 31 | 219 | 7.1 | 25 | 4 | Sherman Smith | 30 | 419 | 14.0 | 44 | 2 | Duke Fergerson | 19 | 374 | 19.7 | 45 | 2 | Ron Howard | 17 | 177 | 10.4 | 24 | 1 | David Sims | 12 | 176 | 14.7 | 82 | 3 | John Sawyer | 10 | 105 | 10.5 | 27 | 0 | Sam McCullum | 9 | 198 | 22.0 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 175 | 2459 | 14.1 | 82 | 23 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Herman Weaver | 58 | 2293 | 39.5 | 59 | Rick Engles | 4 | 137 | 34.2 | 53 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 62 | 2430 | 39.2 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Walter Packer | 20 | 131 | 6.6 | 31 | 0 | Duke Fergerson | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 | Steve Largent | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 217 | 6.8 | 31 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Al Hunter | 36 | 820 | 22.8 | 41 | 0 | Walter Packer | 13 | 280 | 21.5 | 44 | 0 | Duke Fergerson | 11 | 240 | 21.8 | 39 | 0 | Sherman Smith | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 21 | 0 | David Sims | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 | Don Dufek | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Steve Raible | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 | Don Testerman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 71 | 1502 | 21.2 | 44 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Autry Beamon | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 20 | 0 | Eddie McMillan | 4 | 157 | 39.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 25 | 356 | 14.2 | 57 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Pete Cronan | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Eddie McMillan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Sims | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alden Roche | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Coder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norm Evans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Beeson | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Jim Zorn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sherman Smith | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Preece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Myer | 3 | 1 | -13 | 0 | 0 | John Leypoldt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Hunter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Testerman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Kuehn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Duke Fergerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walter Packer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Adkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Steve Largent | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | John Leypoldt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 60 | David Sims | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Sherman Smith | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Don Testerman | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Duke Fergerson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ron Howard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Al Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jim Zorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Autry Beamon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dave Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sam McCullum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 282 |
