1979 Seattle Seahawks Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jack Patera (9-7)
Location: Seattle, Washington
1979 Seattle Seahawks RosterTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jack Patera (9-7)
Location: Seattle, Washington
1979 Seattle Seahawks Results
The Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
Seattle kept the scoreboard humming with 378 points, while the defensive unit allowed 372. Jim Zorn led the charge, passing for 3,661 yards. Steve Largent snagged 66 passes for 1,237 yards. Dan Doornink was targeted regularly, too.
Sherman Smith ran for a team-best 775 yards for the Seahawks.
Dave Brown picked off 5 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 | 505 | 285 | 56.4 | 3661 | 7.2 | 20 | 4.0 | 18 | 3.6 | 65 | 23 | 201 | 77.7 | Herman Weaver | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 73 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 | Steve Myer | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | David Sims | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 81.3 | Sherman Smith | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 | Sam Adkins | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 523 | 292 | 55.8 | 3791 | 7.2 | 20 | 3.8 | 18 | 3.4 | 65 | 23 | 201 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Sherman Smith | 194 | 775 | 4.0 | 31 | 11 | Dan Doornink | 152 | 500 | 3.3 | 26 | 8 | Jim Zorn | 46 | 279 | 6.1 | 41 | 2 | Al Hunter | 34 | 174 | 5.1 | 67 | 1 | Jeff Moore | 44 | 168 | 3.8 | 18 | 2 | David Sims | 20 | 53 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 | Tony Benjamin | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 | Sam Adkins | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 | Steve Myer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Herman Weaver | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 500 | 1967 | 3.9 | 67 | 24 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Steve Largent | 66 | 1237 | 18.7 | 55 | 9 | Dan Doornink | 54 | 432 | 8.0 | 41 | 1 | Sherman Smith | 48 | 499 | 10.4 | 35 | 4 | Sam McCullum | 46 | 739 | 16.1 | 65 | 4 | Brian Peets | 25 | 293 | 11.7 | 28 | 1 | Steve Raible | 20 | 252 | 12.6 | 41 | 1 | Jeff Moore | 14 | 128 | 9.1 | 24 | 0 | Al Hunter | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 | David Sims | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | Mark Bell | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 | Duke Fergerson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | Cornell Webster | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | Efren Herrera | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Jessie Green | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Tony Benjamin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 292 | 3791 | 13.0 | 65 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Efren Herrera | 46 | 43 | 93.5 | 23 | 19 | 82.6 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 46 | 43 | 93.5 | 23 | 19 | 82.6 | 100 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Herman Weaver | 66 | 2651 | 40.2 | 60 | Efren Herrera | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 67 | 2687 | 40.1 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tony Green | 16 | 121 | 7.6 | 30 | 0 | Jeff Moore | 10 | 90 | 9.0 | 29 | 0 | John Harris | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 19 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 34 | 281 | 8.3 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jeff Moore | 31 | 641 | 20.7 | 39 | 0 | Tony Green | 20 | 437 | 21.8 | 24 | 0 | Al Hunter | 15 | 299 | 19.9 | 30 | 0 | Tony Benjamin | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 | John Harris | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Dan Doornink | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 70 | 1444 | 20.6 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dave Brown | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 | Keith Simpson | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 41 | 0 | John Harris | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 | Sammy Green | 1 | 91 | 91.0 | 91 | 1 | Autry Beamon | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | Keith Butler | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Terry Beeson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Kerry Justin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Cornell Webster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 17 | 284 | 16.7 | 91 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Kerry Justin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Autry Beamon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Cronan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Harris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Raible | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sherman Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Green | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Norman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Beeson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sammy Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Gregory | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Moore | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Coder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michael Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Boyd | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | Larry Polowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cornell Webster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | Art Kuehn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Herman Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Zorn | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam McCullum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Doornink | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Sims | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 31 | 24 | 87 | 1 | 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 | Efren Herrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 43 | 0 | 100 | Sherman Smith | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Dan Doornink | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Steve Largent | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Sam McCullum | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jim Zorn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jeff Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Steve Raible | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Brian Peets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Cornell Webster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Al Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sammy Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 376 |
