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8-7-1, .531, SECOND, NFC CENTRAL 1978Head Coach: Bart Starr GB Opp Attend Site Starting QB TempS 3 @ Detroit Lions . . . . . . . . . . . W 13 7 51,187 PSD D.Whitehurst domeS 10 New Orleans Saints (Milw) . . W 28 17 54,336 CoS D.Whitehurst 85S 17 Oakland Raiders (GB) . . . . . . .L 3 28 55,903 LF D.Whitehurst 65S 24 @ San Diego Chargers . . . . . W 24 3 42,755 SDS D.Whitehurst 102O 1 Detroit Lions (Milw) . . . . . . . W 35 14 54,601 CoS D.Whitehurst 62O 8 Chicago Bears (GB). . . . . . . . W 24 14 56,267 LF D.Whitehurst 48O 15 Seattle Seahawks (Milw). . . . W 45 28 52,712 CoS D.Whitehurst 42O 22 @ Minnesota Vikings . . . . . . .L 7 21 47,411 Met D.Whitehurst 46O 29 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (GB). . W 9 7 55,108 LF D.Whitehurst 50N 5 @ Philadelphia Eagles . . . . . . .L 3 10 64,214 VS D.Whitehurst 64N 12 Dallas Cowboys (Milw) . . . . . .L 14 42 55,256 CoS D.Whitehurst 42N 19 @ Denver Broncos . . . . . . . . .L 3 16 74,965 MHS D.Whitehurst 35N 26 Minnesota Vikings (GB) . . . .+T 10 10 51,737 LF D.Whitehurst 30D 3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers. . . W 17 7 67,754 TaS D.Whitehurst 83D 10 @ Chicago Bears . . . . . . . . . . .L 0 14 34,306 SF D.Whitehurst 15D 17 @ Los Angeles Rams . . . . . . .L___14___31______42,500 LAC D.Whitehurst 58249 269 861,012Home: 5-2-1 (435,920) Away: 3-5 (425,092)+ — overtimeGB OppTotal First Downs . . . . .226 302Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 137Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 143Penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 22Third Downs . . . . . . . 66/226 102/269Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 37.9Fourth Downs. . . . . . . . . 0/0 0/0Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 0.0Possession Avg. . . . . 28:02 31:58Total Net Yards . . . . . .4107 4963Avg. Per Game. . . . . . . 256.7 310.2Total Plays. . . . . . . . . . . .944 1131Avg. Per Play . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 4.4Net Yards Rushing . . .2023 2439Avg. Per Game. . . . . . . 126.4 152.4Total Rushes . . . . . . . . . .550 620Net Yards Passing . . .2084 2524Avg. Per Game. . . . . . . 130.3 157.8Sacked/Yards Lost. . . 37/274 48/386Gross Yards. . . . . . . . . .2358 2910Att./Completions . . . 357/180 463/254Completion Pct. . . . . . . . 50.4 54.9Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . .18 27Punts/Average . . . .106/35.5 90/37.9Net Punting Avg. . . .106/31.1 90/32.0Penalties/Yards . . . . 99/776 116/949Fumbles/Ball Lost. . . 35/24 40/20Touchdowns. . . . . . . . . . .31 36Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 19Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 16Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 1By Quarter Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PtsPackers 77 58 66 48 0 249Opponents 20 84 83 82 0 269Primary StartersWR *J.Lofton LE M.ButlerLT T.Stokes LT D.RollerLG D.Gofourth RT C.BarzilauskasC L.McCarren RE E.JohnsonRG M.Jackson LLB G.WeaverRT G.Koch MLB *M.HuntTE R.McGeorge RLB *J.AndersonWR A.Thompson LCB W.BuchanonQB D.Whitehurst RCB M.C.McCoyRB T.Middleton SS S.LukeFB B.Smith FSJ.GrayRushing No Yds Avg Long TDMiddleton . . . . 284 1116 3.9 76t 11Smith . . . . . . . 154 567 3.7 33 4Culbreath . . . . . 30 92 3.1 15 0Whitehurst . . . . 28 67 2.4 18 1Simpson . . . . . . 27 58 2.1 11 0*Landers. . . . . . . 7 40 5.7 10 0B.Douglass . . . . . 4 27 6.8 17 0Thompson. . . . . . 4 25 6.3 13 0Torkelson . . . . . . 6 18 3.0 6 0*Lofton . . . . . . . . 3 13 4.3 15 0Beverly . . . . . . . . 1 0 0.0 0 0*Sproul . . . . . . . . 2 0 0.0 0 0Packers . . . . . 550 2023 3.7 76t 16Opponents. . . 620 2439 3.9 33t 19NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OPMinnesota. . . . . 8 7 1 .531 294 306Green Bay. . 8 7 1 .531 249 269Detroit . . . . . . .7 9 0 .438 290 300Chicago . . . . . .7 9 0 .438 253 274Tampa Bay . . . .5 11 0 .313 241 259Receiving No Yds Avg Long TD*Lofton . . . . . . . 46 818 17.8 58t 6Smith . . . . . . . . 37 256 6.9 24 0Middleton . . . . . 34 332 9.8 50 1Thompson. . . . . 26 527 20.3 57 2McGeorge . . . . . 23 247 10.7 25 1Culbreath . . . . . . 7 78 11.1 19 0Odom . . . . . . . . . 4 60 15.0 18t 1Torkelson . . . . . . 2 36 18.0 31 0Simpson . . . . . . . 1 4 4.0 4 0Packers . . . . . 180 2358 13.1 58t 11Opponents. . . 254 2910 11.5 53 16* — rookieScoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S PTSMiddleton 12 11 1 0 0 72Marcol 0 0 0 0 30/30 11/19 0 63*Lofton 6 0 6 0 0 36Smith 4 4 0 0 0 24Odom 2 0 1 1 0 12Thompson 2 0 2 0 0 12Buchanon 1 0 0 1 0 6*Landers 1 0 0 1 0 6Luke 1 0 0 1 0 6McGeorge 1 0 1 0 0 6Whitehurst 1 1 0 0 0 6Packers 31 16 11 4 30/30 11/19 0 249Opponents 36 19 16 1 36/36 5/18 1 269Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+Marcol. . . . . 2/2 3/5 2/5 4/6 0/1Packers . . . .2/2 3/5 2/5 4/6 0/1Opponents. .1/1 2/4 1/6 1/7 0/0Marcol: (41G,23G)(51N)(34G)(28N,37G)(41N)(41G)(22G)()(38N,48G)(42G,32N)()(19G,35N,27N)(19G,40N)(27G)()()Opponents: ()(37G,42N)(26N)(43G)()(44N)(45N)(35N)(47N,35N)(27G,38N)(33N)()(19G,32N,21N)(40N)(41N)(24G)Interceptions No Yds Avg Long TDBuchanon . . . . . . 9 93 10.3 77t 1*Anderson . . . . . 5 27 5.4 12 0Gray . . . . . . . . . . 3 66 22.0 66 0McCoy. . . . . . . . . 3 34 11.3 23 0*Hood . . . . . . . . . 3 18 6.0 18 0Luke . . . . . . . . . . 2 91 45.5 63t 1*Hunt . . . . . . . . . 1 10 10.0 10 0Barzilauskas . . . . 1 5 5.0 5 0Packers . . . . . . 27 344 12.7 77t 2Opponents. . . . 18 262 14.6 44t 1Punting No Yds Avg TB In Lg BBeverly . . . 106 3759 35.5 9 20 57 0Packers . . 106 3759 35.5 9 20 57 0Opponents . 90 3411 37.9 7 23 61 1Punt Returns Ret FC Yds Avg Long TDOdom . . . . . . .33 7 298 9.0 48 0Gray . . . . . . . .11 6 95 8.6 22 0*Sampson. . . . .1 0 0 0.0 0 0Tullis . . . . . . . . .1 0 0 0.0 0 0Packers . . . . .46 13 393 8.5 48 0Opponents. . .51 22 286 5.6 16 0Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg Long TDOdom . . . . . . . . 25 677 27.1 95 t 1Thompson. . . . . . 6 124 20.7 31 0Wagner . . . . . . . . 6 84 14.0 17 0Culbreath . . . . . . 4 58 14.5 20 0*Hood . . . . . . . . . 3 74 24.7 26 0Gueno . . . . . . . . . 1 9 9.0 9 0E.Johnson. . . . . . 1 14 14.0 14 0*Landers. . . . . . . 1 0 0.0 0 0*Lofton . . . . . . . . 1 0 0.0 0 0McGeorge . . . . . . 1 0 0.0 0 0Middleton . . . . . . 1 22 22.0 22 0*Sampson. . . . . . 1 23 23.0 23 0Smith . . . . . . . . . 1 0 0.0 0 0Packers . . . . . . 52 1085 20.9 95 t 1Opponents. . . . 52 1015 19.5 32 0Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% LG Sck/Yds RtngWhitehurst . .328 168 2093 51.2 6.38 10 3.0 17 5.2 58 t 35/258 59.9*Sproul . . . . . 13 5 87 38.5 6.69 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 1/7 62.0B.Douglass . . 12 5 90 41.7 7.50 1 8.3 1 8.3 30 1/9 61.1Beverly . . . . . . 2 2 88 100.0 44.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 57 0/0 118.8Lofton . . . . . . . 2 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6Packers . . . 357 180 2358 50.4 6.61 11 3.1 18 5.0 58 t 37/274 60.9Opponents . 463 254 2910 54.9 6.29 16 3.5 27 5.8 53 48/386 61.2423COMMUNITYADMIN. &COACHESDRAFT &VETERANS FREE AGENTS 2012 REVIEW1978LAMBEAUFIELD MISC.