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Record: 7 - 9 (pythagorean: 7 - 9, .476) Coaching: Monte Clark 7 - 9 1978 Pro Bowl Players: TE - David Hill DE - Al Baker DT - Doug English 1978 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-11 (11) - Luther Bradley, Notre Dame, DB   2-12 (40) - Al Baker, Colorado State, DE   4-10 (94) - William Fifer, West Texas State, T   4-23 (107) - Homer Elias, Tennessee State, G   4-25 (109) - Larry Tearry, Wake Forest, C   5-11 (121) - Amos Fowler, Southern Mississippi, G   5-13 (123) - Dan Gray, Rutgers, DE   6-12 (150) - Dwight Hicks, Michigan, DB   6-15 (153) - Tony Ardizzone, Northwestern, G   6-27 (165) - Jesse Thompson, California, WR   7-11 (177) - Bruce Gibson, Pacific, RB   8-12 (206) - Jim Breech, California, K   10-12 (262) - Fred Arrington, Purdue, LB   11-11 (289) - Richard Murray, Oklahoma, DT   12-12 (318) - Mark Patterson, Washington State, DB
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 GNB 13 at DET 7 Week 2 DET 15 at TAM 7 Week 3 CHI 19 at DET 0 Week 4 DET 16 at SEA 28 Week 5 DET 14 at GNB 35 Week 6 WAS 21 at DET 19 Week 7 DET 0 at ATL 14 Week 8 SDG 14 at DET 31 Week 9 DET 21 at CHI 17 Week 10 DET 7 at MIN 17 Week 11 TAM 23 at DET 34 Week 12 DET 17 at OAK 29 Week 13 DEN 14 at DET 17 Week 14 DET 14 at SLC 21 Week 15 MIN 14 at DET 45 Week 16 SFO 14 at DET 33
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 290 4465 33 105 141 23 269   429 247 2746 19 18 47 444   525 2163 12   125 1003 35 15 -- DEFENSE 300 4483 39 115 125 36 276   350 191 2781 19 22 55 482   565 2184 18   128 1043 41 -- 19     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 47 430 0   OPP: 54 467 0   OWN: 51 1129 0   OPP: 69 1424 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 87 3654 7 1 19   OPP: 87 3500   OWN: 32 33 20 28   OPP: 38 39 8 13
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Gary Danielson 16 351 199 56.7 2294 6.54 18 17 25 237 73.5   22 93 4.2 0 25   0 0 0.0 0 0 Greg Landry 5 77 48 62.3 452 5.87 1 1 21 205 77.4   5 29 5.8 0 19   0 0 0.0 0 0 Tom Skladany 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Horace King 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 1 2 0.0   155 660 4.3 4 75t   48 396 8.3 2 34 Dexter Bussey 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   225 924 4.1 5 36   31 275 8.9 1 18t Lawrence Gaines 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   54 178 3.3 1 12   2 16 8.0 0 9 Rick Kane 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   44 153 3.5 2 19   16 161 10.1 0 26 Luther Blue 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   5 9 1.8 0 10   31 350 11.3 2 26 Freddie Scott 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   4 53 13.3 0 36   37 564 15.2 2 47 David Hill 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 12 4.0 0 13   53 633 11.9 4 32 Jesse Thompson 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 7 3.5 0 10   18 175 9.7 4 21 Andy Bolton 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 5 2.5 0 3   0 0 0.0 0 0 Leonard Thompson 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 7 7.0 0 7   10 167 16.7 4 45t Joe Reed 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Tony Daykin 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 8 8.0 0 8   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ed O'neil 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 25 25.0 0 25   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ray Jarvis 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 9 9.0 0 9   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Jesse Thompson 11 16 161 10.1 2 35 0   14 346 24.7 42 0 Tony Leonard 3 10 114 11.4 0 24 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Freddie Scott 16 8 55 6.9 1 15 0   3 72 24.0 29 0 Luther Blue 16 7 59 8.4 7 15 0   7 170 24.3 60 0 Leonard Thompson 16 3 19 6.3 1 9 0   8 207 25.9 31 0 James Hunter 9 2 21 10.5 0 19 0   1 21 21.0 21 0 Walt Williams 15 1 1 1.0 0 1 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Rick Kane 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   8 156 19.5 27 0 Nat Terry 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   7 145 20.7 30 0 Ken Callicutt 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 12 6.0 10 0 Willie Mcgee 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Benny Ricardo 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 20 28 32 33 Tom Skladany 16 86 3654 63 1 7 19 35.0 42.5   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Luther Bradley 16 0.0 0   3 85 76t 1 Ed O'neil 16 0.0 0   4 49 31 0 Charlie Weaver 16 0.0 0   3 32 22 0 Mike Burns 15 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Paul Naumoff 15 0.0 0   1 12 12 0 Bruce Rhodes 15 0.0 0   1 24 24 0 Walt Williams 15 0.0 0   1 2 2 0 Jimmy Allen 14 0.0 0   5 70 27 0 Reggie Pinkney 13 0.0 0   1 22 22 0 James Hunter 9 0.0 0   2 -4 0 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Jimmy Allen 14 1 0 2 64 1 Gary Anderson 2 0 0 0 0 0 Al Baker 16 0 0 1 0 0 Karl Baldischwiler 16 0 0 0 0 0 Luther Blue 16 2 0 0 0 0 Lynn Boden 16 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Bolton 6 0 0 0 0 0 Luther Bradley 16 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Brock 4 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Burns 15 0 0 1 0 0 Dexter Bussey 16 9 2 0 0 0 Ken Callicutt 13 1 1 0 0 0 Karl Chandler 11 0 0 2 0 0 Bill Cooke 12 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Danielson 16 5 2 0 -12 0 Tony Daykin 16 0 1 0 0 0 Dan Dickel 4 0 0 0 0 0 Homer Elias 16 0 2 0 0 0 Doug English 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Fifer 6 0 0 0 0 0 Amos Fowler 16 0 0 1 0 0 Lawrence Gaines 13 1 2 0 0 0 Dave Gallagher 1 0 0 0 0 0 William Gay 16 0 0 1 0 0 Dan Gray 14 0 0 1 0 0 Donnie Green 7 0 0 0 0 0 Donnie Hickman 7 0 0 0 0 0 David Hill 16 1 1 0 0 0 James Hunter 9 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Jarvis 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rick Kane 15 1 0 0 0 0 Horace King 15 3 3 0 0 0 Greg Landry 5 3 2 0 0 0 Tony Leonard 3 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Mcgee 4 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Montler 4 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Naumoff 15 0 0 0 0 0 Ed O'neil 16 0 0 1 0 0 Brad Oates 16 0 1 0 0 0 Reggie Pinkney 13 0 0 1 0 0 Ernie Price 3 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Pureifory 8 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Reed 1 1 0 0 -3 0 Bruce Rhodes 15 0 0 1 0 0 Benny Ricardo 16 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Sanders 7 0 0 0 0 0 Freddie Scott 16 1 0 0 0 0 Tom Skladany 16 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Sumler 1 0 0 0 0 0 Larry Tearry 14 0 0 0 0 0 Nat Terry 4 0 0 0 0 0 Jesse Thompson 11 4 0 0 0 0 Leonard Thompson 16 2 3 1 0 0 Dave Washington 16 0 0 0 0 0 Charlie Weaver 16 0 0 2 0 0 Walt Williams 15 0 0 0 0 0 John Woodcock 16 0 0 4 0 0

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