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Record: 2 - 14 (pythagorean: 3 - 13, .189) Coaching: Monte Clark 2 - 14 1979 Pro Bowl Players: TE - David Hill DE - Al Baker 1979 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-10 (10) - Keith Dorney, Penn State, T   2-9 (37) - Ken Fantetti, Wyoming, LB   3-11 (67) - Bo Robinson, West Texas State, RB   4-6 (88) - Ulysses Norris, Georgia, TE   4-10 (92) - Jonathan Brooks, Clemson, LB   5-21 (131) - Walt Brown, Pittsburgh, C   8-21 (213) - John Mohring, C.W. Post, LB   9-11 (231) - Jeff Komlo, Delaware, QB   11-27 (302) - Eddie Cole, Mississippi, LB   12-10 (313) - Bob Forster, Brown, C   12-23 (326) - Brian Sweeney, Texas A&I, WR
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 DET 16 at TAM 31 Week 2 WAS 27 at DET 24 Week 3 DET 10 at NYJ 31 Week 4 ATL 23 at DET 24 Week 5 MIN 13 at DET 10 Week 6 DET 17 at NWE 24 Week 7 DET 16 OT at GNB 24 Week 8 DET 7 at NOR 17 Week 9 BUF 20 at DET 17 Week 10 DET 7 at CHI 35 Week 11 TAM 16 at DET 14 Week 12 DET 7 at MIN 14 Week 13 CHI 0 at DET 20 Week 14 DET 7 at PHI 44 Week 15 MIA 28 at DET 10 Week 16 GNB 18 at DET 13
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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 219 4013 27 85 131 11 227   452 218 2775 14 27 51 439   441 1677 11   110 897 37 19 -- DEFENSE 365 4957 42 142 128 41 311   402 220 2787 15 14 45 345   638 2515 22   118 972 30 -- 12     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 45 372 0   OPP: 57 440 1   OWN: 78 1569 0   OPP: 51 987 1     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 98 3929 7 0 15   OPP: 83 3316   OWN: 25 27 10 18   OPP: 41 42 24 36
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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 Jeff Komlo 16 368 183 49.7 2238 6.08 11 23 40 361 52.8   30 107 3.6 2 16   0 0 0.0 0 0 Scott Hunter 13 41 18 43.9 321 7.83 1 1 4 33 69.3   2 3 1.5 1 2   0 0 0.0 0 0 Joe Reed 2 32 14 43.8 164 5.13 2 1 5 27 67.7   2 11 5.5 0 11   0 0 0.0 0 0 Jerry Golsteyn 1 9 2 22.2 16 1.78 0 2 2 18 0.0   1 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Larry Swider 14 1 1 100.0 36 36.00 0 0 0 0 118.8   1 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Tom Skladany 2 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 Dexter Bussey 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   144 625 4.3 1 38   15 102 6.8 0 22 Rick Kane 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   94 332 3.5 4 26t   9 104 11.6 1 36 Bo Robinson 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   87 302 3.5 2 29   14 118 8.4 0 14 Horace King 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   39 160 4.1 1 23   18 150 8.3 0 30 Lawrence Gaines 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   23 55 2.4 0 6   0 0 0.0 0 0 Freddie Scott 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   6 21 3.5 0 18   62 929 15.0 5 50 Leonard Thompson 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   5 24 4.8 0 16   24 451 18.8 2 82 Ken Callicutt 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 6 2.0 0 10   2 16 8.0 0 11 David Hill 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 15 15.0 0 15   47 569 12.1 3 40 Gene Washington 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 24 24.0 0 24   14 192 13.7 1 29t Luther Blue 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 -8 -8.0 0 -8   8 102 12.8 1 26 Ed O'neil 16 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 Ulysses Norris 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 43 10.8 1 34 Russ Bolinger 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 -1 -1.0 0 -1   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD John Arnold 7 19 164 8.6 4 27 0   23 539 23.4 69 0 Leonard Thompson 15 9 117 13.0 3 31 0   6 151 25.2 26 0 Ken Ellis 7 8 43 5.4 0 15 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ken Callicutt 16 4 25 6.3 4 13 0   24 406 16.9 31 0 Robert Woods 1 2 12 6.0 0 9 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Tony Leonard 1 1 7 7.0 0 7 0   3 70 23.3 28 0 Eddie Lewis 8 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Wally Pesuit 16 1 5 5.0 0 5 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Rick Kane 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   13 281 21.6 37 0 Horace King 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 36 18.0 20 0 Ken Fantetti 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 18 9.0 17 0 Luther Blue 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 26 26.0 26 0 William Gay 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0 Bo Robinson 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 8 8.0 8 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 10 18 25 26 Larry Swider 14 88 3523 72 0 7 13 33.5 40.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Skladany 2 10 406 52 0 0 2 40.1 40.6   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 Jimmy Allen 16 0.0 0   4 0 0 0 Luther Bradley 16 0.0 0   4 11 11 0 James Hunter 15 0.0 0   3 6 6 0 Walt Williams 12 0.0 0   2 39 36t 1 Charlie Weaver 8 0.0 0   1 17 17 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Jimmy Allen 16 0 0 1 0 0 Nate Allen 3 0 0 0 0 0 John Arnold 7 0 0 0 0 0 Al Baker 16 0 0 1 0 0 Karl Baldischwiler 16 0 0 0 0 0 Luther Blue 9 0 0 0 0 0 Russ Bolinger 16 0 0 0 0 0 Luther Bradley 16 0 0 1 0 0 Jon Brooks 15 0 0 1 0 0 Dexter Bussey 16 3 0 0 0 0 Ken Callicutt 16 2 1 0 0 0 Karl Chandler 1 0 0 0 0 0 Garry Cobb 8 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Cole 15 0 0 1 0 0 Keith Dorney 16 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland Elam 8 0 0 0 0 0 Homer Elias 15 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Ellis 7 1 1 0 0 0 Doug English 16 0 0 2 0 0 Ken Fantetti 16 0 0 0 0 0 Amos Fowler 12 0 0 0 0 0 Dennis Franks 13 1 0 0 -10 0 Lawrence Gaines 16 1 0 0 0 0 Dave Gallagher 10 0 0 1 0 0 William Gay 15 1 0 1 0 1 Jerry Golsteyn 1 1 1 0 -1 0 James Harrell 9 0 0 0 0 0 David Hill 16 1 1 0 0 0 James Hunter 15 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Hunter 13 0 0 0 0 0 Ernie Jackson 2 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Jones 10 0 0 1 0 0 Rick Kane 16 4 2 0 0 0 Horace King 16 1 2 0 0 0 Jeff Komlo 16 11 6 0 -22 0 Tony Leonard 1 1 0 0 0 0 Eddie Lewis 8 0 0 0 0 0 Don Morrison 15 0 0 0 0 0 Ulysses Norris 16 0 0 0 0 0 Ed O'neil 16 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Parkin 9 0 0 0 0 0 Don Patterson 2 0 0 0 0 0 Wally Pesuit 16 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Pureifory 15 0 0 1 37 0 Joe Reed 2 0 0 0 0 0 Benny Ricardo 16 0 0 0 0 0 Bo Robinson 14 3 1 0 0 0 Ken Sanders 5 0 0 0 0 0 Freddie Scott 14 2 1 0 0 0 Tom Skladany 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Stewart 5 0 0 0 0 0 Larry Swider 14 1 2 0 0 0 Larry Tearry 11 0 0 0 0 0 Leonard Thompson 15 3 0 0 0 0 Dave Washington 7 0 0 0 0 0 Gene Washington 16 0 0 0 0 0 Charlie Weaver 8 0 0 1 0 0 Walt Williams 12 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Woods 1 0 0 0 0 0

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