1976 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)

5th place National Football Conference Western Division 2-12-0 .143

Sam Boghosian	Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Bob Hollway	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backfield
Earl Leggett	Defensive Line
Andy MacDonald	Running Backs/Special Teams
Larry Peccatiello	Linebackers
Jerry Rhome	Quarterbacks/Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/1/1976	H	San Francisco 49ers	20-27	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	60825
Sat	8/7/1976	H	Chicago Bears	16-27	L	Spokane, WA	Albi Stadium	14484
Sat	8/14/1976	H	Los Angeles Rams	13-16	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	62532
Sat	8/21/1976	A	Denver Broncos	7-52	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	22887
Sun	8/29/1976	H	San Diego Chargers	17-16	W	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	59092
Sat	9/4/1976	A	Oakland Raiders	28-45	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51487
Sun	9/12/1976	H	St. Louis Cardinals	24-30	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	58441
Sun	9/19/1976	A	Washington Redskins	7-31	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53174
Sun	9/26/1976	H	San Francisco 49ers	21-37	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	59108
Sun	10/3/1976	H	Dallas Cowboys	13-28	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	62027
Sun	10/10/1976	A	Green Bay Packers	20-27	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	54983
Sun	10/17/1976	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13-10	W	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	41112
Sun	10/24/1976	H	Detroit Lions	14-41	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	61280
Sun	10/31/1976	A	Los Angeles Rams	6-45	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	52035
Sun	11/7/1976	H	Atlanta Falcons	30-13	W	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	57985
Sun	11/14/1976	A	Minnesota Vikings	21-27	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	45087
Sun	11/21/1976	H	New Orleans Saints	27-51	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	61865
Sun	11/28/1976	A	New York Giants	16-28	L	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	65111
Sun	12/5/1976	H	Chicago Bears	7-34	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	60510
Sun	12/12/1976	A	Philadelphia Eagles	10-27	L	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	37949

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
46	Ted Bachman	CB	6-0	190	24	Porterville JC; New Mexico State	5	0
74	Carl Barisich	RDT-LDE	6-4	256	25	Princeton	14	6
63	Nick Bebout	LOT	6-5	261	25	Wyoming	14	14
4	Don Bitterlich	K	5-7	166	22	Temple	3	0
28	Lyle Blackwood	S	6-1	189	25	Blinn JC; Texas Christian	11	0
33	Andy Bolton	RB	6-1	205	22	Fisk	5	2
38	Ed Bradley	MLB	6-2	239	26	Wake Forest	14	14
22	Dave Brown	RS	6-1	197	23	Michigan	14	14
88	Don Clune	WR	6-3	195	24	Pennsylvania	10	1
60	Ron Coder	OG	6-4	250	22	Penn State	13	0
52	Randy Coffield	LB	6-3	215	23	Florida State	13	0
50	Greg Collins	LB	6-3	227	24	Notre Dame	13	0
72	Al Cowlings	DE	6-5	247	29	San Francisco CC; Southern California	1	0
32	Mike Curtis	RLB	6-2	232	33	Duke	14	14
89	Alvis Darby	TE	6-5	225	22	Florida	1	0
65	John Demarie	ROG	6-3	250	31	Louisiana State	9	8
25	Don Dufek	S	6-0	195	22	Michigan	14	0
5	Rick Engles	P	5-11	170	22	Tulsa	14	0
73	Norm Evans	ROT	6-5	248	34	Texas Christian	10	10
36	Ken Geddes	LLB	6-2	230	29	Nebraska	11	9
56	Sammy Green	LLB	6-2	230	22	Florida	14	5
58	Don Hansen	LB	6-3	227	32	Illinois	2	0
77	Rich Harris	RDT-RDE-LDE	6-5	265	28	Grambling State	14	10
53	Fred Hoaglin	C	6-4	247	32	Pittsburgh	13	7
87	Ron Howard	TE	6-4	230	25	Seattle	14	13
64	Gordon Jolley	ROT	6-5	230	27	Utah	14	4
49	Ernie Jones	RCB	6-3	180	23	Miami-Dade JC; Miami (Florida)	9	3
54	Art Kuehn	C	6-3	255	23	UCLA	14	7
80	Steve Largent	WR	5-11	189	22	Tulsa	14	13
3	John Leypoldt	K	6-2	230	30	none	11	0
70	Bob Lurtsema	RDE	6-6	251	34	Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan	13	13
29	Al Matthews	LS	5-11	190	29	Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	14
84	Sam McCullum	WR	6-2	190	24	Montana State	14	13
37	Hugh McKinnis	RB	6-1	210	28	Arizona State	11	5
81	John McMakin	TE	6-3	225	26	Clemson	13	1
41	Eddie McMillan	LCB	6-0	190	25	Florida State	14	14
19	Bill Munson	QB	6-2	203	35	Foothill JC; Utah State	5	0
44	Ralph Nelson	RB	6-2	195	22	none	8	3
78	Bob Newton	ROG	6-5	260	27	Cerritos JC; Nebraska	12	7
71	Steve Niehaus	LDT	6-4	255	22	Notre Dame	14	14
39	Bill Olds	RB	6-1	224	25	Nebraska	1	1
67	Bob Penchion	LOG	6-5	265	27	Alcorn State	14	13
83	Steve Raible	WR	6-2	195	22	Georgia Tech	13	1
30	Oliver Ross	RB	6-0	210	27	Alabama A&M	10	0
62	Dave Simonson	OT	6-6	248	24	Minnesota	5	0
47	Sherman Smith	RB	6-4	225	22	Miami (Ohio)	12	9
42	Don Testerman	RB	6-2	230	24	Virginia Tech; Ferrum JC; Clemson	14	8
75	Dave Tipton	LDE	6-6	245	27	Gavilan JC; Stanford	12	12
79	Jim White	DE	6-3	253	28	Northeastern JC; Colorado State	2	0
72	Larry Woods	DT	6-6	260	28	Tennessee State	6	0
45	Rolly Woolsey	RCB	6-1	182	23	Boise State	14	11
10	Jim Zorn	QB	6-2	200	23	Cerritos JC; Cal Poly (Pomona)	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Steve Niehaus	DT	Notre Dame
2	29	Sammy Green	LB	Florida
2	58	Sherman Smith	RB	Miami (Ohio)
2	59	Steve Raible	WR	Georgia Tech
3	62	Jeff Lloyd	DE	West Texas A&M
3	89	Rick Engles	P	Tulsa
3	92	Don Bitterlich	K	Temple
4	93	Steve Myer	QB	New Mexico
4	122	Randy Johnson	G	Georgia
4	123	Andy Bolton	RB	Fisk
5	126	Don Dufek	DB	Michigan
5	153	Ernie Jones	DB	Miami (Florida)
5	156	Larry Bates	RB	Miami (Florida)
6	157	Alvis Darby	TE	Florida
7	184	Lodie Dixon	DT	Arkansas State
8	210	Larry Shipp	WR	Louisiana State
9	239	Bob Bos	T	Iowa State
10	266	Randy Coffield	LB	Florida State
11	293	Keith Muehr	P	Louisiana-Lafayette
12	320	Ronnie Barnett	WR	Texas-Arlington
13	349	Andy Reid	RB	Georgia
14	376	Jarvis Blinks	DB	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
15	405	Dan Smith	T	Washington State
16	432	Jeff Urczyk	G	Georgia Tech
17	461	Chris Rowland	QB	Washington

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	39	73	61	56
Opponents Totals	91	116	127	95

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		239	75	141	23	69/221 31.2%	15/20 75.0%	80	684
Opponents Totals		323	166	136	21	96/219 43.8%	6/16 37.5%	106	926

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
John Leypoldt	0	19	22	86.4	8	12	66.7	0	43
Sherman Smith	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Steve Largent	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Sam McCullum	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Hugh McKinnis	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jim Zorn	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
John McMakin	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Steve Raible	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Don Testerman	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Don Bitterlich	0	7	7	100.0	1	4	25.0	0	10
Al Matthews	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ralph Nelson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dave Brown	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	29	26	29	89.7	9	16	56.3	1	229
Opponents Totals	53	51	53	96.2	20	30	66.7	0	429

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Don Bitterlich	1	4	25.0	0/0	1/1	0/2	0/1	0/0
John Leypoldt	8	12	66.7	0/0	2/2	1/2	5/7	0/1
Team Totals	9	16	56.3	0/0	3/3	1/4	5/8	0/1
Opponents Totals	20	30	66.7	1/1	7/7	7/11	5/9	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sherman Smith	119	537	4.5	53t	4
Jim Zorn	52	246	4.7	19	4
Don Testerman	67	246	3.7	16	1
Ralph Nelson	52	173	3.3	25	1
Hugh McKinnis	46	105	2.3	14	4
Andy Bolton	13	44	3.4	12	0
Rick Engles	3	37	12.3	15	0
Oliver Ross	13	23	1.8	11	0
Bill Olds	2	9	4.5	6	0
Bill Munson	1	6	6.0	6	0
Ron Howard	1	2	2.0	2	0
Steve Raible	1	2	2.0	2	0
Steve Largent	4	-14	-3.5	7	0
Team Totals	374	1416	3.8	53t	14
Opponents Totals	614	2876	4.7	47	20

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Zorn	439	208	47.4	204	2571	5.9	12.4	80t	12	2.7	27	6.2	25	196	2375	49.5
Bill Munson	37	20	54.1	14	295	8.0	14.8	44	1	2.7	3	8.1	3	29	266	55.6
Rick Engles	1	1	100.0	0	8	8.0	8.0	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	8	100.0
Steve Largent	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Sherman Smith	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	480	229	47.7	221	2874	6.0	12.6	80t	13	2.7	30	6.3	28	225	2649	49.8
Opponents Totals	367	223	60.8	129	2770	7.5	12.4	66t	27	7.4	15	4.1	27	246	2524	91.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Largent	54	705	13.1	45	4
Ron Howard	37	422	11.4	30	0
Sherman Smith	36	384	10.7	34	1
Sam McCullum	32	506	15.8	72t	4
Don Testerman	25	232	9.3	25	1
Hugh McKinnis	13	148	11.4	22	0
Ralph Nelson	12	96	8.0	18	0
John McMakin	9	158	17.6	37	2
Steve Raible	4	126	31.5	80t	1
Don Clune	4	67	16.8	27	0
Oliver Ross	2	22	11.0	21	0
Lyle Blackwood	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	229	2874	12.6	80t	13
Opponents Totals	223	2770	12.4	66t	27

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Brown	4	70	17.5	33	0
Rolly Woolsey	4	19	4.8	13	0
Al Matthews	3	60	20.0	40t	1
Mike Curtis	2	40	20.0	26	0
Ed Bradley	1	29	29.0	29	0
Eddie McMillan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	15	218	14.5	40t	1
Opponents Totals	30	388	12.9	70t	4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Rick Engles	80	3067	38.3	55	2	4	13	537	2450	29.9
Team Totals	82	3067	37.4	55	2	4	13	537	2450	29.9
Opponents Totals	65	2275	35.0	54	2	5	10	246	1929	29.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lyle Blackwood	19	2	132	6.9	26	0
Dave Brown	11	5	74	6.7	19	0
Steve Largent	4	0	36	9.0	12	0
Rolly Woolsey	2	0	5	2.5	5	0
Eddie McMillan	1	0	-1	-1.0	1	0
Team Totals	37	7	246	6.6	26	0
Opponents Totals	56	3	537	9.6	50t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Oliver Ross	30	655	21.8	45
Andy Bolton	15	280	18.7	30
Lyle Blackwood	10	230	23.0	45
Don Dufek	9	177	19.7	44
Steve Largent	8	156	19.5	30
Sherman Smith	5	78	15.6	26
Don Testerman	2	29	14.5	15
Team Totals	79	1605	20.3	45
Opponents Totals	47	1041	22.1	41

SACKS	NO	YDS
Steve Niehaus	9.5
Carl Barisich	4.5
Rich Harris	4.0
Dave Tipton	4.0
Bob Lurtsema	2.0
Mike Curtis	1.0
Sammy Green	1.0
Greg Collins	1.0
Team Totals	27.0	246.0
Opponents Totals	28.0	225.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Carl Barisich	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Nick Bebout	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Lyle Blackwood	1		0	0	0	0	0
Andy Bolton	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ed Bradley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Randy Coffield	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Curtis	1		0	1	1	9	0
Ken Geddes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Hoaglin	1		1	0	1	2	0
Ron Howard	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ernie Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Largent	2		0	0	0	0	0
Sam McCullum	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Hugh McKinnis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Nelson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Steve Niehaus	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Raible	1		0	0	0	0	0
Oliver Ross	1		1	0	1	0	0
Sherman Smith	8		1	0	1	0	0
Don Testerman	2		1	1	2	0	0
Dave Tipton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rolly Woolsey	1		0	1	1	0	0
Jim Zorn	7		3	0	3	-8	0
Team Totals	30	21	9	11	20	3	0
Opponents Totals	24	11	11	18	29		1