1978 Akron (2-6-1) 0 13 3 6 22 1978 Decatur (3-6) 7 0 0 6 13 1 DS TD Tarkenton 4 pass to Harper (Thomas) (3-10-1:35) 13:08 0-7 2 AP FG Yepremian 39 (11-54-5:54) 10:37 3-7 2 AP FG Yepremian 32 (6-22-3:15) 6:54 6-7 2 AP TD Williams 2 run (Yepremian) (7-71-3:09) 1:52 13-7 3 AP FG Yepremian 22 (9-53-6:22) 5:22 16-7 4 DS FG Thomas 32 (3-6-1:19) 9:55 16-10 4 DS FG Thomas 30 (5-38-2:04) 6:07 16-13 4 AP TD Thomas 64 interception return (no good) (0-0-0:00) 1:51 22-13 AP DS First Downs 15 10 Rushes 36-157 33-111 Passes 26-16-162 28-16-136 Sacked 1-5 1-6 Fumble 1 1 Penalties 4-32 6-37 Turnovers 1 2 Time 34:27 25:33 Third Down 3-15 2-15 Fourth Down 0-0 2-5 Net Offense 314 241 Injuries:none 1978 Akron Pros Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD van Eeghen 16 81 5.1 1 3 39 0 Casper 5 1 30 6.0 0 1 12 0 Williams 18 79 4.4 2 4 21 1 Branch 3 0 47 15.7 1 3 25 0 Stabler 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 van Eeghen 3 0 30 10.0 0 2 13 0 Johnson,P 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 0 0 Moore,N 2 1 23 11.5 0 1 19 0 36 157 4.4 3 7 39 1 Curtis 2 0 23 11.5 0 1 17 0 Williams 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 16 2 162 10.1 1 8 25 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Stabler 26 16 61.5 162 10.1 25 2 1 1 3.8 1 0 0.0 63.3 26 16 61.5 162 10.1 25 2 1 1 3.8 1 0 0.0 63.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Yepremian 2 1 50.0 3 3 100.0 0.0 0.0 39 10 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross McInally 8 345 59 1 0 2 4 79 30.8 43.1 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Whittingto 3 55 18.3 32 0 Colzie 4 1 14 3.5 6 0 3 55 18.3 32 0 4 1 14 3.5 6 0 Fumbles van Eegh 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Baumhowe 1 Duhe 2 Johnson, 1 Hayes,L 2 Villapia 1 Williams 1 Sistrunk 1 Sistrunk 1 Hendrick 1 Duhe 1 Duhe 1 Edwards, 1 LeClair 1 Edwards, 1 Tackles Villapia 8 Hendrick 6 Duhe 4 Jauron 3 Bokamper 2 Colzie 7 Baumhowe 6 Thomas 3 Riley 3 Sistrunk 2 Hayes,L 6 LeClair 5 Tatum 3 Johnson, 3 Edwards, 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Thomas 1 64 64.0 64 1 1 64 64.0 64 1 1978 Decatur Staleys Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Harper,R 13 61 4.7 1 0 13 0 Young 5 0 41 8.2 0 3 15 0 Payton,W 16 28 1.8 0 1 8 0 Payton,W 4 0 23 5.8 0 1 8 0 Young 3 23 7.7 1 1 12 0 Harper,R 2 0 1 0.5 0 1 4 1 Tarkenton 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Rashad 2 0 22 11.0 0 1 15 0 33 111 3.4 2 2 13 0 White,S 1 0 11 11.0 0 1 11 0 Tucker 1 0 10 10.0 0 0 10 0 Barkum 1 0 28 28.0 1 1 28 0 16 0 136 8.5 1 8 28 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Tarkenton 28 16 57.1 136 8.5 28 2 1 1 3.6 1 1 3.6 67.0 28 16 57.1 136 8.5 28 2 1 1 3.6 1 1 3.6 67.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Thomas 1 1 100.0 2 2 100.0 0.0 0.0 32 7 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Parsons 6 256 53 0 0 0 4 14 40.3 42.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Odom,S 2 63 31.5 34 0 Harper 4 1 79 19.8 48 0 Harper 4 91 22.8 34 0 4 1 79 19.8 48 0 6 154 25.7 34 0 Fumbles Payton,W 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Butler,M 1 Butler,M 2 Butler,M 3 Buchanon 1 Johnson, 1 Johnson, 1 Page 1 Luke 1 White,Ja 1 Blair 1 Bryant,B 1 Siemon 1 White,Ja 1 Tackles Blair 9 McCoy 5 Buchanon 3 Schmidt 3 Bryant,B 2 Roller 1 Fencik 8 Luke 5 Siemon 3 Waltersc 3 Gueno 2 Johnson, 1 Butler,M 7 Page 3 White,Ja 3 Anderson 2 Owens 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Bryant,B 1 12 12.0 12 0 1 12 12.0 12 0
1st Quarter KO 15:00 AP kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 15:00 AP van Eeghen -4 B1 Pitch-R B1 Z Basic 2 14 own16 14:52 AP Stabler-INT-Bryant B1 M-Cross/Dump Ni vZ Pass 1 10 opp10 14:43 DS Harper 6 B1 Dive B1 Z Pass 2 4 opp4 13:57 DS Harper 0 B1 Sweep-R R1 sM Dbl-Tucker 3 4 opp4 13:12 DS Tarkent-Harper 4/TD B1 M-Cross/Dump B1 Z Basic 0-7 KO 13:08 AP Whittington ret of 1 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own13 13:00 AP Stabler-Casper 1 B1 Screen B1 M Pass 2 9 own14 12:24 AP Pen7(Little) B1 Trap-R B1 M Basic 2 16 own7 12:17 AP Stabler-Casper 9 B1 M-Hitch Ni M Pass/Lr 3 7 own16 11:40 AP Stabler-Moore X B1 M-Hitch Ni Z Pass/Bz2 4 7 own16 11:33 AP McInally 38,Harper 1 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 opp40 11:28 DS Tarkent-White X B1 M-Cross B1 M Basic 2 10 opp40 11:21 DS Payton 6 B1 Trap-R B1 M Dbl-Tucker 3 4 opp34 10:39 DS Payton 3 B1 Draw B1 M Pass 4 1 opp31 9:52 DS Payton 5 R1 OffTkl-R B1 sM Stuff 1 10 opp26 9:06 DS Harper 0 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 2 10 opp26 8:23 DS Tarkent-Rashad X B1 S-Hitch Ni sM Dbl-Tucker 3 10 opp26 8:15 DS Sk-Baumhower -6 P1 L-Hitch Di Z Pass 4 16 opp32 7:36 DS Tarkent-Payton 5 P2 L-Out/Dump Ni dZ Pass/Bz2 1 10 own27 7:30 AP Stabler-van Eegh 13 B1 Screen B1 Z Run 1 10 own40 6:49 AP Stabler-Moore X B1 L-Cross B1 M Basic 2 10 own40 6:41 AP Stabler-van Eegh 5 B1 M-Hitch/Dump B1 M Dbl-Branch 3 5 own45 6:04 AP Stabler-Moore 4 B1 Screen Ni M Pass/Lr 4 1 own49 5:22 AP McInally 35,Harper 0 -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own16 5:16 DS Payton 8 B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Pass 2 2 own24 4:32 DS Payton 0 R1 Dive R1 Z Run/Lr 3 2 own24 4:24 DS Payton -1 B1 Sweep-R Ni sM Basic 4 3 own23 4:15 DS Parsons 46,Colzie 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own31 4:10 AP Stabler-Moore X B1 M-Hitch B1 M Basic 2 10 own31 4:01 AP van Eeghen 5 B1 Sweep-L Ni Z Pass 3 5 own36 3:53 AP Stabler-Casper 1 B1 S-Cross/SG Ni sZ Basic 4 4 own37 3:19 AP McInally 43,Harper 9 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 3:13 DS Harper 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Pass 2 5 own34 2:35 DS Pen10(McCarren) B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic 2 15 own24 2:27 DS Harper 13 B1 Pitch-L Ni dM Pass/Bz1 3 2 own37 1:42 DS Payton 0 B1 Pitch-L B1 M Run/Ll 4 2 own37 1:35 DS Parsons 41,Colzie 2 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own24 1:31 AP Stabler-Branch 25 B1 M-Slant B1 Z Basic 1 10 own49 0:51 AP Williams 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic/Lo 2 6 opp47 0:07 AP Williams 5 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Basic 2nd Quarter 3 1 opp42 15:00 AP Pen10(Little) R1 Pitch-L B1 sZ Basic 3 11 own48 14:52 AP Stabler-Curtis 17 P1 M-Cross Ni Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp35 14:11 AP van Eeghen 3 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Basic 2 7 opp32 13:33 AP Williams 5 R1 Dive B1 Z Pass 3 2 opp27 12:46 AP Williams 2 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Run 1 10 opp25 12:06 AP van Eeghen 3 B1 Sweep-R B1 M Dbl-Casper 2 7 opp22 11:26 AP Williams 0 R1 Trap-L B1 M Basic 3 7 opp22 10:43 AP Stabler-Moore X B1 L-Cross Ni Z Pass 4 7 opp22 10:37 AP FG Yepremian 39 good -- FG -- Block 3-7 KO 10:32 DS Odom ret of 34 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own37 10:18 DS Payton 0/F B1 Pitch-L B1 M Basic 1 10 opp37 10:09 AP Pen5(Johnson) B1 M-Slant B1 Z Basic 1 5 opp32 10:09 AP Pen10(Upshaw) B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 1 15 opp42 10:00 AP Stabler-Branch X B1 B-Fly Ni Z Pass 2 15 opp42 9:54 AP Stabler-Moore 19 B1 L-Hitch Ni dZ Pass 1 10 opp23 9:10 AP van Eeghen 4 B1 Dive B1 Z Pass 2 6 opp19 8:22 AP Williams -3 R1 Sweep-L B1 sM Run/Bz1 3 9 opp22 7:40 AP Williams 7 P2 Pitch-R Di M Dbl-Casper/Bz2 4 2 opp15 6:54 AP FG Yepremian 32 good -- FG -- Block 6-7 KO 6:50 DS Odom ret of 29 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own33 6:40 DS Tarkent-Harper X B1 L-Cross/Dump B1 M Pass 2 10 own33 6:32 DS Harper 3 B1 Dive Ni M Basic/Bz1 3 7 own36 5:49 DS Harper 6 B1 OffTkl-R Ni Z Pass 4 1 own42 5:05 DS Parsons 35,Colzie 6 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 5:01 AP van Eeghen 2 B1 Sweep-R B1 dM Basic 2 8 own31 4:52 AP Williams 4 B1 Dive B1 M Basic 3 4 own35 4:10 AP van Eeghen 6/F B1 Sweep-L B1 M Dbl-Casper/Lr 1 10 own41 3:28 AP Stabler-van Eegh 12 B1 Screen B1 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp47 2:51 AP Stabler-Curtis 6 P1 S-Hitch B1 M Dbl-Branch 2 4 opp41 2:13 AP van Eeghen 39 B1 Dive B1 M Pass 1 2 opp2 2:00 AP Williams 2/TD P1 OffTkl-R B1 sZ Basic 13-7 KO 1:52 DS Harper ret of 2 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own12 1:48 DS Young 12 P1 OffTkl-L/to Ni M Pass 1 10 own24 1:37 DS Young 7 P1 Sweep-L/to B1 Z Pass 2 3 own31 1:30 DS Tarkent-Young 15 P1 S-Hitch/to B1 sM Run-Payton,W 1 10 own46 1:17 DS Tarkent-Young 12 P1 S-Out/HO Ni Z Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp42 1:07 DS Young 4 P1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 2 6 opp38 0:29 DS Tarkent-Young 7 P1 S-Out B1 Z Key-Payton,W/Bz1 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 DS Harper ret of 25 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own30 14:51 DS Pen5(White) B1 Sweep-L B1 M Basic 1 15 own25 14:51 DS Tarkent-White X B1 L-Straight B1 Z Pass 2 15 own25 14:44 DS Tarkent-Harper -3 B1 Screen/SG Ni Z Pass 3 18 own22 14:38 DS Tarkent-Young 6 P1 S-Cross Qu dM Dbl-Tucker 4 12 own28 14:03 DS PenDS5(Ward) -- Pt-deep -- Return 4 17 own23 14:03 DS Parsons 39,Colzie 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own38 13:58 AP Williams 16 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp46 13:47 AP van Eeghen 0 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 2 10 opp46 13:03 AP Pen5(Team) B1 L-Straight/Dump Ni Z Pass/Bz1 2 15 own49 12:56 AP Stabler-Moore X B1 M-Slant Ni Z Pass/Bz2 3 15 own49 12:48 AP Stabler-Williams X P1 M-Cross/Dump Ni dM Pass 4 15 own49 12:44 AP McInally 45,Harper 0 -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own6 12:39 DS Harper 5 B1 Dive B1 M Basic 2 5 own11 11:57 DS Tarkent-Tucker X R1 L-Hitch/Dump B1 Z Pass 3 5 own11 11:54 DS Tarkent-Rashad X B1 S-Hitch Ni M Basic/Bz3 4 5 own11 11:49 DS Parsons 53,Colzie 6 -- Pt-deep -- Block 1 10 own42 11:44 AP Stabler-Branch 11 B1 M-Slant/SG B1 M Basic 1 10 opp47 11:03 AP Williams 3 B1 Dive B1 Z Pass/Bz1 2 7 opp44 10:20 AP Stabler-Branch 11 B1 M-Cross B1 sZ Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp33 9:41 AP van Eeghen 4 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 6 opp29 9:02 AP van Eeghen 6 R1 Dive B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp23 8:21 AP Stabler-Casper 12 B1 M-Hitch B1 M Run 1 10 opp11 7:36 AP van Eeghen 3 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 2 7 opp8 6:50 AP Williams 1 R1 Pitch-R B1 M Basic/Li 3 6 opp7 6:06 AP Williams 2 B1 Dive Ni sZ Pass/Bz1 4 4 opp5 5:22 AP FG Yepremian 22 good -- FG -- Block 16-7 KO 5:18 DS Harper ret of 30 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own30 5:08 DS Tarkent-White 11 B1 M-Slant B1 Z Basic 1 10 own41 4:37 DS Payton 7 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 3 own48 4:02 DS Payton -1 B1 Sweep-L R1 Z Basic 3 4 own47 3:29 DS Tarkent-Rashad 15 B1 S-Hitch Ni Z Basic 1 10 opp38 2:54 DS Payton 3 B1 Dive B1 M Basic 2 7 opp35 2:16 DS Harper 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 3 3 opp31 1:46 DS Payton 0 B1 Draw B1 Z Run/Bz2 4 3 opp31 1:20 DS Payton 0 B1 Draw B1 M Basic 1 10 own31 1:11 AP van Eeghen 5 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Pass 2 5 own36 1:03 AP Williams -1 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 3 6 own35 0:13 AP Williams 5 B1 Trap-R Ni M Dbl-Moore,N 4th Quarter 4 1 own40 15:00 AP McInally 41,Harper 8 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own27 14:54 DS Harper 5 B1 Trap-L B1 sM Basic 2 5 own32 14:14 DS Payton -2 B1 Trap-R B1 M Basic 3 7 own30 13:41 DS Tarkent-Rashad 7 B1 M-Cross Ni Z Pass/Bz1 4 0 own37 13:11 DS Parsons 42,Colzie 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own21 13:05 AP Stabler-Moore X B1 Screen/SG B1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 10 own21 12:56 AP Sk-Butler -5 B1 M-Hitch B1 Z Basic 3 15 own16 12:07 AP Stabler-Williams 9 P2 L-Straight/Dump Qu dZ Pass 4 6 own25 11:20 AP McInally 44,Harper 4 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 opp21 11:14 DS Harper 6 B1 Dive B1 M Pass 2 4 opp15 10:41 DS Harper 1 B1 OffTkl-L R1 Z Basic 3 3 opp14 10:03 DS Tarkenton -1 B1 OffTkl-R Ni Z Basic 4 4 opp15 9:55 DS FG Thomas 32 good -- FG -- Block 16-10 KO 9:50 AP Whittington ret of 1 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own8 9:46 AP Stabler-Casper X B1 M-Hitch B1 Z Pass 2 10 own8 9:37 AP van Eeghen -4 B1 Pitch-L Ni M Basic 3 14 own4 8:56 AP Stabler-Casper 7 P2 S-Cross Ni dZ Pass 4 7 own11 8:16 AP McInally 40,Harper 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own49 8:11 DS Payton 2 B1 Dive B1 Z Basic 2 8 opp49 7:40 DS Tarkent-Barkum 28 R1 M-Cross B1 M Basic 1 10 opp21 7:07 DS Pen5(Harper) B1 M-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 15 opp26 7:07 DS Tarkent-Payton X B1 L-Cross/Dump Ni M Dbl-Tucker 2 15 opp26 7:01 DS Tarkent-Payton 8 B1 M-Straight Ni Z Pass 3 7 opp18 6:33 DS Tarkent-Payton 5 B1 M-Slant/Dump Ni M Pass 4 2 opp13 6:07 DS FG Thomas 30 good -- FG -- Block 16-13 KO 6:03 AP Whittington ret of 3 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own33 5:48 AP van Eeghen 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 2 7 own36 4:59 AP van Eeghen 6 B1 Draw B1 M Pass 3 1 own42 4:15 AP Williams -1 R1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Stuff 4 2 own41 3:26 AP McInally 59,Harper 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 3:20 DS Payton -2 B1 Sweep-R B1 dZ Basic 2 12 own18 2:41 DS Tarkent-Tucker 10 B1 M-Out/HO Ni M Pass/Bz1 3 2 own28 2:38 DS Tarkent-Young 1 P1 Screen/HO B1 Mo Run 4 1 own29 2:35 DS Tarkent-Payton 5 B1 S-Out/HO/Dump Ni Z Basic/Ll 1 10 own34 2:28 DS Harper 7 B1 Pitch-R Ni Z Basic/Bz1 2 3 own41 2:00 DS Tarkent-INT-Thomas/T P1 L-Out/HO Ni Zo Basic 22-13 KO 1:51 DS Harper ret of 34 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own39 1:38 DS Tarkent-Tucker X P2 L-Out/HO Di Z Pass/Bz1/Lo/C 2 10 own39 1:28 DS Tarkent-Rashad X P2 M-Out/HO Ni Z Pass/Bz1 3 10 own39 1:19 DS Tarkent-Rashad X P2 L-Out/HO Di M Pass 4 10 own39 1:13 DS Tarkent-Young X P2 M-Out/HO Ni Zo Pass 1 10 opp39 1:04 AP Williams 7 B1 Pitch-L/SI B1 Z Run/A/to 2 3 opp32 0:56 AP Williams 21 B1 Dive/SI B1 tZ Run/Ll/to 1 10 opp11 0:42 AP Johnson -2 B1 OffTkl-L/SI B1 M Run/to 2 12 opp13 0:34 AP Stabler -1 B1 QbKneel R1 Z Run Game