1978 Canton Bulldogs 9-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1978 Canton 51 66 83 67 0 267 Opponent 37 24 24 27 0 112 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 267 112 1-0 26 Akron 0 First Downs 197 128 1-1 13 @Columbus 28 Rush 72 40 2-1 28 @Dayton 13 Pass 110 83 3-1 17 @Akron 13 Pen 15 5 4-1 13 @Hammond 7 Penalties 55 57 5-1 31 Dayton 0 Yards 405 464 6-1 51 Cleveland 10 7-1 28 Rock Island 17 Rushing Att 393 246 8-1 20 @Chicago 10 Yards 1620 865 9-1 40 Decatur 14 Ave 4.1 3.5 TD 11 3 Passing Att 288 321 Comp 170 153 % 59.0 47.7 Int 13 24 % 4.5 7.5 TD 16 8 % 5.6 2.5 Yards 2063 1525 Sacked 23 16 Punt Return 37 23 Yards 479 290 Ave 12.9 12.6 Kick Return 28 55 Yards 581 1172 Ave 20.8 21.3 Punts 37 61 Yards 1371 2259 Ave 37.1 37.0 FG Att 16 14 Made 15 7 % 93.8 50.0 Third Downs 151 131 Made 53 39 % 35.1 29.8 Fourth Downs 33 15 Made 16 4 % 48.5 26.7 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 32 22 Lost 15 8 Turnovers 28 32 Net Offense 3530 2269 Per Play 5.0 3.9 1978 Canton Bulldogs Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Miller 148 685 4.6 9 27 59 3 Largent 41 6 665 16.2 7 33 60 5 Sims 51 255 5.0 4 13 39 4 Odoms 28 4 300 10.7 1 15 33 3 Brown,C 49 237 4.8 5 9 60 1 Gant 24 2 228 9.5 0 16 24 2 Keyworth 68 192 2.8 2 10 16 1 Keyworth 19 1 199 10.5 0 11 23 2 Zorn 45 158 3.5 2 8 16 1 Miller,T 18 2 180 10.0 1 10 27 2 Preston 17 81 4.8 3 4 17 0 Moses 7 0 139 19.9 3 5 37 1 Ferguson 14 8 0.6 0 0 7 0 Chandler 7 0 84 12.0 1 4 27 0 Odoms 1 4 4.0 0 1 4 1 McCullum 6 0 108 18.0 1 4 36 0 393 1620 4.1 25 72 60 11 Sims,D 6 0 32 5.3 0 2 9 0 Lewis,F 5 2 54 10.8 0 2 17 0 Howard 4 1 42 10.5 0 4 21 1 Brown 3 0 6 2.0 0 1 5 0 Dolbin 1 0 21 21.0 0 1 21 0 Preston 1 0 5 5.0 0 1 5 0 170 18 2063 12.1 14 110 60 16 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Ferguson 32 22 68.8 380 17.3 49 3 4 1 3.1 2 3 9.4 127.1 Zorn 256 148 57.8 1683 11.4 60 14 10 12 4.7 21 13 5.1 75.0 288 170 59.0 2063 12.1 60 17 14 13 4.5 23 16 5.6 80.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Dempsey 32 30 93.8 16 15 93.8 50.0 0.0 43 75 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Weaver,H 37 1371 55 2 0 8 23 290 28.1 37.1 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Brown,C 24 512 21.3 36 0 Upchurch 37 2 479 12.9 74 2 Crawford 4 69 17.3 28 0 37 2 479 12.9 74 2 Largent 1 0 0.0 0 0 28 581 20.8 36 0 Fumbles Zorn 9 Sims 3 Keyworth 2 Odoms 2 Wright,L 1 Upchurch 1 Miller 7 Brown,C 3 Ferguson 2 Preston 1 Carter,R 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Alzado 9 Alzado 9 Carter,R 9 Thompson 10 Gradisha 3 Alzado 2 Carter,R 4 Carter,R 7 Gradisha 8 Foley,S 9 Foley,S 3 Lynch 2 Gregory 2 Gregory 2 Jackson, 7 Wright,L 9 Wright,L 2 August 2 Beeson 1 Jackson, 2 Gregory 3 Gradisha 6 Jackson, 2 Miller 2 Sanford 2 Alzado 3 Carter,R 6 Thompson 2 Chandler 2 Hardison 1 Beeson 3 Jackson, 5 Carter,R 2 Carter,R 2 Gradisha 1 Sanford 1 Sanford 5 McShane 2 Largent 1 Jackson, 4 Beeson 2 Zorn 1 Beeson 1 Clark 1 Jackson, 1 Cronan 1 Wright,L 1 Alzado 1 Gregory 1 Franckow 1 Foley,S 1 Thompson 1 DeLamiel 1 Devlin,J 1 Odoms 1 Bryan 1 Greene,T 1 Beeson 1 Brown,C 1 Tackles Gradisha 53 Carter,R 41 Sanford 31 Jackson, 16 Cronan 9 Jackson, 50 Alzado 35 Beeson 25 McShane 13 Harris 4 Thompson 43 Franckow 35 Gregory 22 Moody 11 Sandifer 3 Foley,S 41 Wright,L 32 Clark 18 Greene,T 10 Hardison 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Thompson 5 2 0.4 2 0 Foley,S 4 38 9.5 29 0 Jackson,B 4 84 21.0 36 0 Greene,T 4 77 19.3 36 1 Wright,L 3 18 6.0 17 0 Jackson,T 2 22 11.0 22 0 Sanford 1 74 74.0 74 1 Gregory 1 2 2.0 2 0 24 317 13.2 74 2 1978 Canton Bulldogs Coach: Antone Adams Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Zorn,Jim 5 B 2 1 QB Ferguson,Joe 5 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Miller,Terry 2 1 5 238 1060 60 4.5 2 22 246 52 11.2 KR RB Sims,David 2 1 3 174 752 44 4.3 4 30 195 25 6.5 RB Brown,Curtis 2 1 4 128 591 58 4.6 2 18 130 31 7.2 RET RB Keyworth,Jon 4 1 5 112 444 30 4.0 2 21 166 20 7.9 KR RB Preston,Dave 2 1 5 66 296 16 4.5 3 24 199 21 8.3 RET RB Crawford,Rufus 2 1 5 8 19 11 2.4 1 4 25 8 6.3 RET WR Largent,Steve 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 8 71 1168 57 16.5 WR Chandler,Bob 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 5 44 581 44 13.2 WR Lewis,Frank 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 5 41 735 92 17.9 WR Moses,Haven 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 4 37 744 42 20.1 WR McCullum,Sam 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 4 37 525 44 14.2 WR Dolbin,Jack 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 3 24 284 21 11.8 WR Upchurch,Rick 0 0 3 5 31 11 6.2 2 17 210 29 12.4 RET TE Odoms,Riley 4 2 5 2 5 7 2.5 6 54 829 42 15.4 TE Gant,Reuben 4 2 5 1 14 14 14.0 4 34 408 25 12.0 TE Howard,Ron 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 2 18 251 42 13.9 TE Franckowiak,Mike 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR GUN Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Bryan,Billy 6 6 4 C Maples,Bobby 5 5 5 LS G DeLamielleure,Joe 9 9 5 G Lynch,Tom 8 8 5 G McKenzie,Reggie 7 7 5 T August,Steve 7 7 4 T Devlin,Joe 7 7 4 T Bebout,Nick 5 5 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Carter,Rubin 6 5 0 3 5 6 0 DT Hardison,Dee 6 5 0 3 5 4 0 DE Alzado,Lyle 9 6 0 8 5 9 0 DE Gregory,Bill 6 5 0 4 5 9 1 DL Sandifer,Bill 4 4 0 1 4 2 0 ILB Gradishar,Randy 10+ 9 3 1 5 3 4 ILB Beeson,Terry 6 3 3 0 5 2 0 OLB Jackson,Tom 9 7 3 3 5 3 3 OLB Sanford,Lucius 6 3 3 1 5 5 1 LB Cronan,Pete 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 LB McShane,Charles 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 CB Wright,Louis 10 0 10 0 5 0 2 CB Foley,Steve 8 0 8 0 5 0 6 CB Clark,Mario 6 0 6 0 5 0 5 GUN CB Moody,Keith 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 RET S Thompson,Bill 9 3 6 0 5 0 4 PR S Jackson,Bernard 5 2 3 0 5 0 6 KR S Harris,John 5 2 3 0 5 0 4 PR S Greene,Tony 5 2 3 0 5 0 3 Special Teams K Dempsey,Tom P Weaver,Herman