1978 Columbus (6-1) 3 17 7 16 43 1978 Akron (1-6-1) 3 6 0 10 19 1 CP FG Wersching 31 (3-8-1:41) 11:09 3-0 1 AP FG Yepremian 38 (10-60-5:41) 5:20 3-3 2 CP FG Wersching 41 (6-42-2:34) 11:42 6-3 2 CP TD Crist 27 interception return (Wersching) (0-0-0:00) 10:35 13-3 2 AP TD Williams 44 run (no good) (4-79-1:40) 8:47 13-9 2 CP TD Sipe 26 pass to Newsome (Wersching) (4-36-2:24) 4:48 20-9 3 CP TD Harris 2 run (Wersching) (19-66-9:58) 4:48 27-9 4 AP TD van Eeghen 9 run (Yepremian) (4-33-1:00) 13:30 27-16 4 CP FG Wersching 24 (8-55-5:52) 7:24 30-16 4 AP FG Yepremian 44 (5-47-1:57) 5:08 30-19 4 CP TD Bradshaw 6 pass to Pruitt (Wersching) (10-72-3:23) 1:06 37-19 4 CP TD Bradshaw 8 pass to Seal (no good) (1-8-0:05) 0:21 43-19 CP AP First Downs 24 15 Rushes 38-127 24-113 Passes 29-20-234 30-15-243 Sacked 1-8 5-44 Fumble 5 4 Penalties 5-40 6-30 Turnovers 2 6 Time 37:34 22:26 Third Down 7-14 5-13 Fourth Down 5-4 0-1 Net Offense 353 312 Injuries:Johnson(AP-0) 1978 Columbus Panhandles Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Pruitt 13 62 4.8 2 3 18 0 Newsome 6 0 88 14.7 1 4 26 1 Bleier 9 22 2.4 1 1 10 0 Pruitt 4 1 35 8.8 0 2 17 1 Pruitt,M 4 21 5.3 1 1 10 0 Grossman 4 0 60 15.0 0 4 18 0 Harris,F 10 15 1.5 0 4 4 1 Swann 2 2 20 10.0 0 0 12 0 Sipe 2 7 3.5 0 1 6 0 Stallworth 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 38 127 3.3 4 10 18 1 Bleier 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Harris,F 1 1 8 8.0 0 1 8 0 Seal 1 0 8 8.0 0 1 8 1 20 4 234 11.7 1 12 26 3 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Bradshaw,T 16 14 87.5 153 10.9 18 0 0 0 0.0 0 2 12.5 146.1 Sipe 13 6 46.2 81 13.5 26 2 1 0 0.0 1 1 7.7 92.1 29 20 69.0 234 11.7 26 2 1 0 0.0 1 3 10.3 127.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Wersching 5 4 80.0 3 3 100.0 100.0 0.0 41 13 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Connell 3 113 41 0 0 1 2 12 33.7 37.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Anderson,L 5 130 26.0 33 0 Wright 1 1 6 6.0 6 0 5 130 26.0 33 0 1 1 6 6.0 6 0 Fumbles Newsome 2 Wright 1 Pruitt 1 Anderson 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Hardman 2 Greenwoo 2 Greene,J 1 Blount,M 2 Hardman 1 Rucker,R 1 Ham 2 Hardman 2 Greenwoo 1 Hardman 1 Lambert 1 Webster, 1 Greenwoo 1 Shell,D 1 Ham 1 Ham 1 Lambert 1 Hall 1 Blount,M 1 Blount,M 1 Greene,J 1 Davis,O 1 Crist 1 Tackles Lambert 7 Crist 5 Davis,O 3 Hardman 3 White,D 2 Irons 1 Ham 6 Greene,J 4 Anderson 3 Sherk 2 Nichols 1 Lewis 1 Darden 5 Hall 3 Greenwoo 3 Blount,M 2 Shell,D 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Ham 1 0 0.0 0 0 Darden 1 3 3.0 3 0 Crist 1 27 27.0 27 1 Lewis 1 11 11.0 11 0 4 41 10.3 27 1 1978 Akron Pros Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Williams 12 87 7.3 3 3 44 1 Moore,N 4 0 88 22.0 1 3 39 0 van Eeghen 9 17 1.9 0 2 9 1 Casper 3 2 39 13.0 0 2 21 0 Stabler 3 9 3.0 0 0 5 0 Branch 3 1 79 26.3 2 3 41 0 24 113 4.7 3 5 44 2 van Eeghen 2 0 12 6.0 0 0 7 0 Curtis 2 1 16 8.0 0 1 15 0 Williams 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 15 7 243 16.2 3 9 41 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Stabler 30 15 50.0 243 16.2 41 2 3 4 13.3 5 0 0.0 37.9 30 15 50.0 243 16.2 41 2 3 4 13.3 5 0 0.0 37.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Yepremian 2 1 50.0 2 2 100.0 100.0 0.0 44 7 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross McInally 2 97 50 0 0 0 1 6 45.5 48.5 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Harris,D 7 125 17.9 23 0 Colzie 2 0 12 6.0 12 0 7 125 17.9 23 0 2 0 12 6.0 12 0 Fumbles Stabler 3 Williams 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Duhe 1 Hendrick 1 Hendrick 1 Colzie 1 Branch 1 LeClair 1 Baumhowe 1 Thomas 1 Hendrick 1 Tatum 1 Kuechenb 1 Jauron 1 Thomas 1 Edwards, 1 Tackles Baumhowe 10 LeClair 7 Colzie 4 Riley 2 Bokamper 1 Perry 1 Hayes,L 7 Villapia 6 Edwards, 4 Burley 2 Thomas 1 Chambers 1 1st Quarter KO 15:00 AP Harris ret of 17 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own21 14:50 AP Stabler-Casper 11 B1 S-Out B2 Z Run 1 10 own32 14:15 AP van Eeghen -1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Run 2 11 own31 13:38 AP van Eeghen 3 B1 Dive Ni Z Pass 3 8 own34 13:00 AP Sk-Ham -12/F B1 L-Straight/SG Di M Pass/Bz1/A 1 10 opp22 12:50 CP Pruitt 1 B1 Sweep-R B1 M Key-Bleier 2 9 opp21 12:02 CP Pruitt 7 B1 Pitch-L Ni M Dbl-Rucker,R/Bz1 3 2 opp14 11:17 CP Sipe-Swann X B1 M-/MP B1 Z Basic 4 2 opp14 11:09 CP FG Wersching 31 good -- FG -- Block 3-0 KO 11:04 AP Harris ret of 8 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own19 11:01 AP Williams 0 B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Key-van Eeghen 2 10 own19 10:23 AP Stabler-Moore 22 B1 L-Straight Ni M Pass 1 10 own41 9:46 AP Williams -1 B1 OffTkl-R B2 M Basic 2 11 own40 9:08 AP Pen5(Langer) B1 EndAround Ni Z Pass 2 16 own35 9:08 AP Stabler-van Eegh 7 B1 Screen Di Z Pass/Bz1 3 9 own42 8:35 AP Stabler-Branch 12 P1 M-Slant Ni Z Pass 1 10 opp46 7:59 AP Williams 4 B1 Sweep-L B2 Z Basic 2 6 opp42 7:53 AP Williams 11 B1 Pitch-L B2 Z Basic 1 10 opp31 7:11 AP Stabler-van Eegh 5 B1 M-Cross/Dump B2 Z Run 2 5 opp26 6:36 AP van Eeghen 2 R1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 3 3 opp24 5:57 AP Williams 3 B1 Dive B1 Z Basic/Bz2 4 0 opp21 5:20 AP FG Yepremian 38 good -- FG -- Block 3-3 KO 5:16 CP Anderson ret of 17 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own24 5:07 CP Bleier 10 B1 Dive B1 Z Basic 1 10 own34 5:00 CP Pruitt 6 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Pass/Bz1 2 4 own40 4:15 CP Bleier 2 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Key-Bleier 3 2 own42 3:26 CP Pruitt 2 B1 Sweep-R Ni Z Basic/Bz3/Ll 1 10 own44 2:41 CP Sipe-Pruitt 6 B1 S-Cross/Dump B1 M Basic/Bz1 2 4 50 1:59 CP Pruitt -2 B1 Pitch-L R1 M Run-Pruitt 3 6 own48 1:13 CP Pruitt 3/F B1 Sweep-R Ni Z Pass/Bz2/Lo 4 3 opp49 0:27 CP Connell 38,Colzie 0 -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own11 0:23 AP van Eeghen 0 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Run 2nd Quarter 2 10 own11 15:00 AP Stabler-Branch X B1 S-Hitch Ni Z Pass 3 10 own11 14:55 AP Stabler 5 P2 M-Straight Ni M Pass/Bz2/A 4 5 own16 14:19 AP McInally 50,Wright 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own34 14:16 CP Sipe-Newsome 13 B1 S-Out B1 Z Basic 1 10 own47 13:43 CP Sipe-Pruitt 17 B1 S-Hitch B1 sZ Run/Bz1 1 10 opp36 13:03 CP Pen5(Baumhower) B1 S-Cross B1 Z Basic 1 5 opp31 13:03 CP Sipe 6 B1 M-Straight/MP B1 M Pass 1 10 opp25 12:26 CP Sipe 1 B1 M-Straight B1 M Basic 2 9 opp24 11:51 CP Sipe-Rucker X B1 S-Out B1 Z Pass 3 9 opp24 11:46 CP Sipe-Harris X B1 S-Hitch Ni M Dbl-Rucker,R 4 9 opp24 11:42 CP FG Wersching 41 good -- FG -- Block 6-3 KO 11:39 AP kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 11:39 AP van Eeghen 3 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 2 7 own23 11:32 AP Sk-Greenwood -9 R1 L-Slant B2 Z Pass 3 16 own14 10:53 AP Stabler-INT-Crist/TD P2 M-Cross Di dM Dbl-Branch/A 13-3 KO 10:35 AP Harris ret of 22 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own21 10:27 AP Sk-Hardman -9 B1 L-Straight B1 Z Pass 2 19 own12 9:50 AP Stabler-Moore 39 B1 L-Straight Ni M Pass/A 1 10 opp49 9:09 CP Pen5(Crist) B1 S-Cross/SG Ni M Basic 1 10 opp44 9:04 AP Williams 44/TD B1 Sweep-R Ni M Basic 13-9 KO 8:47 CP Anderson ret of 25 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own27 8:38 CP Pen10(Dieken) B1 S-Out B1 Z Basic 1 20 own17 8:34 CP Pruitt 3 B1 Sweep-L B1 dM Pass 2 17 own20 7:48 CP Pruitt 10 B1 Pitch-L Ni M Pass/Bz3 3 7 own30 7:41 CP Sipe-Newsome X B1 S-Cross Ni sZ Pass 4 7 own30 7:36 CP Connell 41,Colzie 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 7:31 AP Williams 1 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 2 9 own30 7:23 AP Stabler-INT-Darden B1 M-Straight/Dump Ni Z Basic 1 10 opp36 7:12 CP Sipe-Swann 8 B1 M-Straight B1 M Basic/Lo 2 2 opp28 6:29 CP Sk-Duhe -8 B1 L-Straight B1 sZ Basic 3 10 opp36 5:42 CP Bradsha-Newsome 10 B1 M-Seam/SG Di Z Pass 4 0 opp26 4:59 CP Sipe-Newsome 26/TD B1 S-Hitch/Dump R1 tM Goalline 20-9 KO 4:48 AP Harris ret of 20 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own23 4:38 AP Williams 1 B1 Dive Ni Z Basic 2 9 own24 4:02 AP Stabler-Williams 9 B1 M-Cross/Dump Ni M Dbl-Branch 3 0 own33 3:29 AP van Eeghen 1 R1 Sweep-L B1 M Run 1 10 own34 3:22 AP Williams 16/F B1 Dive B2 Z Basic 1 10 50 2:40 AP Stabler-Branch 26 P1 L-Slant B2 Z Basic 1 10 opp24 2:02 AP Stabler-Curtis X P1 S-Out/HO B2 Z Pass 2 10 opp24 2:00 AP Stabler-Casper 7 P1 S-Cross Ni M Pass 3 3 opp17 1:26 AP Stabler-Curtis 15 P1 M-Out/HO B2 M Pass 1 2 opp2 1:16 AP Stabler-INT-Ham P1 M-Out/HO/Dump B1 tM Goalline 1 10 own20 1:09 CP Pruitt 10 B1 Stretch-L B1 M Basic 1 10 own30 1:01 CP Sipe-Swann X B1 M-Straight B1 Z Pass 2 10 own30 0:52 CP Pruitt 4 B1 Stretch-L B1 M Dbl-Rucker,R 3 6 own34 0:44 CP Sipe-Newsome X B1 S-Hitch Ni Z Pass 4 6 own34 0:40 CP Connell 34,Colzie 12 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own44 0:36 AP Stabler-Curtis X P1 M-Out/SG/HO Di Z Pass 2 10 own44 0:32 AP Stabler-Moore 19 P1 S-Out/HO Qu Z Pass 1 10 opp37 0:22 AP Stabler-Curtis 1 P1 Screen/to Qu Z Pass 2 9 opp36 0:18 AP Stabler-Casper X P1 S-Out/HO/Dump Qu Z Pass 3 9 opp36 0:09 AP Stabler-INT-Lewis P1 B-Post Qu Z Pass 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 CP Anderson ret of 31 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own34 14:46 CP Bradsha-Newsome 11 B1 S-Hitch B1 sM Dbl-Stallworth 1 10 own45 14:04 CP Bradsha-Stallwor 9 B1 S-Out B1 M Key-Bleier/Ll 2 1 opp46 14:01 CP Pen5(Sheppard) B1 M-Straight R1 Z Basic 2 6 own49 13:51 CP Pruitt 5 B1 Pitch-L B1 M Pass 3 1 opp46 13:09 CP Harris 1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp45 12:24 CP Harris 2 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic 2 8 opp43 11:41 CP Bradsha-Harris 8 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Pass/Ll 1 10 opp35 10:57 CP Harris 2 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 2 8 opp33 10:48 CP Bleier 2 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic 3 6 opp31 10:05 CP Bleier 4 B1 OffTkl-L Ni M Pass 4 2 opp27 9:24 CP Harris 2 B1 Dive B1 M Pass 1 10 opp25 8:41 CP Bradsha-Swann 12 B1 S-Out B1 M Run 1 10 opp13 8:34 AP Pen5(Baumhower) B1 S-Hitch B1 sZ Basic 1 5 opp8 8:28 CP Bleier 2 B1 Dive B1 Z Basic 2 3 opp6 7:44 CP Harris -1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tM Goalline 3 4 opp7 7:03 CP Pen4(Edwards) B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic/Bz3 1 3 opp3 7:03 CP Harris 0 B1 Dive R1 M Run 2 3 opp3 6:18 CP Harris 0 B1 Dive R1 sM Run 3 3 opp3 5:38 CP Bleier 1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sM Run 4 2 opp2 4:55 CP Harris 2/TD B1 Pitch-L Ni M Basic 27-9 KO 4:48 AP Harris ret of 23 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own24 4:36 AP Stabler-Moore 8 B1 M-Cross/Dump Ni Z Basic 2 2 own32 3:57 AP van Eeghen 2 R1 Dive Ni Z Basic 3 0 own34 3:20 AP van Eeghen -2 R1 Trap-L B1 M Run 4 2 own32 2:42 AP McInally 47,Wright 6 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own27 2:39 CP Bradsha-Bleier 6 B1 M-Slant/Dump B1 Z Basic 2 4 own33 1:44 CP Bleier 1 B1 OffTkl-R R1 Z Basic 3 3 own34 0:46 CP Harris 3 B2 Sweep-R Ni Z Basic 4th Quarter 1 10 own37 15:00 CP Sipe-Rucker X B2 S-Out B1 M Basic 2 10 own37 14:54 CP Pen10(Dieken) B2 OffTkl-R Ni Z Basic 2 20 own27 14:47 CP Pen5(Villapiano) B2 Screen Ni vZ Basic/Bz3 2 15 own32 14:47 CP Pen10(Harris) B2 Screen Ni dM Basic 2 25 own22 14:39 CP Sipe-Newsome 11/F B2 M-Hitch Ni dM Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp33 14:30 AP Stabler-Casper 21 B1 M-Out Ni Z Basic 1 10 opp12 14:22 AP Williams 3 B1 OffTkl-R Ni Z Basic 2 7 opp9 13:45 AP Stabler-Tillman X R1 M- B1 Z Basic 3 7 opp9 13:37 AP van Eeghen 9/TD B1 Trap-L Di M Pass/Bz1/A 27-16 KO 13:30 CP Anderson ret of 33 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own38 13:16 CP Bradsha-Newsome 17/F B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp45 12:22 CP Harris 4 B1 Pitch-R B1 sM Pass/Bz1 2 6 opp41 12:12 CP Pruitt 8 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Pass 1 10 opp33 11:20 CP Pruitt 2 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Pass 2 8 opp31 10:26 CP Pruitt 18 B1 Pitch-L B1 M Basic 1 10 opp13 9:23 CP Pruitt 6 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 2 4 opp7 8:25 CP Bleier 0 B1 Dive R1 Z Run 3 4 opp7 7:30 CP Bradsha-Pruitt X B1 S-Hitch Ni sZ Basic/A 4 4 opp7 7:24 CP FG Wersching 24 good -- FG -- Block 30-16 KO 7:18 AP Harris ret of 22 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own26 7:05 AP Stabler 1/F B1 L-Straight Ni Z Pass 2 9 own27 6:38 AP Stabler-Branch 41 B1 B-Post Ni Z Pass 1 10 opp32 6:07 AP Williams 5 B1 OffTkl-L Ni Z Pass 2 5 opp27 5:44 AP Williams 0 B1 Trap-R Ni Z Pass 3 5 opp27 5:18 AP Stabler-Harris X B1 M-Hitch/SG Ni M Pass 4 5 opp27 5:08 AP FG Yepremian 44 good -- FG -- Block 30-19 KO 5:05 AP Anderson ret of 24 F -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 opp31 4:52 AP Stabler-Curtis X P1 S-Cross Ni Z Pass/Bz1/A 2 10 opp31 4:49 AP Stabler-Curtis X P1 M-Out Di Z Pass/Bz2 3 10 opp31 4:39 AP Stabler 3/F P1 L-Out Di Z Pass/Bz1/A 1 10 own28 4:29 CP Pruitt 0 B1 Pitch-L B1 sM Run 2 10 own28 3:37 CP Bleier 0 B1 Dive R1 Z Basic 3 10 own28 2:42 CP Bradsha-Grossman 12 B1 S-Hitch R1 Z Basic 1 10 own40 2:00 CP Bradsha-Grossman 18 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Run/A/to 1 10 opp42 1:45 CP Pruitt 0 B1 Pitch-L B1 M Run/to 2 10 opp42 1:35 CP Bradsha-Swann X B1 S-Out R1 M Run/Li 3 10 opp42 1:30 CP Bradsha-Pruitt 6 B1 S-Hitch R1 Z Basic/to 4 4 opp36 1:24 CP Bradsha-Grossman 17 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Run/Bz2 1 10 opp19 1:16 CP Bradsha-Grossman 13 B1 M-Slant/Dump B1 M Run 1 6 opp6 1:09 CP Bradsha-Pruitt 6/TD B1 S-Hitch R1 Mi Run/Bz1/Li 37-19 KO 1:06 AP Harris ret of 13 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own16 0:54 AP Stabler-Bass X P1 L-Out/ND/NS/HO Qu vZ Prevent 2 10 own16 0:46 AP Stabler-Casper X P2 L-Out/ND/NS/HO Qu vZ Prevent 3 10 own16 0:37 AP Stabler-Curtis X P1 L-Fly/ND/NS Qu vZ Prevent 4 10 own16 0:31 AP Sk-Hardman -8 P2 L-Out/ND/NS Qu vZ Prevent 1 8 opp8 0:26 CP Bradsha-Seal 8/TD B1 S-Hitch B1 M Run 43-19 KO 0:21 AP kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 0:21 AP Sk-Ham -6 P2 B-Out/ND/NS/HO Qu vZ Prevent GAME