It’s time for the 1977 version of the Green Bay Packers Yearbook, which has a photo of quarterback Lynn Dickey on the cover, set up to pass during a game with the St. Louis Cardinals on the road on September 19, 1976. The Packers lost that game 29-0.
After posting a record one win better than Starr’s first year, the Packers fell back to a 4-10-0 record in the Starr Regime Year No. 3. This placed them again in last place in the NFC Central Division. Dickey would start the first nine games at quarterback, throwing for 1,346 yards, 5 TD’s, and 14 INT‘s. Rookie David Whitehurst took over for the last five games, putting up 634 yards of passing, 1 TD, and 7 INT’s. On the rushing front, Barty Smith led in yards gained (554), with 2 TD’s. Next was Eric Torkelson with 309 yards and 1 TD. Barty Smith also led in receiving, with 37 catches for 340 yards and 1 TD, followed by Steve Odom with 27 catches for 549 yards and 3 TD’s. The team was consistent in one respect that year, putting up a 2-5 record both home and on the road.
Some of the stories featured in the 1977 Yearbook were: “Enter Competition — Within Family”... “Bart Starr and the Art of Concentration”... “Johnnie Gray — An Exceptional Tackler”... “Lambeau Field — 20 Years Later”... “Mark Koncar Remains the Hub”... “The Packers — A Goldmine of Lore, Trivia, and Tradition”... “Gary Weaver — More Sure of Himself”... “Lynn Dickey — ‘He is Going to Be a Nucleus’ ”... “42 Years of Packer Team Statistics”... “The Jim Carter Story”... “Starr and Gregg Enter Canton”... “The Green Bay Packers and YOU”... “The 1977 Draft”... “How the Packers Were Built”... “Your 1977 Packers”...“The 1976 Story — In Statistics”...
