I just got done watching the 1978 and 1979 SB's in their original broadcast. A friend
of mine put them on a DVD for me. They even include the pre game, halftime, an post
game shows. Kind of cool to watch it all happen again in real game mode and not just highlight videos. At any rate, I also pulled up the stats on the computer while I was watching the game. I noticed something very bizarre. It is so bizarre, that I am not sure that the 78 team was the best of their teams. Check this out.

Franco Harris Career YPC averages

72 = 5.6
73 = 3.7
74 = 4.8
75 = 4.8
76 = 3.9
77 = 3.9
78 = 3.5
79 = 4.4
80 = 3.8
81 = 4.1
82 = 4.3

Listed above is the yards per carry averages for Franco throughout his prime. For the life of me I cannot figure out why he bottomed out in 1978. We know that in 1978 the passing game opened up due to the 5 yard chuck rule. But I just can't see why that would hurt Franco's YPC average. If anything, you would like to think better passing game might open stuff up for the run. Anyone care to take a guess what happened?