1978 NHS Season Statistics
Evansville Courier & Press Newspapers ALL CITY/METRO Selections
| last name | first | pos | ht | wt | class | paper | note | |
| Andress | Jeff | DB | 5-11 | 170 | Sr. | Courier |
RESULTS
| 1978 Season | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score |
| Aug. 25 | Castle | Win 27-7 |
| Aug. 31 | Evansville Memorial | Loss 0-13 |
| Sep. 8 | Jeffersonville | Loss 18-28 |
| Sep. 15 | Evansville Harrison | Loss 20-27 |
| Sep. 23 | TH South | Loss 20-39 |
| Sep. 29 | Evansville Central | Loss 0-35 |
| Oct. 6 | Evansville Mater Dei | Loss 14-21 |
| Oct. 13 | Evansville Bosse | Loss 15-29 |
| Oct. 20 | Jasper | Loss 0-21 |
| Oct. 26 | Evansville Reitz | Loss 3-28 |
SCORING
| player | first | pts | TD | PAT 1 | XPM | PAT 2 | FG | S | |
| Garrett | Mark | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andress | Jeff | 31 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pendleton | Mike | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Knust | Gregg | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adams | Steve | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hobgood | Greg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hyde | Mike | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Niemeier | Larry | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PASSING
| player | first | NCAA rtg | Att | Comp | % | TD | TD/att | Yds | yd/att | Int | int/att | |
| Stevens | Ken | 12.2 | 38 | 9 | 23.7% | 1 | 2.6% | 123 | 3.2 | 9 | 23.7% | |
| Adams | Steve | 78.2 | 34 | 12 | 35.3% | 3 | 8.8% | 151 | 4.4 | 4 | 11.8% | |
| Andress | Jeff | -- | 12 | 4 | 33.3% | 1 | 8.3% | 94 | 7.8 | 3 | 25.0% | |
| Garrett | Mark | -- | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 20 | 3.3 | 1 | 16.7% |
RUSHING
| player | first | Att | Yds | TD | Avg | |
| Garrett | Mark | 151 | 724 | 4 | 4.8 | |
| Knurst | Gregg | 90 | 394 | 1 | 4.4 | |
| Hyde | Mike | 45 | 190 | 1 | 4.2 | |
| Andress | Jeff | 14 | 104 | 1 | 7.4 | |
| Adams | Steve | 1 | ||||
| Stevens | Ken | 1 |
RECEIVING
| player | first | Rec | Yds | TD | Avg | |
| Garrett | Mark | 11 | 137 | 1 | 12.5 | |
| Pendleton | Mike | 9 | 127 | 2 | 14.1 | |
| Andress | Jeff | 5 | 83 | 1 | 16.6 | |
| Hobgood | Gregg | 2 | 17 | 1 | 8.5 | |
| Johnson | Jim | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8.0 |
Highlights included: For the second consecutive year, the Huskies lost their starting quarterback to a season ending injury. Unlike '77, North could never bounce back from the loss.
The season had started well with a 27-7 trouncing of Castle. With Steve Adams at QB, the offense had purred like a kitten. RB Mark Garrett blitzed the Knights for 123 yards rushing and two TD's. Garrett and Adams also connected on a 14 yard scoring toss. Adams had also found sophomore TE Greg Hobgood for a score.
DB/WR/K Jeff Andress was the season's best all around player. He blocked a punt and returned it for a TD versus Jeffersonville, filled in for a time at QB and both threw a TD and ran for one, scored a two point conversion, kicked a field goal, and managed 8 point after kicks. He intercepted balls versus Bosse and Harrison and played stellar defense. He was the only Husky named to the Evansville Courier All City team.
In the season's most exciting game, a 27-20 overtime loss to Harrison, North lost Adams to a broken shoulder in the first quarter. They fell behind the Warriors 13-0 and by halftime it appeared that the game would be a rout. In the second half, the Huskies alternated between a single wing formation and a wing T formation with Jeff Andress at QB and fought their way back. Banging away with fullback Gregg Knurst and tailback Mark Garrett, the Huskies began to wear down Harrison. Garrett scored his second touchdown with 5:48 remaining to pull North within 20-12. On the ensuing kickoff, Wayne Jones recovered a fumble and the Huskies were still alive.
Garrett, who finished the game with 143 yards, and Knurst (14 carries for 71 yards) again banged away at the weary Warriors. When Andress (9 carries on the night for 81 yards) punched it in from the one yard line with just over two minutes to go, he called his own number for the two point conversion and sent the game into overtime.
The comeback was not to be however as Harrison scored on their first possession and North then fumbled the ball away when their turn came.
DEFENSE--2 pts each for solo, cause or recover fumble, sack, int, blk kick; 1 pt each for assist and tackle for loss
No Defensive Statistics are available at this time.