team's final game in 1977. Detroit Lions: Tommy Hudspeth was fired and replaced by Monte Clark. Kansas City Chiefs: Marv Levy was hired as head coach. After an 0–5 start in 1977, Paul Wiggin was fired and defensive backs coach Tom Bettis was named interim. Los Angeles Rams: Chuck Knox left to join the Bills. George Allen, who previously coached the Rams from 1966 to 1970, was hired as Knox's replacement, but was fired after two exhibition games. Defensive coordinator Ray Malavasi was then promoted to head coach. New Orleans Saints: Hank Stram was fired and replaced by Dick Nolan. St. Louis Cardinals: Don Coryell left, and Bud Wilkinson was hired as the new Cardinals head coach. San Francisco 49ers: Ken Meyer was fired and replaced by Pete McCulley. Washington Redskins: George Allen was replaced by Jack Pardee. In-season Cincinnati Bengals: Bill Johnson was replaced by Homer Rice after the Bengals started 0–5. New England Patriots: The team suspended Chuck Fairbanks for the last regular season game. Fairbanks had been in talks all season to join the University of Colorado Buffaloes, breaching his contract with the Patriots. Coordinators Hank Bullough and Ron Erhardt took over as co-interim head coaches for the Week 16 game. Fairbanks was reinstated as head coach for the playoffs, but left in the off-season to join Colorado. San Diego Chargers: Tommy Prothro was fired after a 1–3 start, including the "Holy Roller" loss to the Oakland Raiders. He was replaced by Don Coryell. San Francisco 49ers: Pete McCulley was fired after a 1–8 start. Fred O'Connor served as interim for the last seven games. Uniform changes The Atlanta Falcons switched from white to gray pants. TV numbers were moved from the sleeves to the shoulders, and the Falcon logo on the helmet was repeated on each sleeve. Numbers on white jerseys changed from black to red. The Baltimore Colts switched from gray to white face masks. The Denver Broncos wore orange pants with their white jerseys for the first time since 1971. The New York Jets introduced new uniforms, switching from white helmets and gray face masks to green helmets and white face masks. They also unveiled a new logo featuring a stylized "JETS" with a silhouette of a modern jet airplane extending to the right from the "J". The Washington Redskins switched from gray to gold face masks. Television ABC, CBS, and NBC each signed