PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
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Year-BY-Year resuLts<br />
<strong>Detroit</strong>lions.com<br />
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1970<br />
Record: 10-4, 2nd nFc central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/20 W 40-0 at Green Bay 56,263<br />
9/27 W 38-3 Cincinnati 58,202<br />
10/5 W 28-14 Chicago 58,210<br />
10/11 l 10-31 at Washington 50,414<br />
10/18 W 41-24 at Cleveland 83,577<br />
10/25 W 16-10 at Chicago 45,632<br />
11/1 l 17-30 Minnesota 58,210<br />
11/8 l 17-19 at New Orleans 66,910<br />
11/15 l 20-24 at Minnesota 47,900<br />
11/22 W 28-7 san Francisco 56,232<br />
11/26 W 28-14 Oakland 56,597<br />
12/6 W 16-3 st. louis 56,362<br />
12/14 W 28-23 at los angeles 79,441<br />
12/20 W 20-0 Green Bay 57,387<br />
nFc Playoffs<br />
12/26 l 0-5 at Dallas 73,167<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
Defense<br />
Wr 25 earl McCulloch (8)<br />
85 Chuck Hughes (6)<br />
le 83 Jim Mitchell (8)<br />
84 Joe robb (6)<br />
lt 73 roger shoals<br />
lt 71 alex Karras<br />
lG 63 Chuck Walton<br />
rt 82 Jerry rush<br />
C 54 ed Flanagan<br />
re 74 larry Hand<br />
rG 68 Frank Gallagher<br />
llB 50 Paul Naumoff<br />
rt 76 rockne Freitas<br />
MlB 53 Mike lucci<br />
te 88 Charlie sanders<br />
rlB 55 Wayne Walker<br />
Wr 49 larry Walton<br />
QB 19 Bill Munson<br />
lCB 20 lem Barney<br />
rCB 44 Dick leBeau<br />
rB 42 altie taylor<br />
ls 28 Mike Weger<br />
rB 24 Mel Farr<br />
rs 47 W. rasmussen (8)<br />
48 tom Vaughn (7)<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: Mel Farr (rB), ed Flanagan (C), Paul Naumoff (lB), Charlie sanders (te)<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 463 359<br />
rushing 243 186<br />
Passing 113 61<br />
Penalty 107 112<br />
Total net Yards 3984 3448<br />
avg. Per Game 284.6 246.3<br />
Total Plays 844 756<br />
avg. Per Play 4.7 4.6<br />
net Yards Rushing 2127 1152<br />
avg. Per Game 151.9 82.3<br />
total rushes 514 362<br />
net Yards Passing 2121 2491<br />
avg. Per Game 151.5 177.9<br />
sacked/Yards lost 36/264 23/195<br />
Gross Yards 3168 4404<br />
att./Completions 294/167 371/194<br />
Completion Pct. 56.8 52.3<br />
Had Intercepted 12 28<br />
Punts/Average 62/40.0 70/39.1<br />
Penalties/Yards 58/659 90/805<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 26/15 30/16<br />
Touchdowns 41 22<br />
rushing 16 7<br />
Passing 19 14<br />
returns 6 1<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
lions 65 111 71 100 - 347<br />
Opponents 61 44 23 74 - 202<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Mann 0 0 0 0 41/41 20/29 0 101<br />
Farr 11 9 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 66<br />
sanders 6 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36<br />
Walton 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
McCulloch 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
taylor 4 2 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
Barney 3 0 0 3 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
Owens 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
eddy 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
landry 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
triplett 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Hand 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Weger 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Williams 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 41 16 19 6 41/41 20/29 0 347<br />
Opponents 22 7 14 1 22/22 16/26 0 202<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Farr 166 717 4.3 36 9<br />
taylor 198 666 3.4 34 2<br />
landry 35 350 10.0 76 1<br />
triplett 48 156 3.3 11t 1<br />
Owens 36 122 3.4 23 2<br />
eddy 18 47 2.6 9 1<br />
Munson 9 33 3.7 11 0<br />
Walton 2 20 10.0 16 0<br />
Maxwell 1 9 9.0 9 0<br />
McCulloch 1 7 7.0 7 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 514 2127 4.1 76 16<br />
Opponents 362 1152 3.2 28 7<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
sanders 40 544 13.6 34 6<br />
Walton 30 532 17.7 56 2<br />
Farr 29 213 7.3 58 2<br />
taylor 27 261 9.7 42 2<br />
McCulloch 15 278 18.5 44 4<br />
Hughes 8 162 20.3 42 2<br />
triplett 6 52 8.6 15 0<br />
eddy 4 22 5.5 9 0<br />
Owens 4 21 5.3 11 0<br />
Brown 2 38 19.0 23 0<br />
Cotton 1 6 6.0 6 0<br />
Freitas 1 -8 -8.0 -8 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 167 2121 12.7 58 19<br />
Opponents 193 2491 12.8 79 14<br />
Passing Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
landry 136 83 1072 61.0 7.8 9 6.6 5 3.4 58 26/198 92.5<br />
Munson 158 84 1019 53.2 6.5 10 6.3 7 4.4 56 10/66 75.9<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 294 167 2121 56.8 7.2 19 6.5 12 4.1 58 36/264 84.0<br />
Opponents 371 194 2491 52.3 6.7 14 3.8 28 7.6 79 23/195 54.8<br />
interceptions int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
leBeau 9 96 10.7 43 0<br />
Barney 7 168 24.0 49t 2<br />
Weger 5 52 10.4 29t 1<br />
rasmussen 2 21 10.5 14 0<br />
lucci 2 18 9.0 12 0<br />
Hand 1 62 62.0 62t 1<br />
Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Vaughn 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 28 247 14.9 62t 4<br />
Opponents 12 174 14.5 42 1<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Lg B<br />
Weaver 62 2483 40.0 65 1<br />
lions 62 2483 40.0 65 1<br />
Opponents 70 2736 39.1 58 1<br />
Punt Returns PR Fc Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Barney 25 3 259 10.4 65 1<br />
eddy 4 5 25 6.3 10 0<br />
Vaughn 3 5 22 7.3 14 0<br />
Walton 2 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 34 13 306 9.0 65 1<br />
Opponents 29 12 113 3.9 24 0<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Williams 25 544 21.7 85t 1<br />
eddy 7 168 24.0 29 0<br />
Vaughn 3 66 22.0 25 0<br />
Barney 2 96 48.0 74 0<br />
Owens 1 26 26.0 26 0<br />
Walton 1 21 21.0 21 0<br />
Maxwell 1 20 20.0 20 0<br />
Mooney 1 12 12.0 12 0<br />
Naumoff 2 6 3.0 6 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 43 959 22.3 85t 1<br />
Opponents 67 1427 21.3 41 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Mann 8/8 2/3 3/5 4/7 3/6<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 8/8 2/3 3/5 4/7 3/6<br />
Opponents 5/5 6/9 3/5 1/4 1/3<br />
nFL Standings<br />
nFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Minnesota 12 2 0 .857 335 143<br />
DetrOIt 10 4 0 .714 347 202<br />
Chicago 6 8 0 .429 196 293<br />
Green Bay 6 8 0 .429 256 261<br />
nFc east<br />
Dallas 10 4 0 .714 299 221<br />
NY Giants 9 5 0 .643 301 270<br />
st. louis 8 5 1 .615 325 228<br />
Washington 6 8 0 .429 297 314<br />
Philadelphia 3 10 1 .231 2412 332<br />
nFc West<br />
san Francisco 10 3 1 .769 352 267<br />
los angeles 9 4 1 .692 325 202<br />
atlanta 4 8 2 .333 206 261<br />
New Orleans 2 11 1 .154 172 347<br />
AFc central W L T Pct. Pts. OP<br />
Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 312 255<br />
Cleveland 7 7 0 .500 286 265<br />
Pittsburgh 5 9 0 .357 210 272<br />
Houston 3 10 1 .231 217 352<br />
AFc east<br />
Baltimore 11 2 1 .846 321 234<br />
Miami 10 4 0 .714 297 228<br />
NY Jets 4 10 0 .286 255 286<br />
Buffalo 3 10 1 .231 204 337<br />
Boston 2 12 0 .143 149 361<br />
AFc West<br />
Oakland 8 4 2 .667 300 293<br />
Kansas City 7 5 2 .583 272 244<br />
san Diego 5 6 3 .455 282 278<br />
Denver 5 8 1 .385 253 264<br />
Dal defeated Det, 5-0, and sF defeated Min, 17-14, in NFC playoffs. Dal defeated sF, 17-10 for NFC title.<br />
Bal defeated Cin, 17-0, and Oak defeated Mia, 21-14, in aFC playoffs. Bal defeated Oak, 27-17, for aFC<br />
title. Bal defeated Dal, 16-13, for NFl title in sB V.<br />
IN 1970: Four Kent State University students are slain by National Guardsmen at demonstration<br />
protesting incursion into Cambodia.
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