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 />
Media.<strong>Detroit</strong>lions.com<br />
1971<br />
Record: 7-6-1, 2nd nFc central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/20 l 13-16 Minnesota 54,418<br />
9/26 W 34-7 at New england 61,057<br />
10/3 W 41-38 atlanta 54,418<br />
10/10 W 31-28 Green Bay 54,418<br />
10/17 W 31-7 at Houston 45,885<br />
10/24 l 23-28 Chicago 54,418<br />
11/1 t 14-14 at Green Bay (Mil) 47,961<br />
11/7 W 24-20 at Denver 51,200<br />
11/14 l 13-21 los angeles 54,418<br />
11/21 W 28-3 at Chicago 55,049<br />
11/25 W 32-21 Kansas City 54,418<br />
12/5 l 20-23 Philadelphia 54,418<br />
12/11 l 10-29 at Minnesota 49,784<br />
12/19 l 27-31 at san Francisco 45,580<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
Wr 25 earl McCulloch<br />
lt 75 Jim Yarbrough<br />
lG 63 Chuck Walton<br />
C 54 ed Flanagan<br />
rG 66 Bob Kowalkowski<br />
rt 76 rockne Freitas<br />
te 88 Charlie sanders<br />
Wr 49 larry Walton<br />
QB 11 Greg landry<br />
rB 42 altie taylor<br />
rB 36 steve Owens<br />
Defense<br />
le 83 Jim Mitchell<br />
lt 77 Dick eve<br />
rt 82 Jerry rush<br />
re 74 larry Hand<br />
llB 50 Paul Naumoff<br />
MlB 53 Mike lucci<br />
rlB 55 Wayne Walker<br />
lCB 20 lem Barney<br />
rCB 44 Dick leBeau<br />
ls 28 Mike Weger<br />
rs 48 tom Vaughn<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: ed Flanagan (C), Greg landry (QB), Mike lucci (lB), steve Owens (rB), Charlie<br />
sanders (te)<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 269 210<br />
rushing 131 97<br />
Passing 104 99<br />
Penalty 34 14<br />
Total net Yards 4577 3859<br />
avg. Per Game 326.9 275.6<br />
Total Plays 862 756<br />
avg. Per Play 5.3 5.1<br />
net Yards Rushing 2376 1842<br />
avg. Per Game 169.7 131.6<br />
total rushes 532 432<br />
net Yards Passing 2201 2017<br />
avg. Per Game 157.2 144.1<br />
sacked/Yards lost 31/252 18/146<br />
Gross Yards 2453 2163<br />
att./Completions 299/157 306/163<br />
Completion Pct. 52.5 53.3<br />
Had Intercepted 14 22<br />
Punts/Average 42/41/7 58/40.2<br />
Penalties/Yards 69/738 97/942<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 35/19 23/11<br />
Touchdowns 39 35<br />
rushing 15 15<br />
Passing 17 17<br />
returns 7 3<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
lions 70 117 96 58 0 341<br />
Opponents 52 105 55 74 0 286<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Mann 0 0 0 0 37/37 22/37 0 103<br />
Owens 10 8 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 60<br />
taylor 5 4 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
Walton 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
sanders 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
McCullouch 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
landry 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
Jessie 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 1 14<br />
lucci 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Farr 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Barney 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Bell 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Weger 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Walker 0 0 0 0 2/2 0/0 0 2<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 39 15 17 7 39/39 22/37 1 341<br />
Opponents 35 15 17 3 35/35 13/25 0 286<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Owens 246 1035 4.2 23 8<br />
taylor 174 736 4.2 36t 4<br />
landry 76 530 7.0 52 3<br />
Farr 22 64 2.9 14 0<br />
Gipson 4 12 3.0 5 0<br />
Munson 3 9 3.0 6 0<br />
triplett 4 4 1.0 6 0<br />
Jessie 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Walton 1 -7 -7.0 -7 0<br />
McCullouch 1 -7 -7.0 -7 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 532 2376 4.5 52 15<br />
Opponents 432 1842 4.3 41 15<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Owens 32 350 10.9 74t 2<br />
sanders 31 502 16.2 49t 5<br />
l. Walton 30 491 16.4 60t 5<br />
taylor 26 270 10.4 64 1<br />
McCullouch 21 552 26.3 76t 3<br />
Cotton 6 88 14.7 34 0<br />
Farr 5 60 12.0 39 1<br />
Jessie 4 87 21.8 51 0<br />
Hughes 1 32 32.0 32 0<br />
Gipson 1 21 21.0 21 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 157 2453 15.6 76t 17<br />
Opponents 163 2163 13.3 66 17<br />
Passing Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
landry 261 136 2237 52.1 8.57 16 6.1 13 5.0 76t 29/232 80.9<br />
Munson 38 21 216 55.3 5.68 1 2.6 1 2.6 34 1/5 69.6<br />
l. Walton 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1/15 0.0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 299 157 2453 52.5 8.20 17 5.7 14 4.7 76t 21/252 79.5<br />
Opponents 306 163 2163 53.3 7.07 17 5.6 22 7.2 66 18/146 64.5<br />
interceptions int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
leBeau 6 76 12.7 40 0<br />
lucci 5 74 14.8 27t 2<br />
rasmussen 4 31 7.8 19 0<br />
Barney 3 78 26.0 28t 1<br />
Walker 2 12 6.0 8 0<br />
Weger 1 16 16.0 16 0<br />
Vaughn 1 8 8.0 8 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 22 295 13.4 40 3<br />
Opponents 14 207 14.8 51 1<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Lg B<br />
Weaver 42 1752 41.7 63 2<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 42 1752 41.7 63 2<br />
Opponents 58 2329 46.2 61 1<br />
Punt Returns PR Fc Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Barney 14 2 122 8.7 38 0<br />
l. Walton 6 6 38 6.3 25 0<br />
Vaughn 2 0 30 15.0 19 0<br />
thompson 1 0 4 4.0 4 0<br />
Hughes 0 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 23 9 194 8.4 38 0<br />
Opponents 18 6 111 6.2 15 0<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Jessie 16 470 29.4 102t 2<br />
Barney 9 222 24.7 48 0<br />
Clark 8 216 27.0 55 0<br />
Gipson 5 105 21.0 27 0<br />
Williams 4 112 28.0 40 0<br />
triplett 3 70 23.3 38 0<br />
Person 2 26 13.0 15 0<br />
Mooney 2 8 4.0 8 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 51 1233 24.2 102t 2<br />
Opponents 70 1627 23.2 48 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Mann 0/0 8/8 8/9 7/8 0/3<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 0/0 8/8 8/9 7/8 0/3<br />
Opponents 1/1 10/10 9/10 8/11 1/1<br />
nFL Standings<br />
nFc central W L T Pct. Pts. OP<br />
Minnesota 11 3 0 .786 245 139<br />
DetrOIt 7 6 1 .538 341 286<br />
Chicago 6 8 0 .429 185 276<br />
Green Bay 4 6 2 .333 274 298<br />
nFc east<br />
Dallas 11 3 0 .786 406 222<br />
Washington 9 4 1 .692 276 190<br />
Philadelphia 6 7 1 .462 221 302<br />
st. louis 4 9 1 .308 231 279<br />
NY Giants 4 10 0 .286 228 362<br />
nFc West<br />
san Francisco 9 5 0 .643 300 216<br />
los angeles 8 5 1 .615 313 260<br />
atlanta 7 6 1 .538 274 277<br />
New Orleans 4 8 2 .333 266 347<br />
AFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Cleveland 9 5 0 .643 285 273<br />
Pittsburgh 6 8 0 .429 246 292<br />
Houston 4 9 1 .308 251 330<br />
Cincinnati 4 10 0 .286 284 265<br />
AFc east<br />
Miami 10 3 1 .769 315 174<br />
Baltimore 10 4 0 .714 313 140<br />
New england 6 8 0 .429 238 325<br />
NY Jets 6 8 0 .429 212 299<br />
Buffalo 1 13 0 .071 184 394<br />
AFc West<br />
Kansas City 10 3 1 .769 302 208<br />
Oakland 6 4 2 .667 344 278<br />
san Diego 6 8 0 .429 311 341<br />
Denver 4 9 1 .308 203 275<br />
Dal defeated Min, 20-12, and sF defeated Was, 24-20, in NFC playoffs. Dal defeated sF, 14-3, for NFC title.<br />
Mia defeated KC, 27-24, and Bal defeated Cle, 20-3, in aFC playoffs. Mia defeated Bal, 21-0, for aFC title.<br />
Dal defeated Mia, 24-3, for NFl title in sB VI.<br />
IN 1971: The 26th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution lowers voting age to 18.
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