PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
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Year-BY-Year resuLts<br />
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1973<br />
Record: 6-7-1, 2nd nFc central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/16 l 10-24 at Pittsburgh 48,913<br />
9/23 t 13-13 at Green Bay 56,267<br />
10/1 W 31-6 atlanta 54,418<br />
10/7 l 9-23 Minnesota 54,418<br />
10/14 l 13-20 at New Orleans 57,810<br />
10/21 l 27-29 Baltimore 53,688<br />
10/28 W 34-0 Green Bay 53,859<br />
11/4 W 30-20 san Francisco 54,348<br />
11/11 l 7-28 at Minnesota 48,503<br />
11/18 W 30-7 at Chicago 55,701<br />
11/22 l 0-20 Washington 54,418<br />
12/2 W 20-16 at st. louis 47,712<br />
12/9 W 40-7 Chicago 52,641<br />
12/15 l 7-34 at Miami 80,047<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
Wr 89 ron Jessie<br />
lt 75 Jim Yarbrough<br />
lG 60 Guy Dennis<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 (7)<br />
19 Bill Munson (7)<br />
rB 42 altie taylor<br />
rB 36 steve Owens<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: lem Barney (DB), ed Flanagan (C)<br />
Defense<br />
le 82 Ken sanders<br />
lt 80 Herb Orvis<br />
rt 73 Bob Bell<br />
re 74 larry Hand<br />
llB 50 Paul Naumoff<br />
MlB 53 Mike lucci<br />
rlB 59 Charlie Weaver<br />
lCB 20 lem Barney<br />
rCB 23 levi Johnson<br />
ls 28 Mike Weger<br />
rs 26 Dick Jauron<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 237 245<br />
rushing 122 127<br />
Passing 104 98<br />
Penalty 11 20<br />
3rd Down: Made/att 67/187 71/190<br />
3rd Down Pct. 35.8 37.4<br />
Total net Yards 4046 3905<br />
avg. Per Game 289.0 278.9<br />
Total Plays 850 866<br />
avg. Per Play 4.7 4.5<br />
net Yards Rushing 2133 2117<br />
avg. Per Game 152.4 151.2<br />
total rushes 496 501<br />
net Yards Passing 1913 1788<br />
avg. Per Game 136.6 127.7<br />
sacked/Yards lost 27/192 33/270<br />
Gross Yards 2105 2058<br />
att./Completions 327/171 332/173<br />
Completion Pct. 52.3 52.1<br />
Had Intercepted 19 22<br />
Punts/Average 54/43.2 65/41.5<br />
Penalties/Yards 64/584 68/606<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 30/14 31/11<br />
Touchdowns 30 26<br />
rushing 17 10<br />
Passing 12 15<br />
returns 1 1<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
lions 54 90 52 75 0 271<br />
Opponents 55 96 46 50 0 247<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Mann 0 0 0 0 14/14 13/19 0 53<br />
O’Brien 0 0 0 0 14/14 8/14 0 38<br />
taylor 5 5 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
l. Walton 5 1 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
Mel Farr 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
Jessie 4 1 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
Owens 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
landry 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
C. sanders 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Barnes 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Crosswhite 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Hilton 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Jauron 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
McCullouch 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 30 17 12 1 28/28 21/33 0 271<br />
Opponents 26 10 15 1 25/26 22/31 0 247<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
taylor 176 719 4.1 34 5<br />
Owens 113 401 3.5 16 3<br />
Mel Farr 97 373 3.8 32t 4<br />
landry 42 267 6.4 18 2<br />
Hooks 19 110 5.8 24 0<br />
l. Walton 5 100 20.0 57t 1<br />
Munson 10 33 3.3 11 0<br />
Zofko 11 33 3.0 8 0<br />
Jessie 5 31 6.2 17 1<br />
Crosswhite 11 30 2.7 5 1<br />
H. Weaver 1 18 18.0 18 0<br />
McCullouch 2 12 6.0 13 0<br />
Barney 2 9 4.5 7 0<br />
C. sanders 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0<br />
Cappleman 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 496 2133 4.3 57t 17<br />
Opponents 501 2117 4.2 35 10<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
C. sanders 28 433 15.5 54 2<br />
taylor 27 252 9.3 35 0<br />
Mel Farr 26 183 7.0 27 0<br />
Owens 24 232 9.7 30 0<br />
l. Walton 22 309 14.0 49t 4<br />
Jessie 20 364 18.2 84t 3<br />
McCullouch 9 179 19.9 42 1<br />
Hilton 6 70 11.7 31 1<br />
Barnes 3 43 14.3 23t 1<br />
Zofko 2 16 8.0 9 0<br />
O’Brien 2 14 7.0 9 0<br />
Hooks 1 6 6.0 6 0<br />
Crosswhite 1 4 4.0 4 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 171 2105 12.3 84t 12<br />
Opponents 173 2058 11.9 66t 15<br />
Passing Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
Munson 187 95 1129 50.8 6.04 9 4.8 8 4.3 54 14/94 67.7<br />
landry 128 70 908 54.7 7.09 3 2.3 10 7.8 84t 13/98 52.4<br />
Cappleman 11 5 33 45.5 3.00 0 0.0 1 9.1 8 0/0 14.6<br />
Zofko 1 1 35 100.0 35.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 0/0 231.3<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 327 171 2105 52.3 6.47 12 3.7 19 5.8 84t 27/192 56.3<br />
Opponents 332 173 2058 52.1 6.19 15 4.5 22 6.6 66t 33/270 58.8<br />
interceptions int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Johnson 5 82 16.4 38 0<br />
Jauron 4 208 52.0 95t 1<br />
Barney 4 130 32.5 38 0<br />
lucci 4 50 12.5 21 0<br />
C. Weaver 2 32 16.0 27 0<br />
Weger 2 20 10.0 12 0<br />
Miller Farr 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 22 522 23.7 95t 1<br />
Opponents 19 171 9.0 30 0<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Lg B<br />
H. Weaver 54 2333 43.2 66 1<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 54 2333 43.2 66 1<br />
Opponents 65 2700 41.5 58 0<br />
Punt Returns PR Fc Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Barney 27 7 231 8.6 42 0<br />
Jauron 6 4 49 8.2 16 0<br />
l. Walton 1 1 9 9.0 9 0<br />
teal 1 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 35 12 289 8.3 42 0<br />
Opponents 30 6 166 5.5 26 0<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Jauron 17 405 23.8 33 0<br />
taylor 12 295 24.6 60 0<br />
Jessie 6 154 25.7 36 0<br />
thrower 3 54 18.0 23 0<br />
Johnson 3 51 17.0 21 0<br />
Hooks 2 52 26.0 26 0<br />
Barney 1 28 28.0 28 0<br />
Jolly 1 15 15.0 15 0<br />
Zofko 1 7 7.0 7 0<br />
Barnes 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Dennis 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Germany 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
C. Weaver 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 50 1061 21.2 60 0<br />
Opponents 58 1220 21.0 67 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Mann 2/2 2/3 7/9 1/4 1/1<br />
O’Brien 2/2 1/3 5/6 0/2 0/1<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 4/4 3/6 12/15 1/6 1/2<br />
Opponents 4/4 10/10 5/10 3/7 0/0<br />
nFL Standings<br />
nFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Minnesota 12 2 0 .857 296 168<br />
DetrOIt 6 7 1 .464 271 247<br />
Green Bay 5 7 2 .429 202 259<br />
Chicago 3 11 0 .214 195 334<br />
nFc east<br />
Dallas 10 4 0 .714 382 203<br />
Washington 10 4 0 .714 325 198<br />
Philadelphia 5 8 1 .393 310 293<br />
st. louis 4 9 1 .321 286 365<br />
NY Giants 2 11 1 .179 226 362<br />
nFc West<br />
los angeles 12 2 0 .857 388 178<br />
atlanta 9 5 0 .643 318 224<br />
New Orleans 5 9 0 .357 262 319<br />
san Francisco 5 9 0 .357 163 312<br />
AFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Cincinnati 10 4 0 .714 286 231<br />
Pittsburgh 10 4 0 .714 347 210<br />
Cleveland 7 5 2 .571 234 255<br />
Houston 1 13 0 .071 199 447<br />
AFc east<br />
Miami 12 2 0 .857 343 150<br />
Buffalo 9 5 0 .643 259 230<br />
New england 5 9 0 .357 258 300<br />
Baltimore 4 10 0 .286 240 306<br />
NY Jets 4 10 0 .286 226 341<br />
AFc West<br />
Oakland 9 4 1 .679 292 175<br />
Denver 7 5 2 .571 231 192<br />
Kansas City 7 5 2 .571 354 296<br />
san Diego 2 11 1 .179 188 386<br />
Min defeated Was, 27-20, and Dal defeated la, 27-16, in NFC playoffs. Min defeated Dal, 27-10, for NFC<br />
title. Mia defeated Cin, 34-16, and Oak defeated Pit, 33-14, in aFC playoffs. Mia defeated Oak, 27-10, for<br />
aFC title. Mia defeated Min, 24-7, for NFl title in sB VIII.<br />
IN 1973: Secretariat becomes the first horse in 25 years to capture the Triple Crown.