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 />
1975<br />
Record: 7-7, 2nd nFc central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/21 W 30-16 at Green Bay (Mil) 50,781<br />
9/28 W 17-14 at atlanta 45,218<br />
10/6 l 10-36 Dallas 79,784*<br />
10/12 W 27-7 Chicago 74,032<br />
10/19 l 19-25 at Minnesota 47,872<br />
10/26 l 8-24 at Houston 46,904<br />
11/2 W 28-17 at san Francisco 43,209<br />
11/9 W 21-10 Cleveland 75,283<br />
11/16 W 13-10 Green Bay 76,946<br />
11/23 l 21-24ot at Kansas City 55,161<br />
11/27 l 0-20 los angeles 69,552<br />
12/7 l 21-25 at Chicago 37,772<br />
12/14 W 17-10 Minnesota 73,130*<br />
12/21 l 13-24 st. louis 54,656<br />
* silverdome sellout<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
Wr 45 ray Jarvis<br />
lt 75 Jim Yarbrough<br />
lG 62 lynn Boden<br />
C 63 Jon Morris<br />
rG 66 Bob Kowalkowski<br />
rt 76 rockne Freitas<br />
te 88 Charlie sanders<br />
Wr 43 Marlin Briscoe<br />
QB 14 Joe reed<br />
rB 24 Dexter Bussey<br />
rB 42 altie taylor<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: lem Barney (DB), Charlie sanders (te)<br />
Defense<br />
le 82 Ken sanders<br />
lt 80 Herb Orvis<br />
rt 74 larry Hand<br />
re 70 Billy Howard<br />
llB 50 Paul Naumoff<br />
MlB 52 Jim laslavic<br />
rlB 59 Charlie Weaver<br />
lCB 20 lem Barney<br />
rCB 23 levi Johnson<br />
ls 40 Charlie West<br />
rs 26 Dick Jauron<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 241 235<br />
rushing 111 100<br />
Passing 111 116<br />
Penalty 19 19<br />
Total net Yards 4064 4000<br />
avg. Per Game 290.2 285.7<br />
Total Plays 935 878<br />
avg. Per Play 4.3 4.6<br />
net Yards Rushing 2147 1929<br />
avg. Per Game 153.4 137.8<br />
total rushes 532 480<br />
net Yards Passing 2240 2377<br />
avg. Per Game 160.0 169.8<br />
sacked/Yards lost 41/323 38/306<br />
Gross Yards<br />
att./Completions 362/183 360/181<br />
Completion Pct. 50.6 50.3<br />
Had Intercepted 12 20<br />
Punts/Average 81/41.9 80/36.9<br />
Penalties/Yards 95/838 95/784<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 28/18 30/17<br />
Touchdowns 29 31<br />
rushing 10 12<br />
Passing 15 16<br />
returns 4 3<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
lions 54 49 61 82 0 246<br />
Opponents 47 53 95 64 3 262<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Mann 0 0 0 0 25/29 14/21 0 67<br />
Briscoe 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
Bussey 4 2 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
Jarvis 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
taylor 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
sanders 3 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
King 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
staggers 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Ball 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Davis 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Johnson 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
O’Neil 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
reed 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
B. thompson 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Price 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 29 10 15 4 25/29 14/21 1 245<br />
Opponents 31 12 16 3 26/31 16/23 1 262<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Bussey 157 696 4.4 32t 2<br />
taylor 195 638 3.3 24 4<br />
B. thompson 51 268 5.3 46t 1<br />
King 61 260 4.3 26 2<br />
reed 34 193 5.7 22 1<br />
landry 20 92 4.6 14 0<br />
staggers 2 26 13.0 14 0<br />
Jarvis 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Munson 4 -3 -0.8 2 0<br />
Briscoe 2 -3 -0.7 6 0<br />
Hooks 4 -8 -2.0 3 0<br />
l. thompson 1 -12 -12.0 -12 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 532 2147 4.0 46t 10<br />
Opponents 480 1929 4.0 57t 12<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
sanders 37 486 13.1 32 3<br />
Jarvis 29 501 17.3 62 4<br />
Briscoe 22 347 15.8 59t 4<br />
taylor 21 111 5.3 17 0<br />
B. thompson 19 122 6.4 22 0<br />
Bussey 14 175 12.5 65t 2<br />
staggers 14 174 12.4 23 2<br />
King 13 81 6.2 22 0<br />
Farmer 6 86 14.3 22 0<br />
Franklin 5 109 21.8 36 0<br />
McMakin 2 43 21.5 30 0<br />
Hooks 1 5 5.0 5 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 183 2240 12.3 65t 15<br />
Opponents 181 2377 13.1 56t 16<br />
Passing Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
reed 191 86 1181 45.0 6.18 9 4.7 10 5.2 65t 14/119 59.3<br />
Munson 109 65 626 59.6 5.74 5 54.6 2 1.8 32 8/65 83.4<br />
landry 56 31 403 55.4 7.20 1 1.8 0 0.0 36 17/29 84.2<br />
Concannon 2 1 30 50.0 15.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 30 1/9 106.3<br />
Briscoe 2 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1<br />
King 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1/1 2.1<br />
H. Weaver 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 362 183 2240 50.6 6.19 15 4.1 12 3.3 65t 41/223 70.0<br />
Opponents 360 181 2377 50.3 6.60 16 4.4 20 5.6 56t 38/306 63.2<br />
interceptions int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Barney 5 23 4.6 13 0<br />
Jauron 4 39 9.8 38 0<br />
Johnson 3 71 23.7 45 0<br />
laslavic 2 12 6.0 10 0<br />
Naumoff 2 11 5.5 9 0<br />
Davis 1 67 67.0 67t 1<br />
Hand 1 38 38.0 38 0<br />
Weaver 1 31 31.0 31 0<br />
Weger 1 23 23.0 23 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 20 315 15.8 67t 1<br />
Opponents 12 82 6.8 29 0<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Lg B<br />
Weaver 80 3361 42.0 61 1<br />
Mann 1 34 34.0 34 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 81 3395 41.9 61 1<br />
Opponents 80 2958 36.9 67 5<br />
Punt Returns PR Fc Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
West 22 8 219 10.0 43 0<br />
Barney 8 3 80 10.0 30 0<br />
Jauron 6 1 29 4.8 10 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 36 12 328 9.1 43 0<br />
Opponents 41 5 524 12.8 52t 1<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
B. thompson 22 565 25.7 42 0<br />
l. thompson 12 271 22.6 33 0<br />
King 6 117 19.5 29 0<br />
Weger 3 42 14.0 20 0<br />
West 2 41 20.5 25 0<br />
Bussey 2 38 19.0 22 0<br />
Hooks 2 8 4.0 8 0<br />
Dunlap 1 19 19.0 19 0<br />
Hennigan 1 13 13.0 13 0<br />
Dennis 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 52 1114 21.4 42 0<br />
Opponents 53 1084 20.5 49 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Mann 1/1 6/6 4/9 3/5 0/0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 1/1 6/6 4/9 3/5 0/0<br />
Opponents 0/0 8/11 6/8 2/4 0/0<br />
nFL Standings<br />
nFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Minnesota 12 2 0 .857 377 180<br />
DetrOIt 7 7 0 .500 245 262<br />
Chicago 4 10 0 .286 191 379<br />
Green Bay 4 10 0 .286 226 285<br />
nFc east<br />
st. louis 11 3 0 .786 356 276<br />
Dallas 10 4 0 .714 350 268<br />
Washington 8 6 0 .571 325 276<br />
NY Giants 5 9 0 .357 216 306<br />
Philadelphia 4 10 0 .286 225 302<br />
nFc West<br />
los angeles 12 2 0 .857 312 135<br />
san Francisco 5 9 0 .357 255 286<br />
atlanta 4 10 0 .286 240 289<br />
New Orleans 2 12 0 .143 165 360<br />
AFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Pittsburgh 12 2 0 .857 373 162<br />
Cincinnati 11 3 0 .786 340 246<br />
Houston 10 4 0 .714 293 226<br />
Cleveland 3 11 0 .214 218 372<br />
AFc east<br />
Baltimore 10 4 0 .714 395 269<br />
Miami 10 4 0 .714 357 222<br />
Buffalo 8 6 0 .571 420 355<br />
New england 3 11 0 .214 258 433<br />
NY Jets 3 11 0 .214 258 358<br />
AFc West<br />
Oakland 11 3 0 .786 375 255<br />
Denver 6 8 0 .429 254 307<br />
Kansas City 5 9 0 .357 282 341<br />
san Diego 2 12 0 .143 189 345<br />
Dal defeated Min, 17-14, and la defeated stl, 35-23, in NFC playoffs. Dal defeated la, 37-7, for NFC title.<br />
Pit defeated Bal, 28-10, and Oak defeated Cin, 31-28, in aFC playoffs. Pit defeated Oak, 16-10, for aFC<br />
title. Pit defeated Dal, 21-17, for NFl title in sB X.<br />
IN 1975: ª One Flew Over the Cuckoo' s Nest' ' sweeps the Oscars for Best Picture, Director (Milos<br />
Forman), Actor (Jack Nicholson) and Actress (Louise Fletcher).
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