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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1978<br />
Record: 7-9, 3rd nFc central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/3 l 7-13 Green Bay 51,167<br />
9/9 W 15-7 at tampa Bay 64,445<br />
9/17 l 0-19 Chicago 65,982<br />
9/24 l 16-28 at seattle 56,781<br />
10/1 l 14-35 at Green Bay (Mil) 54,601<br />
10/8 l 19-21 Washington 60,555<br />
10/15 l 0-14 at atlanta 51,172<br />
10/22 W 31-14 san Diego 54,031<br />
10/29 W 21-17 at Chicago 53,376<br />
11/5 l 7-17 at Minnesota 46,008<br />
11/12 W 34-23 tampa Bay 60,320<br />
11/19 l 17-29 at Oakland 44,517<br />
11/23 W 17-14 Denver 71,185<br />
12/3 l 14-21 at st. louis 39,200<br />
12/9 W 45-14 Minnesota 78,685*<br />
12/17 W 33-14 san Francisco 56,674<br />
* silverdome sellout<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
Wr 89 luther Blue<br />
te 81 David Hill<br />
lt 76 Karl Baldischwiler<br />
lG 61 Homer elias<br />
C 54 larry tearry<br />
rG 62 lynn Boden<br />
rt 74 Brad Oates<br />
Wr 87 Fred scott<br />
QB 16 Gary Danielson<br />
rB 24 Dexter Bussey<br />
rB 25 Horace King<br />
Defense<br />
le 75 Dave Pureifory<br />
lt 77 John Woodcock<br />
rt 78 Doug english<br />
re 60 al Baker<br />
llB 50 Paul Naumoff<br />
MlB 55 ed O’Neil<br />
rlB 59 Charlie Weaver<br />
lCB 21 Walt Williams<br />
Fs 40 Jimmy allen<br />
ss 29 Mike Burns<br />
rCB 27 luther Bradley<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: al Baker (De), Doug english (Dt), David Hill (te)<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 269 276<br />
rushing 105 115<br />
Passing 141 125<br />
Penalty 23 26<br />
3rd Down: Made/att 75/236 76/220<br />
3rd Down Pct. 31.8 34.5<br />
Total net Yards 4465 4483<br />
avg. Per Game 279.1 280.2<br />
Total Plays 1001 970<br />
avg. Per Play 4.5 4.6<br />
net Yards Rushing 2163 2184<br />
avg. Per Game 135.2 136.5<br />
total rushes 525 565<br />
net Yards Passing 2302 2299<br />
avg. Per Game 143.9 143.7<br />
sacked/Yards lost 47/444 55/482<br />
Gross Yards 2746 2781<br />
att./Completions 429/247 350/191<br />
Completion Pct. 57.6 54.6<br />
Had Intercepted 18 22<br />
Punts/Average 87/42.0 87/40.2<br />
Penalties/Yards 125/1003 128/1043<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 35/15 41/19<br />
Touchdowns 33 39<br />
rushing 12 18<br />
Passing 19 19<br />
returns 2 2<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
lions 70 106 57 57 - 290<br />
Opponents 50 86 75 89 - 300<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
ricardo 0 0 0 0 32/33 20/28 0 92<br />
Bussey 6 5 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 36<br />
King 6 4 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 36<br />
Hill 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
J. thompson 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
l. thompson 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
Blue 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Kane 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
scott 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
allen 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Bradley 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Gaines 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 33 12 19 2 32/33 20/28 0 290<br />
Opponents 39 18 19 2 38/39 8/13 0 300<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Bussey 225 824 4.1 36 5<br />
King 155 660 4.3 75t 4<br />
Gaines 54 178 3.3 12 1<br />
Kane 44 153 3.5 19 2<br />
Danielson 22 93 4.2 25 0<br />
scott 4 53 13.3 36 0<br />
landry 5 29 5.8 19 0<br />
O’Neil 1 25 25.0 25 0<br />
Hill 3 12 4.0 13 0<br />
Blue 5 9 1.8 10 0<br />
Daykin 1 8 8.0 8 0<br />
l. thompson 1 7 7.0 7 0<br />
J. thompson 2 7 3.5 10 0<br />
Bolton 2 5 2.5 3 0<br />
reed 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 525 2163 4.1 75t 12<br />
Opponents 565 2184 3.9 76t 18<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Hill 53 633 11.9 32 4<br />
King 48 396 8.3 34 2<br />
scott 37 564 15.2 47 2<br />
Blue 31 250 11.3 26 2<br />
Bussey 31 275 8.9 18t 1<br />
J. thompson 18 175 9.7 21 4<br />
Kane 16 161 10.1 26 0<br />
l. thompson 10 167 16.7 45t 4<br />
Gaines 2 16 8.0 9 0<br />
Jarvis 1 9 9.0 9 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 247 2746 11.1 47 19<br />
Opponents 191 2781 14.6 55t 19<br />
Passing Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
Danielson 351 199 2294 56.7 6.54 18 5.1 17 4.8 47t 25/237 73.6<br />
landry 77 48 452 62.3 5.87 1 1.3 1 1.3 20 21/205 77.4<br />
skladany 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1<br />
King 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1/2 -<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 429 247 2746 57.6 6.40 19 4.4 18 4.2 47t 47/444 73.9<br />
Opponents 350 191 2781 54.6 7.95 19 5.4 22 6.3 55/482 72.6<br />
interceptions int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
allen 5 70 14.0 27 0<br />
O’Neil 4 49 12.3 31 0<br />
Bradley 3 85 28.3 76t 1<br />
Weaver 3 32 10.7 22 0<br />
Hunter 2 -4 -2.0 0 0<br />
rhodes 1 24 24.0 24 0<br />
Pinkney 1 22 22.0 22 0<br />
Naumoff 1 12 12.0 12 0<br />
Williams 1 2 2.0 2 0<br />
Burns 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 22 292 13.3 76t 1<br />
Opponents 18 75 4.2 23 0<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg in Lg B<br />
skladany 86 3654 42.5 18 63 1<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 87 3654 42.0 18 63 1<br />
Opponents 87 3500 40.2 19 59 0<br />
Punt Returns PR Fc Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
J. thompson 16 2 161 10.1 35 0<br />
leonard 10 0 114 11.4 24 0<br />
scott 8 1 55 6.9 15 0<br />
Blue 7 7 59 8.4 15 0<br />
l. thompson 3 1 19 6.3 9 0<br />
Hunter 2 0 21 10.5 19 0<br />
Williams 1 0 1 1.0 1 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 47 11 430 9.1 35 0<br />
Opponents 54 8 467 8.6 49 0<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
J. thompson 14 346 24.7 42 0<br />
l. thompson 8 207 25.9 31 0<br />
Kane 8 156 19.5 27 0<br />
Blue 7 170 24.3 60 0<br />
terry 7 145 20.7 30 0<br />
scott 3 72 24.0 29 0<br />
Callicutt 2 12 6.0 10 0<br />
Hunter 1 21 21.0 21 0<br />
McGee 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 51 1129 22.1 60 0<br />
Opponents 69 1424 20.6 77 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
ricardo 3/3 7/7 6/8 4/9 0/1<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 3/3 7/7 6/8 4/9 0/1<br />
Opponents 0/0 5/5 1/2 2/4 0/1<br />
nFL Standings<br />
nFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Minnesota 8 7 1 .531 294 306<br />
Green Bay 8 7 1 .531 249 269<br />
DetrOIt 7 9 0 .438 290 300<br />
Chicago 7 9 0 .438 253 274<br />
tampa Bay 5 11 0 .313 241 259<br />
nFc east<br />
Dallas 12 4 0 .750 384 208<br />
Philadelphia 9 7 0 .563 270 250<br />
Washington 8 8 0 .500 273 283<br />
st. louis 6 10 0 .375 248 296<br />
NY Giants 6 10 0 .375 264 298<br />
nFc West<br />
los angeles 12 4 0 .750 316 245<br />
atlanta 9 7 0 .563 240 290<br />
New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 281 298<br />
san Francisco 2 14 0 .125 219 350<br />
AFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Pittsburgh 14 2 0 .875 356 195<br />
Houston 10 6 0 .625 283 298<br />
Cleveland 8 8 0 .500 334 356<br />
Cincinnati 4 12 0 .250 252 284<br />
AFc east<br />
New england 11 5 0 .688 358 286<br />
Miami 11 5 0 .688 372 254<br />
NY Jets 8 8 0 .500 359 364<br />
Buffalo 5 11 0 .313 302 354<br />
Baltimore 5 11 0 .313 239 421<br />
AFc West<br />
Denver 10 6 0 .625 282 198<br />
Oakland 9 7 0 .563 311 283<br />
seattle 9 7 0 .563 345 358<br />
san Diego 9 7 0 .563 355 309<br />
Kansas City 4 12 0 .250 243 327<br />
atl defeated Phi, 14-13, in NFC wild card. Dal defeated atl, 27-20, and la defeated Min, 34-10, in NFC<br />
playoffs. Dal defeated la, 28-0, for NFC title. Hou defeated Mia, 17-9, in aFC wild card. Hou defeated Ne,<br />
14-13, and Pit defeated Den, 33-10, in aFC playoffs. Pit defeated Hou, 34-5, for aFC title. Pit defeated Dal,<br />
35-31, for NFl title in sB XIII.<br />
IN 1978: John Paul I, 65, dies unexpectedly after 34 days as Pope.
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