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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 Hou<strong>st</strong>on 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 />
Off ense<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 We<strong>st</strong><br />
RS 26 Dick Jauron<br />
Team Stati<strong>st</strong>ics Det Opp<br />
Total Fir<strong>st</strong> 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 Lo<strong>st</strong> 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 Lo<strong>st</strong> 28/18 30/17<br />
Touchdowns 29 31<br />
Rushing 10 12<br />
Passing 15 16<br />
Returns 4 3<br />
PoInts ored Sc<br />
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
Lions 54 49 61 82 0 246<br />
Opponents 47 53 95 64 3 262<br />
Scoring<br />
Mann<br />
Briscoe<br />
Bussey<br />
Jarvis<br />
Taylor<br />
Sanders<br />
King<br />
Staggers<br />
Ball<br />
Davis<br />
Johnson<br />
O’Neil<br />
Reed<br />
B. Thompson<br />
Price<br />
Lions<br />
TD<br />
0<br />
4<br />
4<br />
4<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
29<br />
Ru<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
4<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
10<br />
Pa<br />
0<br />
4<br />
2<br />
4<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
15<br />
Rt<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
4<br />
PAT<br />
25/29<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
25/29<br />
FG<br />
14/21<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
14/21<br />
S<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
Pts<br />
67<br />
24<br />
24<br />
24<br />
24<br />
18<br />
12<br />
12<br />
6<br />
6<br />
6<br />
6<br />
6<br />
6<br />
2<br />
245<br />
Opponents 31 12 16 3 26/31 16/23 1 262<br />
Rushing<br />
Bussey<br />
Taylor<br />
B. Thompson<br />
King<br />
Reed<br />
Landry<br />
Staggers<br />
Jarvis<br />
Munson<br />
Briscoe<br />
Hooks<br />
L. Thompson<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Att<br />
157<br />
195<br />
51<br />
61<br />
34<br />
20<br />
2<br />
1<br />
4<br />
2<br />
4<br />
1<br />
532<br />
480<br />
Yds<br />
696<br />
638<br />
268<br />
260<br />
193<br />
92<br />
26<br />
0<br />
-3<br />
-3<br />
-8<br />
-12<br />
2147<br />
1929<br />
Avg<br />
4.4<br />
3.3<br />
5.3<br />
4.3<br />
5.7<br />
4.6<br />
13.0<br />
0.0<br />
-0.8<br />
-0.7<br />
-2.0<br />
-12.0<br />
4.0<br />
4.0<br />
Lg<br />
32t<br />
24<br />
46t<br />
26<br />
22<br />
14<br />
14<br />
0<br />
2<br />
6<br />
3<br />
-12<br />
46t<br />
57t<br />
TD<br />
2<br />
4<br />
1<br />
2<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
10<br />
12<br />
Receiving<br />
Sanders<br />
Jarvis<br />
Briscoe<br />
Taylor<br />
B. Thompson<br />
Bussey<br />
Staggers<br />
King<br />
Farmer<br />
Franklin<br />
McMakin<br />
Rec<br />
37<br />
29<br />
22<br />
21<br />
19<br />
14<br />
14<br />
13<br />
6<br />
5<br />
2<br />
Yds<br />
486<br />
501<br />
347<br />
111<br />
122<br />
175<br />
174<br />
81<br />
86<br />
109<br />
43<br />
Avg<br />
13.1<br />
17.3<br />
15.8<br />
5.3<br />
6.4<br />
12.5<br />
12.4<br />
6.2<br />
14.3<br />
21.8<br />
21.5<br />
Lg<br />
32<br />
62<br />
59t<br />
17<br />
22<br />
65t<br />
23<br />
22<br />
22<br />
36<br />
30<br />
TD<br />
3<br />
4<br />
4<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS<br />
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Hooks<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
1<br />
183<br />
181<br />
5<br />
2240<br />
2377<br />
5.0<br />
12.3<br />
13.1<br />
5<br />
65t<br />
56t<br />
0<br />
15<br />
16<br />
Passing<br />
Reed<br />
Munson<br />
Landry<br />
Concannon<br />
Briscoe<br />
King<br />
H. Weaver<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
191 86 1181 45.0 6.18 9 4.7 10 5.2 65t 14/119 59.3<br />
109 65 626 59.6 5.74 5 54.6 2 1.8 32 8/65 83.4<br />
56 31 403 55.4 7.20 1 1.8 0 0.0 36 17/29 84.2<br />
2 1 30 50.0 15.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 30 1/9 106.3<br />
2 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1<br />
1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1/1 2.1<br />
1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1<br />
362 183 2240 50.6 6.19 15 4.1 12 3.3 65t 41/223 70.0<br />
360 181 2377 50.3 6.60 16 4.4 20 5.6 56t 38/306 63.2<br />
Interceptions<br />
Barney<br />
Jauron<br />
Johnson<br />
Laslavic<br />
Naumoff<br />
Davis<br />
Hand<br />
Weaver<br />
Weger<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Int<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
20<br />
12<br />
Yds<br />
23<br />
39<br />
71<br />
12<br />
11<br />
67<br />
38<br />
31<br />
23<br />
315<br />
82<br />
Avg<br />
4.6<br />
9.8<br />
23.7<br />
6.0<br />
5.5<br />
67.0<br />
38.0<br />
31.0<br />
23.0<br />
15.8<br />
6.8<br />
Lg<br />
13<br />
38<br />
45<br />
10<br />
9<br />
67t<br />
38<br />
31<br />
23<br />
67t<br />
29<br />
TD<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
Punting<br />
Weaver<br />
Mann<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Pnt<br />
80<br />
1<br />
81<br />
80<br />
Yds<br />
3361<br />
34<br />
3395<br />
2958<br />
Avg<br />
42.0<br />
34.0<br />
41.9<br />
36.9<br />
Lg<br />
61<br />
34<br />
61<br />
67<br />
B<br />
1<br />
0<br />
1<br />
5<br />
Punt Returns<br />
We<strong>st</strong><br />
Barney<br />
Jauron<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
PR<br />
22<br />
8<br />
6<br />
36<br />
41<br />
FC<br />
8<br />
3<br />
1<br />
12<br />
5<br />
Yds<br />
219<br />
80<br />
29<br />
328<br />
524<br />
Avg<br />
10.0<br />
10.0<br />
4.8<br />
9.1<br />
12.8<br />
Lg<br />
43<br />
30<br />
10<br />
43<br />
52t<br />
TD<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
Kickoff Returns<br />
B. Thompson<br />
L. Thompson<br />
King<br />
Weger<br />
We<strong>st</strong><br />
Bussey<br />
Hooks<br />
Dunlap<br />
Hennigan<br />
Dennis<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
KR<br />
22<br />
12<br />
6<br />
3<br />
2<br />
2<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
52<br />
53<br />
Yds<br />
565<br />
271<br />
117<br />
42<br />
41<br />
38<br />
8<br />
19<br />
13<br />
0<br />
1114<br />
1084<br />
Avg<br />
25.7<br />
22.6<br />
19.5<br />
14.0<br />
20.5<br />
19.0<br />
4.0<br />
19.0<br />
13.0<br />
0.0<br />
21.4<br />
20.5<br />
Lg<br />
42<br />
33<br />
29<br />
20<br />
25<br />
22<br />
8<br />
19<br />
13<br />
0<br />
42<br />
49<br />
TD<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Field Goals<br />
Mann<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
1-19<br />
1/1<br />
1/1<br />
0/0<br />
20-29<br />
6/6<br />
6/6<br />
8/11<br />
30-39<br />
4/9<br />
4/9<br />
6/8<br />
40-49<br />
3/5<br />
3/5<br />
2/4<br />
50+<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
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 Ea<strong>st</strong><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 We<strong>st</strong><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 />
Hou<strong>st</strong>on 10 4 0 .714 293 226<br />
Cleveland 3 11 0 .214 218 372<br />
AFC Ea<strong>st</strong><br />
Baltimore 10 4 0 .714 395 269<br />
Miami 10 4 0 .714 357 222<br />
Buff alo 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 We<strong>st</strong><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 playoff s. Dal defeated LA, 37-7, for NFC title.<br />
Pit defeated Bal, 28-10, and Oak defeated Cin, 31-28, in AFC playoff s. Pit defeated Oak, 16-10, for AFC<br />
title. Pit defeated Dal, 21-17, for NFL title in SB X.<br />
IN 1975: “One Flew Over <strong>the</strong> Cuckoo’s Ne<strong>st</strong>’’ sweeps <strong>the</strong> Oscars for Be<strong>st</strong> Picture, Director (Milos<br />
Forman), Actor (Jack Nicholson) and Actress (Louise Fletcher).
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