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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 />
Off ense<br />
WR 89 Lu<strong>the</strong>r 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 Lu<strong>the</strong>r Bradley<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: Al Baker (DE), Doug English (DT), David Hill (TE)<br />
Team Stati<strong>st</strong>ics Det Opp<br />
Total Fir<strong>st</strong> 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 Lo<strong>st</strong> 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 Lo<strong>st</strong> 35/15 41/19<br />
Touchdowns 33 39<br />
Rushing 12 18<br />
Passing 19 19<br />
Returns 2 2<br />
PoInts ored Sc<br />
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
Lions 70 106 57 57 - 290<br />
Opponents 50 86 75 89 - 300<br />
Scoring<br />
Ricardo<br />
Bussey<br />
King<br />
Hill<br />
J. Thompson<br />
L. Thompson<br />
Blue<br />
Kane<br />
Scott<br />
Allen<br />
Bradley<br />
Gaines<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
TD<br />
0<br />
6<br />
6<br />
4<br />
4<br />
4<br />
2<br />
2<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
33<br />
39<br />
Ru<br />
0<br />
5<br />
4<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
12<br />
18<br />
Pa<br />
0<br />
1<br />
2<br />
4<br />
4<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
19<br />
19<br />
Rt<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
2<br />
2<br />
PAT<br />
32/33<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 />
32/33<br />
38/39<br />
FG<br />
20/28<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 />
20/28<br />
8/13<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 />
Pts<br />
92<br />
36<br />
36<br />
24<br />
24<br />
24<br />
12<br />
12<br />
12<br />
6<br />
6<br />
6<br />
290<br />
300<br />
Rushing<br />
Bussey<br />
King<br />
Gaines<br />
Kane<br />
Danielson<br />
Scott<br />
Landry<br />
O’Neil<br />
Hill<br />
Blue<br />
Daykin<br />
L. Thompson<br />
J. Thompson<br />
Bolton<br />
Reed<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Att<br />
225<br />
155<br />
54<br />
44<br />
22<br />
4<br />
5<br />
1<br />
3<br />
5<br />
1<br />
1<br />
2<br />
2<br />
1<br />
525<br />
565<br />
Yds<br />
824<br />
660<br />
178<br />
153<br />
93<br />
53<br />
29<br />
25<br />
12<br />
9<br />
8<br />
7<br />
7<br />
5<br />
0<br />
2163<br />
2184<br />
Avg<br />
4.1<br />
4.3<br />
3.3<br />
3.5<br />
4.2<br />
13.3<br />
5.8<br />
25.0<br />
4.0<br />
1.8<br />
8.0<br />
7.0<br />
3.5<br />
2.5<br />
0.0<br />
4.1<br />
3.9<br />
Lg<br />
36<br />
75t<br />
12<br />
19<br />
25<br />
36<br />
19<br />
25<br />
13<br />
10<br />
8<br />
7<br />
10<br />
3<br />
0<br />
75t<br />
76t<br />
TD<br />
5<br />
4<br />
1<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
12<br />
18<br />
Receiving<br />
Hill<br />
King<br />
Scott<br />
Blue<br />
Bussey<br />
J. Thompson<br />
Kane<br />
Rec<br />
53<br />
48<br />
37<br />
31<br />
31<br />
18<br />
16<br />
Yds<br />
633<br />
396<br />
564<br />
250<br />
275<br />
175<br />
161<br />
Avg<br />
11.9<br />
8.3<br />
15.2<br />
11.3<br />
8.9<br />
9.7<br />
10.1<br />
Lg<br />
32<br />
34<br />
47<br />
26<br />
18t<br />
21<br />
26<br />
TD<br />
4<br />
2<br />
2<br />
2<br />
1<br />
4<br />
0<br />
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS<br />
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L. Thompson<br />
Gaines<br />
Jarvis<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
10<br />
2<br />
1<br />
247<br />
191<br />
167<br />
16<br />
9<br />
2746<br />
2781<br />
16.7<br />
8.0<br />
9.0<br />
11.1<br />
14.6<br />
45t<br />
9<br />
9<br />
47<br />
55t<br />
4<br />
0<br />
0<br />
19<br />
19<br />
Passing<br />
Danielson<br />
Landry<br />
Skladany<br />
King<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
351 199 2294 56.7 6.54 18 5.1 17 4.8 47t 25/237 73.6<br />
77 48 452 62.3 5.87 1 1.3 1 1.3 20 21/205 77.4<br />
1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1<br />
0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1/2 -<br />
429 247 2746 57.6 6.40 19 4.4 18 4.2 47t 47/444 73.9<br />
350 191 2781 54.6 7.95 19 5.4 22 6.3 55/482 72.6<br />
Interceptions<br />
Allen<br />
O’Neil<br />
Bradley<br />
Weaver<br />
Hunter<br />
Rhodes<br />
Pinkney<br />
Naumoff<br />
Williams<br />
Burns<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Int<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
22<br />
18<br />
Yds<br />
70<br />
49<br />
85<br />
32<br />
-4<br />
24<br />
22<br />
12<br />
2<br />
0<br />
292<br />
75<br />
Avg<br />
14.0<br />
12.3<br />
28.3<br />
10.7<br />
-2.0<br />
24.0<br />
22.0<br />
12.0<br />
2.0<br />
0.0<br />
13.3<br />
4.2<br />
Lg<br />
27<br />
31<br />
76t<br />
22<br />
0<br />
24<br />
22<br />
12<br />
2<br />
0<br />
76t<br />
23<br />
TD<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
Punting<br />
Skladany<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Pnt<br />
86<br />
87<br />
87<br />
Yds<br />
3654<br />
3654<br />
3500<br />
Avg<br />
42.5<br />
42.0<br />
40.2<br />
In<br />
18<br />
18<br />
19<br />
Lg<br />
63<br />
63<br />
59<br />
B<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
Punt Returns<br />
J. Thompson<br />
Leonard<br />
Scott<br />
Blue<br />
L. Thompson<br />
Hunter<br />
Williams<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
PR<br />
16<br />
10<br />
8<br />
7<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
47<br />
54<br />
FC<br />
2<br />
0<br />
1<br />
7<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
11<br />
8<br />
Yds<br />
161<br />
114<br />
55<br />
59<br />
19<br />
21<br />
1<br />
430<br />
467<br />
Avg<br />
10.1<br />
11.4<br />
6.9<br />
8.4<br />
6.3<br />
10.5<br />
1.0<br />
9.1<br />
8.6<br />
Lg<br />
35<br />
24<br />
15<br />
15<br />
9<br />
19<br />
1<br />
35<br />
49<br />
TD<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Kickoff Returns<br />
J. Thompson<br />
L. Thompson<br />
Kane<br />
Blue<br />
Terry<br />
Scott<br />
Callicutt<br />
Hunter<br />
McGee<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
KR<br />
14<br />
8<br />
8<br />
7<br />
7<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
51<br />
69<br />
Yds<br />
346<br />
207<br />
156<br />
170<br />
145<br />
72<br />
12<br />
21<br />
0<br />
1129<br />
1424<br />
Avg<br />
24.7<br />
25.9<br />
19.5<br />
24.3<br />
20.7<br />
24.0<br />
6.0<br />
21.0<br />
0.0<br />
22.1<br />
20.6<br />
Lg<br />
42<br />
31<br />
27<br />
60<br />
30<br />
29<br />
10<br />
21<br />
0<br />
60<br />
77<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 />
Field Goals<br />
Ricardo<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
1-19<br />
3/3<br />
3/3<br />
0/0<br />
20-29<br />
7/7<br />
7/7<br />
5/5<br />
30-39<br />
6/8<br />
6/8<br />
1/2<br />
40-49<br />
4/9<br />
4/9<br />
2/4<br />
50+<br />
0/1<br />
0/1<br />
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 Ea<strong>st</strong><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 We<strong>st</strong><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 />
Hou<strong>st</strong>on 10 6 0 .625 283 298<br />
Cleveland 8 8 0 .500 334 356<br />
Cincinnati 4 12 0 .250 252 284<br />
AFC Ea<strong>st</strong><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 />
Buff alo 5 11 0 .313 302 354<br />
Baltimore 5 11 0 .313 239 421<br />
AFC We<strong>st</strong><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 />
playoff s. 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 playoff s. 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 a er 34 days as Pope.
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