2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1970
Record: 10-4, 2nd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/20 W 40-0 at Green Bay 56,263
9/27 W 38-3 Cincinnati 58,202
10/5 W 28-14 Chicago 58,210
10/11 L 10-31 at Washington 50,414
10/18 W 41-24 at Cleveland 83,577
10/25 W 16-10 at Chicago 45,632
11/1 L 17-30 Minnesota 58,210
11/8 L 17-19 at New Orleans 66,910
11/15 L 20-24 at Minnesota 47,900
11/22 W 28-7 San Francisco 56,232
11/26 W 28-14 Oakland 56,597
12/6 W 16-3 St. Louis 56,362
12/14 W 28-23 at Los Angeles 79,441
12/20 W 20-0 Green Bay 57,387
NFC Playoffs
12/26 L 0-5 at Dallas 73,167
Usual Starters
Offense
Defense
WR 25 Earl McCulloch (8)
85 Chuck Hughes (6)
LE 83 Jim Mitchell (8)
84 Joe Robb (6)
LT 73 Roger Shoals
LT 71 Alex Karras
LG 63 Chuck Walton
RT 82 Jerry Rush
C 54 Ed Flanagan
RE 74 Larry Hand
RG 68 Frank Gallagher
LLB 50 Paul Naumoff
RT 76 Rockne Freitas
MLB 53 Mike Lucci
TE 88 Charlie Sanders
RLB 55 Wayne Walker
WR 49 Larry Walton
QB 19 Bill Munson
LCB 20 Lem Barney
RCB 44 Dick LeBeau
RB 42 Altie Taylor
LS 28 Mike Weger
RB 24 Mel Farr
RS 47 W. Rasmussen (8)
48 Tom Vaughn (7)
Pro Bowl Selections: Mel Farr (RB), Ed Flanagan (C), Paul Naumoff (LB), Charlie Sanders (TE)
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 463 359
Rushing 243 186
Passing 113 61
Penalty 107 112
Total Net Yards 3984 3448
Avg. Per Game 284.6 246.3
Total Plays 844 756
Avg. Per Play 4.7 4.6
Net Yards Rushing 2127 1152
Avg. Per Game 151.9 82.3
Total Rushes 514 362
Net Yards Passing 2121 2491
Avg. Per Game 151.5 177.9
Sacked/Yards Lost 36/264 23/195
Gross Yards 3168 4404
Att./Completions 294/167 371/194
Completion Pct. 56.8 52.3
Had Intercepted 12 28
Punts/Average 62/40.0 70/39.1
Penalties/Yards 58/659 90/805
Fumbles/Ball Lost 26/15 30/16
Touchdowns 41 22
Rushing 16 7
Passing 19 14
Returns 6 1
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 65 111 71 100 - 347
Opponents 61 44 23 74 - 202
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Mann 0 0 0 0 41/41 20/29 0 101
Farr 11 9 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 66
Sanders 6 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
Walton 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
McCulloch 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Taylor 4 2 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Barney 3 0 0 3 0/0 0/0 0 18
Owens 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Eddy 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Landry 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Triplett 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Hand 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Weger 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Williams 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 41 16 19 6 41/41 20/29 0 347
Opponents 22 7 14 1 22/22 16/26 0 202
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Farr 166 717 4.3 36 9
Taylor 198 666 3.4 34 2
Landry 35 350 10.0 76 1
Triplett 48 156 3.3 11t 1
Owens 36 122 3.4 23 2
Eddy 18 47 2.6 9 1
Munson 9 33 3.7 11 0
Walton 2 20 10.0 16 0
Maxwell 1 9 9.0 9 0
McCulloch 1 7 7.0 7 0
Lions 514 2127 4.1 76 16
Opponents 362 1152 3.2 28 7
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Sanders 40 544 13.6 34 6
Walton 30 532 17.7 56 2
Farr 29 213 7.3 58 2
Taylor 27 261 9.7 42 2
McCulloch 15 278 18.5 44 4
Hughes 8 162 20.3 42 2
Triplett 6 52 8.6 15 0
Eddy 4 22 5.5 9 0
Owens 4 21 5.3 11 0
Brown 2 38 19.0 23 0
Cotton 1 6 6.0 6 0
Freitas 1 -8 -8.0 -8 0
Lions 167 2121 12.7 58 19
Opponents 193 2491 12.8 79 14
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Landry 136 83 1072 61.0 7.8 9 6.6 5 3.4 58 26/198 92.5
Munson 158 84 1019 53.2 6.5 10 6.3 7 4.4 56 10/66 75.9
Lions 294 167 2121 56.8 7.2 19 6.5 12 4.1 58 36/264 84.0
Opponents 371 194 2491 52.3 6.7 14 3.8 28 7.6 79 23/195 54.8
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
LeBeau 9 96 10.7 43 0
Barney 7 168 24.0 49t 2
Weger 5 52 10.4 29t 1
Rasmussen 2 21 10.5 14 0
Lucci 2 18 9.0 12 0
Hand 1 62 62.0 62t 1
Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0
Vaughn 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 28 247 14.9 62t 4
Opponents 12 174 14.5 42 1
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Lg B
Weaver 62 2483 40.0 65 1
Lions 62 2483 40.0 65 1
Opponents 70 2736 39.1 58 1
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Barney 25 3 259 10.4 65 1
Eddy 4 5 25 6.3 10 0
Vaughn 3 5 22 7.3 14 0
Walton 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 34 13 306 9.0 65 1
Opponents 29 12 113 3.9 24 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Williams 25 544 21.7 85t 1
Eddy 7 168 24.0 29 0
Vaughn 3 66 22.0 25 0
Barney 2 96 48.0 74 0
Owens 1 26 26.0 26 0
Walton 1 21 21.0 21 0
Maxwell 1 20 20.0 20 0
Mooney 1 12 12.0 12 0
Naumoff 2 6 3.0 6 0
Lions 43 959 22.3 85t 1
Opponents 67 1427 21.3 41 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Mann 8/8 2/3 3/5 4/7 3/6
Lions 8/8 2/3 3/5 4/7 3/6
Opponents 5/5 6/9 3/5 1/4 1/3
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Minnesota 12 2 0 .857 335 143
DETROIT 10 4 0 .714 347 202
Chicago 6 8 0 .429 196 293
Green Bay 6 8 0 .429 256 261
NFC East
Dallas 10 4 0 .714 299 221
NY Giants 9 5 0 .643 301 270
St. Louis 8 5 1 .615 325 228
Washington 6 8 0 .429 297 314
Philadelphia 3 10 1 .231 2412 332
NFC West
San Francisco 10 3 1 .769 352 267
Los Angeles 9 4 1 .692 325 202
Atlanta 4 8 2 .333 206 261
New Orleans 2 11 1 .154 172 347
AFC Central W L T Pct. Pts. OP
Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 312 255
Cleveland 7 7 0 .500 286 265
Pittsburgh 5 9 0 .357 210 272
Houston 3 10 1 .231 217 352
AFC East
Baltimore 11 2 1 .846 321 234
Miami 10 4 0 .714 297 228
NY Jets 4 10 0 .286 255 286
Buffalo 3 10 1 .231 204 337
Boston 2 12 0 .143 149 361
AFC West
Oakland 8 4 2 .667 300 293
Kansas City 7 5 2 .583 272 244
San Diego 5 6 3 .455 282 278
Denver 5 8 1 .385 253 264
Dal defeated DET, 5-0, and SF defeated Min, 17-14, in NFC playoffs. Dal defeated SF, 17-10 for NFC title.
Bal defeated Cin, 17-0, and Oak defeated Mia, 21-14, in AFC playoffs. Bal defeated Oak, 27-17, for AFC
title. Bal defeated Dal, 16-13, for NFL title in SB V.
IN 1970: Four Kent State University students are slain by National Guardsmen at demonstration
protesting incursion into Cambodia.
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