2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1971
Record: 7-6-1, 2nd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/20 L 13-16 Minnesota 54,418
9/26 W 34-7 at New England 61,057
10/3 W 41-38 Atlanta 54,418
10/10 W 31-28 Green Bay 54,418
10/17 W 31-7 at Houston 45,885
10/24 L 23-28 Chicago 54,418
11/1 T 14-14 at Green Bay (Mil) 47,961
11/7 W 24-20 at Denver 51,200
11/14 L 13-21 Los Angeles 54,418
11/21 W 28-3 at Chicago 55,049
11/25 W 32-21 Kansas City 54,418
12/5 L 20-23 Philadelphia 54,418
12/11 L 10-29 at Minnesota 49,784
12/19 L 27-31 at San Francisco 45,580
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 25 Earl McCulloch
LT 75 Jim Yarbrough
LG 63 Chuck Walton
C 54 Ed Flanagan
RG 66 Bob Kowalkowski
RT 76 Rockne Freitas
TE 88 Charlie Sanders
WR 49 Larry Walton
QB 11 Greg Landry
RB 42 Altie Taylor
RB 36 Steve Owens
Defense
LE 83 Jim Mitchell
LT 77 Dick Eve
RT 82 Jerry Rush
RE 74 Larry Hand
LLB 50 Paul Naumoff
MLB 53 Mike Lucci
RLB 55 Wayne Walker
LCB 20 Lem Barney
RCB 44 Dick LeBeau
LS 28 Mike Weger
RS 48 Tom Vaughn
Pro Bowl Selections: Ed Flanagan (C), Greg Landry (QB), Mike Lucci (LB), Steve Owens (RB), Charlie
Sanders (TE)
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 269 210
Rushing 131 97
Passing 104 99
Penalty 34 14
Total Net Yards 4577 3859
Avg. Per Game 326.9 275.6
Total Plays 862 756
Avg. Per Play 5.3 5.1
Net Yards Rushing 2376 1842
Avg. Per Game 169.7 131.6
Total Rushes 532 432
Net Yards Passing 2201 2017
Avg. Per Game 157.2 144.1
Sacked/Yards Lost 31/252 18/146
Gross Yards 2453 2163
Att./Completions 299/157 306/163
Completion Pct. 52.5 53.3
Had Intercepted 14 22
Punts/Average 42/41/7 58/40.2
Penalties/Yards 69/738 97/942
Fumbles/Ball Lost 35/19 23/11
Touchdowns 39 35
Rushing 15 15
Passing 17 17
Returns 7 3
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 70 117 96 58 0 341
Opponents 52 105 55 74 0 286
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Mann 0 0 0 0 37/37 22/37 0 103
Owens 10 8 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 60
Taylor 5 4 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Walton 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Sanders 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
McCullouch 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Landry 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Jessie 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 1 14
Lucci 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12
Farr 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Barney 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Bell 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Weger 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Walker 0 0 0 0 2/2 0/0 0 2
Lions 39 15 17 7 39/39 22/37 1 341
Opponents 35 15 17 3 35/35 13/25 0 286
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Owens 246 1035 4.2 23 8
Taylor 174 736 4.2 36t 4
Landry 76 530 7.0 52 3
Farr 22 64 2.9 14 0
Gipson 4 12 3.0 5 0
Munson 3 9 3.0 6 0
Triplett 4 4 1.0 6 0
Jessie 1 0 0.0 0 0
Walton 1 -7 -7.0 -7 0
McCullouch 1 -7 -7.0 -7 0
Lions 532 2376 4.5 52 15
Opponents 432 1842 4.3 41 15
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Owens 32 350 10.9 74t 2
Sanders 31 502 16.2 49t 5
L. Walton 30 491 16.4 60t 5
Taylor 26 270 10.4 64 1
McCullouch 21 552 26.3 76t 3
Cotton 6 88 14.7 34 0
Farr 5 60 12.0 39 1
Jessie 4 87 21.8 51 0
Hughes 1 32 32.0 32 0
Gipson 1 21 21.0 21 0
Lions 157 2453 15.6 76t 17
Opponents 163 2163 13.3 66 17
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Landry 261 136 2237 52.1 8.57 16 6.1 13 5.0 76t 29/232 80.9
Munson 38 21 216 55.3 5.68 1 2.6 1 2.6 34 1/5 69.6
L. Walton 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1/15 0.0
Lions 299 157 2453 52.5 8.20 17 5.7 14 4.7 76t 21/252 79.5
Opponents 306 163 2163 53.3 7.07 17 5.6 22 7.2 66 18/146 64.5
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
LeBeau 6 76 12.7 40 0
Lucci 5 74 14.8 27t 2
Rasmussen 4 31 7.8 19 0
Barney 3 78 26.0 28t 1
Walker 2 12 6.0 8 0
Weger 1 16 16.0 16 0
Vaughn 1 8 8.0 8 0
Lions 22 295 13.4 40 3
Opponents 14 207 14.8 51 1
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Lg B
Weaver 42 1752 41.7 63 2
Lions 42 1752 41.7 63 2
Opponents 58 2329 46.2 61 1
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Barney 14 2 122 8.7 38 0
L. Walton 6 6 38 6.3 25 0
Vaughn 2 0 30 15.0 19 0
Thompson 1 0 4 4.0 4 0
Hughes 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 23 9 194 8.4 38 0
Opponents 18 6 111 6.2 15 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Jessie 16 470 29.4 102t 2
Barney 9 222 24.7 48 0
Clark 8 216 27.0 55 0
Gipson 5 105 21.0 27 0
Williams 4 112 28.0 40 0
Triplett 3 70 23.3 38 0
Person 2 26 13.0 15 0
Mooney 2 8 4.0 8 0
Lions 51 1233 24.2 102t 2
Opponents 70 1627 23.2 48 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Mann 0/0 8/8 8/9 7/8 0/3
Lions 0/0 8/8 8/9 7/8 0/3
Opponents 1/1 10/10 9/10 8/11 1/1
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct. Pts. OP
Minnesota 11 3 0 .786 245 139
DETROIT 7 6 1 .538 341 286
Chicago 6 8 0 .429 185 276
Green Bay 4 6 2 .333 274 298
NFC East
Dallas 11 3 0 .786 406 222
Washington 9 4 1 .692 276 190
Philadelphia 6 7 1 .462 221 302
St. Louis 4 9 1 .308 231 279
NY Giants 4 10 0 .286 228 362
NFC West
San Francisco 9 5 0 .643 300 216
Los Angeles 8 5 1 .615 313 260
Atlanta 7 6 1 .538 274 277
New Orleans 4 8 2 .333 266 347
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Cleveland 9 5 0 .643 285 273
Pittsburgh 6 8 0 .429 246 292
Houston 4 9 1 .308 251 330
Cincinnati 4 10 0 .286 284 265
AFC East
Miami 10 3 1 .769 315 174
Baltimore 10 4 0 .714 313 140
New England 6 8 0 .429 238 325
NY Jets 6 8 0 .429 212 299
Buffalo 1 13 0 .071 184 394
AFC West
Kansas City 10 3 1 .769 302 208
Oakland 6 4 2 .667 344 278
San Diego 6 8 0 .429 311 341
Denver 4 9 1 .308 203 275
Dal defeated Min, 20-12, and SF defeated Was, 24-20, in NFC playoffs. Dal defeated SF, 14-3, for NFC title.
Mia defeated KC, 27-24, and Bal defeated Cle, 20-3, in AFC playoffs. Mia defeated Bal, 21-0, for AFC title.
Dal defeated Mia, 24-3, for NFL title in SB VI.
IN 1971: The 26th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution lowers voting age to 18.
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