2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1972
Record: 8-5-1, 2nd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/17 W 30-16 NY Giants 54,418
9/24 L 10-34 Minnesota 54,418
10/1 W 38-24 at Chicago 55,701
10/8 W 26-23 at Atlanta 58,850
10/16 L 23-24 Green Bay 54.418
10/22 W 34-20 San Diego 54,371
10/30 L 24-28 at Dallas 65,378
11/5 W 14-0 Chicago 54,418
11/12 L 14-16 at Minnesota 49,784
11/19 W 27-14 New Orleans 53,752
11/23 W 37-20 NY Jets 54,418
12/3 L 7-33 at Green Bay 55,263
12/10 T 21-21 at Buffalo 41,583
12/17 W 34-17 at Los Angeles 71,761
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 89 Ron Jessie
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
Pro Bowl Selections: Lem Barney (DB), Rocky Freitas (T)
Defense
LE 83 Jim Mitchell
LT 70 Larry Woods
RT 73 Bob Bell
RE 74 Larry Hand
LLB 50 Paul Naumoff
MLB 53 Mike Lucci
RLB 55 Wayne Walker
LCB 20 Lem Barney
RCB 46 Rudy Redmond
LS 28 Mike Weger
RS 44 Dick LeBeau
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 240 239
Rushing 120 126
Passing 97 103
Penalty 23 10
3rd Down: Made/Att 88/183 82/195
3rd Down Pct. 48.1 42.1
Total Net Yards 4155 4208
Avg. Per Game 296.8 300.6
Total Plays 804 824
Avg. Per Play 5.2 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 2021 2204
Avg. Per Game 144.4 157.4
Total Rushes 473 491
Net Yards Passing 2134 2004
Avg. Per Game 152.4 143.1
Sacked/Yards Lost 26/149 21/142
Gross Yards 2283 2146
Att./Completions 305/155 312/171
Completion Pct. 50.8 54.8
Had Intercepted 18 12
Punts/Average 43/40.3 46/38.8
Penalties/Yards 48/417 86/703
Fumbles/Ball Lost 17/7 32/15
Touchdowns 40 34
Rushing 20 14
Passing 19 18
Returns 1 2
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 46 120 72 101 0 339
Opponents 41 86 72 91 0 290
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Mann 0 0 0 0 30/39 20/29 0 98
Landry 9 9 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 54
Taylor 6 4 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
Walton 6 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
Owens 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Jessie 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Farr 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Sanders 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Barnes 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Cotton 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Hilton 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Eddy 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
McCullouch 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Redmond 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Zofko 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 1
Lions 40 20 19 1 31/40 20/29 0 339
Opponents 34 14 18 2 32/34 18/34 0 290
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Taylor 154 658 4.3 38t 4
Landry 81 524 6.5 38 9
Owens 143 519 3.6 18 4
Farr 62 216 3.5 22 3
Triplett 17 48 2.8 9 0
Zofko 7 28 4.0 9 0
Eddy 8 28 3.5 10 0
Munson 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 473 2021 4.3 38t 20
Opponents 491 2204 4.5 43 14
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Taylor 29 250 8.6 40t 2
Sanders 27 416 15.4 38 2
Walton 24 485 20.3 48t 6
Jessie 24 424 17.7 82t 4
Owens 15 106 6.7 15 0
Farr 10 132 13.2 42 0
Cotton 8 129 16.1 35 1
Hilton 5 133 26.6 66t 1
McCullouch 5 96 19.2 33 1
Barnes 4 58 14.5 17 1
Zofko 2 46 23.0 36t 1
Eddy 2 14 7.0 17 0
Lions 155 2283 14.7 821 19
Opponents 141 2146 12.5 58t 18
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Landry 268 134 2066 50.0 7.71 18 6.7 17 6.3 82t 25/149 71.8
Munson 35 20 194 57.1 5.54 1 2.9 1 2.9 29t 1/0 70.4
McCullouch 1 1 23 100.0 23.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 0/0 181.3
Jessie 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1
Lions 305 155 2283 50.8 7.49 19 6.2 18 5.9 82t 26/149 71.8
Opponents 312 171 2146 54.8 6.88 18 5.8 12 3.9 58t 21/142 79.6
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Barney 3 88 29.3 64 0
Redmond 2 91 45.5 88t 1
Rasmussen 2 1 0.5 1 0
Lucci 2 0 0.0 0 0
Naumoff 1 4 4.0 0 0
Mitchell 1 0 0.0 0 0
C. Weaver 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 12 184 15.3 88t 1
Opponents 18 294 16.3 43 0
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Lg B
Weaver 43 1734 40.3 55 0
Lions 43 1734 40.3 55 0
Opponents 46 1783 38.8 53 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Barney 15 8 108 7.2 26 0
L. Walton 3 6 -8 -2.7 -1 0
Lions 18 14 100 5.6 26 0
Opponents 26 6 321 12.3 80t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Jessie 23 558 24.3 62 0
Zofko 26 616 23.7 49 0
Barney 1 17 17.0 17 0
Triplett 1 12 12.0 12 0
Orvis 1 5 5.0 5 0
L. Walton 0 96 - - 0
Lions 52 1304 25.1 62 0
Opponents 68 1593 23.4 92t 1
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Mann 3/3 5/5 8/11 3/9 1/1
Lions 3/3 5/5 8/11 3/9 1/1
Opponents 4/4 5/5 6/10 3/14 0/1
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 304 226
DETROIT 8 5 1 .607 330 290
Minnesota 7 7 0 .500 301 252
Chicago 4 9 1 .321 225 275
NFC East
Washington 11 3 0 .786 336 218
Dallas 10 4 0 .714 319 240
NY Giants 8 6 0 .571 331 247
St. Louis 4 9 1 .321 193 303
Philadelphia 2 11 1 .179 145 352
NFC West
San Francisco 8 5 1 .607 353 249
Atlanta 8 7 0 .500 269 274
Los Angeles 6 7 1 .464 291 286
New Orleans 2 11 1 .179 215 361
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Pittsburgh 11 3 0 .786 343 175
Cleveland 10 4 0 .714 268 249
Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 299 229
Houston 1 13 0 .071 164 380
AFC East
Miami 14 0 0 1.000 385 171
NY Jets 7 7 0 .500 367 324
Baltimore 5 9 0 .357 235 252
Buffalo 4 9 1 .321 257 377
New England 3 11 0 .214 192 446
AFC West
Oakland 10 3 1 .750 365 248
Kansas City 8 6 0 .571 287 254
Denver 5 9 0 .357 325 350
San Diego 4 9 1 .321 264 344
Dal defeated SF, 30-26, and Was defeated GB, 16-3, in NFC playoffs. Was defeated Dal, 26-3, for NFC title.
Mia defeated Cle, 20-14, and Pit defeated Oak 13-7, in AFC playoffs. Mia defeated Pit, 21-17, for AFC title.
Mia defeated Was, 14-7, for NFL title in SB VII.
IN 1972: Five men are apprehended by police in attempt to bug Democratic National Committee
headquarters in Washington D.C.’s Watergate complex.
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