2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1973
Record: 6-7-1, 2nd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/16 L 10-24 at Pittsburgh 48,913
9/23 T 13-13 at Green Bay 56,267
10/1 W 31-6 Atlanta 54,418
10/7 L 9-23 Minnesota 54,418
10/14 L 13-20 at New Orleans 57,810
10/21 L 27-29 Baltimore 53,688
10/28 W 34-0 Green Bay 53,859
11/4 W 30-20 San Francisco 54,348
11/11 L 7-28 at Minnesota 48,503
11/18 W 30-7 at Chicago 55,701
11/22 L 0-20 Washington 54,418
12/2 W 20-16 at St. Louis 47,712
12/9 W 40-7 Chicago 52,641
12/15 L 7-34 at Miami 80,047
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 89 Ron Jessie
LT 75 Jim Yarbrough
LG 60 Guy Dennis
C 54 Ed Flanagan
RG 66 Bob Kowalkowski
RT 76 Rockne Freitas
TE 88 Charlie Sanders
WR 49 Larry Walton
QB 11 Greg Landry (7)
19 Bill Munson (7)
RB 42 Altie Taylor
RB 36 Steve Owens
Pro Bowl Selections: Lem Barney (DB), Ed Flanagan (C)
Defense
LE 82 Ken Sanders
LT 80 Herb Orvis
RT 73 Bob Bell
RE 74 Larry Hand
LLB 50 Paul Naumoff
MLB 53 Mike Lucci
RLB 59 Charlie Weaver
LCB 20 Lem Barney
RCB 23 Levi Johnson
LS 28 Mike Weger
RS 26 Dick Jauron
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 237 245
Rushing 122 127
Passing 104 98
Penalty 11 20
3rd Down: Made/Att 67/187 71/190
3rd Down Pct. 35.8 37.4
Total Net Yards 4046 3905
Avg. Per Game 289.0 278.9
Total Plays 850 866
Avg. Per Play 4.7 4.5
Net Yards Rushing 2133 2117
Avg. Per Game 152.4 151.2
Total Rushes 496 501
Net Yards Passing 1913 1788
Avg. Per Game 136.6 127.7
Sacked/Yards Lost 27/192 33/270
Gross Yards 2105 2058
Att./Completions 327/171 332/173
Completion Pct. 52.3 52.1
Had Intercepted 19 22
Punts/Average 54/43.2 65/41.5
Penalties/Yards 64/584 68/606
Fumbles/Ball Lost 30/14 31/11
Touchdowns 30 26
Rushing 17 10
Passing 12 15
Returns 1 1
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 54 90 52 75 0 271
Opponents 55 96 46 50 0 247
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Mann 0 0 0 0 14/14 13/19 0 53
O’Brien 0 0 0 0 14/14 8/14 0 38
Taylor 5 5 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
L. Walton 5 1 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Mel Farr 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Jessie 4 1 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Owens 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Landry 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
C. Sanders 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Barnes 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Crosswhite 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Hilton 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Jauron 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
McCullouch 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 30 17 12 1 28/28 21/33 0 271
Opponents 26 10 15 1 25/26 22/31 0 247
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Taylor 176 719 4.1 34 5
Owens 113 401 3.5 16 3
Mel Farr 97 373 3.8 32t 4
Landry 42 267 6.4 18 2
Hooks 19 110 5.8 24 0
L. Walton 5 100 20.0 57t 1
Munson 10 33 3.3 11 0
Zofko 11 33 3.0 8 0
Jessie 5 31 6.2 17 1
Crosswhite 11 30 2.7 5 1
H. Weaver 1 18 18.0 18 0
McCullouch 2 12 6.0 13 0
Barney 2 9 4.5 7 0
C. Sanders 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0
Cappleman 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0
Lions 496 2133 4.3 57t 17
Opponents 501 2117 4.2 35 10
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
C. Sanders 28 433 15.5 54 2
Taylor 27 252 9.3 35 0
Mel Farr 26 183 7.0 27 0
Owens 24 232 9.7 30 0
L. Walton 22 309 14.0 49t 4
Jessie 20 364 18.2 84t 3
McCullouch 9 179 19.9 42 1
Hilton 6 70 11.7 31 1
Barnes 3 43 14.3 23t 1
Zofko 2 16 8.0 9 0
O’Brien 2 14 7.0 9 0
Hooks 1 6 6.0 6 0
Crosswhite 1 4 4.0 4 0
Lions 171 2105 12.3 84t 12
Opponents 173 2058 11.9 66t 15
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Munson 187 95 1129 50.8 6.04 9 4.8 8 4.3 54 14/94 67.7
Landry 128 70 908 54.7 7.09 3 2.3 10 7.8 84t 13/98 52.4
Cappleman 11 5 33 45.5 3.00 0 0.0 1 9.1 8 0/0 14.6
Zofko 1 1 35 100.0 35.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 0/0 231.3
Lions 327 171 2105 52.3 6.47 12 3.7 19 5.8 84t 27/192 56.3
Opponents 332 173 2058 52.1 6.19 15 4.5 22 6.6 66t 33/270 58.8
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Johnson 5 82 16.4 38 0
Jauron 4 208 52.0 95t 1
Barney 4 130 32.5 38 0
Lucci 4 50 12.5 21 0
C. Weaver 2 32 16.0 27 0
Weger 2 20 10.0 12 0
Miller Farr 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 22 522 23.7 95t 1
Opponents 19 171 9.0 30 0
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Lg B
H. Weaver 54 2333 43.2 66 1
Lions 54 2333 43.2 66 1
Opponents 65 2700 41.5 58 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Barney 27 7 231 8.6 42 0
Jauron 6 4 49 8.2 16 0
L. Walton 1 1 9 9.0 9 0
Teal 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 35 12 289 8.3 42 0
Opponents 30 6 166 5.5 26 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Jauron 17 405 23.8 33 0
Taylor 12 295 24.6 60 0
Jessie 6 154 25.7 36 0
Thrower 3 54 18.0 23 0
Johnson 3 51 17.0 21 0
Hooks 2 52 26.0 26 0
Barney 1 28 28.0 28 0
Jolly 1 15 15.0 15 0
Zofko 1 7 7.0 7 0
Barnes 1 0 0.0 0 0
Dennis 1 0 0.0 0 0
Germany 1 0 0.0 0 0
C. Weaver 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 50 1061 21.2 60 0
Opponents 58 1220 21.0 67 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Mann 2/2 2/3 7/9 1/4 1/1
O’Brien 2/2 1/3 5/6 0/2 0/1
Lions 4/4 3/6 12/15 1/6 1/2
Opponents 4/4 10/10 5/10 3/7 0/0
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Minnesota 12 2 0 .857 296 168
DETROIT 6 7 1 .464 271 247
Green Bay 5 7 2 .429 202 259
Chicago 3 11 0 .214 195 334
NFC East
Dallas 10 4 0 .714 382 203
Washington 10 4 0 .714 325 198
Philadelphia 5 8 1 .393 310 293
St. Louis 4 9 1 .321 286 365
NY Giants 2 11 1 .179 226 362
NFC West
Los Angeles 12 2 0 .857 388 178
Atlanta 9 5 0 .643 318 224
New Orleans 5 9 0 .357 262 319
San Francisco 5 9 0 .357 163 312
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Cincinnati 10 4 0 .714 286 231
Pittsburgh 10 4 0 .714 347 210
Cleveland 7 5 2 .571 234 255
Houston 1 13 0 .071 199 447
AFC East
Miami 12 2 0 .857 343 150
Buffalo 9 5 0 .643 259 230
New England 5 9 0 .357 258 300
Baltimore 4 10 0 .286 240 306
NY Jets 4 10 0 .286 226 341
AFC West
Oakland 9 4 1 .679 292 175
Denver 7 5 2 .571 231 192
Kansas City 7 5 2 .571 354 296
San Diego 2 11 1 .179 188 386
Min defeated Was, 27-20, and Dal defeated LA, 27-16, in NFC playoffs. Min defeated Dal, 27-10, for NFC
title. Mia defeated Cin, 34-16, and Oak defeated Pit, 33-14, in AFC playoffs. Mia defeated Oak, 27-10, for
AFC title. Mia defeated Min, 24-7, for NFL title in SB VIII.
IN 1973: Secretariat becomes the first horse in 25 years to capture the Triple Crown.
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