2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1974
Record: 7-7, 2nd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/15 L 9-17 at Chicago 55,202
9/22 L 6-7 Minnesota 49,703
9/29 L 19-21 at Green Bay (Mil) 47,292
10/6 L 13-16 at Los Angeles 64,987
10/14 W 17-13 San Francisco 49,756
10/20 W 20-16 at Minnesota 48,501
10/27 W 19-17 Green Bay 54,418
11/3 W 19-14 New Orleans 49,127
11/10 L 13-35 at Oakland 54,020
11/17 W 20-19 NY Giants 45,859
11/24 W 34-17 Chicago 47,376
11/28 L 27-31 Denver 53,314
12/8 W 23-19 at Cincinnati 59,575
12/15 L 17-28 Philadelphia 66,052
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 19 Bill Munson
RB 36 Steve Owens
RB 30 Jim Hooks
Pro Bowl Selections: Dick Jauron (DB), Charlie Sanders (TE)
Defense
LE 82 Ken Sanders
LT 80 Herb Orvis
RT 83 Jim Mitchell
RE 74 Larry Hand
LLB 50 Paul Naumoff
MLB 52 Jim Laslavic
RLB 59 Charlie Weaver
LCB 20 Lem Barney
RCB 23 Levi Johnson
LS 40 Charlie West
RS 26 Dick Jauron
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 211 270
Rushing 88 127
Passing 114 124
Penalty 9 19
3rd Down: Made/Att 63/177 69/202
3rd Down Pct. 35.6 34.2
Total Net Yards 3653 4338
Avg. Per Game 260.9 309.9
Total Plays 809 915
Avg. Per Play 4.5 4.7
Net Yards Rushing 1433 2102
Avg. Per Game 102.4 150.1
Total Rushes 397 486
Net Yards Passing 2220 2236
Avg. Per Game 158.6 159.7
Sacked/Yards Lost 35/255 24/187
Gross Yards 2475 2423
Att./Completions 377/216 405/219
Completion Pct. 57.3 54.1
Had Intercepted 17 11
Punts/Average 73/38.2 62/37.2
Penalties/Yards 86/719 71/566
Fumbles/Ball Lost 14/6 25/14
Touchdowns 27 30
Rushing 13 17
Passing 11 13
Returns 3 0
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 39 80 53 84 - 256
Opponents 40 86 93 51 - 270
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Mann 0 0 0 0 23/26 23/32 0 92
Taylor 6 5 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
Jessie 4 1 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Johnson 3 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Owens 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
C. Sanders 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
L. Walton 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Crosswhite 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Jones 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Landry 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Munson 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Pickard 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2
Lions 27 13 11 3 23/27 23/32 1 256
Opponents 30 17 13 0 28/30 20/32 0 270
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Taylor 150 532 3.5 27 5
Owens 97 374 3.9 27 3
Jones 32 147 4.6 21 1
Hooks 44 143 3.3 17 0
Landry 22 95 4.3 19 1
Crosswhite 12 49 4.1 9 1
Munson 18 40 2.2 9 1
Bussey 9 22 2.4 9 0
Jessie 6 17 2.8 18t 1
Zofko 3 6 2.0 3 0
Pickard 1 5 5.0 5 0
L. Walton 2 3 1.5 10 0
Wyche 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 397 1433 3.6 27 13
Opponents 486 2102 4.3 64 17
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Jessie 54 761 14.1 46 3
C. Sanders 42 532 12.7 47 3
L. Walton 31 404 13.0 48 3
Taylor 30 293 9.8 34 1
Owens 24 158 6.6 13 0
Hooks 9 53 5.9 19 0
Pickard 8 88 11.0 18 1
Jones 4 35 8.8 15 0
Bussey 4 24 6.0 8 0
Jarvis 3 87 29.0 56 0
Crosswhite 3 31 10.3 13 0
Zofko 3 15 5.0 8 0
Munson 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0
Lions 216 2475 11.5 56 11
Opponents 219 2423 11.1 73 13
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Munson 292 166 1874 56.8 6.42 8 2.7 7 2.4 56 24/172 75.2
Landry 82 49 572 59.8 6.95 3 3.7 3 3.7 45 11/83 77.9
Walton 2 1 29 50.0 14.50 0 0.0 0 0.0 29 0/0 104.2
Wyche 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0/0 -414.6
Lions 377 216 2475 57.3 6.56 11 2.9 11 2.9 56 35/255 69.9
Opponents 405 219 2423 54.1 5.98 13 3.2 17 4.2 73 24/187 65.3
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Johnson 5 138 27.8 55t 2
Barney 4 61 15.3 39 0
C. Weaver 3 4 1.3 3 0
Jauron 1 26 26.0 26 0
Davis 1 14 14.0 14 0
Laslavic 1 14 14.0 14 0
Naumoff 1 8 8.0 8 0
West 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 17 266 15.6 55t 2
Opponents 11 149 13.5 37 0
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Lg B
H. Weaver 72 2772 38.5 61 2
Mann 1 18 18.0 18 0
Lions 73 2790 38.2 61 2
Opponents 62 2304 37.2 48 4
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Jauron 17 7 286 16.8 58 0
West 6 0 32 5.3 9 0
Davis 5 0 62 12.4 34 0
Barney 5 1 37 7.4 11 0
Capria 1 2 12 12.0 12 0
Lions 34 10 429 12.6 58 0
Opponents 37 10 275 7.4 45 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Jones 38 927 24.4 59 0
Jarvis 5 90 18.0 23 0
Bussey 5 59 11.8 21 0
West 4 71 17.8 25 0
Jessie 2 55 27.5 31 0
Jauron 2 21 10.5 21 0
Zofko 2 19 9.5 17 0
L. Walton 1 22 22.0 22 0
Dennis 1 18 18.0 18 0
Crosswhite 1 11 11.0 11 0
Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 62 1293 20.9 59 0
Opponents 60 1256 20.9 52 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Mann 0/0 6/8 13/15 4/8 0/1
Lions 0/0 6/8 13/15 4/8 0/1
Opponents 2/2 5/6 6/7 7/15 0/1
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct. Pts. OP
Minnesota 10 4 0 .714 310 195
DETROIT 7 7 0 .500 256 270
Green Bay 6 8 0 .429 210 206
Chicago 4 10 0 .286 152 279
NFC East
St. Louis 10 4 0 .714 285 218
Washington 10 4 0 .714 320 196
Dallas 8 6 0 .571 297 235
Philadelphia 7 7 0 .500 242 217
NY Giants 2 12 0 .143 195 299
NFC West
Los Angeles 10 4 0 .714 263 181
San Francisco 6 8 0 .429 226 236
New Orleans 5 9 0 .357 166 263
Atlanta 3 11 0 .214 111 271
AFC Central W L T Pct. Pts. OP
Pittsburgh 10 3 1 .750 305 189
Cincinnati 7 7 0 .500 236 282
Houston 7 7 0 .500 283 259
Cleveland 4 10 0 .266 251 344
AFC East
Miami 11 3 0 .786 327 216
Buffalo 9 5 0 .643 264 244
New England 7 7 0 .500 348 289
NY Jets 7 7 0 .500 279 300
Baltimore 2 12 0 .143 190 329
AFC West
Oakland 12 2 0 .857 355 228
Denver 7 6 1 .536 302 294
Kansas City 5 9 0 .357 233 293
San Diego 5 9 0 .357 212 285
Min defeated StL, 30-14, and LA defeated Was, 19-10, in NFC playoffs. Min defeated LA, 14-10, for NFC
title. Pit defeated Buf, 32-14, and Oak defeated Mia, 28-26, in AFC playoffs. Pit defeated Oak, 24-13, for
AFC title. Pit defeated Min, 16-6, for NFL title in SB IX.
IN 1974: Richard M. Nixon becomes the first U.S. President to resign from office.
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