2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1975
Record: 7-7, 2nd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/21 W 30-16 at Green Bay (Mil) 50,781
9/28 W 17-14 at Atlanta 45,218
10/6 L 10-36 Dallas 79,784*
10/12 W 27-7 Chicago 74,032
10/19 L 19-25 at Minnesota 47,872
10/26 L 8-24 at Houston 46,904
11/2 W 28-17 at San Francisco 43,209
11/9 W 21-10 Cleveland 75,283
11/16 W 13-10 Green Bay 76,946
11/23 L 21-24 (ot) at Kansas City 55,161
11/27 L 0-20 Los Angeles 69,552
12/7 L 21-25 at Chicago 37,772
12/14 W 17-10 Minnesota 73,130*
12/21 L 13-24 St. Louis 54,656
* Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 45 Ray Jarvis
LT 75 Jim Yarbrough
LG 62 Lynn Boden
C 63 Jon Morris
RG 66 Bob Kowalkowski
RT 76 Rockne Freitas
TE 88 Charlie Sanders
WR 43 Marlin Briscoe
QB 14 Joe Reed
RB 24 Dexter Bussey
RB 42 Altie Taylor
Pro Bowl Selections: Lem Barney (DB), Charlie Sanders (TE)
Defense
LE 82 Ken Sanders
LT 80 Herb Orvis
RT 74 Larry Hand
RE 70 Billy Howard
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 241 235
Rushing 111 100
Passing 111 116
Penalty 19 19
Total Net Yards 4064 4000
Avg. Per Game 290.2 285.7
Total Plays 935 878
Avg. Per Play 4.3 4.6
Net Yards Rushing 2147 1929
Avg. Per Game 153.4 137.8
Total Rushes 532 480
Net Yards Passing 2240 2377
Avg. Per Game 160.0 169.8
Sacked/Yards Lost 41/323 38/306
Gross Yards
Att./Completions 362/183 360/181
Completion Pct. 50.6 50.3
Had Intercepted 12 20
Punts/Average 81/41.9 80/36.9
Penalties/Yards 95/838 95/784
Fumbles/Ball Lost 28/18 30/17
Touchdowns 29 31
Rushing 10 12
Passing 15 16
Returns 4 3
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 54 49 61 82 0 246
Opponents 47 53 95 64 3 262
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Mann 0 0 0 0 25/29 14/21 0 67
Briscoe 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Bussey 4 2 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Jarvis 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Taylor 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Sanders 3 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
King 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Staggers 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Ball 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Davis 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Johnson 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
O’Neil 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Reed 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
B. Thompson 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Price 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2
Lions 29 10 15 4 25/29 14/21 1 245
Opponents 31 12 16 3 26/31 16/23 1 262
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Bussey 157 696 4.4 32t 2
Taylor 195 638 3.3 24 4
B. Thompson 51 268 5.3 46t 1
King 61 260 4.3 26 2
Reed 34 193 5.7 22 1
Landry 20 92 4.6 14 0
Staggers 2 26 13.0 14 0
Jarvis 1 0 0.0 0 0
Munson 4 -3 -0.8 2 0
Briscoe 2 -3 -0.7 6 0
Hooks 4 -8 -2.0 3 0
L. Thompson 1 -12 -12.0 -12 0
Lions 532 2147 4.0 46t 10
Opponents 480 1929 4.0 57t 12
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Sanders 37 486 13.1 32 3
Jarvis 29 501 17.3 62 4
Briscoe 22 347 15.8 59t 4
Taylor 21 111 5.3 17 0
B. Thompson 19 122 6.4 22 0
Bussey 14 175 12.5 65t 2
Staggers 14 174 12.4 23 2
King 13 81 6.2 22 0
Farmer 6 86 14.3 22 0
Franklin 5 109 21.8 36 0
McMakin 2 43 21.5 30 0
Hooks 1 5 5.0 5 0
Lions 183 2240 12.3 65t 15
Opponents 181 2377 13.1 56t 16
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Reed 191 86 1181 45.0 6.18 9 4.7 10 5.2 65t 14/119 59.3
Munson 109 65 626 59.6 5.74 5 54.6 2 1.8 32 8/65 83.4
Landry 56 31 403 55.4 7.20 1 1.8 0 0.0 36 17/29 84.2
Concannon 2 1 30 50.0 15.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 30 1/9 106.3
Briscoe 2 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1
King 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1/1 2.1
H. Weaver 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1
Lions 362 183 2240 50.6 6.19 15 4.1 12 3.3 65t 41/223 70.0
Opponents 360 181 2377 50.3 6.60 16 4.4 20 5.6 56t 38/306 63.2
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Barney 5 23 4.6 13 0
Jauron 4 39 9.8 38 0
Johnson 3 71 23.7 45 0
Laslavic 2 12 6.0 10 0
Naumoff 2 11 5.5 9 0
Davis 1 67 67.0 67t 1
Hand 1 38 38.0 38 0
Weaver 1 31 31.0 31 0
Weger 1 23 23.0 23 0
Lions 20 315 15.8 67t 1
Opponents 12 82 6.8 29 0
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Lg B
Weaver 80 3361 42.0 61 1
Mann 1 34 34.0 34 0
Lions 81 3395 41.9 61 1
Opponents 80 2958 36.9 67 5
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
West 22 8 219 10.0 43 0
Barney 8 3 80 10.0 30 0
Jauron 6 1 29 4.8 10 0
Lions 36 12 328 9.1 43 0
Opponents 41 5 524 12.8 52t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
B. Thompson 22 565 25.7 42 0
L. Thompson 12 271 22.6 33 0
King 6 117 19.5 29 0
Weger 3 42 14.0 20 0
West 2 41 20.5 25 0
Bussey 2 38 19.0 22 0
Hooks 2 8 4.0 8 0
Dunlap 1 19 19.0 19 0
Hennigan 1 13 13.0 13 0
Dennis 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 52 1114 21.4 42 0
Opponents 53 1084 20.5 49 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Mann 1/1 6/6 4/9 3/5 0/0
Lions 1/1 6/6 4/9 3/5 0/0
Opponents 0/0 8/11 6/8 2/4 0/0
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Minnesota 12 2 0 .857 377 180
DETROIT 7 7 0 .500 245 262
Chicago 4 10 0 .286 191 379
Green Bay 4 10 0 .286 226 285
NFC East
St. Louis 11 3 0 .786 356 276
Dallas 10 4 0 .714 350 268
Washington 8 6 0 .571 325 276
NY Giants 5 9 0 .357 216 306
Philadelphia 4 10 0 .286 225 302
NFC West
Los Angeles 12 2 0 .857 312 135
San Francisco 5 9 0 .357 255 286
Atlanta 4 10 0 .286 240 289
New Orleans 2 12 0 .143 165 360
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Pittsburgh 12 2 0 .857 373 162
Cincinnati 11 3 0 .786 340 246
Houston 10 4 0 .714 293 226
Cleveland 3 11 0 .214 218 372
AFC East
Baltimore 10 4 0 .714 395 269
Miami 10 4 0 .714 357 222
Buffalo 8 6 0 .571 420 355
New England 3 11 0 .214 258 433
NY Jets 3 11 0 .214 258 358
AFC West
Oakland 11 3 0 .786 375 255
Denver 6 8 0 .429 254 307
Kansas City 5 9 0 .357 282 341
San Diego 2 12 0 .143 189 345
Dal defeated Min, 17-14, and LA defeated StL, 35-23, in NFC playoffs. Dal defeated LA, 37-7, for NFC title.
Pit defeated Bal, 28-10, and Oak defeated Cin, 31-28, in AFC playoffs. Pit defeated Oak, 16-10, for AFC
title. Pit defeated Dal, 21-17, for NFL title in SB X.
IN 1975: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’’ sweeps the Oscars for Best Picture, Director (Milos
Forman), Actor (Jack Nicholson) and Actress (Louise Fletcher).
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