2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1976
Record: 6-8, 3rd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/12 L 3-10 at Chicago 54,125
9/19 W 24-10 Atlanta 50,840
9/26 L 9-10 Minnesota 77,292*
10/3 L 14-24 at Green Bay 55,041
10/10 W 30-10 New England 60,174
10/17 L 7-20 at Washington 45,906
10/24 W 41-14 at Seattle 61,280
10/31 W 27-6 Green Bay 74,992
11/7 L 23-31 at Minnesota 46,735
11/14 L 16-17 at New Orleans 42,048
11/21 W 14-10 Chicago 78,042*
11/25 W 27-14 Buffalo 66,875
12/5 L 10-24 at NY Giants 66,068
12/11 L 17-20 Los Angeles 73,470
* Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 45 Ray Jarvis
LT 71 Craig Hertwig
LG 62 Lynn Boden
C 63 Jon Morris
RG 66 Bob Kowalkowski
RT 76 Rockne Freitas
TE 88 Charlie Sanders
WR 49 Larry Walton
QB 11 Greg Landry
RB 24 Dexter Bussey
RB 25 Horace King
Pro Bowl Selections: Lem Barney (DB), Charlie Sanders (TE)
Defense
LE 82 Ken Sanders
LT 83 Jim Mitchell
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 28 James Hunter
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 259 191
Rushing 123 94
Passing 120 76
Penalty 16 21
3rd Down: Made/Att
3rd Down Pct.
Total Net Yards 4353 3587
Avg. Per Game 311 256
Total Plays 939 837
Avg. Per Play 4.6 4.2
Net Yards Rushing 2213 1901
Avg. Per Game 158 136
Total Rushes 516 496
Net Yards Passing 2140 1686
Avg. Per Game 153 120
Sacked/Yards Lost 67/490 28/218
Gross Yards
Att./Completions 356/201 313/137
Completion Pct. 56.5 43.8
Had Intercepted 24 12
Punts/Average 84/39.0 83/40.6
Penalties/Yards 97/819 88/700
Fumbles/Ball Lost 38/21 27/15
Touchdowns 32 25
Rushing 9 13
Passing 20 11
Returns 3 1
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 49 98 34 81 - 262
Opponents 27 50 78 65 - 220
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Ricardo 0 0 0 0 19/21 10/14 0 49
Sanders 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Jarvis 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
D. Hill 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Gaines 5 4 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Mann 0 0 0 0 9/10 4/10 0 21
Bussey 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Walton 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Landry 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Reed 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Gaines 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Hunter 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Johnson 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Barney 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 32 9 20 3 28/31 14/24 0 261
Opponents 25 13 11 1 25/25 15/28 0 220
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Bussey 196 858 4.4 46 3
Gaines 155 659 4.3 26t 4
King 93 325 3.5 22 0
Landry 43 234 5.4 28 1
Reed 11 63 5.7 14 1
B. Thompson 13 42 3.2 9 0
Lions 516 2213 4.3 46 9
Opponents 496 1901 3.8 56 13
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Jarvis 39 822 21.1 74t 5
Sanders 35 545 15.6 34 5
Bussey 28 218 7.8 27 0
Gaines 23 130 5.7 24 1
King 21 163 7.8 19 0
Walton 20 293 14.7 28t 3
D. Hill 19 249 13.1 27t 5
Lions 201 2140 10.7 74t 20
Opponents 137 1686 12.3 69t 11
Passing Att Cmp Cmp% Yds Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg SkY Rtg
Landry 291 168 57.7 2,191 7.53 17 5.8 8 2.7 74t 55/397 89.6
Reed 62 32 51.6 425 6.85 3 4.8 3 4.8 57 12/93 69.6
Weaver 2 1 50.0 14 7.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 0/0 72.9
Hill 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0/0 0.0
Lions 356 201 56.5 2,630 7.39 20 5.6 12 3.4 74t 67/490 84.6
Opponents 313 137 1,904 43.8 7.39 11 3.5 24 7.7 69t 28/218 49.1
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Hunter 7 120 17.1 39t 1
Johnson 6 206* - 76 1
Barney 2 62* - 26 1
C. Weaver 2 24 12.0 19 0
Laslavic 2 13 6.5 13 0
Lions 24 445 18.5 76 3
Opponents 12 121 10.1 na 0
*Includes lateral yardage
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Lg B
Weaver 83 3280 39.5 69 1
Ricardo 1 16 16.0 16 0
Lions 84 3296 39.0 69 1
Opponents 83 3370 40.6 64 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Barney 23 22 191 8.3 84 0
West 3 2 9 3.0 59 0
Hunter 4 0 7 2.3 5 0
Napel 1 0 0 0.0 - 0
Lions 31 24 207 6.1 30 0
Opponents 39 15 287 7.1 23 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Hunter 14 375 26.6 84 0
B. Thompson 22 431 19.6 59 0
L. Thompson 5 86 17.2 32 0
King 3 63 21.0 26 0
Lions 47 987 21.0 84 0
Opponents 55 1188 21.6 88 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Ricardo 1/1 3/4 3/3 3/6 0/0
Mann 0/0 1/2 2/3 1/4 0/1
Lions 1/1 4/6 5/6 4/10 0/1
Opponents 0/0 1/2 8/10 6/13 0/3
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Minnesota 11 2 1 .821 305 176
Chicago 7 7 0 .500 253 216
DETROIT 6 8 0 .429 262 220
Green Bay 5 9 0 .357 218 299
NFC East
Dallas 11 3 0 .786 296 194
Washington 10 4 0 .714 291 217
St. Louis 10 4 0 .714 309 267
Philadelphia 4 10 0 .286 165 286
NY Giants 3 11 0 .214 170 250
NFC West
Los Angeles 10 3 1 .750 351 190
San Francisco 8 6 0 .571 270 190
Atlanta 4 10 0 .286 172 312
New Orleans 4 10 0 .286 253 346
Seattle 2 12 0 .143 229 429
AFC Central W L T Pct. Pts. OP
Pittsburgh 10 4 0 .714 342 138
Cincinnati 10 4 0 .714 335 210
Cleveland 9 5 0 .643 267 287
Houston 5 9 0 .357 222 273
AFC East
Baltimore 11 3 0 .786 417 246
New England 11 3 0 .786 376 236
Miami 6 8 0 .429 263 264
NY Jets 3 11 0 .214 169 383
Buffalo 2 12 0 .143 245 363
AFC West
Oakland 13 1 0 .929 350 237
Denver 9 5 0 .643 315 206
San Diego 6 8 0 .429 248 285
Kansas City 5 9 0 .357 290 376
Tampa Bay 0 14 0 .000 125 412
Min defeated Was, 35-20, and LA defeated Dal, 14-12, in NFC playoffs. Min defeated LA, 24-13, for NFC
title. Oak defeated NE, 24-21, and Pit defeated Bal, 40-14, in AFC playoffs. Oak defeated Pit, 24-7, for AFC
title. Oak defeated Min, 32-14, for NFL title in SB XI.
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