2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1977
Record: 6-8, 3rd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/18 L 20-30 at Chicago 51,530
9/25 W 23-19 New Orleans 51,458
10/2 W 17-13 Philadelphia 57,236
10/9 L 7-14 at Minnesota 45,860
10/16 W 10-6 Green Bay 78,452*
10/23 L 7-28 at San Francisco 39,392
10/30 L 0-37 at Dallas 63,160
11/6 W 20-0 San Diego 72,559
11/13 L 6-17 at Atlanta 47,461
11/20 W 16-7 Tampa Bay 49,751
11/24 L 14-31 Chicago 71,373
12/4 L 9-10 at Green Bay 56,367
12/11 W 13-10 at Baltimore 45,124
12/17 L 21-30 Minnesota 78,452*
* Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 86 J.D. Hill
LT 75 Jim Yarbrough
LG 73 Russ Bolinger
C 63 Jon Morris
RG 62 Lynn Boden
RT 71 Craig Heitwig
TE 81 David Hill
WR 45 Ray Jarvis
QB 11 Greg Landry
RB 25 Horace King
RB 32 Rick Kane
Defense
LE 82 Ken Sanders
LT 80 Herb Orvis
RT 78 Doug English
RE 83 Jim Mitchell
LLB 50 Paul Naumoff
MLB 55 Ed O’Neil
RLB 59 Charlie Weaver
LCB 28 James Hunter
RCB 20 Lem Barney
FS 26 Dick Jauron
SS 40 Charlie West
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 218 206
Rushing 94 93
Passing 103 103
Penalty 21 10
3rd Down: Made/Att 79/226 74/206
3rd Down Pct. 35.0 35.9
Total Net Yards 3224 3772
Avg. Per Game 230.3 269.4
Total Plays 917 855
Avg. Per Play 3.5 4.4
Net Yards Rushing 1706 1905
Avg. Per Game 121.9 136.1
Total Rushes 479 521
Net Yards Passing 1518 1867
Avg. Per Game 108.4 133.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 54/441 32/256
Gross Yards 1959 2123
Att./Completions 384/191 302/161
Completion Pct. 49.7 53.3
Had Intercepted 16 19
Punts/Average 101/36.2 87/39.5
Penalties/Yards 86/692 88/770
Fumbles/Ball Lost 26/14 32/16
Touchdowns 23 31
Rushing 11 13
Passing 7 14
Returns 5 4
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 34 29 47 73 - 183
Opponents 48 95 56 53 - 252
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Mike-Mayer 0 0 0 0 19/21 8/19 0 43
Bussey 5 4 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Kane 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
D. Hill 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Payton 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12
Thompson 2 1 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 12
Blue 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
J.D. Hill 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Hubbard 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Jarvis 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
King 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
O’Neil 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Pinckney 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
C. Sanders 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
English 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2
Lions 23 11 7 5 19/23 8/19 1 183
Opponents 31 13 14 4 28/31 12/24 0 252
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
King 155 521 3.4 35 1
Kane 124 421 3.4 35 4
Bussey 85 338 4.0 31 4
Hubbard 38 150 3.9 16 1
Landry 25 99 4.0 13 0
Thompson 31 91 2.9 16t 1
Danielson 7 62 8.9 16 0
Payton 4 13 3.3 14 0
D. Hill 4 10 2.5 14 0
Bolton 3 4 1.3 2 0
Reed 1 3 3.0 3 0
Summers 1 0 0.0 0 0
Blue 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0
Lions 479 1706 3.6 35 11
Opponents 521 1905 3.7 82 13
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
King 40 238 6.0 30 0
D. Hill 32 465 14.5 61 2
Jarvis 28 353 12.6 28 1
J.D. Hill 24 247 10.3 23t 1
Kane 18 186 10.3 20 0
C. Sanders 14 170 12.1 24 1
Bussey 11 116 10.5 39 1
Blue 8 90 11.3 21 1
Thompson 7 42 6.0 18 0
Hubbard 6 36 6.0 18 0
Payton 2 10 5.0 14 0
Bolton 1 6 6.0 6 0
Lions 191 1959 10.3 61 7
Opponents 161 2123 13.2 75t 14
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Landry 240 129 1359 56.3 5.66 6 2.5 7 2.9 39 34/202 68.8
Danielson 100 42 445 42.0 4.45 1 1.0 5 5.0 61 9/64 38.1
Reed 40 13 150 32.5 3.75 0 0.0 4 10.0 26 11/75 5.2
Summers 1 1 5 100.0 5.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 0/0 106.3
D. Hill 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1
Payton 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1
Thompson 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1
Lions 384 191 1959 49.7 5.10 7 1.8 16 4.2 61 54/441 53.3
Opponents 302 161 2123 53.3 7.03 14 4.6 19 6.3 32/256 65.0
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Hunter 6 104 17.3 26 0
Jauron 3 55 18.3 28 0
Barney 3 27 9.0 22 0
Pinckney 2 61 30.5 48t 1
Johnson 2 51 25.5 32 0
Laslavic 1 14 14.0 14 0
West 1 7 7.0 7 0
Weaver 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 19 319 16.8 48t 1
Opponents 16 207 12.9 50 1
Punting Pnt Yds Avg In Lg B
Summers 93 3420 36.8 6 51 0
Hoopes 6 235 39.2 0 48 0
Lions 101 3655 36.2 6 51 0
Opponents 87 3439 39.5 - 70
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Payton 27 0 273 10.1 87t 1
Jauron 11 8 41 3.7 12 0
Rich 2 1 18 9.0 13 0
Kane 1 1 13 13.0 13 0
Blue 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
King 0 1 0 - 0 0
Barney 0 2 0 - 0 0
Lions 42 13 345 8.2 87t 1
Opponents 62 16 535 8.6 70t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Payton 18 457 25.4 98t 1
Kane 16 376 23.5 33 0
Bolton 6 86 14.3 26 0
Thompson 5 84 16.8 24 0
Rich 5 73 14.6 19 0
Hunter 4 95 23.8 30 0
Blue 1 24 24.0 24 0
Hubbard 1 18 18.0 18 0
Boden 1 14 14.0 14 0
Woodcock 1 12 12.0 12 0
Lions 83 2039 24.6 91 0
Opponents 68 1560 22.9 67 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Mike-Mayer 0/0 2/5 3/7 3/7 0/0
Lions 0/0 2/5 3/7 3/7 0/0
Opponents 0/0 5/6 6/10 1/6 0/1
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Minnesota 9 5 0 .643 231 227
Chicago 9 5 0 .643 255 253
DETROIT 6 8 0 .429 183 252
Green Bay 4 10 0 .286 134 219
Tampa Bay 2 12 0 .143 103 223
NFC East
Dallas 12 2 0 .857 345 212
Washington 9 5 0 .643 196 189
St. Louis 7 7 0 .500 272 287
Philadelphia 5 9 0 .357 220 207
NY Giants 5 9 0 .357 181 265
NFC West
Los Angeles 10 4 0 .714 302 146
Atlanta 7 7 0 .500 179 129
San Francisco 5 9 0 .357 220 260
New Orleans 3 11 0 .214 232 336
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 283 243
Houston 8 6 0 .571 238 235
Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 299 230
Cleveland 6 8 0 .429 269 267
AFC East
Baltimore 10 4 0 .714 295 221
Miami 10 4 0 .714 313 197
New England 9 5 0 .643 278 217
NY Jets 3 11 0 .214 160 313
Buffalo 3 11 0 .214 191 300
AFC West
Denver 12 2 0 .857 274 148
Oakland 11 3 0 .786 351 230
San Diego 7 7 0 .500 222 205
Seattle 5 9 0 .357 282 373
Kansas City 2 12 0 .143 225 389
Dal defeated Chi, 37-7, and Min defeated LA, 14-7, in NFC playoffs. Dal defeated Min, 23-6, for NFC title.
Den defeated Pit, 34-21, and Oak defeated Bal, 37-31, in AFC playoffs. Den defeated Oak, 20-17, for AFC
title. Dal defeated Den, 27-10, for NFL title in SB XII.
IN 1977: Star Wars is the year’s top box office attraction, earning a record $193,500,000.
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