2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE
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1977<br />
Record: 6-8, 3rd NFC Central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/18 L 20-30 at Chicago 51,530<br />
9/25 W 23-19 New Orleans 51,458<br />
10/2 W 17-13 Philadelphia 57,236<br />
10/9 L 7-14 at Minnesota 45,860<br />
10/16 W 10-6 Green Bay 78,452*<br />
10/23 L 7-28 at San Francisco 39,392<br />
10/30 L 0-37 at Dallas 63,160<br />
11/6 W 20-0 San Diego 72,559<br />
11/13 L 6-17 at Atlanta 47,461<br />
11/20 W 16-7 Tampa Bay 49,751<br />
11/24 L 14-31 Chicago 71,373<br />
12/4 L 9-10 at Green Bay 56,367<br />
12/11 W 13-10 at Baltimore 45,124<br />
12/17 L 21-30 Minnesota 78,452*<br />
* Silverdome sellout<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
WR 86 J.D. Hill<br />
LT 75 Jim Yarbrough<br />
LG 73 Russ Bolinger<br />
C 63 Jon Morris<br />
RG 62 Lynn Boden<br />
RT 71 Craig Heitwig<br />
TE 81 David Hill<br />
WR 45 Ray Jarvis<br />
QB 11 Greg Landry<br />
RB 25 Horace King<br />
RB 32 Rick Kane<br />
Defense<br />
LE 82 Ken Sanders<br />
LT 80 Herb Orvis<br />
RT 78 Doug English<br />
RE 83 Jim Mitchell<br />
LLB 50 Paul Naumoff<br />
MLB 55 Ed O’Neil<br />
RLB 59 Charlie Weaver<br />
LCB 28 James Hunter<br />
RCB 20 Lem Barney<br />
FS 26 Dick Jauron<br />
SS 40 Charlie West<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 218 206<br />
Rushing 94 93<br />
Passing 103 103<br />
Penalty 21 10<br />
3rd Down: Made/Att 79/226 74/206<br />
3rd Down Pct. 35.0 35.9<br />
Total Net Yards 3224 3772<br />
Avg. Per Game 230.3 269.4<br />
Total Plays 917 855<br />
Avg. Per Play 3.5 4.4<br />
Net Yards Rushing 1706 1905<br />
Avg. Per Game 121.9 136.1<br />
Total Rushes 479 521<br />
Net Yards Passing 1518 1867<br />
Avg. Per Game 108.4 133.4<br />
Sacked/Yards Lost 54/441 32/256<br />
Gross Yards 1959 2123<br />
Att./Completions 384/191 302/161<br />
Completion Pct. 49.7 53.3<br />
Had Intercepted 16 19<br />
Punts/Average 101/36.2 87/39.5<br />
Penalties/Yards 86/692 88/770<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 26/14 32/16<br />
Touchdowns 23 31<br />
Rushing 11 13<br />
Passing 7 14<br />
Returns 5 4<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
Lions 34 29 47 73 - 183<br />
Opponents 48 95 56 53 - 252<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Mike-Mayer 0 0 0 0 19/21 8/19 0 43<br />
Bussey 5 4 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
Kane 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
D. Hill 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Payton 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Thompson 2 1 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Blue 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
J.D. Hill 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Hubbard 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Jarvis 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
King 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
O’Neil 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Pinckney 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
C. Sanders 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
English 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2<br />
Lions 23 11 7 5 19/23 8/19 1 183<br />
Opponents 31 13 14 4 28/31 12/24 0 252<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
King 155 521 3.4 35 1<br />
Kane 124 421 3.4 35 4<br />
Bussey 85 338 4.0 31 4<br />
Hubbard 38 150 3.9 16 1<br />
Landry 25 99 4.0 13 0<br />
Thompson 31 91 2.9 16t 1<br />
Danielson 7 62 8.9 16 0<br />
Payton 4 13 3.3 14 0<br />
D. Hill 4 10 2.5 14 0<br />
Bolton 3 4 1.3 2 0<br />
Reed 1 3 3.0 3 0<br />
Summers 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Blue 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0<br />
Lions 479 1706 3.6 35 11<br />
Opponents 521 1905 3.7 82 13<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
King 40 238 6.0 30 0<br />
D. Hill 32 465 14.5 61 2<br />
Jarvis 28 353 12.6 28 1<br />
J.D. Hill 24 247 10.3 23t 1<br />
Kane 18 186 10.3 20 0<br />
C. Sanders 14 170 12.1 24 1<br />
Bussey 11 116 10.5 39 1<br />
Blue 8 90 11.3 21 1<br />
Thompson 7 42 6.0 18 0<br />
Hubbard 6 36 6.0 18 0<br />
Payton 2 10 5.0 14 0<br />
Bolton 1 6 6.0 6 0<br />
Lions 191 1959 10.3 61 7<br />
Opponents 161 2123 13.2 75t 14<br />
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
Landry 240 129 1359 56.3 5.66 6 2.5 7 2.9 39 34/202 68.8<br />
Danielson 100 42 445 42.0 4.45 1 1.0 5 5.0 61 9/64 38.1<br />
Reed 40 13 150 32.5 3.75 0 0.0 4 10.0 26 11/75 5.2<br />
Summers 1 1 5 100.0 5.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 0/0 106.3<br />
D. Hill 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1<br />
Payton 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1<br />
Thompson 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1<br />
Lions 384 191 1959 49.7 5.10 7 1.8 16 4.2 61 54/441 53.3<br />
Opponents 302 161 2123 53.3 7.03 14 4.6 19 6.3 32/256 65.0<br />
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Hunter 6 104 17.3 26 0<br />
Jauron 3 55 18.3 28 0<br />
Barney 3 27 9.0 22 0<br />
Pinckney 2 61 30.5 48t 1<br />
Johnson 2 51 25.5 32 0<br />
Laslavic 1 14 14.0 14 0<br />
West 1 7 7.0 7 0<br />
Weaver 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Lions 19 319 16.8 48t 1<br />
Opponents 16 207 12.9 50 1<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg In Lg B<br />
Summers 93 3420 36.8 6 51 0<br />
Hoopes 6 235 39.2 0 48 0<br />
Lions 101 3655 36.2 6 51 0<br />
Opponents 87 3439 39.5 - 70<br />
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Payton 27 0 273 10.1 87t 1<br />
Jauron 11 8 41 3.7 12 0<br />
Rich 2 1 18 9.0 13 0<br />
Kane 1 1 13 13.0 13 0<br />
Blue 1 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
King 0 1 0 - 0 0<br />
Barney 0 2 0 - 0 0<br />
Lions 42 13 345 8.2 87t 1<br />
Opponents 62 16 535 8.6 70t 1<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Payton 18 457 25.4 98t 1<br />
Kane 16 376 23.5 33 0<br />
Bolton 6 86 14.3 26 0<br />
Thompson 5 84 16.8 24 0<br />
Rich 5 73 14.6 19 0<br />
Hunter 4 95 23.8 30 0<br />
Blue 1 24 24.0 24 0<br />
Hubbard 1 18 18.0 18 0<br />
Boden 1 14 14.0 14 0<br />
Woodcock 1 12 12.0 12 0<br />
Lions 83 2039 24.6 91 0<br />
Opponents 68 1560 22.9 67 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Mike-Mayer 0/0 2/5 3/7 3/7 0/0<br />
Lions 0/0 2/5 3/7 3/7 0/0<br />
Opponents 0/0 5/6 6/10 1/6 0/1<br />
NFL Standings<br />
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Minnesota 9 5 0 .643 231 227<br />
Chicago 9 5 0 .643 255 253<br />
<strong>DETROIT</strong> 6 8 0 .429 183 252<br />
Green Bay 4 10 0 .286 134 219<br />
Tampa Bay 2 12 0 .143 103 223<br />
NFC East<br />
Dallas 12 2 0 .857 345 212<br />
Washington 9 5 0 .643 196 189<br />
St. Louis 7 7 0 .500 272 287<br />
Philadelphia 5 9 0 .357 220 207<br />
NY Giants 5 9 0 .357 181 265<br />
NFC West<br />
Los Angeles 10 4 0 .714 302 146<br />
Atlanta 7 7 0 .500 179 129<br />
San Francisco 5 9 0 .357 220 260<br />
New Orleans 3 11 0 .214 232 336<br />
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 283 243<br />
Houston 8 6 0 .571 238 235<br />
Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 299 230<br />
Cleveland 6 8 0 .429 269 267<br />
AFC East<br />
Baltimore 10 4 0 .714 295 221<br />
Miami 10 4 0 .714 313 197<br />
New England 9 5 0 .643 278 217<br />
NY Jets 3 11 0 .214 160 313<br />
Buffalo 3 11 0 .214 191 300<br />
AFC West<br />
Denver 12 2 0 .857 274 148<br />
Oakland 11 3 0 .786 351 230<br />
San Diego 7 7 0 .500 222 205<br />
Seattle 5 9 0 .357 282 373<br />
Kansas City 2 12 0 .143 225 389<br />
Dal defeated Chi, 37-7, and Min defeated LA, 14-7, in NFC playoffs. Dal defeated Min, 23-6, for NFC title.<br />
Den defeated Pit, 34-21, and Oak defeated Bal, 37-31, in AFC playoffs. Den defeated Oak, 20-17, for AFC<br />
title. Dal defeated Den, 27-10, for NFL title in SB XII.<br />
IN 1977: Star Wars is the year’s top box office attraction, earning a record $193,500,000.<br />
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