2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE
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1979<br />
Record: 2-14, 5th NFC Central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/1 L 16-31 at Tampa Bay 68,225<br />
9/9 L 24-27 Washington 54,991<br />
9/16 L 10-31 at NY Jets 49,612<br />
9/23 W 24-23 Atlanta 56,249<br />
9/30 L 10-13 Minnesota 75,295<br />
10/7 L 17-24 at N. England 60,629<br />
10/14 L 16-24 at Green Bay (Mil) 53,930<br />
10/21 L 7-17 at New Orleans 57,428<br />
10/28 L 17-20 Buffalo 61,911<br />
11/4 L 7-35 at Chicago 50,108<br />
11/11 L 14-16 Tampa Bay 70,461<br />
11/18 L 7-14 at Minnesota 43,650<br />
11/22 W 20-0 Chicago 66,219<br />
12/2 L 7-44 at Philadelphia 66,128<br />
12/9 L 10-28 Miami 76,087<br />
12/15 L 13-18 Green Bay 57,376<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
WR 87 Fred Scott<br />
TE 81 David Hill<br />
LT 76 Karl Baldischwiler<br />
LG 61 Homer Elias<br />
C 54 Larry Tearry<br />
RG 73 Russ Bolinger<br />
RT 70 Keith Dorney<br />
WR 18 Gene Washington<br />
QB 19 Jeff Komlo<br />
HB 24 Dexter Bussey<br />
FB 36 Bo Robinson<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: Al Baker (DE), David Hill (TE)<br />
<strong>DETROIT</strong> <strong>LIONS</strong><br />
Defense<br />
LE 75 Dave Pureifory<br />
LT 71 Dave Gallagher<br />
RT 78 Doug English<br />
RE 60 Al Baker<br />
LLB 55 Ed O’Neil<br />
MLB 59 Charlie Weaver<br />
RLB 51 James Harrell<br />
LCB 21 Walt Williams<br />
RCB 27 Luther Bradley<br />
FS 28 James Hunter<br />
SS 40 Jimmy Allen<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 227 311<br />
Rushing 85 142<br />
Passing 131 128<br />
Penalty 11 41<br />
3rd Down: Made/Att 75/231 81/240<br />
3rd Down Pct. 32.5 33.8<br />
Total Net Yards 4013 4957<br />
Avg. Per Game 250.8 309.8<br />
Total Plays 944 1085<br />
Avg. Per Play 4.3 4.6<br />
Net Yards Rushing 1677 2515<br />
Avg. Per Game 104.8 157.2<br />
Total Rushes 441 638<br />
Net Yards Passing 2336 2442<br />
Avg. Per Game 146.0 152.6<br />
Sacked/Yards Lost 51/439 45/345<br />
Gross Yards 2775 2787<br />
Att./Completions 452/218 402/220<br />
Completion Pct. 48.2 54.7<br />
Had Intercepted 27 14<br />
Punts/Average 98/40.1 83/40.0<br />
Penalties/Yards 110/897 118/972<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 37/19 30/12<br />
Touchdowns 27 42<br />
Rushing 11 22<br />
Passing 14 15<br />
Returns 2 5<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
Lions 41 56 48 74 - 219<br />
Opponents 44 115 110 96 - 365<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Ricardo 0 0 0 0 25/26 10/18 0 55<br />
Kane 5 4 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
Scott 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
Hill 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
Komlo 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Robinson 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Thompson 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Blue 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Bussey 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Gay 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
S. Hunter 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
King 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Norris 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
G. Washington 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Williams 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
English 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2<br />
Lions 27 11 14 2 25/27 10/18 1 219<br />
Opponents 42 22 15 5 41/42 24/36 0 365<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Bussey 144 625 4.3 38 1<br />
Kane 94 332 3.5 26t 4<br />
Robinson 87 302 3.5 29 2<br />
King 39 160 4.1 23 1<br />
Komlo 30 107 3.6 16 2<br />
Gaines 23 55 2.4 6 0<br />
G. Washington 1 24 24.0 24 0<br />
Thompson 5 24 4.8 16 0<br />
Scott 6 21 3.5 18 0<br />
Hill 1 15 15.0 15 0<br />
Reed 2 11 5.5 11 0<br />
Callicutt 3 6 2.0 10 0<br />
S. Hunter 2 3 1.5 2 1<br />
Gostelyn 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
O’Neil 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Swider 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Blue 1 -8 -8.0 -8 0<br />
Lions 441 1677 3.8 38 11<br />
Opponents 638 2515 3.9 55t 22<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Scott 62 929 15.0 50 5<br />
Hill 47 569 12.1 40 3<br />
Thompson 24 451 18.8 82 2<br />
King 18 150 8.3 30 0<br />
Bussey 15 102 6.8 22 0<br />
G. Washington 14 192 13.7 29t 1<br />
Robinson 14 118 8.4 14 0<br />
Kane 9 104 11.6 36 1<br />
Blue 8 102 12.8 26 1<br />
Norris 4 43 10.8 34 1<br />
Callicutt 2 16 8.0 11 0<br />
Bolinger 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0<br />
Lions 218 2775 12.7 82 14<br />
Opponents 220 2787 12.7 66t 15<br />
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
Komlo 368 183 2238 49.7 6.08 11 3.0 23 6.3 40 40/361 52.6<br />
S. Hunter 41 18 321 43.9 7.83 1 2.4 1 2.4 82 4/33 69.3<br />
Reed 32 14 164 43.8 5.13 2 6.3 1 3.1 50 5/27 68.1<br />
Golsteyn 9 2 16 22.2 1.78 0 0.0 2 2.2 15 2/18 64.6<br />
Swider 1 1 36 100.0 36.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 36 0/0 235.9<br />
Skladany 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1<br />
Lions 452 218 2775 48.2 6.14 14 3.1 27 6.0 82 51/439 53.2<br />
Opponents 402 220 2787 54.7 6.93 15 3.7 14 3.1 45/345 74.5<br />
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Bradley 4 11 2.8 11 0<br />
J. Allen 4 0 0.0 0 0<br />
J. Hunter 3 6 2.0 6 0<br />
Williams 2 39 19.5 36t 1<br />
Weaver 1 17 17.0 17 0<br />
Lions 14 73 5.2 36t 1<br />
Opponents 27 396 14.7 52t 2<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg In Lg B<br />
Swider 88 3523 40.0 13 72 0<br />
Skladany 10 406 40.6 2 52 0<br />
Lions 98 3929 40.1 15 72 0<br />
Opponents 83 3316 40.0 15 56 0<br />
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Arnold 19 4 164 8.6 27 0<br />
Thompson 9 3 117 13.0 31 0<br />
Ellis 8 0 43 5.4 15 0<br />
Callicutt 4 4 25 6.3 13 0<br />
Woods 2 0 12 6.0 9 0<br />
Leonard 1 0 6 7.0 7 0<br />
Pesuit 1 0 5 5.0 5 0<br />
Lewis 1 0 -1 -1.0 -1 0<br />
Lions 45 11 372 8.3 31 0<br />
Opponents 57 15 440 7.7 77t 1<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Arnold 23 539 23.4 69 0<br />
Callicutt 24 406 16.9 31 0<br />
Kane 13 281 21.6 37 0<br />
Thompson 6 151 25.2 26 0<br />
Leonard 3 70 23.3 28 0<br />
King 2 36 18.0 20 0<br />
Woods 2 34 17.0 17 0<br />
Fanetti 2 18 9.0 17 0<br />
Blue 1 26 26.0 26 0<br />
Robinson 1 8 8.0 8 0<br />
Gay 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Lions 78 1569 20.1 69 0<br />
Opponents 51 987 19.4 92t 1<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Ricardo 0/0 4/4 4/4 2/8 0/2<br />
Lions 0/0 4/4 4/4 2/8 0/2<br />
Opponents 0/1 9/10 9/11 6/12 0/2<br />
NFL Standings<br />
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Tampa Bay 10 6 0 .625 273 237<br />
Chicago 10 6 0 .625 306 249<br />
Minnesota 7 9 0 .438 259 337<br />
Green Bay 5 11 0 .313 246 316<br />
<strong>DETROIT</strong> 2 14 0 .125 219 365<br />
NFC East<br />
Dallas 11 5 0 .688 371 313<br />
Philadelphia 11 5 0 .688 339 282<br />
Washington 10 6 0 .625 348 295<br />
NY Giants 6 10 0 .375 237 323<br />
St. Louis 5 11 0 .313 307 358<br />
NFC West<br />
Los Angeles 9 7 0 .563 323 309<br />
New Orleans 8 8 0 .500 370 360<br />
Atlanta 6 10 0 .375 300 388<br />
San Francisco 2 14 0 .125 308 416<br />
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Pittsburgh 12 4 0 .750 416 262<br />
Houston 11 5 0 .688 352 331<br />
Cleveland 9 7 0 .563 359 352<br />
Cincinnati 4 12 0 .250 337 421<br />
AFC East<br />
Miami 10 6 0 .625 341 257<br />
New England 9 7 0 .563 411 326<br />
NY Jets 8 8 0 .500 337 383<br />
Buffalo 7 9 0 .436 268 279<br />
Baltimore 5 11 0 .313 271 351<br />
AFC West<br />
San Diego 12 4 0 .750 411 246<br />
Denver 10 6 0 .625 289 262<br />
Seattle 9 7 0 .563 378 372<br />
Oakland 9 7 0 .563 365 337<br />
Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 238 262<br />
Phi defeated Chi, 27-17, in NFC wild card. TB defeated Phi, 24-17, and LA defeated Dal, 21-19, in NFC<br />
playoffs. LA defeated TB, 9-0, for NFC title. Hou defeated Den, 13-7, in AFC wild card. Hou defeated SD,<br />
17-14, and Pit defeated Mia, 34-14, in AFC playoffs. Pit defeated Hou, 27-13, for AFC title. Pit defeated LA,<br />
31-19, for NFL title in SB XIV.<br />
IN 1979: Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pa., releases radioactive compounds<br />
into the atmosphere.<br />
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
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