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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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