Lawrence Edward Gaines
Position: RB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 237 lbs.
Born: December 15, 1953 in Vernon, TX
College: Wyoming (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 9 (6935th overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.
Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||
| 1 | 1976 | 2 | 1976-09-19 | 22-279 | DET | ATL | W 24-10 | 13 | 51 | 3.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1976 | 3 | 1976-09-26 | 22-286 | DET | MIN | L 9-10 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1976 | 4 | 1976-10-03 | 22-293 | DET | @ | GNB | L 14-24 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1976 | 6 | 1976-10-17 | 22-307 | DET | @ | WAS | L 7-20 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1976 | 7 | 1976-10-24 | 22-314 | DET | @ | SEA | W 41-14 | 14 | 48 | 3.43 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 1976 | 8 | 1976-10-31 | 22-321 | DET | GNB | W 27-6 | 17 | 88 | 5.18 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 7 | 1976 | 9 | 1976-11-07 | 22-328 | DET | @ | MIN | L 23-31 | 22 | 116 | 5.27 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 7.33 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | 1976 | 10 | 1976-11-14 | 22-335 | DET | @ | NOR | L 16-17 | 17 | 72 | 4.24 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 1976 | 11 | 1976-11-21 | 22-342 | DET | CHI | W 14-10 | 19 | 94 | 4.95 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1976 | 12 | 1976-11-25 | 22-346 | DET | BUF | W 27-14 | 12 | 24 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 1976 | 13 | 1976-12-05 | 22-356 | DET | @ | NYG | L 10-24 | 12 | 59 | 4.92 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | 1976 | 14 | 1976-12-11 | 22-362 | DET | RAM | L 17-20 | 14 | 53 | 3.79 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | ||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||
| 13 | 1978 | 1 | 1978-09-03 | 24-262 | DET | GNB | L 7-13 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 1978 | 2 | 1978-09-09 | 24-268 | DET | @ | TAM | W 15-7 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 1978 | 5 | 1978-10-01 | 24-290 | DET | @ | GNB | L 14-35 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 1978 | 6 | 1978-10-08 | 24-297 | DET | WAS | L 19-21 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 1978 | 8 | 1978-10-22 | 24-311 | DET | SDG | W 31-14 | 9 | 28 | 3.11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 18 | 1978 | 9 | 1978-10-29 | 24-318 | DET | @ | CHI | W 21-17 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 1978 | 10 | 1978-11-05 | 24-325 | DET | @ | MIN | L 7-17 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 1978 | 11 | 1978-11-12 | 24-332 | DET | TAM | W 34-23 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | 1978 | 12 | 1978-11-19 | 24-339 | DET | @ | OAK | L 17-29 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 1978 | 13 | 1978-11-23 | 24-343 | DET | DEN | W 17-14 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 1978 | 14 | 1978-12-03 | 24-353 | DET | @ | STL | L 14-21 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 1978 | 15 | 1978-12-09 | 24-359 | DET | MIN | W 45-14 | 6 | 29 | 4.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 1978 | 16 | 1978-12-17 | 25-002 | DET | SFO | W 33-14 | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | ||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||
| 26 | 1979 | 1 | 1979-09-01 | 25-260 | DET | @ | TAM | L 16-31 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 1979 | 2 | 1979-09-09 | 25-268 | DET | WAS | L 24-27 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | 1979 | 3 | 1979-09-16 | 25-275 | DET | @ | NYJ | L 10-31 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 1979 | 4 | 1979-09-23 | 25-282 | DET | ATL | W 24-23 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 1979 | 5 | 1979-09-30 | 25-289 | DET | MIN | L 10-13 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 31 | 1979 | 6 | 1979-10-07 | 25-296 | DET | @ | NWE | L 17-24 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | 1979 | 7 | 1979-10-14 | 25-303 | DET | @ | GNB | L 16-24 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | 1979 | 9 | 1979-10-28 | 25-317 | DET | BUF | L 17-20 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 1979 | 10 | 1979-11-04 | 25-324 | DET | @ | CHI | L 7-35 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | 1979 | 11 | 1979-11-11 | 25-331 | DET | TAM | L 14-16 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | 1979 | 13 | 1979-11-22 | 25-342 | DET | CHI | W 20-0 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | 1979 | 15 | 1979-12-09 | 25-359 | DET | MIA | L 10-28 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 Games | 232 | 892 | 3.84 | 5 | 25 | 146 | 5.84 | 1 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||