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1970 Detroit Lions

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 347 points (24.8/g), 2nd of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 202 points (14.4/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 145 points (10.4/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 11.0-3.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +17 (1.2/g), 1st.

Coached by Joe Schmidt (10-4-0)

1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 20 box W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 40 0 19 398 132 266 1 5 114 64 50 3
2 Sun September 27 box W 2-0 Cincinnati Bengals 38 3 21 285 94 191 6 140 64 76 4
3 Mon October 5 box W 3-0 Chicago Bears 28 14 22 350 210 140 1 8 177 139 38 3
4 Sun October 11 box L 3-1 @ Washington Redskins 10 31 16 251 152 99 1 21 352 225 127 1
5 Sun October 18 box W 4-1 @ Cleveland Browns 41 24 13 315 200 115 2 19 318 171 147 6
6 Sun October 25 box W 5-1 @ Chicago Bears 16 10 13 187 79 108 1 10 310 235 75 4
7 Sun November 1 box L 5-2 Minnesota Vikings 17 30 13 254 186 68 3 17 387 251 136 4
8 Sun November 8 box L 5-3 @ New Orleans Saints 17 19 18 278 143 135 6 15 272 141 131
9 Sun November 15 box L 5-4 @ Minnesota Vikings 20 24 15 185 59 126 2 17 289 204 85 2
10 Sun November 22 box W 6-4 San Francisco 49ers 28 7 19 298 111 187 15 190 134 56 4
11 Thu November 26 box W 7-4 Oakland Raiders 28 14 25 399 137 262 3 18 248 148 100 2
12 Sun December 6 box W 8-4 St. Louis Cardinals 16 3 18 279 119 160 2 6 146 108 38 5
13 Mon December 14 box W 9-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 28 23 22 343 164 179 1 20 381 334 47 1
14 Sun December 20 box W 10-4 Green Bay Packers 20 0 9 162 71 91 4 9 124 78 46 5
Playoffs
Division Sat December 26 box L 10-5 @ Dallas Cowboys 0 5

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 347 3984 844 4.7 243 167 294 1857 19 12 5.6 107 514 2127 16 4.1 113 27 15 23
Team Defense 202 3448 756 4.6 311 194 371 2296 14 28 5.8 112 362 1152 7 3.2 186 44 16 13
Lg Rank Offense 2 13 4 25 22 7 4 14 2 2 3 8 6 15
Lg Rank Defense 2 2 2 12 16 6 2 22 1 1 4 2 1 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Bill Munson 29 QB 8 8 84 158 53.2 1049 10 6.3 7 4.4 56 6.6 5.3 12.5 131.1 76.7 10 66 5.9 4.6 6.0
Greg Landry 24 qb 12 6 83 136 61.0 1072 9 6.6 5 3.7 58 7.9 6.9 12.9 89.3 92.5 26 198 5.4 4.6 16.0
Team Total 26.6 14 167 294 56.8 2121 19 6.5 12 4.1 58 7.2 6.0 12.7 151.5 84.0 36 264 5.6 4.6 10.9
Opp Total 14 194 371 52.3 2296 14 3.8 28 7.5 6.2 3.2 11.8 164.0 52.6 23 195 5.8 2.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Altie Taylor 23 RB 14 0 198 666 2 34 3.4 47.6 14.1 27 261 9.7 2 42 1.9 18.6 927 4 6
Mel Farr* 26 FB 12 0 166 717 9 36 4.3 59.8 13.8 29 213 7.3 2 58 2.4 17.8 930 11 5
Bill Triplett 30 14 0 48 156 1 11 3.3 11.1 3.4 6 52 8.7 0 15 0.4 3.7 208 1 2
Steve Owens 23 6 0 36 122 2 23 3.4 20.3 6.0 4 21 5.3 0 11 0.7 3.5 143 2 2
Greg Landry 24 qb 12 6 35 350 1 76 10.0 29.2 2.9 350 1 3
Nick Eddy 26 11 0 18 47 1 9 2.6 4.3 1.6 4 22 5.5 0 9 0.4 2.0 69 1 2
Bill Munson 29 QB 8 8 9 33 0 11 3.7 4.1 1.1 33 0 1
Larry Walton 23 WR 13 0 2 20 0 16 10.0 1.5 0.2 30 532 17.7 5 56 2.3 40.9 552 5 0
Earl McCullouch 24 WR 10 8 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.7 0.1 15 278 18.5 4 44 1.5 27.8 285 4 0
Bruce Maxwell 23 11 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 0.8 0.1 9 0 0
Charlie Sanders*+ 24 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 544 13.6 6 34 2.9 38.9 544 6 0
Chuck Hughes 27 wr 13 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 162 20.3 0 42 0.6 12.5 162 0 0
Charlie K. Brown 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 38 19.0 0 23 0.1 2.7 38 0 0
Craig Cotton 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.4 6 0 0
Rocky Freitas 25 RT 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -8 -8.0 0 -8 0.1 -0.6 -8 0 0
Team Total 26.6 14 514 2127 16 76 4.1 151.9 36.7 167 2121 12.7 19 58 11.9 151.5 4248 35 26
Opp Total 14 362 1152 7 3.2 82.3 25.9 194 2296 11.8 14 13.9 164.0 3448 21 30

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Lem Barney 25 LCB 13 0 25 259 1 65 10.4 2 96 0 74 48.0 355
Bobby Williams 28 RET 14 0 25 544 1 85 21.8 544
Nick Eddy 26 11 0 4 25 0 10 6.3 7 168 0 29 24.0 262
Tom Vaughn 27 fs 11 7 3 22 0 14 7.3 3 66 0 25 22.0 88
Larry Walton 23 WR 13 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 21 0 21 21.0 573
Paul Naumoff* 25 LLB 14 14 2 6 0 6 3.0 6
Bruce Maxwell 23 11 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 29
Ed Mooney 25 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Steve Owens 23 6 0 1 26 0 26 26.0 169
Team Total 26.6 14 34 306 1 65 9.0 43 959 1 85 22.3 5513
Opp Total 14 29 0 67 1427 0 21.3

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Errol Mann 29 K 14 0 8 8 3 2 5 3 7 4 6 3 29 20 69.0% 41 41 100.0%
Herman Weaver 22 P 14 0 62 2483 65 1 40.0
Team Total 26.6 14 8 8 3 2 5 3 7 4 6 3 29 20 69.0% 41 41 100.0% 62 2483 65 1 40.0
Opp Total 14 26 16 61.5% 22 22 100.0% 70 2737 39.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Lem Barney 25 LCB 13 0 7 168 2 49 2 0 0 0
Nick Eddy 26 11 0 2 0 0 0
Mel Farr* 26 FB 12 0 5 2 0 0
Ed Flanagan* 26 C 14 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Hand 30 RDE 14 0 1 62 1 62
Alex Karras 35 LDT 13 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Kowalkowski 27 10 0 0 1 0 0
Greg Landry 24 qb 12 6 3 0 -16 0
Dick LeBeau 33 RCB 14 0 9 96 0 43
Mike Lucci 31 MLB 14 0 2 18 0 12 0 3 0 0
Bruce Maxwell 23 11 0 0 1 0 0
Jim H. Mitchell 22 LDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Ed Mooney 25 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Munson 29 QB 8 8 1 0 0 0
Steve Owens 23 6 0 2 0 0 0
Wayne Rasmussen 28 FS 14 8 2 21 0 14
Joe Robb 33 lde 6 0 0 1 0 0
Jerry Rush 28 RDT 14 0 0 1 6 0
Roger Shoals 32 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Altie Taylor 23 RB 14 0 6 2 0 0
Bill Triplett 30 14 0 2 1 0 0
Tom Vaughn 27 fs 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Chuck Walton 29 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Herman Weaver 22 P 14 0 0 1 1 0
Mike Weger 25 SS 14 0 5 52 1 29 0 1 0 0
Bobby Williams 28 RET 14 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
Jim Yarbrough 24 12 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.6 14 28 417 4 62 26 26 -9 0
Opp Total 14 36 30 14

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Errol Mann 29 K 14 0 41 20 101
Mel Farr* 26 FB 12 0 9 2 66
Charlie Sanders*+ 24 TE 14 0 6 36
Larry Walton 23 WR 13 0 5 30
Earl McCullouch 24 WR 10 8 4 24
Altie Taylor 23 RB 14 0 2 2 24
Lem Barney 25 LCB 13 0 1 2 18
Steve Owens 23 6 0 2 12
Nick Eddy 26 11 0 1 6
Larry Hand 30 RDE 14 0 1 6
Greg Landry 24 qb 12 6 1 6
Bill Triplett 30 14 0 1 6
Mike Weger 25 SS 14 0 1 6
Bobby Williams 28 RET 14 0 1 6
Team Total 26.6 14 16 19 1 1 4 41 20 347
Opp Total 14 7 14 22 16 202