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1970 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-4-0, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Joe Schmidt (10-4-0)

Points For: 347 (24.8/g) 2nd of 26

Points Against: 202 (14.4/g) 2nd of 26

Expected W-L: 11.0-3.0

SRS: 14.05 (2nd of 26), SOS: 3.69

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 0-5 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Offensive Coordinator: Bill McPeak

Defensive Coordinator: Jim David

Other Notable Asst.: Chuck Knox (Offensive Line) and John North (Receivers)

Stadium: Tiger Stadium

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Russ Thomas

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	347	3984	844	4.7	27	15	243	167	294	1857	19	12	5.6	107	514	2127	16	4.1	113	58	659	23
Opp. Stats	202	3448	756	4.6	44	16	186	194	371	2296	14	28	5.8	112	362	1152	7	3.2	61	90	805	13
Lg Rank Offense	2	13			6	15	4		25	22	7	4	13		2	2	3	8
Lg Rank Defense	2	2			1	5	2		12	16	6	2	20		1	1	4	2

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 20	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	40	0	19	398	132	266	1	5	114	64	50	3
2	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Cincinnati Bengals	38	3	21	285	94	191		6	140	64	76	4
3	Mon	October 5	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Chicago Bears	28	14	22	350	210	140	1	8	177	139	38	3
4	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-1	@	Washington Redskins	10	31	16	251	152	99	1	21	352	225	127	1
5	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Cleveland Browns	41	24	13	315	200	115	2	19	318	171	147	6
6	Sun	October 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1	@	Chicago Bears	16	10	13	187	79	108	1	10	310	235	75	4
7	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-2		Minnesota Vikings	17	30	13	254	186	68	3	17	387	251	136	4
8	Sun	November 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	New Orleans Saints	17	19	18	278	143	135	6	15	272	141	131
9	Sun	November 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4	@	Minnesota Vikings	20	24	15	185	59	126	2	17	289	204	85	2
10	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		San Francisco 49ers	28	7	19	298	111	187		15	190	134	56	4
11	Thu	November 26	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		Oakland Raiders	28	14	25	399	137	262	3	18	248	148	100	2
12	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		St. Louis Cardinals	16	3	18	279	119	160	2	6	146	108	38	5
13	Mon	December 14	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	28	23	22	343	164	179	1	20	381	334	47	1
14	Sun	December 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4		Green Bay Packers	20	0	9	162	71	91	4	9	124	78	46	5
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 26	3:30PM ET	boxscore	L		10-5	@	Dallas Cowboys	0	5	7	156	80	76	3	14	231	22	209	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Greg Landry	24	QB	12	6	5-1-0	83	136	61.0	1072	9	6.6	5	3.7	58	7.9	7.6	12.9	89.3	92.5	26	198	16.05	5.40	5.1	0	1
2	Bill Munson	29	QB	8	8	5-3-0	84	158	53.2	1049	10	6.3	7	4.4	56	6.6	5.9	12.5	131.1	76.7	10	66	5.95	5.85	5.2	1	1
	Team Totals			14	14	10-4-0	167	294	56.8	1857	19	6.5	12	4.1	58	7.2	6.7	12.7	132.6	84.0	36	264	10.91	5.63	5.14	1	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Greg Landry	24	QB	1	1	0-1-0	5	12	41.7	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	4.0	4.0	9.6	48.0	53.5	3	12	20.00	2.40	2.4	0	0
2	Bill Munson	29	QB	1	0		2	8	25.0	44	0	0.0	1	12.5	39	5.5	-0.1	22.0	44.0	10.4	0	0	0.00	5.50	-0.1	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	7	20	35.0	80	0	0.0	1	5.0	39	4.6	2.4	13.1	80.0	29.6	3	12	13.04	3.48	1.52	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Mel Farr	26	RB	12	12	166	717	9	36	4.3	59.8	13.8	29	213	7.3	2	58	2.4	17.8	195	4.8	930	11	5	PB
2	Altie Taylor	23	FB	14	14	198	666	2	34	3.4	47.6	14.1	27	261	9.7	2	42	1.9	18.6	225	4.1	927	4	6
3	Larry Walton	23	WR	13	11	2	20	0	16	10.0	1.5	0.2	30	532	17.7	5	56	2.3	40.9	32	17.3	552	5	0
4	Charlie Sanders	24	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	40	544	13.6	6	34	2.9	38.9	40	13.6	544	6	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-5
5	Greg Landry	24	QB	12	6	35	350	1	76	10.0	29.2	2.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	35	10.0	350	1	3
6	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	16	17.8	285	4	0
7	Bill Triplett	30	RB	14	1	48	156	1	11	3.3	11.1	3.4	6	52	8.7	0	15	0.4	3.7	54	3.9	208	1	2
8	Chuck Hughes	27	WR	13	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	162	20.3	0	42	0.6	12.5	8	20.3	162	0	0
9	Steve Owens	23	RB	6	1	36	122	2	23	3.4	20.3	6.0	4	21	5.3	0	11	0.7	3.5	40	3.6	143	2	2
10	Nick Eddy	26	RB	11	0	18	47	1	9	2.6	4.3	1.6	4	22	5.5	0	9	0.4	2.0	22	3.1	69	1	2
11	Charlie Brown	22	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	38	19.0	0	23	0.1	2.7	2	19.0	38	0	0
12	Bill Munson	29	QB	8	8	9	33	0	11	3.7	4.1	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	3.7	33	0	1
13	Bruce Maxwell	23	RB	11	0	1	9	0	9	9.0	0.8	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
14	Craig Cotton	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.4	1	6.0	6	0	0
15	Rocky Freitas	25	RT	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-8	-8.0	0	-8	0.1	-0.6	1	-8.0	-8	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	514	2127	16	76	4.1	151.9	36.7	167	2121	12.7	19	58	11.9	151.5	681	6.2	4248	35	21

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Larry Walton	23	WR	1	1	1	5	0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0	3	39	13.0	0	15	3.0	39.0	4	11.0	44	0	0
2	Earl McCullouch	24	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	39	39.0	0	39	1.0	39.0	1	39.0	39	0	0
3	Mel Farr	26	RB	1	1	12	31	0	5	2.6	31.0	12.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	2.6	31	0	0
4	Altie Taylor	23	FB	1	1	9	16	0	7	1.8	16.0	9.0	2	7	3.5	0	5	2.0	7.0	11	2.1	23	0	1
5	Steve Owens	23	RB	1	0	2	9	0	6	4.5	9.0	2.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	1.0	7.0	3	5.3	16	0	0
6	Greg Landry	24	QB	1	1	3	15	0	8	5.0	15.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	5.0	15	0	2
	Team Totals			1	1	27	76	0	8	2.8	76.0	27.0	7	92	13.1	0	39	7.0	92.0	34	4.9	168	0	3

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ed Flanagan	26	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Larry Hand	30	RDE	14	14	1	62	1	62	0	0	0	0	6.0	0
3	Dick LeBeau	33	RCB	14	14	9	96	0	43	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Mike Lucci	31	MLB	14	14	2	18	0	12	0	3	0	0	1.0	0	AP MVP-5
5	Paul Naumoff	25	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	PB
6	Jerry Rush	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	2.5	0
7	Roger Shoals	32	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Altie Taylor	23	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Wayne Walker	34	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
10	Chuck Walton	29	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Mike Weger	25	SS	14	14	5	52	1	29	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
12	Lem Barney	25	LCB	13	13	7	168	2	49	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Mel Farr	26	RB	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
14	Alex Karras	35	LDT	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
15	Jim Mitchell	22	LDE	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
16	Bill Munson	29	QB	8	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Wayne Rasmussen	28	FS	14	8	2	21	0	14	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
18	Greg Landry	24	QB	12	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	-16	0	0.0	0
19	Joe Robb	33	LDE	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
20	Tom Vaughn	27	FS	11	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
21	Steve Owens	23	RB	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bill Triplett	30	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Bobby Williams	28	DB	14	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.0	0
24	Nick Eddy	26	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bob Kowalkowski	27	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Bruce Maxwell	23	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Ed Mooney	25	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Herman Weaver	22	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0
29	Jim Yarbrough	24	T	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	28	417	4	62	26	26	-9	0	20.5	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Frank Gallagher	27	RG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Greg Landry	24	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Paul Naumoff	25	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
4	Altie Taylor	23	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Mike Weger	25	SS	1	1	1	31	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	31	0	31	0	3	1	0	0	1.0	0	0

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