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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)
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1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Bill Munson | 29 | 6 | 8 | 84 for 158, 1,049 yards, 10 td, 7 int, & 9 rushes for 33 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1964 |
| QB | Greg Landry | 24 | 2 | 6 | 83 for 136, 1,072 yards, 9 td, 5 int, & 35 rushes for 350 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 11th pick / 1968 |
| RB | Altie Taylor | 23 | 1 | 0 | 198 rushes for 666 yards, 2 td, & 27 catches for 261 yards and 2 td | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Mel Farr* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 166 rushes for 717 yards, 9 td, & 29 catches for 213 yards and 2 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1967 |
| WR | Earl McCullouch | 24 | 2 | 8 | 15 catches for 278 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for 7 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 24th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Larry Walton | 23 | 1 | 0 | 30 catches for 532 yards, 5 td, & 2 rushes for 20 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 59th pick / 1969 |
| WR | Chuck Hughes | 27 | 3 | 6 | 8 catches for 162 yards, 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 99th pick / 1967 |
| TE | Charlie Sanders*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | 40 catches for 544 yards, 6 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 74th pick / 1968 |
| LT | Roger Shoals | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Texans / 34th / 267th pick / 1962 |
| LG | Chuck Walton | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 55th pick / 1963 |
| C | Ed Flanagan* | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| RG | Frank Gallagher | 27 | 3 | 0 | ||
| RT | Rocky Freitas | 25 | 2 | 14 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1967 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jim H. Mitchell | 22 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 71st pick / 1970 |
| LDE | Joe Robb | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 14th / 164th pick / 1959 |
| LDT | Alex Karras | 35 | 12 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1958 |
| RDT | Jerry Rush | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| RDE | Larry Hand | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 |
| LLB | Paul Naumoff* | 25 | 3 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 60th pick / 1967 |
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| MLB | Mike Lucci | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| RLB | Wayne H. Walker | 34 | 12 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
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| LCB | Lem Barney | 25 | 3 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Dick LeBeau | 33 | 11 | 0 | 9 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 58th pick / 1959 |
| SS | Mike Weger | 25 | 3 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 9th / 218th pick / 1967 |
| FS | Wayne Rasmussen | 28 | 6 | 8 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 9th / 117th pick / 1964 |
| FS | Tom Vaughn | 27 | 5 | 7 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 57th pick / 1965 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Errol Mann | 29 | 2 | 0 | 20 of 29 field goals & 41 of 41 extra points | |
| P | Herman Weaver | 22 | Rook | 0 | 62 punts for a 40.0 average, 1 blocked | Detroit Lions / 9th / 227th pick / 1970 |
| PR | Lem Barney | 25 | 3 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 10.4 average and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| KR | Bobby Williams | 28 | 4 | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 21.8 average and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 163rd pick / 1966 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Lem Barney | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Jackson State | 9/8/1945 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| Charlie K. Brown | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Northern Arizona | 10/13/1948 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 14th / 357th pick / 1970 |
| Craig Cotton | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 216 | 6-5 | Youngstown State | 7/7/1947 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 200th pick / 1969 |
| Bill Cottrell | 26 | T-G-C | 10 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Delaware Valley | 9/18/1944 | 3 | |
| Nick Eddy | 26 | RB | 11 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 8/23/1944 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 24th pick / 1966 |
| Mel Farr* | 26 | RB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | UCLA | 11/3/1944 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1967 |
| Ed Flanagan* | 26 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 2/23/1944 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| Rocky Freitas | 25 | T | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-6 | Oregon State | 9/7/1945 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1967 |
| Frank Gallagher | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 3/2/1943 | 3 | |
| Dan Goich | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | California | 4/30/1944 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 121st pick / 1966 |
| Larry Hand | 30 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Appalachian State | 7/10/1940 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 |
| Dave Haverdick | 22 | DT | 8 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Morehead State | 1/19/1948 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 13th / 331st pick / 1970 |
| Chuck Hughes | 27 | WR | 13 | 6 | 173 | 5-11 | Texas-El Paso | 3/24/1943 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 99th pick / 1967 |
| Alex Karras | 35 | DT | 13 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/15/1935 | 12 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1958 |
| Bob Kowalkowski | 27 | G | 10 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Virginia | 11/5/1943 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 95th pick / 1965 |
| Greg Landry | 24 | QB | 12 | 6 | 210 | 6-4 | Massachusetts | 12/18/1946 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 11th pick / 1968 |
| Dick LeBeau | 33 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 9/9/1937 | 11 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 58th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Lucci | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh,Tennessee | 12/29/1939 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| Errol Mann | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | North Dakota | 6/27/1941 | 2 | |
| Bruce Maxwell | 23 | RB | 11 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 3/23/1947 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 10th / 253rd pick / 1970 |
| Earl McCullouch | 24 | WR-SE | 10 | 8 | 175 | 5-11 | USC | 1/10/1946 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 24th pick / 1968 |
| Terry Miller | 24 | LB | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Illinois | 4/11/1946 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 8th / 202nd pick / 1968 |
| Jim H. Mitchell | 22 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Virginia State | 9/15/1948 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 71st pick / 1970 |
| Ed Mooney | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 2/26/1945 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 93rd pick / 1968 |
| Bill Munson | 29 | QB | 8 | 8 | 203 | 6-2 | Utah State | 8/11/1941 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1964 |
| Paul Naumoff* | 25 | LB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/3/1945 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 60th pick / 1967 |
| Phil Odle | 28 | WR | 4 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | BYU | 11/23/1942 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 120th pick / 1968 |
| Steve Owens | 23 | RB | 6 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 12/9/1947 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 1st / 19th pick / 1970 |
| Rocky Rasley | 23 | G | 8 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 4/27/1947 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 216th pick / 1969 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 28 | DB | 14 | 8 | 175 | 6-2 | South Dakota State | 6/7/1942 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 117th pick / 1964 |
| Joe Robb | 33 | DE-LB | 6 | 0 | 238 | 6-3 | TCU | 3/15/1937 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 164th pick / 1959 |
| Jerry Rush | 28 | DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 8/7/1942 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| Charlie Sanders*+ | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 8/25/1946 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 74th pick / 1968 |
| Bill Saul | 30 | LB | 13 | 0 | 224 | 6-4 | Penn State | 11/19/1940 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1962 |
| Roger Shoals | 32 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Maryland | 12/13/1938 | 7 | Dallas Texans / 34th / 267th pick / 1962 |
| Altie Taylor | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Utah State | 9/29/1947 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1969 |
| Bill Triplett | 30 | RB-DB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Miami (OH) | 5/9/1940 | 8 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 70th pick / 1962 |
| Tom Vaughn | 27 | DB | 11 | 7 | 190 | 5-11 | Iowa State | 2/28/1943 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 57th pick / 1965 |
| Wayne H. Walker | 34 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Idaho | 9/30/1936 | 12 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
| Chuck Walton | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Iowa State | 7/7/1941 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 55th pick / 1963 |
| Larry Walton | 23 | WR-FL | 13 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 2/8/1947 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 59th pick / 1969 |
| Herman Weaver | 22 | P | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 11/17/1948 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 9th / 227th pick / 1970 |
| Mike Weger | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 10/2/1945 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 218th pick / 1967 |
| Bobby Williams | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Central Oklahoma | 2/28/1942 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 163rd pick / 1966 |
| Jim Yarbrough | 24 | T | 12 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Florida | 10/28/1946 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1969 |
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 221.2 | 6-2.2 | 3.6 |