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1971 Detroit Lions
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Record: 7-6-1, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 341 points (24.4/g), 3rd of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 286 points (20.4/g), 16th.
Differential of 55 points (3.9/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 8.4-5.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 15th.
Simple Rating System: Total 4.1, Offense: 6.5, Defense: -2.4, SoS: 0.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Joe Schmidt (7-6-1)
Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Mon | September 20 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 16 | 15 | 221 | 61 | 160 | 2 | 14 | 275 | 232 | 43 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 26 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | @ | New England Patriots | 34 | 7 | 19 | 368 | 204 | 164 | 10 | 246 | 101 | 145 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Sun | October 3 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 41 | 38 | 23 | 318 | 95 | 223 | 2 | 16 | 342 | 295 | 47 | 5 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 10 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Green Bay Packers | 31 | 28 | 26 | 465 | 287 | 178 | 4 | 14 | 263 | 137 | 126 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 17 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 31 | 7 | 20 | 385 | 155 | 230 | 3 | 13 | 295 | 209 | 86 | 5 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 24 | boxscore | L | 4-2 | Chicago Bears | 23 | 28 | 17 | 261 | 145 | 116 | 2 | 17 | 323 | 150 | 173 | |||
| 7 | Mon | November 1 | boxscore | T | 4-2-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 14 | 18 | 291 | 101 | 190 | 4 | 13 | 218 | 218 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 7 | boxscore | W | 5-2-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 24 | 20 | 19 | 418 | 190 | 228 | 2 | 20 | 360 | 157 | 203 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 14 | boxscore | L | 5-3-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 13 | 21 | 21 | 317 | 140 | 177 | 1 | 19 | 311 | 170 | 141 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 21 | boxscore | W | 6-3-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 28 | 3 | 14 | 256 | 70 | 186 | 3 | 8 | 118 | 6 | 112 | 4 | |
| 11 | Thu | November 25 | boxscore | W | 7-3-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 32 | 21 | 22 | 381 | 223 | 158 | 2 | 19 | 258 | 139 | 119 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 5 | boxscore | L | 7-4-1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 20 | 23 | 20 | 350 | 225 | 125 | 2 | 20 | 359 | 214 | 145 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat | December 11 | boxscore | L | 7-5-1 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 29 | 17 | 236 | 129 | 107 | 5 | 7 | 134 | 21 | 113 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 19 | boxscore | L | 7-6-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 27 | 31 | 18 | 310 | 176 | 134 | 1 | 20 | 357 | 186 | 171 | 1 | |