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1973 Detroit Lions
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Record: 6-7-1, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 271 points (19.4/g), 13th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 247 points (17.6/g), 12th.
Differential of 24 points (1.7/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 7.8-6.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 13th.
Coached by Don McCafferty (6-7-1)
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1973 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 | Greg Landry | 27 | 5 | 7 | 70 for 128, 908 yards, 3 td, 10 int, & 42 rushes for 267 yards and 2 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 11th pick / 1968 |
| QB | Bill Munson | 32 | 9 | 7 | 95 for 187, 1,129 yards, 9 td, 8 int, & 10 rushes for 33 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1964 |
| RB | Altie Taylor | 26 | 4 | 0 | 176 rushes for 719 yards, 5 td, & 27 catches for 252 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Steve Owens | 26 | 3 | 0 | 113 rushes for 401 yards, 3 td, & 24 catches for 232 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 19th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Ron Jessie | 25 | 2 | 0 | 20 catches for 364 yards, 3 td, & 5 rushes for 31 yards and 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 206th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Larry Walton | 26 | 4 | 0 | 22 catches for 309 yards, 4 td, & 5 rushes for 100 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 59th pick / 1969 |
| TE | Charlie Sanders | 27 | 5 | 0 | 28 catches for 433 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for -1 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 74th pick / 1968 |
| LT | Jim Yarbrough | 27 | 4 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1969 |
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| LG | Guy Dennis | 26 | 4 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 109th pick / 1969 |
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| C | Ed Flanagan* | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| RG | Bob Kowalkowski | 30 | 7 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 95th pick / 1965 |
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| RT | Rocky Freitas | 28 | 5 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1967 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ken Sanders | 23 | 1 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 65th pick / 1972 |
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| LDT | Herb Orvis | 27 | 1 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 16th pick / 1972 |
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| RDT | Bob Bell | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 21st pick / 1971 |
| RDE | Larry Hand | 33 | 8 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 |
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| LLB | Paul Naumoff | 28 | 6 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 60th pick / 1967 |
| MLB | Mike Lucci | 34 | 11 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| MLB | Jim Laslavic | 22 | Rook | 5 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 71st pick / 1973 |
| RLB | Charlie Weaver | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 48th pick / 1971 |
| LCB | Lem Barney* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Levi Johnson | 23 | Rook | 0 | 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 75th pick / 1973 |
| SS | Mike Weger | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 9th / 218th pick / 1967 |
| FS | Dick Jauron | 23 | Rook | 12 | 4 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 91st pick / 1973 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Errol Mann | 32 | 5 | 0 | 13 of 19 field goals & 14 of 14 extra points | |
| P | Herman Weaver | 25 | 3 | 0 | 54 punts for a 43.2 average, 1 blocked | Detroit Lions / 9th / 227th pick / 1970 |
| PR | Lem Barney* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 27 punt returns for a 8.6 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| KR | Dick Jauron | 23 | Rook | 12 | 17 kick returns for a 23.8 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 4th / 91st pick / 1973 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Al Barnes | 24 | WR | 11 | 0 | 170 | 6-1 | New Mexico State | 7/4/1949 | 1 | |
| Lem Barney* | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Jackson State | 9/8/1945 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| Bob Bell | 25 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Cincinnati | 1/25/1948 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 21st pick / 1971 |
| Bill Cappleman | 26 | QB | 7 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Florida State | 3/12/1947 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 51st pick / 1970 |
| Leon Crosswhite | 22 | RB | 7 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 4/28/1951 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 44th pick / 1973 |
| Guy Dennis | 26 | G-C | 10 | 8 | 255 | 6-2 | Florida | 2/28/1947 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 109th pick / 1969 |
| Mel Farr | 29 | RB | 11 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | UCLA | 11/3/1944 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1967 |
| Miller Farr | 30 | DB | 6 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Wichita State | 4/8/1943 | 8 | |
| Ed Flanagan* | 29 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 2/23/1944 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| Rocky Freitas | 28 | T | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-6 | Oregon State | 9/7/1945 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1967 |
| Willie Germany | 25 | DB | 6 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Morgan State | 5/9/1948 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 166th pick / 1971 |
| Mike Haggerty | 28 | T | 4 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 10/14/1945 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 140th pick / 1967 |
| Larry Hand | 33 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Appalachian State | 7/10/1940 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 |
| Mike Hennigan | 22 | LB | 8 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Parsons,Tennessee Tech | 10/24/1951 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 81st pick / 1973 |
| John Hilton | 31 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Richmond | 3/12/1942 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 76th pick / 1964 |
| Jim Hooks | 23 | RB | 11 | 0 | 225 | 5-11 | Central Oklahoma | 10/23/1950 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 96th pick / 1973 |
| Dick Jauron | 23 | DB | 14 | 12 | 190 | 6-0 | Yale | 10/7/1950 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 91st pick / 1973 |
| Ron Jessie | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Kansas | 2/4/1948 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 206th pick / 1971 |
| Levi Johnson | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 196 | 6-3 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 10/30/1950 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 75th pick / 1973 |
| Gordon Jolley | 24 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Utah | 5/22/1949 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 436th pick / 1971 |
| Bob Kowalkowski | 30 | G | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-3 | Virginia | 11/5/1943 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 95th pick / 1965 |
| Greg Landry | 27 | QB | 7 | 7 | 210 | 6-4 | Massachusetts | 12/18/1946 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 11th pick / 1968 |
| Jim Laslavic | 22 | LB | 14 | 5 | 237 | 6-2 | Penn State | 10/24/1951 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 71st pick / 1973 |
| Mike Lucci | 34 | LB | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh,Tennessee | 12/29/1939 | 11 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| Errol Mann | 32 | K | 8 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | North Dakota | 6/27/1941 | 5 | |
| Earl McCullouch | 27 | WR-SE | 11 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | USC | 1/10/1946 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 24th pick / 1968 |
| Jim H. Mitchell | 25 | DE-DT | 9 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Virginia State | 9/15/1948 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 71st pick / 1970 |
| Bill Munson | 32 | QB | 10 | 7 | 203 | 6-2 | Utah State | 8/11/1941 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1964 |
| Paul Naumoff | 28 | LB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/3/1945 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 60th pick / 1967 |
| Jim O'Brien | 26 | WR-K | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 2/2/1947 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 70th pick / 1970 |
| Herb Orvis | 27 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-5 | Colorado | 10/17/1946 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 16th pick / 1972 |
| Steve Owens | 26 | RB | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 12/9/1947 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 19th pick / 1970 |
| Ernie Price | 23 | DE | 12 | 3 | 248 | 6-4 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9/20/1950 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 1st / 17th pick / 1973 |
| Rocky Rasley | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 4/27/1947 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 216th pick / 1969 |
| Charlie Sanders | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 8/25/1946 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 74th pick / 1968 |
| Ken Sanders | 23 | DE | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-5 | Howard Payne | 8/22/1950 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 65th pick / 1972 |
| John Small | 27 | DT-LB | 1 | 0 | 269 | 6-4 | The Citadel | 11/20/1946 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 12th pick / 1970 |
| Altie Taylor | 26 | RB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Utah State | 9/29/1947 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1969 |
| Jim Teal | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Purdue | 5/14/1950 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 10th / 249th pick / 1972 |
| Dave Thompson | 24 | T-C-G | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Clemson | 2/1/1949 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 30th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Thrower | 26 | DB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 11/6/1947 | 3 | |
| Chuck Walton | 32 | G | 4 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Iowa State | 7/7/1941 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 55th pick / 1963 |
| Larry Walton | 26 | WR-FL | 13 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 2/8/1947 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 59th pick / 1969 |
| Charlie Weaver | 24 | LB | 13 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | USC | 7/12/1949 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 48th pick / 1971 |
| Herman Weaver | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 11/17/1948 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 227th pick / 1970 |
| Mike Weger | 28 | DB | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 10/2/1945 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 218th pick / 1967 |
| Doug Wyatt | 27 | DB | 6 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 10/18/1946 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 426th pick / 1970 |
| Jim Yarbrough | 27 | T | 10 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Florida | 10/28/1946 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1969 |
| Mickey Zofko | 24 | RB | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Auburn | 6/8/1949 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 229th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 221.0 | 6-2.4 | 3.7 |