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1975 Detroit Lions

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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 245 points (17.5/g), 18th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 262 points (18.7/g), 8th.
 Differential of -17 points (-1.2/g), 13th.
 Expected W-L: 6.4-7.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 10th.

Coached by Rick Forzano (7-7-0)

1975 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 21 box W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 30 16 10 230 113 117 2 15 217 124 93 3
2 Sun September 28 box W 2-0 @ Atlanta Falcons 17 14 20 357 173 184 1 13 250 94 156 2
3 Mon October 6 box L 2-1 Dallas Cowboys 10 36 16 210 27 183 3 14 344 250 94 2
4 Sun October 12 box W 3-1 Chicago Bears 27 7 21 320 193 127 1 16 238 193 45 5
5 Sun October 19 box L 3-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 19 25 21 290 186 104 3 20 279 121 158 3
6 Sun October 26 box L 3-3 @ Houston Oilers 8 24 22 336 179 157 2 14 300 212 88 5
7 Sun November 2 box W 4-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 28 17 17 286 112 174 19 296 168 128 3
8 Sun November 9 box W 5-3 Cleveland Browns 21 10 15 282 154 128 2 13 200 74 126 1
9 Sun November 16 box W 6-3 Green Bay Packers 13 10 17 270 104 166 3 20 277 150 127 2
10 Sun November 23 box L 6-4 @ Kansas City Chiefs 21 24 21 366 138 228 2 20 420 169 251 2
11 Thu November 27 box L 6-5 Los Angeles Rams 0 20 12 214 93 121 2 20 320 143 177 1
12 Sun December 7 box L 6-6 @ Chicago Bears 21 25 19 345 192 153 3 15 313 173 140 4
13 Sun December 14 box W 7-6 Minnesota Vikings 17 10 14 258 54 204 4 16 201 127 74 3
14 Sun December 21 box L 7-7 St. Louis Cardinals 13 24 16 300 199 101 2 20 345 73 272 1

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 245 4064 935 4.3 241 183 362 1917 15 12 4.8 111 532 2147 10 4.0 111 30 18 19
Team Defense 262 4000 878 4.6 370 181 360 2071 16 20 5.2 116 480 1929 12 4.0 235 37 17 19
Lg Rank Offense 18 18 17 16 22 15 2 22 10 9 22 12 6 16
Lg Rank Defense 8 8 7 5 9 12 14 10 9 11 5 16 13 11

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%
Joe Reed 27 QB 10 8 86 191 45.0 1181 9 4.7 10 5.2 65 6.2 4.3 13.7 118.1 59.3 14 119 5.2 3.4 6.8
Bill Munson 34 5 3 65 109 59.6 626 5 4.6 2 1.8 32 5.7 5.4 9.6 125.2 83.4 8 65 4.8 4.5 6.8
Greg Landry 29 6 3 31 56 55.4 403 1 1.8 0 0.0 36 7.2 7.4 13.0 67.2 84.2 17 129 3.8 3.9 23.3
Marlin Briscoe 30 WR 8 7 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jack Concannon 32 7 0 1 2 50.0 30 0 0.0 0 0.0 30 15.0 15.0 30.0 4.3 95.8 1 9 7.0 7.0 33.3
Horace King 22 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 1 -0.5 -0.5 50.0
Herman Weaver 27 P 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.0 14 183 362 50.6 2240 15 4.1 12 3.3 65 6.2 5.1 12.2 160.0 70.0 41 323 4.8 3.8 10.2
Opp Total 14 181 360 50.3 2071 16 4.4 20 5.6 5.8 3.7 11.4 147.9 59.6 38 306 5.2 2.6

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 28 RB 14 14 195 638 4 24 3.3 45.6 13.9 21 111 5.3 0 17 1.5 7.9 749 4 3
Dexter Bussey 23 FB 13 13 157 696 2 32 4.4 53.5 12.1 14 175 12.5 2 65 1.1 13.5 871 4 7
Horace King 22 14 0 61 260 2 26 4.3 18.6 4.4 13 81 6.2 0 22 0.9 5.8 341 2 1
Bobby Thompson 28 RET 14 1 51 268 1 46 5.3 19.1 3.6 19 122 6.4 0 22 1.4 8.7 390 1 0
Joe Reed 27 QB 10 8 34 193 1 22 5.7 19.3 3.4 193 1 3
Greg Landry 29 6 3 20 92 0 14 4.6 15.3 3.3 92 0 4
Jim Hooks 25 12 0 4 -8 0 3 -2.0 -0.7 0.3 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 -3 0 0
Bill Munson 34 5 3 4 -3 0 2 -0.8 -0.6 0.8 -3 0 2
Marlin Briscoe 30 WR 8 7 2 -3 0 6 -1.5 -0.4 0.3 22 347 15.8 4 59 2.8 43.4 344 4 1
Jon Staggers 27 5 4 2 26 0 14 13.0 5.2 0.4 14 174 12.4 2 23 2.8 34.8 200 2 0
Ray Jarvis 26 WR 14 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 29 501 17.3 4 62 2.1 35.8 501 4 1
Leonard Thompson 23 14 1 1 -12 0 -12 -12.0 -0.9 0.1 -12 0 2
Charlie Sanders* 29 TE 13 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 486 13.1 3 32 2.8 37.4 486 3 1
George Farmer 27 6 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 86 14.3 0 22 1.0 14.3 86 0 0
Dennis Franklin 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 109 21.8 0 36 1.3 27.3 109 0 0
John McMakin 25 11 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 43 21.5 0 30 0.2 3.9 43 0 0
Team Total 27.0 14 532 2147 10 46 4.0 153.4 38.0 183 2240 12.2 15 65 13.1 160.0 4387 25 28
Opp Total 14 480 1929 12 4.0 137.8 34.3 181 2071 11.4 16 12.9 147.9 4000 28 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
Charlie West 29 SS 14 14 22 219 0 43 10.0 2 41 0 25 20.5 260
Bobby Thompson 28 RET 14 1 22 565 0 42 25.7 955
Leonard Thompson 23 14 1 12 271 0 33 22.6 259
Lem Barney* 30 LCB 10 10 8 80 0 30 10.0 80
Dick Jauron 25 FS 10 10 6 29 0 10 4.8 29
Horace King 22 14 0 6 117 0 29 19.5 458
Mike Weger 30 13 4 3 42 0 20 14.0 42
Dexter Bussey 23 FB 13 13 2 38 0 22 19.0 909
Jim Hooks 25 12 0 2 8 0 8 4.0 5
Guy Dennis 28 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Lenny Dunlap 26 6 1 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Mike Hennigan 24 4 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 27.0 14 36 328 0 43 9.1 52 1114 0 42 21.4 5829
Opp Total 14 41 1 53 1084 0 20.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Herman Weaver 27 P 14 0 80 3361 61 1 42.0
Errol Mann 34 K 14 0 1 1 6 6 9 4 5 3 21 14 66.7% 29 25 86.2% 1 34 34 0 34.0
Team Total 27.0 14 1 1 6 6 9 4 5 3 21 14 66.7% 29 25 86.2% 81 3395 61 1 41.9
Opp Total 14 23 16 69.6% 31 26 83.9% 80 2960 37.0

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* 30 LCB 10 10 5 23 0 13 0 1 74 0
Lynn Boden 22 LG 14 12 0 1 0 0
Marlin Briscoe 30 WR 8 7 1 0 0 0
Dexter Bussey 23 FB 13 13 7 3 0 0
Ben Davis 30 11 3 1 67 1 67 0 2 3 0
Lenny Dunlap 26 6 1 0 1 0 0
Larry Hand 35 RDT 14 0 1 38 0 38
R.W. Hicks 24 14 0 2 0 -27 0
Jim Hooks 25 12 0 0 1 0 0
Billy Howard 25 RDE 13 12 0 1 0 0
Ray Jarvis 26 WR 14 12 1 0 0 0
Dick Jauron 25 FS 10 10 4 39 0 38 0 2 4 0
Levi Johnson 25 RCB 14 14 3 71 0 45 1 1 16 0
Horace King 22 14 0 1 0 0 0
Greg Landry 29 6 3 4 2 -9 0
Jim Laslavic 24 MLB 14 13 2 12 0 10 0 1 0 0
Bill Munson 34 5 3 2 1 0 0
Paul Naumoff 30 LLB 14 14 2 11 0 9 0 1 5 0
Ed O'Neil 23 rlb 14 6 0 2 49 1
Herb Orvis 29 LDT 14 14 0 2 0 0
Joe Reed 27 QB 10 8 3 0 0 0
Charlie Sanders* 29 TE 13 12 1 0 0 0
Altie Taylor 28 RB 14 14 3 0 0 0
Leonard Thompson 23 14 1 2 0 0 0
Charlie Weaver 26 RLB 12 9 1 31 0 31 0 1 0 0
Herman Weaver 27 P 14 0 0 2 0 0
Mike Weger 30 13 4 1 23 0 23 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.0 14 20 315 1 67 28 26 115 1 1
Opp Total 14 41 30 13 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Errol Mann 34 K 14 0 25 14 67
Marlin Briscoe 30 WR 8 7 4 24
Dexter Bussey 23 FB 13 13 2 2 24
Ray Jarvis 26 WR 14 12 4 24
Altie Taylor 28 RB 14 14 4 24
Charlie Sanders* 29 TE 13 12 3 18
Horace King 22 14 0 2 12
Jon Staggers 27 5 4 2 12
Larry Ball 26 14 0 1 6
Ben Davis 30 11 3 1 6
Levi Johnson 25 RCB 14 14 1 6
Ed O'Neil 23 rlb 14 6 1 6
Joe Reed 27 QB 10 8 1 6
Bobby Thompson 28 RET 14 1 1 6
Ernie Price 25 13 0 1 2
Team Total 27.0 14 10 15 1 1 2 25 14 1 243
Opp Total 14 12 16 1 26 16 1 262