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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)
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1975 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 | Joe Reed | 27 | 3 | 8 | 86 for 191, 1,181 yards, 9 td, 10 int, & 34 rushes for 193 yards and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 283rd pick / 1971 |
| RB | Altie Taylor | 28 | 6 | 14 | 195 rushes for 638 yards, 4 td, & 21 catches for 111 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Dexter Bussey | 23 | 1 | 13 | 157 rushes for 696 yards, 2 td, & 14 catches for 175 yards and 2 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 65th pick / 1974 |
| WR | Marlin Briscoe | 30 | 7 | 7 | 22 catches for 347 yards, 4 td, & 2 rushes for -3 yards and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Ray Jarvis | 26 | 4 | 12 | 29 catches for 501 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 111th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Charlie Sanders* | 29 | 7 | 12 | 37 catches for 486 yards, 3 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 74th pick / 1968 |
| LT | Jim Yarbrough | 29 | 6 | 13 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1969 |
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| LG | Lynn Boden | 22 | Rook | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 13th pick / 1975 |
| C | Jon Morris | 33 | 11 | 14 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
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| RG | Bob Kowalkowski | 32 | 9 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 95th pick / 1965 |
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| RT | Rocky Freitas | 30 | 7 | 14 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1967 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ken Sanders | 25 | 3 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 65th pick / 1972 |
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| LDT | Herb Orvis | 29 | 3 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 16th pick / 1972 |
| RDT | Larry Hand | 35 | 10 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 |
| RDE | Billy Howard | 25 | 1 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 39th pick / 1974 |
| LLB | Paul Naumoff | 30 | 8 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 60th pick / 1967 |
| MLB | Jim Laslavic | 24 | 2 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 71st pick / 1973 |
| RLB | Charlie Weaver | 26 | 4 | 9 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 48th pick / 1971 |
| RLB | Ed O'Neil | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 8th pick / 1974 |
| LCB | Lem Barney* | 30 | 8 | 10 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Levi Johnson | 25 | 2 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 75th pick / 1973 |
| SS | Charlie West | 29 | 7 | 14 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1968 |
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| FS | Dick Jauron | 25 | 2 | 10 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 91st pick / 1973 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Errol Mann | 34 | 7 | 0 | 14 of 21 field goals & 25 of 29 extra points | |
| P | Herman Weaver | 27 | 5 | 0 | 80 punts for a 42.0 average, 1 blocked | Detroit Lions / 9th / 227th pick / 1970 |
| PR | Charlie West | 29 | 7 | 14 | 22 punt returns for a 10.0 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1968 |
| KR | Bobby Thompson | 28 | Rook | 1 | 22 kick returns for a 25.7 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Larry Ball | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-6 | Louisville | 9/27/1949 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 91st pick / 1972 |
| Lem Barney* | 30 | DB | 10 | 10 | 188 | 6-0 | Jackson State | 9/8/1945 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| Lynn Boden | 22 | G-T | 14 | 12 | 270 | 6-3 | South Dakota State | 6/5/1953 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 1st / 13th pick / 1975 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 30 | WR-QB-FL | 8 | 7 | 178 | 5-11 | Nebraska-Omaha | 9/10/1945 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| Dexter Bussey | 23 | RB | 13 | 13 | 195 | 6-1 | Oklahoma,Texas-Arlington | 3/11/1952 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 65th pick / 1974 |
| Jack Concannon | 32 | QB | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Boston College | 2/25/1943 | 11 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1964 |
| Ben Davis | 30 | DB | 11 | 3 | 180 | 5-11 | Defiance | 10/30/1945 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 17th / 439th pick / 1967 |
| Guy Dennis | 28 | G-C | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Florida | 2/28/1947 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 109th pick / 1969 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 26 | DB | 6 | 1 | 196 | 6-1 | North Texas | 6/25/1949 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 26th pick / 1971 |
| Doug English | 22 | DT-NT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas | 8/25/1953 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 38th pick / 1975 |
| George Farmer | 27 | WR | 6 | 1 | 214 | 6-4 | UCLA | 4/19/1948 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 54th pick / 1970 |
| Dennis Franklin | 22 | WR | 4 | 2 | 185 | 6-1 | Michigan | 8/24/1953 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 6th / 144th pick / 1975 |
| Rocky Freitas | 30 | T | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-6 | Oregon State | 9/7/1945 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1967 |
| Larry Hand | 35 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Appalachian State | 7/10/1940 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 |
| Mike Hennigan | 24 | LB | 4 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Parsons,Tennessee Tech | 10/24/1951 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 81st pick / 1973 |
| Craig Hertwig | 23 | T | 9 | 1 | 270 | 6-8 | Georgia | 1/15/1952 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 94th pick / 1975 |
| R.W. Hicks | 24 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Humboldt State,Southwestern (TX) | 1/4/1951 | Rook | |
| Jim Hooks | 25 | RB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 5-11 | Central Oklahoma | 10/23/1950 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 96th pick / 1973 |
| Billy Howard | 25 | DE-DT | 13 | 12 | 252 | 6-4 | Alcorn State | 7/17/1950 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 39th pick / 1974 |
| Ray Jarvis | 26 | WR | 14 | 12 | 200 | 6-0 | Norfolk State | 2/2/1949 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 111th pick / 1971 |
| Dick Jauron | 25 | DB | 10 | 10 | 190 | 6-0 | Yale | 10/7/1950 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 91st pick / 1973 |
| Levi Johnson | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 196 | 6-3 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 10/30/1950 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 75th pick / 1973 |
| Gordon Jolley | 26 | G-T | 2 | 2 | 250 | 6-5 | Utah | 5/22/1949 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 436th pick / 1971 |
| Horace King | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 5-10 | Georgia | 3/5/1953 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 6th / 141st pick / 1975 |
| Bob Kowalkowski | 32 | G | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-3 | Virginia | 11/5/1943 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 95th pick / 1965 |
| Greg Landry | 29 | QB | 6 | 3 | 210 | 6-4 | Massachusetts | 12/18/1946 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 11th pick / 1968 |
| Jim Laslavic | 24 | LB | 14 | 13 | 237 | 6-2 | Penn State | 10/24/1951 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 71st pick / 1973 |
| Errol Mann | 34 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | North Dakota | 6/27/1941 | 7 | |
| John McMakin | 25 | TE | 11 | 2 | 232 | 6-3 | Clemson | 9/24/1950 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1972 |
| Jim H. Mitchell | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 2 | 245 | 6-3 | Virginia State | 9/15/1948 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 71st pick / 1970 |
| Jon Morris | 33 | C | 14 | 14 | 254 | 6-4 | Holy Cross | 4/5/1942 | 11 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
| Bill Munson | 34 | QB | 5 | 3 | 203 | 6-2 | Utah State | 8/11/1941 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1964 |
| Paul Naumoff | 30 | LB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/3/1945 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 60th pick / 1967 |
| Ed O'Neil | 23 | LB | 14 | 6 | 236 | 6-3 | Penn State | 9/8/1952 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 8th pick / 1974 |
| Herb Orvis | 29 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-5 | Colorado | 10/17/1946 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 16th pick / 1972 |
| Ernie Price | 25 | DE | 13 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9/20/1950 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 17th pick / 1973 |
| Alan Pringle | 23 | K | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Rice | 1/20/1952 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 10th / 246th pick / 1975 |
| Joe Reed | 27 | QB | 10 | 8 | 195 | 6-1 | Baylor,Mississippi State | 1/8/1948 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 283rd pick / 1971 |
| Charlie Sanders* | 29 | TE | 13 | 12 | 225 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 8/25/1946 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 74th pick / 1968 |
| Ken Sanders | 25 | DE | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-5 | Howard Payne | 8/22/1950 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 65th pick / 1972 |
| Jon Staggers | 27 | WR | 5 | 4 | 185 | 5-10 | Missouri | 12/14/1948 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 105th pick / 1970 |
| Altie Taylor | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 5-10 | Utah State | 9/29/1947 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1969 |
| Bobby Thompson | 28 | RB | 14 | 1 | 195 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 1/16/1947 | Rook | |
| Leonard Thompson | 23 | WR-HB | 14 | 1 | 192 | 5-11 | Oklahoma State | 7/28/1952 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 8th / 194th pick / 1975 |
| Charlie Weaver | 26 | LB | 12 | 9 | 220 | 6-2 | USC | 7/12/1949 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 48th pick / 1971 |
| Herman Weaver | 27 | P | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 11/17/1948 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 227th pick / 1970 |
| Mike Weger | 30 | DB | 13 | 4 | 200 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 10/2/1945 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 218th pick / 1967 |
| Charlie West | 29 | DB | 14 | 14 | 197 | 6-1 | Angelo State (TX),Texas-El Paso | 8/31/1946 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1968 |
| Jim Yarbrough | 29 | T | 13 | 13 | 265 | 6-5 | Florida | 10/28/1946 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1969 |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 220.8 | 6-2.2 | 4.3 |