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1978 Detroit Lions
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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 290 points (18.1/g), 13th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 300 points (18.8/g), 19th.
Differential of -10 points (-0.6/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 7.7-8.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 6th.
Coached by Monte Clark (7-9-0)
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1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1978 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 11 | DET | Luther Bradley | DB | 4 | 1978 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | Notre Dame | |||||||||||
| 2 | 40 | DET | Al Baker | DE | 13 | 1978 | 1990 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 181 | Colorado State | |||||||||||
| 4 | 94 | DET | Bill Fifer | T | 1 | 1978 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | West Texas A&M | |||||||||||
| 4 | 107 | DET | Homer Elias | G | 7 | 1978 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 96 | Tennessee State | |||||||||||
| 4 | 109 | DET | Larry Tearry | C | 2 | 1978 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | Wake Forest | |||||||||||
| 5 | 121 | DET | Amos Fowler | C | 7 | 1978 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97 | Southern Miss | |||||||||||
| 5 | 123 | DET | Dan Gray | DT | 1 | 1978 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Rutgers | |||||||||||
| 6 | 150 | DET | Dwight Hicks | DB | 8 | 1979 | 1986 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 105 | Michigan | |||||||||||
| 6 | 153 | DET | Tony Ardizzone | C | 1 | 1979 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Northwestern | |||||||||||
| 6 | 165 | DET | Jesse Thompson | WR | 2 | 1978 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 312 | 4 | California | |||||
| 7 | 177 | DET | Bruce Gibson | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pacific | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 206 | DET | Jim Breech | K | 14 | 1979 | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 197 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | California | ||||||
| 10 | 262 | DET | Fred Arrington | LB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Purdue | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 289 | DET | Richard Murray | DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 318 | DET | Mark Patterson | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Washington State | |||||||||||||||