1971 Detroit Lions Game Log

Record: 7-6-1, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Joe Schmidt (7-6-1)

Points For: 341 (24.4/g) 3rd of 26

Points Against: 286 (20.4/g) 16th of 26

Expected W-L: 8.4-5.6

SRS: 4.14 (9th of 26), SOS: .21

Offensive Coordinator: Bill McPeak

Defensive Coordinator: Jim David

Other Notable Asst.: Chuck Knox (Offensive Line) and John North (Receivers)

Stadium: Tiger Stadium

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Russ Thomas

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Mon	September 20	boxscore	L			Minnesota Vikings	13	16	8	26	61	1	0	0	0	2.3	2.3	30.8	53.0	38	160	4.2	0	2	7	1	1	4	168
2	Sun	September 26	boxscore	W		@	New England Patriots	34	7	13	21	204	1	0	3	23	10.8	8.5	61.9	110.0	37	164	4.4	2	2	2	4	4	3	145
3	Sun	October 3	boxscore	W			Atlanta Falcons	41	38	7	12	95	2	1	3	28	10.3	6.3	58.3	88.5	57	223	3.9	1	2	2	5	5	3	52
4	Sun	October 10	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	31	28	18	29	287	4	1	1	15	10.4	9.6	62.1	120.3	41	178	4.3	0	1	1	4	4	1	48
5	Sun	October 17	boxscore	W		@	Houston Oilers	31	7	9	16	155	1	1	4	42	12.3	7.8	56.3	84.1	43	230	5.3	2	1	2	4	4	5	232
6	Sun	October 24	boxscore	L			Chicago Bears	23	28	11	26	145	1	2	5	28	6.7	4.7	42.3	41.3	28	116	4.1	0	3	3	2	2	3	154
7	Mon	November 1	boxscore	T		@	Green Bay Packers	14	14	6	14	101	1	1	0	0	7.2	7.2	42.9	61.9	48	190	4.0	0	0	2	2	2	2	94
8	Sun	November 7	boxscore	W		@	Denver Broncos	24	20	7	16	190	2	1	2	20	13.1	10.6	43.8	101.6	37	228	6.2	1	1	2	3	3	3	136
9	Sun	November 14	boxscore	L			Los Angeles Rams	13	21	15	25	140	0	0	7	59	8.0	4.4	60.0	75.4	38	177	4.7	1	2	4	1	1	4	180
10	Sun	November 21	boxscore	W		@	Chicago Bears	28	3	9	15	70	0	0	1	5	5.0	4.4	60.0	71.5	35	186	5.3	3	0	2	4	4	6	249
11	Thu	November 25	boxscore	W			Kansas City Chiefs	32	21	15	22	223	2	2	1	2	10.2	9.7	68.2	93.6	35	158	4.5	1	3	3	3	3	0	0
12	Sun	December 5	boxscore	L			Philadelphia Eagles	20	23	15	27	225	0	1	2	10	8.7	7.8	55.6	67.7	30	125	4.2	2	2	3	2	2	1	51
13	Sat	December 11	boxscore	L		@	Minnesota Vikings	10	29	15	32	129	1	3	2	20	4.7	3.8	46.9	29.3	32	107	3.3	0	1	2	1	1	5	144
14	Sun	December 19	boxscore	L		@	San Francisco 49ers	27	31	9	18	176	1	1	0	0	9.8	9.8	50.0	79.9	33	134	4.1	2	2	2	3	3	2	94

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Mon	September 20	boxscore	L			Minnesota Vikings	13	16	19	32	232	1	2	0	0	7.3	7.3	59.4	66.1	29	43	1.5	0	3	3	1	1	5	98
2	Sun	September 26	boxscore	W		@	New England Patriots	34	7	6	17	101	1	2	1	12	6.6	5.6	35.3	36.3	29	145	5.0	0	0	0	1	1	6	164
3	Sun	October 3	boxscore	W			Atlanta Falcons	41	38	13	23	295	3	3	2	14	13.4	11.8	56.5	101.3	21	47	2.2	1	1	1	5	5	1	37
4	Sun	October 10	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	31	28	11	19	137	2	2	0	0	7.2	7.2	57.9	75.9	24	126	5.3	2	0	0	4	4	4	67
5	Sun	October 17	boxscore	W		@	Houston Oilers	31	7	15	40	209	1	4	0	0	5.2	5.2	37.5	23.9	24	86	3.6	0	0	1	1	1	7	164
6	Sun	October 24	boxscore	L			Chicago Bears	23	28	15	21	150	2	0	2	10	7.6	6.5	71.4	123.1	34	173	5.1	2	0	1	4	4	5	98
7	Mon	November 1	boxscore	T		@	Green Bay Packers	14	14	1	5	0	0	0	1	9	1.8	.0	20.0	39.6	40	218	5.5	2	0	2	2	2	4	75
8	Sun	November 7	boxscore	W		@	Denver Broncos	24	20	13	20	157	1	0	1	7	8.2	7.5	65.0	105.6	43	203	4.7	1	2	3	2	2	4	69
9	Sun	November 14	boxscore	L			Los Angeles Rams	13	21	17	22	170	2	1	1	9	8.1	7.4	77.3	110.0	30	141	4.7	1	0	2	3	3	4	69
10	Sun	November 21	boxscore	W		@	Chicago Bears	28	3	6	26	6	0	4	8	62	2.6	.2	23.1	0.0	26	112	4.3	0	1	4	0	0	6	137
11	Thu	November 25	boxscore	W			Kansas City Chiefs	32	21	14	23	139	0	1	2	23	7.0	5.6	60.9	59.9	25	119	4.8	3	0	1	3	3	2	100
12	Sun	December 5	boxscore	L			Philadelphia Eagles	20	23	15	23	214	1	0	0	0	9.3	9.3	65.2	109.7	38	145	3.8	1	3	3	2	2	2	168
13	Sat	December 11	boxscore	L		@	Minnesota Vikings	10	29	4	15	21	0	2	0	0	1.4	1.4	26.7	0.0	32	113	3.5	1	2	3	3	3	6	147
14	Sun	December 19	boxscore	L		@	San Francisco 49ers	27	31	14	20	186	3	1	0	0	9.3	9.3	70.0	117.9	37	171	4.6	1	1	1	4	4	2	172