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1975 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-7-0, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Rick Forzano (7-7-0)

Points For: 245 (17.5/g) 18th of 26

Points Against: 262 (18.7/g) 8th of 26

Expected W-L: 6.4-7.6

SRS: -1.91 (13th of 26), SOS: -0.69

Other Notable Asst.: Raymond Berry (Receivers), Joe Bugel (Offensive Line), Jerry Glanville (Special Teams), Floyd Reese (Strength & Conditioning) and Fritz Shurmur (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Russ Thomas

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	245	4064	935	4.3	30	18	241	183	362	1917	15	12	4.8	111	532	2147	10	4.0	111	95	838	19
Opp. Stats	262	4000	878	4.6	37	17	235	181	360	2071	16	20	5.2	116	480	1929	12	4.0	100	95	784	19
Lg Rank Offense	18	18			6	16	17		16	22	15	2	21		10	9	22	12
Lg Rank Defense	8	8			13	11	6		5	9	12	14	9		9	11	5	16

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	30	16	10	230	113	117	2	15	217	124	93	3
2	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Atlanta Falcons	17	14	20	357	173	184	1	13	250	94	156	2
3	Mon	October 6	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1		Dallas Cowboys	10	36	16	210	27	183	3	14	344	250	94	2
4	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Chicago Bears	27	7	21	320	193	127	1	16	238	193	45	5
5	Sun	October 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Minnesota Vikings	19	25	21	290	186	104	3	20	279	121	158	3
6	Sun	October 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Houston Oilers	8	24	22	336	179	157	2	14	300	212	88	5
7	Sun	November 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	28	17	17	286	112	174		19	296	168	128	3
8	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Cleveland Browns	21	10	15	282	154	128	2	13	200	74	126	1
9	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Green Bay Packers	13	10	17	270	104	166	3	20	277	150	127	2
10	Sun	November 23	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	6-4	@	Kansas City Chiefs	21	24	21	366	138	228	2	20	420	169	251	2
11	Thu	November 27	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5		Los Angeles Rams	0	20	12	214	93	121	2	20	320	143	177	1
12	Sun	December 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6	@	Chicago Bears	21	25	19	345	192	153	3	15	313	173	140	4
13	Sun	December 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6		Minnesota Vikings	17	10	14	258	54	204	4	16	201	127	74	3
14	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7		St. Louis Cardinals	13	24	16	300	199	101	2	20	345	73	272	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Reed	27	QB	10	8	4-4-0	86	191	45.0	1181	9	4.7	10	5.2	65	6.2	4.8	13.7	118.1	59.3	14	119	6.83	5.18	3.9	0	1
2	Bill Munson	34	QB	5	3	1-2-0	65	109	59.6	626	5	4.6	2	1.8	32	5.7	5.8	9.6	125.2	83.4	8	65	6.84	4.79	4.9	0	0
3	Greg Landry	29	QB	6	3	2-1-0	31	56	55.4	403	1	1.8	0	0.0	36	7.2	7.6	13.0	67.2	84.2	17	129	23.29	3.75	4.0	1	1
4	Jack Concannon	32	QB	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	33.33	7.00	7.0	0	0
5	Marlin Briscoe	30	WR	8	7		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
6	Horace King	22	RB	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	1	50.00	-0.50	-0.5	0	0
7	Herman Weaver	27	P	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-7-0	183	362	50.6	1917	15	4.1	12	3.3	65	5.3	4.63	10.5	136.9	66.3	41	323	10.17	4.76	4.16	1	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	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	171	5.1	871	4	7
2	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	216	3.5	749	4	3
3	Ray Jarvis	26	WR	14	12	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	29	501	17.3	4	62	2.1	35.8	30	16.7	501	4	1
4	Charlie Sanders	29	TE	13	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	37	486	13.1	3	32	2.8	37.4	37	13.1	486	3	1	PB
5	Bobby Thompson	28	RB	14	1	51	268	1	46	5.3	19.1	3.6	19	122	6.4	0	22	1.4	8.7	70	5.6	390	1	0
6	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	24	14.3	344	4	1
7	Horace King	22	RB	14	0	61	260	2	26	4.3	18.6	4.4	13	81	6.2	0	22	0.9	5.8	74	4.6	341	2	1
8	Jon Staggers	27	WR	5	4	2	26	0	14	13.0	5.2	0.4	14	174	12.4	2	23	2.8	34.8	16	12.5	200	2	0
9	Joe Reed	27	QB	10	8	34	193	1	22	5.7	19.3	3.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	34	5.7	193	1	3
10	Dennis Franklin	22	WR	4	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	109	21.8	0	36	1.3	27.3	5	21.8	109	0	0
11	Greg Landry	29	QB	6	3	20	92	0	14	4.6	15.3	3.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	20	4.6	92	0	4
12	George Farmer	27	WR	6	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	86	14.3	0	22	1.0	14.3	6	14.3	86	0	0
13	John McMakin	25	TE	11	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	43	21.5	0	30	0.2	3.9	2	21.5	43	0	0
14	Jim Hooks	25	RB	12	0	4	-8	0	3	-2.0	-0.7	0.3	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.4	5	-0.6	-3	0	0
15	Bill Munson	34	QB	5	3	4	-3	0	2	-0.8	-0.6	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	-0.8	-3	0	2
16	Leonard Thompson	23	WR	14	1	1	-12	0	-12	-12.0	-0.9	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-12.0	-12	0	2
	Team Totals			14	14	532	2147	10	46	4.0	153.4	38.0	183	2240	12.2	15	65	13.1	160.0	715	6.1	4387	25	25

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Larry Hand	35	RDT	14	14	1	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
2	Levi Johnson	25	RCB	14	14	3	71	0	45	1	1	16	0	0.0	0
3	Paul Naumoff	30	LLB	14	14	2	11	0	9	0	1	5	0	6.5	0
4	Herb Orvis	29	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
5	Ken Sanders	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
6	Altie Taylor	28	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Dexter Bussey	23	FB	13	13	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0
8	Jim Laslavic	24	MLB	14	13	2	12	0	10	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Lynn Boden	22	LG	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Billy Howard	25	RDE	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
11	Ray Jarvis	26	WR	14	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Charlie Sanders	29	TE	13	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Lem Barney	30	LCB	10	10	5	23	0	13	0	1	74	0	0.0	0	PB
14	Dick Jauron	25	FS	10	10	4	39	0	38	0	2	4	0	1.0	0
15	Charlie Weaver	26	RLB	12	9	1	31	0	31	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
16	Joe Reed	27	QB	10	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Marlin Briscoe	30	WR	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ed O'Neil	23	RLB	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	49	1	2.0	0
19	Mike Weger	30	DB	13	4	1	23	0	23	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
20	Ben Davis	30	DB	11	3	1	67	1	67	0	2	3	0	0.0	0
21	Greg Landry	29	QB	6	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	-9	0	0.0	0
22	Bill Munson	34	QB	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Jim Mitchell	27	DE	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
24	Lenny Dunlap	26	DB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Leonard Thompson	23	WR	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Larry Ball	26	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
27	R.W. Hicks	24	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-27	0	0.0	0
28	Jim Hooks	25	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Horace King	22	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Ernie Price	25	DE	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1
31	Herman Weaver	27	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	20	315	1	67	28	26	115	1	38.0	1

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