1969 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • Central Division • 9-4-1 .692 |
| Head Coach: Joe Schmidt |
| Jimmy David | Overall Defense |
| Chuck Knox | Offensive Line |
| Jim Martin | Defensive Line |
| Bill McPeak | Overall Offense |
| John North | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/9/1969 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 13-38 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 38000 | |
| Fri | 8/15/1969 | H | Buffalo Bills | 24-12 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 34206 | |
| Mon | 8/25/1969 | N | Boston Patriots | 22-9 | W | Montreal, QC | Jarry Park | 8212 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | N | Washington Redskins | 21-20 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 42477 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-21 | W | Raleigh, NC | Carter-Finley Stadium | 15034 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1969 | H | New Orleans Saints | 42-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 30312 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-16 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 51360 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | H | New York Giants | 24-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54358 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | A | Cleveland Browns | 28-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82933 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 58384 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54734 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 10-24 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 26-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35199 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 27-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 53242 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 51749 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | A | Green Bay Packers | 16-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1969 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 0-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 57906 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | A | Baltimore Colts | 17-17 | T | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 28-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 53256 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1969 | A | Chicago Bears | 20-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41879 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lem Barney | 20 | LCB-P | 6-1 | 189 | 24 | Jackson State | 13 | 13 |
| Greg Barton | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Long Beach CC; Tulsa | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Cotton | 87 | TE | 6-4 | 215 | 22 | Youngstown State | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Cottrell | 52 | C | 6-3 | 262 | 25 | Delaware Valley | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Duncan | 3 | P | 6-0 | 208 | 29 | Montana State-Billings; Los Angeles Pierce JC | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 40 | RB | 6-1 | 207 | 25 | Notre Dame | 11 | 7 |
| Mel Farr | 24 | RB | 6-2 | 208 | 25 | UCLA | 5 | 5 |
| Ed Flanagan | 54 | C | 6-3 | 246 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Rocky Freitas | 76 | ROT | 6-6 | 267 | 24 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Gallagher | 68 | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | North Carolina | 14 | 12 |
| Dan Goich | 72 | LDT | 6-4 | 262 | 25 | West Hills CC; California | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Hand | 74 | RDE | 6-5 | 247 | 29 | Appalachian State | 14 | 14 |
| Alex Karras | 71 | LDT | 6-2 | 248 | 34 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Kowalkowski | 66 | ROG | 6-3 | 243 | 26 | Virginia | 2 | 2 |
| Greg Landry | 11 | QB | 6-4 | 205 | 23 | Massachusetts | 10 | 7 |
| Dick LeBeau | 44 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 32 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Lucci | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 233 | 30 | Pittsburgh; Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Malinchak | 81 | WR | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | Indiana | 6 | 3 |
| Errol Mann | 12 | K | 6-0 | 203 | 28 | North Dakota | 14 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 25 | WR | 5-11 | 174 | 23 | Long Beach CC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Mooney | 62 | LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Western Nebraska CC; Texas Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Denis Moore | 70 | RDT-LDE | 6-5 | 247 | 25 | Southern California | 14 | 5 |
| Bill Munson | 19 | QB | 6-2 | 203 | 28 | Foothill JC; Utah State | 8 | 7 |
| Paul Naumoff | 58 | LLB | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 35 | RB | 6-3 | 229 | 27 | Indiana | 9 | 0 |
| Phil Odle | 23 | WR | 5-11 | 191 | 27 | Brigham Young | 13 | 0 |
| Rocky Rasley | 67 | OG | 6-3 | 251 | 22 | Bakersfield CC; Oregon State | 12 | 0 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 47 | LS | 6-2 | 179 | 27 | South Dakota State | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Robb | 84 | LDE | 6-3 | 238 | 32 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Rush | 82 | RDT | 6-4 | 265 | 27 | Michigan State | 11 | 9 |
| Charlie Sanders | 88 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Roger Shoals | 73 | LOT | 6-4 | 256 | 31 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Swain | 51 | MLB | 6-2 | 229 | 28 | Oregon | 14 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 42 | RB | 5-10 | 199 | 22 | Diablo Valley JC; Utah State | 10 | 4 |
| Bill Triplett | 38 | RB | 6-2 | 212 | 29 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 9 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 48 | RS | 5-11 | 192 | 26 | Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| Wayne Walker | 55 | RLB | 6-2 | 225 | 33 | Idaho | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Walton | 53 | LOG | 6-3 | 253 | 28 | Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Walton | 49 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Trinidad State JC; Arizona State | 14 | 7 |
| Larry Watkins | 30 | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Alcorn State | 14 | 3 |
| Mike Weger | 28 | LS | 6-2 | 193 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 13 | 13 |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 45 | LCB | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Central Oklahoma | 13 | 1 |
| John Wright | 89 | WR | 6-0 | 194 | 23 | Illinois | 14 | 4 |
| Jim Yarbrough | 75 | LAOT | 6-6 | 261 | 23 | Florida | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 34 | Altie Taylor | RB | Utah State |
| 2 | 47 | Jim Yarbrough | TE | Florida |
| 3 | 59 | Larry Walton | FL | Arizona State |
| 8 | 190 | Jim Carr | T | Jackson State |
| 9 | 216 | Rocky Rasley | G | Oregon State |
| 10 | 242 | Bob Bergum | DE | Wisconsin-Platteville |
| 11 | 268 | Ron Walker | DE | Morris Brown |
| 12 | 294 | Bob Hadlock | DT | George Fox |
| 13 | 320 | Wilson Bowie | RB | Southern California |
| 14 | 346 | George Hoey | FL | Michigan |
| 15 | 372 | Fred Gough | LB | Texas-Arlington |
| 16 | 398 | Ken Spain | DE | Houston |
| 16 | 407 | John Stahl | G | Fresno State |
| 17 | 424 | Gary Steele | TE | Army |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 33 | 106 | 50 | 70 | 259 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 68 | 31 | 55 | 188 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 198 | 83 | 93 | 22 | / % | / % | 71 | 734 | |
| Opponents Totals | 182 | 64 | 101 | 17 | / % | / % | 90 | 857 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errol Mann | 0 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 25 | 37 | 67.6 | 0 | 101 |
| Earl McCullouch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Mel Farr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Triplett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Nick Eddy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Wright | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Landry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Ray Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 25 | 37 | 67.6 | 1 | 259 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 9 | 29 | 31.0 | 0 | 188 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errol Mann | 25 | 37 | 67.6 | 2 | 50 | 5/6 | 9/10 | 7/11 | 3/8 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 37 | 67.6 | 2 | 50 | 5/6 | 9/10 | 7/11 | 3/8 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 29 | 31.0 | 2/ | 2/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Triplett | 111 | 377 | 3.4 | 33 | 3 |
| Altie Taylor | 118 | 348 | 2.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 78 | 272 | 3.5 | 26 | 2 |
| Mel Farr | 58 | 245 | 4.2 | 52 | 4 |
| Greg Landry | 33 | 243 | 7.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Larry Watkins | 62 | 201 | 3.2 | 12 | 1 |
| Lem Barney | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 474 | 1755 | 3.7 | 52 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 372 | 1223 | 3.3 | 39 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Munson | 166 | 84 | 50.6 | 74 | 1062 | 6.4 | 12.6 | 62t | 7 | 4.2 | 8 | 4.8 | 12 | 93 | 969 | 64.9 |
| Greg Landry | 160 | 80 | 50.0 | 70 | 853 | 5.3 | 10.7 | 43 | 4 | 2.5 | 10 | 6.3 | 30 | 265 | 588 | 48.3 |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 43 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 158.3 |
| Greg Barton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Mel Farr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 329 | 165 | 50.2 | 146 | 1958 | 6.0 | 11.9 | 62t | 12 | 3.6 | 18 | 5.5 | 42 | 358 | 1600 | 58.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 350 | 167 | 47.7 | 162 | 2238 | 6.4 | 13.4 | 51 | 15 | 4.3 | 21 | 6.0 | 46 | 377 | 1861 | 57.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Sanders | 42 | 656 | 15.6 | 47 | 3 |
| Earl McCullouch | 33 | 529 | 16.0 | 45 | 5 |
| Bill Triplett | 13 | 141 | 10.8 | 62t | 1 |
| Mel Farr | 13 | 94 | 7.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 13 | 87 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 13 | 86 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 |
| John Wright | 12 | 130 | 10.8 | 26t | 2 |
| Larry Walton | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 10 | 78 | 7.8 | 14t | 1 |
| Bill Malinchak | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Phil Odle | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 165 | 1958 | 11.9 | 62t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 167 | 2238 | 13.4 | 51 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 8 | 126 | 15.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Dick LeBeau | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Karras | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 207 | 9.9 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 168 | 9.3 | 45 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 66 | 2249 | 34.1 | 53 | 1 | |||||
| Bill Malinchak | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Rick Duncan | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 29 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 74 | 2510 | 33.9 | 53 | 1 | 133 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2798 | 40.0 | 59 | 0 | 230 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 9 | 5 | 191 | 21.2 | 74t | 1 |
| Larry Walton | 9 | 10 | 24 | 2.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 23 | 230 | 11.0 | 74t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 133 | 4.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Ray Williams | 17 | 563 | 33.1 | 96t | 1 | |
| Larry Walton | 12 | 230 | 19.2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Lem Barney | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Tommy Vaughn | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ed Mooney | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jim Yarbrough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 1017 | 24.2 | 96t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 1242 | 21.1 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 | |
| Nick Eddy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Flanagan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Goich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Karras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Landry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Lucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Mooney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 0 | |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Robb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Rush | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Jim Yarbrough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 42 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
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