1970 Detroit Lions (NFL)

2nd place National Football Conference Central Division 10-4-0 .714

Jimmy David	Defense
Chuck Knox	Offensive Line
Jim Martin	Defensive Line
Bill McPeak	Offense
John North	Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/8/1970	H	Kansas City Chiefs	17-30	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	55032
Fri	8/14/1970	A	Buffalo Bills	22-6	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	31610
Sat	8/22/1970	A	New Orleans Saints	31-17	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	76778
Mon	8/31/1970	H	Philadelphia Eagles	31-7	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	56032
Sat	9/5/1970	H	Baltimore Colts	14-20	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	34500
Sat	9/12/1970	A	Cincinnati Bengals	31-14	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	54509
Sun	9/20/1970	A	Green Bay Packers	40-0	W	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56263
Sun	9/27/1970	H	Cincinnati Bengals	38-3	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	58202
Mon	10/5/1970	H	Chicago Bears	28-14	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	58210
Sun	10/11/1970	A	Washington Redskins	10-31	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	50414
Sun	10/18/1970	A	Cleveland Browns	41-24	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83577
Sun	10/25/1970	A	Chicago Bears	16-10	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	45632
Sun	11/1/1970	H	Minnesota Vikings	17-30	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	58210
Sun	11/8/1970	A	New Orleans Saints	17-19	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	66910
Sun	11/15/1970	A	Minnesota Vikings	20-24	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	11/22/1970	H	San Francisco 49ers	28-7	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	56232
Thu	11/26/1970	H	Oakland Raiders	28-14	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	56597
Sun	12/6/1970	H	St. Louis Cardinals	16-3	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	56362
Mon	12/14/1970	A	Los Angeles Rams	28-23	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	79441
Sun	12/20/1970	H	Green Bay Packers	20-0	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	57387
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/26/1970	A	Dallas Cowboys	0-5	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	73167

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
20	Lem Barney	LCB	6-1	189	25	Jackson State	13	13
81	Charlie Brown	WR	6-2	195	22	Merritt JC; Northern Arizona	14	0
87	Craig Cotton	TE	6-4	215	23	Youngstown State	14	0
52	Bill Cottrell	C-OG	6-3	262	26	Delaware Valley	10	0
40	Nick Eddy	RB	6-1	207	26	Notre Dame	11	0
24	Mel Farr	RB	6-2	208	26	UCLA	12	12
54	Ed Flanagan	C	6-3	246	26	Purdue	14	14
76	Rocky Freitas	ROT	6-6	267	25	Oregon State	14	14
68	Frank Gallagher	ROG	6-2	240	27	North Carolina	14	14
72	Dan Goich	DT	6-4	262	26	West Hills CC; California	14	2
74	Larry Hand	RDE	6-5	247	30	Appalachian State	14	14
80	Dave Haverdick	DE	6-4	245	22	Morehead State	8	0
85	Chuck Hughes	WR	5-11	173	27	Texas-El Paso	13	9
71	Alex Karras	LDT	6-2	248	35	Iowa	13	12
66	Bob Kowalkowski	OG	6-3	243	27	Virginia	10	0
11	Greg Landry	QB	6-4	205	24	Massachusetts	12	6
44	Dick LeBeau	RCB	6-0	185	33	Ohio State	14	14
53	Mike Lucci	MLB	6-2	233	31	Pittsburgh; Tennessee	14	14
12	Errol Mann	K	6-0	202	29	North Dakota	14	0
46	Bruce Maxwell	RB	6-1	220	23	Arkansas	11	0
25	Earl McCullouch	WR	5-11	174	24	Long Beach CC; Southern California	10	8
57	Terry Miller	LB	6-2	225	24	Illinois	1	0
83	Jim Mitchell	LDE	6-3	247	22	Virginia State	14	8
62	Ed Mooney	LB	6-2	230	25	Western Nebraska CC; Texas Tech	14	0
19	Bill Munson	QB	6-2	203	29	Foothill JC; Utah State	8	8
50	Paul Naumoff	LLB	6-1	218	25	Tennessee	14	14
23	Phil Odle	WR	5-11	191	28	Brigham Young	4	0
36	Steve Owens	RB	6-2	217	23	Oklahoma	6	1
67	Rocky Rasley	OG	6-3	251	23	Bakersfield CC; Oregon State	8	0
47	Wayne Rasmussen	RS	6-2	179	28	South Dakota State	14	9
84	Joe Robb	DE	6-3	238	33	Texas Christian	6	6
82	Jerry Rush	RDT	6-4	265	28	Michigan State	14	14
88	Charlie Sanders	TE	6-4	225	24	Minnesota	14	14
58	Bill Saul	LB	6-4	225	30	Penn State	13	0
73	Roger Shoals	LOT	6-4	256	32	Maryland	14	14
42	Altie Taylor	RB	5-10	199	23	Diablo Valley JC; Utah State	14	14
38	Bill Triplett	RB	6-2	212	30	Miami (Ohio)	14	1
48	Tommy Vaughn	RS	5-11	192	27	Iowa State	11	5
55	Wayne Walker	RLB	6-2	225	34	Idaho	14	14
63	Chuck Walton	LOG	6-3	253	29	Iowa State	14	14
49	Larry Walton	WR	5-11	180	23	Trinidad State JC; Arizona State	13	11
18	Herman Weaver	P	6-4	210	22	Tennessee	14	0
28	Mike Weger	LS	6-2	193	25	Bowling Green State	14	14
45	Bobby Ray Williams	CB	6-1	195	28	Central Oklahoma	14	1
75	Jim Yarbrough	OT	6-6	261	24	Florida	12	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	19	Steve Owens	RB	Oklahoma
2	45	Ray Parson	DE	Minnesota
3	71	Jim Mitchell	DE	Virginia State
5	123	Bob Parker	G	Memphis
6	149	Tony Terry	DT	Southern California
7	175	Ken Geddes	LB	Nebraska
9	227	Herman Weaver	P	Tennessee
10	253	Bruce Maxwell	RB	Arkansas
11	279	Roger Laird	DB	Kentucky State
12	305	Manuel Murrell	DB	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
13	331	Dave Haverdick	DT	Morehead State
14	357	Charlie Brown	WR	Northern Arizona
15	383	Bob Haney	DT	Idaho
16	409	Jerry Todd	DB	Memphis
17	435	Jesse Marshall	DT	Centenary

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	65	111	71	100
Opponents Totals	61	44	23	74

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		243	113	107	23	/ %	/ %	58	659
Opponents Totals		186	61	112	13	/ %	/ %	90	805

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Errol Mann	0	41	41	100.0	20	29	69.0	101
Mel Farr	11	0	0		0	0		66
Charlie Sanders	6	0	0		0	0		36
Larry Walton	5	0	0		0	0		30
Earl McCullouch	4	0	0		0	0		24
Altie Taylor	4	0	0		0	0		24
Lem Barney	3	0	0		0	0		18
Steve Owens	2	0	0		0	0		12
Nick Eddy	1	0	0		0	0		6
Larry Hand	1	0	0		0	0		6
Greg Landry	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bill Triplett	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mike Weger	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bobby Ray Williams	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	41	41	41	100.0	20	29	69.0	347
Opponents Totals	22	22	22	100.0	16	26	61.5	202

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Errol Mann	20	29	69.0	8/8	2/3	3/5	4/7	3/6
Team Totals	20	29	69.0	8/8	2/3	3/5	4/7	3/6
Opponents Totals	16	26	61.5	5/5	6/9	3/5	1/4	1/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mel Farr	166	717	4.3	36	9
Altie Taylor	198	666	3.4	34	2
Greg Landry	35	350	10.0	76	1
Bill Triplett	48	156	3.3	11t	1
Steve Owens	36	122	3.4	23	2
Nick Eddy	18	47	2.6	9	1
Bill Munson	9	33	3.7	11	0
Larry Walton	2	20	10.0	16	0
Bruce Maxwell	1	9	9.0	9	0
Earl McCullouch	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	514	2127	4.1	76	16
Opponents Totals	362	1152	3.2	28	7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bill Munson	158	84	53.2	67	1049	6.6	12.5	56	10	6.3	7	4.4	10	66	983	76.7
Greg Landry	136	83	61.0	48	1072	7.9	12.9	58	9	6.6	5	3.7	26	198	874	92.5
Team Totals	294	167	56.8	115	2121	7.2	12.7	58	19	6.5	12	4.1	36	264	1857	84.0
Opponents Totals	371	194	52.3	149	2491	6.7	12.8	79	14	3.8	28	7.5	23	195	2296	54.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie Sanders	40	544	13.6	34	6
Larry Walton	30	532	17.7	56	5
Mel Farr	29	213	7.3	58	2
Altie Taylor	27	261	9.7	42	2
Earl McCullouch	15	278	18.5	44	4
Chuck Hughes	8	162	20.3	42	0
Bill Triplett	6	52	8.7	15	0
Nick Eddy	4	22	5.5	9	0
Steve Owens	4	21	5.3	11	0
Charlie Brown	2	38	19.0	23	0
Craig Cotton	1	6	6.0	6	0
Rocky Freitas	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Team Totals	167	2121	12.7	58	19
Opponents Totals	194	2491	12.8	79	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick LeBeau	9	96	10.7	43	0
Lem Barney	7	168	24.0	49t	2
Mike Weger	5	52	10.4	29t	1
Wayne Rasmussen	2	21	10.5	14	0
Mike Lucci	2	18	9.0	12	0
Larry Hand	1	62	62.0	62t	1
Tommy Vaughn	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bobby Ray Williams	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	417	14.9	62t	4
Opponents Totals	12	174	14.5	42	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Herman Weaver	62	2483	40.0	65	1	113
Team Totals	62	2483	40.0	65	1	113
Opponents Totals	70	2736	39.1	58	1	306

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lem Barney	25	3	259	10.4	65	1
Nick Eddy	4	5	25	6.3	10	0
Tommy Vaughn	3	5	22	7.3	14	0
Larry Walton	2	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	34	14	306	9.0	65	1
Opponents Totals	29	12	113	3.9	24	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Ray Williams	25	544	21.8	85t	1
Nick Eddy	7	168	24.0	29	0
Tommy Vaughn	3	66	22.0	25	0
Lem Barney	2	96	48.0	74	0
Paul Naumoff	2	6	3.0	6	0
Steve Owens	1	26	26.0	26	0
Larry Walton	1	21	21.0	21	0
Bruce Maxwell	1	20	20.0	20	0
Ed Mooney	1	12	12.0	12	0
Team Totals	43	959	22.3	85t	1
Opponents Totals	67	1427	21.3	41	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Larry Hand	6.0
Jerry Rush	2.5
Alex Karras	2.0
Bobby Ray Williams	2.0
Paul Naumoff	1.5
Mike Lucci	1.0
Jim Mitchell	1.0
Wayne Rasmussen	1.0
Joe Robb	1.0
Wayne Walker	1.0
Mike Weger	0.5
Team Totals	23.0	195.0
Opponents Totals	36.0	264.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Lem Barney	2		0	0	0	0
Nick Eddy	2		0	0	0	0
Mel Farr	5		2	0	2	0
Ed Flanagan	0	0	0	1	1	0
Alex Karras	0	0	0	2	2	0
Bob Kowalkowski	0	0	0	1	1	0
Greg Landry	3		0	0	0	-16
Mike Lucci	0	0	0	3	3	0
Bruce Maxwell	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jim Mitchell	0	0	0	2	2	0
Ed Mooney	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bill Munson	1		0	0	0	0
Steve Owens	2		0	0	0	0
Joe Robb	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jerry Rush	0	0	0	1	1	6
Roger Shoals	0	0	1	0	1	0
Altie Taylor	6		2	0	2	0
Bill Triplett	2		1	0	1	0
Tommy Vaughn	0	0	0	1	1	0
Chuck Walton	0	0	0	1	1	0
Herman Weaver	0	0	1	0	1	1
Mike Weger	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bobby Ray Williams	3		2	0	2	0
Jim Yarbrough	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team Totals	26	16	10	16	26	-9
Opponents Totals	30	16	13	15	28