1975 Detroit Lions (NFL)

2nd place National Football Conference Central Division 7-7-0 .500

Bruce Beatty	Offensive Line
Raymond Berry	Receivers
Joe Bugel	interior Line
Jimmy Carr	Defensive Backs
Ray Dempsey	Special Teams
Wally English	Offensive Backs
Jerry Glanville	Linebackers
Floyd Reese	Strength and Conditioning
Fritz Shurmur	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/10/1975	A	Oakland Raiders	0-34	L		Berkeley, CA	Memorial Stadium	52524
Sat	8/16/1975	A	Miami Dolphins	14-20	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	52923
Sat	8/23/1975	H	Kansas City Chiefs	27-24	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	62094
Fri	8/29/1975	A	Washington Redskins	13-34	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	17304
Sat	9/6/1975	H	Cincinnati Bengals	14-22	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	58307
Sat	9/13/1975	A	Cleveland Browns	27-24	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	32341
Sun	9/21/1975	A	Green Bay Packers	30-16	W		Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	50781
Sun	9/28/1975	A	Atlanta Falcons	17-14	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	45218
Mon	10/6/1975	H	Dallas Cowboys	10-36	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	79384
Sun	10/12/1975	H	Chicago Bears	27-7	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	73477
Sun	10/19/1975	A	Minnesota Vikings	19-25	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47872
Sun	10/26/1975	A	Houston Oilers	8-24	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	46904
Sun	11/2/1975	A	San Francisco 49ers	28-17	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	43209
Sun	11/9/1975	H	Cleveland Browns	21-10	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	74653
Sun	11/16/1975	H	Green Bay Packers	13-10	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	76356
Sun	11/23/1975	A	Kansas City Chiefs	21-24	L	OT	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	55161
Thu	11/27/1975	H	Los Angeles Rams	0-20	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	69552
Sun	12/7/1975	A	Chicago Bears	21-25	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	37772
Sun	12/14/1975	H	Minnesota Vikings	17-10	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	72742
Sun	12/21/1975	H	St. Louis Cardinals	13-24	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	64272

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
51	Larry Ball	LB	6-6	235	26	Louisville	14	1
20	Lem Barney	LCB	6-1	189	30	Jackson State	10	10
62	Lynn Boden	LOG	6-5	263	22	South Dakota State	14	12
43	Marlin Briscoe	WR	5-10	178	30	Nebraska-Omaha	8	7
24	Dexter Bussey	RB	6-1	205	23	Oklahoma; Texas-Arlington	13	13
10	Jack Concannon	QB	6-3	203	32	Boston College	7	0
29	Ben Davis	LCB	5-11	183	30	Defiance	11	3
68	Guy Dennis	OG	6-2	254	28	Florida	12	0
32	Lenny Dunlap	LCB	6-1	195	26	Kilgore JC; North Texas	6	1
78	Doug English	DT	6-5	256	22	Texas	14	0
44	George Farmer	WR	6-4	214	27	UCLA	6	2
89	Dennis Franklin	WR	6-1	185	22	Michigan	4	2
76	Rocky Freitas	ROT	6-6	267	30	Oregon State	14	14
74	Larry Hand	RDT	6-5	247	35	Appalachian State	14	14
58	Mike Hennigan	LB	6-2	210	24	Tennessee Tech	4	0
71	Craig Hertwig	OT	6-8	270	23	Georgia	9	1
60	Richard Hicks	C	6-4	250	24	West Los Angeles JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt)	14	0
30	Jim Hooks	RB	5-11	225	25	Central Oklahoma	12	0
70	Billy Howard	RDE	6-4	255	25	Alcorn State	13	12
45	Ray Jarvis	WR	6-0	197	26	Norfolk State	14	14
26	Dick Jauron	FS	6-0	190	25	Yale	10	10
23	Levi Johnson	RCB	6-3	196	25	Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	14
64	Gordon Jolley	LOG	6-5	230	26	Utah	2	2
25	Horace King	RB	5-10	205	22	Georgia	14	0
66	Bob Kowalkowski	ROG	6-3	243	32	Virginia	14	14
11	Greg Landry	QB	6-4	205	29	Massachusetts	6	3
52	Jim Laslavic	MLB	6-2	237	24	Penn State	14	13
12	Errol Mann	K	6-0	202	34	North Dakota	14	0
81	John McMakin	TE	6-3	225	25	Clemson	11	2
83	Jim Mitchell	RDE	6-3	247	27	Virginia State	14	2
63	Jon Morris	C	6-4	247	33	Holy Cross	14	14
19	Bill Munson	QB	6-2	203	34	Foothill JC; Utah State	5	3
50	Paul Naumoff	LLB	6-1	218	30	Tennessee	14	14
55	Ed O'Neil	RLB	6-3	235	23	Penn State	14	6
80	Herb Orvis	LDT	6-5	248	29	Colorado	14	14
72	Ernie Price	DE	6-4	245	25	Texas A&M-Kingsville	13	0
15	Alan Pringle	K	6-0	195	23	Rice	1	0
14	Joe Reed	QB	6-1	195	27	Baylor; Mississippi State	10	8
88	Charlie Sanders	TE	6-4	225	29	Minnesota	13	12
82	Ken Sanders	LDE	6-5	242	25	Howard Payne	14	14
86	Jon Staggers	WR	5-10	186	27	Missouri	5	4
42	Altie Taylor	RB	5-10	199	28	Diablo Valley JC; Utah State	14	14
33	Bobby Thompson	RB	5-11	195	28	Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma	14	1
39	Leonard Thompson	RB	5-11	190	23	Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State	14	1
59	Charlie Weaver	RLB-MLB	6-2	225	26	Arizona Western JC; Southern California	12	8
18	Herman Weaver	P	6-4	210	27	Tennessee	14	0
28	Mike Weger	FS	6-2	193	30	Bowling Green State	13	4
40	Charlie West	SS	6-1	190	29	Angelo State; Texas-El Paso	14	14
75	Jim Yarbrough	LOT	6-6	261	29	Florida	13	13

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	13	Lynn Boden	G	South Dakota State
2	38	Doug English	DT	Texas
4	94	Craig Hertwig	T	Georgia
6	138	Fred Cooper	DB	Purdue
6	141	Horace King	RB	Georgia
6	144	Dennis Franklin	QB-WR	Michigan
7	169	Mike Murphy	WR	Drake
8	194	Leonard Thompson	RB	Oklahoma State
9	219	Steve Strinko	LB	Michigan
10	250	Brad Boyd	TE	Louisiana State
11	275	Steve Myers	G	Ohio State
12	300	Andre Roundtree	LB	Iowa State
13	325	Jim Smith	RB	North Carolina Central
14	350	Jim McMillan	QB	Boise State
15	375	Rudy Green	RB	Yale
16	406	Les Chaves	DB	Kansas State
17	431	Mack Lancaster	G	Tulsa

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	54	49	61	81	0
Opponents Totals	47	53	95	34	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		241	111	111	19	86/235 36.6%	/ %	95	838
Opponents Totals		235	100	116	19	66/195 33.8%	/ %	95	784

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Errol Mann	0	25	29	86.2	14	21	66.7	0	67
Marlin Briscoe	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Dexter Bussey	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ray Jarvis	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Altie Taylor	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Charlie Sanders	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Horace King	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jon Staggers	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Larry Ball	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ben Davis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Levi Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ed O'Neil	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe Reed	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bobby Thompson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ernie Price	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	29	25	29	86.2	14	21	66.7	2	245
Opponents Totals	31	26	31	83.9	16	23	69.6	1	262

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Errol Mann	14	21	66.7	1/1	6/6	4/9	3/5	0/0
Team Totals	14	21	66.7	1/1	6/6	4/9	3/5	0/0
Opponents Totals	16	23	69.6	0/0	8/11	6/8	2/4	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dexter Bussey	157	696	4.4	32t	2
Altie Taylor	195	638	3.3	24	4
Bobby Thompson	51	268	5.3	46t	1
Horace King	61	260	4.3	26	2
Joe Reed	34	193	5.7	22	1
Greg Landry	20	92	4.6	14	0
Jon Staggers	2	26	13.0	14	0
Ray Jarvis	1	0	0.0	0	0
Marlin Briscoe	2	-3	-1.5	6	0
Bill Munson	4	-3	-0.8	2	0
Jim Hooks	4	-8	-2.0	3	0
Leonard Thompson	1	-12	-12.0	-12	0
Team Totals	532	2147	4.0	46t	10
Opponents Totals	480	1929	4.0	57t	12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Reed	191	86	45.0	95	1181	6.2	13.7	65t	9	4.7	10	5.2	14	119	1062	59.3
Greg Landry	56	31	55.4	25	403	7.2	13.0	36	1	1.8	0	0.0	17	129	274	84.2
Bill Munson	109	65	59.6	42	626	5.7	9.6	32	5	4.6	2	1.8	8	65	561	83.4
Jack Concannon	2	1	50.0	1	30	15.0	30.0	30	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	9	21	95.8
Marlin Briscoe	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Herman Weaver	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Horace King	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1	-1	39.6
Team Totals	362	183	50.6	167	2240	6.2	12.2	65t	15	4.1	12	3.3	41	323	1917	70.0
Opponents Totals	360	181	50.3	159	2377	6.6	13.1	56t	16	4.4	20	5.6	38	306	2071	63.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie Sanders	37	486	13.1	32	3
Ray Jarvis	29	501	17.3	62	4
Marlin Briscoe	22	347	15.8	59t	4
Altie Taylor	21	111	5.3	17	0
Bobby Thompson	19	122	6.4	22	0
Dexter Bussey	14	175	12.5	65t	2
Jon Staggers	14	174	12.4	23	2
Horace King	13	81	6.2	22	0
George Farmer	6	86	14.3	22	0
Dennis Franklin	5	109	21.8	36	0
John McMakin	2	43	21.5	30	0
Jim Hooks	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	183	2240	12.2	65t	15
Opponents Totals	181	2377	13.1	56t	16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lem Barney	5	23	4.6	13	0
Dick Jauron	4	39	9.8	38	0
Levi Johnson	3	71	23.7	45	0
Jim Laslavic	2	12	6.0	10	0
Paul Naumoff	2	11	5.5	9	0
Ben Davis	1	67	67.0	67t	1
Larry Hand	1	38	38.0	38	0
Charlie Weaver	1	31	31.0	31	0
Mike Weger	1	23	23.0	23	0
Team Totals	20	315	15.8	67t	1
Opponents Totals	12	82	6.8	29	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Herman Weaver	80	3361	42.0	61	1
Errol Mann	1	34	34.0	34	0
Team Totals	81	3395	41.9	61	1	524
Opponents Totals	80	2958	37.0	67	5	328

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie West	22	8	219	10.0	43	0
Lem Barney	8	3	80	10.0	30	0
Dick Jauron	6	1	29	4.8	10	0
Team Totals	36	12	328	9.1	43	0
Opponents Totals	41	5	524	12.8	52t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bobby Thompson	22	565	25.7	42
Leonard Thompson	12	271	22.6	33
Horace King	6	117	19.5	29
Mike Weger	3	42	14.0	20
Charlie West	2	41	20.5	25
Dexter Bussey	2	38	19.0	22
Jim Hooks	2	8	4.0	8
Lenny Dunlap	1	19	19.0	19
Mike Hennigan	1	13	13.0	13
Guy Dennis	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	52	1114	21.4	42
Opponents Totals	53	1084	20.5	49

SACKS	NO	YDS
Larry Hand	8.0
Paul Naumoff	6.5
Ken Sanders	5.0
Billy Howard	4.0
Ernie Price	3.0
Charlie Weaver	3.0
Ed O'Neil	2.0
Herb Orvis	2.0
Jim Mitchell	1.5
Larry Ball	1.0
Dick Jauron	1.0
Mike Weger	1.0
Team Totals	38.0	306.0
Opponents Totals	41.0	323.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Lem Barney	0	0	0	1	1	74	0
Lynn Boden	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Marlin Briscoe	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dexter Bussey	7		3	0	3	0	0
Ben Davis	0	0	0	2	2	3	0
Lenny Dunlap	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Richard Hicks	2		0	0	0	-27	0
Jim Hooks	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Billy Howard	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Jarvis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dick Jauron	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
Levi Johnson	1		0	1	1	16	0
Horace King	1		0	0	0	0	0
Greg Landry	4		2	0	2	-9	0
Jim Laslavic	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Munson	2		0	1	1	0	0
Paul Naumoff	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Ed O'Neil	0	0	0	2	2	49	1
Herb Orvis	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Joe Reed	3		0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Sanders	1		0	0	0	0	0
Altie Taylor	3		0	0	0	0	0
Leonard Thompson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Weaver	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Herman Weaver	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Mike Weger	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	28	19	9	17	26	115	1
Opponents Totals	30	17	10	18	28		1