1976 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
3rd place National Football Conference Central Division 6-8-0 .429 |
Head Coach: Rick Forzano (1-3-0); Tommy Hudspeth (5-5-0) |
Bruce Beatty | Offensive Line |
Joe Bugel | Interior Line |
Jimmy Carr | Defensive Backs |
Bob Gibson | Offensive Backs |
Jerry Glanville | Linebackers |
Floyd Reese | Strength and Conditioning |
Ken Shipp | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
Fritz Shurmur | Defensive Line |
Art Zeleznik | Special Teams |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 7/24/1976 | N | Denver Broncos | 7-10 | L | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 17639 | |
Sat | 7/31/1976 | H | Buffalo Bills | 20-17 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 49432 | |
Sun | 8/8/1976 | H | Miami Dolphins | 21-30 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 53036 | |
Sat | 8/14/1976 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 14-26 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 47289 | |
Sat | 8/21/1976 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 16-36 | L | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 30340 | |
Sat | 8/28/1976 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 23-21 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 27410 | |
Thu | 9/2/1976 | H | Baltimore Colts | 24-9 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 54217 | |
Sun | 9/12/1976 | A | Chicago Bears | 3-10 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 54125 | |
Sun | 9/19/1976 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 24-10 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 50115 | |
Sun | 9/26/1976 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 9-10 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 76914 | |
Sun | 10/3/1976 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-24 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 54758 | |
Sun | 10/10/1976 | H | New England Patriots | 30-10 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 59730 | |
Sun | 10/17/1976 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-20 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 45908 | |
Sun | 10/24/1976 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 41-14 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 61280 | |
Sun | 10/31/1976 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-6 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 74582 | |
Sun | 11/7/1976 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 23-31 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46735 | |
Sun | 11/14/1976 | A | New Orleans Saints | 16-17 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 42048 | |
Sun | 11/21/1976 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-10 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 77731 | |
Thu | 11/25/1976 | H | Buffalo Bills | 27-14 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 66569 | |
Sun | 12/5/1976 | A | New York Giants | 10-24 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 66069 | |
Sat | 12/11/1976 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 17-20 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 73155 |
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 | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
20 | Lem Barney | LCB | 6-1 | 189 | 31 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
62 | Lynn Boden | LOG | 6-5 | 263 | 23 | South Dakota State | 14 | 8 |
73 | Russ Bolinger | LOG-TE | 6-5 | 255 | 22 | UC Riverside; Long Beach State | 12 | 7 |
43 | Andy Bolton | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Fisk | 7 | 0 |
24 | Dexter Bussey | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Oklahoma; Texas-Arlington | 14 | 13 |
79 | Don Croft | DT | 6-3 | 254 | 27 | Texas-El Paso | 1 | 0 |
16 | Gary Danielson | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Purdue | 1 | 0 |
29 | Ben Davis | CB | 5-11 | 183 | 31 | Defiance | 14 | 0 |
78 | Doug English | LDT | 6-5 | 256 | 23 | Texas | 7 | 5 |
89 | Dennis Franklin | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Michigan | 5 | 0 |
76 | Rocky Freitas | ROT | 6-6 | 267 | 31 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
38 | Lawrence Gaines | RB | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Wyoming | 14 | 6 |
74 | Larry Hand | RDT | 6-5 | 247 | 36 | Appalachian State | 10 | 10 |
71 | Craig Hertwig | LOT-TE | 6-8 | 270 | 24 | Georgia | 14 | 9 |
81 | David Hill | TE | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 5 |
41 | J.D. Hill | WR | 6-1 | 202 | 28 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 |
30 | Jim Hooks | RB | 5-11 | 225 | 26 | Central Oklahoma | 1 | 0 |
70 | Billy Howard | RDE | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | Alcorn State | 13 | 7 |
28 | James Hunter | RS | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Grambling State | 13 | 8 |
45 | Ray Jarvis | WR | 6-0 | 197 | 27 | Norfolk State | 14 | 13 |
26 | Dick Jauron | RS | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Yale | 6 | 6 |
23 | Levi Johnson | RCB | 6-3 | 196 | 26 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 14 |
25 | Horace King | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 23 | Georgia | 7 | 7 |
66 | Bob Kowalkowski | ROG | 6-3 | 243 | 33 | Virginia | 14 | 14 |
11 | Greg Landry | QB | 6-4 | 205 | 30 | Massachusetts | 14 | 12 |
52 | Jim Laslavic | MLB | 6-2 | 237 | 25 | Penn State | 12 | 11 |
65 | Ken Long | OG | 6-3 | 265 | 23 | Purdue | 13 | 0 |
12 | Errol Mann | K | 6-0 | 202 | 35 | North Dakota | 6 | 0 |
68 | Mark Markovich | C | 6-5 | 255 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 0 |
83 | Jim Mitchell | RDE-LDT | 6-3 | 247 | 28 | Virginia State | 14 | 14 |
63 | Jon Morris | C | 6-4 | 247 | 34 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
50 | Paul Naumoff | LLB | 6-1 | 218 | 31 | Tennessee | 14 | 12 |
55 | Ed O'Neil | LLB-MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 4 |
80 | Herb Orvis | LDT | 6-5 | 248 | 30 | Colorado | 2 | 2 |
44 | Bob Picard | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 27 | Eastern Washington | 8 | 0 |
27 | Reggie Pierson | CB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State | 4 | 0 |
72 | Ernie Price | MLB | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 1 |
14 | Joe Reed | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Baylor; Mississippi State | 13 | 2 |
1 | Benny Ricardo | K | 5-10 | 170 | 22 | Orange Coast JC; San Diego State | 8 | 0 |
88 | Charlie Sanders | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 30 | Minnesota | 13 | 13 |
82 | Ken Sanders | LDE | 6-5 | 242 | 26 | Howard Payne | 14 | 14 |
10 | Ian Sunter | K | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | none | 3 | 0 |
57 | Garth Ten Napel | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
33 | Bobby Thompson | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma | 14 | 0 |
39 | Leonard Thompson | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State | 14 | 1 |
27 | Maurice Tyler | S | 6-0 | 186 | 26 | Baltimore JC; Morgan State | 9 | 0 |
49 | Larry Walton | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | Trinidad State JC; Arizona State | 14 | 11 |
59 | Charlie Weaver | RLB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Arizona Western JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
18 | Herman Weaver | P | 6-4 | 210 | 28 | Tennessee | 14 | 0 |
40 | Charlie West | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Angelo State; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
77 | John Woodcock | RDT | 6-3 | 257 | 22 | New Mexico; Hawaii | 14 | 4 |
75 | Jim Yarbrough | LOT | 6-6 | 261 | 30 | Florida | 11 | 6 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 10 | James Hunter | DB | Grambling State |
1 | 16 | Lawrence Gaines | RB | Wyoming |
2 | 44 | Ken Long | G | Purdue |
2 | 46 | David Hill | TE | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
3 | 68 | Russ Bolinger | T | Long Beach State |
3 | 76 | John Woodcock | DT | Hawaii |
5 | 145 | Steadman Scavella | LB | Miami (Florida) |
7 | 198 | Garth Ten Napel | LB | Texas A&M |
8 | 217 | Rich Sorenson | K | Chico State |
8 | 225 | Charles Braswell | DB | West Virginia |
9 | 253 | Leanall Jones | TE | Long Beach State |
10 | 279 | Bill Bowerman | QB | New Mexico State |
11 | 307 | Gary Shugrue | DE-LB | Villanova |
12 | 335 | Mike McCabe | C | South Carolina |
13 | 363 | Mel Jacobs | WR | San Diego State |
14 | 391 | Leonard Elston | WR | Kentucky State |
15 | 419 | Trent Smock | WR | Indiana |
16 | 447 | Craig McCurdy | LB | William & Mary |
17 | 475 | Jim Meeks | DB | Boise State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 49 | 98 | 34 | 81 | |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 50 | 78 | 65 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 259 | 123 | 120 | 16 | 74/209 35.4% | / % | 97 | 819 | |
Opponents Totals | 191 | 94 | 76 | 21 | 58/205 28.3% | / % | 88 | 696 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benny Ricardo | 0 | 19 | 21 | 90.5 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 0 | 49 |
Lawrence Gaines | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
David Hill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Ray Jarvis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Charlie Sanders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Errol Mann | 0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 21 |
Dexter Bussey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Larry Walton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Lem Barney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
James Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Levi Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Greg Landry | 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 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 32 | 28 | 32 | 87.5 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 0 | 262 |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 0 | 220 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benny Ricardo | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 2 | 43 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 3/3 | 3/6 | 0/0 |
Errol Mann | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 49 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 1/4 | 0/1 |
Team Totals | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 2 | 49 | 1/1 | 4/6 | 5/6 | 4/10 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 8/10 | 6/13 | 0/3 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dexter Bussey | 196 | 858 | 4.4 | 46 | 3 |
Lawrence Gaines | 155 | 659 | 4.3 | 26t | 4 |
Horace King | 93 | 325 | 3.5 | 22 | 0 |
Greg Landry | 43 | 234 | 5.4 | 28 | 1 |
Joe Reed | 11 | 63 | 5.7 | 14 | 1 |
Bobby Thompson | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
Andy Bolton | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 22 | 0 |
Larry Walton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Leonard Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Herman Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 516 | 2213 | 4.3 | 46 | 9 |
Opponents Totals | 496 | 1901 | 3.8 | 56 | 13 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greg Landry | 291 | 168 | 57.7 | 115 | 2191 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 74t | 17 | 5.8 | 8 | 2.7 | 55 | 397 | 1794 | 89.6 |
Joe Reed | 62 | 32 | 51.6 | 27 | 425 | 6.9 | 13.3 | 57 | 3 | 4.8 | 3 | 4.8 | 12 | 93 | 332 | 69.6 |
Herman Weaver | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 14 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 72.9 |
David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Team Totals | 356 | 201 | 56.5 | 143 | 2630 | 7.4 | 13.1 | 74t | 20 | 5.6 | 12 | 3.4 | 67 | 490 | 2140 | 84.6 |
Opponents Totals | 313 | 137 | 43.8 | 152 | 1904 | 6.1 | 13.9 | 69t | 11 | 3.5 | 24 | 7.7 | 28 | 218 | 1686 | 43.7 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Jarvis | 39 | 822 | 21.1 | 74t | 5 |
Charlie Sanders | 35 | 545 | 15.6 | 36 | 5 |
Dexter Bussey | 28 | 218 | 7.8 | 27 | 0 |
Lawrence Gaines | 23 | 130 | 5.7 | 24 | 1 |
Horace King | 21 | 163 | 7.8 | 19 | 0 |
Larry Walton | 20 | 293 | 14.7 | 28t | 3 |
David Hill | 19 | 249 | 13.1 | 24t | 5 |
Bobby Thompson | 10 | 108 | 10.8 | 38 | 0 |
Leonard Thompson | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 21 | 0 |
Ed O'Neil | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
Dennis Franklin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
J.D. Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 201 | 2630 | 13.1 | 74t | 20 |
Opponents Totals | 137 | 1904 | 13.9 | 69t | 11 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Hunter | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 39t | 1 |
Levi Johnson | 6 | 206 | 34.3 | 76 | 1 |
Lem Barney | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 26 | 1 |
Charlie Weaver | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
Jim Laslavic | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
Dick Jauron | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed O'Neil | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Larry Hand | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Charlie West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 24 | 445 | 18.5 | 76 | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 12 | 121 | 10.1 | 26 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herman Weaver | 83 | 3280 | 39.5 | 69 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 278 | 2882 | 34.3 |
Benny Ricardo | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
Team Totals | 85 | 3296 | 38.8 | 69 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 278 | 2898 | 34.1 |
Opponents Totals | 84 | 3367 | 40.1 | 64 | 207 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lem Barney | 23 | 22 | 191 | 8.3 | 30 | 0 |
James Hunter | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
Charlie West | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
Garth Ten Napel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 31 | 24 | 207 | 6.7 | 30 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 39 | 15 | 278 | 7.1 | 23 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Hunter | 14 | 375 | 26.8 | 84 | 0 | |
Bobby Thompson | 22 | 431 | 19.6 | 59 | 0 | |
Leonard Thompson | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 32 | 0 | |
Horace King | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 | |
Ken Long | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | |
Dexter Bussey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 47 | 987 | 21.0 | 84 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 55 | 1188 | 21.6 | 88 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Charlie Weaver | 7.0 | |
Ken Sanders | 4.0 | |
Jim Mitchell | 3.5 | |
Paul Naumoff | 2.0 | |
Ed O'Neil | 2.0 | |
Billy Howard | 1.0 | |
Dick Jauron | 1.0 | |
Garth Ten Napel | 2.0 | |
James Hunter | 1.0 | |
John Woodcock | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 28.0 | 218.0 |
Opponents Totals | 67.0 | 490.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lem Barney | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Dexter Bussey | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug English | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lawrence Gaines | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Craig Hertwig | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
David Hill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
James Hunter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Jarvis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Levi Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Horace King | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Kowalkowski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Landry | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -12 | 0 | |
Jim Laslavic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Markovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | |
Bob Picard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Benny Ricardo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Sanders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Garth Ten Napel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Leonard Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Maurice Tyler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Weaver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Herman Weaver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 38 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 31 | -19 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 1 |
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