1970 Detroit Lions: 10-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-1-0 (175 points scored, 71 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (172 points scored, 131 allowed) Head Coach: Joe Schmidt 347 points scored (2nd of 26 teams), 202 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 167 294 1,857 (22) 5.63 19 12 514 2,127 ( 2) 4.1 16 3,984 (13) 27 Defense: 194 371 2,296 (16) 5.83 14 28 362 1,152 ( 1) 3.2 7 3,448 ( 2) 44
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Greg Landry QB 12 6'4 205 23 3 Massachusetts 12 Errol Mann K 14 6'0 200 29 3 North Dakota 18 Herman Weaver P 14 6'4 210 21 R Tennessee 19 Bill Munson QB 8 6'2 210 29 7 Utah State 20 Lem Barney DB 13 6'0 188 25 4 Jackson State 23 Phil Odle WR 4 5'11 195 27 3 Brigham Young 24 Mel Farr RB 12 6'2 210 25 4 UCLA 25 Earl McCullouch WR 10 5'11 175 24 3 Southern California 28 Mike Weger DB 14 6'2 200 25 4 Bowling Green 36 Steve Owens RB 6 6'2 220 22 R Oklahoma 38 Bill Triplett RB 14 6'2 215 30 8 Miami (Ohio) 40 Nick Eddy RB 11 6'1 207 26 3 Notre Dame 42 Altie Taylor RB 14 5'10 196 23 2 Utah State 44 Dick LeBeau DB 14 6'1 185 33 12 Ohio State 45 Bobby Williams DB 14 6'1 200 28 4 Central Oklahoma 46 Bruce Maxwell RB 11 6'1 220 23 R Arkansas 47 Wayne Rasmussen DB 14 6'2 180 28 7 South Dakota State 48 Tom Vaughn DB 11 5'11 190 27 6 Iowa State 49 Larry Walton WR 13 5'11 180 23 2 Arizona State 50 Paul Naumoff LB 14 6'1 215 25 4 Tennessee 52 Bill Cottrell C 10 6'3 255 26 4 Delaware Valley 53 Mike Lucci LB 14 6'2 230 30 9 Tennessee 54 Ed Flanagan C 14 6'3 245 26 6 Purdue 55 Wayne Walker LB 14 6'2 228 34 13 Idaho 57 Terry Miller LB 1 6'2 225 24 1 Illinois 58 Bill Saul LB 13 6'4 225 29 8 Penn State 62 Ed Mooney LB 14 6'2 225 25 3 Texas Tech 63 Chuck Walton OG 14 6'3 255 29 4 Iowa State 66 Bob Kowalkowski OG 10 6'3 240 26 5 Virginia 67 Rocky Rasley OG 8 6'3 250 23 2 Oregon State 68 Frank Gallagher OG 14 6'2 245 27 4 North Carolina 71 Alex Karras DT 13 6'2 245 35 12 Iowa 72 Dan Goich DT 14 6'4 265 26 2 California 73 Roger Shoals OT 14 6'4 260 31 8 Maryland 74 Larry Hand DE 14 6'4 250 30 6 Appalachian State 75 Jim Yarbrough OT 12 6'6 250 24 2 Florida 76 Rocky Freitas OT 14 6'6 280 25 3 Oregon State 80 Dave Haverdick DT 8 6'4 245 22 R Morehead State 81 Charlie Brown WR 14 6'2 195 22 R Northern Arizona 82 Jerry Rush DT 14 6'4 265 28 6 Michigan State 83 Jim Mitchell DE 14 6'3 245 23 R Prairie View A&M 84 Joe Robb DE 6 6'3 245 33 12 Texas Christian 85 Chuck Hughes WR 13 5'11 175 27 4 Texas-El Paso 87 Craig Cotton TE 14 6'4 222 23 2 Youngstown State 88 Charlie Sanders TE 14 6'4 235 24 3 Minnesota
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bill Munson 158 84 53.2 1,049 6.64 12.5 10 6.3 7 4.4 10 66 76.7 Greg Landry 136 83 61.0 1,072 7.88 12.9 9 6.6 5 3.7 26 198 92.5
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Charlie Sanders 40 544 13.6 6 Larry Walton 30 532 17.7 5 Mel Farr 29 213 7.3 2 Altie Taylor 27 261 9.7 2 Earl McCullouch 15 278 18.5 4 Chuck Hughes 8 162 20.2 0 Bill Triplett 6 52 8.7 0 Nick Eddy 4 22 5.5 0 Steve Owens 4 21 5.2 0 Charlie Brown 2 38 19.0 0 Craig Cotton 1 6 6.0 0 Rocky Freitas 1 -8 -8.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mel Farr 166 717 4.3 9 Altie Taylor 198 666 3.4 2 Greg Landry 35 350 10.0 1 Bill Triplett 48 156 3.2 1 Steve Owens 36 122 3.4 2 Nick Eddy 18 47 2.6 1 Bill Munson 9 33 3.7 0 Larry Walton 2 20 10.0 0 Bruce Maxwell 1 9 9.0 0 Earl McCullouch 1 7 7.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Bobby Williams 25 544 21.8 1 Nick Eddy 7 168 24.0 0 Tom Vaughn 3 66 22.0 0 Lem Barney 2 96 48.0 0 Paul Naumoff 2 6 3.0 0 Steve Owens 1 26 26.0 0 Larry Walton 1 21 21.0 0 Bruce Maxwell 1 20 20.0 0 Ed Mooney 1 12 12.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Lem Barney 25 259 10.4 3 1 Nick Eddy 4 25 6.2 5 0 Tom Vaughn 3 22 7.3 5 0 Larry Walton 2 0 0.0 1 0 |
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 19 RB Steve Owens 53 Oklahoma 2 45 DT Ray Parson 14 Minnesota 3 71 DE Jim Mitchell 101 Virginia State 5 123 OG Bob Parker Memphis 6 149 DT Tony Terry USC 7 175 LB Ken Geddes 95 Nebraska 9 227 P Herman Weaver 158 Tennessee 10 253 RB Bruce Maxwell 11 Arkansas 11 279 DB Roger Laird Kentucky State 12 305 DB Emanuel Murrell Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 13 331 DT Dave Haverdick 8 Morehead State 14 357 WR Charlie Brown 14 Northern Arizona 15 383 OT Bob Haney Idaho 16 409 DB Jerry Todd Memphis 17 435 DT Jim Marshall Centenary
Traded draft picks: #4 to NYG (Wes Grant), #8 to STL (Mike Holmgren)
Transactions:
| 05-11-1970 | traded Detroit's #10 pick in the 1971 draft to Eagles for Len Persin |
| 08-10-1970 | claimed Glenn Keppy on waivers from Steelers |
| 08-26-1970 | traded Bob Parker to Eagles for Chuck Hughes |
| 08-27-1970 | Saints claimed Gene Wren on waivers |
| 09-03-1970 | claimed Chuck Burgoon on waivers from Vikings |
| 09-09-1970 | traded Denis Moore to Eagles for Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 09-09-1970 | Chargers claimed Jerry DePoyster on waivers |
| 10-06-1970 | traded Larry Watkins to Eagles for Philadelphia's #2 pick in the 1971 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/26/70 at Dallas Cowboys L 0-5
1970 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 at Green Bay Packers W 40-0 1-0-0 09/27/70 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 38-3 2-0-0 10/05/70 vs Chicago Bears W 28-14 3-0-0 10/11/70 at Washington Redskins L 10-31 3-1-0 10/18/70 at Cleveland Browns W 41-24 4-1-0 10/25/70 at Chicago Bears W 16-10 5-1-0 11/01/70 vs Minnesota Vikings L 17-30 5-2-0 11/08/70 at New Orleans Saints L 17-19 5-3-0 11/15/70 at Minnesota Vikings L 20-24 5-4-0 11/22/70 vs San Francisco 49ers W 28-7 6-4-0 11/26/70 vs Oakland Raiders W 28-14 7-4-0 12/06/70 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 16-3 8-4-0 12/14/70 at Los Angeles Rams W 28-23 9-4-0 12/20/70 vs Green Bay Packers W 20-0 10-4-0