1971 Detroit Lions roster and stats

1971 Detroit Lions: 7-6-1
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Home record: 3-4-0 (173 points scored, 175 allowed) Road record: 4-2-1 (168 points scored, 111 allowed) Head Coach: Joe Schmidt 341 points scored (3rd of 26 teams), 286 points allowed (16th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 157 299 2,201 (12) 6.67 17 14 532 2,376 ( 2) 4.5 15 4,577 ( 4) 33 Defense: 163 306 2,017 ( 8) 6.23 17 22 432 1,842 (15) 4.3 15 3,859 (11) 33

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Greg Landry QB 14 6'4 205 24 4 Massachusetts 12 Errol Mann K 14 6'0 200 30 4 North Dakota 18 Herman Weaver P 13 6'4 210 22 2 Tennessee 19 Bill Munson QB 4 6'2 210 30 8 Utah State 20 Lem Barney DB 9 6'0 188 26 5 Jackson State 21 Al Clark DB 9 6'0 180 23 R Eastern Michigan 23 Paul Gipson RB 5 6'0 210 25 3 Houston 24 Mel Farr RB 9 6'2 210 26 5 UCLA 25 Earl McCullouch WR 13 5'11 175 25 4 Southern California 28 Mike Weger DB 14 6'2 200 26 5 Bowling Green 34 Mickey Zofko RB 11 6'3 195 22 R Auburn 36 Steve Owens RB 14 6'2 220 23 2 Oklahoma 38 Bill Triplett RB 14 6'2 215 31 9 Miami (Ohio) 42 Altie Taylor RB 14 5'10 196 24 3 Utah State 44 Dick LeBeau DB 13 6'1 185 34 13 Ohio State 45 Bobby Williams DB 14 6'1 200 29 5 Central Oklahoma 47 Wayne Rasmussen DB 14 6'2 180 29 8 South Dakota State 48 Tom Vaughn DB 9 5'11 190 28 7 Iowa State 49 Larry Walton WR 14 5'11 180 24 3 Arizona State 50 Paul Naumoff LB 14 6'1 215 26 5 Tennessee 51 Ken Lee LB 1 6'4 230 23 R Washington 53 Mike Lucci LB 14 6'2 230 31 10 Tennessee 54 Ed Flanagan C 14 6'3 245 27 7 Purdue 55 Wayne Walker LB 14 6'2 228 35 14 Idaho 59 Charlie Weaver LB 14 6'2 218 22 R Southern California 62 Ed Mooney LB 14 6'2 225 26 4 Texas Tech 63 Chuck Walton OG 14 6'3 255 30 5 Iowa State 65 Dave Thompson C 14 6'4 275 22 R Clemson 66 Bob Kowalkowski OG 14 6'3 240 27 6 Virginia 68 Frank Gallagher OG 14 6'2 245 28 5 North Carolina 70 Larry Woods DT 1 6'6 260 23 R Tennessee State 73 Bob Bell DT 14 6'4 250 23 R Cincinnati 74 Larry Hand DE 14 6'4 250 31 7 Appalachian State 75 Jim Yarbrough OT 14 6'6 250 25 3 Florida 76 Rocky Freitas OT 14 6'6 280 26 4 Oregon State 77 Dick Evey DT 11 6'2 245 30 8 Tennessee 79 Ray Parson OT 14 6'4 250 24 1 Minnesota 82 Jerry Rush DT 14 6'4 265 29 7 Michigan State 83 Jim Mitchell DE 13 6'3 245 24 2 Prairie View A&M 84 Joe Robb DE 14 6'3 245 34 13 Texas Christian 85 Chuck Hughes WR 3 5'11 175 28 5 Texas-El Paso 87 Craig Cotton TE 14 6'4 222 24 3 Youngstown State 88 Charlie Sanders TE 13 6'4 235 25 4 Minnesota 89 Ron Jessie WR 14 6'0 183 23 R Kansas

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Greg Landry 261 136 52.1 2,237 8.57 16.4 16 6.1 13 5.0 29 232 80.9 Bill Munson 38 21 55.3 216 5.68 10.3 1 2.6 1 2.6 1 5 69.6 Larry Walton 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 15 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Steve Owens            32    350   10.9    2
Charlie Sanders        31    502   16.2    5
Larry Walton           30    491   16.4    5
Altie Taylor           26    270   10.4    1
Earl McCullouch        21    552   26.3    3
Craig Cotton            6     88   14.7    0
Mel Farr                5     60   12.0    1
Ron Jessie              4     87   21.8    0
Chuck Hughes            1     32   32.0    0
Paul Gipson             1     21   21.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Steve Owens           246  1,035    4.2    8
Altie Taylor          174    736    4.2    4
Greg Landry            76    530    7.0    3
Mel Farr               22     64    2.9    0
Paul Gipson             4     12    3.0    0
Bill Munson             3      9    3.0    0
Bill Triplett           4      4    1.0    0
Ron Jessie              1      0    0.0    0
Earl McCullouch         1     -7   -7.0    0
Larry Walton            1     -7   -7.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ron Jessie             16    470   29.4    2
Lem Barney              9    222   24.7    0
Al Clark                8    216   27.0    0
Paul Gipson             5    105   21.0    0
Bobby Williams          4    112   28.0    0
Bill Triplett           3     70   23.3    0
Ray Parson              2     26   13.0    0
Ed Mooney               2      8    4.0    0
Craig Cotton            1      4    4.0    0
Wayne Rasmussen         1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Lem Barney             14    122    8.7    2    0
Larry Walton            6     38    6.3    6    0
Tom Vaughn              2     30   15.0    0    0
Dave Thompson           1      4    4.0    0    0
Chuck Hughes            0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Herman Weaver 42 1,752 41.7 0 0 2 0 0 39.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Errol Mann 6/6 8/9 7/15 1/3 0/4 22/37 37/37 103 Wayne Walker 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 2/ 2 2 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Lem Barney 3 78 1 Bob Bell 1.5 Dick Evey 1.0 Larry Hand 5.0 Dick LeBeau 6 76 0 Mike Lucci 5 74 2 Jim Mitchell 1.5 Paul Naumoff 2.0 Wayne Rasmussen 4 31 0 Joe Robb 1.0 Jerry Rush 5.5 Tom Vaughn 1 8 0 Wayne Walker 0.5 2 12 0 Mike Weger 1 16 0

1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 21 DT Bob Bell 100 Cincinnati 2 30 C Dave Thompson 56 Clemson [pick acquired from PHI] 2 48 LB Charlie Weaver 147 USC 3 72 DB Al Clark 69 Eastern Michigan 4 100 DT Larry Woods 47 Tennessee State 5 125 OG Pete Newell Michigan 6 150 QB Frank Harris Boston College [pick acquired from LA via PHI] 6 152 WR Herman Franklin USC 7 177 OT Brownie Wheless Rice 8 204 LB Ken Lee 13 Washington 9 229 RB Mickey Zofko 44 Auburn 11 281 DB Phil Webb Colorado State 12 308 WR Bill Pilconis Pittsburgh 13 332 RB David Abercrombie Tulane 14 360 TE Tom Lorenz Iowa State 15 385 WR Ed Coates Central Missouri 16 411 DB Tom Kutchinski Michigan State 17 436 OT Gordon Jolley 59 Utah

Traded draft picks: #10 to PHI (Tom Bailey)

Transactions:

01-28-1971	traded Greg Barton to Eagles for Philadelphia's #2 pick in the 1971 draft and #2 and #3 picks in the 1972 draft
05-07-1971	traded Roger Shoals to Broncos for Carl Cunningham
07-27-1971	traded Detroit's #4 pick in the 1972 draft to Cowboys for Ron Jessie
08-10-1971	John Wright retired
09-01-1971	traded Detroit's #5 pick in the 1972 draft to Rams for Dick Evey
09-02-1971	Saints claimed Dave Haverdick on waivers
09-09-1971	traded Philadelphia's #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Falcons for Paul Gipson
09-09-1971	Colts claimed Dan Goich on waivers
09-15-1971	Redskins claimed Alex Karras on waivers
09-29-1971	traded Detroit's #3 pick in the 1972 draft to Eagles for Bill Cappleman

1971 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/20/71    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 13-16       0-1-0
09/26/71    at New England Patriots    W 34-7        1-1-0
10/03/71    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 41-38       2-1-0
10/10/71    vs Green Bay Packers       W 31-28       3-1-0
10/17/71    at Houston Oilers          W 31-7        4-1-0
10/24/71    vs Chicago Bears           L 23-28       4-2-0
11/01/71    at Green Bay Packers       T 14-14       4-2-1
11/07/71    at Denver Broncos          W 24-20       5-2-1
11/14/71    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 13-21       5-3-1
11/21/71    at Chicago Bears           W 28-3        6-3-1
11/25/71    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 32-21       7-3-1
12/05/71    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 20-23       7-4-1
12/11/71    at Minnesota Vikings       L 10-29       7-5-1
12/19/71    at San Francisco 49ers     L 27-31       7-6-1

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