1972 Detroit Lions roster and stats

1972 Detroit Lions: 8-5-1
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Home record: 5-2-0 (185 points scored, 120 allowed) Road record: 3-3-1 (164 points scored, 162 allowed) Head Coach: Joe Schmidt 349 points scored (6th of 26 teams), 282 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 155 305 2,134 (14) 6.45 19 18 473 2,021 (12) 4.3 20 4,155 (15) 25 Defense: 171 312 2,004 ( 9) 6.02 18 12 491 2,204 (21) 4.5 14 4,208 (19) 27

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Greg Landry QB 14 6'4 210 25 5 Massachusetts 12 Errol Mann K 14 6'0 200 31 5 North Dakota 18 Herman Weaver P 14 6'4 210 23 3 Tennessee 19 Bill Munson QB 2 6'2 210 31 9 Utah State 20 Lem Barney DB 14 6'0 188 27 6 Jackson State 24 Mel Farr RB 10 6'2 210 27 6 UCLA 25 Earl McCullouch WR 10 5'11 175 26 5 Southern California 27 Charlie Potts DB 10 6'3 210 23 R Purdue 28 Mike Weger DB 14 6'2 200 27 6 Bowling Green 31 Leon Jenkins DB 4 5'11 165 22 R West Virginia 34 Mickey Zofko RB 14 6'3 195 23 2 Auburn 36 Steve Owens RB 10 6'2 215 24 3 Oklahoma 38 Bill Triplett RB 14 6'2 215 32 10 Miami (Ohio) 40 Nick Eddy RB 2 6'1 210 28 4 Notre Dame 42 Altie Taylor RB 13 5'10 200 25 4 Utah State 44 Dick LeBeau DB 14 6'1 185 35 14 Ohio State 45 Al Randolph DB 6 6'2 205 28 7 Iowa 46 Rudy Redmond DB 14 6'0 195 25 4 Pacific 47 Wayne Rasmussen DB 7 6'2 180 30 9 South Dakota State 49 Larry Walton WR 14 5'11 180 25 4 Arizona State 50 Paul Naumoff LB 14 6'1 215 27 6 Tennessee 51 Adrian Young LB 10 6'1 232 26 5 Southern California 53 Mike Lucci LB 14 6'2 230 32 11 Tennessee 54 Ed Flanagan C 14 6'3 245 28 8 Purdue 55 Wayne Walker LB 14 6'2 228 36 15 Idaho 58 Gene Hamlin C 5 6'3 245 26 3 Western Michigan 58 Rick Ogle LB 4 6'3 230 23 2 Colorado 59 Charlie Weaver LB 14 6'2 218 23 2 Southern California 63 Chuck Walton OG 10 6'3 255 31 6 Iowa State 64 Gordon Jolley OT 5 6'5 230 23 1 Utah 65 Dave Thompson C 7 6'4 275 23 2 Clemson 66 Bob Kowalkowski OG 14 6'3 240 28 7 Virginia 67 Rocky Rasley OG 14 6'3 250 25 3 Oregon State 68 Frank Gallagher OG 14 6'2 245 29 6 North Carolina 70 Larry Woods DT 12 6'6 260 24 2 Tennessee State 71 Bob Tatarek DT 2 6'4 270 26 3 Miami 73 Bob Bell DT 14 6'4 250 24 2 Cincinnati 74 Larry Hand DE 14 6'4 250 32 8 Appalachian State 75 Jim Yarbrough OT 13 6'6 265 26 4 Florida 76 Rocky Freitas OT 14 6'6 270 27 5 Oregon State 77 John Gordon DT 2 6'6 260 24 1 Hawaii 80 Herb Orvis DE 14 6'5 240 26 R Colorado 81 John Hilton TE 5 6'5 225 30 8 Richmond 82 Ken Sanders DE 6 6'5 225 22 R Howard Payne 83 Jim Mitchell DE 14 6'3 245 25 3 Prairie View A&M 84 Joe Schmiesing DT 5 6'4 260 27 5 New Mexico State 86 Al Barnes WR 9 6'1 170 23 R New Mexico State 87 Craig Cotton TE 14 6'4 222 25 4 Youngstown State 88 Charlie Sanders TE 9 6'4 225 26 5 Minnesota 89 Ron Jessie WR 14 6'0 183 24 2 Kansas

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Greg Landry 268 134 50.0 2,066 7.71 15.4 18 6.7 17 6.3 25 149 71.8 Bill Munson 35 20 57.1 194 5.54 9.7 1 2.9 1 2.9 1 0 70.4 Earl McCullouch 1 1 100.0 23 23.00 23.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Ron Jessie 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Altie Taylor           29    250    8.6    2
Charlie Sanders        27    416   15.4    2
Larry Walton           24    485   20.2    6
Ron Jessie             24    424   17.7    4
Steve Owens            15    100    6.7    0
Mel Farr               10    132   13.2    0
Craig Cotton            8    129   16.1    1
John Hilton             5    133   26.6    1
Earl McCullouch         5     96   19.2    1
Al Barnes               4     58   14.5    1
Nick Eddy               2     46   23.0    1
Mickey Zofko            2     14    7.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Altie Taylor          154    658    4.3    4
Greg Landry            81    524    6.5    9
Steve Owens           143    519    3.6    4
Mel Farr               62    216    3.5    3
Bill Triplett          17     48    2.8    0
Mickey Zofko            7     28    4.0    0
Nick Eddy               8     28    3.5    0
Bill Munson             1      0    0.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mickey Zofko           26    616   23.7    0
Ron Jessie             23    558   24.3    0
Lem Barney              1     17   17.0    0
Bill Triplett           1     12   12.0    0
Herb Orvis              1      5    5.0    0
Larry Walton            0     96      ?    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Lem Barney             15    108    7.2    8    0
Larry Walton            3     -8   -2.7    6    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Herman Weaver 43 1,734 40.3 0 0 0 0 0 40.3 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Errol Mann 3/3 5/5 8/11 3/9 1/1 20/29 38/39 98 Mickey Zofko 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 1/ 1 1 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Lem Barney 3 88 0 Bob Bell 3.0 Larry Hand 9.0 Mike Lucci 2 0 0 Jim Mitchell 5.0 1 0 0 Paul Naumoff 1 4 0 Wayne Rasmussen 2 1 0 Rudy Redmond 2 91 1 Wayne Walker 1.0 Charlie Weaver 1 0 0 Mike Weger 1.0 Larry Woods 3.0

1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 16 DE Herb Orvis 122 Colorado 3 65 DE Ken Sanders 100 Howard Payne [pick acquired from PHI] 6 145 DB Charlie Potts 10 Purdue 7 172 WR Charles Stoudmire Portland State 8 197 DB Henry Stuckey 27 Missouri 9 224 DB Bill McClintock Drake 10 249 LB Jim Teal 14 Purdue 11 276 DT Bob Waldron Tulane 12 301 WR Paul Bradley SMU 13 328 TE John Kirschner Memphis 14 353 OT Eric Kelley Whitworth 15 380 LB Steve Roach Kansas 16 405 DB Leon Jenkins 4 West Virginia 17 432 DB Mike Tyler Rice

Traded draft picks: #2 to ATL (Steve Okoniewski), #3 to PHI (Tom Luken), #4 to DAL (Charlie Zapiec), #5 to LA (Bob Childs)

Transactions:

02-01-1972	traded Detroit's #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Falcons for Rudy Redmond, Sonny Campbell and Atlanta's #4 pick in the 1973 draft
03-04-1972	traded an undisclosed draft pick to Browns for Bill Yanchar
04-14-1972	traded Ray Parson to Cardinals for Joe Schmiesing
07-27-1972	traded an undisclosed draft pick to Cowboys for Jim Benien
07-31-1972	traded Jerry Rush to Browns for Cleveland's #8 pick in the 1973 draft
07-31-1972	traded Jim Benien to Patriots for a #5 pick in the 1973 draft
08-22-1972	traded Al Clark to Rams for Oakland's #3 pick in the 1973 draft
09-05-1972	traded Detroit's #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Redskins for John Hilton
09-05-1972	traded Detroit's #6 pick in the 1973 draft to Cardinals for Rick Ogle
09-13-1972	Bills claimed Ken Lee on waivers
09-26-1972	claimed Bob Tatareck on waivers from Bills

1972 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/17/72    vs New York Giants         W 30-16       1-0-0
09/24/72    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 10-34       1-1-0
10/01/72    at Chicago Bears           W 38-24       2-1-0
10/08/72    at Atlanta Falcons         W 26-23       3-1-0
10/16/72    vs Green Bay Packers       L 23-24       3-2-0
10/22/72    vs San Diego Chargers      W 34-20       4-2-0
10/30/72    at Dallas Cowboys          L 24-28       4-3-0
11/05/72    vs Chicago Bears           W 14-0        5-3-0
11/12/72    at Minnesota Vikings       L 14-16       5-4-0
11/19/72    vs New Orleans Saints      W 37-6        6-4-0
11/23/72    vs New York Jets           W 37-20       7-4-0
12/03/72    at Green Bay Packers       L 7-33        7-5-0
12/10/72    at Buffalo Bills           T 21-21       7-5-1
12/17/72    at Los Angeles Rams        W 34-17       8-5-1

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