1973 Detroit Lions: 6-7-1
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Home record: 4-3-0 (171 points scored, 105 allowed) Road record: 2-4-1 (100 points scored, 142 allowed) Head Coach: Don McCafferty
271 points scored (13th of 26 teams), 247 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 171 325 1,913 (17) 5.43 12 19 496 2,133 ( 9) 4.3 17 4,046 (13) 33
Defense: 173 332 1,788 (10) 4.90 15 22 501 2,117 (16) 4.2 10 3,905 (13) 33
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Greg Landry QB 7 6'4 210 26 6 Massachusetts 12 Errol Mann K 8 6'0 200 32 6 North Dakota 17 Bill Cappleman QB 7 6'3 210 26 2 Florida State 18 Herman Weaver P 14 6'4 210 24 4 Tennessee 19 Bill Munson QB 10 6'2 210 32 10 Utah State 20 Lem Barney DB 14 6'0 188 28 7 Jackson State 21 Jim Thrower DB 10 6'2 194 25 4 East Texas State 23 Levi Johnson DB 14 6'3 190 23 R Texas A&I 24 Mel Farr RB 11 6'2 210 28 7 UCLA 25 Earl McCullouch WR 11 5'11 175 27 6 Southern California 26 Dick Jauron DB 14 6'0 190 23 R Yale 27 Miller Farr DB 6 6'1 190 30 9 Wichita State 28 Mike Weger DB 12 6'2 200 28 7 Bowling Green 30 Jim Hooks RB 11 5'11 225 23 R Central Oklahoma 34 Mickey Zofko RB 8 6'3 195 24 3 Auburn 35 Leon Crosswhite RB 7 6'2 215 22 R Oklahoma 36 Steve Owens RB 12 6'2 215 25 4 Oklahoma 42 Altie Taylor RB 13 5'10 200 26 5 Utah State 45 Jim O'Brien K 10 6'0 195 26 4 Cincinnati 46 Doug Wyatt DB 6 6'1 195 27 4 Tulsa 48 Willie Germany DB 6 6'0 192 25 2 Morgan State 49 Larry Walton WR 13 5'11 180 26 5 Arizona State 50 Paul Naumoff LB 14 6'1 215 28 7 Tennessee 52 Jim Laslavic LB 14 6'2 230 22 R Penn State 53 Mike Lucci LB 11 6'2 230 33 12 Tennessee 54 Ed Flanagan C 14 6'3 245 29 9 Purdue 57 Jim Teal LB 14 6'3 225 23 1 Purdue 58 Mike Hennigan LB 8 6'2 210 22 R Tennessee Tech 59 Charlie Weaver LB 13 6'2 218 24 3 Southern California 60 Guy Dennis OG 10 6'2 255 26 5 Florida 63 Chuck Walton OG 4 6'3 255 32 7 Iowa State 64 Gordon Jolley OT 14 6'5 250 24 2 Utah 65 Dave Thompson C 14 6'4 275 24 3 Clemson 66 Bob Kowalkowski OG 14 6'3 240 29 8 Virginia 67 Rocky Rasley OG 14 6'3 250 26 4 Oregon State 72 Ernie Price DT 12 6'4 255 23 R Texas A&I 73 Bob Bell DT 13 6'4 250 25 3 Cincinnati 74 Larry Hand DE 14 6'4 250 33 9 Appalachian State 75 Jim Yarbrough OT 10 6'6 265 27 5 Florida 76 Rocky Freitas OT 14 6'6 270 28 6 Oregon State 77 Mike Haggerty OT 4 6'4 245 28 6 Miami 80 Herb Orvis DT 14 6'5 240 27 2 Colorado 81 John Hilton TE 4 6'5 225 31 9 Richmond 82 Ken Sanders DE 14 6'5 240 23 2 Howard Payne 83 Jim Mitchell DE 9 6'3 245 26 4 Prairie View A&M 84 John Small DT 1 6'5 260 26 4 Citadel 86 Al Barnes WR 11 6'1 170 24 2 New Mexico State 88 Charlie Sanders TE 14 6'4 225 27 6 Minnesota 89 Ron Jessie WR 14 6'0 183 25 3 Kansas
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Bill Munson 187 95 50.8 1,129 6.04 11.9 9 4.8 8 4.3 14 94 67.8
Greg Landry 128 70 54.7 908 7.09 13.0 3 2.3 10 7.8 13 98 52.5
Bill Cappleman 11 5 45.5 33 3.00 6.6 0 0.0 1 9.1 0 0 14.6
Mickey Zofko 1 1 100.0 35 35.00 35.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 11.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Charlie Sanders 28 433 15.5 2 Altie Taylor 27 252 9.3 0 Mel Farr 26 183 7.0 0 Steve Owens 24 232 9.7 0 Larry Walton 22 309 14.0 4 Ron Jessie 20 364 18.2 3 Earl McCullouch 9 179 19.9 1 John Hilton 6 70 11.7 1 Al Barnes 3 43 14.3 1 Mickey Zofko 2 16 8.0 0 Jim O'Brien 2 14 7.0 0 Jim Hooks 1 6 6.0 0 Leon Crosswhite 1 4 4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Altie Taylor 176 719 4.1 5 Steve Owens 113 401 3.5 3 Mel Farr 97 373 3.8 4 Greg Landry 42 267 6.4 2 Jim Hooks 19 110 5.8 0 Larry Walton 5 100 20.0 1 Bill Munson 10 33 3.3 0 Mickey Zofko 11 33 3.0 0 Ron Jessie 5 31 6.2 1 Leon Crosswhite 11 30 2.7 1 Herman Weaver 1 18 18.0 0 Earl McCullouch 2 12 6.0 0 Lem Barney 2 9 4.5 0 Charlie Sanders 1 -1 -1.0 0 Bill Cappleman 1 -2 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Dick Jauron 17 405 23.8 0 Altie Taylor 12 295 24.6 0 Ron Jessie 6 154 25.7 0 Jim Thrower 3 54 18.0 0 Levi Johnson 3 51 17.0 0 Jim Hooks 2 52 26.0 0 Lem Barney 1 28 28.0 0 Gordon Jolley 1 15 15.0 0 Mickey Zofko 1 7 7.0 0 Willie Germany 1 0 0.0 0 Guy Dennis 1 0 0.0 0 Charlie Weaver 1 0 0.0 0 Al Barnes 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Lem Barney 27 231 8.6 7 0 Dick Jauron 6 49 8.2 4 0 Larry Walton 1 9 9.0 1 0 Jim Teal 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1973 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 17 DE Ernie Price 81 Texas A&I 2 44 RB Leon Crosswhite 21 Oklahoma 3 58 TE John Brady Washington [pick acquired from CHI] 3 71 LB Jim Laslavic 124 Penn State 3 75 DB Levi Johnson 59 Texas A&I [pick acquired from OAK via LA] 4 81 LB Mike Hennigan 64 Tennessee Tech [pick acquired from NO] 4 91 DB Dick Jauron 100 Yale [pick acquired from ATL] 4 96 RB Jim Hooks 32 Central State (Ok.) 7 175 DT John Andrews 28 Morgan State 8 200 DB Prentice McCrary 88 Arizona State 8 203 RB John Bledsoe Ohio State [pick acquired from CLE] 9 227 DB Ira Dean Baylor 10 252 DB Ray Bonner Middle Tennessee State 11 279 WR Scott Freeman Wyoming 12 304 WR Tom Scott Washington 13 331 LB John Moss Pittsburgh 14 356 OT Jay Corey Santa Clara 15 383 DB Dan Hansen Brigham Young 16 408 WR Larry Nickels Dayton 17 435 OT Earl Belgrave Ohio State
Traded draft picks: #5 to SD via WAS (Willie McGee), #6 to STL (Phil Andre)
Transactions:
| 01-30-1973 | traded Craig Cotton and Detroit's #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Bears for Kansas City's #1 pick and Chicago's #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 04-09-1973 | traded Adrian Young to Saints for New Orleans' #6 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 06-14-1973 | traded Joe Schmiesing to Colts for Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-12-1973 | received John Small from Falcons as compensation for free agent Frank Gallagher |
| 07-21-1973 | traded Detroit's #9 pick in the 1974 draft to Rams for Brian Goodman |
| 07-26-1973 | traded Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1974 draft to Colts for Jim O'Brien |
| 08-01-1973 | traded John Gordon to Colts for a #10 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 08-01-1973 | Colts claimed Ira Dean on waivers |
| 08-02-1973 | placed Jim Yarbrough on injured reserve |
| 08-08-1973 | claimed Mike Haggerty on waivers from Redskins |
| 08-29-1973 | traded Ed Mooney to Colts for Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 09-04-1973 | traded a 1974 draft pick to Rams for Gene Howard |
| 09-06-1973 | traded Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Falcons for Willie Germany |
| 09-07-1973 | traded Detroit's #4 pick in the 1974 draft to Cardinals for Miller Farr |
| 09-21-1973 | placed John Small on injured reserve |
| 11-16-1973 | placed Greg Landry on injured reserve |
1973 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10-24 0-1-0 09/23/73 at Green Bay Packers T 13-13 0-1-1 10/01/73 vs Atlanta Falcons W 31-6 1-1-1 10/07/73 vs Minnesota Vikings L 9-23 1-2-1 10/14/73 at New Orleans Saints L 13-20 1-3-1 10/21/73 vs Baltimore Colts L 27-29 1-4-1 10/28/73 vs Green Bay Packers W 34-0 2-4-1 11/04/73 vs San Francisco 49ers W 30-20 3-4-1 11/11/73 at Minnesota Vikings L 7-28 3-5-1 11/18/73 at Chicago Bears W 30-7 4-5-1 11/22/73 vs Washington Redskins L 0-20 4-6-1 12/02/73 at St. Louis Cardinals W 20-16 5-6-1 12/09/73 vs Chicago Bears W 40-7 6-6-1 12/15/73 at Miami Dolphins L 7-34 6-7-1
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