1974 Detroit Lions: 7-7-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (142 points scored, 119 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (114 points scored, 152 allowed) Head Coach: Rick Forzano 256 points scored (14th of 26 teams), 271 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 18.2 points/game (254.5 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: 216 377 2,220 (11) 5.39 11 11 397 1,433 (24) 3.6 13 3,653 (19) 25 Defense: 219 405 2,236 (17) 5.21 13 17 486 2,102 (20) 4.3 17 4,338 (20) 30
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Greg Landry QB 5 6'4 210 27 7 Massachusetts 12 Errol Mann K 14 6'0 200 33 7 North Dakota 17 Sam Wyche QB 14 6'4 220 29 6 Furman 18 Herman Weaver P 14 6'4 210 25 5 Tennessee 19 Bill Munson QB 11 6'2 210 33 11 Utah State 20 Lem Barney DB 13 6'0 190 29 8 Jackson State 21 Jim Thrower DB 12 6'2 195 26 5 East Texas State 23 Levi Johnson DB 14 6'3 190 24 2 Texas A&I 24 Dexter Bussey RB 11 6'1 195 22 R Texas-Arlington 26 Dick Jauron DB 14 6'0 190 24 2 Yale 29 Ben Davis DB 9 5'11 180 29 8 Defiance 30 Jim Hooks RB 8 5'11 225 24 2 Central Oklahoma 31 Jimmie Jones RB 14 5'10 205 24 1 UCLA 34 Mickey Zofko RB 4 6'3 195 25 4 Auburn 35 Leon Crosswhite RB 14 6'2 215 23 2 Oklahoma 36 Steve Owens RB 11 6'2 215 26 5 Oklahoma 39 Bill Frohbose DB 2 6'0 185 22 R Miami 40 Doug Wyatt DB 12 6'1 195 28 5 Tulsa 40 Charlie West DB 13 6'1 200 28 7 Texas-El Paso 42 Altie Taylor RB 13 5'10 200 27 6 Utah State 45 Ray Jarvis WR 13 5'10 195 25 4 Norfolk State 46 Carl Capria DB 12 6'3 185 22 R Purdue 49 Larry Walton WR 13 5'11 185 27 6 Arizona State 50 Paul Naumoff LB 14 6'1 215 29 8 Tennessee 52 Jim Laslavic LB 14 6'2 230 23 2 Penn State 54 Ed Flanagan C 13 6'3 245 30 10 Purdue 55 Ed O'Neil LB 14 6'3 245 22 R Penn State 58 Mike Hennigan LB 14 6'2 210 23 2 Tennessee Tech 59 Charlie Weaver LB 14 6'2 220 25 4 Southern California 60 Guy Dennis OG 12 6'2 255 27 6 Florida 61 Fred Rothwell C 14 6'3 240 22 R Kansas State 63 Chuck Walton OG 14 6'3 256 33 8 Iowa State 64 Gordon Jolley OT 11 6'5 250 25 3 Utah 66 Bob Kowalkowski OG 14 6'3 240 30 9 Virginia 67 Daryl White OG 10 6'3 250 23 R Nebraska 70 Billy Howard DT 12 6'4 245 24 R Alcorn State 72 Ernie Price DE 11 6'4 255 24 2 Texas A&I 74 Larry Hand DE 13 6'4 250 34 10 Appalachian State 75 Jim Yarbrough OT 12 6'6 265 28 6 Florida 76 Rocky Freitas OT 14 6'6 270 29 7 Oregon State 80 Herb Orvis DE 14 6'5 240 28 3 Colorado 81 T.C. Blair TE 11 6'4 220 23 R Tulsa 82 Ken Sanders DE 14 6'5 240 24 3 Howard Payne 83 Jim Mitchell DE 14 6'3 245 27 5 Prairie View A&M 84 John Small DT 13 6'5 260 27 5 Citadel 86 Bob Pickard WR 14 6'0 185 22 R Xavier 88 Charlie Sanders TE 14 6'4 225 28 7 Minnesota 89 Ron Jessie WR 12 6'0 185 26 4 Kansas
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bill Munson 292 166 56.8 1,874 6.42 11.3 8 2.7 7 2.4 24 172 75.3 Greg Landry 82 49 59.8 572 6.98 11.7 3 3.7 3 3.7 11 83 77.9 Larry Walton 2 1 50.0 29 14.50 29.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 95.8 Sam Wyche 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ron Jessie 54 761 14.1 3 Charlie Sanders 42 532 12.7 3 Larry Walton 31 404 13.0 3 Altie Taylor 30 293 9.8 1 Steve Owens 24 158 6.6 0 Jim Hooks 9 53 5.9 0 Bob Pickard 8 88 11.0 1 Jimmie Jones 4 35 8.8 0 Dexter Bussey 4 24 6.0 0 Ray Jarvis 3 87 29.0 0 Leon Crosswhite 3 31 10.3 0 Mickey Zofko 3 15 5.0 0 Bill Munson 1 -6 -6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Altie Taylor 150 532 3.5 5 Steve Owens 97 374 3.9 3 Jimmie Jones 32 147 4.6 1 Jim Hooks 44 143 3.2 0 Greg Landry 22 95 4.3 1 Leon Crosswhite 12 49 4.1 1 Bill Munson 18 40 2.2 1 Dexter Bussey 9 22 2.4 0 Ron Jessie 6 17 2.8 1 Mickey Zofko 3 6 2.0 0 Bob Pickard 1 5 5.0 0 Larry Walton 2 3 1.5 0 Sam Wyche 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Jimmie Jones 38 927 24.4 0 Ray Jarvis 5 90 18.0 0 Dexter Bussey 5 59 11.8 0 Charlie West 4 71 17.8 0 Ron Jessie 2 55 27.5 0 Dick Jauron 2 21 10.5 0 Mickey Zofko 2 19 9.5 0 Larry Walton 1 22 22.0 0 Guy Dennis 1 18 18.0 0 Leon Crosswhite 1 11 11.0 0 Levi Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Dick Jauron 17 286 16.8 7 0 Charlie West 6 32 5.3 0 0 Ben Davis 5 62 12.4 0 0 Lem Barney 5 37 7.4 1 0 Carl Capria 1 12 12.0 2 0 |
1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 LB Ed O'Neil 100 Penn State [pick acquired from NO] 2 39 DT Billy Howard 38 Alcorn State 3 65 RB Dexter Bussey 150 Texas-Arlington 5 117 DB Carl Capria 13 Purdue 6 139 RB Willie Burden North Carolina State [pick acquired from NO] 6 143 OG Jim Davis Alcorn State 7 169 K Efren Herrera 106 UCLA 8 195 LB Mike Denimarck Emporia State 10 247 RB David Wooley Central Oklahoma 11 273 TE T.C. Blair 11 Tulsa 12 299 WR Mark Wakefield Tampa 13 325 C Fred Rothwell 14 Kansas State 14 351 DB David Jones Howard Payne 15 377 OG John Wells Kansas State 16 403 DB Myron Wilson Bowling Green 17 429 DE Collis Tehple LSU
Traded draft picks: #1 to NO (Rick Middleton), #4 to STL (Ike Harris), #9 to LA (Derek Williams)
Transactions:
| 01-29-1974 | traded Dave Thompson and Detroit's #1 pick in the 1974 draft to Saints for New Orleans' #1 and #6 picks in the 1974 draft |
| 01-31-1974 | traded Willie Germany to Eagles for Mike Evans |
| 02-26-1974 | traded Detroit's #5 pick in the 1975 draft to Browns for Ben Davis |
| 05-14-1974 | traded Jim Teal to Rams for a #9 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 08-07-1974 | traded cash to Patriots for Archie Pearmon |
| 08-07-1974 | traded $200 cash to Cardinals for Charlie Potts |
| 08-16-1974 | traded a #15 pick in the 1975 draft to Oilers for Edd Hargett |
| 08-17-1974 | claimed Larry Carwell on waivers from Oilers |
| 08-17-1974 | traded Bill Cappelman to Redskins for Sam Wyche |
| 08-20-1974 | traded Al Barnes to Broncos for Jimmie Jones |
| 08-29-1974 | traded a #9 pick in the 1975 draft to Broncos for Leroy Mitchell |
| 09-10-1974 | claimed Tim George on waivers from Bengals |
| 09-11-1974 | traded Detroit's #3 pick in the 1975 draft to Vikings for Charlie West |
| 10-22-1974 | traded Detroit's #5 pick in the 1976 draft to 49ers for Joe Reed |
| 10-24-1974 | Giants claimed Mickey Zofko on waivers |
1974 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/15/74 at Chicago Bears L 9-17 0-1-0 09/22/74 vs Minnesota Vikings L 6-7 0-2-0 09/29/74 at Green Bay Packers L 19-21 0-3-0 10/06/74 at Los Angeles Rams L 13-16 0-4-0 10/14/74 vs San Francisco 49ers W 17-14 1-4-0 10/20/74 at Minnesota Vikings W 20-16 2-4-0 10/27/74 vs Green Bay Packers W 19-17 3-4-0 11/03/74 vs New Orleans Saints W 19-14 4-4-0 11/10/74 at Oakland Raiders L 13-35 4-5-0 11/17/74 vs New York Giants W 20-19 5-5-0 11/24/74 vs Chicago Bears W 34-17 6-5-0 11/28/74 vs Denver Broncos L 27-31 6-6-0 12/08/74 at Cincinnati Bengals W 23-19 7-6-0 12/15/74 at Philadelphia Eagles L 17-28 7-7-0