1975 Detroit Lions roster and stats

1975 Detroit Lions: 7-7-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (101 points scored, 117 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (144 points scored, 145 allowed) Head Coach: Rick Forzano 245 points scored (18th of 26 teams), 262 points allowed (8th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 183 362 1,917 (22) 4.76 15 12 532 2,147 ( 9) 4.0 10 4,064 (18) 30 Defense: 181 360 2,071 (10) 5.20 16 20 480 1,929 (11) 4.0 12 4,000 ( 9) 37

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College ? Alan Pringle K 1 6'0 195 23 R Rice 10 Jack Concannon QB 7 6'3 200 32 10 Boston College 11 Greg Landry QB 6 6'4 205 28 8 Massachusetts 12 Errol Mann K 14 6'0 205 34 8 North Dakota 14 Joe Reed QB 10 6'1 195 27 4 Mississippi State 18 Herman Weaver P 14 6'4 210 26 6 Tennessee 19 Bill Munson QB 5 6'2 200 34 12 Utah State 20 Lem Barney DB 10 6'0 190 30 9 Jackson State 23 Levi Johnson DB 14 6'3 200 25 3 Texas A&I 24 Dexter Bussey RB 13 6'1 210 23 2 Texas-Arlington 25 Horace King RB 14 5'10 210 22 R Georgia 26 Dick Jauron DB 10 6'0 190 25 3 Yale 28 Mike Weger DB 13 6'2 200 30 8 Bowling Green 29 Ben Davis DB 11 5'11 180 30 9 Defiance 30 Jim Hooks RB 12 5'11 225 25 3 Central Oklahoma 32 Lenny Dunlap DB 6 6'1 200 26 5 North Texas State 33 Bobby Thompson RB 14 5'11 195 28 1 Oklahoma 39 Leonard Thompson WR 14 5'10 190 23 R Oklahoma State 40 Charlie West DB 14 6'1 195 29 8 Texas-El Paso 42 Altie Taylor RB 14 5'10 200 28 7 Utah State 44 George Farmer WR 6 6'4 214 27 6 UCLA 45 Ray Jarvis WR 14 5'11 190 26 5 Norfolk State 50 Paul Naumoff LB 14 6'1 215 30 9 Tennessee 51 Larry Ball LB 14 6'6 235 26 4 Louisville 52 Jim Laslavic LB 14 6'2 240 24 3 Penn State 55 Ed O'Neil LB 14 6'3 235 23 2 Penn State 58 Mike Hennigan LB 4 6'2 225 24 3 Tennessee Tech 59 Charlie Weaver LB 12 6'2 225 26 5 Southern California 60 R.W. Hicks C 14 6'4 250 24 1 Humboldt State 60 Guy Dennis OG 12 6'2 250 28 7 Florida 62 Lynn Boden OG 14 6'5 270 22 R South Dakota State 63 Jon Morris C 14 6'4 250 33 12 Holy Cross 64 Gordon Jolley OT 2 6'5 245 26 4 Utah 66 Bob Kowalkowski OG 14 6'3 245 31 10 Virginia 70 Billy Howard DT 13 6'4 255 25 2 Alcorn State 71 Craig Hertwig OT 9 6'8 270 23 R Georgia 72 Ernie Price DE 13 6'4 245 25 3 Texas A&I 74 Larry Hand DE 14 6'4 245 35 11 Appalachian State 75 Jim Yarbrough OT 13 6'6 265 29 7 Florida 76 Rocky Freitas OT 14 6'6 275 30 8 Oregon State 78 Doug English DT 14 6'5 245 22 R Texas 80 Herb Orvis DT 14 6'5 245 29 4 Colorado 81 John McMakin TE 11 6'3 225 25 4 Clemson 82 Ken Sanders DE 14 6'5 245 25 4 Howard Payne 83 Jim Mitchell DE 14 6'3 250 28 6 Prairie View A&M 86 Jon Staggers WR 5 5'10 185 26 6 Missouri 86 Marlin Briscoe WR 8 5'10 180 30 8 Nebraska-Omaha 88 Charlie Sanders TE 13 6'4 230 29 8 Minnesota 89 Dennis Franklin WR 4 6'1 185 22 R Michigan

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Reed 191 86 45.0 1,181 6.18 13.7 9 4.7 10 5.2 14 119 59.3 Bill Munson 109 65 59.6 626 5.74 9.6 5 4.6 2 1.8 8 65 83.4 Greg Landry 56 31 55.4 403 7.20 13.0 1 1.8 0 0.0 17 129 84.2 Jack Concannon 2 1 50.0 30 15.00 30.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9 95.8 Marlin Briscoe 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Horace King 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 39.6 Herman Weaver 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Charlie Sanders        37    486   13.1    3
Ray Jarvis             29    501   17.3    4
Marlin Briscoe         22    347   15.8    4
Altie Taylor           21    111    5.3    0
Bobby Thompson         19    122    6.4    0
Dexter Bussey          14    175   12.5    2
Jon Staggers           14    174   12.4    2
Horace King            13     81    6.2    0
George Farmer           6     86   14.3    0
Dennis Franklin         5    109   21.8    0
John McMakin            2     43   21.5    0
Jim Hooks               1      5    5.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Dexter Bussey         157    696    4.4    2
Altie Taylor          195    638    3.3    4
Bobby Thompson         51    268    5.3    1
Horace King            61    260    4.3    2
Joe Reed               34    193    5.7    1
Greg Landry            20     92    4.6    0
Jon Staggers            2     26   13.0    0
Ray Jarvis              1      0    0.0    0
Marlin Briscoe          2     -3   -1.5    0
Bill Munson             4     -3   -0.8    0
Jim Hooks               4     -8   -2.0    0
Leonard Thompson        1    -12  -12.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bobby Thompson         22    565   25.7    0
Leonard Thompson       12    271   22.6    0
Horace King             6    117   19.5    0
Mike Weger              3     42   14.0    0
Charlie West            2     41   20.5    0
Dexter Bussey           2     38   19.0    0
Jim Hooks               2      8    4.0    0
Lenny Dunlap            1     19   19.0    0
Mike Hennigan           1     13   13.0    0
Guy Dennis              1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Charlie West           22    219   10.0    8    0
Lem Barney              8     80   10.0    3    0
Dick Jauron             6     29    4.8    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Herman Weaver 80 3,361 42.0 0 0 1 0 0 41.5 Errol Mann 1 34 34.0 0 0 0 0 0 34.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Errol Mann 1/1 6/6 4/9 3/5 0/0 14/21 25/29 67 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Larry Ball 1.0 Lem Barney 5 23 0 Ben Davis 1 67 1 Larry Hand 8.0 1 38 0 Billy Howard 4.0 Dick Jauron 1.0 4 39 0 Levi Johnson 3 71 0 Jim Laslavic 2 12 0 Jim Mitchell 1.5 Paul Naumoff 6.5 2 11 0 Ed O'Neil 2.0 Herb Orvis 2.0 Ernie Price 3.0 Ken Sanders 5.0 Charlie Weaver 3.0 1 31 0 Mike Weger 1.0 1 23 0

1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 13 OG Lynn Boden 67 South Dakota State 2 38 DT Doug English 131 Texas 4 94 OT Craig Hertwig 37 Georgia 6 138 DB Fred Cooper Purdue [pick acquired from NO] 6 141 RB Horace King 123 Georgia [pick acquired from NE] 6 144 WR Dennis Franklin 9 Michigan 7 169 WR Mike Murphy Drake 8 194 RB Leonard Thompson 175 Oklahoma State 9 219 LB Steve Strinko Michigan 10 250 TE Brad Boyd LSU 11 275 OG Steve Myers Ohio State 12 300 LB Andre Roundtree Iowa State 13 325 RB Jim Smith North Carolina Central 14 350 QB Jim McMillan Boise State 15 375 RB Rudy Green Yale 16 406 DB Les Chaves Kansas State 17 431 OG Mark Lancaster Tulsa

Traded draft picks: #3 to NO via MIN (Elois Grooms), #5 to CLE (Jim Cope)

Transactions:

01-28-1975	traded Leon Crosswhite to Patriots for New England's #6 pick in the 1975 draft and Philadelphia's #8 pick in the 1976 draft
02-03-1975	traded Chuck Walton to Broncos for Bill Laskey
05-29-1975	Chargers signed Ed Flanagan as a free agent
05-29-1975	received Washington's #2 pick in the 1976 draft from Chargers as compensation for Ed Flanagan
07-08-1975	Rams signed Ron Jessie as a free agent
07-30-1975	traded Detroit's #6 pick in the 1976 draft to Patriots for Jon Morris
08-01-1975	received Green Bay's #1 pick in the 1976 draft from Rams as compensation for free agent Ron Jessie
08-21-1975	traded Detroit's #5 pick in the 1977 draft to Steelers for John McMakin
09-07-1975	traded Detroit's #4 pick in the 1976 draft to Dolphins for Larry Ball and Miami's #5 pick in the 1976 draft
09-22-1975	claimed Jon Staggers on waivers from Packers

1975 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/21/75    at Green Bay Packers       W 30-16       1-0-0
09/28/75    at Atlanta Falcons         W 17-14       2-0-0
10/06/75    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 10-36       2-1-0
10/12/75    vs Chicago Bears           W 27-7        3-1-0
10/19/75    at Minnesota Vikings       L 19-25       3-2-0
10/26/75    at Houston Oilers          L 8-24        3-3-0
11/02/75    at San Francisco 49ers     W 28-17       4-3-0
11/09/75    vs Cleveland Browns        W 21-10       5-3-0
11/16/75    vs Green Bay Packers       W 13-10       6-3-0
11/23/75    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 21-24 (OT)  6-4-0
11/27/75    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 0-20        6-5-0
12/07/75    at Chicago Bears           L 21-25       6-6-0
12/14/75    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 17-10       7-6-0
12/21/75    vs St. Louis Cardinals     L 13-24       7-7-0

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