1977 Detroit Lions: 6-8-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (121 points scored, 106 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (62 points scored, 146 allowed) Head Coach: Tommy Hudspeth 183 points scored (23rd of 28 teams), 252 points allowed (18th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 191 384 1,518 (24) 3.47 7 16 479 1,706 (25) 3.6 11 3,224 (26) 30 Defense: 161 302 1,867 ( 7) 5.59 14 19 521 1,905 (14) 3.7 13 3,772 ( 8) 35
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College ? Tom Wickert OT 1 6'4 248 25 4 Washington State 10 Wilbur Summers P 13 6'4 220 23 1 Louisville 10 Steve Mike-Mayer K 14 6'0 180 30 3 Maryland 11 Greg Landry QB 11 6'4 205 30 10 Massachusetts 14 Joe Reed QB 3 6'1 195 29 6 Mississippi State 16 Gary Danielson QB 13 6'2 195 26 2 Purdue 17 Mitch Hoopes P 1 6'1 204 24 3 Arizona 20 Lem Barney DB 12 6'0 190 32 11 Jackson State 21 Walt Williams DB 14 6'0 185 23 R New Mexico State 23 Levi Johnson DB 3 6'3 200 27 5 Texas A&I 24 Dexter Bussey RB 8 6'1 210 25 4 Texas-Arlington 25 Horace King RB 14 5'10 210 24 3 Georgia 26 Dick Jauron DB 14 6'0 190 27 5 Yale 28 James Hunter DB 14 6'3 195 23 2 Grambling 31 Randy Rich DB 2 5'10 175 23 1 New Mexico 32 Rick Kane RB 14 5'11 200 22 R San Jose State 34 Eddie Payton RB 8 5'8 175 26 1 Jackson State 39 Leonard Thompson RB 14 5'10 190 25 3 Oklahoma State 40 Charlie West DB 13 6'1 195 31 10 Texas-El Paso 42 Reggie Pinkney DB 11 5'11 190 22 R East Carolina 43 Andy Bolton RB 14 6'1 205 23 2 Fisk 44 Marv Hubbard RB 13 6'1 235 31 8 Colgate 45 Ray Jarvis WR 14 5'11 190 28 7 Norfolk State 50 Paul Naumoff LB 13 6'1 215 32 11 Tennessee 52 Jim Laslavic LB 14 6'2 240 26 5 Penn State 54 Mike McGraw LB 1 6'2 225 23 2 Wyoming 55 Ed O'Neil LB 14 6'3 235 25 4 Penn State 57 Garth Ten Napel LB 14 6'1 215 23 2 Texas A&M 58 Tony Daykin LB 14 6'1 215 22 R Georgia Tech 59 Charlie Weaver LB 14 6'2 225 28 7 Southern California 60 Gary Anderson OG 13 6'3 250 22 R Stanford 62 Lynn Boden OG 13 6'5 270 24 3 South Dakota State 63 Jon Morris C 14 6'4 250 35 14 Holy Cross 64 Mel Mitchell OG 9 6'3 260 24 2 Tennessee State 68 Mark Markovich C 4 6'5 255 24 4 Penn State 71 Craig Hertwig OT 14 6'8 270 25 3 Georgia 72 Ernie Price DE 12 6'4 245 27 5 Texas A&I 73 Russ Bolinger OG 14 6'5 255 23 2 Long Beach State 74 Larry Hand DT 14 6'4 245 37 13 Appalachian State 75 Jim Yarbrough OT 13 6'6 270 31 9 Florida 76 Rocky Freitas OT 3 6'6 275 32 10 Oregon State 77 John Woodcock DT 14 6'3 240 23 2 Hawaii 78 Doug English DT 14 6'5 255 24 3 Texas 79 Dave Simonson OT 7 6'6 248 25 4 Minnesota 80 Herb Orvis DT 14 6'5 255 31 6 Colorado 81 David Hill TE 14 6'2 220 23 2 Texas A&I 82 Ken Sanders DE 11 6'5 245 27 6 Howard Payne 83 Jim Mitchell DE 9 6'3 250 30 8 Prairie View A&M 86 J.D. Hill WR 11 6'1 185 29 7 Arizona State 87 Bill Larson TE 12 6'4 225 24 2 Colorado State 88 Charlie Sanders TE 10 6'4 230 31 10 Minnesota 89 Luther Blue WR 14 5'11 190 23 R Iowa State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Greg Landry 240 135 56.2 1,359 5.66 10.1 6 2.5 7 2.9 34 302 68.7 Gary Danielson 100 42 42.0 445 4.45 10.6 1 1.0 5 5.0 9 64 38.1 Joe Reed 40 13 32.5 150 3.75 11.5 0 0.0 4 10.0 11 75 5.2 Wilbur Summers 1 1 100.0 5 5.00 5.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 87.5 David Hill 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Eddie Payton 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Leonard Thompson 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Horace King 40 238 6.0 0 David Hill 32 465 14.5 2 Ray Jarvis 28 353 12.6 1 J.D. Hill 24 247 10.3 1 Rick Kane 18 186 10.3 0 Charlie Sanders 14 170 12.1 1 Dexter Bussey 11 116 10.5 1 Luther Blue 8 90 11.2 1 Leonard Thompson 7 42 6.0 0 Marv Hubbard 6 36 6.0 0 Eddie Payton 2 10 5.0 0 Andy Bolton 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Horace King 155 521 3.4 1 Rick Kane 124 421 3.4 4 Dexter Bussey 85 338 4.0 4 Marv Hubbard 38 150 3.9 1 Greg Landry 25 99 4.0 0 Leonard Thompson 31 91 2.9 1 Gary Danielson 7 62 8.9 0 Eddie Payton 4 13 3.2 0 David Hill 4 10 2.5 0 Andy Bolton 3 4 1.3 0 Joe Reed 1 3 3.0 0 Wilbur Summers 1 0 0.0 0 Luther Blue 1 -6 -6.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Eddie Payton 18 457 25.4 1 Rick Kane 16 376 23.5 0 Andy Bolton 6 86 14.3 0 Leonard Thompson 5 84 16.8 0 Randy Rich 5 73 14.6 0 James Hunter 4 95 23.8 0 Luther Blue 1 24 24.0 0 Marv Hubbard 1 18 18.0 0 Lynn Boden 1 14 14.0 0 John Woodcock 1 12 12.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Eddie Payton 27 273 10.1 0 1 Dick Jauron 11 41 3.7 8 0 Randy Rich 2 18 9.0 1 0 Rick Kane 1 13 13.0 1 0 Luther Blue 1 0 0.0 0 0 Lem Barney 0 0 ? 2 0 Horace King 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 42 DB Walt Williams 93 New Mexico State 3 69 RB Rick Kane 125 San Jose State 4 96 WR Luther Blue 42 Iowa State 5 114 LB Ron Crosby 83 Penn State [pick acquired from SEA] 6 166 DB Reggie Pinkney 72 East Carolina [pick acquired from MIN via NE] 7 179 LB Tim Black 4 Baylor 8 209 OT Mark Griffin North Carolina 9 236 QB Steve Mathieson Florida State 10 263 OG Gary Anderson 21 Stanford 11 293 LB Tony Daykin 73 Georgia Tech 12 320 OG Dave Greenwood Iowa State
Traded draft picks: #1 to BUF (Phil Dokes), #5 to PIT (Steve Courson), #6 to SD (Pete Shaw)
Transactions:
| 06-17-1977 | traded Herman Weaver to Broncos for Denver's #4 and #6 picks in the 1978 draft |
| 06-23-1977 | Jets claimed Maurice Tyler on waivers |
| 07-21-1977 | claimed Emmett Edwards on waivers from Bills |
| 08-11-1977 | traded $100 cash to Raiders for Marv Hubbard |
| 08-11-1977 | claimed David Posey on waivers from 49ers |
| 08-19-1977 | traded $100 cash to Seahawks for Fred Steinfort |
| 09-01-1977 | traded a #8 pick in the 1978 draft to 49ers for Steve Mike-Mayer |
| 09-10-1977 | claimed Mitch Hoopes on waivers from Cardinals |
| 09-11-1977 | placed Ron Crosby on injured reserve |
| 10-03-1977 | placed Levi Johnson on injured reserve |
| 10-03-1977 | placed Rockne Freitas on injured reserve |
1977 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 at Chicago Bears L 20-30 0-1-0 09/25/77 vs New Orleans Saints W 23-19 1-1-0 10/02/77 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 17-13 2-1-0 10/09/77 at Minnesota Vikings L 7-14 2-2-0 10/16/77 vs Green Bay Packers W 10-6 3-2-0 10/23/77 at San Francisco 49ers L 7-28 3-3-0 10/30/77 at Dallas Cowboys L 0-37 3-4-0 11/06/77 vs San Diego Chargers W 20-0 4-4-0 11/13/77 at Atlanta Falcons L 6-17 4-5-0 11/20/77 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 16-7 5-5-0 11/24/77 vs Chicago Bears L 14-31 5-6-0 12/04/77 at Green Bay Packers L 9-10 5-7-0 12/11/77 at Baltimore Colts W 13-10 6-7-0 12/17/77 vs Minnesota Vikings L 21-30 6-8-0