1979 Detroit Lions roster and stats

1979 Detroit Lions: 2-14-0
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Home record: 2-6-0 (132 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 0-8-0 (87 points scored, 220 allowed) Head Coach: Monte Clark 219 points scored (28th of 28 teams), 365 points allowed (23rd) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 218 452 2,336 (23) 4.64 14 27 441 1,677 (25) 3.8 11 4,013 (26) 46 Defense: 220 402 2,442 ( 2) 5.46 15 14 638 2,515 (25) 3.9 22 4,957 (11) 26

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Benny Ricardo K 16 5'10 170 25 3 San Diego State 10 Scott Hunter QB 13 6'2 205 31 7 Alabama 12 Larry Swider P 14 6'2 195 24 1 Pittsburgh 14 Joe Reed QB 2 6'1 190 31 8 Mississippi State 15 Tom Skladany P 2 6'0 195 24 2 Ohio State 17 Jerry Golsteyn QB 1 6'4 210 25 3 Northern Illinois 18 Gene Washington WR 16 6'1 180 32 10 Stanford 19 Jeff Komlo QB 16 6'2 205 23 R Delaware 20 Ken Ellis DB 7 5'10 180 32 9 Southern 21 Walt Williams DB 12 6'0 185 25 3 New Mexico State 24 Dexter Bussey RB 16 6'1 210 27 6 Texas-Arlington 25 Horace King RB 16 5'10 205 26 5 Georgia 26 Anthony Leonard DB 1 5'11 175 26 4 Virginia Union 27 Luther Bradley DB 16 6'2 195 24 2 Notre Dame 28 James Hunter DB 15 6'3 195 25 4 Grambling 31 Ken Callicutt RB 16 6'0 190 24 2 Clemson 32 Rick Kane RB 16 5'11 200 24 3 San Jose State 36 Bo Robinson RB 14 6'2 225 23 R West Texas State 38 Lawrence Gaines RB 16 6'1 230 25 3 Wyoming 39 Leonard Thompson WR 15 5'10 190 27 5 Oklahoma State 40 Jimmy Allen DB 16 6'2 195 27 6 UCLA 42 Robert Woods WR 1 5'7 170 24 2 Grambling 42 Nate Allen DB 3 5'10 174 31 9 Texas Southern 43 Don Patterson DB 2 5'11 175 21 R Georgia Tech 44 Ernie Jackson DB 2 5'10 175 29 8 Duke 44 Dave Parkin DB 9 6'0 190 23 R Utah State 46 Doug Jones DB 10 6'2 205 29 6 Cal State-Northridge 46 Jimmy Stewart DB 5 5'11 190 25 2 Tulsa 47 John Arnold WR 7 5'10 175 24 1 Wyoming 48 Eddie Lewis DB 8 6'0 174 25 4 Kansas 50 Eddie Cole LB 15 6'2 235 22 R Mississippi 51 James Harrell LB 9 6'1 215 22 R Florida 52 Dave Washington LB 7 6'5 230 31 10 Alcorn State 53 Jon Brooks LB 15 6'2 215 22 R Clemson 54 Larry Tearry C 11 6'3 260 23 2 Wake Forest 55 Ed O'Neil LB 16 6'3 235 27 6 Penn State 57 Ken Fantetti LB 16 6'2 230 22 R Wyoming 58 Dennis Franks C 13 6'1 245 26 4 Michigan 59 Charlie Weaver LB 8 6'2 225 30 9 Southern California 60 Al Baker DE 16 6'6 260 22 2 Colorado State 61 Homer Elias OG 15 6'3 255 24 2 Tennessee State 62 Don Morrison OT 15 6'5 259 29 9 Texas-Arlington 63 Garry Cobb LB 8 6'2 210 22 R Southern California 65 Amos Fowler OG 12 6'3 250 23 2 Southern Mississippi 66 Karl Chandler C 1 6'5 250 27 6 Princeton 67 Wally Pesuit OG 16 6'4 250 25 4 Kentucky 70 Keith Dorney OT 16 6'5 265 21 R Penn State 71 Dave Gallagher DT 10 6'4 255 27 5 Michigan 72 Cleveland Elam DT 8 6'4 251 27 5 Tennessee State 73 Russ Bolinger OG 16 6'5 250 25 3 Long Beach State 75 Dave Pureifory DE 15 6'1 255 30 8 Eastern Michigan 76 Karl Baldischwiler OT 16 6'5 265 23 2 Oklahoma 78 Doug English DT 16 6'5 260 26 5 Texas 79 William Gay DE 15 6'5 225 24 2 Southern California 80 Ulysses Norris TE 16 6'4 225 22 R Georgia 81 David Hill TE 16 6'2 230 25 4 Texas A&I 82 Ken Sanders DE 5 6'5 245 29 8 Howard Payne 87 Freddie Scott WR 14 6'2 180 27 6 Amherst 89 Luther Blue WR 9 5'11 180 25 3 Iowa State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jeff Komlo 368 183 49.7 2,238 6.08 12.2 11 3.0 23 6.2 40 361 52.8 Scott Hunter 41 18 43.9 321 7.83 17.8 1 2.4 1 2.4 4 33 69.3 Joe Reed 32 14 43.8 164 5.12 11.7 2 6.2 1 3.1 5 27 67.7 Jerry Golsteyn 9 2 22.2 16 1.78 8.0 0 0.0 2 22.2 2 18 0.0 Larry Swider 1 1 100.0 36 36.00 36.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Tom Skladany 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Freddie Scott          62    929   15.0    5
David Hill             47    569   12.1    3
Leonard Thompson       24    451   18.8    2
Horace King            18    150    8.3    0
Dexter Bussey          15    102    6.8    0
Gene Washington        14    192   13.7    1
Bo Robinson            14    118    8.4    0
Rick Kane               9    104   11.6    1
Luther Blue             8    102   12.8    1
Ulysses Norris          4     43   10.8    1
Ken Callicutt           2     16    8.0    0
Russ Bolinger           1     -1   -1.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Dexter Bussey         144    625    4.3    1
Rick Kane              94    332    3.5    4
Bo Robinson            87    302    3.5    2
Horace King            39    160    4.1    1
Jeff Komlo             30    107    3.6    2
Lawrence Gaines        23     55    2.4    0
Gene Washington         1     24   24.0    0
Leonard Thompson        5     24    4.8    0
Freddie Scott           6     21    3.5    0
David Hill              1     15   15.0    0
Joe Reed                2     11    5.5    0
Ken Callicutt           3      6    2.0    0
Scott Hunter            2      3    1.5    1
Ed O'Neil               1      0    0.0    0
Larry Swider            1      0    0.0    0
Jerry Golsteyn          1      0    0.0    0
Luther Blue             1     -8   -8.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ken Callicutt          24    406   16.9    0
John Arnold            23    539   23.4    0
Rick Kane              13    281   21.6    0
Leonard Thompson        6    151   25.2    0
Anthony Leonard         3     70   23.3    0
Horace King             2     36   18.0    0
Robert Woods            2     34   17.0    0
Ken Fantetti            2     18    9.0    0
Luther Blue             1     26   26.0    0
Bo Robinson             1      8    8.0    0
William Gay             1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
John Arnold            19    164    8.6    4    0
Leonard Thompson        9    117   13.0    3    0
Ken Ellis               8     43    5.4    0    0
Ken Callicutt           4     25    6.2    4    0
Robert Woods            2     12    6.0    0    0
Anthony Leonard         1      7    7.0    0    0
Wally Pesuit            1      5    5.0    0    0
Eddie Lewis             1     -1   -1.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Larry Swider 88 3,523 40.0 7 13 0 52 435 33.5 Tom Skladany 10 406 40.6 0 2 0 5 5 40.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Benny Ricardo 0/0 4/4 4/4 2/8 0/2 10/18 25/26 55 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jimmy Allen 4 0 0 Al Baker 16.0 Luther Bradley 4 11 0 Jon Brooks 1.0 Doug English 6.5 Dave Gallagher 0.5 William Gay 5.5 James Harrell 1.0 James Hunter 3 6 0 Dave Pureifory 7.5 Ken Sanders 2.0 Dave Washington 1.0 Charlie Weaver 2.0 1 17 0 Walt Williams 2 39 1

1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 10 OT Keith Dorney 112 Penn State 2 37 LB Ken Fantetti 95 Wyoming 3 67 RB Bo Robinson 80 West Texas State 4 88 TE Ulysses Norris 84 Georgia [pick acquired from BAL] 4 92 LB Jon Brooks 20 Clemson 5 131 C Walt Brown Pittsburgh [pick acquired from SD via BAL] 8 213 LB John Mohring 15 C.W. Post [pick acquired from SEA] 9 231 QB Jeff Komlo 25 Delaware 11 302 LB Eddie Cole 28 Mississippi [pick acquired from DAL] 12 313 C Bob Forster Brown 12 326 WR Brian Sweeney Texas A&I [pick acquired from NE]

Traded draft picks: #5 to SF (Jerry Aldridge), #6 to DEN (Jeff McIntyre), #7 to OAK via CLE (Jack Matia), #8 to NYG (Roy Simmons), #10 to MIA (Jerome Stanton), #11 to NYG (Ken Johnson)

Transactions:

04-16-1979	traded past considerations to Seahawks for Gordon Jolley
04-30-1979	traded Greg Landry to Colts for Baltimore's #4 pick and San Diego's #5 pick in the 1979 draft and Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1980 draft
07-18-1979	Paul Naumoff retired
07-24-1979	claimed Terry Joyce on waivers from 49ers
08-14-1979	placed Jesse Thompson on injured reserve
08-20-1979	traded Detroit's #2 pick in the 1980 draft to 49ers for Cleveland Elam
08-21-1979	placed John Mohring on injured reserve
08-28-1979	placed Gary Danielson on injured reserve
08-28-1979	placed Tom Skladany on injured reserve
11-28-1979	placed Cleveland Elam on injured reserve

1979 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/01/79    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 16-31       0-1-0
09/09/79    vs Washington Redskins     L 24-27       0-2-0
09/16/79    at New York Jets           L 10-31       0-3-0
09/23/79    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 24-23       1-3-0
09/30/79    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 10-13       1-4-0
10/07/79    at New England Patriots    L 17-24       1-5-0
10/14/79    at Green Bay Packers       L 16-24       1-6-0
10/21/79    at New Orleans Saints      L 7-17        1-7-0
10/28/79    vs Buffalo Bills           L 17-20       1-8-0
11/04/79    at Chicago Bears           L 7-35        1-9-0
11/11/79    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 14-16       1-10-0
11/18/79    at Minnesota Vikings       L 7-14        1-11-0
11/22/79    vs Chicago Bears           W 20-0        2-11-0
12/02/79    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 7-44        2-12-0
12/09/79    vs Miami Dolphins          L 10-28       2-13-0
12/15/79    vs Green Bay Packers       L 13-18       2-14-0

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