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 |
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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