Thursday November 26, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/26/1970:



Stung by an Oakland touchdown on the first scrimmage play after the Raiders recovered a Detroit fumble of the kickoff, the Lions rallied from a 14-0 deficit on the passing and scrambling of Greg Landry, who threw for three touchdowns and ran for 77 yards, and the running of Mel Farr, whose 104 rushing yards included an 11-yard TD dash.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE150.1  (3)214.8  (1)364.9  (1)15
DEFENSE142.0  (22)162.3  (15)304.3  (20)21
OFFENSE143.5  (5)136.6  (23)280.1  (16)17
DEFENSE92.1  (3)162.8  (16)254.9  (5)31

Line: Lions by 4

Team1234F
Oakland Raiders (6-3-2)1400014
Detroit Lions (7-4-0)01401428

( 7- 0) OAK Fred Biletnikoff 23 yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)
(14- 0) OAK Fred Biletnikoff 21 yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)
(14- 7) DET Altie Taylor 12 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)
(14-14) DET Charlie Sanders 20 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)
(14-21) DET Charlie Sanders 6 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)
(14-28) DET Mel Farr 11 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)
                     OAK             DET
First Downs:         18              25
Rushes-yards:        26-100          44-262
Yards/rush:          3.8             6.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-33-164-2     10-15-176-0
Sacked-yards:        1-16            4-39
Net pass yards:      148             137
Net yards/pass:      4.4             7.2
Total net yards:     248             399
Total plays:         60 (43% run)    63 (69% run)  
Yards/play:          4.1             6.3
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             4-3
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     5-72            2-22

Attendance: 56,597

Passing:
OAK: Daryle Lamonica, 7 of 20 for 104 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); George Blanda, 6 of 13 for 60 yards (1 int) DET: Greg Landry, 10 of 15 for 176 yards and 3 TDs
Rushing:
OAK: Charlie Smith, 15 for 58 yards; Hewritt Dixon, 9 for 36 yards; Pete Banaszak, 2 for 6 yards DET: Mel Farr, 20 for 104 yards and 1 TD; Altie Taylor, 14 for 63 yards; Greg Landry, 7 for 77 yards; Steve Owens, 2 for 14 yards; Larry Walton, 1 for 4 yards
Receiving:
OAK: Fred Biletnikoff, 7 for 109 yards and 2 TDs; Raymond Chester, 2 for 19 yards; Warren Wells, 1 for 18 yards; Charlie Smith, 1 for 12 yards; Hewritt Dixon, 1 for 4 yards; Pete Banaszak, 1 for 2 yards DET: Altie Taylor, 4 for 27 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Sanders, 3 for 37 yards and 2 TDs; Mel Farr, 1 for 58 yards; Chuck Hughes, 1 for 42 yards; Earl McCullouch, 1 for 12 yards
Kick returns:
OAK: George Atkinson, 3 for 65 yards; Alvin Wyatt, 1 for 14 yards DET: Bobby Williams, 3 for 70 yards
Punt returns:
DET: Lem Barney, 2 for 10 yards; Tom Vaughn, 1 for 14 yards
Interceptions:
DET: Dick LeBeau, 1 for 0 yards; Tom Vaughn, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
OAK: Mike Eischeid, 6 for 186 yards DET: Herman Weaver, 2 for 84 yards
Field Goals:
DET: Errol Mann, 0/1


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