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1974 Detroit Lions

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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 256 points (18.3/g), 14th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 270 points (19.3/g), 15th.
 Differential of -14 points (-1.0/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 6.6-7.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 7th.

Coached by Rick Forzano (7-7-0)

1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 15 box L 0-1 @ Chicago Bears 9 17 9 156 67 89 3 13 273 175 98 3
2 Sun September 22 box L 0-2 Minnesota Vikings 6 7 9 162 39 123 14 253 119 134 2
3 Sun September 29 box L 0-3 @ Green Bay Packers 19 21 11 290 219 71 19 354 200 154 3
4 Sun October 6 box L 0-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 13 16 17 291 226 65 1 26 334 127 207 1
5 Mon October 14 box W 1-4 San Francisco 49ers 17 13 13 229 130 99 1 17 310 171 139 3
6 Sun October 20 box W 2-4 @ Minnesota Vikings 20 16 23 358 276 82 1 25 371 210 161 2
7 Sun October 27 box W 3-4 Green Bay Packers 19 17 18 364 249 115 1 22 313 216 97 2
8 Sun November 3 box W 4-4 New Orleans Saints 19 14 10 195 137 58 4 17 280 186 94 5
9 Sun November 10 box L 4-5 @ Oakland Raiders 13 35 14 248 185 63 2 31 512 228 284
10 Sun November 17 box W 5-5 New York Giants 20 19 21 294 194 100 3 15 292 133 159 1
11 Sun November 24 box W 6-5 Chicago Bears 34 17 18 307 127 180 2 14 176 75 101 2
12 Thu November 28 box L 6-6 Denver Broncos 27 31 16 252 131 121 2 23 361 121 240 2
13 Sun December 8 box W 7-6 @ Cincinnati Bengals 23 19 17 259 70 189 2 15 252 105 147 3
14 Sun December 15 box L 7-7 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 28 15 248 170 78 3 19 257 170 87 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 256 3653 809 4.5 211 216 377 2220 11 11 5.4 114 397 1433 13 3.6 88 25 14 9
Team Defense 270 4338 915 4.7 270 219 405 2236 13 17 5.2 124 486 2102 17 4.3 127 30 13 19
Lg Rank Offense 14 19 23 13 11 20 2 14 26 24 13 20 4 14
Lg Rank Defense 15 20 24 20 17 8 16 15 14 20 18 23 17 14

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Bill Munson 33 QB 11 11 6-5-0 166 292 56.8 1874 8 2.7 7 2.4 56 6.4 5.6 11.3 170.4 75.3 24 172 5.4 4.6 7.6
Greg Landry 28 5 3 1-2-0 49 82 59.8 572 3 3.7 3 3.7 45 7.0 5.7 11.7 114.4 77.9 11 83 5.3 4.1 11.8
Larry Walton 27 WR 13 13 1 2 50.0 29 0 0.0 0 0.0 29 14.5 14.5 29.0 2.2 95.8 0 0 14.5 14.5 0.0
Sam Wyche 29 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Team Total 26.3 14 7-7-0 216 377 57.3 2475 11 2.9 11 2.9 56 6.6 5.5 11.5 176.8 74.8 35 255 5.4 4.5 8.5
Opp Total 14 219 405 54.1 2236 13 3.2 17 4.2 5.5 4.0 10.2 159.7 63.4 24 187 5.2 3.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Altie Taylor 27 RB 13 12 150 532 5 27 3.5 40.9 11.5 30 293 9.8 1 34 2.3 22.5 825 6 2
Steve Owens 27 FB 11 7 97 374 3 27 3.9 34.0 8.8 24 158 6.6 0 13 2.2 14.4 532 3 2
Jim Hooks 24 fb 8 6 44 143 0 17 3.3 17.9 5.5 9 53 5.9 0 19 1.1 6.6 196 0 1
Jimmie Jones 24 RET 14 2 32 147 1 21 4.6 10.5 2.3 4 35 8.8 0 15 0.3 2.5 182 1 4
Greg Landry 28 5 3 22 95 1 19 4.3 19.0 4.4 95 1 2
Bill Munson 33 QB 11 11 18 40 1 9 2.2 3.6 1.6 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 0.1 -0.5 34 1 2
Leon Crosswhite 23 14 1 12 49 1 9 4.1 3.5 0.9 3 31 10.3 0 13 0.2 2.2 80 1 1
Dexter Bussey 22 11 0 9 22 0 9 2.4 2.0 0.8 4 24 6.0 0 8 0.4 2.2 46 0 1
Ron Jessie 26 WR 12 11 6 17 1 18 2.8 1.4 0.5 54 761 14.1 3 46 4.5 63.4 778 4 3
Mickey Zofko 25 4 0 3 6 0 3 2.0 1.5 0.8 3 15 5.0 0 8 0.8 3.8 21 0 1
Larry Walton 27 WR 13 13 2 3 0 10 1.5 0.2 0.2 31 404 13.0 3 48 2.4 31.1 407 3 1
Bob Pickard 22 14 2 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 8 88 11.0 1 18 0.6 6.3 93 1 0
Sam Wyche 29 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Charlie Sanders* 28 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 532 12.7 3 47 3.0 38.0 532 3 1
Ray Jarvis 25 13 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 87 29.0 0 56 0.2 6.7 87 0 1
Team Total 26.3 14 397 1433 13 27 3.6 102.4 28.4 216 2475 11.5 11 56 15.4 176.8 3908 24 24
Opp Total 14 486 2102 17 4.3 150.1 34.7 219 2236 10.2 13 15.6 159.7 4338 30 23

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jimmie Jones 24 RET 14 2 38 927 0 59 24.4 1109
Dick Jauron* 24 FS 14 14 17 286 0 58 16.8 2 21 0 21 10.5 307
Ray Jarvis 25 13 2 5 62 0 34 12.4 5 90 0 23 18.0 239
Charlie West 28 SS 13 9 6 32 0 9 5.3 4 71 0 25 17.8 103
Lem Barney 29 LCB 13 12 5 37 0 11 7.4 37
Dexter Bussey 22 11 0 5 59 0 21 11.8 105
Ron Jessie 26 WR 12 11 2 55 0 31 27.5 833
Mickey Zofko 25 4 0 2 19 0 17 9.5 40
Carl Capria 22 12 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Leon Crosswhite 23 14 1 1 11 0 11 11.0 91
Guy Dennis 27 lg 12 5 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Levi Johnson 24 RCB 14 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Larry Walton 27 WR 13 13 1 22 0 22 22.0 429
Team Total 26.3 14 34 429 0 58 12.6 62 1293 0 59 20.9 5630
Opp Total 14 37 0 60 1256 0 20.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Herman Weaver 26 P 14 0 72 2772 61 2 38.5
Errol Mann 33 K 14 0 8 6 15 13 8 4 1 32 23 71.9% 26 23 88.5% 1 18 18 0 18.0
Team Total 26.3 14 8 6 15 13 8 4 1 32 23 71.9% 26 23 88.5% 73 2790 61 2 38.2
Opp Total 14 32 20 62.5% 30 28 93.3% 62 2306 37.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Lem Barney 29 LCB 13 12 4 61 0 39
T.C. Blair 23 11 0 0 1 0 0
Dexter Bussey 22 11 0 1 1 0 0
Leon Crosswhite 23 14 1 1 1 0 0
Ben Davis 29 9 3 1 14 0 14
Larry Hand 34 RDE 13 8 0 1 0 0
Jim Hooks 24 fb 8 6 1 0 0 0
Ray Jarvis 25 13 2 1 0 0 0
Dick Jauron* 24 FS 14 14 1 26 0 26 0 1 0 0
Ron Jessie 26 WR 12 11 3 0 0 0
Levi Johnson 24 RCB 14 12 5 139 2 55 1 0 0 0
Jimmie Jones 24 RET 14 2 4 1 0 0
Greg Landry 28 5 3 2 1 0 0
Jim Laslavic 23 MLB 14 14 1 14 0 14 0 1 0 0
Jim H. Mitchell 26 RDT 14 14 0 1 0 0 1
Bill Munson 33 QB 11 11 2 1 0 0
Paul Naumoff 29 LLB 14 14 1 8 0 8 0 1 0 0
Herb Orvis 28 LDT 14 14 0 1 4 0
Steve Owens 27 FB 11 7 2 0 0 0
Ernie Price 24 lde 11 6 0 2 3 0
Charlie Sanders* 28 TE 14 14 1 0 0 0
Ken Sanders 24 LDE 14 14 0 2 0 0
Altie Taylor 27 RB 13 12 2 1 0 0
Jim Thrower 27 12 1 0 1 0 0
Larry Walton 27 WR 13 13 1 0 0 0
Charlie Weaver 25 RLB 14 14 3 4 0 3
Charlie West 28 SS 13 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Jim Yarbrough 28 LT 12 12 0 2 0 0
Mickey Zofko 25 4 0 1 1 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 17 266 2 55 24 22 7 0 1
Opp Total 14 35 23 10 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Errol Mann 33 K 14 0 23 23 92
Altie Taylor 27 RB 13 12 5 1 36
Ron Jessie 26 WR 12 11 1 3 24
Levi Johnson 24 RCB 14 12 2 1 18
Steve Owens 27 FB 11 7 3 18
Charlie Sanders* 28 TE 14 14 3 18
Larry Walton 27 WR 13 13 3 18
Leon Crosswhite 23 14 1 1 6
Jimmie Jones 24 RET 14 2 1 6
Greg Landry 28 5 3 1 6
Bill Munson 33 QB 11 11 1 6
Bob Pickard 22 14 2 1 6
Jim H. Mitchell 26 RDT 14 14 1 2
Team Total 26.3 14 13 11 2 1 23 23 1 256
Opp Total 14 17 13 28 20 1 270