1970 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 2nd place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Joe Schmidt |
| Jimmy David | Defense |
| Chuck Knox | Offensive Line |
| Jim Martin | Defensive Line |
| Bill McPeak | Offense |
| John North | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1970 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-30 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 55032 | |
| Fri | 8/14/1970 | A | Buffalo Bills | 22-6 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 31610 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1970 | A | New Orleans Saints | 31-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 76778 | |
| Mon | 8/31/1970 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 56032 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1970 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-20 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 34500 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1970 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 31-14 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 54509 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1970 | A | Green Bay Packers | 40-0 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1970 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 38-3 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 58202 | |
| Mon | 10/5/1970 | H | Chicago Bears | 28-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 58210 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1970 | A | Washington Redskins | 10-31 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50414 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1970 | A | Cleveland Browns | 41-24 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83577 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | A | Chicago Bears | 16-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45632 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 17-30 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 58210 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | A | New Orleans Saints | 17-19 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 66910 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1970 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 20-24 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1970 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 28-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 56232 | |
| Thu | 11/26/1970 | H | Oakland Raiders | 28-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 56597 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1970 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 16-3 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 56362 | |
| Mon | 12/14/1970 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 28-23 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 79441 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1970 | H | Green Bay Packers | 20-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 57387 | |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/26/1970 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 0-5 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 73167 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lem Barney | 20 | LCB | 6-1 | 189 | 25 | Jackson State | 13 | 13 |
| Charlie Brown | 81 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Merritt JC; Northern Arizona | 14 | 0 |
| Craig Cotton | 87 | TE | 6-4 | 215 | 23 | Youngstown State | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Cottrell | 52 | C-OG | 6-3 | 262 | 26 | Delaware Valley | 10 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 40 | RB | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | Notre Dame | 11 | 0 |
| Mel Farr | 24 | RB | 6-2 | 208 | 26 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Flanagan | 54 | C | 6-3 | 246 | 26 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Rocky Freitas | 76 | ROT | 6-6 | 267 | 25 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Gallagher | 68 | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Dan Goich | 72 | DT | 6-4 | 262 | 26 | West Hills CC; California | 14 | 2 |
| Larry Hand | 74 | RDE | 6-5 | 247 | 30 | Appalachian State | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Haverdick | 80 | DE | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Morehead State | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Hughes | 85 | WR | 5-11 | 173 | 27 | Texas-El Paso | 13 | 9 |
| Alex Karras | 71 | LDT | 6-2 | 248 | 35 | Iowa | 13 | 12 |
| Bob Kowalkowski | 66 | OG | 6-3 | 243 | 27 | Virginia | 10 | 0 |
| Greg Landry | 11 | QB | 6-4 | 205 | 24 | Massachusetts | 12 | 6 |
| Dick LeBeau | 44 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 33 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Lucci | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 233 | 31 | Pittsburgh; Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Errol Mann | 12 | K | 6-0 | 203 | 29 | North Dakota | 14 | 0 |
| Bruce Maxwell | 46 | RB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Arkansas | 11 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 25 | WR | 5-11 | 174 | 24 | Long Beach CC; Southern California | 10 | 8 |
| Terry Miller | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Illinois | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 83 | LDE | 6-3 | 247 | 22 | Virginia State | 14 | 8 |
| Ed Mooney | 62 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Western Nebraska CC; Texas Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 19 | QB | 6-2 | 203 | 29 | Foothill JC; Utah State | 8 | 8 |
| Paul Naumoff | 50 | LLB | 6-1 | 218 | 25 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Phil Odle | 23 | WR | 5-11 | 191 | 28 | Brigham Young | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Owens | 36 | RB | 6-2 | 217 | 23 | Oklahoma | 6 | 1 |
| Rocky Rasley | 67 | OG | 6-3 | 251 | 23 | Bakersfield CC; Oregon State | 8 | 0 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 47 | RS | 6-2 | 179 | 28 | South Dakota State | 14 | 8 |
| Joe Robb | 84 | DE | 6-3 | 238 | 33 | Texas Christian | 6 | 6 |
| Jerry Rush | 82 | RDT | 6-4 | 265 | 28 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Sanders | 88 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 24 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Saul | 58 | LB | 6-4 | 225 | 30 | Penn State | 13 | 0 |
| Roger Shoals | 73 | LOT | 6-4 | 256 | 32 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Altie Taylor | 42 | RB | 5-10 | 199 | 23 | Diablo Valley JC; Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Triplett | 38 | RB | 6-2 | 212 | 30 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 1 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 48 | RS | 5-11 | 192 | 27 | Iowa State | 11 | 6 |
| Wayne Walker | 55 | RLB | 6-2 | 225 | 34 | Idaho | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Walton | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 253 | 29 | Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Walton | 49 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Trinidad State JC; Arizona State | 13 | 11 |
| Herman Weaver | 18 | P | 6-4 | 210 | 22 | Tennessee | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 28 | LS | 6-2 | 193 | 25 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 45 | CB | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Central Oklahoma | 14 | 1 |
| Jim Yarbrough | 75 | OT | 6-6 | 261 | 24 | Florida | 12 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 19 | Steve Owens | RB | Oklahoma |
| 2 | 45 | Ray Parson | DE | Minnesota |
| 3 | 71 | Jim Mitchell | DE | Virginia State |
| 5 | 123 | Bob Parker | G | Memphis |
| 6 | 149 | Tony Terry | DT | Southern California |
| 7 | 175 | Ken Geddes | LB | Nebraska |
| 9 | 227 | Herman Weaver | P | Tennessee |
| 10 | 253 | Bruce Maxwell | RB | Arkansas |
| 11 | 279 | Roger Laird | DB | Kentucky State |
| 12 | 305 | Manuel Murrell | DB | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
| 13 | 331 | Dave Haverdick | DT | Morehead State |
| 14 | 357 | Charlie Brown | WR | Northern Arizona |
| 15 | 383 | Bob Haney | DT | Idaho |
| 16 | 409 | Jerry Todd | DB | Memphis |
| 17 | 435 | Jesse Marshall | DT | Centenary |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 65 | 111 | 71 | 100 | 347 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 44 | 23 | 74 | 202 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 243 | 113 | 107 | 23 | / % | / % | 58 | 659 | |
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 61 | 112 | 13 | / % | / % | 90 | 805 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errol Mann | 0 | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 0 | 101 |
| Mel Farr | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Charlie Sanders | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Larry Walton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Earl McCullouch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Altie Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Lem Barney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Steve Owens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Nick Eddy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Hand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Landry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Weger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Ray Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 41 | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 0 | 347 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 202 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errol Mann | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 2 | 51 | 8/8 | 2/3 | 3/5 | 4/7 | 3/6 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 2 | 51 | 8/8 | 2/3 | 3/5 | 4/7 | 3/6 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 5/5 | 6/9 | 3/5 | 1/4 | 1/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Farr | 166 | 717 | 4.3 | 36 | 9 |
| Altie Taylor | 198 | 666 | 3.4 | 34 | 2 |
| Greg Landry | 35 | 350 | 10.0 | 76 | 1 |
| Bill Triplett | 48 | 156 | 3.3 | 11t | 1 |
| Steve Owens | 36 | 122 | 3.4 | 23 | 2 |
| Nick Eddy | 18 | 47 | 2.6 | 9 | 1 |
| Bill Munson | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bruce Maxwell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 514 | 2127 | 4.1 | 76 | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 362 | 1152 | 3.2 | 28 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Munson | 158 | 84 | 53.2 | 67 | 1049 | 6.6 | 12.5 | 56 | 10 | 6.3 | 7 | 4.4 | 10 | 66 | 983 | 76.7 |
| Greg Landry | 136 | 83 | 61.0 | 48 | 1072 | 7.9 | 12.9 | 58 | 9 | 6.6 | 5 | 3.7 | 26 | 198 | 874 | 92.5 |
| Team Totals | 294 | 167 | 56.8 | 115 | 2121 | 7.2 | 12.7 | 58 | 19 | 6.5 | 12 | 4.1 | 36 | 264 | 1857 | 84.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 371 | 194 | 52.3 | 149 | 2491 | 6.7 | 12.8 | 79 | 14 | 3.8 | 28 | 7.5 | 23 | 195 | 2296 | 54.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Sanders | 40 | 544 | 13.6 | 34 | 6 |
| Larry Walton | 30 | 532 | 17.7 | 56 | 5 |
| Mel Farr | 29 | 213 | 7.3 | 58 | 2 |
| Altie Taylor | 27 | 261 | 9.7 | 42 | 2 |
| Earl McCullouch | 15 | 278 | 18.5 | 44 | 4 |
| Chuck Hughes | 8 | 162 | 20.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Owens | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Brown | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Craig Cotton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rocky Freitas | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 167 | 2121 | 12.7 | 58 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 194 | 2491 | 12.8 | 79 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick LeBeau | 9 | 96 | 10.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Lem Barney | 7 | 168 | 24.0 | 49t | 2 |
| Mike Weger | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 29t | 1 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Lucci | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Hand | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62t | 1 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 417 | 14.9 | 62t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 174 | 14.5 | 42 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Weaver | 62 | 2483 | 40.0 | 65 | 1 | 113 | ||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2483 | 40.0 | 65 | 1 | 113 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2736 | 39.1 | 58 | 1 | 306 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 25 | 3 | 259 | 10.4 | 65 | 1 |
| Nick Eddy | 4 | 5 | 25 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 3 | 5 | 22 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 14 | 306 | 9.0 | 65 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 12 | 113 | 3.9 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Ray Williams | 25 | 544 | 21.8 | 85t | 1 | |
| Nick Eddy | 7 | 168 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Tommy Vaughn | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Lem Barney | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 74 | 0 | |
| Paul Naumoff | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bruce Maxwell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ed Mooney | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 959 | 22.3 | 85t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 1427 | 21.3 | 41 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Larry Hand | 6.0 | |
| Jerry Rush | 2.5 | |
| Alex Karras | 2.0 | |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 2.0 | |
| Paul Naumoff | 1.5 | |
| Mike Lucci | 1.0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 1.0 | |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 1.0 | |
| Joe Robb | 1.0 | |
| Wayne Walker | 1.0 | |
| Mike Weger | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals IND=19.5 | 23.0 | 195.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36.0 | 264.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Eddy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Flanagan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Karras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kowalkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Landry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -16 | 0 | |
| Mike Lucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Maxwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Mooney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Robb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Rush | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Roger Shoals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Triplett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Walton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Weaver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Yarbrough | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 26 | -9 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 0 |
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