1977 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
3rd place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 6-8-0 .429 |
Head Coach: Tommy Hudspeth |
Bill Belichick | Offensive Assistant/Assistant Special Teams |
Don Doll | Special Teams |
Rollie Dotsch | Linebackers |
Wally English | Offensive Backs |
Ed Hughes | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
Burnie Miller | Defensive Backs |
John Payne | Offensive Line |
Floyd Reese | Strength and Conditioning/Special Teams |
Fritz Shurmur | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/6/1977 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-0 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 52309 | |
Sat | 8/13/1977 | A | Buffalo Bills | 10-17 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 27565 | |
Sun | 8/21/1977 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 13-17 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 50617 | |
Sat | 8/27/1977 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 16-14 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 56345 | |
Fri | 9/2/1977 | A | Baltimore Colts | 10-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 40695 | |
Fri | 9/9/1977 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-20 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 49168 | |
Sun | 9/18/1977 | A | Chicago Bears | 20-30 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 51530 | |
Sun | 9/25/1977 | H | New Orleans Saints | 23-19 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 51458 | |
Sun | 10/2/1977 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-13 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 56877 | |
Sun | 10/9/1977 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 7-14 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 45860 | |
Sun | 10/16/1977 | H | Green Bay Packers | 10-6 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 78452 | |
Sun | 10/23/1977 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-28 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 39392 | |
Sun | 10/30/1977 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 0-37 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63160 | |
Sun | 11/6/1977 | H | San Diego Chargers | 20-0 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 72559 | |
Sun | 11/13/1977 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 6-17 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 47461 | |
Sun | 11/20/1977 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16-7 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 49751 | |
Thu | 11/24/1977 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-31 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 71373 | |
Sun | 12/4/1977 | A | Green Bay Packers | 9-10 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56267 | |
Sun | 12/11/1977 | A | Baltimore Colts | 13-10 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 45124 | |
Sat | 12/17/1977 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 21-30 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 78572 |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Gary Anderson | 60 | ROG | 6-3 | 250 | 22 | Stanford | 13 | 1 |
Lem Barney | 20 | RCB-FS | 6-1 | 189 | 32 | Jackson State | 12 | 12 |
Luther Blue | 89 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Iowa State | 14 | 4 |
Lynn Boden | 62 | ROG | 6-5 | 263 | 24 | South Dakota State | 13 | 13 |
Russ Bolinger | 73 | LOG | 6-5 | 255 | 23 | UC Riverside; Long Beach State | 14 | 14 |
Andy Bolton | 43 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Fisk | 14 | 0 |
Dexter Bussey | 24 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Oklahoma; Texas-Arlington | 8 | 4 |
Gary Danielson | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Purdue | 13 | 2 |
Tony Daykin | 58 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 0 |
Doug English | 78 | RDT | 6-5 | 256 | 24 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
Rocky Freitas | 76 | ROT | 6-6 | 267 | 32 | Oregon State | 3 | 3 |
Larry Hand | 74 | DT | 6-5 | 247 | 37 | Appalachian State | 14 | 0 |
Craig Hertwig | 71 | ROT | 6-8 | 270 | 25 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
David Hill | 81 | TE | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 12 |
J.D. Hill | 86 | WR | 6-1 | 202 | 29 | Arizona State | 11 | 10 |
Mitch Hoopes | 17 | P | 6-1 | 207 | 24 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona | 1 | 0 |
Marv Hubbard | 44 | RB | 6-1 | 224 | 31 | Colgate | 13 | 1 |
James Hunter | 28 | LCB | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
Ray Jarvis | 45 | WR | 6-0 | 197 | 28 | Norfolk State | 14 | 10 |
Dick Jauron | 26 | FS | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Yale | 14 | 9 |
Levi Johnson | 23 | FS | 6-3 | 196 | 27 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 3 | 2 |
Rick Kane | 32 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Oregon; San Jose State | 14 | 6 |
Horace King | 25 | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 24 | Georgia | 14 | 13 |
Greg Landry | 11 | QB | 6-4 | 205 | 31 | Massachusetts | 11 | 11 |
Bill Larson | 87 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 24 | Pratt CC; Colorado State | 12 | 1 |
Jim Laslavic | 52 | MLB | 6-2 | 237 | 26 | Penn State | 14 | 4 |
Mark Markovich | 68 | ROG | 6-5 | 255 | 25 | Penn State | 4 | 4 |
Mike McGraw | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Wyoming | 1 | 0 |
Steve Mike-Mayer | 12 | K | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
Jim Mitchell | 83 | RDE | 6-3 | 247 | 29 | Virginia State | 9 | 7 |
Mel Mitchell | 64 | C | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | Tennessee State | 9 | 0 |
Jon Morris | 63 | C | 6-4 | 247 | 35 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
Paul Naumoff | 50 | LLB | 6-1 | 218 | 32 | Tennessee | 13 | 12 |
Ed O'Neil | 55 | MLB-RLB | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 11 |
Herb Orvis | 80 | LDT | 6-5 | 248 | 31 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
Eddie Payton | 34 | RB | 5-8 | 175 | 26 | Jackson State | 8 | 0 |
Reggie Pinkney | 42 | SS | 6-0 | 187 | 22 | East Carolina | 11 | 1 |
Ernie Price | 72 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 12 | 6 |
Joe Reed | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | Baylor; Mississippi State | 3 | 1 |
Randy Rich | 31 | S | 5-10 | 181 | 24 | New Mexico | 2 | 0 |
Charlie Sanders | 88 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 31 | Minnesota | 10 | 6 |
Ken Sanders | 82 | LDE | 6-5 | 242 | 27 | Howard Payne | 11 | 11 |
Dave Simonson | 79 | OT | 6-6 | 248 | 25 | Minnesota | 7 | 0 |
Wilbur Summers | 10 | P | 6-4 | 220 | 23 | Louisville | 13 | 0 |
Garth Ten Napel | 57 | LLB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Texas A&M | 14 | 2 |
Leonard Thompson | 39 | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State | 14 | 3 |
Charlie Weaver | 59 | RLB | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Arizona Western JC; Southern California | 14 | 13 |
Charlie West | 40 | SS | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | Angelo State; Texas-El Paso | 13 | 13 |
Tom Wickert | 66 | OT | 6-4 | 252 | 25 | Washington State | 1 | 0 |
Walt Williams | 21 | RCB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Ashland; New Mexico State | 14 | 6 |
John Woodcock | 77 | LDE | 6-3 | 257 | 23 | New Mexico; Hawaii | 14 | 4 |
Jim Yarbrough | 75 | LOT | 6-6 | 261 | 31 | Florida | 13 | 11 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
2 | 42 | Walt Williams | DB | New Mexico State |
3 | 69 | Rick Kane | RB | San Jose State |
4 | 96 | Luther Blue | WR | Iowa State |
5 | 114 | Ron Crosby | LB | Penn State |
6 | 166 | Reggie Pinkney | DB | East Carolina |
7 | 179 | Tim Black | LB | Baylor |
8 | 209 | Mark Griffin | T | North Carolina |
9 | 236 | Steve Mathieson | QB | Florida State |
10 | 263 | Gary Anderson | G | Stanford |
11 | 293 | Tony Daykin | LB | Georgia Tech |
12 | 320 | Dave Greenwood | G-C | Iowa State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 34 | 29 | 47 | 73 | 183 |
Opponents Totals | 48 | 95 | 56 | 53 | 252 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 218 | 94 | 103 | 21 | 79/226 35.0% | / % | 86 | 692 | |
Opponents Totals | 206 | 93 | 103 | 10 | 74/206 35.9% | / % | 88 | 770 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Mike-Mayer | 0 | 19 | 21 | 90.5 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 0 | 43 |
Dexter Bussey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Rick Kane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
David Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Eddie Payton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Leonard Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Luther Blue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
J.D. Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Marv Hubbard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ray Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Horace King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ed O'Neil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Reggie Pinkney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Charlie Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Doug English | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 23 | 19 | 23 | 82.6 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 183 |
Opponents Totals | 31 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 1 | 252 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Mike-Mayer | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 47 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 0/0 |
Team Totals | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 47 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 0/0 |
Opponents Totals | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 6/10 | 1/6 | 0/1 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Horace King | 155 | 521 | 3.4 | 35 | 1 |
Rick Kane | 124 | 421 | 3.4 | 35 | 4 |
Dexter Bussey | 85 | 338 | 4.0 | 31 | 4 |
Marv Hubbard | 38 | 150 | 3.9 | 16 | 1 |
Greg Landry | 25 | 99 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
Leonard Thompson | 31 | 91 | 2.9 | 16t | 1 |
Gary Danielson | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 16 | 0 |
Eddie Payton | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
David Hill | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 |
Andy Bolton | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
Joe Reed | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Wilbur Summers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Luther Blue | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 479 | 1706 | 3.6 | 35 | 11 |
Opponents Totals | 521 | 1905 | 3.7 | 82 | 13 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greg Landry | 240 | 135 | 56.3 | 98 | 1359 | 5.7 | 10.1 | 39 | 6 | 2.5 | 7 | 2.9 | 34 | 302 | 1057 | 68.7 |
Gary Danielson | 100 | 42 | 42.0 | 53 | 445 | 4.5 | 10.6 | 61 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 9 | 64 | 381 | 38.1 |
Joe Reed | 40 | 13 | 32.5 | 23 | 150 | 3.8 | 11.5 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10.0 | 11 | 75 | 75 | 5.2 |
Wilbur Summers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 87.5 |
David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Eddie Payton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Leonard Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 384 | 191 | 49.7 | 177 | 1959 | 5.1 | 10.3 | 61 | 7 | 1.8 | 16 | 4.2 | 54 | 441 | 1518 | 53.5 |
Opponents Totals | 302 | 161 | 53.3 | 122 | 2123 | 7.0 | 13.2 | 75t | 14 | 4.6 | 19 | 6.3 | 32 | 256 | 1867 | 65.0 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Horace King | 40 | 238 | 6.0 | 30 | 0 |
David Hill | 32 | 465 | 14.5 | 61 | 2 |
Ray Jarvis | 28 | 353 | 12.6 | 28 | 1 |
J.D. Hill | 24 | 247 | 10.3 | 23t | 1 |
Rick Kane | 18 | 186 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 |
Charlie Sanders | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 24 | 1 |
Dexter Bussey | 11 | 116 | 10.5 | 39 | 1 |
Luther Blue | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 21 | 1 |
Leonard Thompson | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
Marv Hubbard | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
Eddie Payton | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
Andy Bolton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 191 | 1959 | 10.3 | 61 | 7 |
Opponents Totals | 161 | 2123 | 13.2 | 75t | 14 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Hunter | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 26 | 0 |
Dick Jauron | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 |
Lem Barney | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 |
Reggie Pinkney | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 48t | 1 |
Levi Johnson | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 32 | 0 |
Jim Laslavic | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Charlie West | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Charlie Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 19 | 319 | 16.8 | 48t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 16 | 207 | 12.9 | 50 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wilbur Summers | 93 | 3420 | 36.8 | 51 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 457 | 2863 | 30.5 |
Mitch Hoopes | 6 | 235 | 39.2 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 137 | 19.6 |
Team Totals | 101 | 3655 | 36.2 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 535 | 3000 | 29.7 |
Opponents Totals | 87 | 3439 | 39.5 | 70 | 345 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Payton | 27 | 0 | 273 | 10.1 | 87t | 1 |
Dick Jauron | 11 | 8 | 41 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
Randy Rich | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
Rick Kane | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Luther Blue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Lem Barney | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Horace King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 42 | 13 | 345 | 8.2 | 87t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 62 | 16 | 535 | 8.6 | 70t | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Payton | 18 | 457 | 25.4 | 98t | 1 | |
Rick Kane | 16 | 376 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 | |
Andy Bolton | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 26 | 0 | |
Leonard Thompson | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 24 | 0 | |
Randy Rich | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 19 | 0 | |
James Hunter | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 30 | 0 | |
Luther Blue | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
Marv Hubbard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
Lynn Boden | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
John Woodcock | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 58 | 1239 | 21.4 | 98t | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 741 | 22.5 | 44 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Ken Sanders | 9.0 | |
Doug English | 8.0 | |
Charlie Weaver | 4.5 | |
John Woodcock | 3.0 | |
Larry Hand | 1.0 | |
Dick Jauron | 1.0 | |
Jim Mitchell | 1.0 | |
Paul Naumoff | 1.0 | |
Herb Orvis | 1.0 | |
Ernie Price | 1.0 | |
Charlie West | 0.5 | |
(Team) | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 32.0 | 256.0 |
Opponents Totals | 54.0 | 441.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lem Barney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 0 |
Luther Blue | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Bolton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dexter Bussey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Danielson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Doug English | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
David Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Marv Hubbard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
James Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Jarvis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Jauron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Rick Kane | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Horace King | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Landry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Markovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 | 0 | |
Jon Morris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 | |
Ed O'Neil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 1 |
Eddie Payton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Ernie Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Rich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Weaver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Woodcock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 26 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 92 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 1 |
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