1978 Detroit Lions (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1978	H	Buffalo Bills	28-20	W	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	48474
Sat	8/12/1978	A	Cincinnati Bengals	14-10	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	46243
Mon	8/21/1978	A	Cleveland Browns	10-14	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	31345
Sat	8/26/1978	H	Baltimore Colts	7-13	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	49718
Sun	9/3/1978	H	Green Bay Packers	7-13	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	51187
Sat	9/9/1978	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	15-7	W	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	64445
Sun	9/17/1978	H	Chicago Bears	0-19	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	65982
Sun	9/24/1978	A	Seattle Seahawks	16-28	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	56781
Sun	10/1/1978	A	Green Bay Packers	14-35	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	54601
Sun	10/8/1978	H	Washington Redskins	19-21	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	60555
Sun	10/15/1978	A	Atlanta Falcons	0-14	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	51172
Sun	10/22/1978	H	San Diego Chargers	31-14	W	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	54031
Sun	10/29/1978	A	Chicago Bears	21-17	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	53378
Sun	11/5/1978	A	Minnesota Vikings	7-17	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46008
Sun	11/12/1978	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	34-23	W	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	60320
Sun	11/19/1978	A	Oakland Raiders	17-29	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	44517
Thu	11/23/1978	H	Denver Broncos	17-14	W	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	71785
Sun	12/3/1978	A	St. Louis Cardinals	14-21	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	39200
Sat	12/9/1978	H	Minnesota Vikings	45-14	W	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	78685
Sun	12/17/1978	H	San Francisco 49ers	33-14	W	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	56674

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
40	Jimmy Allen	FS	6-2	194	26	Los Angeles Pierce JC; UCLA	14	14
60	Gary Anderson	ROG	6-3	250	23	Stanford	1	1
60	Bubba Baker	RDE	6-6	275	22	Colorado State	16	16
76	Karl Baldischwiler	LOT	6-5	270	22	Oklahoma	16	15
89	Luther Blue	WR	5-11	180	24	Iowa State	16	15
62	Lynn Boden	ROG-LOT	6-5	263	25	South Dakota State	16	16
43	Andy Bolton	RB	6-1	205	24	Fisk	6	0
27	Luther Bradley	RCB	6-2	194	23	Notre Dame	16	16
53	Willie Brock	C	6-3	246	23	Mount Hood JC; Colorado	4	0
29	Mike Burns	SS-FS	6-0	181	24	Contra Costa JC; Southern California	15	11
24	Dexter Bussey	RB	6-1	205	26	Oklahoma; Texas-Arlington	16	16
31	Ken Callicutt	RB	6-1	191	23	Clemson	13	0
66	Karl Chandler	C	6-5	250	26	Princeton	11	0
72	Bill Cooke	RDT	6-5	247	27	Connecticut; Massachusetts	12	3
16	Gary Danielson	QB	6-2	195	27	Purdue	16	11
58	Tony Daykin	LB	6-1	220	23	Georgia Tech	16	0
57	Dan Dickel	LB	6-3	225	26	Iowa	4	0
61	Homer Elias	LOG	6-3	255	23	Tennessee State	16	16
78	Doug English	RDT	6-5	256	25	Texas	14	13
70	Bill Fifer	ROT	6-4	250	23	West Texas A&M	8	1
65	Amos Fowler	OG	6-3	253	22	Southern Mississippi	16	0
38	Lawrence Gaines	FB	6-1	230	25	Wyoming	13	1
71	Dave Gallagher	DT	6-4	256	26	Michigan	1	0
83	William Gay	TE	6-5	260	23	San Diego CC; Southern California	16	0
64	Dan Gray	DE	6-6	240	22	Rutgers	14	0
67	Donnie Green	OT	6-7	266	30	Purdue	7	0
63	Donnie Hickman	OG	6-2	261	23	Southern California	7	0
81	David Hill	TE	6-2	240	24	Texas A&M-Kingsville	16	16
28	James Hunter	LCB	6-2	195	24	Grambling State	9	5
45	Ray Jarvis	WR	6-0	197	29	Norfolk State	2	2
32	Rick Kane	RB	6-0	200	24	Oregon; San Jose State	15	0
25	Horace King	FB	5-10	205	25	Georgia	15	15
11	Greg Landry	QB	6-4	205	32	Massachusetts	5	5
26	Tony Leonard	CB	5-11	169	25	Virginia Union	3	0
88	Willie McGee	WR	5-11	178	28	Alcorn State	4	0
63	Mike Montler	C	6-4	260	34	Colorado	4	4
50	Paul Naumoff	LLB	6-1	218	33	Tennessee	15	13
74	Brad Oates	ROT	6-6	273	25	Duke; Brigham Young	16	15
55	Ed O'Neil	MLB	6-3	235	26	Penn State	16	16
42	Reggie Pinkney	SS	6-0	187	23	East Carolina	13	2
72	Ernie Price	LDE	6-4	245	28	Texas A&M-Kingsville	3	1
75	Dave Pureifory	LDE	6-1	255	29	Eastern Michigan	8	8
14	Joe Reed	QB	6-1	195	30	Baylor; Mississippi State	1	0
33	Bruce Rhodes	SS	6-0	187	26	San Francisco State	15	5
1	Benny Ricardo	K	5-10	170	24	Orange Coast JC; San Diego State	16	0
82	Ken Sanders	LDE	6-5	242	28	Howard Payne	7	7
47	Freddie Scott	WR	6-2	175	26	Amherst	16	13
15	Tom Skladany	P	5-11	192	23	Ohio State	16	0
53	John Sokolosky	C	6-2	230	22	Wayne State (Michigan)	11	0
31	Tony Sumler	CB	5-10	185	22	Wichita State	1	0
54	Larry Tearry	C	6-3	260	22	Wake Forest	14	12
47	Nat Terry	CB	5-11	165	22	Florida State	4	0
84	Jesse Thompson	WR	6-1	185	22	California	11	1
39	Leonard Thompson	WR	5-11	190	26	Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State	16	1
52	Dave Washington	LLB	6-5	224	30	Alcorn State	16	3
59	Charlie Weaver	RLB	6-2	225	29	Arizona Western JC; Southern California	16	16
21	Walt Williams	LCB	6-1	185	24	Ashland; New Mexico State	15	11
77	John Woodcock	LDT	6-3	257	24	New Mexico; Hawaii	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	11	Luther Bradley	DB	Notre Dame
2	40	Bubba Baker	DE	Colorado State
4	94	Bill Fifer	T	West Texas A&M
4	107	Homer Elias	G	Tennessee State
5	109	Larry Tearry	C	Wake Forest
5	121	Amos Fowler	G	Southern Mississippi
5	123	Dan Gray	DE	Rutgers
6	150	Dwight Hicks	DB	Michigan
6	153	Tony Ardizzone	G	Northwestern
6	165	Jesse Thompson	WR	California
7	177	Bruce Gibson	RB	Pacific
8	206	Jim Breech	K	California
10	262	Freddie Arrington	LB	Purdue
11	289	Richard Murray	DT	Oklahoma
12	318	Mark Patterson	DB	Washington State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	70	106	57	57
Opponents Totals	50	86	75	89

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		269	105	141	23	75/236 31.8%	/ %	125	1003
Opponents Totals		276	115	125	36	76/220 34.5%	/ %	128	1043

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Benny Ricardo	0	32	33	97.0	20	28	71.4	0	92
Dexter Bussey	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Horace King	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
David Hill	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jesse Thompson	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Leonard Thompson	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Luther Blue	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Rick Kane	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Freddie Scott	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jimmy Allen	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Luther Bradley	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lawrence Gaines	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	33	32	33	97.0	20	28	71.4	0	290
Opponents Totals	39	38	39	97.4	8	13	61.5	2	300

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Benny Ricardo	20	28	71.4	1	48	3/3	7/7	6/8	4/9	0/1
Team Totals	20	28	71.4	1	48	3/3	7/7	6/8	4/9	0/1
Opponents Totals	8	13	61.5			0/0	5/5	1/2	2/4	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dexter Bussey	225	924	4.1	36	5
Horace King	155	660	4.3	75t	4
Lawrence Gaines	54	178	3.3	12	1
Rick Kane	44	153	3.5	19	2
Gary Danielson	22	93	4.2	25	0
Freddie Scott	4	53	13.3	36	0
Greg Landry	5	29	5.8	19	0
Ed O'Neil	1	25	25.0	25	0
David Hill	3	12	4.0	13	0
Luther Blue	5	9	1.8	10	0
Tony Daykin	1	8	8.0	8	0
Leonard Thompson	1	7	7.0	7	0
Jesse Thompson	2	7	3.5	10	0
Andy Bolton	2	5	2.5	3	0
Joe Reed	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	525	2163	4.1	75t	12
Opponents Totals	565	2184	3.9	76t	18

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Gary Danielson	351	199	56.7	135	2294	6.5	11.5	47	18	5.1	17	4.8	25	237	2057	73.5
Greg Landry	77	48	62.3	28	452	5.9	9.4	20	1	1.3	1	1.3	21	205	247	77.4
Tom Skladany	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Horace King	0	0			0				0		0		1	2	-2
Team Totals	429	247	57.6	164	2746	6.4	11.1	47	19	4.4	18	4.2	47	444	2302	74.0
Opponents Totals	350	191	54.6	137	2781	7.9	14.6	61	19	5.4	22	6.3	55	482	2299	72.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
David Hill	53	633	11.9	32	4
Horace King	48	396	8.3	34	2
Freddie Scott	37	564	15.2	47	2
Luther Blue	31	350	11.3	26	2
Dexter Bussey	31	275	8.9	18t	1
Jesse Thompson	18	175	9.7	21	4
Rick Kane	16	161	10.1	26	0
Leonard Thompson	10	167	16.7	45t	4
Lawrence Gaines	2	16	8.0	9	0
Ray Jarvis	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	247	2746	11.1	47	19
Opponents Totals	191	2781	14.6	61	19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jimmy Allen	5	70	14.0	27	0
Ed O'Neil	4	49	12.3	31	0
Luther Bradley	3	85	28.3	76t	1
Charlie Weaver	3	32	10.7	22	0
James Hunter	2	-4	-2.0	0	0
Bruce Rhodes	1	24	24.0	24	0
Reggie Pinkney	1	22	22.0	22	0
Paul Naumoff	1	12	12.0	12	0
Walt Williams	1	2	2.0	2	0
Mike Burns	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	22	292	13.3	76t	1
Opponents Totals	18	75	4.2	23	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom Skladany	86	3654	42.5	63	1	7	19	467	3047	35.0
Team Totals	87	3654	42.0	63	1	7	19	467	3047	35.0
Opponents Totals	87	3500	40.2	59	0		18	430

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Jesse Thompson	16	2	161	10.1	35
Tony Leonard	10	0	114	11.4	24
Freddie Scott	8	1	55	6.9	15
Luther Blue	7	7	59	8.4	15
Leonard Thompson	3	1	19	6.3	9
James Hunter	2	0	21	10.5	19
Walt Williams	1	0	1	1.0	1
Team Totals	47	11	430	9.1	35
Opponents Totals	54	8	467	8.6	49

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jesse Thompson	14	346	24.7	42
Leonard Thompson	8	207	25.9	31
Rick Kane	8	156	19.5	27
Luther Blue	7	170	24.3	60
Nat Terry	7	145	20.7	30
Freddie Scott	3	72	24.0	29
Ken Callicutt	2	12	6.0	10
James Hunter	1	21	21.0	21
Willie McGee	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	51	1129	22.1	60
Opponents Totals	69	1424	20.6	77

SACKS	NO	YDS
John Woodcock	12.0
Doug English	7.0
Charlie Weaver	3.0
Ed O'Neil	2.5
Ken Sanders	2.5
Dave Washington	0.5
Bubba Baker	21.5
Dave Gallagher	1.0
Dan Gray	1.0
Dan Gray	1.0
Dave Pureifory	4.0
Team Totals	55.0	482.0
Opponents Totals	47.0	444.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jimmy Allen	1		0	2	2	64	1
Bubba Baker	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Luther Blue	2		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Burns	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dexter Bussey	9		2	0	2	0	0
Ken Callicutt	1		1	0	1	0	0
Karl Chandler	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Gary Danielson	5		2	0	2	-12	0
Tony Daykin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Homer Elias	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Amos Fowler	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lawrence Gaines	1		2	0	2	0	0
William Gay	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dan Gray	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
David Hill	1		1	0	1	0	0
Rick Kane	1		0	0	0	0	0
Horace King	3		3	0	3	0	0
Greg Landry	3		2	0	2	0	0
Brad Oates	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ed O'Neil	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Reggie Pinkney	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Reed	1		0	0	0	-3	0
Bruce Rhodes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Freddie Scott	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Thompson	4		0	0	0	0	0
Leonard Thompson	2		3	1	4	0	0
Charlie Weaver	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
John Woodcock	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Team Totals	35	15	20	19	39	49	1
Opponents Totals	41	19	17	15	32		1

Billy Atkins	Defensive Backs
Don Doll	Special Teams
Doug Gerhart	Administrative Assistant
Fred Hoaglin	Offensive Line
Floyd Peters	Defensive Line
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