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1974 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-7-0, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Rick Forzano (7-7-0)

Points For: 256 (18.3/g) 14th of 26

Points Against: 270 (19.3/g) 15th of 26

Expected W-L: 6.6-7.4

SRS: -1.56 (15th of 26), SOS: -0.56

Other Notable Asst.: Raymond Berry (Receivers), Jerry Glanville (Special Teams), Bob Hollway (Defensive Backs), Ed Khayat (Defensive Line) and John Meyer (Linebackers)

Stadium: Tiger Stadium

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Russ Thomas

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	256	3653	809	4.5	25	14	211	216	377	2220	11	11	5.4	114	397	1433	13	3.6	88	86	719	9
Opp. Stats	270	4338	915	4.7	30	13	270	219	405	2236	13	17	5.2	124	486	2102	17	4.3	127	71	566	19
Lg Rank Offense	14	19			4	14	23		13	11	20	2	13		26	24	13	20
Lg Rank Defense	15	20			17	14	24		20	17	8	16	9		14	20	18	23

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Chicago Bears	9	17	9	156	67	89	3	13	273	175	98	3
2	Sun	September 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Minnesota Vikings	6	7	9	162	39	123		14	253	119	134	2
3	Sun	September 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Green Bay Packers	19	21	11	290	219	71		19	354	200	154	3
4	Sun	October 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	13	16	17	291	226	65	1	26	334	127	207	1
5	Mon	October 14	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-4		San Francisco 49ers	17	13	13	229	130	99	1	17	310	171	139	3
6	Sun	October 20	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4	@	Minnesota Vikings	20	16	23	358	276	82	1	25	371	210	161	2
7	Sun	October 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4		Green Bay Packers	19	17	18	364	249	115	1	22	313	216	97	2
8	Sun	November 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		New Orleans Saints	19	14	10	195	137	58	4	17	280	186	94	5
9	Sun	November 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Oakland Raiders	13	35	14	248	185	63	2	31	512	228	284
10	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		New York Giants	20	19	21	294	194	100	3	15	292	133	159	1
11	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5		Chicago Bears	34	17	18	307	127	180	2	14	176	75	101	2
12	Thu	November 28	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6		Denver Broncos	27	31	16	252	131	121	2	23	361	121	240	2
13	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6	@	Cincinnati Bengals	23	19	17	259	70	189	2	15	252	105	147	3
14	Sun	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	Philadelphia Eagles	17	28	15	248	170	78	3	19	257	170	87	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bill Munson	33	QB	11	11	6-5-0	166	292	56.8	1874	8	2.7	7	2.4	56	6.4	5.89	11.3	170.4	75.3	24	172	7.59	5.39	4.90	3	3
2	Greg Landry	28	QB	5	3	1-2-0	49	82	59.8	572	3	3.7	3	3.7	45	7.0	6.06	11.7	114.4	77.9	11	83	11.83	5.26	4.45	1	1
3	Larry Walton	27	WR	13	12		1	2	50.0	29	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	14.5	14.50	29.0	2.2	95.8	0	0	0.00	14.50	14.50	0	0
4	Sam Wyche	29	QB	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-7-0	216	377	57.3	2220	11	2.9	11	2.9	56	6.6	5.84	11.5	158.6	74.8	35	255	8.50	5.39	4.72	4	4

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	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	180	4.6	825	6	2
2	Ron Jessie	26	WR	12	12	6	17	1	18	2.8	1.4	0.5	54	761	14.1	3	46	4.5	63.4	60	13.0	778	4	3
3	Steve Owens	27	FB	11	8	97	374	3	27	3.9	34.0	8.8	24	158	6.6	0	13	2.2	14.4	121	4.4	532	3	2
4	Charlie Sanders	28	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	42	532	12.7	3	47	3.0	38.0	42	12.7	532	3	1	PB
5	Larry Walton	27	WR	13	12	2	3	0	10	1.5	0.2	0.2	31	404	13.0	3	48	2.4	31.1	33	12.3	407	3	1
6	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	53	3.7	196	0	1
7	Jimmie Jones	24	RB	14	2	32	147	1	21	4.6	10.5	2.3	4	35	8.8	0	15	0.3	2.5	36	5.1	182	1	4
8	Greg Landry	28	QB	5	3	22	95	1	19	4.3	19.0	4.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	22	4.3	95	1	2
9	Bob Pickard	22	WR	14	1	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	8	88	11.0	1	18	0.6	6.3	9	10.3	93	1	0
10	Ray Jarvis	25	WR	13	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	87	29.0	0	56	0.2	6.7	3	29.0	87	0	1
11	Leon Crosswhite	23	RB	14	1	12	49	1	9	4.1	3.5	0.9	3	31	10.3	0	13	0.2	2.2	15	5.3	80	1	1
12	Dexter Bussey	22	RB	11	0	9	22	0	9	2.4	2.0	0.8	4	24	6.0	0	8	0.4	2.2	13	3.5	46	0	1
13	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	19	1.8	34	1	2
14	Mickey Zofko	25	RB	4	0	3	6	0	3	2.0	1.5	0.8	3	15	5.0	0	8	0.8	3.8	6	3.5	21	0	0
15	Sam Wyche	29	QB	14	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	397	1433	13	27	3.6	102.4	28.4	216	2475	11.5	11	56	15.4	176.8	613	6.4	3908	24	21

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Dick Jauron	24	FS	14	14	1	26	0	26	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Jim Laslavic	23	MLB	14	14	1	14	0	14	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
3	Jim Mitchell	26	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	1
4	Paul Naumoff	29	LLB	14	14	1	8	0	8	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Herb Orvis	28	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3.5	0
6	Charlie Sanders	28	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	Ken Sanders	24	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.5	0
8	Charlie Weaver	25	RLB	14	14	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Levi Johnson	24	RCB	14	13	5	139	2	55	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Lem Barney	29	LCB	13	12	4	61	0	39	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Ron Jessie	26	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Altie Taylor	27	RB	13	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Larry Walton	27	WR	13	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Jim Yarbrough	28	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bill Munson	33	QB	11	11	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Charlie West	28	SS	13	10	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Larry Hand	34	RDE	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
18	Steve Owens	27	FB	11	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Jim Hooks	24	FB	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Ernie Price	24	LDE	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2.5	0
21	Greg Landry	28	QB	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Ben Davis	29	DB	9	2	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ray Jarvis	25	WR	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Jimmie Jones	24	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Leon Crosswhite	23	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Jim Thrower	27	DB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	T.C. Blair	23	TE	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Dexter Bussey	22	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Billy Howard	24	DT	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	17	266	2	55	23	21	7	0	22.0	1

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