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1976 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-8-0, 3rd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Rick Forzano (1-3-0) and Tommy Hudspeth (5-5-0)

Points For: 262 (18.7/g) 16th of 28

Points Against: 220 (15.7/g) 10th of 28

Expected W-L: 8.4-5.6

SRS: 2.77 (13th of 28), SOS: -0.23

Offensive Coordinator: Ken Shipp

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Belichick (Asst. Special Teams), Joe Bugel (Offensive Line), Bob Gibson (Offensive Backs), Jerry Glanville (Special Teams), Floyd Reese (Strength & Conditioning) and Fritz Shurmur (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Russ Thomas

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Oakland University (Rochester, 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	262	4353	939	4.6	33	21	259	201	356	2140	20	12	5.1	120	516	2213	9	4.3	123	97	819	16
Opp. Stats	220	3587	837	4.3	39	15	191	137	313	1686	11	24	4.9	76	496	1901	13	3.8	94	88	696	21
Lg Rank Offense	16	14			11	21	12		19	14	5	3	16		15	11	24	9
Lg Rank Defense	10	3			9	17	2		1	2	4	4	14		11	9	11	8

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 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Chicago Bears	3	10	15	243	134	109	3	12	240	126	114
2	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Atlanta Falcons	24	10	15	295	97	198		13	236	59	177	5
3	Sun	September 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Minnesota Vikings	9	10	14	251	150	101	2	10	168	52	116
4	Sun	October 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Green Bay Packers	14	24	20	216	61	155	2	15	247	35	212	1
5	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3		New England Patriots	30	10	20	329	133	196		10	199	103	96	5
6	Sun	October 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Washington Redskins	7	20	13	247	144	103	3	14	207	98	109	2
7	Sun	October 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4	@	Seattle Seahawks	41	14	22	369	217	152	1	20	339	242	97	8
8	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		Green Bay Packers	27	6	21	409	187	222	3	11	163	76	87	5
9	Sun	November 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	23	31	26	399	191	208	1	19	430	347	83	4
10	Sun	November 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6	@	New Orleans Saints	16	17	26	455	284	171	3	6	183	104	79
11	Sun	November 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-6		Chicago Bears	14	10	23	349	146	203	4	11	221	110	111	1
12	Thu	November 25	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6		Buffalo Bills	27	14	17	304	111	193	3	19	322	15	307	3
13	Sun	December 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-7	@	New York Giants	10	24	16	274	163	111	5	17	383	187	196	3
14	Sat	December 11	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8		Los Angeles Rams	17	20	11	213	122	91	3	14	249	132	117	2

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	Greg Landry	30	QB	14	12	5-7-0	168	291	57.7	2191	17	5.8	8	2.7	74	7.5	7.46	13.0	156.5	89.6	55	397	15.90	5.18	5.13	1	1
2	Joe Reed	28	QB	13	2	1-1-0	32	62	51.6	425	3	4.8	3	4.8	57	6.9	5.65	13.3	32.7	69.6	12	93	16.22	4.49	3.47	0	1
3	Herman Weaver	28	P	14	0		1	2	50.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	7.0	7.00	14.0	1.0	72.9	0	0	0.00	7.00	7.00	0	0
4	David Hill	22	TE	14	1		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	6-8-0	201	356	56.5	2140	20	5.6	12	3.4	74	7.4	6.99	13.1	152.9	84.6	67	490	15.84	5.06	4.73	1	2

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	Dexter Bussey	24	RB	14	14	196	858	3	46	4.4	61.3	14.0	28	218	7.8	0	27	2.0	15.6	224	4.8	1076	3	6
2	Ray Jarvis	27	WR	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	39	822	21.1	5	74	2.8	58.7	39	21.1	822	5	2
3	Lawrence Gaines	23	FB	14	7	155	659	4	26	4.3	47.1	11.1	23	130	5.7	1	24	1.6	9.3	178	4.4	789	5	7
4	Charlie Sanders	30	TE	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	35	545	15.6	5	36	2.7	41.9	35	15.6	545	5	0	PB
5	Horace King	23	FB	7	7	93	325	0	22	3.5	46.4	13.3	21	163	7.8	0	19	3.0	23.3	114	4.3	488	0	4
6	Larry Walton	29	WR	14	13	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	20	293	14.7	3	28	1.4	20.9	21	14.2	298	3	0
7	David Hill	22	TE	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	19	249	13.1	5	24	1.4	17.8	19	13.1	249	5	2
8	Greg Landry	30	QB	14	12	43	234	1	28	5.4	16.7	3.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	43	5.4	234	1	5
9	Bobby Thompson	29	RB	14	0	13	42	0	9	3.2	3.0	0.9	10	108	10.8	0	38	0.7	7.7	23	6.5	150	0	1
10	Joe Reed	28	QB	13	2	11	63	1	14	5.7	4.8	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	5.7	63	1	1
11	Leonard Thompson	24	RB	14	1	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	3	52	17.3	0	21	0.2	3.7	4	13.0	52	0	0
12	Ed O'Neil	24	LB	14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	32	32.0	1	32	0.1	2.3	1	32.0	32	1	0
13	Andy Bolton	22	RB	7	0	2	27	0	22	13.5	3.9	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	13.5	27	0	0
14	Dennis Franklin	23	WR	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	16	16.0	0	16	0.2	3.2	1	16.0	16	0	0
15	J.D. Hill	28	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	1.0	2.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
16	Herman Weaver	28	P	14	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	516	2213	9	46	4.3	158.1	36.9	201	2630	13.1	20	74	14.4	187.9	717	6.8	4843	29	29

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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	Lem Barney	31	LCB	14	14	2	62	1	26	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Dexter Bussey	24	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Levi Johnson	26	RCB	14	14	6	206	1	76	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Bob Kowalkowski	33	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Jim Mitchell	28	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
6	Ken Sanders	26	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	0
7	Charlie Weaver	27	RLB	14	14	2	24	0	19	0	2	0	0	7.0	0
8	Charlie West	30	SS	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Ray Jarvis	27	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Greg Landry	30	QB	14	12	0	0	0	0	5	2	-12	0	0.0	0
11	Paul Naumoff	31	LLB	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
12	Jim Laslavic	25	MLB	12	11	2	13	0	13	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
13	Larry Hand	36	RDT	10	10	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Craig Hertwig	24	LT	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	James Hunter	22	FS	13	8	7	120	1	39	3	1	0	0	1.0	0
16	Lawrence Gaines	23	FB	14	7	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Billy Howard	26	RDE	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
18	Horace King	23	FB	7	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Dick Jauron	26	FS	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
20	Doug English	23	LDT	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ed O'Neil	24	LB	14	4	1	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
22	John Woodcock	22	DT	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
23	Joe Reed	28	QB	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	David Hill	22	TE	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Ernie Price	26	DE	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
26	Leonard Thompson	24	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Mark Markovich	24	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-7	0	0.0	0
28	Bob Picard	27	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Benny Ricardo	22	K	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Garth Ten Napel	22	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.0	0
31	Bobby Thompson	29	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Maurice Tyler	26	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Herman Weaver	28	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	24	445	3	76	38	31	-19	0	24.5	0

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