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1978 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-9-0, 3rd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Monte Clark (7-9-0)

Points For: 290 (18.1/g) 13th of 28

Points Against: 300 (18.8/g) 19th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.7-8.3

SRS: -1.79 (18th of 28), SOS: -1.17

Offensive Coordinator: Bob Schnelker

Other Notable Asst.: Don Doll (Special Teams), Floyd Peters (Defensive Line), Jimmy Raye (Running Backs) and Marty Schottenheimer (Linebackers Coach)

Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Russ Thomas

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2500

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	290	4465	1001	4.5	33	15	269	247	429	2302	19	18	4.8	141	525	2163	12	4.1	105	125	1003	23
Opp. Stats	300	4483	970	4.6	41	19	276	191	350	2299	19	22	5.7	125	565	2184	18	3.9	115	128	1043	36
Lg Rank Offense	13	21			3	7	20		14	19	8	8	23		26	17	22	9
Lg Rank Defense	19	7			14	11	11		2	6	18	13	16		13	14	18	15

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 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Green Bay Packers	7	13	11	122	40	82	1	16	212	31	181
2	Sat	September 9	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	15	7	11	196	47	149	2	10	109	-31	140	6
3	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Chicago Bears	0	19	15	237	94	143	2	15	326	141	185	2
4	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Seattle Seahawks	16	28	15	261	129	132		21	245	158	87	1
5	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4	@	Green Bay Packers	14	35	14	227	101	126	1	16	482	261	221	4
6	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-5		Washington Redskins	19	21	19	374	143	231	1	12	284	208	76	2
7	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6	@	Atlanta Falcons	0	14	13	169	147	22	3	15	248	122	126
8	Sun	October 22	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-6		San Diego Chargers	31	14	29	461	188	273	2	16	304	215	89	6
9	Sun	October 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-6	@	Chicago Bears	21	17	23	315	181	134	1	21	358	191	167	2
10	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7	@	Minnesota Vikings	7	17	11	175	105	70	3	22	312	188	124	5
11	Sun	November 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-7		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	34	23	20	404	193	211	3	18	202	89	113
12	Sun	November 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-8	@	Oakland Raiders	17	29	18	328	208	120	4	24	280	119	161	1
13	Thu	November 23	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		5-8		Denver Broncos	17	14	15	244	105	139	1	16	233	105	128	1
14	Sun	December 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9	@	St. Louis Cardinals	14	21	16	224	119	105	5	18	284	151	133	1
15	Sat	December 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-9		Minnesota Vikings	45	14	22	507	350	157	2	16	235	213	22	3
16	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-9		San Francisco 49ers	33	14	17	221	152	69	2	20	369	138	231	7

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	Gary Danielson	27	QB	16	11	6-5-0	199	351	56.7	2294	18	5.1	17	4.8	47	6.5	5.38	11.5	143.4	73.5	25	237	6.65	5.47	4.39	1	1
2	Greg Landry	32	QB	5	5	1-4-0	48	77	62.3	452	1	1.3	1	1.3	20	5.9	5.55	9.4	90.4	77.4	21	205	21.43	2.52	2.27	0	0
3	Horace King	25	FB	15	15		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		1	2	100.00	-2.00	-2.00	0	0
4	Tom Skladany	23	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	7-9-0	247	429	57.6	2302	19	4.4	18	4.2	47	6.4	5.40	11.1	143.9	74.0	47	444	9.87	4.84	3.93	1	1

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	26	RB	16	16	225	924	5	36	4.1	57.8	14.1	31	275	8.9	1	18	1.9	17.2	256	4.7	1199	6	9
2	Horace King	25	FB	15	15	155	660	4	75	4.3	44.0	10.3	48	396	8.3	2	34	3.2	26.4	203	5.2	1056	6	3
3	David Hill	24	TE	16	16	3	12	0	13	4.0	0.8	0.2	53	633	11.9	4	32	3.3	39.6	56	11.5	645	4	1	PB
4	Freddie Scott	26	WR	16	13	4	53	0	36	13.3	3.3	0.3	37	564	15.2	2	47	2.3	35.3	41	15.0	617	2	1
5	Luther Blue	24	WR	16	15	5	9	0	10	1.8	0.6	0.3	31	350	11.3	2	26	1.9	21.9	36	10.0	359	2	2
6	Rick Kane	24	RB	15	0	44	153	2	19	3.5	10.2	2.9	16	161	10.1	0	26	1.1	10.7	60	5.2	314	2	1
7	Lawrence Gaines	25	RB	13	1	54	178	1	12	3.3	13.7	4.2	2	16	8.0	0	9	0.2	1.2	56	3.5	194	1	1
8	Jesse Thompson	22	WR	11	1	2	7	0	10	3.5	0.6	0.2	18	175	9.7	4	21	1.6	15.9	20	9.1	182	4	4
9	Leonard Thompson	26	WR	16	1	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.4	0.1	10	167	16.7	4	45	0.6	10.4	11	15.8	174	4	2
10	Gary Danielson	27	QB	16	11	22	93	0	25	4.2	5.8	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	22	4.2	93	0	5
11	Greg Landry	32	QB	5	5	5	29	0	19	5.8	5.8	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	5.8	29	0	3
12	Ed O'Neil	26	MLB	16	16	1	25	0	25	25.0	1.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	25.0	25	0	0
13	Ray Jarvis	29	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.5	4.5	1	9.0	9	0	0
14	Tony Daykin	23	LB	16	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.5	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
15	Andy Bolton	24	RB	6	0	2	5	0	3	2.5	0.8	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.5	5	0	0
16	Joe Reed	30	QB	1	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	525	2163	12	75	4.1	135.2	32.8	247	2746	11.1	19	47	15.4	171.6	772	6.4	4909	31	33

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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	Al Baker	22	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	23.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DRoY-1
2	Luther Bradley	23	RCB	16	16	3	85	1	76	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Dexter Bussey	26	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Homer Elias	23	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	David Hill	24	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Ed O'Neil	26	MLB	16	16	4	49	0	31	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
7	Charlie Weaver	29	RLB	16	16	3	32	0	22	0	2	0	0	3.5	0
8	John Woodcock	24	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	10.5	0
9	Luther Blue	24	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Horace King	25	FB	15	15	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	0
11	Brad Oates	25	RT	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Jimmy Allen	26	FS	14	14	5	70	0	27	1	2	64	1	0.0	0
13	Doug English	25	RDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0	PB
14	Paul Naumoff	33	LLB	15	13	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Freddie Scott	26	WR	16	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Mike Burns	24	SS	15	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Gary Danielson	27	QB	16	11	0	0	0	0	5	2	-12	0	0.0	0
18	Walt Williams	24	LCB	15	11	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Dave Pureifory	29	LDE	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
20	Ken Sanders	28	LDE	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
21	James Hunter	24	LCB	9	5	2	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Greg Landry	32	QB	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Bruce Rhodes	26	SS	15	5	1	24	0	24	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Dave Washington	30	LB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
25	Reggie Pinkney	23	DB	13	2	1	22	0	22	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Lawrence Gaines	25	RB	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
27	Jesse Thompson	22	WR	11	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Leonard Thompson	26	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.0	0
29	Ken Callicutt	23	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Karl Chandler	26	C	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
31	Tony Daykin	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Amos Fowler	22	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Dave Gallagher	26	DT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
34	William Gay	23	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
35	Dan Gray	22	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
36	Rick Kane	24	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
37	Joe Reed	30	QB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	22	292	1	76	35	39	49	1	54.0	0

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