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1979 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 2-14-0, 5th in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Monte Clark (2-14-0)

Points For: 219 (13.7/g) 28th of 28

Points Against: 365 (22.8/g) 23rd of 28

Expected W-L: 3.7-12.3

SRS: -11.05 (28th of 28), SOS: -1.92

Offensive Coordinator: Bob Schnelker

Other Notable Asst.: Don Doll (Assistant), 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 +3500

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	219	4013	944	4.3	46	19	227	218	452	2336	14	27	4.6	131	441	1677	11	3.8	85	110	897	11
Opp. Stats	365	4957	1085	4.6	26	12	311	220	402	2442	15	14	5.5	128	638	2515	22	3.9	142	118	972	41
Lg Rank Offense	28	26			26	20	27		16	23	25	26	26		28	25	26	21
Lg Rank Defense	23	11			27	25	18		2	2	8	26	10		27	25	20	12

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	Sat	September 1	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	31	16	231	89	142	3	18	334	105	229	1
2	Sun	September 9	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Washington Redskins	24	27	20	374	157	217	6	23	321	139	182	2
3	Sun	September 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	New York Jets	10	31	12	229	176	53	3	22	387	178	209	1
4	Sun	September 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-3		Atlanta Falcons	24	23	22	400	249	151	1	11	270	126	144	1
5	Sun	September 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4		Minnesota Vikings	10	13	11	193	97	96	2	18	287	150	137	2
6	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-5	@	New England Patriots	17	24	9	211	156	55	3	22	251	111	140	2
7	Sun	October 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6	@	Green Bay Packers	16	24	13	247	154	93	2	18	298	109	189	2
8	Sun	October 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-7	@	New Orleans Saints	7	17	13	197	117	80	4	18	284	125	159	3
9	Sun	October 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-8		Buffalo Bills	17	20	20	377	169	208	1	18	424	319	105	3
10	Sun	November 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-9	@	Chicago Bears	7	35	11	199	117	82	5	21	308	147	161
11	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-10		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	16	16	267	229	38	3	17	286	182	104	1
12	Sun	November 18	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-11	@	Minnesota Vikings	7	14	13	167	102	65	3	20	295	121	174	1
13	Thu	November 22	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		2-11		Chicago Bears	20	0	18	331	225	106	3	14	220	142	78	3
14	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-12	@	Philadelphia Eagles	7	44	5	180	127	53	1	29	384	217	167	2
15	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-13		Miami Dolphins	10	28	10	182	100	82	3	22	321	179	142	2
16	Sat	December 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-14		Green Bay Packers	13	18	18	228	72	156	3	20	287	92	195

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	Jeff Komlo	23	QB	16	14	2-12-0	183	368	49.7	2238	11	3.0	23	6.3	40	6.1	3.87	12.2	139.9	52.8	40	361	9.80	4.60	2.60	1	1
2	Scott Hunter	32	QB	13	0		18	41	43.9	321	1	2.4	1	2.4	82	7.8	7.22	17.8	24.7	69.3	4	33	8.89	6.40	5.84	0	0
3	Joe Reed	31	QB	2	1	0-1-0	14	32	43.8	164	2	6.3	1	3.1	50	5.1	4.97	11.7	82.0	67.7	5	27	13.51	3.70	3.57	0	0
4	Larry Swider	24	P	14	0		1	1	100.0	36	0	0.0	0	0.0	36	36.0	36.00	36.0	2.6	118.7	0	0	0.00	36.00	36.00	0	0
5	Jerry Golsteyn	25	QB	1	1	0-1-0	2	9	22.2	16	0	0.0	2	22.2	15	1.8	-8.22	8.0	16.0	0.0	2	18	18.18	-0.18	-8.36	0	0
6	Tom Skladany	24	P	2	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	2-14-0	218	452	48.2	2336	14	3.1	27	6.0	82	6.1	4.07	12.7	146.0	53.3	51	439	10.14	4.64	2.79	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	Freddie Scott	27	WR	14	14	6	21	0	18	3.5	1.5	0.4	62	929	15.0	5	50	4.4	66.4	68	14.0	950	5	2
2	Dexter Bussey	27	RB	16	10	144	625	1	38	4.3	39.1	9.0	15	102	6.8	0	22	0.9	6.4	159	4.6	727	1	3
3	David Hill	25	TE	16	15	1	15	0	15	15.0	0.9	0.1	47	569	12.1	3	40	2.9	35.6	48	12.2	584	3	1	PB
4	Leonard Thompson	27	WR	15	1	5	24	0	16	4.8	1.6	0.3	24	451	18.8	2	82	1.6	30.1	29	16.4	475	2	3
5	Rick Kane	25	RB	16	6	94	332	4	26	3.5	20.8	5.9	9	104	11.6	1	36	0.6	6.5	103	4.2	436	5	4
6	Bo Robinson	23	FB	14	12	87	302	2	29	3.5	21.6	6.2	14	118	8.4	0	14	1.0	8.4	101	4.2	420	2	3
7	Horace King	26	RB	16	4	39	160	1	23	4.1	10.0	2.4	18	150	8.3	0	30	1.1	9.4	57	5.4	310	1	1
8	Gene Washington	32	WR	16	13	1	24	0	24	24.0	1.5	0.1	14	192	13.7	1	29	0.9	12.0	15	14.4	216	1	0
9	Jeff Komlo	23	QB	16	14	30	107	2	16	3.6	6.7	1.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	30	3.6	107	2	11
10	Luther Blue	25	WR	9	3	1	-8	0	-8	-8.0	-0.9	0.1	8	102	12.8	1	26	0.9	11.3	9	10.4	94	1	0
11	Lawrence Gaines	26	RB	16	0	23	55	0	6	2.4	3.4	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	23	2.4	55	0	1
12	Ulysses Norris	22	TE	16	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	43	10.8	1	34	0.3	2.7	4	10.8	43	1	0
13	Ken Callicutt	24	RB	16	0	3	6	0	10	2.0	0.4	0.2	2	16	8.0	0	11	0.1	1.0	5	4.4	22	0	2
14	Joe Reed	31	QB	2	1	2	11	0	11	5.5	5.5	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	5.5	11	0	0
15	Scott Hunter	32	QB	13	0	2	3	1	2	1.5	0.2	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	1.5	3	1	0
16	Jerry Golsteyn	25	QB	1	1	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
17	Ed O'Neil	27	LLB	16	12	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
18	Larry Swider	24	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
19	Russ Bolinger	25	RG	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	1	-1.0	-1	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	441	1677	11	38	3.8	104.8	27.6	218	2775	12.7	14	82	13.6	173.4	659	6.8	4452	25	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	23	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16.0	0	PB
2	Luther Bradley	24	RCB	16	16	4	11	0	11	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Doug English	26	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.5	1
4	David Hill	25	TE	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	James Hunter	25	FS	15	15	3	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Dave Pureifory	30	LDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	37	0	7.5	0
7	Jimmy Allen	27	SS	16	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Jeff Komlo	23	QB	16	14	0	0	0	0	11	6	-22	0	0.0	0
9	Freddie Scott	27	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Bo Robinson	23	FB	14	12	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Jon Brooks	22	LB	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
12	Dexter Bussey	27	RB	16	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	James Harrell	22	RLB	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
14	Charlie Weaver	30	MLB	8	8	1	17	0	17	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
15	Dave Gallagher	27	LDT	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
16	Walt Williams	25	LCB	12	7	2	39	1	36	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Doug Jones	29	DB	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Rick Kane	25	RB	16	6	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
19	Horace King	26	RB	16	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Ken Sanders	29	DE	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
21	Eddie Cole	23	LB	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	William Gay	24	DE	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5.5	0
23	Ken Ellis	32	DB	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Jerry Golsteyn	25	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	0.0	0
25	Leonard Thompson	27	WR	15	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Ken Callicutt	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Dennis Franks	26	C	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-10	0	0.0	0
28	Lawrence Gaines	26	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Tony Leonard	26	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Larry Swider	24	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
31	Dave Washington	31	LB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	14	73	1	36	37	30	4	1	43.0	1

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