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1971 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-6-1, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Joe Schmidt (7-6-1)

Points For: 341 (24.4/g) 3rd of 26

Points Against: 286 (20.4/g) 16th of 26

Expected W-L: 8.4-5.6

SRS: 4.14 (9th of 26), SOS: .21

Offensive Coordinator: Bill McPeak

Defensive Coordinator: Jim David

Other Notable Asst.: Chuck Knox (Offensive Line) and John North (Receivers)

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	341	4577	862	5.3	33	19	269	157	299	2201	17	14	6.7	104	532	2376	15	4.5	131	69	738	34
Opp. Stats	286	3859	756	5.1	33	11	210	163	306	2017	17	22	6.2	99	432	1842	15	4.3	97	97	942	14
Lg Rank Offense	3	4			10	21	2		22	12	8	5	4		1	2	7	5
Lg Rank Defense	16	11			16	22	6		2	8	18	11	22		8	15	19	17

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	Mon	September 20	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Minnesota Vikings	13	16	15	221	61	160	2	14	275	232	43	4
2	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	New England Patriots	34	7	19	368	204	164		10	246	101	145	3
3	Sun	October 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Atlanta Falcons	41	38	23	318	95	223	2	16	342	295	47	5
4	Sun	October 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Green Bay Packers	31	28	26	465	287	178	4	14	263	137	126	2
5	Sun	October 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Houston Oilers	31	7	20	385	155	230	3	13	295	209	86	5
6	Sun	October 24	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2		Chicago Bears	23	28	17	261	145	116	2	17	323	150	173
7	Mon	November 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	T		4-2-1	@	Green Bay Packers	14	14	18	291	101	190	4	13	218		218	1
8	Sun	November 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2-1	@	Denver Broncos	24	20	19	418	190	228	2	20	360	157	203	2
9	Sun	November 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3-1		Los Angeles Rams	13	21	21	317	140	177	1	19	311	170	141	1
10	Sun	November 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3-1	@	Chicago Bears	28	3	14	256	70	186	3	8	118	6	112	4
11	Thu	November 25	12:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3-1		Kansas City Chiefs	32	21	22	381	223	158	2	19	258	139	119	2
12	Sun	December 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4-1		Philadelphia Eagles	20	23	20	350	225	125	2	20	359	214	145	1
13	Sat	December 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	10	29	17	236	129	107	5	7	134	21	113	2
14	Sun	December 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	27	31	18	310	176	134	1	20	357	186	171	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	Greg Landry	25	QB	14	14	7-6-1	136	261	52.1	2237	16	6.1	13	5.0	76	8.6	7.6	16.4	159.8	80.9	29	232	10.00	6.91	6.0	1	1	PB,AP MVP-9
2	Bill Munson	30	QB	4	0		21	38	55.3	216	1	2.6	1	2.6	34	5.7	5.0	10.3	54.0	69.6	1	5	2.56	5.41	4.8	0	0
3	Larry Walton	24	WR	14	14		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		1	15	100.00	-15.00	-15.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-6-1	157	299	52.5	2201	17	5.7	14	4.7	76	8.2	7.2	15.6	157.2	79.5	31	252	9.39	6.67	5.79	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	Steve Owens	24	FB	14	13	246	1035	8	23	4.2	73.9	17.6	32	350	10.9	2	74	2.3	25.0	278	5.0	1385	10	5	PB
2	Altie Taylor	24	FB	14	14	174	736	4	36	4.2	52.6	12.4	26	270	10.4	1	64	1.9	19.3	200	5.0	1006	5	11
3	Earl McCullouch	25	WR	13	12	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.5	0.1	21	552	26.3	3	76	1.6	42.5	22	24.8	545	3	0
4	Greg Landry	25	QB	14	14	76	530	3	52	7.0	37.9	5.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	76	7.0	530	3	5	PB,AP MVP-9
5	Charlie Sanders	25	TE	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	31	502	16.2	5	49	2.4	38.6	31	16.2	502	5	0	PB,AP-1
6	Larry Walton	24	WR	14	14	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.5	0.1	30	491	16.4	5	60	2.1	35.1	31	15.6	484	5	1
7	Mel Farr	27	RB	9	1	22	64	0	14	2.9	7.1	2.4	5	60	12.0	1	39	0.6	6.7	27	4.6	124	1	0
8	Craig Cotton	24	TE	14	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	88	14.7	0	34	0.4	6.3	6	14.7	88	0	0
9	Ron Jessie	23	WR	14	1	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	4	87	21.8	0	51	0.3	6.2	5	17.4	87	0	3
10	Paul Gipson	25	RB	5	0	4	12	0	5	3.0	2.4	0.8	1	21	21.0	0	21	0.2	4.2	5	6.6	33	0	0
11	Chuck Hughes	28	WR	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	32	32.0	0	32	0.3	10.7	1	32.0	32	0	0
12	Bill Munson	30	QB	4	0	3	9	0	6	3.0	2.3	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.0	9	0	0
13	Bill Triplett	31	RB	14	0	4	4	0	6	1.0	0.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	1.0	4	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	532	2376	15	52	4.5	169.7	38.0	157	2453	15.6	17	76	11.2	175.2	689	7.0	4829	32	26

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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	Larry Hand	31	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.0	0
2	Greg Landry	25	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	4	-2	0	0.0	0	PB,AP MVP-9
3	Mike Lucci	32	MLB	14	14	5	74	2	27	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Paul Naumoff	26	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
5	Jerry Rush	29	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0
6	Altie Taylor	24	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0.0	0
7	Wayne Walker	35	RLB	14	14	2	12	0	8	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
8	Chuck Walton	30	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Larry Walton	24	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Mike Weger	26	SS	14	14	1	16	0	16	0	2	55	1	0.0	0
11	Dick LeBeau	34	RCB	13	13	6	76	0	40	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Steve Owens	24	FB	14	13	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Tom Vaughn	28	FS	9	9	1	8	0	8	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Dick Evey	30	LDT	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
15	Jim Mitchell	23	LDE	13	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.5	0
16	Lem Barney	26	LCB	9	7	3	78	1	28	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Al Clark	23	LCB	9	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bob Bell	23	LDT	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	25	1	1.5	0
19	Joe Robb	34	LDE	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
20	Wayne Rasmussen	29	FS	14	5	4	31	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Craig Cotton	24	TE	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Ron Jessie	23	WR	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	1
23	Dave Thompson	22	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bill Triplett	31	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	22	295	3	40	35	25	78	2	18.0	1

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