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1972 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-5-1, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Joe Schmidt (8-5-1)

Points For: 339 (24.2/g) 6th of 26

Points Against: 290 (20.7/g) 17th of 26

Expected W-L: 8.3-5.7

SRS: 4.45 (10th of 26), SOS: .95

Offensive Coordinator: Bill McPeak

Defensive Coordinator: Jim David

Other Notable Asst.: Leeman Bennett (Offensive Backfield), Chuck Knox (Offensive Line), John North (Receivers) and Dick Voris (Defensive Assistant)

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	339	4155	804	5.2	25	7	240	155	305	2134	19	18	6.4	97	473	2021	20	4.3	120	48	417	23
Opp. Stats	290	4208	824	5.1	27	15	239	171	312	2004	18	12	6.0	103	491	2204	14	4.5	126	86	703	10
Lg Rank Offense	6	15			2	1	10		21	14	7	12	6		14	12	3	8
Lg Rank Defense	17	19			19	10	16		4	9	16	22	18		18	21	15	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 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		New York Giants	30	16	18	392	200	192		14	245	133	112	2
2	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Minnesota Vikings	10	34	16	213	124	89	5	13	286	156	130
3	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Chicago Bears	38	24	21	312	115	197		21	327	74	253	3
4	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	26	23	15	314	134	180	4	15	278	79	199	1
5	Mon	October 16	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2		Green Bay Packers	23	24	18	229	83	146	2	16	265	140	125	2
6	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		San Diego Chargers	34	20	24	324	142	182	2	17	225	143	82	3
7	Mon	October 30	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	24	28	14	283	224	59		19	365	206	159	2
8	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Chicago Bears	14	0	21	326	135	191	4	9	146	24	122	1
9	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4	@	Minnesota Vikings	14	16	9	228	126	102	1	17	298	121	177	3
10	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		New Orleans Saints	27	14	21	330	207	123		17	319	242	77	3
11	Thu	November 23	12:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		New York Jets	37	20	19	385	125	260		19	394	165	229	1
12	Sun	December 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5	@	Green Bay Packers	7	33	6	189	162	27	6	19	309	76	233	1
13	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	T		7-5-1	@	Buffalo Bills	21	21	14	260	144	116		23	418	231	187	3
14	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	34	17	24	370	213	157	1	20	333	214	119	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	26	QB	14	14	8-5-1	134	268	50.0	2066	18	6.7	17	6.3	82	7.7	6.2	15.4	147.6	71.8	25	149	8.53	6.54	5.2	2	2
2	Bill Munson	31	QB	2	0		20	35	57.1	194	1	2.9	1	2.9	29	5.5	4.8	9.7	97.0	70.4	1	0	2.78	5.39	4.7	0	0
3	Earl McCullouch	26	WR	10	0		1	1	100.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	23.0	23.0	23.0	2.3	118.7	0	0	0.00	23.00	23.0	0	0
4	Ron Jessie	24	WR	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	8-5-1	155	305	50.8	2134	19	6.2	18	5.9	82	7.5	6.1	14.7	152.4	71.8	26	149	7.85	6.45	5.15	2	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	Altie Taylor	25	FB	13	12	154	658	4	38	4.3	50.6	11.8	29	250	8.6	2	40	2.2	19.2	183	5.0	908	6	2
2	Steve Owens	25	RB	10	9	143	519	4	18	3.6	51.9	14.3	15	100	6.7	0	15	1.5	10.0	158	3.9	619	4	0
3	Greg Landry	26	QB	14	14	81	524	9	38	6.5	37.4	5.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	81	6.5	524	9	3
4	Larry Walton	25	WR	14	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	485	20.2	6	48	1.7	34.6	24	20.2	485	6	2
5	Ron Jessie	24	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	424	17.7	4	82	1.7	30.3	24	17.7	424	4	2
6	Charlie Sanders	26	TE	9	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	27	416	15.4	2	38	3.0	46.2	27	15.4	416	2	1
7	Mel Farr	28	RB	10	4	62	216	3	22	3.5	21.6	6.2	10	132	13.2	0	42	1.0	13.2	72	4.8	348	3	0
8	John Hilton	30	TE	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	133	26.6	1	66	1.0	26.6	5	26.6	133	1	0
9	Craig Cotton	25	TE	14	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	129	16.1	1	35	0.6	9.2	8	16.1	129	1	0
10	Earl McCullouch	26	WR	10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	96	19.2	1	33	0.5	9.6	5	19.2	96	1	0
11	Nick Eddy	28	RB	2	1	8	28	0	10	3.5	14.0	4.0	2	46	23.0	1	36	1.0	23.0	10	7.4	74	1	0
12	Al Barnes	23	WR	9	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	58	14.5	1	17	0.4	6.4	4	14.5	58	1	0
13	Bill Triplett	32	RB	14	1	17	48	0	9	2.8	3.4	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	17	2.8	48	0	0
14	Mickey Zofko	23	RB	14	1	7	28	0	9	4.0	2.0	0.5	2	14	7.0	0	17	0.1	1.0	9	4.7	42	0	3
15	Bill Munson	31	QB	2	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	473	2021	20	38	4.3	144.4	33.8	155	2283	14.7	19	82	11.1	163.1	628	6.9	4304	39	14

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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	27	LCB	14	14	3	88	0	64	1	1	20	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Ed Flanagan	28	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Larry Hand	32	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.0	0
4	Ron Jessie	24	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	0
5	Greg Landry	26	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Mike Lucci	33	MLB	14	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	0
7	Jim Mitchell	24	LDE	14	14	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.0	0
8	Paul Naumoff	27	LLB	14	14	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Rudy Redmond	25	RCB	14	14	2	91	1	88	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Mike Weger	27	SS	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
11	Wayne Walker	36	RLB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	0	1.0	0
12	Jim Yarbrough	26	LT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Altie Taylor	25	FB	13	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Larry Woods	24	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
15	Bob Bell	24	RDT	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
16	Larry Walton	25	WR	14	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Charlie Sanders	26	TE	9	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Dick LeBeau	35	FS	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Craig Cotton	25	TE	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Al Randolph	28	FS	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Mel Farr	28	RB	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Wayne Rasmussen	30	DB	7	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Charlie Weaver	23	LB	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Mickey Zofko	23	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bill Munson	31	QB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Dave Thompson	23	LS	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	12	184	1	88	17	25	36	0	22.0	0

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