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1973 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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

Coach: Don McCafferty (6-7-1)

Points For: 271 (19.4/g) 13th of 26

Points Against: 247 (17.6/g) 12th of 26

Expected W-L: 7.8-6.2

SRS: 2.00 (11th of 26), SOS: .29

Other Notable Asst.: Raymond Berry (Receivers), Rick Forzano (Offensive Backs), Bob Hollway (Defensive Backs), Ed Khayat (Defensive Line) and John Meyer (Linebackers)

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	271	4046	850	4.8	33	14	237	171	327	1913	12	19	5.4	104	496	2133	17	4.3	122	64	584	11
Opp. Stats	247	3905	866	4.5	33	11	245	173	332	1788	15	22	4.9	98	501	2117	10	4.2	127	68	606	20
Lg Rank Offense	13	13			13	8	12		14	17	17	17	14		15	9	4	7
Lg Rank Defense	12	13			12	23	20		13	10	13	3	9		13	16	8	19

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 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	24	17	301	193	108	3	29	395	154	241	2
2	Sun	September 23	2:00PM ET	boxscore	T		0-1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	13	13	12	192	82	110	3	17	277	101	176	2
3	Mon	October 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1-1		Atlanta Falcons	31	6	15	297	39	258	1	15	188	70	118	5
4	Sun	October 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2-1		Minnesota Vikings	9	23	15	245	91	154	4	17	326	179	147	3
5	Sun	October 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3-1	@	New Orleans Saints	13	20	19	359	173	186	2	21	334	163	171	2
6	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4-1		Baltimore Colts	27	29	24	397	227	170	3	19	337	172	165	1
7	Sun	October 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4-1		Green Bay Packers	34	0	23	329	66	263	2	7	63	3	60	3
8	Sun	November 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4-1		San Francisco 49ers	30	20	18	391	232	159	4	16	324	254	70	6
9	Sun	November 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	7	28	17	246	119	127	2	23	403	155	248	1
10	Sun	November 18	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-5-1	@	Chicago Bears	30	7	10	228	66	162	2	15	258	119	139	5
11	Thu	November 22	12:15PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6-1		Washington Redskins	0	20	11	208	134	74	3	20	298	96	202
12	Sun	December 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-6-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	20	16	17	303	211	92		19	301	132	169	1
13	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6-1		Chicago Bears	40	7	22	306	182	124	1	9	79	33	46	2
14	Sat	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-7-1	@	Miami Dolphins	7	34	17	244	98	146	3	18	322	157	165

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	Bill Munson	32	QB	10	7	4-3-0	95	187	50.8	1129	9	4.8	8	4.3	54	6.0	5.1	11.9	112.9	67.8	14	94	6.97	5.15	4.3	0	1
2	Greg Landry	27	QB	7	7	2-4-1	70	128	54.7	908	3	2.3	10	7.8	84	7.1	4.0	13.0	129.7	52.5	13	98	9.22	5.74	3.0	1	0
3	Mickey Zofko	24	RB	8	0		1	1	100.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	35.0	35.0	35.0	4.4	118.7	0	0	0.00	35.00	35.0	0	0
4	Bill Cappleman	26	QB	7	0		5	11	45.5	33	0	0.0	1	9.1	8	3.0	-1.1	6.6	4.7	14.6	0	0	0.00	3.00	-1.1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	6-7-1	171	327	52.3	1913	12	3.7	19	5.8	84	6.4	4.6	12.3	136.6	60.5	27	192	7.63	5.40	3.67	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	Altie Taylor	26	FB	13	13	176	719	5	34	4.1	55.3	13.5	27	252	9.3	0	35	2.1	19.4	203	4.8	971	5	5
2	Steve Owens	26	RB	12	8	113	401	3	16	3.5	33.4	9.4	24	232	9.7	0	30	2.0	19.3	137	4.6	633	3	2
3	Mel Farr	29	RB	11	7	97	373	4	32	3.8	33.9	8.8	26	183	7.0	0	27	2.4	16.6	123	4.5	556	4	3
4	Charlie Sanders	27	TE	14	14	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	28	433	15.5	2	54	2.0	30.9	29	14.9	432	2	1
5	Larry Walton	26	WR	13	11	5	100	1	57	20.0	7.7	0.4	22	309	14.0	4	49	1.7	23.8	27	15.1	409	5	0
6	Ron Jessie	25	WR	14	12	5	31	1	17	6.2	2.2	0.4	20	364	18.2	3	84	1.4	26.0	25	15.8	395	4	1
7	Greg Landry	27	QB	7	7	42	267	2	18	6.4	38.1	6.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	42	6.4	267	2	2
8	Earl McCullouch	27	WR	11	2	2	12	0	13	6.0	1.1	0.2	9	179	19.9	1	42	0.8	16.3	11	17.4	191	1	0
9	Jim Hooks	23	RB	11	0	19	110	0	24	5.8	10.0	1.7	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.5	20	5.8	116	0	1
10	John Hilton	31	TE	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	70	11.7	1	31	0.4	5.0	6	11.7	70	1	0
11	Mickey Zofko	24	RB	8	0	11	33	0	8	3.0	4.1	1.4	2	16	8.0	0	9	0.3	2.0	13	3.8	49	0	0
12	Al Barnes	24	WR	11	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	43	14.3	1	23	0.3	3.9	3	14.3	43	1	1
13	Leon Crosswhite	22	RB	7	0	11	30	1	5	2.7	4.3	1.6	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.6	12	2.8	34	1	0
14	Bill Munson	32	QB	10	7	10	33	0	11	3.3	3.3	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	3.3	33	0	3
15	Herman Weaver	25	P	14	0	1	18	0	18	18.0	1.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	18.0	18	0	1
16	Jim O'Brien	26	K	10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	14	7.0	0	9	0.2	1.4	2	7.0	14	0	0
17	Lem Barney	28	LCB	14	14	2	9	0	7	4.5	0.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	4.5	9	0	3	PB
18	Bill Cappleman	26	QB	7	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	496	2133	17	57	4.3	152.4	35.4	171	2105	12.3	12	84	12.2	150.4	667	6.4	4238	29	23

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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	28	LCB	14	14	4	130	0	38	3	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Ed Flanagan	29	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Rocky Freitas	28	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Larry Hand	33	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	0
5	Levi Johnson	23	RCB	14	14	5	82	0	38	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Paul Naumoff	28	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.5	0
7	Herb Orvis	27	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
8	Charlie Sanders	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Ken Sanders	23	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
10	Altie Taylor	26	FB	13	13	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Charlie Weaver	24	RLB	13	13	2	32	0	27	1	1	0	0	3.0	0
12	Dick Jauron	23	FS	14	12	4	208	1	95	2	5	18	0	0.0	0	AP DRoY-2
13	Ron Jessie	25	WR	14	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Mike Weger	28	SS	12	12	2	20	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bob Bell	25	RDT	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	0
16	Mike Lucci	34	MLB	11	9	4	50	0	21	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Guy Dennis	26	LG	10	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Steve Owens	26	RB	12	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Mel Farr	29	RB	11	7	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Greg Landry	27	QB	7	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	-4	0	0.0	0
21	Bill Munson	32	QB	10	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	-8	0	0.0	0
22	Jim Laslavic	22	MLB	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
23	Ernie Price	23	DE	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5	0
24	Al Barnes	24	WR	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Miller Farr	30	DB	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Jim Teal	23	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	17	0	0.0	0
27	Jim Hooks	23	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Dave Thompson	24	T	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-13	0	0.0	0
29	Herman Weaver	25	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	22	522	1	95	30	26	10	0	35.0	0

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