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1977 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-8-0, 3rd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tommy Hudspeth (6-8-0)

Points For: 183 (13.1/g) 23rd of 28

Points Against: 252 (18.0/g) 18th of 28

Expected W-L: 4.5-9.5

SRS: -7.42 (24th of 28), SOS: -2.50

Offensive Coordinator: Ed Hughes

Defensive Coordinator: Fritz Shurmur

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Belichick (Receivers), Burnie Miller (Defensive Backs), Floyd Peters (Defensive Line) and Floyd Reese (Special Teams/S&C)

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	183	3224	917	3.5	30	14	218	191	384	1518	7	16	3.5	103	479	1706	11	3.6	94	86	692	21
Opp. Stats	252	3772	855	4.4	35	16	206	161	302	1867	14	19	5.6	103	521	1905	13	3.7	93	88	770	10
Lg Rank Offense	23	26			8	8	22		6	24	25	6	27		22	25	16	22
Lg Rank Defense	18	8			13	11	5		3	7	12	17	20		13	14	16	10

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 18	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Chicago Bears	20	30	20	363	195	168	1	16	300	40	260
2	Sun	September 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		New Orleans Saints	23	19	26	429	123	306	1	9	92	53	39	1
3	Sun	October 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Philadelphia Eagles	17	13	18	235	95	140	1	19	330	193	137	3
4	Sun	October 9	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Minnesota Vikings	7	14	19	281	222	59	1	13	314	256	58	3
5	Sun	October 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		Green Bay Packers	10	6	17	262	129	133	2	11	149	82	67	6
6	Sun	October 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	7	28	16	119	50	69	2	16	300	107	193	1
7	Sun	October 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4	@	Dallas Cowboys	0	37	7	120	46	74	3	20	344	168	176	1
8	Sun	November 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		San Diego Chargers	20	0	15	264	67	197		14	229	118	111
9	Sun	November 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Atlanta Falcons	6	17	12	145	33	112	4	13	171	61	110	3
10	Sun	November 20	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	7	14	216	69	147	5	8	147	71	76	5
11	Thu	November 24	1:30PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6		Chicago Bears	14	31	15	218	150	68	3	18	425	253	172	5
12	Sun	December 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7	@	Green Bay Packers	9	10	13	195	95	100	3	11	229	65	164	2
13	Sun	December 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-7	@	Baltimore Colts	13	10	12	205	122	83	1	20	349	201	148	4
14	Sat	December 17	10:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8		Minnesota Vikings	21	30	14	172	122	50	3	18	393	199	194	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	31	QB	11	11	4-7-0	135	240	56.3	1359	6	2.5	7	2.9	39	5.7	4.9	10.1	123.5	68.7	34	302	12.41	3.86	3.1	1	1
2	Gary Danielson	26	QB	13	2	1-1-0	42	100	42.0	445	1	1.0	5	5.0	61	4.5	2.4	10.6	34.2	38.1	9	64	8.26	3.50	1.6	1	1
3	Joe Reed	29	QB	3	1	1-0-0	13	40	32.5	150	0	0.0	4	10.0	26	3.8	-0.8	11.5	50.0	5.2	11	75	21.57	1.47	-2.1	0	0
4	Wilbur Summers	23	P	13	0		1	1	100.0	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	5.0	5.0	5.0	0.4	87.5	0	0	0.00	5.00	5.0	0	0
5	David Hill	23	TE	14	11		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
6	Eddie Payton	26	RB	8	0		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
7	Leonard Thompson	25	WR	14	3		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	6-8-0	191	384	49.7	1518	7	1.8	16	4.2	61	5.1	3.6	10.3	108.4	53.5	54	441	12.33	3.47	2.14	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	Horace King	24	FB	14	13	155	521	1	35	3.4	37.2	11.1	40	238	6.0	0	30	2.9	17.0	195	3.9	759	1	2
2	Rick Kane	23	RB	14	6	124	421	4	35	3.4	30.1	8.9	18	186	10.3	0	20	1.3	13.3	142	4.3	607	4	10
3	David Hill	23	TE	14	11	4	10	0	14	2.5	0.7	0.3	32	465	14.5	2	61	2.3	33.2	36	13.2	475	2	1
4	Dexter Bussey	25	RB	8	4	85	338	4	31	4.0	42.3	10.6	11	116	10.5	1	39	1.4	14.5	96	4.7	454	5	2
5	Ray Jarvis	28	WR	14	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	353	12.6	1	28	2.0	25.2	28	12.6	353	1	0
6	J.D. Hill	29	WR	11	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	247	10.3	1	23	2.2	22.5	24	10.3	247	1	0
7	Marv Hubbard	31	RB	13	1	38	150	1	16	3.9	11.5	2.9	6	36	6.0	0	9	0.5	2.8	44	4.2	186	1	1
8	Charlie Sanders	31	TE	10	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	170	12.1	1	24	1.4	17.0	14	12.1	170	1	0
9	Leonard Thompson	25	WR	14	3	31	91	1	16	2.9	6.5	2.2	7	42	6.0	0	18	0.5	3.0	38	3.5	133	1	0
10	Greg Landry	31	QB	11	11	25	99	0	13	4.0	9.0	2.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	25	4.0	99	0	2
11	Luther Blue	23	WR	14	4	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.4	0.1	8	90	11.3	1	21	0.6	6.4	9	9.3	84	1	1
12	Gary Danielson	26	QB	13	2	7	62	0	16	8.9	4.8	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	8.9	62	0	0
13	Eddie Payton	26	RB	8	0	4	13	0	14	3.3	1.6	0.5	2	10	5.0	0	14	0.3	1.3	6	3.8	23	0	3
14	Andy Bolton	23	RB	14	0	3	4	0	2	1.3	0.3	0.2	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.4	4	2.5	10	0	0
15	Joe Reed	29	QB	3	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	1.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	1
16	Wilbur Summers	23	P	13	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	479	1706	11	35	3.6	121.9	34.2	191	1959	10.3	7	61	13.6	139.9	670	5.5	3665	18	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	Doug English	24	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	1
2	James Hunter	23	LCB	14	14	6	104	0	26	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jon Morris	35	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	-7	0	0.0	0
4	Herb Orvis	31	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
5	Horace King	24	FB	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Charlie Weaver	28	RLB	14	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	0
7	Charlie West	31	SS	13	13	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
8	Paul Naumoff	32	LLB	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
9	Lem Barney	32	RCB	12	11	3	27	0	22	0	2	49	0	0.0	0
10	David Hill	23	TE	14	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Greg Landry	31	QB	11	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ed O'Neil	25	MLB	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	52	1	0.0	0
13	Ken Sanders	27	LDE	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	0
14	Ray Jarvis	28	WR	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Dick Jauron	27	FS	14	9	3	55	0	28	0	3	11	0	1.0	0
16	Jim Mitchell	29	RDE	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
17	Rick Kane	23	RB	14	6	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ernie Price	27	RDE	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
19	Luther Blue	23	WR	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Dexter Bussey	25	RB	8	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jim Laslavic	26	LB	14	4	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Mark Markovich	25	C	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	-13	0	0.0	0
23	John Woodcock	23	DE	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
24	Gary Danielson	26	QB	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Levi Johnson	27	DB	3	2	2	51	0	32	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Gary Anderson	22	G	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
27	Marv Hubbard	31	RB	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Reggie Pinkney	22	DB	11	1	2	61	1	48	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Joe Reed	29	QB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Andy Bolton	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
31	Larry Hand	37	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
32	Eddie Payton	26	RB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Randy Rich	24	DB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	319	1	48	26	27	92	1	31.0	1

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