1972 Detroit Lions 6-7-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 Detroit 51 110 27 67 0 255 Opponent 44 87 64 71 0 266 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 255 266 0-1 23 New York(N) 30 72ø 0-10 First Downs 225 251 1-1 27 Minnesota 24 67ø 5-15 Rain Rush 100 137 1-2 13 @Chicago 20 69ø 0-10 Pass 113 107 2-2 16 @Atlanta 7 86ø 0-5 Rain Pen 12 7 2-2 1 24 Green Bay 24 54ø 5-15 Light Rain Penalties 54 73 3-2 1 20 San Diego 14 59ø Yards 382 582 3-3 1 3 @Dallas 28 68ø 20-30 4-3 1 10 Chicago 7 60ø 0-5 Rushing Att 519 513 4-4 1 10 @Minnesota 20 32ø 0-10 Yards 2052 2501 5-4 1 24 New Orleans 6 45ø 0-10 Ave 4.0 4.9 6-4 1 45 New York(A) 20 40ø 0-10 TD 6 16 6-5 1 3 @Green Bay 19 48ø 0-10 Light Rain 6-6 1 6 @Buffalo 9 35ø 0-10 Passing Att 287 311 6-7 1 31 @Los Angeles 38 67ø Comp 146 147 % 50.9 47.3 Int 15 7 % 5.2 2.3 TD 20 9 % 7.0 2.9 Yards 2203 1975 Sacked 24 18 Punt Return 30 45 Yards 188 584 Ave 6.3 13.0 Kick Return 56 59 Yards 1361 1375 Ave 24.3 23.3 Punts 70 66 Yards 2817 2690 Ave 40.2 40.8 FG Att 26 28 Made 19 19 % 73.1 67.9 Third Downs 192 180 Made 91 74 % 47.4 41.1 Fourth Downs 5 10 Made 1 3 % 20.0 30.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 8 14 Lost 3 8 Turnovers 18 15 Net Offense 4102 4352 Per Play 4.9 5.2 1972 Detroit Lions Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Taylor 157 629 4.0 10 31 41 0 Sanders 30 4 499 16.6 4 28 36 6 Landry 114 597 5.2 18 28 38 4 Taylor 28 1 241 8.6 0 16 18 3 Owens 141 514 3.6 4 23 19 2 Jessie 25 3 456 18.2 4 21 48 3 Farr 59 224 3.8 4 13 22 0 Walton 25 5 469 18.8 5 22 49 4 Triplett 19 47 2.5 1 4 11 0 Owens 12 0 115 9.6 0 7 20 0 Zofko 9 24 2.7 0 1 6 0 Farr 9 1 140 15.6 2 6 43 1 Eddy 20 17 0.9 0 0 7 0 Cotton 5 0 107 21.4 3 4 36 0 519 2052 4.0 37 100 41 6 McCullough 5 1 81 16.2 1 3 42 2 Eddy 2 0 21 10.5 0 2 14 1 Hilton 2 1 18 9.0 0 1 11 0 Barnes 2 0 43 21.5 0 2 22 0 Zofko 1 0 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 146 16 2203 15.1 19 113 49 20 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Landry 279 146 52.3 2203 15.1 49 27 19 14 5.0 24 20 7.2 81.6 McCullough 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 Munson 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 0 1 14.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 287 146 50.9 2203 15.1 49 29 19 15 5.2 24 20 7.0 77.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Mann 28 28 100.0 26 19 73.1 40.0 50.0 53 85 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Weaver,H 70 2817 57 5 0 13 45 584 30.5 40.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Jessie 24 618 25.8 61 0 Barney 27 17 179 6.6 28 0 Zofko 29 699 24.1 53 0 Walton,L 3 0 9 3.0 5 0 Barney 1 19 19.0 19 0 30 17 188 6.3 28 0 Triplett 1 16 16.0 16 0 Walton,L 1 9 9.0 9 0 Eddy 1 0 0.0 0 0 56 1361 24.3 61 0 Fumbles Landry 3 Barney 2 Jessie 1 McCullou 1 Zofko 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Hand 5 Hand 19 Hand 15 Weger 7 Woods 3 Flanagan 3 Lucci 4 Mitchell 9 Woods 7 Redmond 6 Hand 2 Hand 2 Bell 2 Lucci 2 Mitchell 6 Barney 6 Gordon 2 Naumoff 2 Naumoff 2 Gordon 2 Bell 5 Lucci 4 Mitchell 1 Jessie 1 Mitchell 1 Woods 2 Naumoff 5 Mitchell 4 Naumoff 1 Lucci 1 Gordon 1 Naumoff 1 Lucci 5 Naumoff 3 Ogle 1 Bell 1 Schmiesi 1 Orvis 1 Walker 2 LeBeau 2 Redmond 1 Weger 1 Walker 1 Walker 1 Weaver,C 2 Walker 2 Schmiesi 1 Woods 1 Woods 1 Bell 1 Schmiesi 2 Hand 2 Walker 1 Yarbroug 1 Gordon 1 Bell 1 Barney 1 Young,A 1 Schmiesi 1 Woods 1 Tackles Barney 82 Weger 54 LeBeau 33 Potts 12 Young,A 7 Hand 77 Mitchell 50 Walker 27 Tatarek 10 McCullou 7 Lucci 71 Woods 41 Gordon 24 Jenkins, 8 Ogle 6 Naumoff 69 Bell 34 Rasmusse 23 Flanagan 8 Randolph 6 Redmond 69 Weaver,C 34 Schmiesi 18 Orvis 8 Sanders, 4 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Redmond 2 90 45.0 60 2 LeBeau 1 0 0.0 0 0 Lucci 1 0 0.0 0 0 Naumoff 1 1 1.0 1 0 Rasmussen 1 0 0.0 0 0 Barney 1 0 0.0 0 0 7 91 13.0 60 2 1972 Detroit Lions Coach: Joe Schmidt Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Landry,Greg 5 B 2 2 QB Munson,Bill 1 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Taylor,Altie 2 1 4 154 658 38 4.3 6 29 250 40 8.6 RB Owens,Steve 2 1 3 143 519 18 3.6 4 15 100 15 6.7 RB Farr,Mel 2 1 3 62 216 22 3.5 3 10 132 42 13.2 RB Triplett,Bill 2 1 5 17 48 9 2.8 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR RB Eddy,Nick 2 1 1 8 28 10 3.5 3 2 46 36 23.0 RB Zofko,Mickey 2 1 5 7 28 9 4.0 1 2 14 17 7.0 KR WR Walton,Larry 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 5 24 485 48 20.2 RET WR Jessie,Ron 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 5 24 424 82 17.7 KR WR McCullough,Earl 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 5 96 33 19.2 WR Barnes,Al 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 4 58 17 14.5 TE Sanders,Charlie 4 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 7 27 416 38 15.4 TE Cotton,Craig 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 2 8 129 35 16.1 TE Hilton,John 4 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 3 5 133 66 26.6 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Flanagan,Ed 7 7 5 C Hamlin,Gene 3 3 2 G Gallagher,Frank 5 5 5 G Kowalkowski,Bob 5 5 5 G Walton,Chuck 5 5 3 T Freitas,Rocky 9 9 5 T Yarbrough,Jim 6 6 4 T Jolley,Gordon 3 3 2 C-T Thompson,Dave 4 4 2 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Bell,Bob 5 5 0 1 3 2 0 DT Woods,Larry 5 5 0 1 4 2 0 DT Schmiesing,Joe 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 DT Gordon,John 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 DT Tatarek,Bob 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 DE Hand,Larry 8 7 0 5 5 6 0 DE Mitchell,Jim 5 5 0 2 5 2 1 DE Orvis,Herb 5 5 0 2 5 2 0 KR DE Sanders,Ken 4 4 0 2 2 1 0 ILB Lucci,Mike 6 3 3 1 5 2 2 ILB Ogle,Rick 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 OLB Naumoff,Paul 6 3 3 1 5 2 1 OLB Walker,Wayne 5 3 2 1 5 2 0 OLB Weaver,Charlie 5 3 2 0 5 0 1 LB Young,Adrian 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 CB Barney,Lem 9 0 9 0 5 0 3 RET CB Redmond,Rudy 6 0 6 0 5 0 2 CB Jenkins,Leon 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 CB Potts,Charlie 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 S Weger,Mike 6 2 4 0 5 0 0 S Rasmussen,Wayne 5 2 3 0 2 0 2 S LeBeau,Dick 5 2 3 0 5 0 0 DB Randolph,Al 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 Special Teams K Mann,Errol P Weaver,Herman