1973 Detroit Lions (NFL)

2nd place National Football Conference Central Division 6-7-1 .464

Raymond Berry	Receivers
Rick Forzano	Offensive Backs
Bob Hollway	Defensive Backs
Eddie Khayat	Defensive Line
Leon McLaughlin	Offensive Line
Bill McPeak	Offense
John Meyer	Linebackers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/3/1973	A	Washington Redskins	17-14	W	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53041
Mon	8/13/1973	A	Kansas City Chiefs	17-16	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	67624
Sat	8/18/1973	N	Baltimore Colts	28-32	L	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	33174
Fri	8/24/1973	H	Cincinnati Bengals	10-17	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	53954
Sat	9/1/1973	A	Cleveland Browns	16-13	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	64088
Fri	9/7/1973	H	New England Patriots	34-21	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	50104
Sun	9/16/1973	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-24	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48913
Sun	9/23/1973	A	Green Bay Packers	13-13	T	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	55495
Mon	10/1/1973	H	Atlanta Falcons	31-6	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	45599
Sun	10/7/1973	H	Minnesota Vikings	9-23	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	49544
Sun	10/14/1973	A	New Orleans Saints	13-20	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	57810
Sun	10/21/1973	H	Baltimore Colts	27-29	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	48058
Sun	10/28/1973	H	Green Bay Packers	34-0	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	43616
Sun	11/4/1973	H	San Francisco 49ers	30-20	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	49310
Sun	11/11/1973	A	Minnesota Vikings	7-28	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47911
Sun	11/18/1973	A	Chicago Bears	30-7	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	48625
Thu	11/22/1973	H	Washington Redskins	0-20	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	46807
Sun	12/2/1973	A	St. Louis Cardinals	20-16	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	44982
Sun	12/9/1973	H	Chicago Bears	40-7	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	41729
Sat	12/15/1973	A	Miami Dolphins	7-34	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	53375

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
86	Al Barnes	WR	6-1	170	24	New Mexico State	11	1
20	Lem Barney	LCB	6-1	189	28	Jackson State	14	14
73	Bob Bell	RDT	6-4	252	25	Cincinnati	13	11
17	Bill Cappleman	QB	6-3	210	26	Florida State	7	0
35	Leon Crosswhite	RB	6-2	215	22	Oklahoma	7	0
60	Guy Dennis	LOG	6-2	254	26	Florida	10	8
24	Mel Farr	RB	6-2	208	29	UCLA	11	7
27	Miller Farr	RCB	6-1	190	30	Wichita State	6	2
54	Ed Flanagan	C	6-3	246	29	Purdue	14	14
76	Rocky Freitas	ROT	6-6	267	28	Oregon State	14	14
46	Willie Germany	LS-RS	6-0	193	24	Morgan State	6	0
77	Mike Haggerty	LOT	6-4	245	28	Miami (Florida)	4	0
74	Larry Hand	RDE	6-5	247	33	Appalachian State	14	14
60	Mike Hennigan	LLB	6-2	210	22	Tennessee Tech	8	0
81	John Hilton	WR	6-5	222	31	Richmond	14	1
30	Jim Hooks	RB	5-11	225	23	Central Oklahoma	11	0
26	Dick Jauron	RS	6-0	190	23	Yale	14	12
89	Ron Jessie	WR	6-0	183	25	Imperial Valley JC; Kansas	14	11
23	Levi Johnson	RCB-RS	6-3	196	23	Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	14
64	Gordon Jolley	LOT	6-5	230	24	Utah	14	5
66	Bob Kowalkowski	ROG	6-3	243	30	Virginia	14	14
11	Greg Landry	QB	6-4	205	27	Massachusetts	7	7
52	Jim Laslavic	MLB	6-2	237	22	Penn State	14	5
53	Mike Lucci	MLB	6-2	233	34	Pittsburgh; Tennessee	11	9
12	Errol Mann	K	6-0	202	32	North Dakota	8	0
25	Earl McCullouch	WR	5-11	174	27	Long Beach CC; Southern California	11	2
83	Jim Mitchell	LDE-RDE	6-3	247	25	Virginia State	9	0
19	Bill Munson	QB	6-2	203	32	Foothill JC; Utah State	10	7
50	Paul Naumoff	LLB	6-1	218	28	Tennessee	14	14
45	Jim O'Brien	WR-K	6-0	195	26	Cincinnati	10	0
80	Herb Orvis	LDT	6-5	248	27	Colorado	14	14
36	Steve Owens	RB	6-2	217	26	Oklahoma	12	8
72	Ernie Price	RDT	6-4	245	23	Texas A&M-Kingsville	12	3
67	Rocky Rasley	LOG	6-3	251	26	Bakersfield CC; Oregon State	14	2
88	Charlie Sanders	TE	6-4	225	27	Minnesota	14	14
82	Ken Sanders	LDE	6-5	242	23	Howard Payne	14	14
84	John Small	LDT	6-4	263	27	The Citadel	1	0
42	Altie Taylor	RB	5-10	199	26	Diablo Valley JC; Utah State	13	13
57	Jimmy Teal	RLB	6-3	225	23	Purdue	14	1
65	Dave Thompson	C	6-4	271	24	Clemson	14	0
21	Jim Thrower	LS	6-2	194	26	Texas A&M-Commerce	10	2
63	Chuck Walton	LOG	6-3	253	32	Iowa State	4	4
49	Larry Walton	WR	5-11	180	26	Trinidad State JC; Arizona State	13	12
59	Charlie Weaver	RLB	6-2	225	24	Arizona Western JC; Southern California	13	13
18	Herman Weaver	P	6-4	210	25	Tennessee	14	0
28	Mike Weger	LS	6-2	193	28	Bowling Green State	12	12
46	Doug Wyatt	S	6-1	195	27	Tulsa	6	0
75	Jim Yarbrough	LOT	6-6	261	27	Florida	10	9
24	Mickey Zofko	RB	6-3	195	24	Auburn	8	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	17	Ernie Price	DE	Texas A&M-Kingsville
2	44	Leon Crosswhite	RB	Oklahoma
3	58	John Brady	TE	Washington
3	71	Jim Laslavic	LB	Penn State
3	75	Levi Johnson	DB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
4	81	Mike Hennigan	LB	Tennessee Tech
4	91	Dick Jauron	RB	Yale
4	96	Jim Hooks	RB	Central Oklahoma
7	175	John Andrews	DT	Morgan State
8	200	Prentice McCray	DB	Arizona State
8	203	John Bledsoe	RB	Ohio State
9	227	Ira Dean	DB	Baylor
10	252	Ray Bonner	DB	Middle Tennessee State
11	279	Scott Freeman	WR	Wyoming
12	304	Tom Scott	WR	Washington
13	331	John Moss	LB	Pittsburgh
14	356	Jay Corey	T	Santa Clara
15	383	Dan Hansen	DB	Brigham Young
16	408	Larry Nickels	WR	Dayton
17	435	Earl Belgrave	T	Ohio State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	54	90	52	75
Opponents Totals	55	96	46	50

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		237	122	104	11	67/187 35.8%	/ %	64	584
Opponents Totals		245	127	98	20	71/190 37.4%	/ %	68	606

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Errol Mann	0	14	14	100.0	13	19	68.4	53
Jim O'Brien	0	14	14	100.0	8	14	57.1	38
Altie Taylor	5	0	0		0	0		30
Larry Walton	5	0	0		0	0		30
Mel Farr	4	0	0		0	0		24
Ron Jessie	4	0	0		0	0		24
Steve Owens	3	0	0		0	0		18
Greg Landry	2	0	0		0	0		12
Charlie Sanders	2	0	0		0	0		12
Al Barnes	1	0	0		0	0		6
Leon Crosswhite	1	0	0		0	0		6
John Hilton	1	0	0		0	0		6
Dick Jauron	1	0	0		0	0		6
Earl McCullouch	1	0	0		0	0		6
(Team)	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	30	28	30	93.3	21	33	63.6	271
Opponents Totals	26	25	26	96.2	22	31	71.0	247

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Errol Mann	13	19	68.4	2/2	2/3	7/9	1/4	1/1
Jim O'Brien	8	14	57.1	2/2	1/3	4/6	0/2	0/1
Team Totals	21	33	63.6	4/4	3/6	11/15	1/6	1/2
Opponents Totals	22	31	71.0	4/4	10/10	5/10	3/7	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Altie Taylor	176	719	4.1	34	5
Steve Owens	113	401	3.5	16	3
Mel Farr	97	373	3.8	32t	4
Greg Landry	42	267	6.4	18	2
Jim Hooks	19	110	5.8	24	0
Larry Walton	5	100	20.0	57t	1
Bill Munson	10	33	3.3	11	0
Mickey Zofko	11	33	3.0	8	0
Ron Jessie	5	31	6.2	17	1
Leon Crosswhite	11	30	2.7	5	1
Herman Weaver	1	18	18.0	18	0
Earl McCullouch	2	12	6.0	13	0
Lem Barney	2	9	4.5	7	0
Charlie Sanders	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Bill Cappleman	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	496	2133	4.3	57t	17
Opponents Totals	501	2117	4.2	35	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bill Munson	187	95	50.8	84	1129	6.0	11.9	54	9	4.8	8	4.3	14	94	1035	67.8
Greg Landry	128	70	54.7	48	908	7.1	13.0	84t	3	2.3	10	7.8	13	98	810	52.5
Bill Cappleman	11	5	45.5	5	33	3.0	6.6	8	0	0.0	1	9.1	0	0	33	14.6
Mickey Zofko	1	1	100.0	0	35	35.0	35.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	35	118.8
Team Totals	327	171	52.3	137	2105	6.4	12.3	84t	12	3.7	19	5.8	27	192	1913	60.5
Opponents Totals	332	173	52.1	137	2058	6.2	11.9	66t	15	4.5	22	6.6	33	270	1788	58.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie Sanders	28	433	15.5	54	2
Altie Taylor	27	252	9.3	35	0
Mel Farr	26	183	7.0	27	0
Steve Owens	24	232	9.7	30	0
Larry Walton	22	309	14.0	49t	4
Ron Jessie	20	364	18.2	84t	3
Earl McCullouch	9	179	19.9	42	1
John Hilton	6	70	11.7	31	1
Al Barnes	3	43	14.3	23t	1
Mickey Zofko	2	16	8.0	9	0
Jim O'Brien	2	14	7.0	9	0
Jim Hooks	1	6	6.0	6	0
Leon Crosswhite	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	171	2105	12.3	84t	12
Opponents Totals	173	2058	11.9	66t	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Levi Johnson	5	82	16.4	38	0
Dick Jauron	4	208	52.0	95t	1
Lem Barney	4	130	32.5	38	0
Mike Lucci	4	50	12.5	21	0
Charlie Weaver	2	32	16.0	27	0
Mike Weger	2	20	10.0	12	0
Miller Farr	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	22	522	23.7	95t	1
Opponents Totals	19	171	9.0	30	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Herman Weaver	54	2333	43.2	66	1	166
Team Totals	54	2333	43.2	66	1	166
Opponents Totals	65	2700	41.5	58	0	289

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Lem Barney	27	7	231	8.6	42
Dick Jauron	6	4	49	8.2	16
Larry Walton	1	1	9	9.0	9
Jimmy Teal	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	35	12	289	8.3	42
Opponents Totals	30	6	166	5.5	26

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Dick Jauron	17	405	23.8	33
Altie Taylor	12	295	24.6	60
Ron Jessie	6	154	25.7	36
Jim Thrower	3	54	18.0	23
Levi Johnson	3	51	17.0	21
Jim Hooks	2	52	26.0	26
Lem Barney	1	28	28.0	28
Gordon Jolley	1	15	15.0	15
Mickey Zofko	1	7	7.0	7
Al Barnes	1	0	0.0	0
Guy Dennis	1	0	0.0	0
Willie Germany	1	0	0.0	0
Charlie Weaver	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	50	1061	21.2	60
Opponents Totals	58	1220	21.0	67

SACKS	NO	YDS
Larry Hand	8.2
Ken Sanders	7.3
Herb Orvis	4.5
Bob Bell	3.3
Charlie Weaver	3.0
Jim Laslavic	2.0
Paul Naumoff	1.3
Ernie Price	1.3
Team Totals	33.0	270.0
Opponents Totals	27.0	192.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Al Barnes	1		0	0	0	0	0
Lem Barney	3		2	1	3	0	0
Bob Bell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Guy Dennis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mel Farr	3		1	0	1	0	0
Ed Flanagan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rocky Freitas	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Jim Hooks	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dick Jauron	2		3	2	5	18	0
Ron Jessie	1		0	0	0	0	0
Levi Johnson	1		0	2	2	0	0
Greg Landry	2		0	0	0	-4	0
Jim Laslavic	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Lucci	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Munson	3		0	0	0	-8	0
Paul Naumoff	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Steve Owens	2		1	0	1	0	0
Ernie Price	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Charlie Sanders	1		1	0	1	0	0
Altie Taylor	5		1	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Teal	1		1	0	1	17	0
Dave Thompson	1		0	0	0	-13	0
Charlie Weaver	1		0	1	1	0	0
Herman Weaver	1		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	30	15	15	11	26	10	0
Opponents Totals	31	11	19	14	33		1