1978-79 Detroit Lions Stats

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1978-79 Detroit Lions Stats
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Team Stats | QB Stats | Rushing Stats | Receiving Stats | Field Goal Stats | Punting Stats | Punt Return Stats | Kick Return Stats | Defensive Stats | Interception Stats
Team Statistics Lions Opponents
Total 1st Downs 0 276
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty) 0 - 0 - 0 115 - 125 - 36
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 0 74 / 218
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 3 / 16
Total Offensive Yards 0 4483
Offense (Plays - Average Yards) 0 - 970 - 4.6
Total Rushing Yards 2163 2184
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards) 525 - 4.1 565 - 3.9
Total Passing Yards 2746 2299
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average) 247 - 429 - 18 - 6.4 191 - 350 - 22 - 6.6
Sacks 47 55
Field Goals 20 / 28 8 / 13
Touchdowns 32 38
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive) 12 - 19 - 0 - 2 18 - 19 - 0 - 1
Turnover Ratio 23

1978-79 Lions Passing Stats

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Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% Long Sck Sack/Lost Rating
Gary Danielson351 199 2294 56.70% 6.50 18 5.10% 17 4.80% 47 25 237 73.5
Greg Landry77 48 452 62.30% 5.90 1 1.30% 1 1.30% 20 21 205 77.4
Tom Skladany1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0 0 39.6
Horace King0 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 1 2 0.0

1978-79 Lions Rushing Stats

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Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Dexter Bussey225 924 4.1 36 5
Horace King155 660 4.3 75 4
Lawrence Gaines54 178 3.3 12 1
Rick Kane44 153 3.5 19 2
Gary Danielson22 93 4.2 25 0
Freddie Scott4 53 13.2 36 0
Greg Landry5 29 5.8 19 0
Ed O'Neil1 25 25.0 25 0
David Hill3 12 4.0 13 0
Luther Blue5 9 1.8 10 0
Tony Daykin1 8 8.0 8 0
Jesse Thompson2 7 3.5 10 0
Leonard Thompson1 7 7.0 7 0
Andy Bolton2 5 2.5 3 0
Joe Reed1 0 0.0 0 0

1978-79 Lions Receiving Stats

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Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD
David Hill53 633 11.9 32 4
Freddie Scott37 564 15.2 47 2
Horace King48 396 8.2 34 2
Luther Blue31 350 11.3 26 2
Dexter Bussey31 275 8.9 18 1
Jesse Thompson18 175 9.7 21 4
Leonard Thompson10 167 16.7 45 4
Rick Kane16 161 10.1 26 0
Lawrence Gaines2 16 8.0 9 0
Ray Jarvis1 9 9.0 9 0

1978-79 Lions Field Goal Stats

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Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Benny Ricardo3-3 7-7 6-8 4-9 0-0 0-0

1978-79 Lions Punting Stats

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Player Punts Yards Long Avg Blk Ret RetY IN 20 Net Avg
Tom Skladany87 3654 63 42.5 1 54 467 19 35.4

1978-79 Lions Punt Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Long TD
Jesse Thompson16 2 10.1 35 0
Tony Leonard10 0 11.4 24 0
Freddie Scott8 1 6.9 15 0
Luther Blue7 7 8.4 15 0
Leonard Thompson3 1 6.3 9 0
James Hunter2 0 10.5 19 0
Walt Williams1 0 1.0 1 0

1978-79 Lions Kick Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Yds/Ret Long TD
Jesse Thompson14 0 346 24.7 42 42
Rick Kane8 0 156 19.5 27 27
Leonard Thompson8 0 207 25.9 31 31
Luther Blue7 0 170 24.3 60 60
Nat Terry7 0 145 20.7 30 30
Freddie Scott3 0 72 24.0 29 29
Ken Callicutt2 0 12 6.0 10 10
James Hunter1 0 21 21.0 21 21
Willie McGee1 0 0 0.0 0 0

1978-79 Lions Defensive Stats

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Player Total Solo Assist Sck Sfty Fumb

1978-79 Lions Interception Stats

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Player Int Yds Yds/Int Long TD
Luther Bradley3 85 28.3 76 1
Jimmy Allen5 70 14.0 27 0
Ed O'Neil4 49 12.2 31 0
Charlie Weaver3 32 10.7 22 0
Bruce Rhodes1 24 24.0 24 0
Reggie Pinkney1 22 22.0 22 0
Paul Naumoff1 12 12.0 12 0
Walt Williams1 2 2.0 2 0
Mike Burns1 0 0.0 0 0
James Hunter2 -4 -2.0 -4 0

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