1979-80 Detroit Lions Stats


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1979-80 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 0 311
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty) 0 - 0 - 0 142 - 128 - 41
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 0 79 / 238
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 16
Total Offensive Yards 4015 4957
Offense (Plays - Average Yards) 943 - 4.3 1085 - 4.6
Total Rushing Yards 1677 2515
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards) 441 - 3.8 638 - 3.9
Total Passing Yards 2775 2442
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average) 218 - 452 - 27 - 6.1 220 - 402 - 14 - 6.1
Sacks 51 45
Field Goals 10 / 18 24 / 36
Touchdowns 26 42
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive) 11 - 14 - 0 - 2 22 - 15 - 2 - 3
Turnover Ratio -1

1979-80 Lions Passing Stats

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Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% Long Sck Sack/Lost Rating
Jeff Komlo368 183 2238 49.70% 6.10 11 3.00% 23 6.20% 40 40 361 52.8
Scott Hunter41 18 321 43.90% 7.80 1 2.40% 1 2.40% 82 4 33 69.3
Joe Reed32 14 164 43.80% 5.10 2 6.20% 1 3.10% 50 5 27 67.7
Jerry Golsteyn9 2 16 22.20% 1.80 0 0.00% 2 22.20% 15 2 18 0.0
Tom Skladany1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0 0 39.6
Larry Swider1 1 36 100.00% 36.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 36 0 0 118.8

1979-80 Lions Rushing Stats

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Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Dexter Bussey144 625 4.3 38 1
Rick Kane94 332 3.5 26 4
Bo Robinson87 302 3.5 29 2
Horace King39 160 4.1 23 1
Jeff Komlo30 107 3.6 16 2
Lawrence Gaines23 55 2.4 6 0
Leonard Thompson5 24 4.8 16 0
Gene Washington1 24 24.0 24 0
Freddie Scott6 21 3.5 18 0
David Hill1 15 15.0 15 0
Joe Reed2 11 5.5 11 0
Ken Callicutt3 6 2.0 10 0
Scott Hunter2 3 1.5 2 1
Jerry Golsteyn1 0 0.0 0 0
Ed O'Neil1 0 0.0 0 0
Larry Swider1 0 0.0 0 0
Luther Blue1 -8 -8.0 -8 0

1979-80 Lions Receiving Stats

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Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD
Freddie Scott62 929 15.0 50 5
David Hill47 569 12.1 40 3
Leonard Thompson24 451 18.8 82 2
Gene Washington14 192 13.7 29 1
Horace King18 150 8.3 30 0
Bo Robinson14 118 8.4 14 0
Rick Kane9 104 11.6 36 1
Dexter Bussey15 102 6.8 22 0
Luther Blue8 102 12.8 26 1
Ulysses Norris4 43 10.8 34 1
Ken Callicutt2 16 8.0 11 0
Russ Bolinger1 -1 -1.0 -1 0

1979-80 Lions Field Goal Stats

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Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Benny Ricardo0-0 4-4 4-4 2-8 0-0 0-0

1979-80 Lions Punting Stats

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Player Punts Yards Long Avg Blk Ret RetY IN 20 Net Avg
Larry Swider88 3523 72 40.0 0 52 435 13 33.5
Tom Skladany10 406 52 40.6 0 5 5 2 40.1

1979-80 Lions Punt Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Long TD
John Arnold19 4 8.6 27 0
Leonard Thompson9 3 13.0 31 0
Ken Ellis8 0 5.4 15 0
Ken Callicutt4 4 6.2 13 0
Robert Woods2 0 6.0 9 0
Tony Leonard1 0 7.0 7 0
Eddie Lewis1 0 -1.0 -1 0
Wally Pesuit1 0 5.0 5 0

1979-80 Lions Kick Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Yds/Ret Long TD
Ken Callicutt24 0 406 16.9 31 31
John Arnold23 0 539 23.4 69 69
Rick Kane13 0 281 21.6 37 37
Leonard Thompson6 0 151 25.2 26 26
Tony Leonard3 0 70 23.3 28 28
Ken Fantetti2 0 18 9.0 17 17
Horace King2 0 36 18.0 20 20
Robert Woods2 0 34 17.0 17 17
Luther Blue1 0 26 26.0 26 26
Bill Gay1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Bo Robinson1 0 8 8.0 8 8

1979-80 Lions Defensive Stats

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Player Total Solo Assist Sck Sfty Fumb
Doug English0 0 0 0.0 1 0

1979-80 Lions Interception Stats

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Player Int Yds Yds/Int Long TD
Walt Williams2 39 19.5 36 1
Charlie Weaver1 17 17.0 17 0
Luther Bradley4 11 2.8 11 0
James Hunter3 6 2.0 6 0
Jimmy Allen4 0 0.0 0 0

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