1971 Detroit Lions 8-5-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Detroit 57 88 65 89 0 299 Opponent 54 55 41 107 0 257 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 299 257 1-0 24 Minnesota 13 First Downs 264 238 2-0 27 @New England 23 Rush 121 91 3-0 21 Atlanta 17 Pass 125 136 4-0 21 Green Bay 14 Pen 18 11 4-1 14 @Houston 28 Penalties 76 92 5-1 41 Chicago 14 Yards 653 916 5-2 13 @Green Bay 27 5-3 13 @Denver 20 Rushing Att 552 452 6-3 24 Los Angeles 0 Yards 2479 1839 7-3 30 @Chicago 22 Ave 4.5 4.1 7-4 30 Kansas City 38 TD 12 14 8-4 28 Philadelphia 0 8-4 1 10 @Minnesota 10 Passing Att 276 364 8-5 1 3 @San Francisco 31 Comp 161 195 % 58.3 53.6 Int 14 12 % 5.1 3.3 TD 22 11 % 8.0 3.0 Yards 2263 2579 Sacked 20 15 Punt Return 34 24 Yards 291 89 Ave 8.6 3.7 Kick Return 60 66 Yards 1175 1233 Ave 19.6 18.7 Punts 53 67 Yards 2157 2656 Ave 40.7 39.6 FG Att 29 33 Made 18 21 % 62.1 63.6 Third Downs 167 181 Made 62 62 % 37.1 34.3 Fourth Downs 10 13 Made 6 3 % 60.0 23.1 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 38 24 Lost 21 10 Turnovers 35 22 Net Offense 4605 4296 Per Play 5.4 5.2 1971 Detroit Lions Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Owens 253 1091 4.3 31 53 23 6 Owens 37 5 437 11.8 1 28 34 5 Taylor 182 753 4.1 18 32 36 0 Sanders 36 3 466 12.9 3 31 28 7 Landry 72 529 7.3 28 30 54 6 Walton,L 32 4 522 16.3 4 25 57 7 Farr 27 91 3.4 2 4 16 0 Taylor 29 0 283 9.8 0 16 23 2 Triplett 6 21 3.5 1 1 12 0 McCullough 23 5 513 22.3 5 21 77 1 Gipson 1 3 3.0 0 1 3 0 Cotton 2 0 22 11.0 0 2 11 0 Jessie 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Jessie 1 0 12 12.0 0 1 12 0 Munson 8 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 Farr 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 McCullough 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 161 17 2263 14.1 13125 77 22 Walton,L 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 552 2479 4.5 80 121 54 12 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Landry 273 161 59.0 2263 14.1 77 24 13 14 5.1 17 22 8.1 91.3 Munson 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 39.6 276 161 58.3 2263 14.1 77 24 13 14 5.1 20 22 8.0 90.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Mann 35 35 100.0 29 18 62.1 40.0 0.0 48 89 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Weaver 53 2157 58 5 1 8 24 89 37.1 40.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Clark,A 6 172 28.7 41 0 Barney 25 4 225 9.0 39 0 Gipson 3 73 24.3 26 0 Walton,L 9 8 66 7.3 20 0 Barney 7 158 22.6 30 0 34 12 291 8.6 39 0 Williams,B 5 110 22.0 37 0 Jessie 32 575 18.0 94 1 Triplett 6 83 13.8 30 0 Gallagher 1 4 4.0 4 0 Freitas 1 0 0.0 0 0 Cotton 1 0 0.0 0 0 60 1175 19.6 94 1 Fumbles Taylor 12 Landry 5 Jessie 3 Triplett 3 Barney 6 Owens 4 Clark,A 3 Hughes 2 Hughes 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Hand 4 Hand 11 Lucci 19 Rasmusse 7 Walker 5 Taylor 4 Bell 3 Bell 6 Hand 12 LeBeau 5 Naumoff 4 Freitas 3 Mitchell 3 Mitchell 5 Walker 12 Barney 4 Hughes 3 Walker 3 Rush 2 Rush 5 Naumoff 8 Lucci 4 Lucci 3 LeBeau 2 Naumoff 1 Lucci 3 Bell 4 Hand 4 Rasmusse 2 Mitchell 2 Robb 1 Robb 1 Robb 3 Walker 4 Vaughn 2 Owens 2 Lucci 1 Naumoff 1 Rush 3 Weger 4 Mitchell 2 Sanders 2 Mitchell 3 Rush 2 Hand 1 Bell 2 Vaughn 1 Vaughn 2 Lee,K 1 Hand 2 Lee,K 1 Bell 2 Weaver,C 1 Rush 1 Clark,A 2 Woods 1 Clark,A 1 Williams 2 Gallaghe 1 Mitchell 1 Farr 1 Naumoff 1 Weger 1 Tackles Lucci 144 Hand 40 Bell 30 Clark,A 18 Woods 16 Evey 9 Walker 88 LeBeau 37 Barney 27 Mooney 17 Weaver,C 14 Lee,K 6 Naumoff 72 Weger 34 Rush 27 Hughes 16 Jessie 11 Rasmusse 71 Mitchell 32 Vaughn 22 Robb 16 Williams 9 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD LeBeau 4 85 21.3 30 0 Barney 3 62 20.7 32 0 Rasmussen 2 14 7.0 11 0 Walker 2 11 5.5 8 0 Vaughn 1 0 0.0 0 0 12 172 14.3 32 0 1971 Detroit Lions Coach:Joe Schmidt Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Landry,Greg 5 B 2 5 QB Munson,Bill 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Farr,Mel 1 0 3 B 3 3 RB Gipson,Paul 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR RB Owens,Steve 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Taylor,Altie 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Triplett,Bill 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Zofko,Mickey 1 0 3 B 3 3 KR WR Hughes,Chuck 0 0 2 O 1 1 PR WR Jessie,Ron 0 0 5 O 1 1 KR WR McCullough,Earl 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Walton,Larry 0 0 5 O 1 1 PR TE Cotton,Craig 2 0 5 O 1 1 KR TE Sanders,Charlie 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Gallagher,Frank 6 5 5 G Kowalkowski,Bob 5 4 5 G Walton,Chuck 6 5 5 T Freitas,Rocky 7 7 5 T Parson,Ray 3 3 5 KR T Yarbrough,Jim 6 5 5 C Flanagan,Ed 8 8 5 C-T Thompson,Dave 3 3 5 PR Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Bell,Bob 4 3 0 1 5 DT Evey,Dick 3 2 0 1 3 DT Rush,Jerry 4 3 0 1 5 DT Woods,Larry 3 2 0 1 2 DE Hand,Larry 4 3 0 1 5 DE Mitchell,Jim 4 3 0 1 5 DE Robb,Joe 4 3 0 1 5 ILB Lucci,Mike 9 5 3 1 5 LB Lee,Ken 3 2 1 0 2 LB Mooney,Ed 3 2 1 0 5 KR OLB Naumoff,Paul 5 3 1 1 5 OLB Walker,Wayne 5 3 2 0 5 K OLB Weaver,Charlie 4 3 1 0 5 CB Barney,Lem 7 0 7 0 3 RET CB Clark,Al 4 0 4 0 3 KR CB LeBeau,Dick 8 0 8 0 5 DB Vaughn,Tom 4 0 4 0 3 PR DB Williams,Bobby 3 0 3 0 5 KR S Rasmussen,Wayne 5 1 4 0 5 KR S Weger,Mike 5 1 4 0 5 Special Teams K Mann,Errol P Weaver,Herman