1972 Detroit Lions 6-8 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Detroit 36 113 75 84 0 308 Opponent 80 101 59 86 0 326 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 308 326 0-1 28 New York(N) 45 First Downs 256 247 1-1 30 Minnesota 7 Rush 121 116 1-2 24 @Chicago 37 Pass 122 123 2-2 20 @Atlanta 16 Pen 13 8 2-3 17 Green Bay 33 Penalties 59 62 3-3 20 San Diego 13 Yards 497 492 3-4 29 @Dallas 35 4-4 16 Chicago 3 Rushing Att 481 514 4-5 10 @Minnesota 25 Yards 2235 2310 5-5 38 New Orleans 7 Ave 4.6 4.5 6-5 30 New York(A) 21 TD 19 14 6-6 7 @Green Bay 30 6-7 17 @Buffalo 23 Passing Att 336 302 6-8 22 @Los Angeles 31 Comp 172 164 % 51.2 54.3 Int 23 6 % 6.8 2.0 TD 10 20 % 3.0 6.6 Yards 2442 2041 Sacked 24 17 Punt Return 25 33 Yards 156 432 Ave 6.2 13.1 Kick Return 70 73 Yards 1614 1623 Ave 23.1 22.2 Punts 50 55 Yards 1992 2297 Ave 39.8 41.8 FG Att 32 35 Made 28 25 % 87.5 71.4 Third Downs 174 181 Made 65 73 % 37.4 40.3 Fourth Downs 13 11 Made 8 6 % 61.5 54.5 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 12 30 Lost 8 13 Turnovers 31 19 Net Offense 4490 4211 Per Play 5.3 5.1 1972 Detroit Lions Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Landry 94 721 7.7 39 47 38 12 Sanders 31 5 452 14.6 3 26 38 2 Owens 158 596 3.8 10 27 18 2 Taylor 30 1 321 10.7 0 18 24 0 Taylor 144 596 4.1 16 30 38 1 Jessie 28 5 440 15.7 3 20 62 3 Farr 50 244 4.9 7 10 22 3 Walton,L 28 0 540 19.3 5 23 54 2 Triplett 20 31 1.6 0 3 8 1 Owens 16 1 129 8.1 0 7 22 0 Eddy 8 28 3.5 0 1 7 0 Farr 11 0 96 8.7 0 6 17 0 Zofko 5 19 3.8 0 0 8 0 Cotton 11 0 228 20.7 2 8 75 2 Munson 1 5 5.0 0 1 5 0 Hilton,J 5 0 91 18.2 2 4 26 0 Hilton,J 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 0 0 McCullough 5 1 72 14.4 1 2 28 0 481 2235 4.6 72 121 38 19 Barnes,A 3 1 34 11.3 0 3 12 0 Eddy 2 0 8 4.0 0 1 5 1 Zofko 2 0 31 15.5 0 2 17 0 172 15 2442 14.2 16121 75 10 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Munson 37 22 59.5 240 10.9 26 3 1 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 78.7 Landry 299 150 50.2 2202 14.7 75 27 15 23 7.7 22 10 3.3 53.7 336 172 51.2 2442 14.2 75 30 16 23 6.8 24 10 3.0 56.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Mann 32 32 100.0 32 28 87.5 71.4 0.0 44 116 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Weaver,H 50 1992 80 3 0 7 33 432 30.0 39.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Jessie 27 676 25.0 69 0 Barney 25 15 156 6.2 14 0 Zofko 41 915 22.3 51 0 25 15 156 6.2 14 0 Orvis 2 23 11.5 13 0 70 1614 23.1 69 0 Fumbles Zofko 5 Jessie 1 McCullou 1 Taylor 1 Munson 1 Hand 1 Landry 1 Munson 1 Barney 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Hand 6 Mitchell 7 Hand 26 Lucci 9 LeBeau 5 LeBeau 3 Bell 3 Hand 6 Woods 13 Barney 6 Hand 4 Lucci 3 Mitchell 3 Woods 6 Mitchell 7 Redmond 6 Potts 3 Bell 2 Woods 2 Bell 5 Walker 6 Naumoff 4 Orvis 2 Walker 2 Naumoff 1 Gordon 3 Naumoff 6 Hand 4 Lucci 2 Hand 1 Orvis 1 Lucci 2 Bell 3 Weger 4 Walker 2 McCullou 1 Lucci 1 Walker 1 Lucci 3 Mitchell 2 Woods 2 Mitchell 1 Naumoff 1 Orvis 2 LeBeau 2 Mitchell 1 Naumoff 1 Gordon 1 Walker 1 Naumoff 1 Owens 1 Redmond 1 Weaver,C 1 Barney 1 Freitas 1 Bell 1 Jenkins, 1 Woods 1 Woods 1 Randolph 1 Schmiesi 1 Bell 1 Weaver,C 1 Weger 1 Gordon 1 Tackles Lucci 111 Walker 48 Mitchell 39 Ogle 18 Weaver,C 10 Sanders, 5 Naumoff 101 Barney 45 Redmond 37 Randolph 17 Gordon 9 McCullou 5 Hand 88 Weger 45 Bell 24 Barnes,A 16 Orvis 8 Rasmusse 2 LeBeau 68 Woods 44 Potts 21 Jenkins, 14 Schmiesi 8 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Lucci 2 3 1.5 3 0 Barney 1 42 42.0 42 1 Mitchell 1 0 0.0 0 0 Naumoff 1 6 6.0 6 0 Redmond 1 24 24.0 24 1 6 75 12.5 42 2 1972 Detroit Lions Coach:Joe Schmidt Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Landry,Greg 5 B 2 2 QB Munson,Bill 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Eddy,Nick 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Farr,Mel 1 0 3 B 4 2 RB Owens,Steve 1 0 4 B 4 2 RB Taylor,Altie 1 0 4 B 3 3 RB Triplett,Bill 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Zofko,Mickey 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR WR Barnes,Al 0 0 3 O 1 1 WR Jessie,Ron 0 0 5 O 1 1 KR WR McCullough,Earl 0 0 3 O 1 1 WR Walton,Larry 0 0 5 O 1 1 RET TE Cotton,Craig 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Hilton,John 2 0 2 O 1 1 TE Sanders,Charlie 2 0 3 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur 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 Jolley,Gordon 3 3 2 T Yarbrough,Jim 6 6 4 C Flanagan,Ed 7 7 5 C Hamlin,Gene 3 3 2 C-T Thompson,Dave 4 4 2 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Bell,Bob 5 4 0 1 4 DT Gordon,John 3 2 0 1 2 DT Schmiesing,Joe 3 2 0 1 2 DT Woods,Larry 5 4 0 1 4 DE Hand,Larry 8 6 0 2 5 DE Mitchell,Jim 5 4 0 1 5 DE Orvis,Herb 5 4 0 1 5 KR DE Sanders,Ken 4 3 0 1 2 ILB Lucci,Mike 7 2 4 1 5 ILB Ogle,Rick 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Naumoff,Paul 6 2 3 1 5 OLB Walker,Wayne 5 2 2 1 5 OLB Weaver,Charlie 5 2 3 0 5 CB Barney,Lem 9 0 9 0 5 RET CB Jenkins,Leon 3 0 3 0 2 CB Potts,Charlie 3 0 3 0 3 CB Redmond,Rudy 6 0 6 0 5 DB Randolph,Al 3 0 3 0 2 S LeBeau,Dick 5 1 4 0 5 S Rasmussen,Wayne 5 1 4 0 4 S Weger,Mike 6 1 5 0 5 Special Teams K Mann,Errol P Weaver,Herman