1972 Detroit Lions Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-5-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Joe Schmidt (8-5-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1972 Detroit Lions Statistics
1972 Detroit Lions Results

The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 8 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

The Lions ran up 339 points, and the defense allowed 290. Altie Taylor rushed for a team-leading 658 yards for Detroit, while Steve Owens and Greg Landry additionally aided the ground game.

Greg Landry threw for 2,066 yards. Altie Taylor hauled in 29 balls, while Larry Walton added 485 receiving yards. Ron Jessie and Charlie Sanders contributed to the receiving game, too.

Lem Barney picked off 3 opponent throws.

Joe Schmidt coached the team.

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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
86Al BarnesWRJuly 4, 19496'1"170New Mexico St.Los Angeles, CA USA90
20Lem BarneyLCBSeptember 8, 19456'0"188Jackson St.Gulfport, MS USA140
73Bob BellRDTJanuary 25, 19486'4"250CincinnatiPhiladelphia, PA USA140
87Craig CottonTEJuly 7, 19476'5"216Youngstown St.Elizabeth, PA USA140
40Nick EddyRBAugust 23, 19446'1"210Notre DameDunsmuir, CA USA20
24Mel FarrRBNovember 3, 19446'2"210UCLABeaumont, TX USA100
54Ed FlanaganCFebruary 23, 19446'3"245PurdueSan Bernardino, CA USA140
76Rocky FreitasRTSeptember 7, 19456'6"270Oregon St.Kailua, HI USA1414
68Frank GallagherGMarch 2, 19436'2"245North CarolinaChester, PA USA140
77John GordonDTAugust 29, 19486'6"260New Mexico St.Detroit, MI USA20
58Gene HamlinCJuly 26, 19466'3"245West. MichiganDetroit, MI USA50
74Larry HandRDEJuly 10, 19406'4"250Appalachian St.Paterson, NJ USA140
81John HiltonTEMarch 12, 19426'5"225RichmondAlbany, NY USA50
31Leon JenkinsDBAugust 26, 19505'11"165West VirginiaColumbus, OH USA40
89Ron JessieWRFebruary 4, 19486'0"185KansasYuma, AZ USA140
64Gordon JolleyG-TMay 22, 19496'5"250UtahProvo, UT USA50
66Bob KowalkowskiRGNovember 5, 19436'3"240VirginiaUpper Darby, PA USA1414
11Greg LandryQBDecember 18, 19466'4"210MassachusettsNashua, NH USA1414
44Dick LeBeauFSSeptember 9, 19376'1"185Ohio St.London, OH USA140
53Mike LucciMLBDecember 29, 19396'2"230PittsburghAmbridge, PA USA140
12Errol MannKJune 27, 19416'0"200North DakotaBreckenridge, MN USA140
25Earl McCullouchWR-SEJanuary 10, 19465'11"175USCClarksville, TX USA100
83Jim MitchellLDESeptember 15, 19486'3"245Virginia St.Danville, VA USA140
19Bill MunsonQBAugust 11, 19416'2"203Utah St.Sacramento, CA USA20
50Paul NaumoffLLBJuly 3, 19456'1"215TennesseeColumbus, OH USA1414
58Rick OgleLBJanuary 14, 19496'3"230ColoradoBozeman, MT USA40
80Herb OrvisDTOctober 17, 19466'5"248ColoradoPetoskey, MI USA142
36Steve OwensFBDecember 9, 19476'2"215OklahomaGore, OK USA100
27Charlie PottsDBApril 29, 19496'3"210PurdueChicago, IL USA100
45Al RandolphDBJuly 8, 19446'2"205IowaEast St. Louis, IL USA60
67Rocky RasleyGApril 27, 19476'3"250Oregon St.Bakersfield, CA USA140
47Wayne RasmussenDBJune 7, 19426'2"175South Dakota St.Chicago, IL USA70
46Rudy RedmondRCBAugust 25, 19476'1"196PacificSpokane, WA USA140
88Charlie SandersTEAugust 25, 19466'4"225MinnesotaRichlands, NC USA90
82Ken SandersDEAugust 22, 19506'5"240Howard PayneValley Mills, TX USA60
84Joe SchmiesingDE-DTApril 1, 19456'4"245MinnesotaMelrose, MN USA50
71Bob TatarekDTJuly 3, 19466'4"270Miami (FL)Greensburg, PA USA20
42Altie TaylorRBSeptember 29, 19475'10"200Utah St.Pittsburg, CA USA130
65Dave ThompsonT-C-GFebruary 1, 19496'4"270ClemsonLangdale, AL USA70
38Bill TriplettRB-DBMay 9, 19406'2"215Miami (OH)Indianola, MS USA140
55Wayne WalkerRLBSeptember 30, 19366'2"225IdahoBoise, ID USA140
63Chuck WaltonLGJuly 7, 19416'3"253Iowa St.Shattuck, OK USA100
49Larry WaltonWRFebruary 8, 19476'0"180Arizona St.Johnstown, PA USA140
59Charlie WeaverLBJuly 12, 19496'2"220USCGreenwood, MS USA140
18Herman WeaverPNovember 17, 19486'4"210TennesseeVilla Rica, GA USA140
28Mike WegerSSOctober 2, 19456'2"200Bowling GreenDallas, TX USA140
70Larry WoodsLDTMay 11, 19486'6"260Tennessee St.Florence, AL USA120
75Jim YarbroughLTOctober 28, 19466'5"265FloridaCharlotte, NC USA130
51Adrian YoungLBJanuary 31, 19466'1"232USCDublin, Ireland100
34Mickey ZofkoKRJune 8, 19496'3"195AuburnMelbourne, FL USA140



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