Lawrence Gaines
Lawrence Edward Gaines
Born: December 15, 1953
Vernon, TX USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 237
College: Wyoming
High School: Vernon (TX)
Career: 1976-1979
Drafted: 1976 in Round 1, #16 overall by the Detroit Lions
Lawrence Gaines played from 1976 to 1979 during his career with the Detroit Lions. Gaines ran for 892 yards in his career on 232 attempts, scoring 5 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 25 passes for 146 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 155 | 659 | 4.3 | 26 | 4 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 54 | 178 | 3.3 | 12 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 23 | 55 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 232 | 892 | 3.8 | 26 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 23 | 130 | 5.7 | 24 | 1 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 146 | 5.8 | 24 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 7 |
| 1978 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 0 |
