Steve Owens
Loren Everett Owens
Born: December 9, 1947
Gore, OK USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 215
College: Oklahoma
High School: Miami (OK)
Career: 1970-1974
Drafted: 1970 in Round 1, #19 overall by the Detroit Lions
Steve Owens played from 1970 to 1974 during his career with the Detroit Lions. Owens ran for 2,451 yards in his career on 635 attempts, scoring 20 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 99 passes for 861 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 36 | 122 | 3.4 | 23 | 2 | 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 246 | 1035 | 4.2 | 23 | 8 | 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 143 | 519 | 3.6 | 18 | 4 | 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 113 | 401 | 3.5 | 16 | 3 | 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 97 | 374 | 3.9 | 27 | 3 |
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| Totals | 635 | 2451 | 3.9 | 27 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 | 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 32 | 350 | 10.9 | 74 | 2 | 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 15 | 100 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 | 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 24 | 232 | 9.7 | 30 | 0 | 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 24 | 158 | 6.6 | 13 | 0 |
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| Totals | 99 | 861 | 8.7 | 74 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Totals | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1970 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 6 | 1 | 1971 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 13 | 1972 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 9 | 1973 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 8 | 1974 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 7 |
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Honors
1971 - Associated Press All-Conference (1st Team)
1971 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
