1971 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-6-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Joe Schmidt (7-6-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1971 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 7-6-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Joe Schmidt (7-6-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1971 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Lions moved the ball well, scoring 341 points, and the defensive squad yielded 286. Steve Owens rushed for a team-leading 1,035 yards for Detroit.
Greg Landry threw for 2,237 yards. Steve Owens topped all receivers, hauling in 32 balls, while Earl McCullouch added 552 receiving yards. Altie Taylor, Charlie Sanders and Larry Walton each contributed to the receiving game also.
Dick LeBeau picked off 6 opponent throws.
Joe Schmidt coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Greg Landry | 261 | 136 | 52.1 | 2237 | 8.6 | 16 | 6.1 | 13 | 5.0 | 76 | 29 | 232 | 80.9 | Bill Munson | 38 | 21 | 55.3 | 216 | 5.7 | 1 | 2.6 | 1 | 2.6 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 69.6 | Larry Walton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 299 | 157 | 52.5 | 2453 | 8.2 | 17 | 5.7 | 14 | 4.7 | 76 | 31 | 252 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Steve Owens | 246 | 1035 | 4.2 | 23 | 8 | Altie Taylor | 174 | 736 | 4.2 | 36 | 4 | Greg Landry | 76 | 530 | 7.0 | 52 | 3 | Mel Farr | 22 | 64 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 | Paul Gipson | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | Bill Munson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | Bill Triplett | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | Ron Jessie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Walton | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 | Earl McCullouch | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 532 | 2376 | 4.5 | 52 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Steve Owens | 32 | 350 | 10.9 | 74 | 2 | Charlie Sanders | 31 | 502 | 16.2 | 49 | 5 | Larry Walton | 30 | 491 | 16.4 | 60 | 5 | Altie Taylor | 26 | 270 | 10.4 | 64 | 1 | Earl McCullouch | 21 | 552 | 26.3 | 76 | 3 | Craig Cotton | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 34 | 0 | Mel Farr | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 39 | 1 | Ron Jessie | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 51 | 0 | Chuck Hughes | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | Paul Gipson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
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| Totals | 157 | 2453 | 15.6 | 76 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Errol Mann | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 37 | 22 | 59.5 | 103 | Wayne Walker | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39 | 39 | 100.0 | 37 | 22 | 59.5 | 105 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Herman Weaver | 42 | 1752 | 41.7 | 63 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 42 | 1752 | 41.7 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lem Barney | 14 | 122 | 8.7 | 38 | 0 | Larry Walton | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 25 | 0 | Tom Vaughn | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | Dave Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 23 | 194 | 8.4 | 38 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ron Jessie | 16 | 470 | 29.4 | 102 | 2 | Lem Barney | 9 | 222 | 24.7 | 48 | 0 | Al Clark | 8 | 216 | 27.0 | 55 | 0 | Bobby Williams | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 40 | 0 | Paul Gipson | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 27 | 0 | Bill Triplett | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 38 | 0 | Ray Parson | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 | Ed Mooney | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | Craig Cotton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Wayne Rasmussen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 51 | 1233 | 24.2 | 102 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dick LeBeau | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 40 | 0 | Mike Lucci | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 27 | 2 | Wayne Rasmussen | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 7 | 0 | Lem Barney | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 28 | 1 | Wayne Walker | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 | Mike Weger | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Tom Vaughn | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22 | 295 | 13.4 | 40 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Greg Landry | 5 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | Mike Weger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 0 | Paul Naumoff | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Altie Taylor | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Hand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lem Barney | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Jessie | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Bell | 0 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | Craig Cotton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Clark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Walton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Owens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Lucci | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Walton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 25 | 78 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Errol Mann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 37 | 0 | 103 | Steve Owens | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Larry Walton | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Charlie Sanders | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Altie Taylor | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Earl McCullouch | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Greg Landry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Ron Jessie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | Mike Lucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Lem Barney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mel Farr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Weger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 15 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 341 |
