
1971 Detroit Lions Statistics
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 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. 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 |
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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 |
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Totals | 39 | 39 | 100.0 | 37 | 22 | 59.5 | 105 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Herman Weaver | 42 | 1752 | 41.7 | 63 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Totals | 22 | 295 | 13.4 | 40 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Greg Landry | 5 | 4 | -2 | 0 | Mike Weger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 0 | Paul Naumoff | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Altie Taylor | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Larry Hand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lem Barney | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Ron Jessie | 3 | 2 | 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 | Tom Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Walton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Owens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Lucci | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Walton | 1 | 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 | 22 | 37 | 0 | 103 | Steve Owens | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Larry Walton | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Charlie Sanders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Altie Taylor | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Earl McCullouch | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Greg Landry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Ron Jessie | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | Mike Lucci | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Lem Barney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mel Farr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Weger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Totals | 15 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 341 |