1976 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Hudspeth (5-5)
Coach: Rick Forzano (1-3)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1976 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Hudspeth (5-5)
Coach: Rick Forzano (1-3)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1976 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. Tommy Hudspeth and Rick Forzano 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 | 291 | 168 | 57.7 | 2191 | 7.5 | 17 | 5.8 | 8 | 2.7 | 74 | 55 | 397 | 89.6 | Joe Reed | 62 | 32 | 51.6 | 425 | 6.9 | 3 | 4.8 | 3 | 4.8 | 57 | 12 | 93 | 69.6 | Herman Weaver | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 | David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 356 | 201 | 56.5 | 2630 | 7.4 | 20 | 5.6 | 12 | 3.4 | 74 | 67 | 490 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dexter Bussey | 196 | 858 | 4.4 | 46 | 3 | Lawrence Gaines | 155 | 659 | 4.3 | 26 | 4 | Horace King | 93 | 325 | 3.5 | 22 | 0 | Greg Landry | 43 | 234 | 5.4 | 28 | 1 | Joe Reed | 11 | 63 | 5.7 | 14 | 1 | Bobby Thompson | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 | Andy Bolton | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 22 | 0 | Larry Walton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Herman Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Leonard Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 516 | 2213 | 4.3 | 46 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ray Jarvis | 39 | 822 | 21.1 | 74 | 5 | Charlie Sanders | 35 | 545 | 15.6 | 36 | 5 | Dexter Bussey | 28 | 218 | 7.8 | 27 | 0 | Lawrence Gaines | 23 | 130 | 5.7 | 24 | 1 | Horace King | 21 | 163 | 7.8 | 19 | 0 | Larry Walton | 20 | 293 | 14.6 | 28 | 3 | David Hill | 19 | 249 | 13.1 | 24 | 5 | Bobby Thompson | 10 | 108 | 10.8 | 38 | 0 | Leonard Thompson | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 21 | 0 | Ed O'Neil | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 1 | Dennis Franklin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | J.D. Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 201 | 2630 | 13.1 | 74 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Benny Ricardo | 21 | 19 | 90.5 | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 49 | Errol Mann | 10 | 9 | 90.0 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 31 | 28 | 90.3 | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 70 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Herman Weaver | 83 | 3280 | 39.5 | 69 | Benny Ricardo | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 84 | 3296 | 39.2 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lem Barney | 23 | 191 | 8.3 | 30 | 0 | Charlie West | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | James Hunter | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 | Garth Napel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 31 | 207 | 6.7 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bobby Thompson | 22 | 431 | 19.6 | 59 | 0 | James Hunter | 14 | 375 | 26.8 | 84 | 0 | Leonard Thompson | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 32 | 0 | Horace King | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 | Ken Long | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | Dexter Bussey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 47 | 987 | 21.0 | 84 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | James Hunter | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 39 | 1 | Levi Johnson | 6 | 206 | 34.3 | 76 | 1 | Lem Barney | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 26 | 1 | Charlie Weaver | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | Jim Laslavic | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | Dick Jauron | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ed O'Neil | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Larry Hand | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Charlie West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 445 | 18.5 | 76 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Jim Laslavic | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dexter Bussey | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Ken Sanders | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Landry | 5 | 2 | -12 | 0 | Ernie Price | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie West | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Weaver | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug English | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Hill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lem Barney | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lawrence Gaines | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | James Hunter | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maurice Tyler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Benny Ricardo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Levi Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Garth Napel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leonard Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Kowalkowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Herman Weaver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Jarvis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Craig Hertwig | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Picard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Markovich | 1 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | Horace King | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 38 | 31 | -19 | 0 | 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 | Benny Ricardo | 10 | 19 | 0 | 49 | David Hill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Charlie Sanders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Lawrence Gaines | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Ray Jarvis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Errol Mann | 4 | 9 | 0 | 21 | Larry Walton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Dexter Bussey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Greg Landry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | James Hunter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ed O'Neil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lem Barney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Levi Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 262 |
