1977 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 (6-8)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1977 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Hudspeth (6-8)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1977 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Detroit scored 183 points, while the defense allowed 252. Horace King rushed for a team-leading 521 yards for the Lions, while Rick Kane additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Greg Landry threw for 1,359 yards. Horace King topped pass catchers, hauling in 40 balls, while David Hill added 465 receiving yards. Ray Jarvis was targeted regularly, too.
James Hunter picked off 6 opponent throws.
Tommy Hudspeth 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 | 240 | 135 | 56.2 | 1359 | 5.7 | 6 | 2.5 | 7 | 2.9 | 39 | 34 | 302 | 68.7 | Gary Danielson | 100 | 42 | 42.0 | 445 | 4.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 61 | 9 | 64 | 38.1 | Joe Reed | 40 | 13 | 32.5 | 150 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10.0 | 26 | 11 | 75 | 5.2 | Wilbur Summers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 | David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Eddie Payton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Leonard Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 384 | 191 | 49.7 | 1959 | 5.1 | 7 | 1.8 | 16 | 4.2 | 61 | 54 | 441 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Horace King | 155 | 521 | 3.4 | 35 | 1 | Rick Kane | 124 | 421 | 3.4 | 35 | 4 | Dexter Bussey | 85 | 338 | 4.0 | 31 | 4 | Marv Hubbard | 38 | 150 | 3.9 | 16 | 1 | Greg Landry | 25 | 99 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 | Leonard Thompson | 31 | 91 | 2.9 | 16 | 1 | Gary Danielson | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 16 | 0 | Eddie Payton | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 | David Hill | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 | Andy Bolton | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | Joe Reed | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Wilbur Summers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Luther Blue | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 479 | 1706 | 3.6 | 35 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Horace King | 40 | 238 | 6.0 | 30 | 0 | David Hill | 32 | 465 | 14.5 | 61 | 2 | Ray Jarvis | 28 | 353 | 12.6 | 28 | 1 | J.D. Hill | 24 | 247 | 10.3 | 23 | 1 | Rick Kane | 18 | 186 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 | Charlie Sanders | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 24 | 1 | Dexter Bussey | 11 | 116 | 10.5 | 39 | 1 | Luther Blue | 8 | 90 | 11.2 | 21 | 1 | Leonard Thompson | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 | Marv Hubbard | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | Eddie Payton | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 | Andy Bolton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 191 | 1959 | 10.3 | 61 | 7 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Wilbur Summers | 93 | 3420 | 36.8 | 51 | Mitch Hoopes | 6 | 235 | 39.2 | 48 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 99 | 3655 | 36.9 | 51 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eddie Payton | 27 | 273 | 10.1 | 87 | 1 | Dick Jauron | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 | Randy Rich | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | Rick Kane | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Luther Blue | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 42 | 345 | 8.2 | 87 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eddie Payton | 18 | 457 | 25.4 | 98 | 1 | Rick Kane | 16 | 376 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 | James Hunter | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 30 | 0 | Andy Bolton | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 26 | 0 | Leonard Thompson | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 24 | 0 | Randy Rich | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 19 | 0 | Luther Blue | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Marv Hubbard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Lynn Boden | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | John Woodcock | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
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| Totals | 58 | 1239 | 21.4 | 98 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | James Hunter | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 26 | 0 | Dick Jauron | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 | Lem Barney | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 | Reggie Pinkney | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 48 | 1 | Levi Johnson | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 32 | 0 | Jim Laslavic | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Charlie West | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Charlie Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 19 | 319 | 16.8 | 48 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Rick Kane | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Jauron | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | James Hunter | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Andy Bolton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Anderson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lem Barney | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | Ed O'Neil | 0 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 0 | Luther Blue | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Payton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Woodcock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Price | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug English | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jon Morris | 1 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Weaver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Danielson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Jarvis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Landry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Randy Rich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marv Hubbard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Markovich | 1 | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dexter Bussey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Horace King | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 92 | 1 | 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 | Steve Mike-Mayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 43 | Dexter Bussey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Rick Kane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Leonard Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Eddie Payton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | David Hill | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | J.D. Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ed O'Neil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charlie Sanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Horace King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Luther Blue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Reggie Pinkney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Marv Hubbard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ray Jarvis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Doug English | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 183 |
