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. 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 |
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| 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 | 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 | Eddie Payton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | John Woodcock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Price | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug English | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | David Hill | 1 | 1 | 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 | Greg Landry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Randy Rich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marv Hubbard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Markovich | 1 | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dexter Bussey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Horace King | 2 | 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 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 43 | Dexter Bussey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Rick Kane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Leonard Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Eddie Payton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | David Hill | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | J.D. Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ed O'Neil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charlie Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Horace King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Luther Blue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Reggie Pinkney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Marv Hubbard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ray Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Doug English | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 183 |
