Greg Landry
Gregory Paul Landry
Born: December 18, 1946
Nashua, NH USA
Deceased: October 4, 2024
Position: QB
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 210
College: Massachusetts
High School: South (Nashua, NH)
Career: 1968-1984
Drafted: 1968 in Round 1, #11 overall by the Detroit Lions
Greg Landry played from 1968 to 1984 during his career with the Arizona Wranglers, Baltimore Colts, Chicago Bears, Chicago Blitz and Detroit Lions. Landry threw for 21,969 yards in his career, completing 1,747 of 3,083 passes with 140 touchdowns and 127 interceptions. He also ran for 2,747 yards in 469 attempts with 23 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NFL Detroit Lions | 48 | 23 | 47.9 | 338 | 7.0 | 2 | 4.2 | 7 | 14.6 | 80 | 45.7 | ||
| 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 160 | 80 | 50.0 | 853 | 5.3 | 4 | 2.5 | 10 | 6.2 | 43 | 30 | 265 | 48.3 |
| 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 136 | 83 | 61.0 | 1072 | 7.9 | 9 | 6.6 | 5 | 3.7 | 58 | 26 | 198 | 92.5 |
| 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 261 | 136 | 52.1 | 2237 | 8.6 | 16 | 6.1 | 13 | 5.0 | 76 | 29 | 232 | 80.9 |
| 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 268 | 134 | 50.0 | 2066 | 7.7 | 18 | 6.7 | 17 | 6.3 | 82 | 25 | 149 | 71.8 |
| 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 128 | 70 | 54.7 | 908 | 7.1 | 3 | 2.3 | 10 | 7.8 | 84 | 13 | 98 | 52.5 |
| 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 82 | 49 | 59.8 | 572 | 7.0 | 3 | 3.7 | 3 | 3.7 | 45 | 11 | 83 | 77.9 |
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 56 | 31 | 55.4 | 403 | 7.2 | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 17 | 129 | 84.2 |
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 291 | 168 | 57.7 | 2191 | 7.5 | 17 | 5.8 | 8 | 2.7 | 74 | 55 | 397 | 89.6 |
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 240 | 135 | 56.2 | 1359 | 5.7 | 6 | 2.5 | 7 | 2.9 | 39 | 34 | 302 | 68.7 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 77 | 48 | 62.3 | 452 | 5.9 | 1 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.3 | 20 | 21 | 205 | 77.4 |
| 1979 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 457 | 270 | 59.1 | 2932 | 6.4 | 15 | 3.3 | 15 | 3.3 | 67 | 42 | 326 | 75.3 |
| 1980 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 47 | 24 | 51.1 | 275 | 5.9 | 2 | 4.3 | 3 | 6.4 | 32 | 2 | 19 | 56.6 |
| 1981 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 195 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.4 | 34 | 5 | 50 | 56.0 |
| 1983 | USFL Chicago Blitz | 334 | 188 | 56.3 | 2383 | 7.1 | 16 | 4.8 | 9 | 2.7 | 52 | 31 | 233 | 83.5 |
| 1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 199 | 10.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 66.5 |
| 1984 | USFL Arizona Wranglers | 449 | 283 | 63.0 | 3534 | 7.9 | 26 | 5.8 | 15 | 3.3 | 72t | 26 | 182 | 92.8 |
| NFL | 2300 | 1276 | 55.5 | 16052 | 7.0 | 98 | 4.3 | 103 | 4.5 | 84 | 310 | 2453 | ||
| USFL | 783 | 471 | 60.2 | 5917 | 7.6 | 42 | 5.4 | 24 | 3.1 | 72 | 57 | 415 | ||
| Totals | 3083 | 1747 | 56.7 | 21969 | 7.1 | 140 | 4.5 | 127 | 4.1 | 84 | 367 | 2868 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 14 | 1 |
| 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 33 | 243 | 7.4 | 26 | 1 |
| 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 35 | 350 | 10.0 | 76 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 76 | 530 | 7.0 | 52 | 3 |
| 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 81 | 524 | 6.5 | 38 | 9 |
| 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 42 | 267 | 6.4 | 18 | 2 |
| 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 22 | 95 | 4.3 | 19 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 20 | 92 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 43 | 234 | 5.4 | 28 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 25 | 99 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 31 | 115 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 14 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL Chicago Blitz | 21 | 67 | 3.2 | 11 | 1 |
| 1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1984 | USFL Arizona Wranglers | 18 | 25 | 1.4 | 7 | 1 |
| NFL | 430 | 2655 | 6.2 | 76 | 21 | |
| USFL | 39 | 92 | 2.4 | 11 | 2 | |
| Totals | 469 | 2747 | 5.9 | 76 | 23 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | -16 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |||
| 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 2 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 2 | -12 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 8 | 3 | -13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1981 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 41 | 16 | -45 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 16 | -45 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1968 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1980 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1983 | USFL Chicago Blitz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1984 | USFL Arizona Wranglers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| NFL | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | |
| USFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 4 | 2 |
| 1969 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 7 |
| 1970 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 6 |
| 1971 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 14 |
| 1972 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 14 |
| 1973 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 7 | 7 |
| 1974 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 5 | 3 |
| 1975 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 6 | 3 |
| 1976 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 12 |
| 1977 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 11 |
| 1978 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 5 | 5 |
| 1979 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 16 | 12 |
| 1980 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 16 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL | Chicago Blitz | 12 | 12 |
| 1984 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 |
| 1984 | USFL | Arizona Wranglers | 16 | 15 |
Awards
1976 - AP Comeback Player of the Year
Honors
1971 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
