1969 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-4-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division
Coach: Joe Schmidt (9-4-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1969 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 9-4-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division
Coach: Joe Schmidt (9-4-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1969 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1969 season with a record of 9 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division.
The Lions stumbled, scoring only 259 points, and the solid defense conceded 188. Bill Triplett rushed for a team-leading 377 yards for Detroit, and Altie Taylor also aided the ground game.
Bill Munson passed for 1,062 yards. Charlie Sanders hauled in 42 balls for 656 yards, while Earl McCullouch contributed to the receiving game as well.
The ball-hawking defense led the way with 42 turnovers. Lem Barney picked off 8 opponent throws.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Munson | 166 | 84 | 50.6 | 1062 | 6.4 | 7 | 4.2 | 8 | 4.8 | 62 | 12 | 93 | 64.9 |
| Greg Landry | 160 | 80 | 50.0 | 853 | 5.3 | 4 | 2.5 | 10 | 6.2 | 43 | 30 | 265 | 48.3 |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Mel Farr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Greg Barton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 329 | 165 | 50.2 | 1958 | 6.0 | 12 | 3.6 | 18 | 5.5 | 62 | 42 | 358 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Triplett | 111 | 377 | 3.4 | 33 | 3 |
| Altie Taylor | 118 | 348 | 2.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 78 | 272 | 3.5 | 26 | 2 |
| Mel Farr | 58 | 245 | 4.2 | 52 | 4 |
| Greg Landry | 33 | 243 | 7.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Larry Watkins | 62 | 201 | 3.2 | 12 | 1 |
| Lem Barney | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Totals | 474 | 1755 | 3.7 | 52 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Sanders | 42 | 656 | 15.6 | 47 | 3 |
| Earl McCullouch | 33 | 529 | 16.0 | 45 | 5 |
| Bill Triplett | 13 | 141 | 10.8 | 62 | 1 |
| Mel Farr | 13 | 94 | 7.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 13 | 87 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 13 | 86 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 |
| John Wright | 12 | 130 | 10.8 | 26 | 2 |
| Larry Walton | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 10 | 78 | 7.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Bill Malinchak | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Phil Odle | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 165 | 1958 | 11.9 | 62 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 66 | 2249 | 34.1 | 53 |
| Bill Malinchak | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 47 |
| Rick Duncan | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 29 |
| Totals | 74 | 2510 | 33.9 | 53 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 9 | 191 | 21.2 | 74 | 1 |
| Larry Walton | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Vaughn | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 230 | 11.0 | 74 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Williams | 17 | 563 | 33.1 | 96 | 1 |
| Larry Walton | 12 | 230 | 19.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Lem Barney | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Tom Vaughn | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Mooney | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Yarbrough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 1017 | 24.2 | 96 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 8 | 126 | 15.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Dick LeBeau | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Vaughn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Karras | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 207 | 9.9 | 32 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Goich | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Weger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Flanagan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Robb | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lem Barney | 0 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Denis Moore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Munson | 3 | 2 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Karras | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Mooney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Lucci | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Landry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Rasmussen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Wright | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Rush | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Farr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Eddy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Altie Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Yarbrough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27 | 42 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Errol Mann | 25 | 26 | 0 | 101 | ||||||||||
| Earl McCullouch | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Bill Triplett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Mel Farr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| John Wright | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Charlie Sanders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Nick Eddy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Lem Barney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bobby Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Larry Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Greg Landry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 257 |
