1973 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-7-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Don McCafferty (6-7-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1973 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 6-7-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Don McCafferty (6-7-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1973 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 6 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Detroit scored 271 points, while the defense conceded 247. Altie Taylor rushed for a team-leading 719 yards for the Lions.
Bill Munson threw for 1,129 yards. Charlie Sanders topped the receiving corps, hauling in 28 balls for 433 yards. Altie Taylor, Larry Walton, Steve Owens and Ron Jessie each provided receiving help also.
Levi Johnson picked off 5 opponent throws.
Don McCafferty 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 | 187 | 95 | 50.8 | 1129 | 6.0 | 9 | 4.8 | 8 | 4.3 | 54 | 14 | 94 | 67.8 |
| Greg Landry | 128 | 70 | 54.7 | 908 | 7.1 | 3 | 2.3 | 10 | 7.8 | 84 | 13 | 98 | 52.5 |
| Mickey Zofko | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Bill Cappleman | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 33 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14.6 |
| Totals | 327 | 171 | 52.3 | 2105 | 6.4 | 12 | 3.7 | 19 | 5.8 | 84 | 27 | 192 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altie Taylor | 176 | 719 | 4.1 | 34 | 5 |
| Steve Owens | 113 | 401 | 3.5 | 16 | 3 |
| Mel Farr | 97 | 373 | 3.8 | 32 | 4 |
| Greg Landry | 42 | 267 | 6.4 | 18 | 2 |
| Jim Hooks | 19 | 110 | 5.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 57 | 1 |
| Bill Munson | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Mickey Zofko | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Leon Crosswhite | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 5 | 1 |
| Herman Weaver | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Lem Barney | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bill Cappleman | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 496 | 2133 | 4.3 | 57 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Sanders | 28 | 433 | 15.5 | 54 | 2 |
| Altie Taylor | 27 | 252 | 9.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Mel Farr | 26 | 183 | 7.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Steve Owens | 24 | 232 | 9.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 22 | 309 | 14.0 | 49 | 4 |
| Ron Jessie | 20 | 364 | 18.2 | 84 | 3 |
| Earl McCullouch | 9 | 179 | 19.9 | 42 | 1 |
| John Hilton | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 31 | 1 |
| Al Barnes | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 23 | 1 |
| Mickey Zofko | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim O'Brien | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Hooks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Leon Crosswhite | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 171 | 2105 | 12.3 | 84 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errol Mann | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 53 |
| Jim O'Brien | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 38 |
| Totals | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 33 | 21 | 63.6 | 91 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Weaver | 54 | 2333 | 43.2 | 66 |
| Totals | 54 | 2333 | 43.2 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 27 | 231 | 8.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Dick Jauron | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Teal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 289 | 8.3 | 42 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Jauron | 17 | 405 | 23.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 12 | 295 | 24.6 | 60 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 6 | 154 | 25.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Jim Thrower | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Hooks | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Levi Johnson | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Lem Barney | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Gordon Jolley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mickey Zofko | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Al Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Germany | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 1061 | 21.2 | 60 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levi Johnson | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Dick Jauron | 4 | 208 | 52.0 | 95 | 1 |
| Lem Barney | 4 | 130 | 32.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Mike Lucci | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Miller Farr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 522 | 23.7 | 95 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Jauron | 0 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Lem Barney | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Naumoff | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Levi Johnson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rocky Freitas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Price | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Laslavic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Owens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Bell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Flanagan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Weaver | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Teal | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herman Weaver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Farr | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Lucci | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Thompson | 1 | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greg Landry | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |||
| Al Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Munson | 3 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Errol Mann | 13 | 14 | 0 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Jim O'Brien | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 38 | |||||||||
| Larry Walton | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Altie Taylor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Mel Farr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Steve Owens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Greg Landry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Charlie Sanders | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Earl McCullouch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Leon Crosswhite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dick Jauron | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Al Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| John Hilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 271 |
