1974 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Rick Forzano (7-7)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1974 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Rick Forzano (7-7)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1974 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Detroit racked up 256 points, while the defense allowed 270. Bill Munson passed for 1,874 yards. Ron Jessie hauled in 54 balls for 761 yards, while Charlie Sanders was targeted regularly also.
Altie Taylor rushed for a team-leading 532 yards for the Lions.
Levi Johnson picked off 5 opponent throws.
Rick Forzano 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 | 292 | 166 | 56.8 | 1874 | 6.4 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 2.4 | 56 | 24 | 172 | 75.3 |
| Greg Landry | 82 | 49 | 59.8 | 572 | 7.0 | 3 | 3.7 | 3 | 3.7 | 45 | 11 | 83 | 77.9 |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Sam Wyche | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 377 | 216 | 57.3 | 2475 | 6.6 | 11 | 2.9 | 11 | 2.9 | 56 | 35 | 255 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altie Taylor | 150 | 532 | 3.5 | 27 | 5 |
| Steve Owens | 97 | 374 | 3.9 | 27 | 3 |
| Jimmie Jones | 32 | 147 | 4.6 | 21 | 1 |
| Jim Hooks | 44 | 143 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Greg Landry | 22 | 95 | 4.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Leon Crosswhite | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Bill Munson | 18 | 40 | 2.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Mickey Zofko | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Pickard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Sam Wyche | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 397 | 1433 | 3.6 | 27 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Jessie | 54 | 761 | 14.1 | 46 | 3 |
| Charlie Sanders | 42 | 532 | 12.7 | 47 | 3 |
| Larry Walton | 31 | 404 | 13.0 | 48 | 3 |
| Altie Taylor | 30 | 293 | 9.8 | 34 | 1 |
| Steve Owens | 24 | 158 | 6.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Hooks | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Pickard | 8 | 88 | 11.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Jimmie Jones | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ray Jarvis | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Leon Crosswhite | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Mickey Zofko | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Totals | 216 | 2475 | 11.5 | 56 | 11 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Weaver | 72 | 2772 | 38.5 | 61 |
| Errol Mann | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 |
| Totals | 73 | 2790 | 38.2 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Jauron | 17 | 286 | 16.8 | 58 | 0 |
| Ray Jarvis | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Lem Barney | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie West | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Carl Capria | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 429 | 12.6 | 58 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmie Jones | 38 | 927 | 24.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Ray Jarvis | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Charlie West | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dick Jauron | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Mickey Zofko | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Guy Dennis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Leon Crosswhite | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Levi Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 1293 | 20.9 | 59 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levi Johnson | 5 | 139 | 27.8 | 55 | 2 |
| Lem Barney | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Jauron | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Laslavic | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Naumoff | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 266 | 15.6 | 55 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Price | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Sanders | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Yarbrough | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Thrower | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Naumoff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Crosswhite | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Orvis | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Landry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| T.C. Blair | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Jones | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Laslavic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Jauron | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Munson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Zofko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Levi Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jessie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Walton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Owens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 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 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 92 | ||||||||||
| Altie Taylor | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Levi Johnson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Larry Walton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Steve Owens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Bob Pickard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Leon Crosswhite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bill Munson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Greg Landry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jimmie Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jim Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 256 |
