Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions were 6-8 in 1976. They finished 3rd in the NFC Central and 8th in the NFC.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 12/11	vs	LA	L 17-20
Sun 12/5	@	NYG	L 10-24
Thu 11/25	vs	BUF	W 27-14
Sun 11/21	vs	CHI	W 14-10
Sun 11/14	@	NO	L 16-17

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,191

Landry

RUSH YDS

858

Bussey

REC YDS

822

Jarvis

1976 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	11	2	1	.821
Bears	7	7	0	.500
Lions	6	8	0	.429
Packers	5	9	0	.357

Latest Detroit Lions News

Jets tight end Mason Taylor ruled out vs. Lions, wide receiver Adonai Mitchell questionable to play

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1976 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	14	262	4,353	939	4.6	2,213	516	4.3	2,630	356	7.4	67	490	259	123	120	16	97	819
Team Rank		16th	14th	11th	14th	11th	15th	9th	9th	19th	8th	28th	1st	12th	10th	11th	23rd	17th	18th
Opponent	14	220	3,587	837	4.3	1,901	496	3.8	1,904	313	6.1	28	218	191	94	76	21	88	696
Opponent Rank		10th	3rd	1st	9th	9th	11th	8th	2nd	1st	8th	20th	21st	2nd	5th	1st	16th	18th	25th
Net		+42	+766	+102	+0.4	+312	+20	+0.5	+726	+43	+1.3	+39	+272	+68	+29	+44	-5	+9	+123
Net Rank		12th	8th	3rd	13th	11th	12th	6th	3rd	8th	6th	28th	1st	4th	7th	2nd	22nd	20th	23rd

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

844

Love

662

Shough

648

Young

Rush Yards Leaders

349

Robinson

290

Walker

212

Henry

Rec Yards Leaders

284

Watson

277

Smith-Njigba

274

London

Pass TD Leaders

6

Young

6

Love

6

Prescott

Rush TD Leaders

4

Taylor

4

Allen

4

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

4

Smith-Njigba

4

Watson

4

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

127.3

Lock

125.9

Dart

125.8

Allen

Sack Leaders

4.0

Rousseau

3.5

Watt

3.0

Hutchinson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

38.5

35.5

32.0

31.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.5

10.0

12.5

13.5

15.0

Total Yards Rankings

457.5

427.5

424.5

409.0

385.5

Rush Yards Rankings

212.5

186.0

173.0

157.0

155.0

144.5

Pass Yards Rankings

331.0

324.0

313.5

291.0

283.0

281.3

Sack Leaders

8.0

7.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

64.7

Robinson

49

Henry

48.9

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

52.4

Watson

51.7

Smith-Njigba

44.9

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

28.5

Kincaid

25.6

McBride

23.2

Kelce

Fantasy K Rankings

31

McPherson

27

McLaughlin

24

Butker

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

2-0

Worst Record ATS

0-2

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	1	1	0	.500
Cowboys	1	1	0	.500
Commanders	0	2	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	2	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks	2	0	0	1.000
49ers	2	0	0	1.000
Rams	1	1	0	.500
Cardinals	1	1	0	.500

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Patriots	1	1	0	.500
Jets	1	1	0	.500
Dolphins	0	2	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bengals	2	0	0	1.000
Ravens	1	1	0	.500
Steelers	1	1	0	.500
Browns	1	1	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	1	0	.500
Titans	0	2	0	.000
Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	2	0	0	1.000
Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000