Detroit Lions

7-9-0 3rd in NFC Central
Logo for the 1978 Detroit Lions

PPG

18.1

13th

OPP PPG

18.8

19th

RUSH YDS/G

135.2

17th

PASS YDS/G

171.6

16th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

Team Regular Season

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 16 290 4,465 1,001 4.5 2,163 525 4.1 2,746 429 6.4 47 444 269 105 141 23 125 1,003
Team Rank 13th 21st 20th 20th 17th 26th 9th 16th 14th 21st 24th 4th 20th 21st 10th 19th 24th 20th
Opponent 16 300 4,483 970 4.6 2,184 565 3.9 2,781 350 7.9 55 482 276 115 125 36 128 1,043
Opponent Rank 19th 7th 3rd 16th 14th 13th 15th 12th 2nd 27th 2nd 28th 11th 9th 9th 24th 3rd 4th
Net -10 -18 +31 -0.2 -21 -40 +0.3 -35 +79 -1.5 -8 -38 -7 -10 +16 -13 -3 -40
Net Rank 11th 14th 10th 18th 14th 17th 9th 15th 3rd 25th 10th 17th 15th 16th 12th 27th 9th 12th

Player Regular Season

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Gary Danielson Gary Danielson 16 199 351 56.7 21.9 2,294 6.5 143.4 18 5.1 17 4.8 47 25 237 73.5
Greg Landry Greg Landry 5 48 77 62.3 15.4 452 5.9 90.4 1 1.3 1 1.3 20 21 205 77.4
Tom Skladany Tom Skladany 16 0 1 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Dexter Bussey Dexter Bussey 16 225 14.1 924 4.1 57.8 5 36 256 1,199
Horace King Horace King 15 155 10.3 660 4.3 44.0 4 75 203 1,056
Lawrence Gaines Lawrence Gaines 13 54 4.2 178 3.3 13.7 1 12 56 194
Rick Kane Rick Kane 15 44 2.9 153 3.5 10.2 2 19 60 314
Gary Danielson Gary Danielson 16 22 1.4 93 4.2 5.8 0 25 22 93
Greg Landry Greg Landry 5 5 1.0 29 5.8 5.8 0 19 5 29
Luther Blue Luther Blue 16 5 0.3 9 1.8 0.6 0 10 36 359
Freddie Scott Freddie Scott 16 4 0.3 53 13.3 3.3 0 36 41 617
David Hill David Hill 16 3 0.2 12 4.0 0.8 0 13 56 645
Jesse Thompson Jesse Thompson 11 2 0.2 7 3.5 0.6 0 10 20 182
Andy Bolton Andy Bolton 6 2 0.3 5 2.5 0.8 0 3 2 5
Ed O'Neil Ed O'Neil 16 1 0.1 25 25.0 1.6 0 25 1 25
Tony Daykin Tony Daykin 16 1 0.1 8 8.0 0.5 0 8 1 8
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 16 1 0.1 7 7.0 0.4 0 7 11 174
Joe Reed Joe Reed 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
David Hill David Hill 16 53 3.3 633 11.9 39.6 4 32 56 645
Horace King Horace King 15 48 3.2 396 8.3 26.4 2 34 203 1,056
Freddie Scott Freddie Scott 16 37 2.3 564 15.2 35.3 2 47 41 617
Luther Blue Luther Blue 16 31 1.9 350 11.3 21.9 2 26 36 359
Dexter Bussey Dexter Bussey 16 31 1.9 275 8.9 17.2 1 18 256 1,199
Jesse Thompson Jesse Thompson 11 18 1.6 175 9.7 15.9 4 21 20 182
Rick Kane Rick Kane 15 16 1.1 161 10.1 10.7 0 26 60 314
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 16 10 0.6 167 16.7 10.4 4 45 11 174
Lawrence Gaines Lawrence Gaines 13 2 0.2 16 8.0 1.2 0 9 56 194
Ray Jarvis Ray Jarvis 2 1 0.5 9 9.0 4.5 0 9 1 9

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Jimmy Allen Jimmy Allen 14 5 70 14 0 27
Ed O'Neil Ed O'Neil 16 4 49 12.3 0 31
Luther Bradley Luther Bradley 16 3 85 28.3 1 76
Charlie Weaver Charlie Weaver 16 3 32 10.7 0 22
James Hunter James Hunter 9 2 -4 -2 0 0
Bruce Rhodes Bruce Rhodes 15 1 24 24 0 24
Reggie Pinkney Reggie Pinkney 13 1 22 22 0 22
Paul Naumoff Paul Naumoff 15 1 12 12 0 12
Walt Williams Walt Williams 15 1 2 2 0 2
Mike Burns Mike Burns 15 1 0 0 0 0

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Benny Ricardo Benny Ricardo 16 0 0 0 0 20 32 0 92
Dexter Bussey Dexter Bussey 16 5 1 0 6 0 0 0 36
Horace King Horace King 15 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 36
David Hill David Hill 16 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 24
Jesse Thompson Jesse Thompson 11 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 24
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 16 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 24
Luther Blue Luther Blue 16 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12
Rick Kane Rick Kane 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12
Freddie Scott Freddie Scott 16 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12
Jimmy Allen Jimmy Allen 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Luther Bradley Luther Bradley 16 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Lawrence Gaines Lawrence Gaines 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Jesse Thompson Jesse Thompson 11 14 346 24.7 0 16 161 10.1 0 35
Luther Blue Luther Blue 16 7 170 24.3 0 7 59 8.4 0 15
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 16 8 207 25.9 0 3 19 6.3 0 9
Freddie Scott Freddie Scott 16 3 72 24.0 0 8 55 6.9 0 15
Tony Leonard Tony Leonard 3 0 0 0 10 114 11.4 0 24
Rick Kane Rick Kane 15 8 156 19.5 0 0 0 0
Nat Terry Nat Terry 4 7 145 20.7 0 0 0 0
James Hunter James Hunter 9 1 21 21.0 0 2 21 10.5 0 19
Ken Callicutt Ken Callicutt 13 2 12 6.0 0 0 0 0
Walt Williams Walt Williams 15 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 1
Willie McGee Willie McGee 4 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Benny Ricardo Benny Ricardo 16 20 28 71.4 3-3 7-7 6-8 4-9 0-1 32 33 97.0 92

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Tom Skladany Tom Skladany 16 86 3,654 42.5 63 1

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AFC North W L T PCT
1
Ravens Ravens
13 4 0 .765
2
Browns Browns
11 6 0 .647
AFC East W L T PCT
1
Bills Bills
11 6 0 .647
2
Dolphins Dolphins
11 6 0 .647
AFC West W L T PCT
1
Chiefs Chiefs
11 6 0 .647
2
Raiders Raiders
8 9 0 .471
AFC South W L T PCT
1
Texans Texans
10 7 0 .588
2
Jaguars Jaguars
9 8 0 .529
NFC North W L T PCT
1
Lions Lions
12 5 0 .706
2
Packers Packers
9 8 0 .529
NFC West W L T PCT
1
49ers 49ers
12 5 0 .706
2
Rams Rams
10 7 0 .588
NFC East W L T PCT
1
Cowboys Cowboys
12 5 0 .706
2
Eagles Eagles
11 6 0 .647
NFC South W L T PCT
1
Buccaneers Buccaneers
9 8 0 .529
2
Saints Saints
9 8 0 .529