Detroit Lions

2-14-0 5th in NFC Central
Logo for the 1979 Detroit Lions

PPG

13.7

28th

OPP PPG

22.8

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

104.8

25th

PASS YDS/G

173.4

23rd

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 16 219 4,013 944 4.3 1,677 441 3.8 2,775 452 6.1 51 439 227 85 131 11 110 897
Team Rank 28th 26th 28th 26th 25th 28th 21st 23rd 16th 24th 24th 3rd 27th 26th 22nd 28th 23rd 17th
Opponent 16 365 4,957 1,085 4.6 2,515 638 3.9 2,787 402 6.9 45 345 311 142 128 41 123 982
Opponent Rank 23rd 11th 24th 7th 25th 27th 12th 3rd 2nd 15th 8th 20th 18th 24th 4th 28th 1st 8th
Net -146 -944 -141 -0.3 -838 -197 -0.1 -12 +50 -0.8 +6 +94 -84 -57 +3 -30 -13 -85
Net Rank 28th 24th 27th 21st 26th 28th 17th 17th 8th 22nd 17th 8th 27th 28th 15th 28th 4th 7th

Player Regular Season

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Jeff Komlo Jeff Komlo 16 183 368 49.7 23.0 2,238 6.1 139.9 11 3.0 23 6.3 40 40 361 52.8
Scott Hunter Scott Hunter 13 18 41 43.9 3.2 321 7.8 24.7 1 2.4 1 2.4 82 4 33 69.3
Joe Reed Joe Reed 2 14 32 43.8 16.0 164 5.1 82.0 2 6.3 1 3.1 50 5 27 67.7
Jerry Golsteyn Jerry Golsteyn 1 2 9 22.2 9.0 16 1.8 16.0 0 0.0 2 22.2 15 2 18 0.0
Larry Swider Larry Swider 14 1 1 100.0 0.1 36 36.0 2.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 36 0 0 118.8
Tom Skladany Tom Skladany 2 0 1 0.0 0.5 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 16 144 9.0 625 4.3 39.1 1 38 159 727
Rick Kane Rick Kane 16 94 5.9 332 3.5 20.8 4 26 103 436
Bo Robinson Bo Robinson 14 87 6.2 302 3.5 21.6 2 29 101 420
Horace King Horace King 16 39 2.4 160 4.1 10.0 1 23 57 310
Jeff Komlo Jeff Komlo 16 30 1.9 107 3.6 6.7 2 16 30 107
Lawrence Gaines Lawrence Gaines 16 23 1.4 55 2.4 3.4 0 6 23 55
Freddie Scott Freddie Scott 14 6 0.4 21 3.5 1.5 0 18 68 950
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 15 5 0.3 24 4.8 1.6 0 16 29 475
Ken Callicutt Ken Callicutt 16 3 0.2 6 2.0 0.4 0 10 5 22
Joe Reed Joe Reed 2 2 1.0 11 5.5 5.5 0 11 2 11
Scott Hunter Scott Hunter 13 2 0.2 3 1.5 0.2 1 2 2 3
Gene Washington Gene Washington 16 1 0.1 24 24.0 1.5 0 24 15 216
David Hill David Hill 16 1 0.1 15 15.0 0.9 0 15 48 584
Jerry Golsteyn Jerry Golsteyn 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Ed O'Neil Ed O'Neil 16 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Larry Swider Larry Swider 14 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Luther Blue Luther Blue 9 1 0.1 -8 -8.0 -0.9 0 -8 9 94

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Freddie Scott Freddie Scott 14 62 4.4 929 15.0 66.4 5 50 68 950
David Hill David Hill 16 47 2.9 569 12.1 35.6 3 40 48 584
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 15 24 1.6 451 18.8 30.1 2 82 29 475
Horace King Horace King 16 18 1.1 150 8.3 9.4 0 30 57 310
Dexter Bussey Dexter Bussey 16 15 0.9 102 6.8 6.4 0 22 159 727
Gene Washington Gene Washington 16 14 0.9 192 13.7 12.0 1 29 15 216
Bo Robinson Bo Robinson 14 14 1.0 118 8.4 8.4 0 14 101 420
Rick Kane Rick Kane 16 9 0.6 104 11.6 6.5 1 36 103 436
Luther Blue Luther Blue 9 8 0.9 102 12.8 11.3 1 26 9 94
Ulysses Norris Ulysses Norris 16 4 0.3 43 10.8 2.7 1 34 4 43
Ken Callicutt Ken Callicutt 16 2 0.1 16 8.0 1.0 0 11 5 22
Russ Bolinger Russ Bolinger 16 1 0.1 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0 -1 1 -1

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Luther Bradley Luther Bradley 16 4 11 2.8 0 11
Jimmy Allen Jimmy Allen 16 4 0 0 0 0
James Hunter James Hunter 15 3 6 2 0 6
Walt Williams Walt Williams 12 2 39 19.5 1 36
Charlie Weaver Charlie Weaver 8 1 17 17 0 17

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Benny Ricardo Benny Ricardo 16 0 0 0 0 10 25 0 55
Rick Kane Rick Kane 16 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 30
Freddie Scott Freddie Scott 14 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 30
David Hill David Hill 16 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 18
Jeff Komlo Jeff Komlo 16 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12
Bo Robinson Bo Robinson 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 15 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12
Luther Blue Luther Blue 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Dexter Bussey Dexter Bussey 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Bill Gay Bill Gay 15 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Scott Hunter Scott Hunter 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Horace King Horace King 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Ulysses Norris Ulysses Norris 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Gene Washington Gene Washington 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Walt Williams Walt Williams 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Doug English Doug English 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
John Arnold John Arnold 7 23 539 23.4 0 19 164 8.6 0 27
Ken Callicutt Ken Callicutt 16 24 406 16.9 0 4 25 6.3 0 13
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 15 6 151 25.2 0 9 117 13.0 0 31
Rick Kane Rick Kane 16 13 281 21.6 0 0 0 0
Ken Ellis Ken Ellis 7 0 0 0 8 43 5.4 0 15
Tony Leonard Tony Leonard 1 3 70 23.3 0 1 7 7.0 0 7
Robert Woods Robert Woods 1 2 34 17.0 0 2 12 6.0 0 9
Horace King Horace King 16 2 36 18.0 0 0 0 0
Ken Fantetti Ken Fantetti 16 2 18 9.0 0 0 0 0
Luther Blue Luther Blue 9 1 26 26.0 0 0 0 0
Bo Robinson Bo Robinson 14 1 8 8.0 0 0 0 0
Wally Pesuit Wally Pesuit 16 0 0 0 1 5 5.0 0 5
Bill Gay Bill Gay 15 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Lewis Eddie Lewis 8 0 0 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1

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 10 18 55.6 0-0 4-4 4-4 2-8 0-2 25 26 96.2 55

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Larry Swider Larry Swider 14 88 3,523 40.0 72 0
Tom Skladany Tom Skladany 2 10 406 40.6 52 0

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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