1978 Detroit Lions

1978 Detroit Lions Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Gary Danielson	351	199	56.7	2294	6.54	47	18	5.1	17	4.8	25	237	73.5
Greg Landry	77	48	62.3	452	5.87	20	1	1.3	1	1.3	21	205	77.4
Tom Skladany	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Horace King	0	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	2	0.0
TOTALS	429	247	57.6	2746	6.40	47	19	4.4	18	4.2	0	0	74.0

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg David Hill 53 633 11.9 4 32 Horace King 48 396 8.3 2 34 Freddie Scott 37 564 15.2 2 47 Luther Blue 31 350 11.3 2 26 Dexter Bussey 31 275 8.9 1 18t Jesse Thompson 18 175 9.7 4 21 Rick Kane 16 161 10.1 0 26 Leonard Thompson 10 167 16.7 4 45t Lawrence Gaines 2 16 8.0 0 9 Ray Jarvis 1 9 9.0 0 9 TOTALS 247 2746 11.1 19 47

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Dexter Bussey 225 924 4.1 5 36 Horace King 155 660 4.3 4 75t Lawrence Gaines 54 178 3.3 1 12 Rick Kane 44 153 3.5 2 19 Gary Danielson 22 93 4.2 0 25 Freddie Scott 4 53 13.3 0 36 Greg Landry 5 29 5.8 0 19 Ed O'Neil 1 25 25.0 0 25 David Hill 3 12 4.0 0 13 Luther Blue 5 9 1.8 0 10 Tony Daykin 1 8 8.0 0 8 Leonard Thompson 1 7 7.0 0 7 Jesse Thompson 2 7 3.5 0 10 Andy Bolton 2 5 2.5 0 3 Joe Reed 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 525 2163 4.1 12 75t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Jesse Thompson 14 346 24.7 0 42 Leonard Thompson 8 207 25.9 0 31 Luther Blue 7 170 24.3 0 60 Rick Kane 8 156 19.5 0 27 Nat Terry 7 145 20.7 0 30 Freddie Scott 3 72 24.0 0 29 James Hunter 1 21 21.0 0 21 Ken Callicutt 2 12 6.0 0 10 Willie McGee 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 51 1129 22.1 0 60

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Jesse Thompson 16 161 10.1 2 0 35 Tony Leonard 10 114 11.4 0 0 24 Luther Blue 7 59 8.4 7 0 15 Freddie Scott 8 55 6.9 1 0 15 James Hunter 2 21 10.5 0 0 19 Leonard Thompson 3 19 6.3 1 0 9 Walt Williams 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 TOTALS 47 430 9.1 11 0 35

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Tom Skladany	86	3654	42.5	63	7	19	1	54	467	35.0
TOTALS	86	3654	42.5	63	7	19	1	54	467	35.0

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Benny Ricardo	3/3	7/7	6/8	4/9	0/1	20/28	48	32/33	92
TOTALS	3/3	7/7	6/8	4/9	0/1	20/28	48	32/33	92

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Jimmy Allen	--	--	5	70	14.0	0	27
Luther Bradley	--	--	3	85	28.3	1	76t
Mike Burns	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
James Hunter	--	--	2	-4	-2.0	0	0
Paul Naumoff	--	--	1	12	12.0	0	12
Ed O'Neil	--	--	4	49	12.3	0	31
Reggie Pinkney	--	--	1	22	22.0	0	22
Bruce Rhodes	--	--	1	24	24.0	0	24
Charlie Weaver	--	--	3	32	10.7	0	22
Walt Williams	--	--	1	2	2.0	0	2
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	22	292	13.3	1	76t

FBI: Man threatened to bomb Bengals' stadium
Detroit News | November 22, 2008
CINCINNATI -- FBI officials said Friday they arrested a man who allegedly threatened to blow up the Cincinnati Bengals' stadium and other area landmarks.

Bankruptcy records detail Vick's lavish spending
Detroit News | November 22, 2008
RICHMOND, Va. -- Michael Vick was once the NFL's highest-paid player, and he spent like it.

NFL commish worries economy will sting revenue next season
Detroit News | November 22, 2008
NEW YORK -- As much as NFL teams are feeling a financial squeeze already, commissioner Roger Goodell fears the economic downturn really could hit the league in early 2009, when tickets for next season go on sale.