1979 Detroit Lions

1979 Detroit Lions Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Jeff Komlo	368	183	49.7	2238	6.08	40	11	3.0	23	6.3	40	361	52.8
Scott Hunter	41	18	43.9	321	7.83	82	1	2.4	1	2.4	4	33	69.3
Joe Reed	32	14	43.8	164	5.13	50	2	6.3	1	3.1	5	27	67.7
Jerry Golsteyn	9	2	22.2	16	1.78	15	0	0.0	2	22.2	2	18	0.0
Larry Swider	1	1	100.0	36	36.00	36	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	118.8
Tom Skladany	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
TOTALS	452	218	48.2	2775	6.14	82	14	3.1	27	6.0	0	0	53.3

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Freddie Scott 62 929 15.0 5 50 David Hill 47 569 12.1 3 40 Leonard Thompson 24 451 18.8 2 82 Horace King 18 150 8.3 0 30 Dexter Bussey 15 102 6.8 0 22 Gene Washington 14 192 13.7 1 29t Bo Robinson 14 118 8.4 0 14 Rick Kane 9 104 11.6 1 36 Luther Blue 8 102 12.8 1 26 Ulysses Norris 4 43 10.8 1 34 Ken Callicutt 2 16 8.0 0 11 Russ Bolinger 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 TOTALS 218 2775 12.7 14 82

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Dexter Bussey 144 625 4.3 1 38 Rick Kane 94 332 3.5 4 26t Bo Robinson 87 302 3.5 2 29 Horace King 39 160 4.1 1 23 Jeff Komlo 30 107 3.6 2 16 Lawrence Gaines 23 55 2.4 0 6 Gene Washington 1 24 24.0 0 24 Leonard Thompson 5 24 4.8 0 16 Freddie Scott 6 21 3.5 0 18 David Hill 1 15 15.0 0 15 Joe Reed 2 11 5.5 0 11 Ken Callicutt 3 6 2.0 0 10 Scott Hunter 2 3 1.5 1 2 Jerry Golsteyn 1 0 0.0 0 0 Ed O'Neil 1 0 0.0 0 0 Larry Swider 1 0 0.0 0 0 Luther Blue 1 -8 -8.0 0 -8 TOTALS 441 1677 3.8 11 38

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg John Arnold 23 539 23.4 0 69 Ken Callicutt 24 406 16.9 0 31 Rick Kane 13 281 21.6 0 37 Leonard Thompson 6 151 25.2 0 26 Tony Leonard 3 70 23.3 0 28 Horace King 2 36 18.0 0 20 Robert Woods 2 34 17.0 0 17 Luther Blue 1 26 26.0 0 26 Ken Fantetti 2 18 9.0 0 17 Bo Robinson 1 8 8.0 0 8 William Gay 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 78 1569 20.1 0 69

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg John Arnold 19 164 8.6 4 0 27 Leonard Thompson 9 117 13.0 3 0 31 Ken Ellis 8 43 5.4 0 0 15 Ken Callicutt 4 25 6.3 4 0 13 Robert Woods 2 12 6.0 0 0 9 Tony Leonard 1 7 7.0 0 0 7 Wally Pesuit 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 Eddie Lewis 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -1 TOTALS 45 372 8.3 11 0 31

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Larry Swider	88	3523	40.0	72	7	13	0	52	435	33.5
Tom Skladany	10	406	40.6	52	0	2	0	5	5	40.1
TOTALS	98	3929	40.1	72	7	15	0	57	440	34.2

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Benny Ricardo	0/0	4/4	4/4	2/8	0/2	10/18	46	25/26	55
TOTALS	0/0	4/4	4/4	2/8	0/2	10/18	46	25/26	55

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Jimmy Allen	--	--	4	0	0.0	0	0
Luther Bradley	--	--	4	11	2.8	0	11
James Hunter	--	--	3	6	2.0	0	6
Charlie Weaver	--	--	1	17	17.0	0	17
Walt Williams	--	--	2	39	19.5	1	36t
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	14	73	5.2	1	36t

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.