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1978 Detroit Lions Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1978 Detroit Lions.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Gary DanielsonG. Danielson	351	199	56.7	2,294	6.5	18	5.1	17	4.8	47	25	237	73.5
Greg LandryG. Landry	77	48	62.3	452	5.9	1	1.3	1	1.3	20	21	205	77.4
Horace KingH. King	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	2	0.0
Tom SkladanyT. Skladany	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Detroit	429	247	57.6	2,746	6.4	19	4.4	18	4.2	47	47	444	74.0
Opponents	350	191	54.6	2,781	7.9	19	5.4	22	6.3	61	55	482	72.6

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Dexter BusseyD. Bussey	16	225	924	4.11	57.8	36	5
Horace KingH. King	15	155	660	4.26	44.0	75t	4
Lawrence GainesL. Gaines	13	54	178	3.30	13.7	12	1
Rick KaneR. Kane	15	44	153	3.48	10.2	19	2
Gary DanielsonG. Danielson	16	22	93	4.23	5.8	25	0
Freddie ScottF. Scott	16	4	53	13.25	3.3	36	0
Greg LandryG. Landry	5	5	29	5.80	5.8	19	0
Ed O'NeilE. O'Neil	16	1	25	25.00	1.6	25	0
David HillD. Hill	16	3	12	4.00	0.8	13	0
Luther BlueL. Blue	16	5	9	1.80	0.6	10	0
Tony DaykinT. Daykin	16	1	8	8.00	0.5	8	0
Jesse ThompsonJ. Thompson	11	2	7	3.50	0.6	10	0
Leonard ThompsonL. Thompson	16	1	7	7.00	0.4	7	0
Andy BoltonA. Bolton	6	2	5	2.50	0.8	3	0
Joe ReedJ. Reed	1	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
Detroit	16	525	2,163	4.12	135.2	75t	12
Opponents	16	565	2,184	3.87	136.5	76t	18

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
David HillD. Hill	16	53	633	11.94	39.6	32	4
Horace KingH. King	15	48	396	8.25	26.4	34t	2
Freddie ScottF. Scott	16	37	564	15.24	35.2	47	2
Luther BlueL. Blue	16	31	350	11.29	21.9	26	2
Dexter BusseyD. Bussey	16	31	275	8.87	17.2	18t	1
Jesse ThompsonJ. Thompson	11	18	175	9.72	15.9	21	4
Rick KaneR. Kane	15	16	161	10.06	10.7	26	0
Leonard ThompsonL. Thompson	16	10	167	16.70	10.4	45t	4
Lawrence GainesL. Gaines	13	2	16	8.00	1.2	9	0
Ray JarvisR. Jarvis	2	1	9	9.00	4.5	9	0
Detroit	16	247	2,746	11.12	171.6	47	19
Opponents	16	191	2,781	14.56	173.8	61	19

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Jesse ThompsonJ. Thompson	14	346	24.71	0	42	0
Leonard ThompsonL. Thompson	8	207	25.88	0	31	0
Luther BlueL. Blue	7	170	24.29	0	60	0
Rick KaneR. Kane	8	156	19.50	0	27	0
Nat TerryN. Terry	7	145	20.71	0	30	0
Freddie ScottF. Scott	3	72	24.00	0	29	0
James HunterJ. Hunter	1	21	21.00	0	21	0
Ken CallicuttK. Callicutt	2	12	6.00	0	10	0
Willie McGeeW. McGee	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Detroit	51	1,129	22.14	0	60	0
Opponents	69	1,424	20.64	0	77	0

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Jesse ThompsonJ. Thompson	16	161	10.06	2	35	0
Tony LeonardT. Leonard	10	114	11.40	0	24	0
Luther BlueL. Blue	7	59	8.43	7	15	0
Freddie ScottF. Scott	8	55	6.88	1	15	0
James HunterJ. Hunter	2	21	10.50	0	19	0
Leonard ThompsonL. Thompson	3	19	6.33	1	9	0
Walt WilliamsW. Williams	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
Detroit	47	430	9.15	11	35	0
Opponents	54	467	8.65	8	49	0

Punting

	Punting								Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds	TD
Tom SkladanyT. Skladany	86	3,654	42.5	63	7	19	1	35.0	54	467	--
Detroit	86	3,654	42.5	63	7	19	1	35.0	54	467	--
Opponents	87	3,500	40.2	59	0	0	0	35.3	47	430	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Benny RicardoB. Ricardo	32/33	20/28	3/3	7/7	6/8	4/9	0/1	48	92
Detroit	32/33	20/28	3/3	7/7	6/8	4/9	0/1	48	92
Opponents	38/39	8/13	0/0	5/5	1/3	2/4	0/1	49	62

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Jimmy AllenJ. Allen	5	70	14.00	27	0	--	--
Luther BradleyL. Bradley	3	85	28.33	76t	1	--	--
Mike BurnsM. Burns	1	0	0.00	0	0	--	--
James HunterJ. Hunter	2	-4	-2.00	0	0	--	--
Paul NaumoffP. Naumoff	1	12	12.00	12	0	--	--
Ed O'NeilE. O'Neil	4	49	12.25	31	0	--	--
Reggie PinkneyR. Pinkney	1	22	22.00	22	0	--	--
Bruce RhodesB. Rhodes	1	24	24.00	24	0	--	--
Charlie WeaverC. Weaver	3	32	10.67	22	0	--	--
Walt WilliamsW. Williams	1	2	2.00	2	0	--	--
Detroit	22	292	13.27	76t	1	--	--
Opponents	18	75	4.17	23	0	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Benny RicardoB. Ricardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32/33	20/28	0	0	92
Dexter BusseyD. Bussey	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	36
Horace KingH. King	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	36
David HillD. Hill	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Jesse ThompsonJ. Thompson	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Leonard ThompsonL. Thompson	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Luther BlueL. Blue	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Rick KaneR. Kane	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Freddie ScottF. Scott	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Jimmy AllenJ. Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Luther BradleyL. Bradley	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Lawrence GainesL. Gaines	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Gary DanielsonG. Danielson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
Greg LandryG. Landry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
Detroit	33	12	19	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	32/33	20/28	0	0	290

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