1976 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Hudspeth (5-5)
Coach: Rick Forzano (1-3)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1976 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Hudspeth (5-5)
Coach: Rick Forzano (1-3)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1976 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Detroit scored 262 points, while the defense allowed 220. Dexter Bussey rushed for a team-leading 858 yards for the Lions, and Lawrence Gaines additionally aided the ground game.
Greg Landry tossed for 2,191 yards. Ray Jarvis topped pass catchers, hauling in 39 balls for 822 yards, while Charlie Sanders was targeted regularly also.
James Hunter picked off 7 opponent throws.
Tommy Hudspeth and Rick Forzano coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Landry | 291 | 168 | 57.7 | 2191 | 7.5 | 17 | 5.8 | 8 | 2.7 | 74 | 55 | 397 | 89.6 |
| Joe Reed | 62 | 32 | 51.6 | 425 | 6.9 | 3 | 4.8 | 3 | 4.8 | 57 | 12 | 93 | 69.6 |
| Herman Weaver | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 |
| David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 356 | 201 | 56.5 | 2630 | 7.4 | 20 | 5.6 | 12 | 3.4 | 74 | 67 | 490 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Bussey | 196 | 858 | 4.4 | 46 | 3 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 155 | 659 | 4.3 | 26 | 4 |
| Horace King | 93 | 325 | 3.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Greg Landry | 43 | 234 | 5.4 | 28 | 1 |
| Joe Reed | 11 | 63 | 5.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Bobby Thompson | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Andy Bolton | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Herman Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 516 | 2213 | 4.3 | 46 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Jarvis | 39 | 822 | 21.1 | 74 | 5 |
| Charlie Sanders | 35 | 545 | 15.6 | 36 | 5 |
| Dexter Bussey | 28 | 218 | 7.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 23 | 130 | 5.7 | 24 | 1 |
| Horace King | 21 | 163 | 7.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 20 | 293 | 14.6 | 28 | 3 |
| David Hill | 19 | 249 | 13.1 | 24 | 5 |
| Bobby Thompson | 10 | 108 | 10.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Ed O'Neil | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 1 |
| Dennis Franklin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| J.D. Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 201 | 2630 | 13.1 | 74 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Ricardo | 21 | 19 | 90.5 | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 49 |
| Errol Mann | 10 | 9 | 90.0 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 21 |
| Totals | 31 | 28 | 90.3 | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 70 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Weaver | 83 | 3280 | 39.5 | 69 |
| Benny Ricardo | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 |
| Totals | 84 | 3296 | 39.2 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 23 | 191 | 8.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Charlie West | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| James Hunter | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Garth Napel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 207 | 6.7 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thompson | 22 | 431 | 19.6 | 59 | 0 |
| James Hunter | 14 | 375 | 26.8 | 84 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Horace King | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ken Long | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 47 | 987 | 21.0 | 84 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Hunter | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 39 | 1 |
| Levi Johnson | 6 | 206 | 34.3 | 76 | 1 |
| Lem Barney | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Charlie Weaver | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Laslavic | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Jauron | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed O'Neil | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Hand | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 445 | 18.5 | 76 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Laslavic | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Sanders | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Landry | 5 | 2 | -12 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Price | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie West | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Weaver | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug English | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Hill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lem Barney | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Gaines | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Hunter | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Tyler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny Ricardo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Levi Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garth Napel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kowalkowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herman Weaver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Jarvis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Craig Hertwig | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Picard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Markovich | 1 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Horace King | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 38 | 31 | -19 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Benny Ricardo | 10 | 19 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
| David Hill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Charlie Sanders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Ray Jarvis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Errol Mann | 4 | 9 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Larry Walton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Greg Landry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| James Hunter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Ed O'Neil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Lem Barney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Levi Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 262 |
