1975 Detroit Lions season

The 1975 Detroit Lions season was the 46th season in franchise history. It was the first season for the Detroit Lions at the new Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium in Pontiac, a Detroit suburb, which was built specifically for the team. It was also their first ever season outside Detroit since the franchise's move and name change in 1934; its first three seasons were played in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Portsmouth Spartans. For the seventh consecutive season, the Lions finished the season in second place.

1975 Detroit Lions season
OwnerWilliam Clay Ford, Sr.
Head coachRick Forzano
Home fieldPontiac Metropolitan Stadium
Results
Record7–7
Division place2nd NFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify

NFL Draft
Main article: 1975 NFL Draft
1975 Detroit Lions draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 13 Lynn Boden  G South Dakota State
2 38 Doug English *  DT Texas
4 94 Craig Hertwig  OT Georgia
6 138 Fred Cooper  DB Purdue from New Orleans
6 141 Horace King  RB Georgia from New England
6 144 Dennis Franklin  WR Michigan
7 169 Mike Murphy  WR Drake
8 194 Leonard Thompson  RB Oklahoma State
9 219 Steve Strinko  LB Michigan
10 250 Brad Boyd  TE LSU
11 275 Steve Myers  G Ohio State
12 300 Andre Roundtree  LB Iowa State
13 325 James Smith  RB North Carolina Central
14 350 Jim McMillan  QB Widener
15 375 Rudy Green  RB Yale
16 406 Les Chaves  DB Kansas State
17 431 Mark Lancaster  G Tulsa
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Notes

  • Detroit traded its third-round pick (91st) to Minnesota in exchange for S Charlie West.
  • Detroit traded its fifth-round pick (119th) to Cleveland in exchange for CB Ben Davis.
  • Detroit traded TE Dave Thompson and its first-round pick (13th) in 1974 to New Orleans in exchange for the Saints' first-round pick (8th) in 1974 and sixth-round pick (138th) in this draft.
  • Detroit traded FB Leon Crosswhite to New England in exchange for the Patriots' sixth-round pick (141st) and eighth-round pick in 1976.
  • Detroit traded LB Jim Teal to Los Angeles in exchange for the Rams' ninth-round pick (229th), and then traded this pick to Denver in exchange for CB Leroy Mitchell.

Roster
Detroit Lions roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

  • 30 Jim Hooks FB

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

 Offensive Linemen
  • 60 R. W. Hicks C

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

 Reserve Lists

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 21 at Green Bay Packers W 30–16
52,613
2 September 28 at Atlanta Falcons W 17–14
45,218
3 October 6 Dallas Cowboys L 36–10
79,384
4 October 12 Chicago Bears W 27–7
74,032
5 October 19 at Minnesota Vikings L 25–19
47,872
6 October 26 at Houston Oilers L 24–8
46,904
7 November 2 at San Francisco 49ers W 28–17
43,209
8 November 9 Cleveland Browns W 21–10
75,283
9 November 16 Green Bay Packers W 13–10
76,946
10 November 23 at Kansas City Chiefs L 24–21 OT
55,161
11 November 27 Los Angeles Rams L 20–0
69,552
12 December 7 at Chicago Bears L 25–21
37,772
13 December 14 Minnesota Vikings W 17–10
73,130
14 December 21 St. Louis Cardinals L 24–13
64,656

Week 2
1 234Total
• Lions 0 737 17
Falcons 0 770 14

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Standings
NFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Minnesota Vikings(1) 12 2 0 .857 5–1 8–2 377 180 W1
Detroit Lions 7 7 0 .500 4–2 6–5 245 262 L1
Chicago Bears 4 10 0 .286 2–4 4–7 191 379 W1
Green Bay Packers 4 10 0 .286 1–5 4–7 226 285 W1

References
  1. Pro-Football-Reference.com
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