1975 Detroit Lions season

1975 Detroit Lions season
Head coach	Rick Forzano
Owner	William Clay Ford, Sr.
Home field	Pontiac Silverdome
Results
Record	7–7
Division place	2nd NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

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

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 21, 1975	at Green Bay Packers	W 30–16	52,613
2	September 28, 1975	at Atlanta Falcons	W 17–14	45,218
3	October 6, 1975	Dallas Cowboys	L 36–10	79,384
4	October 12, 1975	Chicago Bears	W 27–7	74,032
5	October 19, 1975	at Minnesota Vikings	L 25–19	47,872
6	October 26, 1975	at Houston Oilers	L 24–8	46,904
7	November 2, 1975	at San Francisco 49ers	W 28–17	43,209
8	November 9, 1975	Cleveland Browns	W 21–10	75,283
9	November 16, 1975	Green Bay Packers	W 13–10	76,946
10	November 23, 1975	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 24–21 OT	55,161
11	November 27, 1975	Los Angeles Rams	L 20–0	69,552
12	December 7, 1975	at Chicago Bears	L 25–21	37,772
13	December 14, 1975	Minnesota Vikings	W 17–10	73,130
14	December 21, 1975	St. Louis Cardinals	L 24–13	64,656

Game summaries

Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Lions	0	7	3	7	17
Falcons	0	7	7	0	14

Date: September 28
Location: Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 62°F, Wind 9

Scoring summary

2	ATL	Haskel Stanback 17 yard run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)	Falcons 7–0

2	DET	Horace King 5 yard run (Errol Mann kick)	Tie 7–7

3	ATL	Gerald Tinker 26 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)	Falcons 14–7

3	DET	Errol Mann 29 yard field goal	Falcons 14–10

4	DET	Altie Taylor 1 yard run (Errol Mann kick)	Lions 17–14

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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

Roster

Detroit Lions roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

81 John McMakin

88 Charlie Sanders

Offensive Linemen

66 Bob Kowalkowski G

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

52 Jim Laslavic

55 Ed O'Neil

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Reserve Lists

Currently vacant

Rookies in italics

References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com

Detroit Lions

Founded in 1930 Formerly the Portsmouth Spartans (1930–1933) Based in Detroit, Michigan Headquartered in Allen Park, Michigan

Franchise	Franchise Team history Seasons Players First-round draft picks Starting quarterbacks Coaches

Stadiums	Universal Stadium University of Detroit Stadium Tiger Stadium Pontiac Silverdome Ford Field

Culture	NFL on Thanksgiving Day Paper Lion (film) "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye song) Home Improvement Cheerleaders

Lore	1932 Playoff Game Curse of Bobby Layne Mike Utley gives a thumbs up Marty Mornhinweg takes the wind "Fire Millen" 0–16 "Calvin Johnson rule" Miracle in Motown

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings

Notable people	William Clay & Martha Firestone Ford Barry Sanders Bobby Layne Glenn Presnell

Division championships (4)	1935 1983 1991 1993

Conference championships (4)	1952 1953 1954 1957

League championships (4)	1935 1952 1953 1957

Broadcasters	Radio: Radio network Dan Miller Jim Brandstatter Tony Ortiz WJR TV: Television network Matt Shepard Chris Spielman Jennifer Hammond WJBK Fox Sports Detroit

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (87)	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Portsmouth Spartans–Detroit Lions seasons

Portsmouth Spartans 1930 1931 1932 1933 Detroit 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1975 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets			Washington

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