1974 Detroit Lions season

The 1974 Detroit Lions season was the 45th season in franchise history. It was the Lions' final season playing at Tiger Stadium; the team moved to the Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium[1] the following season and played home games there until the end of their 2001 season. Prior to the start of training camp, tragedy would strike the Lions, as head coach Don McCafferty died of a heart attack at age 53. He was replaced by Lions assistant Rick Forzano, who guided the Lions to a 7–7 record in their final season at Tiger Stadium. This would also be the last season until 2011 when Monday Night Football aired in the city of Detroit as a result of the Lions playing in Pontiac from 1975 to 2001, followed by subpar seasons while playing home games at Ford Field during its first eight years.

1974 Detroit Lions season
Head coachRick Forzano
OwnerWilliam Clay Ford, Sr.
Home fieldTiger Stadium
Results
Record7–7
Division place2nd NFC Central
Playoff finishdid not qualify

Draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool
18Ed O'NeilLinebackerPenn State

Roster
Detroit Lions roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

  • 30 Jim Hooks FB

Wide Receivers

  • 86 Bob Pickard

Tight Ends

 Offensive Linemen
  • 61 Fred Rothwell C

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

  • 39 Bill Frohbose
  • 21 Jim Thrower

Special Teams

 Reserve Lists
  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 15 at Chicago Bears L 17–9
48,134
2 September 22 Minnesota Vikings L 7–6
49,703
3 September 29 at Green Bay Packers L 21–19
47,292
4 October 6 at Los Angeles Rams L 16–13
64,987
5 October 14 San Francisco 49ers W 17–13
45,199
6 October 20 at Minnesota Vikings W 20–16
47,807
7 October 27 Green Bay Packers W 19–17
51,775
8 November 3 New Orleans Saints W 19–14
43,256
9 November 10 at Oakland Raiders L 35–13
51,973
10 November 17 New York Giants W 20–19
40,431
11 November 24 Chicago Bears W 34–17
40,930
12 November 28 Denver Broncos L 31–27
51,157
13 December 8 at Cincinnati Bengals W 23–19
45,159
14 December 15 at Philadelphia Eagles L 28–17
57,157

Game summaries

Week 7
1 234Total
Packers 0 737 17
• Lions 3 673 19

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Week 8
1 234Total
Saints 0 1400 14
• Lions 10 603 19

[3]

Standings
NFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Minnesota Vikings 10 4 0 .714 4–2 8–3 310 195 W3
Detroit Lions 7 7 0 .500 3–3 6–5 256 270 L1
Green Bay Packers 6 8 0 .429 3–3 4–7 210 206 L3
Chicago Bears 4 10 0 .286 2–4 4–7 152 279 L2

Awards and records

See also

References
  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1988&dat=19761028&id=jk8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S6wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1373,4798352&hl=en
  2. Pro-Football-Reference.com
  3. Pro-Football-Reference.com
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