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1978 Detroit Lions
Head Coach:
Monte Clark
To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
+ Primary starter
Pos
#
Player
GP
GS
Start Pos
Exp
DOB
Ht
Wt
College
DB
Jimmy Allen
14
5
03/06/1952
' "
UCLA
G
Gary Anderson
1
2
09/22/1905
' "
Stanford
DE
Al Baker
16
R
12/09/1956
' "
Colorado State
T
Karl Baldischwiler
16
R
01/19/1956
' "
Oklahoma
WR
Luther Blue
16
2
10/21/1954
' "
Iowa State
G/T
Lynn Boden
16
4
06/05/1953
' "
South Dakota State
RB
Andy Bolton
6
3
05/23/1954
' "
Fisk
DB
Luther Bradley
16
R
05/07/1955
' "
Notre Dame
C
Willie Brock
4
R
09/20/1955
' "
Colorado
DB
Mike Burns
15
2
04/06/1954
' "
Southern California
RB
Dexter Bussey
16
5
03/11/1952
' "
Texas - Arlington
RB
Ken Callicutt
13
1
08/20/1955
' "
Clemson
C/G
Karl Chandler
11
5
02/15/1952
' "
Princeton
DT/DE/T
Bill Cooke
12
4
02/26/1951
' "
Massachusetts
QB
Gary Danielson
16
3
09/10/1951
' "
Purdue
LB
Tony Daykin
16
2
05/13/1955
' "
Georgia Tech
LB
Dan Dickel
4
5
08/24/1962
' "
Iowa
G/T
Homer Elias
16
R
05/01/1955
' "
Tennessee State
DT
Doug English
14
4
08/25/1953
' "
Texas
T
Bill Fifer
8
R
10/26/1955
' "
West Texas A&M
C/G
Amos Fowler
16
R
02/11/1956
' "
Southern Mississippi
RB
Lawrence Gaines
13
2
12/15/1953
' "
Wyoming
DE
Dave Gallagher
1
4
01/02/1952
' "
Michigan
DE/DT/TE
Bill Gay
16
R
05/28/1955
' "
Southern California
DT
Dan Gray
14
R
01/29/1956
' "
Rutgers
T
Donnie Green
7
8
07/12/1948
' "
Purdue
G
Donnie Hickman
7
1
06/11/1955
' "
Southern California
TE
David Hill
16
3
01/01/1954
' "
Texas A&M - Kingsville
DB
James Hunter
9
3
03/08/1954
' "
Grambling State
WR
Ray Jarvis
2
8
02/02/1949
' "
Norfolk State (VA)
RB
Rick Kane
15
2
11/12/1954
' "
San Jose State
RB
Horace King
15
4
03/05/1953
' "
Georgia
QB
Greg Landry
5
11
12/18/1946
' "
Massachusetts
DB
Tony Leonard
3
3
02/28/1953
' "
Virginia Union
WR
Willie McGee
4
6
05/14/1950
' "
Alcorn State
C/T/G
Mike Montler
4
10
01/10/1944
' "
Colorado
LB
Paul Naumoff
15
12
07/03/1945
' "
Tennessee
T/G
Brad Oates
16
3
09/30/1953
' "
Brigham Young
LB
Ed O'Neil
16
5
09/08/1952
' "
Penn State
DB
Reggie Pinkney
13
2
05/27/1955
' "
East Carolina
DE/DT
Ernie Price
3
6
09/20/1950
' "
Texas A&M - Kingsville
DE/DT
Dave Pureifory
8
7
07/12/1949
' "
Eastern Michigan
QB
Joe Reed
1
7
01/08/1948
' "
Mississippi State
DB
Bruce Rhodes
15
2
04/17/1952
' "
San Francisco State
K
Benny Ricardo
16
2
01/04/1954
' "
San Diego State
DE
Ken Sanders
7
7
08/22/1950
' "
Howard Payne (TX)
WR
Freddie Scott
16
5
08/05/1952
' "
Amherst
P
Tom Skledany
16
1
06/29/1955
' "
Ohio State
C
John Sokolosky
11
1
04/02/1956
' "
Wayne State (MI)
DB
Tony Sumler
1
1
04/10/1956
' "
Wichita State
C
Larry Tearry
14
R
04/24/1956
' "
Wake Forest
DB
Nat Terry
4
R
07/20/1956
' "
Florida State
WR
Jesse Thompson
11
R
03/12/1956
' "
California
WR/HB
Leonard Thompson
16
4
07/28/1952
' "
Oklahoma State
LB/TE
Dave Washington
16
9
09/12/1948
' "
Alcorn State
LB
Charlie Weaver
16
8
07/12/1949
' "
Southern California
DB
Walt Williams
15
2
07/10/1954
' "
New Mexico State
DT
John Woodcock
16
3
03/19/1954
' "
Hawaii
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