Week 3, 1975

played in Los Angeles, CA

57 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Detroit Lions	0	7	14	3	-	24
Los Angeles Rams	7	0	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:29 LAS - Freddie Solomon 74 pass from Ron Jaworski (Toni Linhart extra point)
2Q: 03:55 DET - Lamont Marrow 18 pass from Bill Demory (Mercury Tchaikovski extra point)
3Q: 09:19 DET - Charlie Sanders 16 pass from Bill Demory (Mercury Tchaikovski extra point)
3Q: 01:39 DET - Jess Phillips 3 run (Mercury Tchaikovski extra point)
4Q: 02:22 DET - Mercury Tchaikovski 35 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:29 LAS - Freddie Solomon 74 pass from Ron Jaworski (Toni Linhart extra point)
2Q: 03:55 DET - Lamont Marrow 18 pass from Bill Demory (Mercury Tchaikovski extra point)
3Q: 09:19 DET - Charlie Sanders 16 pass from Bill Demory (Mercury Tchaikovski extra point)
3Q: 01:39 DET - Jess Phillips 3 run (Mercury Tchaikovski extra point)
4Q: 02:22 DET - Mercury Tchaikovski 35 field goal

Team Statistics DET LAS
Record 1-2 1-2
First Downs 18 17
- by Rushing 9 1
- by Passing 8 14
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 329 292
- Offensive Plays 62 66
- Yards per Play 5.31 4.42
Net Rushing Yards 163 58
- Rushing Attempts 32 12
- Yards per Rush 5.09 4.83
Net Passing Yards 166 234
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 22 - 0 52 - 25 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 180 250
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/14 2/16
- Yards per Pass Play 5.53 4.33
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/16 9/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.4 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 3/24 6/40
Punt Returns/Yards 1/-2 6/67
Kick Returns/Yards 1/20 4/130
Interception Ret./Yards 3/11 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 34
Time of Possession 34:23 25:37

Team Statistics	DET	LAS
Record	1-2	1-2
First Downs	18	17
- by Rushing	9	1
- by Passing	8	14
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	329	292
- Offensive Plays	62	66
- Yards per Play	5.31	4.42
Net Rushing Yards	163	58
- Rushing Attempts	32	12
- Yards per Rush	5.09	4.83
Net Passing Yards	166	234
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 22 - 0	52 - 25 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	180	250
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/14	2/16
- Yards per Pass Play	5.53	4.33
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/16	9/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.4	6.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	3/24	6/40
Punt Returns/Yards	1/-2	6/67
Kick Returns/Yards	1/20	4/130
Interception Ret./Yards	3/11	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 34
Time of Possession	34:23	25:37

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:53	4:32	OWN 20	8	26	Punt
1	5:11	1:49	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
1	1:36	1:46	OWN 17	3	8	Punt
2	13:48	1:57	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	8:51	5:02	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
2	0:10	0:10	OWN 33	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	5:46	OWN 25	10	75	Touchdown
3	4:29	2:58	OWN 20	5	80	Touchdown
4	13:28	1:26	OWN 31	3	5	Punt
4	9:43	4:52	OWN 6	7	26	Punt
4	4:35	2:18	OPP 26	3	8	Field Goal
4	1:03	0:36	OWN 35	3	8	Punt

Los Angeles Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:07	OWN 48	3	1	Punt
1	8:21	3:10	OWN 18	6	82	Touchdown
1	3:22	1:46	OWN 27	5	16	Punt
2	14:50	1:02	OWN 46	3	-1	Punt
2	11:51	3:00	OWN 46	5	14	Punt
2	3:49	3:39	OWN 20	13	54	Interception
3	9:14	4:45	OWN 27	10	34	Punt
3	1:31	3:03	OWN 35	6	27	Interception
4	12:02	2:19	OWN 39	6	20	Punt
4	4:51	0:16	OWN 27	1	-5	Interception
4	2:17	1:14	OPP 48	7	13	Downs
4	0:27	0:27	OWN 26	2	21	Game

Game MVP: Bill Demory, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Carlos Spencer	16	80	5.00	39	2	0
Jess Phillips	14	77	5.50	20	3	1
Bill Demory	2	6	3.00	8	0	0

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Lawrence McCutcheon	7	31	4.43	10	1
Dexter Bussey	4	21	5.25	10	1
Roland Harper	1	6	6.00	6	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bill Demory	28	22	180	2/14	2	20	0	117.2

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ron Jaworski	52	25	250	2/16	1	74	3	44.5

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Wally Francis	5	5	32	6.40	0	15	0
RB Jess Phillips	5	5	32	6.40	13	9	0
WR Lamont Marrow	4	5	33	8.25	2	18	1
TE Charlie Sanders	3	3	32	10.67	9	16	1
WR Frank Lewis	2	3	20	10.00	9	15	0
WR Jack Dolbin	2	5	25	12.50	4	20	0
TE Earl Thomas	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0

Los Angeles	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Speedy Thomas	6	13	38	6.33	3	10	0
WR Mike Rengel	5	9	45	9.00	0	12	0
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	4	8	24	6.00	6	11	0
RB Dexter Bussey	3	5	22	7.33	3	11	0
WR Freddie Solomon	3	7	86	28.67	50	74	1
WR Steve Holden	2	6	27	13.50	2	14	0
TE Chuck Naretta	1	2	2	2.00	2	2	0
FB Roland Harper	1	1	6	6.00	1	6	0
TE John Sawyer	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Mel Phillips	2	9	4.50	0
CB Skip Thomas	1	2	2.00	0

Los Angeles	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jess Phillips	1	0	0
Lamont Marrow	0	1	0
Paul Howard	0	0	1
Tim Rossovich	0	0	1

Los Angeles	Fumb	Recov	Force
Dave Elmendorf	1	0	1
Ron Jaworski	1	0	0
Lawrence McCutcheon	0	1	0
Roland Harper	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeff West	7	301	43.0	33.4	54	3

Los Angeles	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rickey Jarrell	6	258	43.0	30.0	55	2

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mercury Tchaikovski	1/1	0/0	0/0	35	3/3

Los Angeles	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Toni Linhart	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lem Barney	1	-2	-2.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Freddie Solomon	5	56	11.2	0
Dave Elmendorf	1	11	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Charlie West	1	20	20.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Glenn Buchanan	4	130	32.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Mel Phillips	5	5	0.0	11	53
OLB Ed O'Neil	4	0	0.0	12	47
DE Sherman White	4	0	0.0	12	52
S Doug Wyatt	3	3	0.0	9	49
OLB Charlie Weaver	3	2	0.0	9	51
CB Lem Barney	3	0	0.0	11	53
CB Skip Thomas	3	0	0.0	12	51
S Charlie West	3	0	0.0	10	47
DE Tim Rossovich	2	2	2.0	10	53
DT Herb Orvis	2	1	0.0	11	52
S Chuck Crist	2	0	0.0	5	23
DT Mike Tilleman	2	0	0.0	8	25
OLB Mike Varty	1	0	0.0	3	6

Los Angeles	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Dave Elmendorf	13	2	0.0	32	29
ILB Jeff Siemon	9	1	0.0	32	30
OLB Jim Youngblood	6	4	1.0	30	27
OLB Rick Middleton	5	0	0.0	27	27
S Glenn Buchanan	4	0	0.0	25	25
ILB Ray White	3	1	0.0	15	8
DE Jack Youngblood	3	0	0.0	29	28
CB Steve Tannen	2	1	0.0	23	27
CB Mike Bass	2	0	0.0	28	27
DT Bob Hoskins	1	0	1.0	3	1
S Jimmy Allen	1	0	0.0	5	5
RB Dexter Bussey	1	0	---	---	---
CB Delles Howell	1	0	0.0	23	21
OLB Jeff Staggs	1	0	0.0	5	6
DT Art Thoms	1	0	0.0	28	28
WR Mike Rengel	1	0	---	---	---
WR Freddie Solomon	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Tim Rossovich	2.0	0	2	1	53
DE Sherman White	0.0	1	2	1	52
OLB Ed O'Neil	0.0	1	0	0	47
DT Herb Orvis	0.0	0	4	0	52
S Mel Phillips	0.0	0	1	0	53

Los Angeles	Sack	Block	PPlay
DT Bob Hoskins	1.0	0	1
OLB Jim Youngblood	1.0	0	27
DT Art Thoms	0.0	1	28

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Ed O'Neil	4	0	0	47
CB Lem Barney	3	4	0	53
CB Skip Thomas	3	3	1	51
S Doug Wyatt	3	1	0	49
OLB Charlie Weaver	3	0	0	51
S Charlie West	3	0	0	47
S Mel Phillips	2	2	2	53
S Chuck Crist	1	2	0	23
DT Herb Orvis	1	0	0	52
OLB Mike Varty	1	0	0	6
DE Sherman White	1	0	0	52

Los Angeles	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Dave Elmendorf	6	1	29
CB Steve Tannen	3	1	27
CB Mike Bass	2	0	27
OLB Rick Middleton	2	0	27
ILB Jeff Siemon	2	0	30
S Glenn Buchanan	2	0	25
S Jimmy Allen	1	1	5
CB Delles Howell	1	1	21
OLB Jeff Staggs	1	0	6
DE Jack Youngblood	1	0	28
OLB Jim Youngblood	1	0	27

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
John Didion	3	8	0	22	1	21
Sam Adams	3	5	0	26	0	18
Paul Howard	2	4	0	20	0	12
Emmanuel Zanders	1	2	0	12	0	18
Eddie Ray	1	1	1	18	0	10
Charlie Sanders	1	1	0	30	0	27
Don Morrison	0	6	0	30	0	25
Ronnie Carroll	0	3	0	31	1	22

Los Angeles	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Hardy Dillon	3	4	1	9	1	37
Bob McKay	1	2	0	11	1	52
Gerry Sullivan	1	1	0	4	0	18
Al Speer	1	1	0	3	0	7
Sam Rohde	0	2	0	7	0	33
Harris Richardson	0	1	0	3	0	7
John Sawyer	0	1	0	4	0	15

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Jess Phillips	2	20
Jack Dolbin	2	17
Earl Thomas	2	15
Tom Hayes	2	14
Paul Howard	1	8
Wally Francis	1	7

Los Angeles	Tackles	STPlays
Dexter Bussey	1	13
Steve Holden	1	9

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Lem Barney	---	---	11	53	7	71
Mel Phillips	---	---	11	53	---	64
Skip Thomas	---	---	12	51	1	64
Sherman White	---	---	12	52	---	64
Doug Wyatt	---	---	9	49	6	64
Herb Orvis	---	---	11	52	---	63
Tim Rossovich	---	---	10	53	---	63
Charlie Sanders	30	27	---	---	6	63
Bill Demory	32	30	---	---	---	62
Charlie Weaver	---	---	9	51	---	60
Ed O'Neil	---	---	12	47	---	59
Charlie West	---	---	10	47	2	59
Jess Phillips	15	21	---	---	20	56
Don Morrison	30	25	---	---	---	55
Jack Dolbin	19	19	---	---	17	55
Ronnie Carroll	31	22	---	---	---	53
Wally Francis	24	21	---	---	7	52
John Didion	22	21	---	---	6	49
Sam Adams	26	18	---	---	---	44
Eddie Ray	18	10	---	---	15	43
Paul Howard	20	12	---	---	8	40
Lamont Marrow	20	18	---	---	---	38
Chuck Crist	---	---	5	23	9	37
Frank Lewis	12	15	---	---	9	36
Emmanuel Zanders	12	18	---	---	4	34
Mike Tilleman	---	---	8	25	---	33
Larry Ball	---	---	4	8	19	31
Earl Thomas	5	10	---	---	15	30
Tom Luken	7	12	---	---	8	27
Carlos Spencer	17	9	---	---	1	27
Dan Neal	10	9	---	---	5	24
Paul Fersen	2	13	---	---	8	23
Tom Hayes	---	---	0	5	14	19
Greg Wojcik	---	---	3	6	6	15
Mike Varty	---	---	3	6	5	14
Roger Stillwell	---	---	1	2	6	9
Bob Pollard	---	---	1	7	---	8
Jeff West	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mercury Tchaikovski	0	0	---	---	6	6
Johnnie Gray	---	---	0	0	6	6
Merv Krakau	---	---	0	2	2	4
Eugene Johnstone	---	---	0	0	4	4
Bill Gergory	---	---	0	2	---	2
Gary Marangi	0	0	---	---	1	1
Tom Neville	0	0	---	---	1	1
Charles Swift	0	0	---	---	---	0

Los Angeles	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Jaworski	12	54	---	---	---	66
Speedy Thomas	8	44	---	---	14	66
Dave Elmendorf	---	---	32	29	3	64
Bob McKay	11	52	---	---	1	64
Jeff Siemon	---	---	32	30	2	64
Harvey Martin	---	---	29	29	3	61
Mike Bass	---	---	28	27	3	58
Art Thoms	---	---	28	28	2	58
Jack Youngblood	---	---	29	28	1	58
Jim Youngblood	---	---	30	27	1	58
Rick Middleton	---	---	27	27	3	57
Bob Van Duyne	9	47	---	---	---	56
Jim Sexton	9	47	---	---	---	56
Glenn Buchanan	---	---	25	25	5	55
Mike Rengel	7	42	---	---	5	54
Steve Tannen	---	---	23	27	2	52
Delles Howell	---	---	23	21	6	50
Lawrence McCutcheon	7	41	---	---	2	50
Hardy Dillon	9	37	---	---	---	46
Freddie Solomon	10	31	---	---	5	46
Sam Rohde	7	33	---	---	5	45
Steve Holden	5	30	---	---	9	44
Chuck Naretta	7	20	---	---	13	40
Roland Harper	5	18	---	---	14	37
Dexter Bussey	5	18	---	---	13	36
Daryl White	5	22	---	---	6	33
Ray White	---	---	15	8	6	29
Gerry Sullivan	4	18	---	---	6	28
John Sawyer	4	15	---	---	7	26
Cleo Miller	2	11	---	---	10	23
Jeff Staggs	---	---	5	6	12	23
Anttaj Johnson	---	---	10	5	6	21
Tyrone Anthony	---	---	1	1	18	20
Jimmy Allen	---	---	5	5	7	17
Harris Richardson	3	7	---	---	6	16
Al Speer	3	7	---	---	6	16
Broderick Ours	---	---	4	3	7	14
Bernie Sims	---	---	0	1	6	7
Bob Hoskins	---	---	3	1	2	6
Chad Brownback	---	---	0	0	6	6
Rickey Jarrell	0	0	---	---	6	6
Vern Den Herder	---	---	3	2	---	5
Toni Linhart	0	0	---	---	2	2
Greg Landry	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dan Pastorini	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mark Washington	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	37	6.2
Middle	15	66	4.4
Right	10	62	6.2
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	4	4.0
Middle	9	47	5.2
Right	2	7	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bill Demory	28	22	1	1	0	4	0	0	0

Los Angeles	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ron Jaworski	52	25	1	0	1	12	9	2	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	13	4.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	14	87	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	80	8.9
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	4	18	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	11	60	3.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	22	9	98	4.5
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	74	12.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Wally Francis	5	5	32	0	21
RB Jess Phillips	5	5	32	0	21
WR Lamont Marrow	5	4	33	0	18
WR Jack Dolbin	5	2	25	1	19
WR Frank Lewis	3	2	20	0	15
TE Charlie Sanders	3	3	32	0	27
TE Earl Thomas	2	1	6	0	10

Los Angeles	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Speedy Thomas	13	6	0	38	0	44
WR Mike Rengel	9	5	0	45	0	42
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	8	4	0	24	0	41
WR Freddie Solomon	7	3	1	86	1	31
WR Steve Holden	6	2	0	27	0	30
RB Dexter Bussey	5	3	0	22	0	18
TE Chuck Naretta	2	1	0	2	0	20
FB Roland Harper	1	1	0	6	0	18
TE John Sawyer	1	0	0	0	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jess Phillips	2	4	2.00	5.50
Carlos Spencer	2	-2	-1.00	5.00

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bill Demory	6	4	45	7.50	6.43

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Lamont Marrow	2	2	24	12.00	6.60
WR Frank Lewis	1	1	5	5.00	6.67
TE Charlie Sanders	1	1	16	16.00	10.67
TE Earl Thomas	1	0	0	0.00	3.00
WR Jack Dolbin	1	0	0	0.00	5.00

Los Angeles	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Carlos Spencer	3	0
Jess Phillips	2	1

Los Angeles	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bill Demory	11	9	7

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ron Jaworski	15	10	9

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Jess Phillips	3	3	1
WR Wally Francis	2	2	2
WR Jack Dolbin	2	1	1
WR Frank Lewis	1	0	0
TE Charlie Sanders	1	1	1
TE Earl Thomas	1	1	1
WR Lamont Marrow	1	1	1

Los Angeles	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mike Rengel	4	3	3
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	3	1	1
WR Speedy Thomas	3	3	3
WR Freddie Solomon	2	1	1
WR Steve Holden	1	1	1
TE Chuck Naretta	1	1	0
TE John Sawyer	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,100 (21,400)
End Zone 13,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,100 (21,400)
End Zone	13,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)