1979 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
  • Starters are listed by position, beginning with primary starters and ending with non-starting depth. A player will be listed more than once if starting at mulitple positions during the season.

Pos#PlayerGPGSStart PosExpDOBHtWtCollege
QBJoe Reed2801/08/1948' "Mississippi State
QBScott Hunter13711/11/1947' "Alabama
QBJeff Komlo16R07/30/1956' "Delaware
QBJerry Golsteyn1308/06/1954' "Northern Illinois
RBKen Callicutt16208/20/1955' "Clemson
RBDexter Bussey16603/11/1952' "Texas - Arlington
RBRick Kane16311/12/1954' "San Jose State
RB/TEBo Robinson14R05/27/1956' "West Texas A&M
RBHorace King16503/05/1953' "Georgia
RBLawrence Gaines16312/15/1953' "Wyoming
TEDavid Hill16401/01/1954' "Texas A&M - Kingsville
TEUlysses Norris16R01/15/1957' "Georgia
WRGene Washington161001/14/1947' "Stanford
WRRobert Woods1207/03/1955' "Grambling State
WRJohn Arnold7110/05/1955' "Wyoming
WRFreddie Scott14608/05/1952' "Amherst
WRLuther Blue9310/21/1954' "Iowa State
WR/HBLeonard Thompson15507/28/1952' "Oklahoma State
T/GKeith Dorney16R12/03/1957' "Penn State
G/THomer Elias15205/01/1955' "Tennessee State
C/GAmos Fowler12202/11/1956' "Southern Mississippi
G/C/T/DEWally Pesuit16403/04/1954' "Kentucky
G/TRuss Bolinger16309/10/1954' "Long Beach State
T/CDon Morrison15912/16/1949' "Texas - Arlington
CDennis Franks13405/29/1953' "Michigan
TKarl Baldischwiler16201/19/1956' "Oklahoma
C/GKarl Chandler1602/15/1952' "Princeton
CLarry Tearry11204/24/1956' "Wake Forest
DE/DT/TEBill Gay15205/28/1955' "Southern California
DE/DTDave Pureifory15807/12/1949' "Eastern Michigan
DEAl Baker16212/09/1956' "Colorado State
DTDoug English16508/25/1953' "Texas
DEKen Sanders5808/22/1950' "Howard Payne (TX)
DEDave Gallagher10501/02/1952' "Michigan
DT/DECleveland Elam8504/05/1952' "Tennessee State
LBGarry Cobb8R03/16/1957' "Southern California
LBJames Harrell9107/19/1957' "Florida
LB/TEDave Washington71009/12/1948' "Alcorn State
LBCharlie Weaver8907/12/1949' "Southern California
LBJon Brooks15R06/22/1957' "Clemson
LBKen Fantetti16R04/07/1957' "Wyoming
LBEd O'Neil16609/08/1952' "Penn State
LBEddie Cole15R12/16/1956' "Mississippi
DBErnie Jackson2804/11/1950' "Duke
DBEddie Lewis8412/15/1953' "Kansas
DBKen Ellis7909/27/1947' "Southern
DBJames Hunter15403/08/1954' "Grambling State
DBLuther Bradley16205/07/1955' "Notre Dame
DBWalt Williams12307/10/1954' "New Mexico State
DBJimmy Allen16603/06/1952' "UCLA
DBDon Patterson2110/31/1957' "Georgia Tech
DBDoug Jones10605/31/1950' "Cal State - Northridge
DBNate Allen3905/13/1948' "Texas Southern
DBTony Leonard1402/28/1953' "Virginia Union
DBDave Parkin9R01/07/1956' "Utah State
DBJimmy Stewart5210/15/1954' "Tulsa
PLarry Swider14102/01/1955' "Pittsburgh
KBenny Ricardo16301/04/1954' "San Diego State
PTom Skledany2206/29/1955' "Ohio State



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