| 1974 - Week 1 |
| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Detroit Lions | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| Scoring Plays | Lions | Bears | ||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| Lions | 13:21 | E.Mann 42 yd. Field Goal ( 3-6, 1:36 ) | 3 | 0 |
| Lions | 10:00 | S.Owens 4 yd. pass from B.Munson ( E.Mann Kick ) ( 7-29, 3:02 ) | 10 | 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| Lions | 10:23 | S.Owens 5 yd. pass from B.Munson ( E.Mann Kick ) ( 11-60, 4:26 ) | 17 | 0 |
| Bears | 0:55 | M.Roder 31 yd. Field Goal ( 8-49, 0:57 ) | 17 | 3 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| Lions | 12:54 | L.Walton 18 yd. pass from B.Munson ( E.Mann Kick ) ( 6-80, 2:06 ) | 24 | 3 |
| Bears | 5:22 | M.Roder 40 yd. Field Goal ( 6-40, 1:51 ) | 24 | 6 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| Bears | 6:28 | M.Roder 24 yd. Field Goal ( 7-29, 3:53 ) | 24 | 9 |
| Bears | 1:39 | P.A.Williams 6 yd. run ( M.Roder Kick ) ( 4-17, 0:38 ) | 24 | 16 |
| Drive Charts | |||||||||||
| Chicago Bears | Detroit Lions | ||||||||||
| Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | ||
| Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result | Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result |
| 15:00 | 0:07 | 0 | 0 | Fumble | 14:53 | 1:36 | Chi 31 | 3 | 6 | Field Goal | |
| 13:17 | 0:15 | Chi 25 | 1 | 4 | Fumble | 13:02 | 3:02 | Chi 29 | 7 | 29 | Touchdown |
| 10:00 | 2:16 | Chi 20 | 3 | 0 | Punt | 7:44 | 2:27 | Det 39 | 5 | 15 | Punt |
| 5:17 | 1:50 | Chi 20 | 3 | -8 | Punt | 3:27 | 2:30 | Chi 33 | 3 | 8 | Missed FG |
| 0:57 | 1:11 | Chi 25 | 3 | 4 | Punt | 14:46 | 4:26 | Det 40 | 11 | 60 | Touchdown |
| 10:20 | 3:46 | Chi 7 | 6 | 35 | Punt | 6:34 | 1:02 | Det 24 | 3 | 2 | Punt |
| 5:32 | 1:51 | Chi 39 | 4 | 12 | Punt | 3:41 | 1:33 | Det 18 | 3 | -6 | Punt |
| 2:08 | 0:12 | Chi 22 | 2 | 11 | Interception | 1:56 | 0:08 | Chi 41 | 1 | 0 | Interception |
| 1:48 | 0:57 | Chi 37 | 8 | 49 | Field Goal | 0:51 | 0:51 | Det 20 | 7 | 18 | End of Half |
| 12:54 | 4:14 | Chi 20 | 9 | 39 | Missed FG | 15:00 | 2:06 | Det 20 | 6 | 54 | Touchdown |
| 7:09 | 1:51 | Chi 37 | 6 | 40 | Field Goal | 8:40 | 1:31 | Det 20 | 3 | 2 | Punt |
| 14:50 | 2:14 | Chi 18 | 9 | 25 | Punt | 5:18 | 5:28 | Det 10 | 10 | 44 | Punt |
| 10:17 | 3:53 | Det 36 | 7 | 29 | Field Goal | 12:36 | 2:19 | Det 6 | 3 | 2 | Punt |
| 6:24 | 3:05 | Det 49 | 10 | 36 | Missed FG | 3:19 | 1:02 | Det 20 | 3 | 3 | Punt |
| 2:17 | 0:38 | Det 17 | 4 | 17 | Touchdown | 1:09 | 1:09 | Det 44 | 2 | -2 | End of Reg. |
| 1:39 | 0:30 | Chi 49 | 4 | 7 | Downs | ||||||
| 28:50 | Chi 26 | 79 | 300 | 31:10 | Det 35 | 70 | 235 | ||||
| Time of Possession by Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Total |
| Detroit Lions | 9:35 | 7:57 | 8:55 | 4:40 | 31:07 | |
| Chicago Bears | 5:25 | 7:03 | 6:05 | 10:20 | 28:53 |
| Team Statistics | Lions | Bears |
| Total Points | 24 | 16 |
| 1st Downs | 15 | 19 |
| Rushing | 4 | 5 |
| Passing | 10 | 13 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| 3rd-Down Conversions | 7-18 | 2-18 |
| 4th-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| Penalties-Yards | 10-69 | 5-33 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 3-2 | 5-3 |
| Time Of Pos. | 31:07 | 28:53 |
| Total Net Yards | 270 | 300 |
| Total Plays | 70 | 79 |
| Average Gain | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 81 | 77 |
| Rushes | 36 | 22 |
| Avg. Per Rush | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| Net Yards Passing | 189 | 223 |
| Completions | 19 | 25 |
| Attempts | 33 | 52 |
| Completion % | 57.6 | 48.1 |
| Yards Per Completion | 10.3 | 10.4 |
| Sacks | 1 | 5 |
| Had Intercepted | 1 | 1 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Rushing | 0 | 1 |
| Passing | 3 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 3-5 |
| Detroit Lions | Chicago Bears | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT | Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT |
| Bill Munson | 33 | 19 | 196 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 92 | Gary Huff | 52 | 25 | 260 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 55 |
| Totals | 33 | 19 | 196 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 92 | Totals | 52 | 25 | 260 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 55 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Altie Taylor | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 | Carl Garrett | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Steve Owens | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | Perry A. Williams | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 12 | 1 |
| Jimmie Lee Jones | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 | Jim Harrison | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 | Gary Huff | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hooks | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | Ken Grandberry | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 36 | 81 | 2.3 | 12 | 0 | Totals | 22 | 77 | 3.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Steve Owens | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 12 | 2 | Charlie Wade | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 | Bo Rather | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 35 | 0 | Perry A. Williams | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 | Carl Garrett | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 1 | Fred Pagac | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 196 | 10.3 | 35 | 3 | Totals | 25 | 260 | 10.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG | Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG |
| Herman Weaver | 8 | 297 | 37.1 | 1 | 1 | 66 | Bob Parsons | 8 | 290 | 36.3 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
| Totals | 8 | 297 | 37.1 | 1 | 1 | 66 | Totals | 8 | 290 | 36.3 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
| Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM | Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM |
| Errol Mann | 2 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 3 | Mirro Roder | 5 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 3 | Totals | 5 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 1 |
| Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD | Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD |
| Dick Jauron | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | Ike Hill | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Lem Barney | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 2 | 19 | 0 | Totals | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD | Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Ken Grandberry | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jimmie Lee Jones | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Clifton Taylor | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 | Totals | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Charlie West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Knox | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Totals | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Sacks | No | Yds | Avg | Sacks | No | Yds | Avg |
| Ken Sanders | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | Wally Chambers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Jim H. Mitchell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | ||||
| Larry Hand | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | ||||
| Herb Orvis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | ||||
| Totals | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | Totals | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD | Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD |
| Dick Jauron | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Grandberry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lem Barney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ike Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Wade | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | Gary Huff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Laslavic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bob Parsons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim H. Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Garry Lyle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | Totals | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |