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1975 Season Recap

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The Lions begin a new era by playing their home games in the Silverdome in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac, Michigan. The new stadium would offer fans a cozy, but sterile environment to watch football. In the first season indoors the Lions would once again finish with a 7-7 record.

The Lions begin a new era by playing their home games in the Silverdome in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac, Michigan. The new stadium would offer fans a cozy, but sterile environment to watch football. In the first season indoors the Lions would once again finish with a 7-7 record.

1975 Detroit Lions season

1975 Detroit LionsLions

Missed Playoffs

7-7 (.500)

2nd place in NFL NFC Central

Head Coach

Rick Forzano

General Manager

Russ Thomas

Team Owner

William Clay Ford Sr.

Stadium

Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium

Attendance

510,436 total
72,919 per game

1975 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 13 Lynn Boden / G

2 38 Doug English / DT

4 94 Craig Hertwig / T

6 138 Fred Cooper / DB

6 141 Horace King / RB

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