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University of Massachusets Athletics
In Memoriam: Greg Landry
October 05, 2024 | Football
Greg Landry, former UMass and Detroit Lions quarterback and assistant coach, dead at 77
Greg Landry, one of the greatest players in Massachusetts football history and a former Detroit Lions quarterback, passed away at age 77. Behind Landry's golden arm and running ability, UMass won two Yankee Conference Championships in three years.
Landry led UMass in passing all three of his years as a starter and led the Minutemen in both rushing and scoring in 1965 and 1967. Landry's quarterback efficiency rating of 145.4 in 1965 is still a school record. He also shares the single-game mark for highest completion percentage (.800).
The Lions then selected Landry with the 11th pick of the 1968 NFL draft and he went on have a successful pro career. He spent 14 years in the NFL with the Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts from 1968-81. He then spent two seasons in the USFL before returning to the NFL to play one game for the Chicago Bears.
Landry was an All-Pro for the Lions in 1971 and started for the NFC in the Pro Bowl. He totaled 16,052 passing yards in his NFL career with 98 touchdowns and 103 interceptions. He also gained more than 2,600 yards on the ground with 21 TDs. In 1976, he earned the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year award after passing for 2,191 yards and 17 TDs.
Landry served as an assistant coach for his former team, the Detroit Lions, after spending several years on the coaching staff at the University of Illinois. He was the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears when they won Super Bowl XX.
Landry was one of six Minutemen named to the Yankee Conference 50th Anniversary team, announced in June of 1996 and he was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980.
Landry led UMass in passing all three of his years as a starter and led the Minutemen in both rushing and scoring in 1965 and 1967. Landry's quarterback efficiency rating of 145.4 in 1965 is still a school record. He also shares the single-game mark for highest completion percentage (.800).
The Lions then selected Landry with the 11th pick of the 1968 NFL draft and he went on have a successful pro career. He spent 14 years in the NFL with the Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts from 1968-81. He then spent two seasons in the USFL before returning to the NFL to play one game for the Chicago Bears.
Landry was an All-Pro for the Lions in 1971 and started for the NFC in the Pro Bowl. He totaled 16,052 passing yards in his NFL career with 98 touchdowns and 103 interceptions. He also gained more than 2,600 yards on the ground with 21 TDs. In 1976, he earned the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year award after passing for 2,191 yards and 17 TDs.
Landry served as an assistant coach for his former team, the Detroit Lions, after spending several years on the coaching staff at the University of Illinois. He was the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears when they won Super Bowl XX.
Landry was one of six Minutemen named to the Yankee Conference 50th Anniversary team, announced in June of 1996 and he was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980.
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