detroit lions vs. st. louis rams the season begins consistency up front ...

1985
Record: 7-9, 4th NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/8 W 28-27 at Atlanta 37,785
9/15 W 26-21 Dallas 72,985
9/22 L 6-14 at Indianapolis 60,042
9/29 W 30-9 Tampa Bay 45,023
10/6 L 10-43 at Green Bay 55,914
10/13 L 3-24 at Washington 52,845
10/20 W 23-21 San Francisco 67,715
10/27 W 31-21 Miami 75,291*
11/3 L 13-16 at Minnesota 58,012
11/10 L 3-24 at Chicago 53,467
11/17 W 41-21 Minnesota 54,647
11/24 L 16-19ot at Tampa Bay 43,471
11/28 W 31-20 NY Jets 65,531
12/8 L 6-23 at New England 59,078
12/15 L 23-26 Green Bay 49,379
12/22 L 17-37 Chicago 74,042*
* Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Off ense
WR 86 Mark Nichols
LT 75 Lomas Brown
LG 72 Chris Dietrich
C 52 Steve Mott
RG 70 Keith Dorney (6); 67 Don Greco (4)
51 David Jones (4)
RT 70 Keith Dorney
TE 87 David Lewis
WR 39 Leonard Thompson
QB 16 Gary Danielson
RB 28 W. Montgomery (5); 24 Alvin Moore (5)
FB 30 James Jones
Defense
LE 76 Eric Williams
NT 78 Doug English
RE 79 William Gay
LB 59 Jimmy Williams
LB 50 August Curley
LB 95 Kurt Allerman
LB 92 Angelo King
CB 27 Bobby Watkins
CB 27 Bruce McNorton
SS 21 Demetrius Johnson
FS 33 William Graham
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 259 359
Rushing 89 179
Passing 150 156
Penalty 20 24
3rd Down: Made/Att 81/211 67/196
3rd Down Pct. 38.4 34.2
4th Down: Made/Att 2/8 10/18
4th Down Pct. 25.0 55.6
Possession Avg. 27:30 32:30
Total Net Yards 4476 5591
Avg. Per Game 279.8 349.4
Total Plays 967 1083
Avg. Per Play 4.6 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 1538 2685
Avg. Per Game 96.1 167.8
Total Rushes 452 560
Net Yards Passing 1538 2685
Avg. Per Game 2938 2906
Sacked/Yards Lost 53/378 45/336
Gross Yards 3316 3242
Att./Completions 462/254 478/283
Completion Pct. 55.0 59.2
Had Intercepted 21 18
Punts/Average 73/41.8 64/40.2
Net Punting Avg. 34.7 30.8
Penalties/Yards 104/741 105/729
Fumbles/Ball Lost 36/20 35/18
Touchdowns 33 40
Rushing 13 19
Passing 19 16
Returns 1 5
PoInts ored Sc
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 76 95 79 57 0 307
Opponents 68 96 85 114 3 366
Scoring
Murray
J. Jones
Moore
Thompson
Nichols
Chadwick
Lewis
Hipple
J. Ferguson
Mandley
Lions
Opponents
TD
0
9
5
5
4
3
3
2
1
1
33
40
Ru
0
6
4
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
13
19
Pa
0
3
1
5
4
3
3
0
0
0
19
16
Rt
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
5
PAT
31/33
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
31/33
40/40
FG
26/31
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
26/31
28/36
S
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Pts
109
54
30
30
24
18
18
12
6
6
307
366
Rushing
J. Jones
Montgomery
Moore
Hipple
Kane
Meade
Nichols
J. Ferguson
A. Jones
Black
Lions
Opponents
Att
244
75
80
32
11
3
1
4
1
1
452
560
Yds
886
251
221
89
44
18
15
12
2
0
1538
2685
Avg
3.6
3.3
2.8
2.8
4.0
6.0
15.0
3.0
2.0
0.0
3.4
4.8
Lg
29
22
18
26
7
9
15
15
2
0
29
37t
TD
6
0
4
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
13
19
Receiving
Thompson
J. Jones
Nichols
Lewis
Chadwick
Moore
Mandley
Bland
Montgomery
Rec
51
45
36
28
25
19
18
12
7
Yds
736
334
592
354
478
154
316
157
55
Avg
14.4
7.4
16.4
12.6
19.1
8.1
17.6
13.1
7.9
Lg
48
36
43
40
56
14
37
24
28
TD
5
3
4
3
3
1
0
0
0
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
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McDonald
Rubick
Meade
McCall
Lions
Opponents
5
3
2
2
1
254
283
56
23
33
21
7
3316
3242
11.2
7.7
16.5
10.5
7.0
13.1
11.5
18
9
18
14
7
56
50
0
0
0
0
0
19
16
Passing
Hipple
J. Ferguson
J. Jones
Moore
Lions
Opponents
Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
406 223 2952 54.9 7.27 17 4.2 18 4.4 56 49/343 73.6
54 31 364 57.4 6.74 2 3.7 3 5.6 38 4/35 67.2
1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6
1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6
462 254 3316 55.0 7.18 19 4.1 21 4.6 56 53/378 72.6
478 283 3242 59.2 6.78 16 3.4 18 3.8 50 45/336 75.1
Interceptions
Watkins
Johnson
Graham
McNorton
Harrell
Bunz
Gay
Frizzell
Barnes
Lions
Opponents
Int
5
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
10
25
Yds
15
39
22
14
20
17
7
3
-1
173
316
Avg
3.0
13.0
7.3
7.0
20.0
17.0
7.0
3.0
-1.0
17.3
12.6
Lg
8
19
22
10
20
17
7
3
-1
49
78t
TD
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
Punting
Black
Lions
Opponents
Pnt
73
73
64
Yds
3054
3054
2572
Avg
41.8
41.8
40.2
Net
34.7
34.7
30.8
TB
5
5
10
In
17
17
12
Lg
60
60
57
B
0
0
0
Punt Returns
Mandley
Lions
Opponents
PR
38
38
44
FC
5
5
12
Yds
403
403
420
Avg
10.6
10.6
9.5
Lg
63t
63t
47
TD
1
1
0
Kickoff Returns
Hall
Moore
A. Jones
Mandley
Lions
Opponents
KR
39
13
10
6
68
60
Yds
886
230
226
152
1494
1313
Avg
22.7
17.7
22.6
25.3
22.0
21.9
Lg
54
24
30
35
54
94t
TD
0
0
0
0
0
1
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 2/2 5/7 11/12 6/7 2/3
Lions 2/2 5/7 11/12 6/7 2/3
Opponents 0/0 16/16 8/9 3/8 1/3
Murray: (34G, 46G, 48N); (37G, 35G); (22G, 33G, 39G); (22G, 27N, 24N); (33G); (24G, 41G, 45G); (50G); (32G,
35N, 20G); (34G); (49G, 51G); (47G, 38G, 39G); (19G); (26G, 37G); (19G); 42G, 55N)
Defense
Graham
Johnson, D
King
Williams, J
McNorton
Curley
Gay
Williams, E
Allerman
English
Watkins
Green
Hall
Cofer
Barnes
Fantetti
Harrell
Ferguson, K
Bostic
James
Baack
Frizzell
Galloway
Maxwell
Brown, A
Moss
Evans
Bunz
Team
Lions
Opponents
TT
113
97
90
89
76
75
66
60
55
51
50
45
35
32
31
31
25
20
16
16
12
10
9
7
7
1
1
1
1121
991
ST
75
72
77
67
63
51
52
51
40
38
44
35
28
24
27
20
24
11
14
12
9
9
8
6
5
1
1
1
865
768
AT
38
25
13
22
13
24
14
9
15
13
6
10
7
8
4
11
1
9
2
4
3
1
1
1
2
256
223
Sk
1
3
4
7.5
0
0
7.5
6
0
2.5
0
7
1
1
0
0
0
1.5
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
45
53
Yds
2
34
33
55
0
0
41
53
0
14
0
51
11
10
0
0
0
13
0
0
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
341
378
PD
6
7
6
3
8
2
4
1
1
2
12
0
1
1
4
1
2
0
1
1
0
4
1
1
1
0
0
0
70
73
FF
1
3
1
1
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19
21
FR
1
4
0
1
0
0
6
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
20
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Chicago 15 1 0 .936 456 196
Green Bay 8 8 0 .500 337 355
Minnesota 7 9 0 .438 346 359
DETROIT 7 9 0 .438 307 366
Tampa Bay 2 14 0 .125 294 446
NFC East
Dallas 10 6 0 .625 357 333
NY Giants 10 6 0 .625 399 283
Washington 10 6 0 .625 297 312
Philadelphia 7 9 0 .438 266 310
St. Louis 5 11 0 .313 278 414
NFC West
L.A. Rams 11 5 0 .688 340 277
San Francisco 10 6 0 .625 411 263
New Orleans 5 11 0 .313 294 401
Atlanta 4 12 0 .250 282 452
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Cleveland 8 8 0 .500 287 294
Cincinnati 7 9 0 .438 441 437
Pittsburgh 7 9 0 .438 379 355
Houston 5 11 0 .313 284 412
AFC East
Miami 12 4 0 .750 426 320
NY Jets 11 5 0 .688 393 264
New England 11 5 0 .688 362 290
Indienapolis 5 11 0 .313 320 386
Buff alo 2 14 0 .125 200 361
AFC West
L.A. Raiders 12 4 0 .750 354 306
Denver 11 5 0 .688 360 329
Seattle 8 8 0 .500 349 303
San Diego 8 8 0 .500 467 435
Kansas City 6 10 0 .376 317 360
NYG defeated SF, 17-3, in the NFC wild card. Chi defeated NYG, 21-0, and the LARm defeated Dal, 20-0, in
the NFC playoff s. Chi defeated the LARm, 24-0, for the NFC title. NE defeated NYJ, 26-14, in the AFC wild
card. NE defeated the LARd, 27-20, and Mia defeated Cle, 24-21, in the AFC playoff s. NE defeated Mia,
31-14, for the AFC title. Chi defeated NE, 46-10, for NFL title in SB XX.
IN 1985: Ronald Reagan takes oath for his second term as the 40th U. S. President.