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

1987
Record: 4-11, 4th NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/13 L 19-34 at Minnesota 57,061
9/20 L 7-27 at L.A. Raiders 50,300
9/27 Cancelled (Chicago)
10/4 L 27-31 Tampa Bay 4,919
10/11 W 19-16ot at Green Bay 35,779
10/18 L 14-37 Seattle 8,310
10/25 L 33-34 Green Bay 27,278
11/1 L 0-34 at Denver 75,172
11/8 W 27-17 Dallas 45,325
11/15 L 13-20 at Washington 53,593
11/22 L 10-30 at Chicago 63,357
11/26 L 20-27 Kansas City 43,820
12/6 L 16-37 L.A. Rams 33,413
12/13 W 20-10 at Tampa Bay 41,699
12/20 L 14-17 Minnesota 27,693
12/27 W 30-13 at Atlanta 13,906
Usual Starters
Off ense
WR 82 Pete Mandley
LT 75 Lomas Brown
LG 53 Scott Barrows
C 52 Steve Mott
RG 61 Kevin Glover
RT 73 Harvey Salem
TE 84 Rob Rubick
WR 89 Jeff Chadwick
QB 16 Chuck Long
RB 32 Garry James
FB 30 James Jones
Pro Bowl Selections: Jim Arnold (P)
Defense
LE 76 Eric Williams
NT 93 Jerry Ball
RE 77 Keith Ferguson
LB 59 Jimmy Williams
LB 51 Shelton Robinson
LB 98 Dennis Gibson
LB 55 Michael Cofer
CB 40 Duane Galloway
CB 29 Bruce McNorton
SS 34 James Griffi m
FS 45 Raphael Cherry
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 270 314
Rushing 81 122
Passing 156 162
Penalty 33 30
3rd Down: Made/Att 59/191 81/201
3rd Down Pct. 30.9 40.3
4th Down: Made/Att 5/15 2/5
4th Down Pct. 33.3 40.0
Possession Avg. 28:19 31:41
Total Net Yards 4391 5273
Avg. Per Game 95.7 138.0
Total Plays 933 1005
Avg. Per Play 4.7 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 1435 2070
Avg. Per Game 197.1 213.5
Total Rushes 398 504
Net Yards Passing 2956 3202
Avg. Per Game 197.1 213.5
Sacked/Yards Lost 26/194 42/355
Gross Yards 3150 3558
Att./Completions 509/275 459/259
Completion Pct. 54.0 56.4
Had Intercepted 26 19
Punts/Average 70/41.8 65/37.9
Net Punting Avg. 37.6 31.4
Penalties/Yards 86/737 115/907
Fumbles/Ball Lost 29/11 36/13
Touchdowns 27 43
Rushing 9 18
Passing 16 23
Returns 2 2
PoInts ored Sc
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 56 90 45 75 3 269
Opponents 89 153 68 74 0 384
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Murray 0 0 0 0 21/21 20/32 0 81
Mandley 7 0 7 0 0/0 0/0 0 42
Ellerson 4 3 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
James 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Prindle 0 0 0 0 6/7 6/7 0 24
Bernard 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Bradley 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Grymes 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Bland 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 pts; King 1 TD (1 ret), 6 pts; Rubick 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 pts; Smith 1 TD (1 ret), 6 pts
Truvillion 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 pts; S. Williams 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 pts; Jamison 1 saf, 2pt
Lions 27 9 16 2 27/27 26/39 1 269
Opponents 43 18 23 2 42/43 28/34 0 384
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Jones 96 342 3.6 19 0
James 82 270 3.3 17 4
Ellerson 47 196 4.2 33 3
Bernard 45 187 4.2 14 2
Wester 33 113 3.4 14 0
Woolfolk 12 82 6.8 31 0
Edwards 32 69 2.2 13 0
Long 22 64 2.9 15 0
S. Williams 8 29 3.6 8 0
Dollinger 8 22 2.8 8 0
Hons 5-49, 23 Lg; Paige 4-13, 6 Lg; Mandley 1-3; Kowgios 1-2; Black 1-0; Chadwick 1-(-6)
Lions 398 1435 3.6 33 9
Opponents 504 2070 4.1 39t 18
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Mandley 58 720 12.4 41 7
Jones 34 262 7.7 35 0
Chadwick 30 416 13.9 36 0
Lee 19 308 16.2 53 0
Woolfolk 19 166 8.7 13 0
James 16 215 13.4 46 0
Rubick 13 147 11.3 22 1
Bernard 13 91 7.0 12 0
Truvillion 12 207 17.3 53t 1
Grymes 9 140 15.6 36t 2
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
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Nichols 7- 87, 23 Lg; Edwards 7-82, 21 Lg; Bradley 7-50. 14 Lg, 2 TD; Giles 6-62, 25 Lg; Kab 5-54, 28 Lg;
Ellerson 5-48, 23 Lg, 1 TD; S. Williams 4-16, 7 Lg, 1 TD; Dollinger 3-25, 15 Lg; Wheeler 2-17, 9 Lg; Bland
2-14, 11t Lg, 1 TD; Paige 2-1, 3 Lg; Witte 1-19; Kowgios 1-3
Lions 275 3150 11.5 53t 16
Opponents 259 3558 13.7 81t 23
Passing
Long
Hons
Jones
Lions
Opponents
Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
416 232 2598 55.8 6.25 11 2.6 20 4.8 53 17/127 63.4
92 43 552 46.7 6.00 5 5.4 5 5.4 53t 9/67 61.5
1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0/0 0.0
509 275 3150 54.0 6.19 16 3.1 26 5.1 53t 26/194 62.1
459 259 3558 56.4 7.85 23 5.1 19 4.2 81t 42/355 80.9
Interceptions Int Yds
Griffi n 6 130
Galloway 3 46
McNorton 3 20
J. Williams 2 51
Smith 1-34, 34t Lg, 1 TD; Gibson 1-5; Benson 1-2; Cherry 1-2; Hall 1-0
Lions 19 290
Opponents 26 335
Avg
21.7
15.3
6.7
25.5
15.3
12.9
Lg
29
30
20
48
48
56
TD
0
0
0
0
1
2
Punting
Arnold
Misko
Black
Murray
Kinzer
Erxleben
Lions
Opponents
Pnt
46
6
6
4
7
1
70
65
Yds
2007
242
233
155
238
52
2927
2461
Avg
43.6
40.3
38.8
38.8
34.0
52.0
41.8
37.9
Net
37.6
31.4
TB
4
0
0
0
0
1
5
6
In
17
1
1
1
2
0
22
10
Lg
60
51
47
46
42
52
60
60
B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Punt Returns
Mandley
Bradley
Bland
Lions
Opponents
PR
23
12
0
35
34
FC
6
5
1
12
9
Yds
250
53
0
303
177
Avg
10.9
4.4
-
8.7
5.2
Lg
54
13
0
54
23
TD
0
-
0
0
0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Lee 32 719 22.5 50 0
Woolfolk 11 219 19.9 44 0
Bradley 9 188 20.9 27 0
Hall 6 105 17.5 25 0
Bernard 4-54, 32 Lg; Saleaumua 3-57, 21 Lg; Ball 2-23, 20 Lg; Bland 2-44, 22 Lg; Glover 1-19; Green 1-0
Lions 71 1428 20.1 50 0
Opponents 56 1089 19.4 53 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 1/1 5/5 7/12 5/11 1/2
Prindle 0/0 3/3 3/3 0/1 0/0
Lions 1/1 8/8 10/15 5/12 1/2
Murray:(26G, 27G. 54N, 34G); (45N, 37N, 30N);
(23G, 45N); (42N, 47N, 49N); (30G, 19G); (40G, 34N, 41G); (36G); (48G, 37G, 33N); (53G, 39G; 44N, 36G);
(24G, 37G); (45G, 23G, 46G, 37N); Prindle: (23G, 35G); (23G, 32G, 27G; 42N, 31G)
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR
Gibson 82 68 14 1 8 4 1 0
Williams, J 69 59 10 4 23 4 1 2
Robinson 67 56 11 0 0 1 1 2
McNorton 64 53 11 0 0 4 2 0
Griffi n 56 39 17 1 11 4 2 0
Cherry 49 33 16 0 0 6 0 0
Cofer 43 37 6 8.5 78 0 0 1
Williams,E.M. 38 30 8 2 16 0 1 0
Ball 36 27 9 1 11 0 0 0
Lockett 35 24 11 1 8 0 0 1
Galloway 34 31 3 0 0 5 0 0
Boyd 32 28 4 1 8 1 1 0
Ferguson, K 30 20 10 6 64 0 2 1
Gay 25 16 9 2 18 0 0 0
Smith 22 20 2 0 0 7 0 0
Federico 18 17 1 1 9 0 0 0
Carr 17 12 5 2 19 1 0 1
Jamison 16 11 5 1 8 1 0 0
Saleaumua 16 13 3 2 18 1 0 0
Maxwell 16 14 2 0 0 0 0 0
Hall 15 13 2 0 0 0 0 0
Green 14 11 3 2.5 27 0 0 0
Sully 13 11 2 0 0 1 0 1
Benson 13 12 1 1 7 1 0 1
Watkins 12 10 2 0 0 2 0 0
Bostic 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butcher 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hirsch 10 TT, 7 ST; Sheffi eld 10 TT, 8 ST; Graham 9 TT, 6 ST; Thompson 9 TT, 8 ST, 2-5 Sk, 1 PD, 1 FR; Offi ce
9 TT, 8 ST; McDuffi e 9 TT, 8 ST, 2-15 Sk; Davis 9 TT, 8 ST; Harvey 8 TT, 7 ST; Fields 8 TT, 7 ST, 2 PD;Rogers 6
TT, 5 ST, 1 PD; Sheffi eld 6 TT, 5 ST; King 4 TT, 4 ST, 1 FR; Adams 2 TT, 2 ST; Hicks 1 TT,1 PD; Boadway 1 TT,
1 ST, 1 PD; Ross 1 TT, 1 ST, 1-2 Sk; Beemer 1 TT, 1 ST
Lions 958 773 185 42 355 49 11 12
Opponents 911 754 157 26 194 74 7 11
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Chicago 11 4 0 .733 356 282
Minnesota 8 7 0 .533 336 335
Green Bay 5 9 1 .367 255 300
Tampa Bay 4 11 0 .267 266 360
DETROIT 4 11 0 .267 269 364
NFC East
Washington 11 4 0 .733 379 265
Dallas 7 8 0 .467 340 346
St. Louis 7 8 0 .467 362 366
Philadelphia 7 8 0 .467 337 380
NY Giants 6 9 0 .400 280 312
NFC West
San Francisco 13 2 0 .667 459 253
New Orleans 12 3 0 .800 422 253
L.A. Rams 6 9 0 .400 317 361
Atlanta 3 12 0 .200 205 436
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Cleveland 10 5 0 .667 390 239
Houston 9 6 0 .600 345 349
Pittsburgh 8 7 0 .533 265 299
Cincinnati 4 11 0 .267 285 370
AFC East
Indianapolis 9 6 0 .600 300 238
New England 8 7 0 .533 320 293
Miami 8 7 0 .533 362 335
Buff alo 7 8 0 .467 270 305
NY Jets 6 9 0 .400 334 360
AFC West
Denver 10 4 1 .700 379 268
Seattle 9 6 0 .600 371 314
San Diego 8 7 0 .533 253 317
L.A. Raiders 5 10 0 .333 301 269
Kansas City 4 11 0 .267 273 388
Min defeated NO, 44-10, in the NFC wild card. Min defeated SF, 36-24, and Was defeated Chi, 21-17, in the
NFC playoff s. Was defeated Min, 17-10, for the NFC title. Hou defeated Sea, 23-20 (OT), in the AFC wild
card. Cle defeated Ind, 38-21, and Den defeated Hou, 34-10, in the AFC playoff s. Den defeated Cle, 38-33,
for the AFC title. Was defeated Den, 42-10, for the NFL title in SB XXII.
IN 1987: Jewels are retrieved from the wreckage of the oceanliner, Titanic.