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

1988
Record: 4-12, 4th NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/4 W 31-17 Atlanta 31,075
9/11 L 10-17 at L.A. Rams 46,262
9/18 L 14-22 New Orleans 32,943
9/25 L 10-17 NY Jets 29,250
10/2 L 13-20 at San Francisco 58,285
10/9 L 7-24 Chicago 64,526
10/16 L 10-30 at NY Giants 74,813
10/23 W 7-6 at Kansas City 66,926
10/30 L 10-13ot NY Giants 38,354
11/6 L 17-44 at Minnesota 55,573
11/13 L 20-23 Tampa Bay 25,956
11/20 W 19-9 at Green Bay (Mil) 44,327
11/24 L 0-23 Minnesota 46,479
12/4 W 30-14 Green Bay 28,124
12/11 L 12-13 at Chicago 55,010
12/18 L 10-21 at Tampa Bay 37,778
Usual Starters
Off ense
WR 82 Pete Mandley
LT 75 Lomas Brown
LG 53 Kevin Glover
C 52 Steve Mott
RG 74 Joe Milinchik
RT 73 Harvey Salem
TE 87 Pat Carter
WR 89 Jeff Chadwick
QB 12 Rusty Hilger
RB 32 Garry James
FB 30 James Jones
Pro Bowl Selections: Jim Arnold (P), Michael Cofer (LB)
Defense
LE 76 Eric Williams
NT 93 Jerry Ball
RE 77 Keith Ferguson
LB 58 George Jamison
LB 54 Chris Spielman
LB 98 Dennis Gibson
LB 55 Michael Cofer
CB 43 David Holmes
CB 29 Bruce McNorton
SS 36 Bennie Blades
FS 45 Raphael Cherry
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 226 334
Rushing 63 128
Passing 141 179
Penalty 22 27
3rd Down: Made/Att 73/217 99/217
3rd Down Pct. 33.6 45.6
4th Down: Made/Att 7/12 4/10
4th Down Pct. 58.3 40.0
Possession Avg. 27:27 32:33
Total Net Yards 3405 5316
Avg. Per Game 212.8 332.2
Total Plays 920 1071
Avg. Per Play 3.7 5.0
Net Yards Rushing 1243 2037
Avg. Per Game 77.7 127.3
Total Rushes 391 511
Net Yards Passing 2162 3279
Avg. Per Game 135.1 204.9
Sacked/Yards Lost 52/410 47/393
Gross Yards 2572 3672
Att./Completions 477/213 513/337
Completion Pct. 44.7 65.7
Had Intercepted 18 15
Punts/Average 97/42.4 74/39.4
Net Punting Avg. 35.9 31.7
Penalties/Yards 94/804 106/869
Fumbles/Ball Lost 31/15 35/21
Touchdowns 23 34
Rushing 7 16
Passing 13 17
Returns 3 1
PoInts ored Sc
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 36 87 51 46 0 220
Opponents 34 93 78 105 3 313
Scoring
Murray
James
Mandley
Chadwick
Bland
Jamison
Lee
Lewis
Mitchell
S. Williams
Lions
Opponents
TD
0
7
5
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
23
34
Ru
0
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
16
Pa
0
2
4
3
2
0
1
1
0
0
13
17
Rt
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
1
PAT
22/23
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
22/23
32/34
FG
20/21
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
20/21
25/29
S
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Pts
82
42
30
18
12
12
6
6
6
6
220
313
Rushing
James
Jones
Paige
Mandley
PaInter
Hilger
Long
S. Williams
Morris, Sea.-Det.
Hipple
Bland
Woolfolk
Witkowski
Lions
Opponents
Att
182
96
52
6
17
18
7
9
3
1
1
1
1
391
511
Yds
552
314
207
44
42
27
22
22
6
5
4
4
0
1243
2037
Avg
3.0
3.3
4.0
7.3
2,5
1,5
3.1
2.4
2.0
5.0
4.0
4.0
0.0
3.2
4.0
Lg
35
13
20
21t
13
11
11
5
5
5
4
4
0
35
37
TD
5
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
7
16
Receiving
Mandley
James
Jones
Lee
Bland
Chadwick
Carter
Paige
Rec
44
39
29
22
21
20
13
11
Yds
617
382
259
261
307
304
145
100
Avg
14,0
9.8
8.9
11.9
14.6
15.2
11.2
9.1
Lg
56
39t
40
18
35
32
31
15
TD
4
2
0
1
2
3
0
0
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
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S. Williams
Lewis
Craig
PaInter
Lions
Opponents
8
5
3
3
2
1
213
337
164
89
46
32
29
1
2572
3672
20.5
17.8
15.3
10.7
14.5
1.0
12.1
10.9
53
40
32
23
18
1
56
51t
0
0
0
1
0
0
13
17
Passing
Hilger
Long
Hipple
Arnold
Lions
Opponents
Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
306 126 1558 41.2 5.09 7 2.3 12 3.9 56 31/251 48.9
141 75 856 53.2 6.07 6 4.3 6 4.3 40 18/134 68.2
27 12 158 44.4 5.85 0 0.0 0 0.0 31 3/25 63.5
1-0, 39.6 Rtg; Jones 1-0, 39.6 Rtg; Witkowski 1-0. 39.6 Rtg
577 277 3168 48.0 5.49 19 3.3 25 4.3 64t 20/174 57.9
591 371 4404 62.8 7.45 27 4.6 10 1.7 60 33/254 93.6
Interceptions
Mitchell
Jamison
Griffi n
Blades
Cherry
Holmes 1-32; J. Williams 1-5; McNorton 1-4
Lions
Opponents
Int
3
3
2
2
2
15
18
Yds
107
56
31
12
0
247
159
Avg
35.7
18.7
15.5
6.0
0.0
16.5
8.8
Lg
90t
52t
31
7
0
90t
34
TD
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
Punting
Arnold
Lions
Opponents
Pnt
97
97
74
Yds
4110
4110
2915
Avg
42.4
42.4
39.4
Net
35.9
35.9
31.7
TB
7
7
11
In
22
22
18
Lg
69
69
67
B
0
0
0
Punt Returns
Mandley
Bland
Lions
Opponents
PR
37
5
42
57
FC
7
1
8
19
Yds
287
59
346
483
Avg
7.8
11.8
8.2
8.5
Lg
25
24
25
77t
TD
0
0
0
1
Kickoff Returns
Lee
PaInter
Morris, Sea.-Det.
Morris, Det.
Bland
Starring
Woolfolk
Andolsek 1-3; Saleaumua 1-0
Lions
Opponents
KR
18
17
13
2
8
8
4
59
56
Yds
355
347
259
41
179
130
99
1154
1076
Avg
19.7
20.4
19.9
20.5
22.4
16.3
24.8
19.6
19.2
Lg
39
32
30
25
29
22
46
46
41
TD
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 1/1 8/8 9/9 2/2 0/1
Lions 1/1 8/8 9/9 2/2 0/1
Opponents 3/3 7/7 10/12 4/4 1/3
Murray: (37G); (30G); (39G); (24G, 34G); (37G); (48G); (39G, 52N, 38G); (22G, 37G, 19G, 26G); (26G, 23G,
23G); (25G, 44G); (27G)
Defense
Spielman
Gibson
McNorton
Blades
Jamison
Cofer
Ball
Holmes
Williams, E
Griffi n
Ferguson
Mitchell
Williams, J
Cherry
Watkins
Butcher
Lockett
White, W
Rogers
Saleaumua
Strauthers
Robinson
Green
Ahrens
Lions
Opponents
TT
153
116
105
102
77
75
68
60
43
41
37
31
26
25
21
18
17
16
15
11
10
9
6
2
1084
902
ST
118
89
87
86
66
65
49
47
34
34
28
22
22
19
18
17
16
15
11
10
7
8
4
2
874
735
AT
35
27
18
16
11
10
19
13
9
7
9
9
4
6
3
1
1
1
4
1
3
1
2
0
210
167
Sk
0
0.5
0
1
5.5
12
2
0
6.5
1
8.5
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
0
2
0
47
52
Yds
0
3
0
19
47
88
13
0
51
19
75
0
10
0
0
0
8
0
7
18
17
0
18
0
393
410
PD
7
1
9
4
3
0
2
10
4
4
1
3
0
1
5
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
56
75
FF
1
2
3
3
1
3
0
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
11
FR
1
1
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
19
15
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Chicago 12 4 0 .750 312 215
Minnesota 11 5 0 .688 406 233
Tampa Bay 5 11 0 .313 216 350
DETROIT 4 12 0 .250 220 313
Green Bay 4 12 0 .250 240 315
NFC East
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .825 379 319
NY Giants 10 6 0 .625 359 304
Washington 7 9 0 .436 345 367
Phoenix 7 9 0 .438 344 398
Dallas 3 13 0 .168 265 361
NFC West
San Francisco 10 6 0 .625 369 294
L. A. Rams 10 6 0 .625 407 293
New Orleans 10 6 0 .625 312 283
Atlanta 5 11 0 .313 244 315
AFC Central W L T Pct.. Pts OP
Cincinnati 12 4 0 .750 446 329
Cleveland 10 6 0 .625 304 288
Houston 10 6 0 .625 424 365
Pittsburgh 5 11 0 .313 336 421
AFC East
Buff alo 12 4 0 .750 329 237
Indianapolis 9 7 0 .563 354 315
New England 9 7 0 .563 250 284
NY Jets 8 7 1 .531 372 354
Miami 6 10 0 .375 319 380
AFC West
Seattle 9 7 0 .563 339 329
Denver 8 8 0 .500 327 352
L. A. Raiders 7 9 0 .436 325 369
San Diego 6 10 0 .375 231 332
Kansas City 4 11 1 .261 254 320
Min defeated the LARm, 28-17, in the NFC wild card. SF defeated Min, 34-9, and Chi defeated Phi, 20-12,
in the NFC playoff s. SF defeated Chi, 28-3, for the NFC title. Hou defeated Cle, 24-23, in the AFC wild card.
Buf defeated Hou, 17-10, and Cin defeated Sea, 21-13, in the AFC playoff s. Cin defeated Buf, 21-10, for the
AFC title. SF defeated Cin, 20-16, for the NFL title in SB XXIII.
IN 1988: Vice President George Bush sweeps 40 states, defeating Michael Dukakis in the U. S.
Presidential election.