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1998<br />
Record: 5-11, 4th NFC Central<br />
9/6 L 19-38 at Green Bay 60,102<br />
9/13 L 28-34ot Cincinnati 66,354<br />
9/20 L 6-29 at Minnesota 63,107<br />
9/28 W 27-6 Tampa Bay 74,724*<br />
10/4 L 27-31 at Chicago 55,562<br />
10/15 W 27-20 Green Bay 77,932*<br />
10/25 L 13-34 Minnesota 77,885*<br />
11/1 L 15-17 Arizona 66,087<br />
11/8 L 9-10 at Philadelphia 66,785<br />
11/15 W 26-3 Chicago 63,152<br />
11/22 W 28-25 at Tampa Bay 64,265<br />
11/26 W 19-16ot Pittsburgh 78,139*<br />
12/6 L 22-37 at Jacksonville 70,717<br />
12/14 L 13-35 at San Francisco 68,585<br />
12/20 L 17-24 Atlanta 67,143<br />
12/27 L 10-19 at Baltimore 68,045<br />
*Silverdome sellout<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: RB Barry Sanders<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Off ense<br />
XR 87 Johnnie Morton<br />
LT 72 Ray Roberts<br />
LG 77 Mike Compton<br />
C 60 Jim Pyne<br />
RG 64 Jeff Hartings<br />
RT 71 Larry Tharpe; 75 Tony Ramirez<br />
TE 89 Walter Rasby<br />
YR 84 Herman Moore<br />
QB 10 Charlie Batch<br />
FB 44 Tommy Vardell<br />
RB 20 Barry Sanders<br />
Team Stati<strong>st</strong>ics Det Opp<br />
Total Fir<strong>st</strong> Downs 279 308<br />
Rushing 94 113<br />
Passing 160 167<br />
Penalty 25 28<br />
3rd Down: Made/Att 72/211 89/217<br />
3rd Down Pct. 34.0 41.0<br />
4th Down: Made/Att 10/20 5/7<br />
4th Down Pct. 50.0 71.0<br />
Possession Avg. 29:31 30:47<br />
Total Net Yards 5085 5117<br />
Avg. Per Game 317.8 319.8<br />
Total Plays 975 1004<br />
Avg. Per Play 5.2 5.1<br />
Net Yards Rushing 1955 2102<br />
Avg. Per Game 122.2 131.4<br />
Total Rushes 441 487<br />
Net Yards Passing 3130 3015<br />
Avg. Per Game 195.6 188.4<br />
Sacked/Yards Lo<strong>st</strong> 45/268 43/261<br />
Gross Yards 3398 3276<br />
Att./Completions 489/274 474/284<br />
Completion Pct. 56.0 59.9<br />
Had Intercepted 13 12<br />
Punts/Average 82/42.8 81/42.7<br />
Net Punting Avg. 35.5 36.9<br />
Penalties/Yards 121/1019 98/781<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lo<strong>st</strong> 17/12 27/9<br />
Touchdowns 32 43<br />
Rushing 12 15<br />
Passing 17 23<br />
Returns 3 5<br />
Defense<br />
LE 91 Robert Porcher<br />
NT 90 Dan Owens<br />
UT 94 Lu<strong>the</strong>r Elliss<br />
RE 93 Kerwin Waldro<strong>up</strong><br />
SLB 53 Rob Fredrickson<br />
MLB 57 Stephen Boyd<br />
WLB 55 Allen Aldridge<br />
CB 32 Bryant We<strong>st</strong>brook<br />
CB 23 Terry Fair (10); 24 Kevin Ab<strong>rams</strong> (6)<br />
FS 27 Mark Carrier<br />
SS 28 Ron Rice<br />
PoInts ored Sc<br />
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
Lions 57 88 72 86 3 306<br />
Opponents 64 114 74 120 6 378<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa<br />
Hanson 0 0 0<br />
Vardell 7 6 1<br />
Moore 5 0 5<br />
Sanders 4 4 0<br />
Crowell 3 0 3<br />
Fair 2 0 0<br />
Morton 2 0 2<br />
Chryplewicz 2 0 2<br />
Batch 1 1 0<br />
We<strong>st</strong>brook 1 0 0<br />
Rivers 1 1 0<br />
Rasby 1 0 1<br />
Sloan 1 0 1<br />
Boyd, T 1 0 1<br />
Schlesinger 1 0 1<br />
Lions 32 12 17<br />
Opponents 43 15 23<br />
2-Pt. Conversions: None TEAM 0-3, Opp 1-1<br />
Rt<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
3<br />
5<br />
PAT<br />
27/29<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
27/29<br />
41/41<br />
FG<br />
29/33<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
0/0<br />
29/33<br />
25/30<br />
S<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
Pts<br />
114<br />
42<br />
30<br />
24<br />
18<br />
12<br />
12<br />
12<br />
6<br />
6<br />
6<br />
6<br />
6<br />
6<br />
6<br />
306<br />
378<br />
Rushing<br />
Sanders<br />
Batch<br />
Rivers<br />
Vardell<br />
Crowell<br />
Mitchell<br />
Schlesinger<br />
Morton<br />
Reich<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Att<br />
343<br />
41<br />
19<br />
18<br />
1<br />
7<br />
5<br />
1<br />
6<br />
441<br />
487<br />
Yds<br />
1,491<br />
229<br />
102<br />
37<br />
35<br />
30<br />
17<br />
11<br />
3<br />
1,955<br />
2,102<br />
Avg<br />
4.3<br />
5.6<br />
5.4<br />
2.1<br />
35.0<br />
4.3<br />
3.4<br />
11.0<br />
0.5<br />
4.4<br />
4.3<br />
Lg<br />
73t<br />
17<br />
36t<br />
17<br />
35<br />
17<br />
5<br />
11<br />
5<br />
73t<br />
57t<br />
TD<br />
4<br />
1<br />
1<br />
6<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
12<br />
15<br />
Receiving<br />
Moore<br />
Morton<br />
Sanders<br />
Crowell<br />
Rasby<br />
Vardell<br />
Rec<br />
82<br />
69<br />
37<br />
25<br />
15<br />
14<br />
Yds<br />
983<br />
1,028<br />
289<br />
464<br />
119<br />
143<br />
Avg<br />
12.0<br />
14.9<br />
7.8<br />
18.6<br />
7.9<br />
10.2<br />
Lg<br />
36<br />
98t<br />
44<br />
68t<br />
17<br />
31<br />
TD<br />
5<br />
2<br />
0<br />
3<br />
1<br />
1<br />
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS<br />
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Sloan<br />
Stablein<br />
Boyd, T.<br />
Chryplewicz<br />
Rivers<br />
Schlesinger<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
11<br />
7<br />
4<br />
4<br />
3<br />
3<br />
274<br />
284<br />
146<br />
80<br />
52<br />
20<br />
58<br />
16<br />
3,398<br />
3,276<br />
13.3<br />
11.4<br />
13.0<br />
5.0<br />
19.3<br />
5.3<br />
12.4<br />
11.5<br />
33<br />
15<br />
19<br />
8<br />
38<br />
8t<br />
98t<br />
84t<br />
1<br />
0<br />
1<br />
2<br />
0<br />
1<br />
17<br />
23<br />
Passing<br />
Batch<br />
Reich<br />
Mitchell<br />
Jett<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
303 173 2,178 57.1 7.19 11 3.6 6 2.0 98t 37/222 83.3<br />
110 63 768 57.3 6.98 5 4.5 4 3.6 41 4/18 78.9<br />
75 38 452 50.7 6.03 1 1.3 3 4.0 44 4/28 57.1<br />
1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6<br />
489 274 3,398 56.0 6.95 17 3.5 13 2.7 98t 45/ 268 78.1<br />
474 284 3,276 59.9 6.91 23 4.9 12 2.5 84t 43/ 261 86.7<br />
Interceptions<br />
We<strong>st</strong>brook<br />
Carrier<br />
Rice<br />
Jamison 1- 21; Jordan 1-4; Fredrickson 1- 0;<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Int<br />
3<br />
3<br />
3<br />
12<br />
13<br />
Yds<br />
49<br />
33<br />
25<br />
132<br />
198<br />
Avg<br />
16.3<br />
11.0<br />
8.3<br />
11.0<br />
15.2<br />
Lg<br />
34t<br />
33<br />
25<br />
34t<br />
79t<br />
TD<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
2<br />
Punting<br />
Jett<br />
Kidd<br />
Hanson<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Pnt<br />
66<br />
13<br />
3<br />
82<br />
81<br />
Yds<br />
2892<br />
520<br />
94<br />
3506<br />
3460<br />
Avg<br />
43.8<br />
40.0<br />
31.3<br />
42.8<br />
42.7<br />
Net<br />
-<br />
-<br />
-<br />
35.5<br />
36.9<br />
TB<br />
6<br />
0<br />
0<br />
6<br />
13<br />
In<br />
17<br />
1<br />
1<br />
19<br />
26<br />
Lg<br />
60<br />
54<br />
36<br />
60<br />
67<br />
B<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Punt Returns<br />
Fair<br />
Boyd, T<br />
Ab<strong>rams</strong><br />
Stablein<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
PR<br />
30<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
36<br />
47<br />
FC<br />
15<br />
0<br />
1<br />
3<br />
19<br />
20<br />
Yds<br />
189<br />
11<br />
12<br />
0<br />
212<br />
471<br />
Avg<br />
6.3<br />
2.8<br />
6.0<br />
0.0<br />
5.9<br />
10.0<br />
Lg<br />
29<br />
3<br />
16<br />
0<br />
23<br />
65t<br />
TD<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
Kickoff Returns<br />
Fair<br />
Boyd, T.<br />
McPhail<br />
Rivers<br />
Vardell<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
KR<br />
51<br />
8<br />
6<br />
2<br />
1<br />
68<br />
49<br />
Yds<br />
1428<br />
163<br />
71<br />
15<br />
23<br />
1700<br />
1196<br />
Avg<br />
28.0<br />
20.4<br />
11.8<br />
7.5<br />
23.0<br />
25.0<br />
24.4<br />
Lg<br />
105t<br />
26<br />
20<br />
9<br />
23<br />
105t<br />
100t<br />
TD<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
1<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Hanson 0/0 8/8 7/7 13/15 1/3<br />
Lions 0/0 8/8 7/7 13/15 1/3<br />
Opponents 0/0 6/6 11/12 7/9 1/3<br />
Hanson: (47G,43G)()(37G,49G)(27G,25G)(28G,53N,43G) (25G,36G) (47G,48G)(28G,47G,44G)<br />
(41G,48G,35G,58N) (24G,25G) (45G,51G,43N,35G,42G)(47N,34G,24G,45G) (30G) (39G)—29/33,<br />
87.9%<br />
Opponents: (32G) (35N,48N) (27G,28G,42G,29G,34G) (43G,47G) (23G) (28G,40G) (35G,44G)<br />
(52B,53G) (39G) (31G,43N) (33G) (30G,38G,53N,25G) (44G,43G,30G) (34G) (30G)—25/30 , 83.3%<br />
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT<br />
Boyd, S 112 75 37 4 23 6 1 3 0<br />
Rice 92 57 35 3.5 14.5 8 1 0 4<br />
Fredrickson 86 56 30 2.5 9 5 0 0 0<br />
We<strong>st</strong>brook 74 59 15 0 0 21 0 0 0<br />
Aldridge 69 47 22 3 12 1 1 1 4<br />
Porcher 62 41 21 11.5 85.5 4 1 0 0<br />
Fair 57 39 18 1 1 3 0 0 1<br />
Carrier 55 43 12 0 0 8 2 0 0<br />
Ab<strong>rams</strong> 51 41 10 3 23 8 2 1 6<br />
Elliss 50 38 12 3 24 2 0 1 0<br />
Jordan 39 25 14 0 0 2 0 0 12<br />
Waldro<strong>up</strong> 39 21 18 1.5 12.5 2 1 1 0<br />
Scroggins 27 24 3 6.5 38 0 0 0 0<br />
Owens 27 15 12 2.5 12.5 1 0 0 0<br />
Jeff ries 26 23 3 0 0 2 0 1 1<br />
Bailey 17 11 6 0 0 1 0 0 7<br />
Holland 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Spindler 9 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 0<br />
Stewart 6 TT, 5 ST, 1 FF, 9 ST; Kowalkowski 4 TT, 3 ST, 1 FR, 8 STT; Chalenski 4 TT, 2 ST, 1 PD; Taylor, H 2<br />
TT, 2 ST; Jamison 2 TT, 1 ST, 2 PD; Sasa 2 TT, 0 ST; Campbell 1 TT, 1 ST, 11 STT;<br />
Special Teams: Schlesinger 10; O’Neill 10; Rivers 6; Hanson 3; S<strong>up</strong>ernaw 3; Thomas, M 2; Chryplewicz 1;<br />
Jett 1; Boyd, T 1; McPhail 1<br />
Team 1 6<br />
Lions 924 643 281 43 261 78 10 9 101<br />
Opponents 836 638 198 45 268 93 9 9 —<br />
NFL Standings<br />
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Minnesota 15 1 0 .938 556 296<br />
Green Bay 11 5 0 .688 408 319<br />
Tampa Bay 8 8 0 .500 314 295<br />
DETROIT 5 11 0 .313 306 378<br />
Chicago 4 12 0 .250 276 368<br />
NFC Ea<strong>st</strong><br />
Dallas 10 6 0 .625 381 275<br />
Arizona 9 7 0 .563 325 378<br />
NY Giants 8 8 0 .500 287 309<br />
Washington 6 10 0 .375 319 421<br />
Philadelphia 3 13 0 .188 161 344<br />
NFC We<strong>st</strong><br />
Atlanta 14 2 0 .875 442 289<br />
San Francisco 12 4 0 .750 479 328<br />
New Orleans 6 10 0 .375 305 359<br />
Carolina 4 12 0 .250 336 413<br />
St. Louis 4 12 0 .250 285 378<br />
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Jacksonville 11 5 0 .688 392 338<br />
Tenessee 8 8 0 .500 330 320<br />
Pittsburgh 7 9 0 .438 263 303<br />
Baltimore 6 10 0 .375 269 335<br />
Cincinnati 3 13 0 .188 268 452<br />
AFC Ea<strong>st</strong><br />
NY Jets 12 4 0 .750 416 266<br />
Miami 10 6 0 .625 321 265<br />
Buff alo 10 6 0 .625 400 333<br />
New England 9 7 0 .563 337 329<br />
Indianapolis 3 13 0 .188 310 444<br />
AFC We<strong>st</strong><br />
Denver 14 2 0 .875 501 309<br />
Oakland 8 8 0 .500 288 356<br />
Seattle 8 8 0 .500 372 310<br />
Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 327 363<br />
San Diego 5 11 0 .313 241 342<br />
Arz defeated Dal, 20-7, and SF defeated GB, 30-27, in NFC wild card. Atl defeated SF, 20-18, and Min<br />
defeated Arz, 41-21, in NFC playoff s. Atl defeated Min, 30-27 (OT), for NFC title. Mia defeated Buf, 24-17,<br />
and Jax defeated NE, 25-10, in AFC wild card. Den defeated Mia, 38-3, and NYJ defeated Jax, 34-24, in AFC<br />
playoff s. Den defeated NYJ, 23-10, for AFC title. Den defeated Atl, 34-19, in SB XXXIII.<br />
IN 1998: President Bill Clinton becomes <strong>the</strong> second U. S. President to be impeached by <strong>the</strong> House<br />
of Representatives.
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