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2002<br />
Record: 3-13, 4th NFC North<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/8 L 21-49 at Miami 72,216<br />
9/15 L 7-31 at Carolina 71,951<br />
9/22 L 31-37 Green Bay 61,505*<br />
9/29 W 26-21 New Orleans 60,023*<br />
10/13 L 24-31 at Minnesota 64,013<br />
10/20 W 23-20ot Chicago 60,421*<br />
10/27 L 17-24 at Buff alo 72,710<br />
11/3 W 9- 7 Dallas 61,789*<br />
11/10 L 14-40 at Green Bay 63,313<br />
11/17 L 14-31 NY Jets 61,720*<br />
11/24 L 17-20ot at Chicago 62,375<br />
11/28 L 12-20 New England 62,109*<br />
12/8 L 20-23ot at Arizona 28,640<br />
12/15 L 20-23 Tampa Bay 61,942*<br />
12/22 L 15-36 at Atlanta 69,307<br />
12/29 L 36-38 Minnesota 60,233*<br />
* Ford Field sellout<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Off ense<br />
WR 84 Bill Schroeder<br />
LT 76 Jeff Backus<br />
LG 62 Tony Semple<br />
C 51 Dominic Raiola<br />
RG 61 Ray Brown<br />
RT 73 Stockar McDougle<br />
TE 86 Mikhael Ricks<br />
WR 81 Az-Zahir Hakim<br />
QB 3 Joey Harrington<br />
FB 30 Cory Schlesinger<br />
RB 34 James Stewart<br />
Team Stati<strong>st</strong>ics Det Opp<br />
Total Fir<strong>st</strong> Downs 242 360<br />
Rushing 69 111<br />
Passing 150 221<br />
Penalty 23 28<br />
3rd Down: Made/Att 64/216 105/233<br />
3rd Down Pct. 29.6 45.1<br />
4th Down: Made/Att 8/20 8/11<br />
4th Down Pct. 40.0 72.7<br />
Possession Avg. 25:44 34:16<br />
Total Net Yards 4471 6117<br />
Avg. Per Game 279.4 382.3<br />
Total Plays 955 1119<br />
Avg. Per Play 4.7 5.5<br />
Net Yards Rushing 1477 1967<br />
Avg. Per Game 92.3 122.9<br />
Total Rushes 358 495<br />
Net Yards Passing 2994 4150<br />
Avg. Per Game 187.1 259.4<br />
Sacked/Yards Lo<strong>st</strong> 20/174 33/254<br />
Gross Yards 3168 4404<br />
Att./Completions 577/277 591/371<br />
Completion Pct. 48.0 62.8<br />
Had Intercepted 25 10<br />
Punts/Average 91/42.2 80/42.4<br />
Net Punting Avg. 91/38.0 80/35.6<br />
Penalties/Yards 104/916 114/981<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lo<strong>st</strong> 14/6 25/14<br />
Touchdowns 34 52<br />
Rushing 9 19<br />
Passing 19 27<br />
Returns 6 6<br />
Defense<br />
LE 91 Robert Porcher<br />
NT 92 Shaun Rogers<br />
UT 94 Lu<strong>the</strong>r Elliss<br />
RE 96 James Hall<br />
LOLB 54 Barrett Green<br />
MLB 50 Chris Claiborne<br />
ROLB 55 Donté Curry<br />
CB 24 Todd Lyght<br />
CB 29 Chris Cash<br />
SS 26 Corey Harris<br />
FS 45 Brian Walker (8); 26 Eric Davis (6)<br />
PoInts ored Sc<br />
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
Lions 72 88 66 77 3 306<br />
Opponents 71 160 111 103 6 451<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Hanson 0 0 0 0 31/31 23/28 0 100<br />
Stewart 6 4 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 36<br />
Schroeder 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 32<br />
Hakim 4 0 3 1 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
McMahon 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
Ricks 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
Cason 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Schlesinger 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Warren 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Anderson 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts, Claiborne 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Crowell 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts; Drummond 1 TD (1<br />
Ret), 6 Pts; Hall 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Lyght 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Porcher 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts<br />
Lions 34 9 19 6 31/31 23/28 0 306<br />
Opponents 52 19 27 6 48/49 29/33 0 451<br />
2-Pt. Conversions: Schroeder, TEAM 1-3; Opp 2-3<br />
Rushing<br />
Stewart<br />
Schlesinger<br />
Cason<br />
McMahon<br />
Cooper<br />
Drummond<br />
Warren<br />
Harrington<br />
Huntley<br />
Hakim<br />
Jett<br />
Trejo<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Att<br />
231<br />
49<br />
26<br />
14<br />
12<br />
4<br />
6<br />
7<br />
3<br />
4<br />
1<br />
1<br />
358<br />
495<br />
Yds<br />
1021<br />
139<br />
107<br />
96<br />
57<br />
38<br />
8<br />
4<br />
4<br />
3<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1477<br />
1967<br />
Avg<br />
4.4<br />
2.8<br />
4.1<br />
6.9<br />
4.8<br />
9.5<br />
1.3<br />
0.6<br />
1.3<br />
0.8<br />
0.0<br />
0.0<br />
4.1<br />
4.0<br />
Lg<br />
56<br />
17<br />
40<br />
22<br />
18<br />
23<br />
8<br />
6<br />
3<br />
10<br />
0<br />
0<br />
56<br />
43<br />
TD<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
3<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
9<br />
19<br />
Receiving<br />
Stewart<br />
Hakim<br />
Schroeder<br />
Schlesinger<br />
Ricks<br />
Anderson<br />
Rec<br />
46<br />
37<br />
36<br />
35<br />
27<br />
25<br />
Yds<br />
333<br />
541<br />
595<br />
263<br />
339<br />
322<br />
Avg<br />
7.2<br />
14.6<br />
16.5<br />
7.5<br />
12.6<br />
12.9<br />
Lg<br />
52t<br />
64t<br />
46<br />
43<br />
49<br />
34<br />
TD<br />
2<br />
3<br />
5<br />
0<br />
3<br />
1<br />
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS<br />
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Crowell 22 201 9.1 22 1<br />
Cason 19 288 15.2 37 2<br />
Fo<strong>st</strong>er 14 152 10.9 22 0<br />
J. Green (lg) 5 94 18.8 44 0<br />
Owens 5 49 9.8 13 0<br />
Warren 4-56, 39t Lg, 2 TD; Trejo 2-13; Drummond 2-(-3); Murphy 1-8; McMahon 1-7; Cooper 1-4;<br />
Lions 277 3168 11.4 64t 19<br />
Opponents 371 4404 11.9 60 27<br />
Passing<br />
Harrington<br />
McMahon<br />
Stewart<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
429 215 2294 50.1 5.35 12 2.8 16 3.7 64t 8/75 59.9<br />
147 62 874 42.2 5.95 7 4.8 9 6.1 49 12/99 52.4<br />
1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6<br />
577 277 3168 48.0 5.49 19 3.3 25 4.3 64t 20/174 57.9<br />
591 371 4404 62.8 7.45 27 4.6 10 1.7 60 33/254 93.6<br />
Interceptions Int<br />
Claiborne 3<br />
Lyght 2<br />
Harris 1-49; Davis 1-14; Cash 1-11; Gooch 1-3; Goodman 1-2<br />
Lions 10<br />
Opponents 25<br />
Yds<br />
63<br />
31<br />
173<br />
316<br />
Avg<br />
21.0<br />
15.5<br />
17.3<br />
12.6<br />
Lg<br />
43<br />
31<br />
49<br />
78t<br />
TD<br />
1<br />
0<br />
1<br />
5<br />
Punting<br />
Jett<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
Pnt<br />
91<br />
91<br />
80<br />
Yds<br />
3838<br />
3838<br />
3392<br />
Avg<br />
42.2<br />
42.2<br />
42.4<br />
Net<br />
38.0<br />
38.0<br />
35.6<br />
TB<br />
7<br />
7<br />
9<br />
In<br />
29<br />
29<br />
23<br />
Lg<br />
57<br />
57<br />
64<br />
B<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
Punt Returns<br />
Drummond<br />
Hakim<br />
Howard<br />
Fo<strong>st</strong>er 4-29, 10 Lg; Cash 1-0<br />
Lions<br />
Opponents<br />
PR<br />
18<br />
10<br />
9<br />
42<br />
53<br />
FC<br />
8<br />
4<br />
5<br />
17<br />
14<br />
Yds<br />
138<br />
148<br />
48<br />
363<br />
239<br />
Avg<br />
7.7<br />
14.8<br />
5.3<br />
8.6<br />
4.5<br />
Lg<br />
73t<br />
72t<br />
14<br />
73t<br />
26<br />
TD<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Drummond 40 1039 26.0 91 0<br />
Howard 26 587 22.6 70 0<br />
Fo<strong>st</strong>er 12 286 23.8 50 0<br />
Cason 2-48, 24 Lg; Beverly 1-9; Cooper 1-55; Schlesinger 1-15<br />
Lions 83 2039 24.6 91 0<br />
Opponents 68 1560 22.9 67 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Hanson 0/0 8/8 8/9 7/8 0/3<br />
Lions 0/0 8/8 8/9 7/8 0/3<br />
Opponents 1/1 10/10 9/10 8/11 1/1<br />
Hanson:(33G)(23G,34G,23G,38G)(49G)(55N,30G,24G,48G)(35G)(42G,44G,43G)(50N)()(22G)(23G,45G,<br />
39G,46G)(33N,26G,20G)(37G,25G,57N)(44N)(37G) — 23/28, 82.1%<br />
Opponents:()(46B,40N,23G)(46G,34G,47G)()(42G)(53G,42G)(33G)(30G,40G,36G,33G)(22G)(35N,22G,40G)<br />
(31G,29G)(29G,41G,42G)(20G,28G,38G)(23G,23G,36G,20G,39G)(43B,18G) — 29/33, 87.9%<br />
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT<br />
Claiborne 101 72 29 4.5 42 7 0 1 1<br />
Lyght 97 82 15 0 0 18 0 0 2<br />
Cash 91 79 12 0 0 11 1 2 10<br />
Harris, C 79 58 21 2.5 22.5 8 1 0 3<br />
Green 73 50 23 1 1 5 3 0 0<br />
Curry 55 39 16 3 26 0 4 1 13<br />
Hall 49 34 15 2 9 3 0 2 0<br />
Rogers 48 26 22 2.5 21 2 0 2 0<br />
Porcher 45 30 15 5.5 54.5 8 2 3 0<br />
Walker, Brian 44 32 12 1 10 5 2 0 1<br />
Goodman 42 34 8 0 0 13 0 1 4<br />
Pritchett 42 28 14 0 0 2 0 1 0<br />
Davis 37 31 6 0 0 4 0 0 0<br />
Walker, Bracy 36 24 12 1 5 2 2 0 17<br />
Gooch 33 24 9 0 0 3 0 0 16<br />
Edwards 31 23 8 6.5 35 4 2 1 5<br />
Elliss 26 19 7 2.5 24 0 1 0 0<br />
Kirschke 19 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Williams 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Kriewaldt 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 6<br />
DeVries 10 5 5 1 4 1 0 0 0<br />
Campbell 9 TT, 6 ST, 3 STT; Wyrick 8 TT, 8 ST, 12 STT; Lake 2 TT, 1 ST; Jordan 1 TT, 1 ST<br />
Special Teams: Trejo 8; Fo<strong>st</strong>er 7; Drummond 6; Schlesinger 5; Banta 4; Thornhill 2; Cooper 2; Brown 1;<br />
Hanson 1; Owens 1; Stewart 1; Cason 1;<br />
Lions 1000 733 267 33 254 96 18 14 132<br />
Opponents 729 559 170 20 174 128 5 8 133<br />
NFL Standings<br />
NFC North W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Green Bay 12 4 0 .750 398 328<br />
Minnesota 6 10 0 .375 390 442<br />
Chicago 4 12 0 .250 281 379<br />
DETROIT 3 13 0 .188 306 451<br />
NFC Ea<strong>st</strong><br />
Philadelphia 12 4 0 .750 415 241<br />
NY Giants 10 6 0 .625 320 279<br />
Washington 7 9 0 .438 307 365<br />
Dallas 5 11 0 .312 217 329<br />
NFC South<br />
Tampa Bay 12 4 0 .750 346 196<br />
Atlanta 9 6 1 .594 402 314<br />
New Orleans 9 7 0 .562 432 388<br />
Carolina 7 9 0 .438 258 302<br />
NFC We<strong>st</strong><br />
San Francisco 10 6 0 .625 367 351<br />
St. Louis 7 9 0 .438 316 369<br />
Seattle 7 9 0 .438 355 369<br />
Arizona 5 11 0 .312 262 417<br />
AFC Ea<strong>st</strong> W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
NY Jets 9 7 0 .562 359 336<br />
New England 9 7 0 .562 381 346<br />
Miami 9 7 0 .562 378 301<br />
Buff alo 8 8 0 .500 379 397<br />
AFC North<br />
Pittsburgh 10 5 1 .656 390 345<br />
Cleveland 9 7 0 .562 344 320<br />
Baltimore 7 9 0 .438 316 354<br />
Cincinnati 2 14 0 .125 279 456<br />
AFC South<br />
Tennessee 11 5 0 .688 367 324<br />
Indianapolis 10 6 0 .625 349 313<br />
Jacksonville 6 10 0 .375 328 315<br />
Hou<strong>st</strong>on 4 12 0 .250 213 356<br />
AFC We<strong>st</strong><br />
Oakland 11 5 0 .688 450 304<br />
Denver 9 7 0 .562 392 344<br />
San Diego 8 8 0 .500 333 367<br />
Kansas City 8 8 0 .500 467 399<br />
Atl defeated GB, 27-7, and SF defeated NYG, 39-38, in NFC wild card. TB defeated SF, 31-6, and Phi<br />
defeated Atl, 20-6, in NFC divisional playoff s. TB defeated Phi, 27-10, for NFC title. NYJ defeated Ind, 41-0,<br />
and Pit defeated Cle, 36-33, in AFC wild card. Ten defeated Pit 34-31, and Oak defeated NYJ, 30-10, in AFC<br />
divisional playoff s. Oak defeated Ten, 41-24, for AFC title. TB defeated Oak, 48-21, in SB XXXVII.<br />
IN 2002: Two snipers terrorize <strong>the</strong> Beltway area (Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.) over a<br />
three-week period. Ten people were killed and three more wounded, as <strong>the</strong> shooters attacked victims<br />
in suburban gas <strong>st</strong>ations and malls.
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