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

2005
Record: 5-11, 3rd NFC North
Date W-L Score Opponent Attendance
09/11 W 17-3 Green Bay 61,877*
09/18 L 6-38 at Chicago 62,019
10/02 L 13-17 at Tampa Bay 64,994
10/09 W 35-17 Baltimore 61,201*
10/16 L 20-21 Carolina 61,083*
10/23 W 13-10 at Cleveland 72,923
10/30 L 13-19 ot Chicago 61,814*
11/06 L 14-27 at Minnesota 63,813
11/13 W 29-21 Arizona 61,091*
11/20 L 7-20 at Dallas 62,670
11/24 L 7-27 Atlanta 62,390*
12/04 L 16-21 Minnesota 61,375*
12/11 L 13-16 ot at Green Bay 70,019
12/18 L 17-41 Cincinnati 61,749*
12/24 W 13-12 at New Orleans 63,747
01/01 L 21-35 at Pittsburgh 63,794
* Ford Field sellout
Usual Starters
Off ense
WR 11 Roy Williams
LT 76 Jeff Backus
LG 69 Kyle Kosier
C 51 Dominic Raiola
RG 65 Damien Woody
RT 79 Kelly Butler
TE 81 Marcus Pollard
WR 10 Scottie Vines
QB 3 Joey Harrington
FB 30 Cory Schlesinger
HB 34 Kevin Jones
Pro Bowl: DT S. Rogers
Defense
LE 78 Cory Redding
LT 72 Dan Wilkinson
RT 92 Shaun Rogers
RE 96 James Hall
WLB 52 James Davis
MLB 50 Earl Holmes
SLB 97 Boss Bailey
LCB 35 André Goodman
RCB 32 Dré Bly
FS 42 Terrence Holt
SS 26 Kenoy Kennedy
Team Stats Det Opp
Total First Downs 258 308
Rushing 69 109
Passing 151 166
Penalty 38 33
3rd Down: Made/Att 87/224 82/208
3rd Down Pct. 38.8 39.4
4th Down: Made/Att 7/17 6/11
4th Down Pct. 41.2 54.5
Possession Avg. 29:13 30:47
Total Net Yards 4319 5158
Avg. Per Game 269.9 322.4
Total Plays 955 1006
Avg. Per Play 4.5 5.1
Net Yards Rushing 1471 2040
Avg. Per Game 91.9 127.5
Total Rushes 404 488
Net Yards Passing 2848 3118
Avg. Per Game 178.0 194.9
Sacked/Yards Lost 31/173 31/187
Gross Yards 3021 3305
Att./Completions 520/297 487/295
Completion Pct. 57.1 60.6
Had Intercepted 18 19
Punts/Average 84/43.5 72/40.3
Net Punting Avg. 84/36.9 72/34.5
Penalties/Yards 115/838 130/953
Fumbles/Ball Lost 21/12 24/12
Touchdowns 28 39
Rushing 10 15
Passing 15 19
Returns 3 5
Scoring Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Team 69 72 43 70 0 254
Opponents 84 136 66 50 9 345
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 27/27 19/24 0 84
R. Williams 8 0 8 0 0 48
Jones 5 5 0 0 0 30
Pinner 3 3 0 0 0 18
Pollard 3 0 3 0 0 18
Bailey 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Bryson 1 TD (1 Ru),6 Pts; Fitzsimmons 1 TD (1 Pa),6 Pts; Garcia 1 TD (1 Ru),6 Pts;
Kennedy 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; C. Rogers 1 TD (1 Pa),6 Pts; S. Rogers 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Schlesinger 1 TD (1
Pa), 6 Pts; M. Williams 1 TD (1 Pa),6 Pts; Wilkinson 1 Saf, 2 Pts
Team 28 10 15 3 27/28 19/24 1 254
Opponents 39 15 19 5 37/37 24/30 0 345
2-Pt. Conversions: TEAM 0-0, Opponents 1-1
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Jones 186 664 3.6 40 5
Pinner 106 349 3.3 19 3
Bryson 64 306 4.8 77t 1
Harrington 24 80 3.3 15 0
Garcia 17 51 3.0 14 1
P. Smith 4 16 4.0 6 0
Vines 1-7; Schlesinger 1-1; Drummond 1-(-3)
Lions 404 1471 3.6 77t 10
Opponents 488 2040 4.2 64t 15
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Pollard 46 516 11.2 86 3
R. Williams 45 687 15.3 51t 8
Vines 40 417 10.4 40 0
Bryson 37 284 7.7 63 0
M. Williams 29 350 12.1 49 1
Pinner 21 181 8.6 24 0
Jones 20 109 5.5 28 0
K. Johnson 17 133 7.8 25 0
C. Rogers 14 197 14.1 35t 1
Fitzsimmons 10 45 4.5 11 1
Schlesinger 8 31 3.9 8 1
P. Smith 6 49 8.2 11 0
T. Edwards 2-15, 8 Lg; Martinez 1-11; Harrington 1-(-4);
Lions 297 3021 10.2 86 15
Opponents 295 3305 11.2 80t 19
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
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Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
330 188 2021 57.0 6.12 12 3.6 12 3.6 86 24/136 72.0
173 102 937 59.0 5.42 3 1.7 6 3.5 49 6/34 65.1
17 7 63 41.2 3.71 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 1/3 51.8
520 297 3021 57.1 5.81 15 2.9 18 3.5 86 31/173 69.1
487 295 3305 60.6 6.79 19 3.9 19 3.9 80t 31/187 77.6
Interceptions Int Yds
Bly 6 54
Goodman 3 17
Kennedy 2 64
Holt 2 51
McQuarters 2 25
Bailey 1-34, 34t Lg, 1 TD; Bra. Walker 1-22; Lehman 1-21; Wayne 1-20;
Lions 19 308
Opponents 18 271
Avg
9.0
5.7
32.0
25.5
12.5
16.2
15.1
Lg
28
21
64t
51
19
64t
41t
TD
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
Punting
Harris
Lions
Opponents
Pnt
84
84
72
Yds
3656
3656
2899
Avg
43.5
43.5
40.3
Net
36.9
36.9
34.5
TB
2
2
7
In
34
34
20
Lg
60
60
61
B
0
0
0
Punt Returns
Drummond
McQuarters
Lions
Opponents
PR
26
10
36
50
FC
11
2
13
17
Yds
157
117
274
520
Avg
6.0
11.7
7.6
10.4
Lg
38
49
49
81t
TD
0
0
0
2
Kickoff Returns OR Yds Avg
Drummond 49 1077 22.0
McQuarters 16 381 23.8
Bryson 4-55, 25 Lg; Martinez 2-42, 24 Lg; DeVries 1-7, 7 Lg; K. Johnson 1-14, 14 Lg
Lions 73 1576 21.6
Opponents 55 1239 22.5
Lg
48
73
73
90t
TD
0
0
0
1
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 1/1 9/9 3/3 4/7 2/4
Lions 1/1 9/9 3/3 4/7 2/4
Opponents 1/1 8/8 7/9 5/7 3/5
Hanson:(21G)()(44G,23G)()(47B,52G,25G)(47N,47G,50G)(46N,32G,30G)(51N)(26G,20G)(50N)()(45G,26G,
28G)(19G,23G)(45G)(21G,39G)()
Opponents:(50G)(48G,48N,36N)(43G,46N)(46G)(52B)(30G)(38G,20G)(21G,52N,40G)(51G,28G)(19G, 56G)
(21G,23G)()(36G,38B,39G,28G)(28G,33G)(35G, 47G,33G,20G)()
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Kennedy 96 72 24 0 0 6 1 0 3
Holmes 75 51 24 0 0 1 2 0 0
Hall 60 52 8 5 31 1 3 0 0
Davis 59 35 24 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bailey 58 38 20 1 6 3 0 0 1
McQuarters 57 46 11 0 0 10 0 0 3
Bly 45 41 4 0 0 13 3 1 0
Holt 42 32 10 0 0 5 1 1 0
Goodman 41 37 4 0 0 11 0 0 6
Rogers 41 30 11 5.5 44 2 2 1 0
Rainer 35 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 14
Redding 33 26 7 1 4 4 1 1 0
Edwards 32 25 7 7 35 2 2 3 0
Walker 28 20 8 0 0 2 0 0 9
Cody 28 17 11 1.5 15 0 1 1 0
Wilkinson 26 20 6 3 17 4 0 0 0
Woods 26 15 11 1 1 0 0 0 2
Curry 22 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 16
Bell 21 15 6 0 0 0 1 0 0
DeVries 21 15 6 3 19 1 0 2 1
Smith 18 14 4 1 3 1 0 0 2
McGraw 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 1 6
Wayne 14 11 3 0 0 1 1 0 0
Lehman 12 8 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
Bryant 9 TT, 8 ST, 1 PD, 1 FF; Grootegoed 3 TT, 1 ST, 1 STT; Wilson 2 TT, 2 ST, 8 STT; Fox 1 TT, 1 ST, 10 STT
Special Teams Tackles: FitzSimmons 10; Bryson 5; Pinner 3; Smith, P 3; McHugh 3; Hanson 2; Muhlbach 2;
Drummond 2; Schlesinger 2; Gutierrez 1; Harris 1; Pollard 1; Martinez 1; Hamilton 1
Team 2 12
Lions 920 684 236 31 187 70 19 12 120
Opponent 883 634 249 30 173 67 16 10 124
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T Pct Pts OP
Chicago 11 5 0 .688 260 202
Minnesota 9 7 0 .562 306 344
DETROIT 5 11 0 .312 254 345
Green Bay 4 12 0 .250 298 344
NFC East
NY Giants 11 5 0 .688 422 314
Washington 10 6 0 .625 359 293
Dallas 9 7 0 .562 325 308
Philadelphia 6 10 0 .375 310 388
NFC South
Tampa Bay 11 5 0 .688 300 274
Carolina 11 5 0 .688 391 259
Atlanta 8 8 0 .500 351 341
New Orleans 3 13 0 .188 235 398
NFC West
Seattle 13 3 0 .812 452 271
St. Louis 6 10 0 .375 363 429
Arizona 5 11 0 .312 311 387
San Francisco 4 12 0 .25 239 428
AFC North W L T Pct Pts OP
Cincinnati 11 5 0 .688 421 350
Pittsburgh 11 5 0 .688 389 258
Baltimore 6 10 0 .375 265 299
Cleveland 6 10 0 .375 232 301
AFC East
New England 10 6 0 .625 379 338
Miami 9 7 0 .562 318 317
Buff alo 5 11 0 .312 271 367
N.Y. Jets 4 12 0 .250 240 355
AFC South
Indianapolis 14 2 0 .875 439 247
Jacksonville 12 4 0 .750 361 269
Tennessee 4 12 0 .250 299 421
Houston 2 14 0 .125 260 431
AFC West
Denver 13 3 0 .812 395 258
Kansas City 10 6 0 .625 403 325
San Diego 9 7 0 .562 418 312
Oakland 4 12 0 .250 290 383
Was defeated TB, 17-10, and Car defeated NYG, 23-0, in NFC wild card. Sea defeated Was, 20-10, and
Carolina defeated Chi, 29-21, in NFC divisional playoff s. Sea defeated Car, 34-14, for NFC title. NE defeated
Jax, 28-3, and Pit defeated cin 31-17, in AFC wild card. Pit defeated Ind, 21-18, and Den defeated NE 27-
13, in AFC divisional playoff s. Pit defeated Den 34-17, for AFC title. Pit defeated Sea, 21-10, in SB XL.
In 2005: Hurricane Katrina decimates the Gulf Coast on August 29, one of the deadliest storms in
history, as the storm ravages Louisiana and the city of New Orleans as well as the coastal regions of
Mississippi and Alabama.