2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

300-yard games, eight occurred in 2011. Franchise best six career 400-yards games, including two in 2011. First player
ever to throw for over 500 yards in a game in Lions history.
‣ ¾ Rookie campaign was highlighted by his 13 touchdowns passes (Lions rookie passing record) and his gritty performance
against Cleveland (11/22/09) when he threw for an NFL record 422 yards and tied a league single-game rookie record
with five touchdown passes.
‣ ¾ Was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week and was voted Rookie of the Week for Week 11 of the 2009 season.
‣ ¾ Selected by Lions with the first overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft and was named the team’s starting quarterback to start
the regular season. He was the youngest player to start the regular season at quarterback since Drew Bledsoe in 1993.
2014: Finished his sixth NFL season 363-of-602 passing for 4,257 yards (60.3-percent), 22 touchdowns and only 12
interceptions for an overall quarterback rating of 85.7. Led the Lions to five come-from-behind wins when the team was
trailing or tied in the fourth quarter or overtime, while also setting new franchise records for career touchdown passes
(131) and career passing yards (21,714) in 2014.
‣ ¾ Displayed his leadership in the Lions’ new offense on Monday Night Football vs. the New York Giants in Week 1 (9/8)
with a 346-yard, two-touchdown performance, including two touchdown passes to WR Calvin Johnson on the first
two drives of the game. Stafford also punched in a five-yard rushing score, the 10th rushing touchdown of his career.
‣ ¾ Started in his 50th-consecutive game in Week 2 at Carolina (9/14), finishing 27-of-48 for 291 yards and one touchdown
and one interception.
‣ ¾ Helped orchestrate a late scoring drive on a RB Reggie Bush touchdown that iced the Lions’ 19-7 win over the Packers
in Week 3 (9/21) with a 6:54 drive to seal the game. Finished the game 22-of-34 passing for 246 yards.
‣ ¾ Led the Lions offense to three touchdown drives, capped by his second rushing score of the season in Week 4 at New
York Jets (9/28). Finished 24-of-34 for 293 yards and two touchdown passes.
‣ ¾ Completed 18-of-31 passes for 231 yards and one touchdown and one interception in Week 5 vs. Buffalo (10/5).
‣ ¾ Threw for 185 yards and one touchdown while completing 18-of-33 passes in Week 6 at Minnesota (10/12).
‣ ¾ Completed 27-of-40 passes (67.5 pct) for 299 yards and two touchdowns en route to a 24-23 come-from-behind win
against the New Orleans Saints.
‣ ¾ Completed 24-of-47 passes for 325 yards and two touchdowns in Week 8 at Atlanta (10/26), including a 59-yard touchdown
to WR Golden Tate which set the franchise’s all-time career passing touchdowns record with his 119th career touchdown
pass. He broke the 58-year old record held by Hall of Fame QB Bobby Layne (118, 1950-58).
‣ ¾ Completed 27-of-42 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns while also engineering his 15th career game-winning
drive in the fourth quarter or overtime, and accomplished this for the third consecutive game in Week 10 vs. Miami (11/9).
‣ ¾ Threw for 183 yards while completing 18-of-30 passes in Week 11 at Arizona (11/16).
‣ ¾ Threw for 264 yards in Week 12 at New England (11/23).
‣ ¾ Completed 34-of-45 passes for a season-high 390 yards and two touchdowns in Week 13 vs. Chicago (11/27).
‣ ¾ Completed 26-of-34 passes (76.5 pct) for 311 yards and threw for three touchdowns in Week 14 vs. Tampa Bay (12/7).
Stafford garnered his 27th career 300-yard passing game with 311 yards in the air. This was his fourth 300-yard game
of the season. He now has registered 300 yards in back-to-back games eight times in his career.
‣ ¾ Threw for 153 yards while completing 17-of-28 passes in Week 15 vs. Minnesota (12/14). He led the Lions on his 16th
career game-winning drive in the fourth quarter or overtime. The 10-play drive, which started at the Lions’ own 20-yard
line, covered 65 yards and culminated with a 33-yard field goal by K Matt Prater.
‣ ¾ Completed 22-of-39 passes for 243 yards in Week 16 at Chicago (12/21). Now with 4,040 yards this year, he reached
4,000 yards on the season for the fourth time in his six-year career.
‣ ¾ Threw for 217 yards and three touchdowns while completing 20-of-41 passes in Week 17 at Green Bay (12/28). With
three touchdown passes at Green Bay, Stafford finished the 2014 season with 22 passing touchdowns and registered
20+ TD passes on the season for the fourth consecutive year.
‣ ¾ Completed 28-of-42 passes for 323 yards and a touchdown in the NFC Wild Card game at Dallas (1/4).
2013: Voted team captain for the fourth-straight season (201L3) and was a Pro Bowl alternate (2014) for the second-straight
season. Became just the second passer in NFL history to throw for 4,500+ passing yards in three-consecutive seasons
(Saints QB Drew Brees, 4, 2010-2013). In 2013, Stafford was 371-of-634 (58.5 pct) for 4,650 yards, 29 touchdowns and 19
interceptions and had a passer rating of 84.2 as he finished fourth in the League in passing yards. He continued his assault
on the Lions record books as he became the franchise leader in career passing yards (17,457), breaking the 55-year old
record (1958) held by Hall of Fame QB Bobby Layne. With only five years under his belt, Stafford (109) now trails Layne
(118) for the most touchdown passes in Lions history.
‣ ¾ Completed 28-of-43 passes for 357 yards and two touchdowns in the Lions’ 34-24 opening day win vs. Minnesota (9/8).
• His 357 yards was the second-highest tally by a Lions quarterback on opening day in team history (Bobby Layne,
364; vs. Pittsburgh 9/27/53). Stafford’s 357-yard outing was his 18th career 300-yard game and the third he has
tallied on opening day.
• Stafford now has three of the top five highest games of passing yards on opening day in team history. He also surpassed
the 13,000-yard mark for career passing yards and became the second player in team history to reach that
milestone (Bobby Layne, 15,710).
‣ ¾ Threw for 278 yards and two touchdowns while completing 24-of-36 passes in Week 2 at Arizona (9/15).
• Stafford registered 210 passing yards in the first half at Arizona, surpassing the 200-yard mark in the first half of a
game for the 11th time in his career. He passed for 200 yards in the first half in the first two games of the season,
which is the fourth time in his career he has recorded 200-yards in the first half in back-to-back games.
‣ ¾ Completed 25-of-42 passes for 385 yards and two touchdowns (one interception) as he led the Lions to a 27-20 win in
Week 3 at Washington (9/22).
• Stafford recorded his 10th career game-winning drive in the fourth quarter when the Lions were trailing or tied. Detroit
was tied with Washington at 17-17 entering the fourth quarter. With 11:08 left, Stafford led the Lions on a scoring
drive that culminated in a 28-yard field goal to give the Lions a lead which they would not relinquish.
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