2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE
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2014<br />
Won 11, Lost 5, 2nd NFC North<br />
Date W-L Score Opponent Attendance<br />
9/8 W 35-14 NEW YORK GIANTS 64,401<br />
9/14 L 7-24 at Carolina Panthers 73,586<br />
9/21 W 19-7 GREEN BAY PACKERS 62,418<br />
9/28 W 24-17 at New York Jets 78,160<br />
10/6 L 14-17 BUFFALO BILLS 62,775<br />
10/12 W 17-3 at Minnesota Vikings 52,213<br />
10/19 W 24-23 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 63,271<br />
10/26 W 22-21 at ATLANTA FALCONS 83,532<br />
11/9 W 20-16 MIAMI DOLPHINS 63,179<br />
11/16 L 6-14 at Arizona Cardinals 62,487<br />
11/23 L 9-34 at New England Patriots 68,756<br />
11/27 W 34-17 CHICAGO BEARS 64,175<br />
12/7 W 34-17 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 61,489<br />
12/14 W 16-14 MINNESOTA VIKINGS 62,490<br />
12/21 W 20-14 at Chicago Bears 61,420<br />
12/28 L 20-30 at Green Bay Packers 78,408<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
WR Tate<br />
LT Reiff (15); Lucas (1)<br />
LG Sims<br />
C Raiola (15); Swanson (1)<br />
RG Warford (13); Swanson (3)<br />
RT Waddle (10); Reynolds (4); Lucas (2)<br />
TE Pettigrew (9); Ebron (5)<br />
WR/TE Ross (9); Ebron (2); Swanson (1)<br />
WR Johnson (13); Ross (2); Fuller (1)<br />
QB Stafford<br />
RB Bush (8); Bell (6); Riddick (1)<br />
FB Collins (2); Ross (1)<br />
Defense<br />
LE Ansah<br />
DT Fairley (8); Mosley (8)<br />
DT Suh<br />
RE Jones<br />
OLB Whitehead (2); Palmer (5); Vaughn (1)<br />
MLB Tulloch (3); Whitehead (13)<br />
OLB Levy (16)<br />
LCB Mathis<br />
RCB Slay<br />
FS Quin<br />
SS Abdul-Quddus (3); Ihedigbo (13)<br />
CB Vaughn (4); Abdul-Quddus (1); Carey (1)<br />
Team Stats Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 350 290<br />
Rushing 72 59<br />
Passing 210 209<br />
Penalty 28 42<br />
3rd Down: Made/Att 86/223 77/207<br />
3rd Down Pct. 38.6% 37.2%<br />
4th Down: Made/Att 10/20 6/15<br />
4th Down Pct. 50.0% 40.0%<br />
Possession Avg. 31:41 28:19<br />
Total Net Yards 5452 4815<br />
Avg. Per Game 340.8 300.9<br />
Total Plays 1045 984<br />
Avg. Per Play 5.2 4.9<br />
Net Yards Rushing 1422 1109<br />
Avg. Per Game 88.9 69.3<br />
Total Rushes 396 350<br />
Net Yards Passing 4030 3706<br />
Avg. Per Game 251.9 231.6<br />
Sacked/Yards Lost 45/254 42/295<br />
Gross Yards 4284 4001<br />
Attempts/Completions 604/365 592/383<br />
Completion Pct. 60.4% 64.7%<br />
Had Intercepted 12 20<br />
Punts/Average 68/46.1 82/43.7<br />
Net Punting Avg. 40.1 40.0<br />
Penalties/Yards 118/989 99/849<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 21/8 19/7<br />
Touchdowns 35 32<br />
Rushing 11 8<br />
Passing 22 23<br />
Returns 2 1<br />
Score By Periods Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
Team 71 86 60 104 0 321<br />
Opponents 73 84 54 71 0 282<br />
Scoring TD Ru Rec Ret PAT FG 2pt S Pts<br />
M. Prater 0 0 0 0 21/21 21/26 0 0 84<br />
C. Johnson 8 0 8 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 48<br />
J. Bell 8 7 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 48<br />
G. Tate 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 24<br />
T. Riddick 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 24<br />
N. Freese 0 0 0 0 6/6 3/7 0 0 15<br />
R. Bush 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 12<br />
M. Stafford 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 12<br />
J. Fauria 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 8<br />
A. Henery 0 0 0 0 5/5 1/5 0 0 8<br />
J. Ross 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 6<br />
C. Fuller 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 6<br />
E. Ebron 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 6<br />
R. Mathis 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0 6<br />
D. Carey 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0 6<br />
J. Collins 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 6<br />
D. Levy 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 2<br />
Team 35 11 22 2 32/32 25/38 1 1 321<br />
Opponents 32 8 23 1 30/30 18/23 2 1 282<br />
2-Pt Conv: Fauria TM 1-3; OPP 2-2<br />
FUM/Lost: Stafford 8/3, Bell 5/1, Ross 4/2, Fuller 1/1, Ihedigbo 1/1, Tate 1/0<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
J. Bell 223 860 3.9 57 7<br />
R. Bush 76 297 3.9 26t 2<br />
M. Stafford 43 93 2.2 18 2<br />
G. Winn 19 73 3.8 16 0<br />
T. Riddick 20 51 2.6 9 0<br />
G. Tate 5 30 6.0 13 0<br />
J. Collins 8 19 2.4 3 0<br />
J. Ross 2 -1 -0.5 4 0<br />
Team 396 1422 3.6 57 11<br />
Opponents 350 1109 3.2 35t 8<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
G. Tate 99 1331 13.4 73t 4<br />
C. Johnson 71 1077 15.2 67t 8<br />
R. Bush 40 253 6.3 28 0<br />
J. Bell 34 322 9.5 28 1<br />
T. Riddick 34 316 9.3 41 4<br />
E. Ebron 25 248 9.9 22 1<br />
J. Ross 24 314 13.1 59t 1<br />
C. Fuller 14 212 15.1 52 1<br />
B. Pettigrew 10 70 7.0 13 0<br />
J. Fauria 6 74 12.3 26 1<br />
J. Collins 5 39 7.8 24 1<br />
R. Broyles 2 25 12.5 21 0<br />
I. Abdul-Quddus 1 3 3.0 3 0<br />
K. Davis 0 0 0 0 0<br />
G. Winn 0 0 0 0 0<br />
J. Thompson 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Team 365 4284 11.7 73t 22<br />
Opponents 383 4001 10.4 50 23<br />
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
M.Stafford 602 363 4257 60.3 7.1 22 3.7 12 2.0 73t 45/254 85.7<br />
S. Martin 2 2 27 100.0 13.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0/0 118.8<br />
Team 604 365 4284 60.4 7.1 22 3.6 12 2.0 73t 45/254 85.8<br />
Opponents 592 383 4001 64.7 6.8 23 3.9 20 3.4 50 42/295 83.0<br />
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
G. Quin 7 117 16.7 56 0<br />
J. Ihedigbo 4 86 21.5 70 0<br />
C. Vaughn 2 70 35.0 45 0<br />
D. Slay 2 42 21.0 40 0<br />
T. Whitehead 2 2 1.0 2 0<br />
R. Mathis 1 41 41.0 41t 1<br />
J. Bynes 1 17 17.0 17 0<br />
D. Levy 1 13 13.0 13 0<br />
Team 20 388 19.4 70 1<br />
Opponents 12 99 8.3 45 0<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B<br />
S. Martin 68 3138 46.1 40.1 5 29 71 0<br />
Opponents 82 3582 43.7 40.0 1 22 66 0<br />
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
J. Ross 32 37 284 8.9 28 0<br />
Team 32 37 270 8.7 28 0<br />
Opponents 30 21 311 10.4 51t 1<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
J. Ross 23 584 25.4 41 0<br />
G. Winn 2 28 14.0 16 0<br />
Team 25 612 24.5 41 0<br />
Opponents 20 544 27.2 81 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
M. Prater 0/0 8/8 4/5 6/8 3/5<br />
N. Freese 0/0 2/2 1/1 0/4 0/0<br />
A. Henery 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/2 1/3<br />
Team 0/0 10/10 5/6 6/14 4/8<br />
Opponents 0/0 6/7 4/4 4/4 4/8<br />
Freese (43WL, 28, 27, 49WR, 49WR, 30, 41WL, 46, 40)<br />
Henery (51, 52 WR, 44RU, 47SH, 50WL)<br />
Prater (50WL, 52, 44LU, 21, 22, 20, 48, 26, 42B, 50, 50, 28, 48, 20, 53WL, 49, 46, 40, 46, 23, 29, 30,<br />
33, 39, 37B, 30)<br />
Opponents (29, 53, 38); (27); (45, 50LU, 25, 58); (40); (27, 48, 36); (23, 50, 20); (35; 43); (35); (54) (53WR,<br />
26B, 68SH); (52B)<br />
Defense TT ST AT Sk SkY Int IntY PD FF FR Saf<br />
Levy, DeAndre 151 117 34 2.5 18.0 1 13 5 0 0 1<br />
Whitehead, Tahir 77 55 22 0.0 0.0 2 2 5 0 0 0<br />
Quin, Glover 73 57 16 0.0 0.0 7 117 10 0 0 0<br />
Ihedigbo, James 71 59 12 2.0 13.5 4 86 8 3 1 0<br />
Slay, Darius 60 47 13 0.0 0.0 2 42 17 0 0 0<br />
Suh, Ndamukong 53 44 9 8.5 51.0 0 0 3 0 1 0<br />
Mathis, Rashean 51 42 9 0.0 0.0 1 41 9 1 0 0<br />
Ansah, Ezekiel 49 37 12 7.5 56.5 0 0 0 3 0 0<br />
Abdul-Quddus, Isa 29 19 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0<br />
Johnson, George 26 21 5 6.0 50.0 0 0 1 0 1 0<br />
Mosley, C.J. 26 17 9 2.5 16.5 0 0 0 1 0 0<br />
Jones, Jason 22 14 8 5.0 33.5 0 0 3 2 0 0<br />
Tulloch, Stephen 20 15 5 2.0 22.0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Bynes, Josh 19 16 3 0.0 0.0 1 17 2 0 0 0<br />
Vaughn, Cassius 17 15 2 0.0 0.0 2 70 5 0 0 0<br />
Tapp, Darryl 17 12 5 0.5 4.0 0 0 0 0 1 0<br />
Taylor, Devin 15 11 4 1.0 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0<br />
Fairley, Nick 14 8 6 1.0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0<br />
Palmer, Ashlee 10 7 3 1.5 13.0 0 0 2 0 0 0<br />
Fluellen, Andre 10 9 1 2.0 13.0 0 0 0 0 1 0<br />
Carey, Don 7 6 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0<br />
Gorrer, Danny 6 3 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0<br />
Van Noy, Kyle 4 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Seisay, Mohammed 3 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Couplin, Jerome 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Reid, Caraun 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0<br />
Lawson, Nevin 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Totals 835 641 194 42.0 295 20 388 76 11 6 1<br />
Opponents 880 635 245 45.0 254 12 99 82 12 5 1<br />
NFL Standings<br />
NFC North W L T Pct PF PA<br />
Green Bay 12 4 0 .750 486 348<br />
<strong>DETROIT</strong> 11 5 0 .688 321 282<br />
Minnesota 7 9 0 .438 325 343<br />
Chicago 5 11 0 .313 319 442<br />
NFC East<br />
Dallas 12 4 0 .750 467 352<br />
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 474 400<br />
New York Giants 6 10 0 .375 380 400<br />
Washington 4 12 0 .200 301 438<br />
NFC South<br />
Carolina 7 8 1 .469 339 374<br />
New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 401 424<br />
Atlanta 6 10 0 .375 381 417<br />
Tampa Bay 2 14 0 .125 277 410<br />
NFC West<br />
Seattle 12 4 0 .750 394 254<br />
Arizona 11 5 0 .688 310 299<br />
San Francisco 8 8 0 .500 306 340<br />
St. Louis 6 10 0 .375 324 354<br />
AFC East W L T Pct PF PA<br />
New England 12 4 0 .750 468 313<br />
Buffalo 9 7 0 .563 343 289<br />
Miami 8 8 0 .500 388 373<br />
New York Jets 4 12 0 .250 283 401<br />
AFC North<br />
Pittsburgh 11 5 0 .688 436 368<br />
Cincinnati 10 5 1 .656 365 344<br />
Baltimore 10 6 0 .625 409 302<br />
Cleveland 7 9 0 .438 299 337<br />
AFC South<br />
Indianapolis 11 5 0 .688 458 369<br />
Houston 9 7 0 .563 372 307<br />
Jacksonville 3 13 0 .188 249 412<br />
Tennessee 2 14 0 .125 254 438<br />
AFC West<br />
Denver 12 4 0 .750 482 354<br />
Kansas City 9 7 0 .563 353 281<br />
San Diego 9 7 0 .563 348 348<br />
Oakland 3 13 0 .188 253 452<br />
<strong>DETROIT</strong> <strong>LIONS</strong><br />
2014 SEASON IN REVIEW