2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1971 Steve Owens 32 350 10.9 2
Charlie Sanders 31 502 16.2 5
1972 Altie Taylor 29 250 8.6 2
Larry Walton 24 485 20.2 6
1973 Charlie Sanders 28 433 15.5 2
1974 Ron Jessie 54 761 14.1 3
1975 Charlie Sanders 37 486 13.1 3
Ray Jarvis 29 501 17.3 4
1976 Ray Jarvis 39 822 21.1 5
1977 Horace King 40 238 6.0 0
David Hill 32 465 14.5 2
1978 David Hill 53 633 11.9 4
1979 Freddie Scott 62 929 15.0 5
1980 Freddie Scott 53 834 15.7 4
1981 Freddie Scott 53 1022 19.3 5
1982 Billy Sims 34 342 10.1 0
1983 James Jones 46 467 10.2 1
1984 James Jones 77 662 8.6 5
Leonard Thompson 50 773 15.5 6
1985 Leonard Thompson 51 736 14.4 5
1986 James Jones 54 334 6.2 1
Jeff Chadwick 53 995 18.8 5
1987 Pete Mandley 58 720 12.4 7
1988 Pete Mandley 44 617 14.0 4
1989 Richard Johnson 70 1091 15.6 8
1990 Richard Johnson 64 727 11.4 6
Robert Clark 52 932 17.9 8
1991 Brett Perriman 52 668 12.8 1
1992 Brett Perriman 69 810 11.7 4
1992 Herman Moore 51 966 18.9 4
1993 Herman Moore 61 935 15.3 6
1994 Herman Moore 72 1173 16.3 11
1995 Herman Moore* 123 1686 13.7 14
1996 Herman Moore 106 1296 12.2 9
1997 Herman Moore* 104 1293 12.4 8
(tied NFL high)
1998 Herman Moore 82 983 12.0 5
Johnnie Morton 69 1028 14.9 2
1999 Germane Crowell 81 1338 16.5 7
2000 Johnnie Morton 61 788 12.9 3
2001 Johnnie Morton 77 1154 15.0 4
2002 James Stewart 46 333 7.2 2
Bill Schroeder 36 595 16.5 6
2003 Shawn Bryson 54 340 6.3 0
Az-Zahir Hakim 49 449 9.2 4
2004 Roy Williams 54 817 15.1 8
2005 Marcus Pollard 46 516 11.2 3
Roy Williams 45 687 15.3 8
2006 Mike Furrey# 98 1098 11.1 6
Roy Williams 92 1310 16.0 7
2007 Shaun McDonald 79 943 11.9 6
2008 Calvin Johnson 78 1331 17.1 12
2009 Calvin Johnson 67 984 14.7 5
2010 Calvin Johnson 77 1120 14.5 12
2011 Calvin Johnson 96 1681* 17.5 16
2012 Calvin Johnson 122* 1964* 16.1 5
2013 Calvin Johnson 84 1492# 17.8 12
2014 Golden Tate 99 1331 13.4 4
DETROIT LIONS
PASSING
Year Player Att Cmp Pct Yds Avg TD Int Rtg
1934 Dutch Clark 50 23 46.0 383 7.66 0 3 47.3
1935 Glenn Presnell 45 15 33.3 193 4.29 0 6 8.1
1936 Dutch Clark 71 38 53.5 467 6.58 4 6 57.7
1937 Bill Shepherd 46 19 41.3 297 6.46 2 7 38.3
1938 Vern Huffman 85 27 31.8 382 4.49 2 8 15.9
1939 Dwight Sloan 102 45 44.1 658 6.45 2 3 60.0
1940 Byron White 80 35 43.8 461 5.76 0 12 23.0
1941 Byron White 62 22 35.5 338 5.45 2 5 31.5
1942 Harry Hopp 68 20 29.4 258 3.79 0 13 3.3
1943 Frank Sinkwich 126 50 39.7 699 5.55 7 20 37.2
1944 Frank Sinkwich 148 58 39.2 1060 7.16 12 20 52.0
1945 Ch. Fenenbock 110 45 40.9 754 6.85 7 11 46.4
1946 Dave Ryan 154 73 47.4 965 6.27 6 17 41.1
1947 Clyde LeForce 175 94 53.7 1384 7.91 13 20 65.0
1948 Fred Enke 221 100 45.2 1328 6.01 11 17 49.4
1949 Frank Tripucka 145 62 42.8 833 5.74 9 14 42.8
1950 Bobby Layne 336 152 45.2 2323 6.91 16 18 62.1
1951 Bobby Layne 332 152 45.8 2403 7.24 26 23 67.6
1952 Bobby Layne 287 139 48.4 1999 6.97 19 20 64.5
1953 Bobby Layne 273 125 45.8 2088 7.65 16 21 59.6
1954 Bobby Layne 246 135 54.9 1818 7.39 14 12 77.3
1955 Bobby Layne 270 143 53.0 1830 6.78 11 17 61.8
1956 Bobby Layne 244 129 52.9 1909 7.82 9 17 62.0
1957 Bobby Layne 179 87 48.6 1169 6.53 6 12 53.0
1958 Tobin Rote 257 118 45.9 1678 6.53 14 10 69.5
1959 Earl Morrall 137 65 47.4 1102 8.04 5 6 69.1
1960 Jim Ninowski 283 134 47.3 1599 5.65 2 18 40.9
1961 Jim Ninowski 247 117 47.4 1921 7.78 7 18 53.0
1962 Milt Plum 325 179 55.1 2378 7.32 15 20 68.2
1963 Earl Morrall 328 174 53.0 2621 7.99 24 14 86.2
1964 Milt Plum 287 154 53.7 2241 7.81 18 15 78.5
1965 Milt Plum 308 143 46.4 1710 5.55 12 19 51.2
1966 Karl Sweetan 309 157 50.8 1809 5.85 4 14 54.3
1967 Milt Plum 172 86 50.0 925 5.38 4 8 54.5
1968 Bill Munson 329 181 55.0 2311 7.02 15 8 82.3
1969 Bill Munson 166 84 50.6 1062 6.40 7 8 64.9
1970 Greg Landry 136 83 61.0 1072 7.88 9 5 92.5
1971 Greg Landry 261 136 52.1 2237 8.57 16 13 80.9
1972 Greg Landry 268 134 50.0 2066 7.71 18 17 71.8
1973 Bill Munson 187 95 50.8 1129 6.04 9 8 67.8
1974 Bill Munson 292 166 56.8 1874 6.42 8 7 75.3
1975 Joe Reed 191 86 45.0 1181 6.18 9 10 59.3
1976 Greg Landry 291 168 57.7 2191 7.53 17 8 89.6
1977 Greg Landry 240 135 56.3 1359 5.66 6 7 68.7
1978 Gary Danielson 351 199 56.7 2294 6.54 18 17 73.5
1979 Jeff Komlo 368 183 49.7 2238 6.08 11 23 52.8
1980 Gary Danielson 417 244 58.5 3223 7.73 13 11 82.4
1981 Eric Hipple 279 140 50.2 2358 8.45 14 15 73.4
1982 Gary Danielson 197 100 50.8 1343 6.82 10 14 60.1
1983 Eric Hipple 387 204 52.7 2577 6.66 12 18 64.7
1984 Gary Danielson 410 252 61.5 3076 7.50 17 15 83.1
1985 Eric Hipple 406 223 54.9 2952 7.27 17 18 73.6
1986 Eric Hipple 305 192 63.0 1919 6.29 9 11 75.6
1987 Chuck Long 416 232 55.8 2598 6.25 11 20 63.4
1988 Rusty Hilger 306 126 41.2 1558 5.09 7 12 48.9
1989 Bob Gagliano 232 117 50.4 1671 7.20 6 12 61.2
1990 Rodney Peete 271 142 52.4 1974 7.28 13 8 79.8
1991 Erik Kramer 265 136 51.3 1635 6.17 11 8 71.8
1992 Rodney Peete 213 123 57.7 1702 7.99 9 9 80.0
1993 Rodney Peete 252 157 62.3 1670 6.63 6 14 66.4
1994 Dave Krieg 212 131 61.8 1629 7.68 14 3 101.7
1995 Scott Mitchell 583 346 59.3 4338 7.44 32 12 92.3
1996 Scott Mitchell 437 253 57.9 2917 6.68 17 17 74.9
1997 Scott Mitchell 509 293 57.6 3484 6.84 19 14 79.6
1998 Charlie Batch 303 173 57.1 2178 7.19 11 6 83.5
1999 Gus Frerotte 288 175 60.8 2117 7.35 9 7 83.6
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