2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE
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CAROLINA PANTHERS<br />
PANTHERS <strong>2015</strong> SCHEDULE 1t Stephen Tulloch 1 11/20/11<br />
Sep. 13 at Jacksonville Jaguars 1t Eric Wright 1 11/20/11<br />
Sep. 20<br />
Houston Texans Points<br />
Sep. 27 New Orleans Saints 1 Kevin Smith 18 11/20/11<br />
Oct. 4 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 Jason Hanson 10 11/16/08<br />
Oct. 11<br />
BYE Touchdowns<br />
Oct. 18 at Seattle Seahawks 1 Kevin Smith 3 11/20/11<br />
Oct. 25<br />
Philadelphia Eagles Field Goals<br />
Nov. 2<br />
Indianapolis Colts 1 Jason Hanson 3 11/16/08<br />
Nov. 8<br />
Green Bay Packers Punts<br />
Nov. 15 at Tennessee Titans 1 John Jett 11 9/15/02<br />
Nov. 22 Washington Redskins Punt Returns<br />
Nov. 26<br />
at Dallas Cowboys 1t Jeremy Ross 3 9/14/14<br />
Dec. 6 at New Orleans Saints 1t Desmond Howard 3 9/15/02<br />
Dec. 13<br />
Atlanta Falcons Punt Return Yards<br />
Dec. 20<br />
at New York Giants 1 Reggie Swinton 89 12/21/03<br />
Dec. 27<br />
at Atlanta Falcons Kickoff Returns<br />
Jan. 3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1t Terry Fair 4 10/24/99<br />
2014 Results: 7-8-1<br />
1t Reggie Swinton 4 12/21/03<br />
<strong>LIONS</strong> SERIES RECORDS Kickoff Return Yards<br />
1 Terry Fair 130 10/24/99<br />
Rushing Attempts<br />
Longest Plays<br />
1 Kevin Smith 24 11/16/08 Rush: Kevin Smith 43 11/20/11<br />
2t Greg Hill 16 10/24/99 Pass: Harrington-to-Pollard 86 10/16/05<br />
2t Kevin Smith 16 11/20/11 KR: Terry Fair 57 10/24/99<br />
Rushing Yards<br />
Punt: John Jett 56 9/15/02<br />
1 Kevin Smith 140 11/20/11 PR: Reggie Swinton 89t 12/21/03<br />
2 Kevin Smith 112 11/16/08 Int: Kenoy Kennedy 64t 10/16/05<br />
3 Greg Hill 70 10/24/99 FG: Jason Hanson 56* 11/16/08<br />
Rushing Touchdowns<br />
* Lions Record<br />
1 Kevin Smith 2 11/20/11<br />
Pass Attempts<br />
RECORDS & RESULTS<br />
1 Matthew Stafford 48 9/14/14 Overall.................................... 2-5-0<br />
2 Matthew Stafford 36 11/20/11 Home............................................... 1-1-0<br />
3 Daunte Culpepper 35 11/16/08 Road..................................................1-4-0<br />
Pass Completions<br />
Ford Field.........................................1-1-0<br />
1 Matthew Stafford 28 11/20/11 Bank of America Stadium............1-4-0<br />
2 Matthew Stafford 27 9/14/14 Date Site Result<br />
3 Daunte Culpepper 20 11/16/08 10-24-99 Car W, 24-9<br />
Passing Yards<br />
9-15-02 Car L, 7-31<br />
1 Matthew Stafford 335 11/20/11 12-21-03 Car L, 14-20<br />
2 Matthew Stafford 291 9/14/14 10-16-05 DET L, 20-21<br />
Touchdown Passes<br />
10-16-08 Car L, 22-31<br />
1 Matthew Stafford 5* 11/20/11 11-20-11 DET W, 49-35<br />
2 Charlie Batch 2 12/12/93 9-14-14 Car L, 7-24<br />
Passes Intercepted<br />
1t Daunte Culpepper 2 11/16/08<br />
1t Matthew Stafford 2 11/20/11<br />
Receptions<br />
1 Nate Burleson 7 11/20/11<br />
2t Calvin Johnson 6 9/14/14<br />
2t Calvin Johnson 6 11/16/08<br />
Receiving Yards<br />
1 Marcus Pollard 105 10/16/05<br />
2 Calvin Johnson 89 11/20/11<br />
Receiving Touchdowns<br />
1t MR: Jed Collins 1 9/14/14<br />
1t Nate Burleson 1 11/20/11<br />
1t Brandon Pettigrew 1 11/20/11<br />
1t Tony Scheffler 1 11/20/11<br />
1t Kevin Smith 1 11/20/11<br />
1t Titus Young 1 11/20/11<br />
Interceptions<br />
1t MR: Chris Harris 1 11/20/11<br />
1t DeAndre Levy 1 11/20/11<br />
SERIES NOTES<br />
‣ ¾The Lions and Panthers faced off<br />
in their inaugural contest October<br />
24, 1999. Detroit visited Carolina’s<br />
Ericsson Stadium (renamed Bank of<br />
America Stadium) and handed the<br />
Panthers a 24-9 loss. The Panthers<br />
made five trips inside the Lions’<br />
five-yard line, and the Detroit<br />
defense forced two turnovers and<br />
yielded only three field goals.<br />
‣ ¾The contest was also the first of<br />
two straight games in 1999 where<br />
Detroit’s defense did not yield a<br />
touchdown. That accomplishment<br />
marked the first time since 1983<br />
that the Lions have kept opponents<br />
out of the end zone in back-to-back<br />
games (45-3 win vs. Pittsburgh<br />
November 24, 1983 and 13-2 win<br />
vs. Minnesota December 5, 1983).<br />
‣ ¾The Panthers evened the series<br />
record at 1-1 with a 31-7 home<br />
victory on September 15, 2002.<br />
‣ ¾Despite having both a fumble<br />
return and a punt return go for<br />
touchdowns, the Lions fell short<br />
at the eventual NFC Champion<br />
Panthers, 21-14, on December<br />
14, 2003.<br />
‣ ¾LB Boss Bailey (34 yards) and S<br />
Kenoy Kennedy (64 yards) each<br />
returned interceptions back for<br />
touchdowns in the Lions lastminute<br />
21-20 loss against Carolina<br />
at Ford Field on October 16, 2005.<br />
The last time the Lions had two<br />
interceptions for touchdowns in a<br />
game was at Seattle October 24,<br />
1976 when Levi Johnson and Lem<br />
Barney both returned interceptions<br />
for touchdowns.<br />
‣ ¾After a sluggish start against<br />
Carolina on November 20, 2011,<br />
the Lions overcame a 17-point<br />
deficit to defeat the Panthers 49-<br />
35 behind QB Matthew Stafford’s<br />
5 touchdown passes, all to five<br />
different receivers. Just recently<br />
re-acquired, RB Kevin Smith rushed<br />
for a career-high 140 yards (201<br />
total yards), along with 2 rushing<br />
and 1 receiving touchdowns.<br />
<strong>DETROIT</strong> <strong>LIONS</strong><br />
COACHING & SERIES RECORDS
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