2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE
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SAINTS <strong>2015</strong> SCHEDULE<br />
Sep. 13 at Arizona Cardinals<br />
Sep. 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers<br />
Sep. 27 at Carolina Panthers<br />
Oct. 4<br />
Dallas Cowboys<br />
Oct. 11 at Philadelphia Eagles<br />
Oct. 15<br />
Atlanta Falcons<br />
Oct. 25 at Indianapolis Colts<br />
Nov. 1<br />
New York Giants<br />
Nov. 8<br />
Tennessee Titans<br />
Nov. 15 at Washington Redskins<br />
Nov. 22<br />
BYE<br />
Nov. 29<br />
at Houston Texans<br />
Dec. 6<br />
Carolina Panthers<br />
Dec. 13 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers<br />
Dec. 21<br />
Detroit Lions<br />
Dec. 27 Jacksonville Jaguars<br />
Jan. 3<br />
at Atlanta Falcons<br />
2014 Results: 7-9<br />
<strong>LIONS</strong> SERIES RECORDS<br />
Rushing Attempts<br />
1 James Stewart 25 9/3/00<br />
2 Dexter Bussey 24 9/25/77<br />
3 Kevin Smith 24 12/21/08<br />
Rushing Yards<br />
1 Dexter Bussey 150 9/25/77<br />
2 Barry Sanders 113 9/21/97<br />
3 Kevin Smith 111 12/21/08<br />
Rushing Touchdowns<br />
1 Billy Sims 2 10/12/80<br />
Pass Attempts<br />
1 Matthew Stafford 44 12/4/11<br />
2t Scott Mitchell 43 9/14/97<br />
2t Matthew Stafford 43 1/7/12#<br />
Pass Completions<br />
1 Matthew Stafford 31 12/4/11<br />
2 Matthew Stafford 28 1/7/12#<br />
2t MR: Matthew Stafford 27 10/19/14<br />
Passing Yards<br />
1 Matthew Stafford 408 12/4/11<br />
2 Matthew Stafford 380 1/7/12#<br />
3 Greg Landry 310 11/14/76<br />
Touchdown Passes<br />
1 Matthew Stafford 3 1/7/12#<br />
3t MR: Matthew Stafford 2 10/19/14<br />
Passes Intercepted<br />
1t MR: Matthew Stafford 3 9/13/09<br />
Receptions<br />
1 Calvin Johnson 12 1/7/12#<br />
2 Herman Moore 11 9/21/97<br />
Receiving Yards<br />
1 Richard Johnson 248 12/3/89<br />
2 Calvin Johnson 211 1/7/12#<br />
3 Golden Tate 154 10/19/14<br />
Receiving Touchdowns<br />
1t Carl Bland 2 9/18/88<br />
1t Calvin Johnson 2 1/7/12#<br />
Interceptions<br />
1t Lem Barney 2 11/19/72<br />
1t James Hunter 2 10/21/79<br />
Points<br />
1 Jason Hanson 14 9/29/02<br />
2t Billy Sims 12 10/12/80<br />
2t Carl Bland 12 9/18/88<br />
2t Calvin Johnson 12 1/7/12#<br />
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS<br />
Touchdowns<br />
1t Billy Sims 2 10/12/80<br />
1t Carl Bland 2 9/18/88<br />
1t Calvin Johnson 2 1/7/12#<br />
Field Goals<br />
1 Jason Hanson 4 9/29/02<br />
Punts<br />
1 Jim Arnold 8 12/3/89<br />
Punt Returns<br />
1 Walter Stanley 7 12/3/89<br />
Punt Return Yards<br />
1 Desmond Howard 119 9/3/00<br />
Kickoff Returns<br />
1 Glyn Milburn 6 9/14/97<br />
2t Eddie Drummond 5 12/24/05<br />
2t Aaron Brown 5 9/13/09<br />
Kickoff Return Yards<br />
1 Aaron Brown 180 9/13/09<br />
2 Glyn Milburn 157 9/14/97<br />
Longest Plays<br />
Rush: Fred Scott 48t 10/12/80<br />
Pass: Gagliano-to-Johnson 75t 12/3/89<br />
KR: Aaron Brown 87 9/13/09<br />
Punt: Ben Graham 58 12/4/11<br />
PR: Desmond Howard 95t* 9/3/00<br />
Int: Corey Harris 49 9/29/02<br />
FG: Jason Hanson 47 9/21/97<br />
Jason Hanson 47 9/13/09<br />
# Postseason Game<br />
MR: several players, most recent<br />
RECORDS & RESULTS<br />
Overall................................ 10-11-1<br />
Home.................................................7-3-1<br />
Road..................................................3-8-0<br />
Ford Field.........................................2-1-0<br />
Mercedes-Benz Superdome........2-6-0<br />
Date Site Result<br />
11-24-68 DET T, 20-20<br />
11- 8-70 NO L, 17-19<br />
11-19-72 DET W, 27-14<br />
10-14-73 NO L, 13-20<br />
11- 3-74 DET W, 19-14<br />
11-14-76 NO L, 16-17<br />
9-25-77 DET W, 23-19<br />
10-21-79 NO L, 7-17<br />
10-12-80 DET W, 24-13<br />
9-18-88 DET L, 14-22<br />
12- 3-89 DET W, 21-14<br />
10-28-90 NO W, 27-10<br />
10- 4-92 DET L, 7-13<br />
9-19-93 NO L, 3-14<br />
9-14-97 NO L, 17-35<br />
9-3-00 NO W, 14-10<br />
9-29-02 DET W, 26-21<br />
12-14-05 SA W, 13-12<br />
12-21-08 DET L, 7-42<br />
9-13-09 NO L, 27-45<br />
12-4-11 NO L, 17-31<br />
10-19-14 DET W, 24-23<br />
Postseason................................ 0-1<br />
Road......................................................0-1<br />
Date Site Result<br />
1-7-12 NO L, 28-45<br />
Note: New Orleans split home games in<br />
2005 between San Antonio and Baton<br />
Rouge due to Hurricane Katrina.<br />
SERIES NOTES<br />
‣ ¾In the second game ever played<br />
at Ford Field, the Lions claimed<br />
a 26-21 win over New Orleans for<br />
the first win at the team’s new<br />
downtown Detroit home.<br />
‣ ¾The first game played between the<br />
Lions and Saints was a 20-20 tie<br />
on November 24, 1968 in Detroit.<br />
‣ ¾The home team has generally had<br />
the upper hand in the series with<br />
Detroit compiling a 6-3-1 mark at<br />
home (1-1 at Ford Field) while New<br />
Orleans has managed a 6-3 record<br />
at home (5-2 in the Superdome).<br />
‣ ¾In one of the NFL’s all-time<br />
amazing finishes, New Orleans K<br />
Tom Dempsey booted a 63-yard<br />
field goal as time expired to give<br />
the Saints a 19-17 victory in Tulane<br />
Stadium on November 8, 1970.<br />
Dempsey’s mighty boot stood<br />
alone as the longest field goal in<br />
NFL history until Denver’s Jason<br />
Elam tied the record on October<br />
25, 1998 vs. Jacksonville.<br />
‣ ¾The Lions’ Richard Johnson tallied<br />
248 yards receiving (second-in<br />
team history) on eight receptions<br />
and earned NFC Player of the Week<br />
honors in Detroit’s 21-14 win over<br />
the Saints on December 3, 1989.<br />
‣ ¾The Lions kicked off the 2000<br />
season by defeating the Saints 14-<br />
10 at the Superdome. The Lions’<br />
only touchdown of the game was<br />
courtesy of Desmond Howard’s<br />
franchise-record 95-yard punt<br />
return in the fourth quarter.<br />
‣ ¾K Jason Hanson nailed a 39-<br />
yard field goal as time expired in<br />
regulation that lifted the Lions to<br />
a 13-12 win over New Orleans in<br />
San Antonio December 14, 2005.<br />
The final drive was set up by a Roy<br />
Williams 40-yard grab on 4thand-17.<br />
Williams had four catches<br />
for 111 yards against the Saints,<br />
all in the fourth quarter.<br />
‣ ¾In the Lions’ first playoff game<br />
since 1999, QB Matthew Stafford<br />
set a single-game postseason<br />
franchise record with 380 yards<br />
passing, while WR Calvin Johnson<br />
posted franchise-bests in both<br />
receptions (12) and receiving yards<br />
(211) and tied a franchise record in<br />
receiving touchdowns (2) at New<br />
Orleans on January 7, 2012.<br />
‣ ¾The Lions beat the Saints 24-23<br />
in a dramatic comeback win in<br />
Week 7 in 2014 (10/19) as Stafford<br />
connected with WR Corey Fuller for<br />
a five-yard TD pass following a late<br />
interception from S. Glover Quin for<br />
the go-ahead score.<br />
<strong>DETROIT</strong> <strong>LIONS</strong><br />
COACHING & SERIES RECORDS