2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

49ERS 2015 SCHEDULE
Sep. 14
Minnesota Vikings
Sep. 20 at Pittsburgh Steelers
Sep. 27 at Arizona Cardinals
Oct. 4
Green Bay Packers
Oct. 11
at New York Giants
Oct. 18
Baltimore Ravens
Oct. 22
Seattle Seahawks
Nov. 1
at St. Louis Rams
Nov. 8
Atlanta Falcons
Nov. 15
BYE
Nov. 22 at Seattle Seahawks
Nov. 29
Arizona Cardinals
Dec. 6
at Chicago Bears
Dec. 13 at Cleveland Brownws
Dec. 20
Cincinnati Bengals
Dec. 27
at Detroit Lions
Jan. 3
St. Louis Rams
2014 Results: 8-8
LIONS SERIES RECORDS
Rushing Attempts
1 James Jones 30 10/20/85
2 Barry Sanders 28 12/23/96
Rushing Yards
1 Barry Sanders 175 12/23/96
2 Mel Farr 117 11/22/70
Rushing Touchdowns
1t MR: Billy Sims 2 12/31/83#
Pass Attempts
1 Matthew Stafford 50 10/16/11
2 Bobby Layne 45 10/30/55
Pass Completions
1t Scott Mitchell 28 9/25/95
1t Matthew Stafford 28 10/16/11
Passing Yards
1 Earl Morrall 330 11/3/63
2 Matthew Stafford 293 10/16/11
Touchdown Passes
1t Tobin Rote 4 11/3/57
1t Milt Plum 4 9/23/62
1t Earl Morrall 4 11/3/63
Passes Intercepted
1 Gary Danielson 5 12/31/83#
Receptions
1 Billy Sims 11 11/2/80
2 Terry Barr 10 11/3/63
Receiving Yards
1 Jim Gibbons 161 12/13/64
2 Jim Doran 150 11/3/57
Receiving Touchdowns
1t Jim Doran 3 11/3/57
1t Terry Barr 3 11/3/63
Interceptions
1t MR: Lem Barney 2 11/2/75
Points
1 Jim Doran 18 11/3/57
2 Terry Barr 18 11/3/63
Touchdowns
1t Jim Doran 3 11/3/57
1t Terry Barr 3 11/3/63
Field Goals
1t MR: Jason Hanson 4 9/16/12
Punts
1 Wilbur Summers 12* 10/23/77
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
Punt Returns
1 Lem Barney 6 10/27/68
Punt Return Yards
1 Tom Watkins 184 10/6/63
Kickoff Returns
1t Eddie Drummond 6 11/12/06
1t Brandon Middleton 6 9/21/08
Kickoff Return Yards
1 Mel Gray 151 10/9/94
Longest Plays
Rush: Dan Lewis 64 9/23/62
Pass: Milt Plum-to-Jim Gibbons
82t 12/13/64
KR: Bob Williams 71 11/2/69
Punt: Yale Lary 74 9/13/64
PR: Tommy Watkins 90t 10/6/63
Int: Robert Bailey 74t 11/4/01
FG: Eddie Murray 54 12/31/83#
* Lions Record; # Postseason Game
MR: several players, most recent
RECORDS & RESULTS
Overall................................ 26-36-1
Home............................................17-14-0
Road............................................... 9-22-1
Ford Field.........................................0-2-0
Candlestick Park......................... 1-12-0
Date Site Result
10-8-50 DET W, 24-7
10-22-50 SF L, 27-28
12-2-51 DET L, 10-20
12-16-51 SF L, 17-21
9-28-52 SF L, 3-17
10-12-52 DET L, 0-28
10-11-53 DET W, 24-21
10-25-53 SF W, 14-10
10-24-54 SF L, 31-37
11-14-54 DET W, 48-7
10-16-55 DET L, 24-27
10-30-55 SF L, 21-38
10-21-56 DET W, 20-17
11-4-56 SF W, 17-13
11-3-57 SF L, 31-35
11-17-57 DET W, 31-10
11-2-58 SF L, 21-24
11-16-58 DET W, 35-21
10-18-59 DET L, 13-34
11-1-59 SF L, 7-33
10-9-60 DET L, 10-14
11-6-60 SF W, 24-0
10-1-61 DET L, 0-49
11-5-61 SF T, 20-20
11-11-62 SF W, 38-24
9-23-62 DET W, 45-24
10-6-63 DET W, 26-3
11-3-63 SF W, 45-7
9-13-64 SF W, 26-17
12-13-64 DET W, 24-7
11-14-65 DET L, 21-27
12- 5-65 SF L, 14-17
10-23-66 SF L, 24-27
11-24-66 DET L, 14-41
10-29-67 SF W, 45-3
10-27-68 DET L, 7-14
11-2-69 SF W, 26-14
11-22-70 DET W, 28-14
12-19-71 SF L, 27-31
11-4-73 DET W, 30-20
10-14-74 DET W, 17-13
11-2-75 SF W, 28-17
10-23-77 SF L, 7-28
12-17-78 DET W, 33-14
11-2-80 DET W, 17-13
9-6-81 DET W, 24-17
9-2-84 DET L, 27-30
10-20-85 DET W, 23-21
10-2-88 SF L, 13-20
10-20-91 SF L, 3-35
12-28-92 SF L, 6-24
12-19-93 DET L, 17-55
10-9-94 DET L, 21-27
9-25-95 DET W, 27-24
12-23-96 SF L, 14-24
12-14-98 SF L, 13-35
11-4-01 SF L, 13-21
10-5-03 SF L, 17-24
11-12-06 DET L, 13-19
9-21-08 SF L, 13-31
12-27-09 SF L, 6-20
10-16-11 DET L, 19-25
9-16-12 SF L, 19-27
Postseason................................ 1-1
Road......................................................1-1
Date Site Result
12-22-57 SF W, 31-27
12-31-83 SF L, 23-24
SERIES NOTES
‣ ¾The Lions’ dramatic 31-27 comefrom-behind
playoff win at San
Francisco December 22, 1957 set
the stage for Detroit’s last NFL
Championship. The week after the
“Comeback at Kezar,” the Lions
routed Cleveland 59-14 for its third
league title in six years.
‣ ¾In Detroit’s regular season
finale December 23, 1996 at San
Francisco, RB Barry Sanders
cruised for 175 yards in claiming
his third-career NFL rushing title.
Sanders entered the game needing
161 yards to earn the rushing title.
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