2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE
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1983<br />
Record: 9-7, 1st NFC Central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/4 W 11-0 at Tampa Bay 62,154<br />
9/11 L 26-31 Cleveland 60,095<br />
9/18 L 14-30 Atlanta 54,622<br />
9/25 L 17-20 at Minnesota 56,254<br />
10/2 L 10-21 at L.A. Rams 49,403<br />
10/9 W 38-14 Green Bay 67,738<br />
10/16 W 31-17 Chicago 66,709<br />
10/23 L 17-38 at Washington 43,189<br />
10/30 W 38-17 at Chicago 58,764<br />
11/7 W 15-9 NY Giants 68,985<br />
11/13 L 17-27 at Houston 40,060<br />
11/20 W 23-20 (ot) at Green Bay (Mil) 50,050<br />
11/24 W 45-3 Pittsburgh 77,724*<br />
12/5 W 13-2 Minnesota 79,169*<br />
12/11 L 9-17 at Cincinnati 45,728<br />
12/18 W 23-20 Tampa Bay 78,553*<br />
NFC Playoffs<br />
12/31 L 23-24 at San Francisco 58,286<br />
* Silverdome sellout<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
WR 86 Mark Nichols<br />
LT 72 Chris Dietrich<br />
LG 61 Homer Elias<br />
C 52 Steve Mott<br />
RG 67 Don Greco<br />
RT 70 Keith Dorney<br />
TE 80 Ulysses Norris<br />
WR 39 Leonard Thompson<br />
QB 17 Eric Hipple<br />
RB 20 Billy Sims<br />
RB 30 James Jones<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: Doug English (DT), William Gay (DE)<br />
<strong>DETROIT</strong> <strong>LIONS</strong><br />
Defense<br />
LE 62 Curtis Green<br />
LT 73 Mike Dawson<br />
RT 78 Doug English<br />
RE 79 William Gay<br />
LLB 53 Garry Cobb<br />
MLB 57 Ken Fantetti<br />
RLB 59 Jimmy Williams<br />
LCB 27 Bobby Watkins<br />
RCB 43 Al Latimer (8); 29 Bruce McNorton (8)<br />
LS 35 Alvin Hall<br />
RS 33 William Graham<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 315 324<br />
Rushing 136 133<br />
Passing 156 161<br />
Penalty 23 30<br />
3rd Down: Made/Att 97/224 80/213<br />
3rd Down Pct. 43.3 37.6<br />
Possession Avg. 30:08 29:52<br />
Total Net Yards 5136 5216<br />
Avg. Per Game 321.0 326.0<br />
Total Plays 1061 1061<br />
Avg. Per Play 4.8 4.9<br />
Net Yards Rushing 2181 2104<br />
Avg. Per Game 136.3 131.5<br />
Total Rushes 513 503<br />
Net Yards Passing 2955 3112<br />
Avg. Per Game 184.7 194.5<br />
Sacked/Yards Lost 45/342 43/289<br />
Gross Yards 3297 3401<br />
Att./Completions 503/263 515/297<br />
Completion Pct. 52.3 57.7<br />
Had Intercepted 23 22<br />
Punts/Average 72/40.4 79/40.1<br />
Net Punting Avg. N/A 31.2<br />
Penalties/Yards 118/988 117/1062<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 41/16 33/15<br />
Touchdowns 38 33<br />
Rushing 18 11<br />
Passing 19 21<br />
Returns 1 1<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
Lions 73 109 88 74 3 347<br />
Opponents 54 122 37 73 0 286<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Murray 0 0 0 0 38/38 25/32 0 113<br />
Jones 7 6 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 42<br />
Norris 7 0 7 0 0/0 0/0 0 42<br />
Sims 7 7 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 42<br />
Chadwick 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
L. Thompson 4 1 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
Hipple 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
Bussey 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Martin 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Nichols 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Rubick 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Scott 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
V. Thompson 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
English 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 2 4<br />
Fanning 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2<br />
Lions 38 18 19 1 38/38 25/32 3 347<br />
Opponents 33 11 21 1 32/33 18/26 1 286<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Sims 220 1040 4.7 41 7<br />
Jones 135 475 3.5 18 6<br />
Bussey 57 249 4.4 26 0<br />
Hipple 41 171 4.2 27 3<br />
V. Thompson 40 138 3.5 10 1<br />
L. Thompson 4 72 18.0 40t 1<br />
Kane 4 19 4.8 9 0<br />
Nichols 1 13 13.0 13 0<br />
Danielson 6 8 1.3 8 0<br />
King 3 6 2.0 4 0<br />
Black 2 -10 -5.0 0 0<br />
Lions 513 2181 4.3 41 18<br />
Opponents 503 2104 4.2 42 11<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Jones 46 467 10.2 46 1<br />
Sims 42 419 10.0 54 0<br />
L. Thompson 41 752 18.3 80t 3<br />
Chadwick 40 617 15.4 45 4<br />
Nichols 29 427 15.1 46 1<br />
Norris 26 291 11.2 41 7<br />
Rubick 10 81 8.1 15 1<br />
King 9 76 8.4 14 0<br />
Bussey 8 49 6.1 14t 1<br />
Scott 5 71 14.2 25 1<br />
V. Thompson 4 16 4.0 8 0<br />
Kane 2 15 7.5 9 0<br />
McCall 1 6 6.0 6 0<br />
Lions 263 3297 12.5 80t 19<br />
Opponents 297 3401 11.5 84 21<br />
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
Hipple 387 204 2577 52.7 6.66 12 3.1 18 4.7 80t 37/274 64.7<br />
Danielson 113 59 720 52.2 6.37 7 6.2 4 3.5 54 8/68 78.0<br />
Jones 2 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6<br />
Black 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0/0 -<br />
Lions 503 263 3297 52.3 6.36 19 3.8 23 3.8 80t 45/342 66.5<br />
Opponents 515 297 3401 57.7 4.40 21 4.1 22 4.1 84 43/289 73.5<br />
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
McNorton 7 30 4.3 15 0<br />
Watkins 4 48 12.0 31 0<br />
Cobb 4 19 4.8 13 0<br />
Barnes 2 70 35.0 70 0<br />
Hall 2 18 9.0 18 0<br />
Fantetti 2 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Latimer 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Lions 22 185 8.4 70 0<br />
Opponents 23 241 10.5 31 0<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B<br />
Black 71 2911 41.0 34.2 9 17 60 1<br />
Lions 72 2911 40.4 33.7 9 17 60 1<br />
Opponents 79 3167 40.1 31.2 9 14 64 2<br />
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Jenkins 23 1 230 10.0 43 0<br />
Martin 15 3 183 12.2 81t 1<br />
Hall 8 4 109 13.6 66 0<br />
Latimer 0 1 0 - 0 0<br />
Lions 46 9 522 11.3 81t 1<br />
Opponents 39 4 302 7.7 33 0<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Hall 23 492 21.4 32 0<br />
Jenkins 22 459 20.9 30 0<br />
Martin 8 140 17.5 51 0<br />
Caver 4 71 17.8 33 0<br />
Curley 1-7; King 1-11; E. Lee 1-11 Norris 1-0<br />
Lions 61 1191 19.5 51 0<br />
Opponents 71 1146 16.1 49 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Murray 0/0 6/6 13/14 3/7 3/4<br />
Lions 0/0 6/6 13/14 3/7 3/4<br />
Opponents 0/0 9/10 4/6 4/8 1/2<br />
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR<br />
Fantetti 132 82 50 1 9 3 0 1<br />
Graham 111 52 59 0 0 7 0 3<br />
Hall 111 68 43 0 0 5 0 2<br />
Cobb 109 68 41 1 7 4 3 2<br />
Williams, J 101 59 42 1 8 3 0 1<br />
Watkins 85 61 24 0 0 6 0 2<br />
English 62 35 27 13 89 2 2 0<br />
Green 51 31 20 4.5 45 0 1 0<br />
McNorton 59 44 15 0 0 11 0 0<br />
Gay 59 46 13 13.5 103.5 2 2 1<br />
Cofer 40 21 19 4.5 29 1 1 0<br />
Barnes 28 21 7 1 0 2 1 1<br />
Dawson 25 17 8 1 6 0 0 0<br />
Latimer 26 21 5 0 0 2 0 0<br />
Fanning 19 13 6 1 4 0 0 0<br />
Johnson, D 13 10 3 0 0 1 0 1<br />
Moss 9 6 3 0.5 0.5 0 0 0<br />
Harrell 8 6 2 1 1 0 0 0<br />
Doig 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Harvey 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0<br />
Lions 1058 669 389 43 302 50 10 14<br />
NFL Standings<br />
NFC Central W L T Pct<br />
<strong>DETROIT</strong> 9 7 0 .563<br />
Green Bay 8 8 0 .500<br />
Chicago 8 8 0 .500<br />
Minnesota 8 8 0 .500<br />
Tampa Bay 2 14 0 .125<br />
NFC East<br />
Washington 14 2 0 .875<br />
Dallas 12 4 0 .750<br />
St. Louis 8 7 1 .531<br />
Philadelphia 5 11 0 .313<br />
NY Giants 3 12 1 .219<br />
NFC West<br />
San Francisco 10 6 0 .625<br />
L.A. Rams 9 7 0 .563<br />
New Orleans 8 8 0 .500<br />
Atlanta 7 9 0 .438<br />
AFC Central W L T Pct<br />
Pittsburgh 10 6 0 .625<br />
Cleveland 9 7 0 .563<br />
Cincinnati 7 9 0 .438<br />
Houston 2 14 0 .125<br />
AFC East<br />
Miami 12 4 0 .750<br />
New England 8 8 0 .500<br />
Buffalo 8 8 0 .500<br />
Baltimore 7 9 0 .436<br />
NY Jets 7 9 0 .436<br />
AFC West<br />
L.A. Raiders 12 4 0 .750<br />
Seattle 9 7 0 .563<br />
Denver 9 7 0 .563<br />
San Diego 6 10 0 .375<br />
Kansas City 6 10 0 .375<br />
LARm defeated Dal, 24-17, in NFC wild card. SF defeated DET, 24-23, and Was defeated the LARm, 51-7, in<br />
NFC playoffs. Was defeated SF, 24-17, for NFC title. Sea defeated Den, 31-7, in AFC wild card. Sea defeated<br />
Mia, 27-20, and LARd defeated Pit, 38-10, in AFC playoffs. LARd defeated Sea, 30-14, for AFC title. LARd<br />
defeated Was, 38-9, for NFL title in SB XVIII.<br />
IN 1983: More than 70 years after winning the decathlon and pentathlon at Stockholm, Jim Thorpe’s<br />
gold medals were returned to him posthumously by the International Olympic Committee.<br />
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
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