2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1985
Record: 7-9, 4th NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/8 W 28-27 at Atlanta 37,785
9/15 W 26-21 Dallas 72,985
9/22 L 6-14 at Indianapolis 60,042
9/29 W 30-9 Tampa Bay 45,023
10/6 L 10-43 at Green Bay 55,914
10/13 L 3-24 at Washington 52,845
10/20 W 23-21 San Francisco 67,715
10/27 W 31-21 Miami 75,291*
11/3 L 13-16 at Minnesota 58,012
11/10 L 3-24 at Chicago 53,467
11/17 W 41-21 Minnesota 54,647
11/24 L 16-19 (ot) at Tampa Bay 43,471
11/28 W 31-20 NY Jets 65,531
12/8 L 6-23 at New England 59,078
12/15 L 23-26 Green Bay 49,379
12/22 L 17-37 Chicago 74,042*
* Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 86 Mark Nichols
LT 75 Lomas Brown
LG 72 Chris Dietrich
C 52 Steve Mott
RG 70 Keith Dorney (6); 67 Don Greco (4)
51 David Jones (4)
RT 70 Keith Dorney
TE 87 David Lewis
WR 39 Leonard Thompson
QB 16 Gary Danielson
RB 28 W. Montgomery (5); 24 Alvin Moore (5)
FB 30 James Jones
Defense
LE 76 Eric Williams
NT 78 Doug English
RE 79 William Gay
LB 59 Jimmy Williams
LB 50 August Curley
LB 95 Kurt Allerman
LB 92 Angelo King
CB 27 Bobby Watkins
CB 27 Bruce McNorton
SS 21 Demetrius Johnson
FS 33 William Graham
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 259 359
Rushing 89 179
Passing 150 156
Penalty 20 24
3rd Down: Made/Att 81/211 67/196
3rd Down Pct. 38.4 34.2
4th Down: Made/Att 2/8 10/18
4th Down Pct. 25.0 55.6
Possession Avg. 27:30 32:30
Total Net Yards 4476 5591
Avg. Per Game 279.8 349.4
Total Plays 967 1083
Avg. Per Play 4.6 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 1538 2685
Avg. Per Game 96.1 167.8
Total Rushes 452 560
Net Yards Passing 1538 2685
Avg. Per Game 2938 2906
Sacked/Yards Lost 53/378 45/336
Gross Yards 3316 3242
Att./Completions 462/254 478/283
Completion Pct. 55.0 59.2
Had Intercepted 21 18
Punts/Average 73/41.8 64/40.2
Net Punting Avg. 34.7 30.8
Penalties/Yards 104/741 105/729
Fumbles/Ball Lost 36/20 35/18
Touchdowns 33 40
Rushing 13 19
Passing 19 16
Returns 1 5
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 76 95 79 57 0 307
Opponents 68 96 85 114 3 366
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Murray 0 0 0 0 31/33 26/31 0 109
J. Jones 9 6 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 54
Moore 5 4 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Thompson 5 0 5 1 0/0 0/0 0 30
Nichols 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Chadwick 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Lewis 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Hipple 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
J. Ferguson 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Mandley 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 33 13 19 1 31/33 26/31 0 307
Opponents 40 19 16 5 40/40 28/36 1 366
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
J. Jones 244 886 3.6 29 6
Montgomery 75 251 3.3 22 0
Moore 80 221 2.8 18 4
Hipple 32 89 2.8 26 2
Kane 11 44 4.0 7 0
Meade 3 18 6.0 9 0
Nichols 1 15 15.0 15 0
J. Ferguson 4 12 3.0 15 1
A. Jones 1 2 2.0 2 0
Black 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 452 1538 3.4 29 13
Opponents 560 2685 4.8 37t 19
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Thompson 51 736 14.4 48 5
J. Jones 45 334 7.4 36 3
Nichols 36 592 16.4 43 4
Lewis 28 354 12.6 40 3
Chadwick 25 478 19.1 56 3
Moore 19 154 8.1 14 1
Mandley 18 316 17.6 37 0
Bland 12 157 13.1 24 0
Montgomery 7 55 7.9 28 0
Kane 5 56 11.2 18 0
McDonald 3 23 7.7 9 0
Rubick 2 33 16.5 18 0
Meade 2 21 10.5 14 0
McCall 1 7 7.0 7 0
Lions 254 3316 13.1 56 19
Opponents 283 3242 11.5 50 16
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Hipple 406 223 2952 54.9 7.27 17 4.2 18 4.4 56 49/343 73.6
J. Ferguson 54 31 364 57.4 6.74 2 3.7 3 5.6 38 4/35 67.2
J. Jones 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6
Moore 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6
Lions 462 254 3316 55.0 7.18 19 4.1 21 4.6 56 53/378 72.6
Opponents 478 283 3242 59.2 6.78 16 3.4 18 3.8 50 45/336 75.1
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Watkins 5 15 3.0 8 0
Johnson 3 39 13.0 19 0
Graham 3 22 7.3 22 0
McNorton 2 14 7.0 10 0
Harrell 1 20 20.0 20 0
Bunz 1 17 17.0 17 0
Gay 1 7 7.0 7 0
Frizzell 1 3 3.0 3 0
Barnes 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0
Lions 10 173 17.3 49 1
Opponents 25 316 12.6 78t 5
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Black 73 3054 41.8 34.7 5 17 60 0
Lions 73 3054 41.8 34.7 5 17 60 0
Opponents 64 2572 40.2 30.8 10 12 57 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Mandley 38 5 403 10.6 63t 1
Lions 38 5 403 10.6 63t 1
Opponents 44 12 420 9.5 47 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Hall 39 886 22.7 54 0
Moore 13 230 17.7 24 0
A. Jones 10 226 22.6 30 0
Mandley 6 152 25.3 35 0
Lions 68 1494 22.0 54 0
Opponents 60 1313 21.9 94t 1
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 2/2 5/7 11/12 6/7 2/3
Lions 2/2 5/7 11/12 6/7 2/3
Opponents 0/0 16/16 8/9 3/8 1/3
Murray: (34G, 46G, 48N); (37G, 35G); (22G, 33G, 39G); (22G, 27N, 24N); (33G); (24G, 41G, 45G); (50G); (32G,
35N, 20G); (34G); (49G, 51G); (47G, 38G, 39G); (19G); (26G, 37G); (19G); 42G, 55N)
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR
Graham 113 75 38 1 2 6 1 1
Johnson, D 97 72 25 3 34 7 3 4
King 90 77 13 4 33 6 1 0
Williams, J 89 67 22 7.5 55 3 1 1
McNorton 76 63 13 0 0 8 0 0
Curley 75 51 24 0 0 2 1 0
Gay 66 52 14 7.5 41 4 2 6
Williams, E 60 51 9 6 53 1 0 1
Allerman 55 40 15 0 0 1 1 0
English 51 38 13 2.5 14 2 1 0
Watkins 50 44 6 0 0 12 0 2
Green 45 35 10 7 51 0 1 1
Hall 35 28 7 1 11 1 1 0
Cofer 32 24 8 1 10 1 0 0
Barnes 31 27 4 0 0 4 2 0
Fantetti 31 20 11 0 0 1 2 0
Harrell 25 24 1 0 0 2 0 0
Ferguson, K 20 11 9 1.5 13 0 2 0
Bostic 16 14 2 0 0 1 0 0
James 16 12 4 0 0 1 0 1
Baack 12 9 3 2 22 0 0 1
Frizzell 10 9 1 0 0 4 0 0
Galloway 9 8 1 0 0 1 0 0
Maxwell 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 0
Brown, A 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 0
Moss 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Evans 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bunz 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1 2
Lions 1121 865 256 45 341 70 19 18
Opponents 991 768 223 53 378 73 21 20
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Chicago 15 1 0 .936 456 196
Green Bay 8 8 0 .500 337 355
Minnesota 7 9 0 .438 346 359
DETROIT 7 9 0 .438 307 366
Tampa Bay 2 14 0 .125 294 446
NFC East
Dallas 10 6 0 .625 357 333
NY Giants 10 6 0 .625 399 283
Washington 10 6 0 .625 297 312
Philadelphia 7 9 0 .438 266 310
St. Louis 5 11 0 .313 278 414
NFC West
L.A. Rams 11 5 0 .688 340 277
San Francisco 10 6 0 .625 411 263
New Orleans 5 11 0 .313 294 401
Atlanta 4 12 0 .250 282 452
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Cleveland 8 8 0 .500 287 294
Cincinnati 7 9 0 .438 441 437
Pittsburgh 7 9 0 .438 379 355
Houston 5 11 0 .313 284 412
AFC East
Miami 12 4 0 .750 426 320
NY Jets 11 5 0 .688 393 264
New England 11 5 0 .688 362 290
Indienapolis 5 11 0 .313 320 386
Buffalo 2 14 0 .125 200 361
AFC West
L.A. Raiders 12 4 0 .750 354 306
Denver 11 5 0 .688 360 329
Seattle 8 8 0 .500 349 303
San Diego 8 8 0 .500 467 435
Kansas City 6 10 0 .376 317 360
NYG defeated SF, 17-3, in the NFC wild card. Chi defeated NYG, 21-0, and the LARm defeated Dal, 20-0, in
the NFC playoffs. Chi defeated the LARm, 24-0, for the NFC title. NE defeated NYJ, 26-14, in the AFC wild
card. NE defeated the LARd, 27-20, and Mia defeated Cle, 24-21, in the AFC playoffs. NE defeated Mia,
31-14, for the AFC title. Chi defeated NE, 46-10, for NFL title in SB XX.
IN 1985: Ronald Reagan takes oath for his second term as the 40th U. S. President.
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