2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1986
Record: 5-11, 3rd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/7 W 13-10 at Minnesota 54,851
9/14 L 7-31 Dallas 73,812
9/21 L 20-24 Tampa Bay 38,453
9/28 L 21-24 at Cleveland 72,029
10/5 W 24-13 Houston 41,960
10/12 W 21-14 at Green Bay 52,290
10/19 L 10-14 at L.A. Rams 50,992
10/26 L 7-13 at Chicago 62,064
11/2 L 17-24 Cincinnati 52,423
11/9 L 10-24 Minnesota 53,725
11/16 W 13-11 at Philadelphia 54,568
11/23 W 38-17 at Tampa Bay 30,029
11/27 L 40-44 Green Bay 61,199
12/7 L 17-27 at Pittsburgh 45,042
12/15 L 13-16 Chicago 75,602*
12/21 L 6-20 Atlanta 35,255
* Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 89 Jeff Chadwick
LT 75 Lomas Brown
LG 73 Harvey Salem
C 52 Steve Mott
RG 70 Keith Dorney
RT 71 Rick Strenger
TE 81 Jimmie Giles
WR 80 Carl Bland
QB 17 Eric Hipple
RB 32 Garry James
FB 30 James Jones
Defense
LE 77 Keith Ferguson
NT 76 Eric Williams
RE 79 William Gay
LB 59 Jimmy Williams
LB 58 James Harrell
LB 57 Vernon Maxwell
LB 55 Michael Cofer
CB 40 Duane Galloway
CB 29 Bruce McNorton
SS 21 Demetrius Johnson
FS 31 Devon Mitchell
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 287 298
Rushing 100 134
Passing 156 148
Penalty 31 16
3rd Down: Made/Att 85/222 88/213
3rd Down Pct. 38.3 41.3
4th Down: Made/Att 7/14 5/8
4th Down Pct. 50.0 62.5
Possession Avg. 29:42 30:18
Total Net Yards 4555 5149
Avg. Per Game 284.7 321.8
Total Plays 1009 1028
Avg. Per Play 4.5 5.0
Net Yards Rushing 1771 2349
Avg. Per Game 110.7 146.8
Total Rushes 470 519
Net Yards Passing 2784 2800
Avg. Per Game 174.0 175.0
Sacked/Yards Lost 39/323 41/290
Gross Yards 3107 3090
Att./Completions 500/286 468/279
Completion Pct. 57.2 59.6
Had Intercepted 20 22
Punts/Average 85/39.9 68/41.7
Net Punting Avg. 31.4 33.8
Penalties/Yards 84/658 99/781
Fumbles/Ball Lost 30/17 36/19
Touchdowns 32 36
Rushing 13 15
Passing 18 14
Returns 1 7
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 34 82 71 90 - 277
Opponents 63 100 62 101 - 326
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Murray 0 0 0 0 31/32 18/25 0 85
Jones 9 8 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 54
Chadwick 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Thompson 5 0 5 1 0/0 0/0 0 30
Giles, T.B.-Det. 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Giles, Det. 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
James 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Bland 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
S. Williams 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Hunter 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lewis 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Mandley 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 32 13 18 1 31/32 18/25 0 277
Opponents 36 15 14 7 36/36 24/35 0 326
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Jones 252 903 3.6 39 8
James 159 688 4.3 60t 3
Moore 19 73 3.8 18 0
Hipple 16 46 2.9 13 0
J. Ferguson 5 25 5.0 14 0
Hunter 3 22 7.3 18 0
S. Williams 13 22 1.7 5 2
Long 2 0 0.0 0 0
Black 1 -8 -8.0 -8 0
Lions 470 1771 3.8 60t 13
Opponents 519 2349 4.5 55t 15
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Jones 54 334 6.2 21 1
Chadwick 53 995 18.8 73 5
Bland 44 511 11.6 34 2
Giles, T.B.-Det. 37 376 10.2 30 4
Giles, Det. 19 198 10.4 30 3
James 34 219 6.4 26 0
Thompson 25 320 12.8 36t 5
Hunter 25 218 8.7 18t 1
Lewis 10 88 8.8 16 1
Moore 8 47 5.9 8 0
Mandley 7 106 15.1 51 0
Rubick 5 62 12.4 27 0
S. Williams 2 9 4.5 6 0
Lions 286 3107 10.9 73 18
Opponents 279 3090 11.1 81t 14
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Hipple 305 192 1919 63.0 6.29 9 3.0 11 3.6 46 21/153 75.6
J. Ferguson 155 73 941 47.1 6.07 7 4.3 7 4.5 73 10/101 62.9
Long 40 21 247 52.5 6.18 2 5.0 2 5.0 34t 8/69 67.4
Lions 500 286 3107 57.2 6.21 18 3.6 20 4.0 73 39/323 71.0
Opponents 468 279 3090 59.6 6.62 14 3.0 22 4.7 81t 41/290 69.7
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Mitchell 5 41 8.2 17 0
Galloway 4 58 14.5 36 0
McNorton 4 10 2.5 10 0
Griffin 2 34 17.0 21 0
D. Johnson 2 18 9.0 18 0
J. Williams 2 12 6.0 11 0
Bostic 1 8 8.0 8 0
K. Ferguson 1 7 7.0 7 0
E. Williams 1 2 2.0 2 0
Lions 22 190 8.6 36 0
Opponents 20 311 15.6 80t 2
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Arnold 36 1533 42.6 - 5 7 60 1
Black 46 1819 39.5 - 4 11 57 1
Murray 1 37 37.0 - 1 0 37 0
Lions 85 3389 39.9 31.4 10 18 60 2
Opponents 68 2836 41.7 33.8 5 16 58 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Mandley 43 9 420 9.8 81t 1
Hill, Buf.-Det. 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 43 9 420 9.8 81t 1
Opponents 39 14 517 13.3 84t 2
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Hunter 49 1007 20.6 54 0
Elder, Pit.-Det. 22 435 19.8 36 0
Elder, Det. 1 10 10.0 10 0
Bland 6 114 19.0 24 0
Smith 5 81 16.2 30 0
Graham 3 72 24.0 27 0
Mandley 2 37 18.5 37 0
Evans 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 67 1321 19.7 54 0
Opponents 56 1096 19.6 36 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 2/2 1/2 7/8 6/8 2/5
Lions 2/2 1/2 7/8 6/8 2/5
Opponents 1/1 14/14 7/8 2/9 0/3
Murray: (33G, 44G); (52N, 41G, 51G); (48G); (30N); (49N, 47G); (28N); (50N, 18G); (35G); (44N, 38G, 41G);
(51N, 20G); (44G, 30G, 32G, 19G); (30G); (52G, 39G)
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR
Johnson, D 112 92 20 0 0 3 2 2
Harrell 109 85 24 0.5 4 7 0 2
Maxwell 107 87 20 2 9 5 0 4
Cofer 73 58 15 7.5 69 4 3 3
Mitchell 70 51 19 0 0 10 0 0
Galloway 66 57 9 0 0 10 1 1
McNorton 65 52 13 0 0 17 1 2
Robinson 63 46 17 0.5 3 0 0 0
Williams, E 62 52 10 4 23 6 1 1
Williams, J 54 41 13 2 10 4 0 1
Ferguson, K 50 42 8 9.5 73 1 2 1
Gay 44 33 11 6.5 41 3 1 1
Graham 30 24 6 0 0 1 0 0
Bostic 28 24 4 0 0 3 0 0
King 23 18 5 2 11 0 0 0
Green 20 15 5 3.5 24 1 2 0
Griffin 15 13 2 2 16 6 1 0
Baack 13 10 3 0 0 0 0 0
Watkins 10 9 1 0 0 1 0 0
Butcher 8 7 1 0 0 0 2 0
Johnson, J 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
Elder 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
Evans 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hill 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1 7
Lions 1036 828 208 41 290 83 16 18
Opponents 1031 828 203 39 323 82 20 17
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Chicago 14 2 0 .875 352 187
Minnesota 9 7 0 .563 398 273
DETROIT 5 11 0 .313 277 326
Green Bay 4 12 0 .250 254 416
Tampa Bay 2 14 0 .125 239 473
NFC East
NY Giants 14 2 0 .875 371 236
Washington 12 4 0 .750 366 296
Dallas 7 9 0 .436 346 337
Philadelphia 5 10 1 .344 256 312
St. Louis 4 11 1 .261 216 351
NFC West
San Francisco 10 5 1 .656 374 247
L.A. Rams 10 6 0 .625 309 267
Atlanta 7 8 1 .469 280 260
New Orleans 7 9 0 .436 266 267
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Cleveland 12 4 0 .750 391 310
Cincinnati 10 6 0 .625 409 394
Pittsburgh 6 10 0 .375 307 336
Houston 5 11 0 .313 274 329
AFC East
New England 11 5 0 .688 412 307
NY Jets 10 6 0 .625 364 386
Miami 8 8 0 .500 430 405
Buffalo 4 12 0 .250 287 348
Indianapolis 3 13 0 .168 229 400
AFC West
Denver 11 5 0 .688 378 327
Kansas City 10 6 0 .625 356 326
Seattle 10 6 0 .625 366 293
L.A. Raiders 8 8 0 .500 323 346
San Diego 4 12 0 .250 335 396
Was defeated LARm, 19-7, in the NFC wild card. Was defeated Chi, 27-13, and NYG defeated SF, 49-3, in
the NFC playoffs. NYG defeated Was, 17-0, for the NFC title. NYJ defeated KC, 35-15, in the AFC wild card.
Cle defeated NYJ, 23-20, and Den defeated NE, 22-17, in the AFC playoffs. Den defeated Cle, 23-20 (OT),
for the AFC title. NYG defeated Den, 39-20, for the NFL title in SB XXI.
IN 1986: The space shuttle Challenger explodes after launch at Cape Canaveral, killing all seven
aboard.
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