2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1988
Record: 4-12, 4th NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/4 W 31-17 Atlanta 31,075
9/11 L 10-17 at L.A. Rams 46,262
9/18 L 14-22 New Orleans 32,943
9/25 L 10-17 NY Jets 29,250
10/2 L 13-20 at San Francisco 58,285
10/9 L 7-24 Chicago 64,526
10/16 L 10-30 at NY Giants 74,813
10/23 W 7-6 at Kansas City 66,926
10/30 L 10-13 (ot) NY Giants 38,354
11/6 L 17-44 at Minnesota 55,573
11/13 L 20-23 Tampa Bay 25,956
11/20 W 19-9 at Green Bay (Mil) 44,327
11/24 L 0-23 Minnesota 46,479
12/4 W 30-14 Green Bay 28,124
12/11 L 12-13 at Chicago 55,010
12/18 L 10-21 at Tampa Bay 37,778
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 82 Pete Mandley
LT 75 Lomas Brown
LG 53 Kevin Glover
C 52 Steve Mott
RG 74 Joe Milinchik
RT 73 Harvey Salem
TE 87 Pat Carter
WR 89 Jeff Chadwick
QB 12 Rusty Hilger
RB 32 Garry James
FB 30 James Jones
Pro Bowl Selections: Jim Arnold (P), Michael Cofer (LB)
Defense
LE 76 Eric Williams
NT 93 Jerry Ball
RE 77 Keith Ferguson
LB 58 George Jamison
LB 54 Chris Spielman
LB 98 Dennis Gibson
LB 55 Michael Cofer
CB 43 David Holmes
CB 29 Bruce McNorton
SS 36 Bennie Blades
FS 45 Raphael Cherry
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 226 334
Rushing 63 128
Passing 141 179
Penalty 22 27
3rd Down: Made/Att 73/217 99/217
3rd Down Pct. 33.6 45.6
4th Down: Made/Att 7/12 4/10
4th Down Pct. 58.3 40.0
Possession Avg. 27:27 32:33
Total Net Yards 3405 5316
Avg. Per Game 212.8 332.2
Total Plays 920 1071
Avg. Per Play 3.7 5.0
Net Yards Rushing 1243 2037
Avg. Per Game 77.7 127.3
Total Rushes 391 511
Net Yards Passing 2162 3279
Avg. Per Game 135.1 204.9
Sacked/Yards Lost 52/410 47/393
Gross Yards 2572 3672
Att./Completions 477/213 513/337
Completion Pct. 44.7 65.7
Had Intercepted 18 15
Punts/Average 97/42.4 74/39.4
Net Punting Avg. 35.9 31.7
Penalties/Yards 94/804 106/869
Fumbles/Ball Lost 31/15 35/21
Touchdowns 23 34
Rushing 7 16
Passing 13 17
Returns 3 1
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 36 87 51 46 0 220
Opponents 34 93 78 105 3 313
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Murray 0 0 0 0 22/23 20/21 0 82
James 7 5 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 42
Mandley 5 1 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Chadwick 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Bland 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Jamison 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12
Lee 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lewis 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Mitchell 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
S. Williams 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 23 7 13 3 22/23 20/21 0 220
Opponents 34 16 17 1 32/34 25/29 1 313
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
James 182 552 3.0 35 5
Jones 96 314 3.3 13 0
Paige 52 207 4.0 20 0
Mandley 6 44 7.3 21t 1
PaInter 17 42 2,5 13 0
Hilger 18 27 1,5 11 0
Long 7 22 3.1 11 0
S. Williams 9 22 2.4 5 1
Morris, Sea.-Det. 3 6 2.0 5 0
Hipple 1 5 5.0 5 0
Bland 1 4 4.0 4 0
Woolfolk 1 4 4.0 4 0
Witkowski 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 391 1243 3.2 35 7
Opponents 511 2037 4.0 37 16
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Mandley 44 617 14,0 56 4
James 39 382 9.8 39t 2
Jones 29 259 8.9 40 0
Lee 22 261 11.9 18 1
Bland 21 307 14.6 35 2
Chadwick 20 304 15.2 32 3
Carter 13 145 11.2 31 0
Paige 11 100 9.1 15 0
Starring, T.B.-Det. 8 164 20.5 53 0
Starring, Det. 5 89 17.8 40 0
S. Williams 3 46 15.3 32 0
Lewis 3 32 10.7 23 1
Craig 2 29 14.5 18 0
PaInter 1 1 1.0 1 0
Lions 213 2572 12.1 56 13
Opponents 337 3672 10.9 51t 17
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Hilger 306 126 1558 41.2 5.09 7 2.3 12 3.9 56 31/251 48.9
Long 141 75 856 53.2 6.07 6 4.3 6 4.3 40 18/134 68.2
Hipple 27 12 158 44.4 5.85 0 0.0 0 0.0 31 3/25 63.5
Arnold
1-0, 39.6 Rtg; Jones 1-0, 39.6 Rtg; Witkowski 1-0. 39.6 Rtg
Lions 577 277 3168 48.0 5.49 19 3.3 25 4.3 64t 20/174 57.9
Opponents 591 371 4404 62.8 7.45 27 4.6 10 1.7 60 33/254 93.6
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Mitchell 3 107 35.7 90t 1
Jamison 3 56 18.7 52t 1
Griffin 2 31 15.5 31 0
Blades 2 12 6.0 7 0
Cherry 2 0 0.0 0 0
Holmes 1-32; J. Williams 1-5; McNorton 1-4
Lions 15 247 16.5 90t 2
Opponents 18 159 8.8 34 0
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Arnold 97 4110 42.4 35.9 7 22 69 0
Lions 97 4110 42.4 35.9 7 22 69 0
Opponents 74 2915 39.4 31.7 11 18 67 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Mandley 37 7 287 7.8 25 0
Bland 5 1 59 11.8 24 0
Lions 42 8 346 8.2 25 0
Opponents 57 19 483 8.5 77t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Lee 18 355 19.7 39 0
PaInter 17 347 20.4 32 0
Morris, Sea.-Det. 13 259 19.9 30 0
Morris, Det. 2 41 20.5 25 0
Bland 8 179 22.4 29 0
Starring 8 130 16.3 22 0
Woolfolk 4 99 24.8 46 0
Andolsek 1-3; Saleaumua 1-0
Lions 59 1154 19.6 46 0
Opponents 56 1076 19.2 41 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 1/1 8/8 9/9 2/2 0/1
Lions 1/1 8/8 9/9 2/2 0/1
Opponents 3/3 7/7 10/12 4/4 1/3
Murray: (37G); (30G); (39G); (24G, 34G); (37G); (48G); (39G, 52N, 38G); (22G, 37G, 19G, 26G); (26G, 23G,
23G); (25G, 44G); (27G)
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR
Spielman 153 118 35 0 0 7 1 1
Gibson 116 89 27 0.5 3 1 2 1
McNorton 105 87 18 0 0 9 3 4
Blades 102 86 16 1 19 4 3 4
Jamison 77 66 11 5.5 47 3 1 3
Cofer 75 65 10 12 88 0 3 2
Ball 68 49 19 2 13 2 0 0
Holmes 60 47 13 0 0 10 1 0
Williams, E 43 34 9 6.5 51 4 3 0
Griffin 41 34 7 1 19 4 2 1
Ferguson 37 28 9 8.5 75 1 1 0
Mitchell 31 22 9 0 0 3 0 0
Williams, J 26 22 4 2 10 0 0 1
Cherry 25 19 6 0 0 1 0 0
Watkins 21 18 3 0 0 5 0 0
Butcher 18 17 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lockett 17 16 1 1 8 0 0 0
White, W 16 15 1 0 0 1 0 1
Rogers 15 11 4 1 7 1 0 0
Saleaumua 11 10 1 2 18 0 0 0
Strauthers 10 7 3 2 17 0 0 0
Robinson 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
Green 6 4 2 2 18 0 0 1
Ahrens 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lions 1084 874 210 47 393 56 20 19
Opponents 902 735 167 52 410 75 11 15
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Chicago 12 4 0 .750 312 215
Minnesota 11 5 0 .688 406 233
Tampa Bay 5 11 0 .313 216 350
DETROIT 4 12 0 .250 220 313
Green Bay 4 12 0 .250 240 315
NFC East
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .825 379 319
NY Giants 10 6 0 .625 359 304
Washington 7 9 0 .436 345 367
Phoenix 7 9 0 .438 344 398
Dallas 3 13 0 .168 265 361
NFC West
San Francisco 10 6 0 .625 369 294
L. A. Rams 10 6 0 .625 407 293
New Orleans 10 6 0 .625 312 283
Atlanta 5 11 0 .313 244 315
AFC Central W L T Pct.. Pts OP
Cincinnati 12 4 0 .750 446 329
Cleveland 10 6 0 .625 304 288
Houston 10 6 0 .625 424 365
Pittsburgh 5 11 0 .313 336 421
AFC East
Buffalo 12 4 0 .750 329 237
Indianapolis 9 7 0 .563 354 315
New England 9 7 0 .563 250 284
NY Jets 8 7 1 .531 372 354
Miami 6 10 0 .375 319 380
AFC West
Seattle 9 7 0 .563 339 329
Denver 8 8 0 .500 327 352
L. A. Raiders 7 9 0 .436 325 369
San Diego 6 10 0 .375 231 332
Kansas City 4 11 1 .261 254 320
Min defeated the LARm, 28-17, in the NFC wild card. SF defeated Min, 34-9, and Chi defeated Phi, 20-12,
in the NFC playoffs. SF defeated Chi, 28-3, for the NFC title. Hou defeated Cle, 24-23, in the AFC wild card.
Buf defeated Hou, 17-10, and Cin defeated Sea, 21-13, in the AFC playoffs. Cin defeated Buf, 21-10, for the
AFC title. SF defeated Cin, 20-16, for the NFL title in SB XXIII.
IN 1988: Vice President George Bush sweeps 40 states, defeating Michael Dukakis in the U. S.
Presidential election.
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