2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1989
Record: 7-9, 3rd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/10 L 13-16 Phoenix 36,735
9/17 L 14-24 at NY Giants 76,021
9/24 L 27-47 Chicago 71,148
10/1 L 3-23 Pittsburgh 43,804
10/8 L 17-24 Minnesota 55,380
10/15 W 17-16 at Tampa Bay 46,225
10/22 L 7-20 Minnesota 51,579
10/29 L 20-23 (ot) at Green Bay (Mil) 53,731
11/5 L 31-35 at Houston 46,056
11/12 W 31-22 Green Bay 44,324
11/19 L 7-42 Cincinnati 55,720
11/23 W 13-10 Cleveland 65,624
12/3 W 21-14 New Orleans 38,550
12/10 W 27-17 at Chicago 52,650
12/17 W 33-7 Tampa Bay 40,362
12/24 W 31-24 at Atlanta 7,792
Usual Starters
Offense
Defense
XR 82 Robert Clark
LE 76 Eric Williams
WR 84 Richard Johnson
NT 93 Jerry Ball
LT 75 Lomas Brown
RE 97 Kevin Brooks
LG 65 Eric Andolsek
LB 59 Jimmy Williams
C 53 Kevin Glover
LB 54 Chris Spielman
RG 67 Kevin Dallafior
LB 57 Victor Jones (9); 98 Dennis Gibson (6)
RT 73 Harvey Salem (8); 64 Eric Sanders (7) LB 55 Michael Cofer; 58 George Jamison
YR 24 Jason Phillips (6); 81 Stacey Mobley (5) CB 21 Terry Taylor
ZR 87 Walter Stanley
CB 43 Jerry Holmes
QB 9 Rodney Peete
SS 36 Bennie Blades
SB 20 Barry Sanders
FS 35 William White
Pro Bowl Selections: Jerry Ball (NT), Eddie Murray (K), Barry Sanders (RB), Chris Spielman (LB)
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 274 314
Rushing 117 98
Passing 139 189
Penalty 18 27
3rd Down: Made/Att 63/189 63/220
3rd Down Pct. 33.3 37.7
4th Down: Made/Att 8/13 10/14
4th Down Pct. 61.5 71.4
Possession Avg. 26:14 33:46
Total Net Yards 4992 5537
Avg. Per Game 312.0 346.1
Total Plays 928 1064
Avg. Per Play 5.4 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 2053 1621
Avg. Per Game 183.7 244.8
Total Rushes 421 454
Net Yards Passing 2939 3916
Avg. Per Game 128.3 101.3
Sacked/Yards Lost 57/343 40/277
Gross Yards 3282 4193
Att./Completions 450/229 570/370
Completion Pct. 50.9 64.9
Had Intercepted 24 16
Punts/Average 83/42.6 80/41.2
Net Punting Avg. 36.0 31.8
Penalties/Yards 121/977 107/993
Fumbles/Ball Lost 37/24 28/16
Touchdowns 36 42
Rushing 23 18
Passing 11 19
Returns 2 5
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 68 108 65 71 0 312
Opponents 29 156 89 87 3 364
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Murray 0 0 0 0 36/36 20/21 0 96
B. Sanders 14 14 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 84
R. Johnson 8 0 8 0 0/0 0/0 0 48
Gagliano 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Peete 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Clark 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Hipple 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Holmes 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Phillips 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
White 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 36 23 11 2 36/36 20/21 0 312
Opponents 42 18 19 5 41/42 23/33 1 364
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
B. Sanders 280 1470 5.3 34 14
Gagliano 41 192 4.7 19 4
Peete 33 148 4.5 14t 4
Paige 30 105 3.5 16 0
PaInter 15 64 4.3 9 0
R. Johnson 12 38 3.2 14 0
Gray 3 22 7.3 14 0
Hipple 2 11 5.5 10 1
L. Brown 1 3 3.0 3 0
Long 3 2 0.7 6 0
McDonald 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0
Lions 421 2053 4.9 34 23
Opponents 454 1621 3.6 53t 18
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
R. Johnson 70 1091 15.6 75t 8
Clark 41 748 18.2 69 2
Phillips 30 352 11.7 55t 1
Stanley 24 304 12.7 37 0
B. Sanders 24 282 11.8 46 0
Mobley 13 158 12.2 30 0
McDonald 12 138 11.5 24 0
Ford 5 56 11.2 37 0
PaInter 3 41 13.7 27 0
Gray 2 47 23.5 30 0
T. Johnson 2 29 14.5 22 0
Paige 2 27 13.5 15 0
Chadwick 1 9 9.9 9 0
Lions 229 3282 14.3 75t 11
Opponents 370 4193 11.3 69t 19
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Gagliano 232 117 1671 50.4 7.20 6 2.6 12 5.2 75t 25/153 61.2
Peete 195 103 1479 52.8 7.58 5 2.6 9 4.6 69 27/164 67.0
Hipple 18 7 90 38.9 5.00 0 0.0 3 16.7 30 5/26 15.7
Long 5 2 42 40.0 8.40 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 0/0 70.4
Lions 450 229 3282 50.9 7.29 11 2.4 24 5.3 75t 57/343 60.8
Opponents 570 370 4193 64.9 7.26 19 3.3 16 2.8 69t 40/277 86.2
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Holmes 6 77 12.8 36 1
J. Williams 5 15 3.0 9 0
Gibson 1 10 10.0 10 0
Crockett 1 5 5.0 5 0
Noga 1 0 0.0 0 0
Taylor 1 0 0.0 0 0
White 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 16 107 6.7 36 1
Opponents 24 447 18.6 90t 3
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Arnold 82 3538 43.1 36.4 9 14 64
Lions 83 3538 42.6 36.0 9 14 64
Opponents 80 3293 41.2 31.8 9 22 58
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Stanley 36 5 496 13.8 74 0
Gray 11 2 76 6.9 15 0
Woods 0 1 0 - 0 0
Lions 47 8 572 12.2 74 0
Opponents 46 12 373 8.1 30 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Gray 24 640 26.7 57 0
Palmer 11 255 23.2 62 0
Stanley 9 95 10.6 19 0
B. Sanders 5 118 23.6 43 0
Alexander 5 100 20.0 25 0
Woods 2 28 14.0 15 0
Dallafior 2 13 6.5 13 0
PaInter 1-14; Crockett 1-8; Griffin 1-1
Lions 83 2039 24.6 91 0
Opponents 68 1560 22.9 67 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 0/0 3/3 8/9 8/8 1/1
Lions 0/0 3/3 8/9 8/8 1/1
Opponents 0/0 11/12 7/9 5/10 0/1
Murray:(30G, 23G); (40G, 48G); (37G); (50G); (28G); (42G, 34N, 46G); (47G); (45G); (39G, 35G); (45G, 28G);
(33G, 43G, 35G, 36G); (39G)
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Spielman 125 89 36 5 30 1 1 2 0
Blades 100 81 19 0 0 8 2 1 0
Williams, J 94 80 14 4 22 9 2 1 1
White, W 80 63 17 1 4 4 2 1
Ball 73 62 11 9 64 1 0 3 0
Holmes 69 61 8 0 0 15 1 0 0
Taylor 57 45 12 0 0 6 1 1 0
Williams, E 50 42 8 5.5 49 3 1 0 0
Jones 50 35 15 0 0 0 1 2 0
Crockett 40 28 12 0 0 2 0 1 6
Brooks 39 31 8 2 7 0 1 1 0
Griffin 36 27 9 0.5 1 4 0 0 6
Cofer 34 27 7 9 60 0 0 0 0
Jamison 31 25 6 2 18 1 0 0 2
Gibson 29 25 4 0 0 1 0 3 0
Alexander 21 19 2 0 0 6 0 0 3
Noga 11 9 2 0 0 2 1 0 7
Green 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete 6 6 0 1 10 0 0 0 0
Brown, M 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caston 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 19
Miller 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Ferguson 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
McNorton 2 1 1 1 12 2 0 0 2
Cribbs 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Special Teams: Karpinski 14; Paige 14; PaInter 13; Sanders, E 5; Johnson 3; Ford 2; Arnold 1; Johnson 1
Totals 972 776 196 40 277 65 14 16 106
Opponents 882 760 122 57 343 77 20 24 —
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct.. Pts OP
Minnesota 10 6 0 .625 351 275
Green Bay 10 6 0 .625 362 356
DETROIT 7 9 0 .438 312 364
Chicago 6 10 0 .375 356 377
Tampa Bay 5 11 0 .313 320 419
NFC East
NY Giants 12 4 0 .750 348 252
Philadelphia 11 5 0 .688 342 274
Washington 10 6 0 .625 386 308
Phoenix 5 11 0 .313 256 377
Dallas 1 15 0 .063 204 393
NFC West
San Francisco 14 2 0 .875 442 253
L.A. Rams 11 5 0 .686 426 344
New Orleans 9 7 0 .563 386 301
Atlanta 3 13 0 .186 279 437
AFC Central W L T Pct.. Pts OP
Cleveland 9 6 1 .594 334 254
Houston 9 7 0 .563 365 412
Pittsburgh 9 7 0 .563 265 326
Cincinnati 8 8 0 .500 404 285
AFC East
Buffalo 9 7 0 .563 409 317
Indianapolis 8 8 0 .500 298 301
Miami 8 8 0 .500 331 379
New England 5 11 0 .313 297 391
NY Jets 4 12 0 .250 253 411
AFC West
Denver 11 5 0 .688 362 226
Kansas City 8 7 1 .531 318 286
L.A. Raiders 8 8 0 .500 315 297
Seattle 7 9 0 .438 241 327
San Diego 6 10 0 .375 266 290
LARm defeated Phi, 21-7, in the NFC wild card. LARm defeated NYG, 19-13, in overtime and SF defeated
Min, 41-13, in NFC playoffs. SF defeated LARm, 30-3, for NFC title. Pit defeated Hou, 28-23, (OT) in AFC
wild card. Den defeated Pit, 24-23, and Cle defeated Buf, 34-30, in AFC playoffs. Den defeated Cle, 37-21,
for AFC title. SF defeated Den, 55-10, for NFL title in SB XXIV.
IN 1989: Earthquake measuring 7.1 on Richter scale hits Northern California killing 61 and leaving
thousands homeless.
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