2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1991
Record: 12-4, 1st NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/1 L 0-45 at Washington 52,958
9/8 W 23-14 Green Bay 43,132
9/15 W 17-13 Miami 56,896
9/22 W 33-24 at Indianapolis 53,396
9/29 W 31-3 Tampa Bay 44,479
10/6 W 24-20 Minnesota 63,423
10/20 L 3-35 at San Francisco 61,240
10/27 W 34-10 Dallas 74,906*
11/3 L 10-20 at Chicago 57,281
11/10 L 21-30 at Tampa Bay 37,742
11/17 W 21-10 L.A. Rams 60,873
11/24 W 34-14 at Minnesota 51,644
11/28 W 16-6 Chicago 78,879*
12/8 W 34-20 NY Jets 69,304
12/15 W 21-17 at Green Bay 43,881
12/22 W 17-14 (ot) at Buffalo 78,059
NFC Playoffs
1/5/92 W 38-6 Dallas 79,835*
1/12/92 L 10-41 at Washington 55,584
*Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
XR 86 Willie Green
WR 80 Brett Perriman
LT 75 Lomas Brown
LG 65 Eric Andolsek
C 53 Kevin Glover
RG 60 Mike Utley
RT 64 Eric Sanders
YR 81 Mike Farr
ZR 82 Robert Clark
QB 9 Rodney Peete; 12 Erik Kramer (8)
RB 20 Barry Sanders
DETROIT LIONS
Defense
LE 92 Marc Spindler
NT 93 Jerry Ball
RE 90 Dan Owens
LB 58 George Jamison
LB 54 Chris Spielman
LB 98 Dennis Gibson
LB 99 Tracy Hayworth
CB 39 Ray Crockett
CB 24 Melvin Jenkins
SS 35 William White
FS 36 Bennie Blades
Pro Bowl Selections: NT Jerry Ball, S Bennie Blades, T Lomas Brown, KR Mel Gray, RB Barry Sanders,
LB Chris Spielman
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 280 305
Rushing 118 93
Passing 146 189
Penalty 16 23
3rd Down: Made/Att 71/196 80/200
3rd Down Pct. 36.0 39.5
4th Down: Made/Att 3/6 9/20
4th Down Pct. 50.0 45.0
Possession Avg. 28:39 31:21
Total Net Yards 4788 5043
Avg. Per Game 299.3 315.2
Total Plays 938 1008
Avg. Per Play 5.1 5.0
Net Yards Rushing 1930 1757
Avg. Per Game 120.6 109.2
Total Rushes 454 444
Net Yards Passing 2858 3286
Avg. Per Game 178.6 205.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 25/116 30/237
Gross Yards 2974 3523
Att./Completions 459/252 534/315
Completion Pct. 54.9 59.0
Had Intercepted 17 19
Punts/Average 75/41.2 67/39.2
Net Punting Avg. 35.4 31.7
Penalties/Yards 93/799 94/704
Fumbles/Ball Lost 25/13 32/17
Touchdowns 40 34
Rushing 19 16
Passing 16 16
Returns 5 2
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 72 67 77 120 3 339
Opponents 75 108 58 54 0 295
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Sanders, B. 17 16 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 102
Murray 0 0 0 0 40/40 19/28 0 97
Green 7 0 7 0 0/0 0/0 0 42
Clark 6 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
Peete 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Crockett 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
White, W. 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Perriman 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Kramer 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Farr 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Hayworth 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Gray 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
White, S. 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Ball 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2
Lions 40 19 16 5 40/40 19/28 1 339
Opponents 34 16 16 2 34/34 19/28 0 295
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Sanders, B. 342 1548 4.5 69t 16
Peete 25 125 5.0 26 2
Overton 14 59 4.2 9 0
Jackson 17 55 3.2 10 0
Dozier 9 48 5.3 29 0
Arnold 2 42 21.0 21 0
Kramer 34 26 0.7 12 1
Gray 2 11 5.5 6 0
Perriman 4 10 2.5 6 0
Ware 4 6 1.5 10 0
Lions 453 1930 4.3 69t 19
Opponents 444 1760 4.0 59t 16
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Perriman 52 668 12.8 42 1
Clark 47 640 13.6 68t 6
Farr 42 431 10.3 34t 1
Sanders, B. 41 307 7.5 34 1
Green 39 592 15.2 73t 7
Moore 11 135 12.3 21 0
Tennell 4 43 10.8 18 0
Overton 4 38 9.5 14 0
Gray 3 42 14.0 31 0
Matthews 3 21 7.0 11 0
Campbell 2-49, 28 Lg; Fortin 1-4; Riley 1-3; Dozier 1-3; Jackson 1-(-2);
Lions 252 2974 11.8 73t 16
Opponents 315 3523 11.2 51 16
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Kramer 265 136 1635 51.3 6.17 11 4.2 8 3.0 73t 14/74 72.1
Peete 194 116 1339 59.8 6.90 5 2.6 9 4.6 68t 11/42 70.2
Lions 459 252 2974 54.9 6.48 16 3.5 17 3.7 73t 25/116 71.1
Opponents 534 315 3523 59.0 6.60 16 3.0 19 3.6 51 30/237 73.8
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Crockett 6 141 23.5 96t 1
Taylor 4 26 6.5 23 0
Jamison 3 52 17.3 19 0
White, W. 2 35 17.5 28 0
White, S. 1-18, 18t Lg, 1 TD; Blades 1-14; Alexander 1-0; Hayworth 1-0
Lions 19 286 15.1 96t 2
Opponents 17 229 13.5 57t 1
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B
Arnold 75 3092 41.2 35.4 5 27 63 0
Lions 75 3092 41.2 35.4 5 27 63 0
Opponents 67 2629 39.2 31.7 6 16 56 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Gray 25 14 385 15.4 78t 1
Jenkins 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 26 14 385 14.8 78t 1
Opponents 35 10 340 9.7 69t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Gray 36 929 25.8 71 0
Campbell 9 85 9.4 18 0
Overton 4 71 17.8 23 0
Dozier 4 60 15.0 38 0
Scott 1-16; Jackson 1-9; Clark 2-0; Bell 1-0
Lions 58 1170 20.2 71 0
Opponents 63 1095 17.4 53 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 1/1 3/4 8/10 5/9 2/4
Lions 1/1 3/4 8/10 5/9 2/4
Opponents 1/1 12/12 4/8 2/6 0/1
Murray: (50N,41G,27G,36G) (46G,51N) (48N,19G) (38G,48N) (47G,47N) (37G) (44G,32G) (31G) (37G,23N,50N)
(21G,50G,37G) (43G,37G,43N,39B) (30N,21G)—19/28, 67.8%
Opponents: (26G) (48N) (18G,47G) (20G) (32G) (42G,25G) (46N) (47B,35G) (21G,25G,43N) (29G,33G,30G,36N)
(27G) () (27G,22G,37N) (30N,22G,25G) (23G) (52N,37N)—19/28, 67.9%
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Spielman 126 84 42 1 1 3 3 3 0
Blades 93 65 28 0 0 7 2 3 1
White, W 87 64 23 0 0 10 0 0 0
Jenkins 86 86 0 1 10 14 2 0 22
Crockett 86 74 12 1 10 16 1 1 7
Jamison 86 67 19 4 30 5 2 1 2
Gibson 62 36 26 0 0 3 0 0 3
Owens 51 40 11 5.5 60 1 1 2 0
Spindler 49 33 16 3.5 13 2 1 1 0
Hayworth 43 26 17 2 14 1 0 2 5
Ball 36 31 5 2 17 1 0 1 0
Pritchett 26 20 6 1.5 6 1 0 0 8
Taylor 25 25 0 0 0 7 0 1 0
Caston 19 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 13
Hunter 16 14 2 6 53 0 0 1 1
Alexander 16 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bell 14 13 1 0 0 0 1 1 5
White, S 14 13 1 0 0 11 1 0 0
Scott 14 10 4 0 0 1 0 0 5
Jones 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 12
Pete 13 5 8 1.5 10 0 0 0 0
Noga 10 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 9
Brown, M 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cofer 3 2 1 1 13 0 0 0 0
Welch 3 2 1 1
Special Teams: Tennell 3; Sanders, E 2; Little 1; Dozier 1; Riley, E 1; Overton 1;
Lions 996 767 229 30 237 83 15 19 106
Opponents 905 720 185 25 116 69 13 14 —
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
DETROIT 12 4 0 .750 339 295
Chicago 11 5 0 .688 299 269
Minnesota 8 8 0 .500 301 306
Green Bay 4 12 0 .250 273 313
Tampa Bay 3 13 0 .188 199 365
NFC East
Washington 14 2 0 .875 485 224
Dallas 11 5 0 .688 342 310
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 285 244
NY Giants 8 8 0 .500 281 297
Phoenix 4 12 0 .250 196 344
NFC West
New Orleans 11 5 0 .688 341 211
Atlanta 10 6 0 .625 361 338
San Francisco 10 6 0 .625 393 239
L.A. Rams 3 13 0 .188 234 390
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Houston 11 5 0 .688 386 251
Pittsburgh 7 9 0 .438 292 344
Cleveland 6 10 0 .375 293 298
Cincinnati 3 13 0 .188 263 435
AFC East
Buffalo 13 3 0 .813 448 318
NY Jets 8 8 0 .500 314 293
Miami 8 8 0 .500 343 349
New England 6 10 0 .375 211 305
Indianapolis 1 15 0 .063 143 381
AFC West
Denver 12 4 0 .750 304 235
Kansas City 10 6 0 .625 322 252
L.A. Raiders 9 7 0 .563 298 297
Seattle 7 9 0 .438 276 261
San Diego 4 12 0 .250 274 342
Atl defeated NO, 27-20, and Dal defeated Chi, 17-13, in NFC wild card. Was defeated Atl, 24-7, and DET
defeated Dal, 38-6, in NFC playoffs. Was defeated DET, 45-10, for NFC title. KC defeated LARd, 10-6, and
Hou defeated NYJ, 17-10, in AFC wild card. Buf defeated KC, 37-14, and Den defeated Hou, 26-24, in AFC
playoffs. Buf defeated Den, 10-7, for AFC title. Was defeated Buf, 37-24, for the NFL title in SB XXVI.
IN 1991: In Operation Desert Storm, Unified U. N. Forces drive Iraqi troops out of Kuwait.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS