2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1992
Record: 5-11, 5th NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/6 L 24-27 at Chicago 63,672
9/13 W 31-17 Minnesota 57,519
9/20 L 10-13 at Washington 55,818
9/27 L 23-27 Tampa Bay 51,374
10/4 L 7-13 New Orleans 66,971
10/15 L 14-31 at Minnesota 52,816
10/25 W 38-7 at Tampa Bay 53,995
11/1 L 13-27 Green Bay 60,594
11/8 L 3-37 Dallas 74,816*
11/15 L 14-17 at Pittsburgh 52,242
11/22 W 19-13 at Cincinnati 48,574
11/26 L 21-24 Houston 73,711
12/6 L 10-38 at Green Bay 49,469
12/13 W 24-14 Cleveland 65,970
12/20 W 16-3 Chicago 72,777
12/28 L 6-24 at San Francisco 55,907
*Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
XR 86 Willie Green
WR 80 Brett Perriman
LT 75 Lomas Brown
LG 66 Shawn Bouwens
C 53 Kevin Glover; 62 Blake Miller
RG 67 Ken Dallafior
RT 76 Scott Conover
YR 81 Mike Farr
ZR 84 Herman Moore
QB 9 Rodney Peete
RB 20 Barry Sanders
Pro Bowl Selections: T Lomas Brown, KR Mel Gray, RB Barry Sanders
Defense
LE 92 Marc Spindler
NT 93 Jerry Ball
RE 94 Kelvin Pritchett
LB 58 George Jamison
LB 54 Chris Spielman
LB 98 Dennis Gibson
LB 55 Michael Cofer (8); 59 Tracy Scroggins (7)
CB 39 Ray Crockett
CB 24 Melvin Jenkins
SS 35 William White
FS 36 Bennie Blades
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 241 308
Rushing 83 119
Passing 133 168
Penalty 25 21
3rd Down: Made/Att 60/175 84/200
3rd Down Pct. 34.0 42.0
4th Down: Made/Att 3/7 4/9
4th Down Pct. 43.0 44.0
Possession Avg. 27:36 32:23
Total Net Yards 4440 5058
Avg. Per Game 277.5 316.1
Total Plays 843 976
Avg. Per Play 5.3 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 1644 1841
Avg. Per Game 102.8 115.1
Total Rushes 378 460
Net Yards Passing 2976 3217
Avg. Per Game 174.8 201.1
Sacked/Yards Lost 59/354 29/185
Gross Yards 3150 3402
Att./Completions 406/231 487/296
Completion Pct. 56.9 60.8
Had Intercepted 21 21
Punts/Average 66/43.1 55/41.1
Net Punting Avg. 34.7 33.3
Penalties/Yards 122/903 111/871
Fumbles/Ball Lost 26/15 25/11
Touchdowns 30 38
Rushing 9 14
Passing 16 20
Returns 5 4
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 37 99 65 72 - 273
Opponents 83 82 34 133 - 332
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 30/30 21/26 0 93
Sanders, B. 10 9 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 60
Green 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Perriman 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Moore 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Gray 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12
Ball 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Jenkins 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Campbell 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Blades 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Barrett 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 30 9 16 5 30/30 21/26 0 270
Opponents 38 14 20 4 38/38 22/35 0 332
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Sanders, B. 312 1352 4.3 55t 9
Ware 20 124 6.2 32 0
Peete 21 83 4.0 12 0
Kramer 12 34 2.8 11 0
Stradford 9 29 3.2 11 0
Tillison 4 22 5.5 10 0
Lions 378 1644 4.3 55t 9
Opponents 460 1841 4.0 25 14
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Perriman 69 810 11.7 40t 4
Moore 51 966 18.9 77t 4
Green 33 586 17.8 73t 5
Sanders, B. 29 225 7.8 48 1
Farr 15 115 7.7 14 0
Matthews 9 137 15.2 24 0
Campbell 8 155 19.4 78t 1
Johnson, J. 6 34 5.7 9 0
Barrett 4 67 16.8 24 1
Hinnant 3 28 9.3 13 0
Stradford 2 15 7.5 12 0
McLemore 2 12 6.0 6 0
Lions 231 3150 13.6 78t 16
Opponents 296 3402 11.5 69t 20
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Peete 213 123 1702 57.7 7.99 9 4.2 9 4.2 78t 28/170 80.0
Kramer 106 58 771 54.7 7.27 4 3.8 8 7.5 77t 15/80 59.4
Ware 86 50 677 58.1 7.87 3 3.5 4 4.7 59 16/104 75.4
Sanders, B. 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6
Lions 406 231 3150 56.9 7.76 16 3.9 21 5.2 78t 59/354 73.2
Opponents 487 296 3402 60.8 6.99 20 4.1 21 4.3 69t 29/185 77.6
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
White, W. 4 54 13.5 28 0
Crockett 4 50 12.5 35 0
Scott 4 35 8.8 26 0
Jenkins 4 34 8.5 14 0
Blades 3 56 18.7 34 0
White, S. 2 26 13.0 20 0
Lions 21 255 21.1 35 0
Opponents 21 294 14.0 66t 1
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B
Arnold 65 2846 43.8 35.2 10 12 71 1
Team 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Lions 66 2846 43.1 34.7 10 12 71 1
Opponents 55 2263 41.1 33.3 12 21 60 2
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Gray 18 9 175 9.7 58t 1
Campbell 3 0 15 5.0 9 0
Lions 21 9 190 9.0 58t 1
Opponents 30 5 356 11.9 48 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Gray 42 1006 24.0 89t 2
Campbell 4 61 15.3 21 0
Perriman 4 59 14.8 22 0
Stradford 4 35 8.8 16 0
Scott 3 5 1.7 3 0
Tillison 1 27 27.0 27 0
Johnson, J. 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 59 1193 20.2 89t 2
Opponents 45 948 21.1 39 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 0/0 5/5 10/10 4/6 2/5
Lions 0/0 5/5 10/10 4/6 2/5
Opponents 0/0 8/10 6/10 4/10 4/5
Hanson: (38G) (45N,35G) (52G,52N,49N) (54N,42G,35G,36G) (27G) (32G,34G) (36G) (35G,27G,20G,29G)
(44G) (57B,46G) (22G,38G,30G) (44G,50G)—21/26, 80.8%
Opponents: (34G,41N,38G) (52G,40B,28N) (53G,34N,27G) (42G,36N,31G) (47N,50G,20G) (20G,28N) (47N)
(53G,25G) (25G,42G,30G) (32N,20G,32B) (40G,20G,50N) (46N,30G) (46G) (24G) (40N,37G)—22/35, 62.9%
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Spielman 146 94 52 1 3 0 0 1 1
Jamison 111 80 31 2 10.5 1 3 1 5
Blades 95 62 33 0 0 5 1 0 0
White, W 76 57 19 0 0 6 0 0 0
Jenkins 72 72 0 0 0 15 1 1 11
Gibson 60 39 21 0 0 1 0 0 2
Pritchett 59 38 21 6.5 43 0 1 0 1
Crockett 52 41 11 1 5 12 1 1 4
Scott 47 36 11 0 0 6 0 0 4
Ball 43 31 12 2.5 17.5 2 0 3 0
Spindler 34 25 9 2.5 26 0 2 0 0
Scroggins 28 25 3 7.5 41 1 0 0 7
Cofer 27 17 10 2 12 0 0 0 0
Owens 25 20 5 2 10 2 0 1 0
Porcher 21 11 10 1 8 1 0 0 0
Colon 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
Pete 12 7 5 1 9 0 0 1 0
White 11 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 1
Caston 11 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 11
Johnson, T 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
Robinson, J 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Clay 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
Jones, V 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 5
Jones, A 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Hayworth 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hunter 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hinnant 4
Tillison 2
McKnight 1
Sanders 1
Arnold 1
Johnson, J 1
McLemore 1
Lions 979 708 271 29 185 59 9 11 84
Opponents 884 659 225 59 354 86 15 14 —
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Minnesota 11 5 0 .688 374 249
Green Bay 9 7 0 .563 276 296
Tampa Bay 5 11 0 .313 267 365
Chicago 5 11 0 .313 295 361
DETROIT 5 11 0 .313 273 332
NFC East
Dallas 13 3 0 .813 409 243
Philadelphia 11 5 0 .688 354 245
Washington 9 7 0 .563 300 255
NY Giants 6 10 0 .375 306 367
Phoenix 4 12 0 .250 243 332
NFC West
San Francisco 14 2 0 .875 431 236
New Orleans 12 4 0 .750 330 202
Atlanta 6 10 0 .375 327 414
LA. Rams 6 10 0 .375 313 383
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Pittsburgh 11 5 0 .688 299 225
Houston 10 6 0 .625 352 258
Cleveland 7 9 0 .438 272 275
Cincinnati 5 11 0 .313 274 364
AFC East
Miami 11 5 0 .688 340 281
Buffalo 11 5 0 .688 381 283
Indianapolis 9 7 0 .563 216 302
NY Jets 4 12 0 .250 220 315
New England 2 14 0 .125 205 363
AFC West
San Diego 11 5 0 .688 335 241
Kansas City 10 6 0 .625 348 282
Denver 8 8 0 .500 262 329
L.A. Raiders 7 9 0 .438 249 281
Seattle 2 14 0 .125 140 312
Was defeated Min, 24-7, and Phi defeated NO, 36-20, in NFC wild card. SF defeated Was, 20-13, and Dal
defeated Phi, 34-10 in NFC Playoffs. Dal defeated SF 30-20 for NFC title. SD defeated KC, 17-0, and Buf
defeated Hou 41-38 in overtime in AFC wild card. Buf defeated Pit, 24-3, and Mia defeated SD 31-0, in AFC
Playoffs. Buf defeated Mia 29-10 for AFC title. Dal defeated Buf 52-17, for the NFL title in SB XXVII.
IN 1992: The U. S., playing with a “Dream Team” of NBA players for the first time, dominates the
Olympic basketball tournament on the way to a gold medal.
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