2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1993
Record: 10-6, 1st NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/5 W 30-13 Atlanta 56,216
9/12 W 19-16 (ot) at New England 54,151
9/19 L 3-14 at New Orleans 69,039
9/26 W 26-20 Phoenix 57,180
10/3 L 10-27 at Tampa Bay 40,794
10/17 W 30-10 Seattle 60,801
10/24 W 16-13 at L.A. Rams 43,850
10/31 W 30-27 at Minnesota 53,428
11/7 W 23-0 Tampa Bay 65,295
11/21 L 17-26 at Green Bay 55,119
11/25 L 6-10 Chicago 76,699
12/5 L 0-13 Minnesota 63,216
12/12 W 21-14 at Phoenix 39,393
12/19 L 17-55 San Francisco 77,052*
12/26 W 20-14 at Chicago 43,443
1/2/94 W 30-20 Green Bay 77,510*
NFC Playoffs
1/8/94 L 28-24 Green Bay 68,479
*Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
XR 86 Willie Green 49 Ty Hallock (TE)
WR 80 Brett Perriman
LT 75 Lomas Brown
LG 67 Dave Richards
C 53 Kevin Glover
RG 79 Bill Fralic
RT 73 David Lutz
TE 82 Rodney Holman
ZR 84 Herman Moore
QB 9 Rodney Peete
RB 20 Barry Sanders
Defense
LE 93 Marc Spindler
NT 96 Lawrence Pete
RE 90 Dan Owens
LB 58 George Jamison
LB 54 Chris Spielman
LB 98 Dennis Gibson
LB 56 Pat Swilling
CB 39 Ray Crockett
CB 38 Kevin Scott
SS 35 William White
FS 21 Harry Colon
Pro Bowl Selections: T Lomas Brown, RB Barry Sanders, LB Pat Swilling
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 248 279
Rushing 101 108
Passing 139 154
Penalty 8 17
3rd Down: Made/Att 73/211 92/225
3rd Down Pct. 34.6 40.9
4th Down: Made/Att 5/12 7/11
4th Down Pct. 41.7 63.6
Possession Avg. 29:27 30:33
Total Net Yards 4658 4669
Avg. Per Game 291.1 299.8
Total Plays 937 990
Avg. Per Play 5.0 4.7
Net Yards Rushing 1944 1649
Avg. Per Game 121.5 103.1
Total Rushes 456 433
Net Yards Passing 2714 3020
Avg. Per Game 169.6 188.8
Sacked/Yards Lost 46/229 43/253
Gross Yards 2943 3273
Att./Completions 435/264 514/309
Completion Pct. 60.7 60.1
Had Intercepted 19 19
Punts/Average 72/44.5 81/43.1
Net Punting Avg. 36.8 37.0
Penalties/Yards 93/665 73/500
Fumbles/Ball Lost 29/13 34/16
Touchdowns 28 32
Rushing 9 12
Passing 15 19
Returns 4 1
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 44 102 62 87 3 298
Opponents 61 86 78 67 0 292
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 28/28 34/43 0 130
H. Moore 6 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
D. Moore 4 3 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Sanders 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Clay 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12
Green 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Hallock 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Holman 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Lynch 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Gray 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Jamison 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Peete 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 28 9 15 4 28/28 34/43 0 298
Opponents 32 12 19 1 31/32 23/30 0 292
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Sanders 243 1115 4.6 42 3
D. Moore 88 405 4.6 48 3
Lynch 53 207 3.9 15 2
Peete 45 165 3.7 28 1
Ware 7 23 3.3 8 0
Perriman 4 16 4.0 16 0
Matthews 2 7 3.5 9 0
Kramer 10 5 0.5 4 0
C. Richards 4 1 0.3 1 0
Lions 456 1944 4.3 48 9
Opponents 433 1649 3.8 50t 12
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
H. Moore 61 935 15.3 93t 6
Perriman 49 496 10.1 34 2
Sanders 36 205 5.7 17 0
Green 28 462 16.5 47 2
Holman 25 244 9.8 28t 2
D. Moore 21 169 8.0 20 1
Lynch 13 82 6.3 11 0
Matthews 11 171 15.5 40 0
Hallock 8 88 11.0 24 2
Campbell 7 55 7.9 12 0
Johnson 2 18 9.0 9 0
Thompson 1-15; Turner 1-7; Fralic 1-(-4)
Lions 264 2943 11.1 93t 15
Opponents 309 3273 10.6 80t 19
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Peete 252 157 1670 62.3 6.63 6 2.4 14 5.6 93t 34/174 66.4
Kramer 138 87 1002 63.0 7.26 8 5.8 3 2.2 48 5/35 95.0
Ware 45 20 271 44.4 6.02 1 2.2 2 4.4 47 7/20 53.2
Lions 435 264 2943 60.7 6.77 15 3.4 19 4.4 93t 46/229 73.9
Opponents 514 309 3273 60.1 6.37 19 3.7 19 3.7 80t 43/253 75.6
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Swilling 3 16 5.3 14 0
Jamison 2 48 24.0 35t 1
Crockett 2 31 15.5 31 0
Colon 2 28 14.0 27 0
McNeil 2 19 9.5 16 0
McKyer 2 10 5.0 10 0
Spielman 2 -2 -1.0 0 0
White 1-5; Owens 1-1; Gibson 1-0; Scroggins 1-0;
Lions 19 156 8.2 35t 1
Opponents 19 177 9.3 63t 1
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B
Arnold 72 3207 44.5 36.8 9 15 68 0
Lions 72 3207 44.5 36.8 9 15 68 0
Opponents 81 3489 43.1 37.0 7 25 57 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Gray 23 14 197 8.6 35 0
Turner 17 4 152 8.9 53 0
Lions 40 18 349 8.7 53 0
Opponents 45 5 377 8.4 21 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Gray 28 688 24.6 95t 1
Turner 15 330 22.0 46 0
Anderson 3 51 17.0 24 0
Clay 2 34 17.0 20 0
Hallock 1-11; Jamison 1-0; Lynch 1-22; D. Moore 1-68
Lions 52 1204 23.2 95t 1
Opponents 30 609 20.3 64 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 1/1 8/8 15/15 7/12 3/7
Lions 0/0 8/8 15/15 7/12 3/7
Opponents 1/1 8/9 5/5 4/9 5/6
Hanson: (44G,37G,37G) (52N,22G,26G,23G,38G) (41G) (44G,22G,33G,43N,38G,43B) (30G,52N) (34G,32G,35G)
(45N,25G,24N,18G) (34G,44G,32G) (29G,49G,37G) (52N,50G) (39G,27G) (49N) () (51G) (40G,47N,37G)
(56N,37G,53G,48G)—34-43, 79.1%
Opponents: (54G,20G) (26G,21G,32G,28N) () (54G,30G) (52G,46G) (19G) () (48G,37G) ()
(27G,52G,20G,53N,34G) (46N,27G,42N) (37G,29G,49N) (44B) (43G,21G) (45N) (54G,47G)—23/30, 76.7%
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Spielman 148 97 51 0.5 4 8 1 2 0
White 84 53 31 1.5 8 6 1 0 0
Jamison 77 63 14 2 9 4 1 0 1
Crockett 68 57 11 1 12 5 1 1 0
Gibson 59 38 21 1 2 2 1 1 3
Spindler 49 32 17 2 12 0 0 2 0
Porcher 47 37 10 8.5 53 3 1 0 0
Colon 46 27 19 1 12 5 3 0 11
Scott 43 30 13 0 0 2 0 1 1
Pritchett 42 33 9 4 26 0 0 0 0
McNeil 33 29 4 0 0 3 0 0 3
Owens 31 21 10 3 12 3 1 2 0
Swilling 29 20 9 6.5 33 4 5 1 0
McKyer 27 26 1 0 0 4 0 1 2
Pete 27 17 10 0 0 1 1 2 0
Clay 24 22 2 1 1 4 1 0 9
Blades 23 15 8 0 0 2 0 0 0
Scroggins 17 10 7 8 56 3 2 1 2
Hayworth 8 6 2 2 10 0 0 0 3
Jones 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Jenkins 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
London 2 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 8
Caston 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Ford, D 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Travis 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Special Teams: Hallock 10; Rodenhauser 2; Moore, D 2; Thompson 1
Lions 899 646 253 43 253 61 20 14 78
Opponents 992 752 240 46 229 70 13 18 —
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
DETROIT 10 6 0 .625 298 292
Minnesota 9 7 0 .563 277 290
Green Bay 9 7 0 .563 340 282
Chicago 7 9 0 .438 234 230
Tampa Bay 5 11 0 .313 237 376
NFC East
Dallas 12 4 0 .750 376 229
NY Giants 11 5 0 .686 288 205
Philadelphia 8 8 0 .500 293 315
Phoenix 7 9 0 .438 326 269
Washington 4 12 0 .250 230 345
NFC West
San Francisco 10 6 0 .625 473 295
New Orleans 8 8 0 .500 317 343
Atlanta 6 10 0 .375 316 385
L.A. Rams 5 11 0 .313 221 367
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Houston 12 4 0 .750 368 238
Pittsburgh 9 7 0 .563 308 281
Cleveland 7 9 0 .438 304 307
Cincinnati 3 13 0 .188 187 319
AFC East
Buffalo 12 4 0 .750 329 242
Miami 9 7 0 .563 349 351
NY Jets 8 8 0 .500 270 247
New England 5 11 0 .313 238 286
Indianapolis 4 12 0 .250 189 38
AFC West
Kansas City 11 5 0 .688 328 291
L.A. Raiders 10 6 0 .625 306 326
Denver 9 7 0 .563 373 284
San Diego 8 8 0 .500 322 290
Seattle 6 10 0 .375 280 314
GB defeated DET 28-24, and NYG defeated Min 17-10, in NFC wild card. SF defeated NYG 44-3, and Dal
defeated GB 27-17 in NFC playoffs. Dal defeated SF 38-21, for NFC title. KC defeated Pit 27-24 (OT), and
LARd defeated Den 42-24 in AFC wild card. Buf defeated LARd 29-23, and KC defeated Hou 28-20 in AFC
playoffs. Buf defeated KC 30-13 for AFC title. Dal defeated Buf 30-13 for the NFL title in SB XXVIII.
IN 1993: Supreme Court Justice Byron White retired after serving for 31 years. White played for the
Lions in 1940-41.
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