2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1994
Record: 9-7, 3rd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/4 W 31-28 (ot) Atlanta 60,740
9/11 L 3-10 at Minnesota 57,349
9/19 W 20-17 (ot) at Dallas 64,102
9/25 L 17-23 New England 59,618
10/2 L 14-24 at Tampa Bay 38,012
10/9 L 21-27 San Francsico 77,340*
10/23 W 21-16 Chicago 73,574*
10/30 W 28-25 (ot) at NY Giants 75,124
11/6 L 30-38 at Green Bay 54,995
11/13 W 14-9 Tampa Bay 50,814
11/20 L 10-20 at Chicago 55,035
11/24 W 35-21 Buffalo 75,672*
12/4 W 34-31 Green Bay 76,338
12/10 W 18-7 at NY Jets 56,080
12/17 W 41-19 Minnesota 73,881*
12/25 L 20-27 at Miami 70,980
NFC Playoffs
12/31 L 12-16 at Green Bay 58,125
*Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
XR 80 Brett Perriman
TE 49 Ty Hallock (10); 82 Rodney Holman (7)
LT 75 Lomas Brown
LG 66 Shawn Bouwens
C 53 Kevin Glover
RG 67 Doug Widell
RT 73 David Lutz
TE 89 Ron Hall
ZR 84 Herman Moore
QB 19 Scott Mitchell; 17 Dave Krieg
RB 20 Barry Sanders
Defense
LE 91 Robert Porcher
NT 93 Marc Spindler (8); 90 Dan Owens (8)
RE 94 Kelvin Pritchett
LB 51 Broderick Thomas
LB 54 Chris Spielman
LB 59 Mike Johnson
LB 97 Tracy Scroggins; 56 Pat Swilling
CB 47 Ryan McNeil
CB 40 Robert Massey
FS 36 Bennie Blades
SS 32 Willie Clay
Pro Bowl Selections: T Lomas Brown, KR Mel Gray, WR Herman Moore, RB Barry Sanders, LB Chris
Spielman
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 280 326
Rushing 94 131
Passing 164 169
Penalty 22 26
3rd Down: Made/Att 75/188 112/231
3rd Down Pct. 40.0 48.0
4th Down: Made/Att 5/12 10/20
4th Down Pct. 42.0 50.0
Possession Avg. 26:48 34:50
Total Net Yards 5000 5405
Avg. Per Game 312.5 338.0
Total Plays 891 1086
Avg. Per Play 5.6 5.0
Net Yards Rushing 2080 1859
Avg. Per Game 130.0 116.2
Total Rushes 406 511
Net Yards Passing 2922 3546
Avg. Per Game 182.5 221.8
Sacked/Yards Lost 26/163 28/199
Gross Yards 3085 3745
Att./Completions 459/250 547/370
Completion Pct. 54.5 67.6
Had Intercepted 14 12
Punts/Average 64/43.5 66/44.9
Net Punting Avg. 34.2 34.7
Penalties/Yards 109/781 130/1036
Fumbles/Ball Lost 26/10 34/11
Touchdowns 43 40
Rushing 12 15
Passing 24 21
Returns 7 4
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 45 130 82 91 9 357
Opponents 60 148 72 62 0 342
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 39/40 18/27 0 93
Moore, H. 11 0 11 0 0/0 0/0 0 66
Sanders 8 7 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 48
Perriman 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 28
Moore, D. 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Carter 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Gray 3 0 0 3 0/0 0/0 0 18
Matthews 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Morton 2 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 12
Mitchell 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Spielman 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Johnson, M. 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Clay 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Conover 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Team 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2
Lions 43 12 24 7 39/40 18/27 1 357
Opponents 40 15 21 4 37/38 21/28 0 342
2-Pt. Conversions: Perriman (2) TEAM 2-3; Opp 1-2
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Sanders 331 1883 5.7 85 7
Perriman 9 86 9.6 25 0
Moore, D. 27 52 1.9 12 4
Krieg 23 35 1.5 15 0
Mitchell 15 24 1.6 7 1
Lynch 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 406 2080 5.1 85 12
Opponents 511 1859 3.6 32 15
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Moore, H. 72 1173 16.3 51t 11
Perriman 56 761 13.6 39 4
Sanders 44 283 6.4 22 1
Matthews 29 359 12.4 33 3
Holman 17 163 9.6 18 0
Hall 10 106 10.6 18 0
Carter 8 97 12.1 18 3
Hallock 7 75 10.7 21 0
Morton 3 39 13.0 18t 1
Lynch 2 18 9.0 12 0
Moore, D. 1 10 10.0 10 0
Conover 1 1 1.0 1t 1
Lions 250 3085 12.3 51t 24
Opponents 370 3745 10.1 76t 21
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Mitchell 246 119 1456 48.4 5.92 10 4.1 11 4.5 34 12/63 62.0
Krieg 212 131 1629 61.8 7.68 14 6.6 3 1.4 51t 14/100 101.8
Perriman 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6
Lions 459 250 3085 54.5 6.72 24 5.2 14 3.1 51t 26/163 80.2
Opponents 547 370 3748 67.6 6.85 21 3.8 12 2.2 76t 28/199 90.5
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Massey 4 25 6.3 17 0
Clay 3 54 18.0 28t 1
Johnson, M. 1 48 48.0 48t 1
McNeil 1 14 14.0 14 0
Colon 1 3 3.0 3 0
Mack 1 0 0.0 0 0
Blades 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 12 144 12.0 48t 2
Opponents 14 154 11.0 38 1
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B
Montgomery 63 2782 44.2 34.8 8 20 64 1
Team 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Lions 64 2782 43.5 34.2 8 20 64 1
Opponents 66 2963 44.9 34.7 21 20 67 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Gray 21 12 233 11.1 24 0
Clay 3 0 20 6.7 12 0
Massey 1 0 3 3.0 3 0
Lions 25 12 256 10.2 24 0
Opponents 36 4 431 12.0 80t 2
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Gray 45 1276 28.4 102t 3
Moore, D. 10 113 11.3 19 0
Lynch 9 105 11.7 16 0
Morton 3 143 47.7 93t 1
Malone 3 38 12.7 20 0
Lions 70 1675 23.9 102t 4
Opponents 65 1572 24.2 96t 1
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 0/0 6/7 7/7 5/8 0/5
Lions 0/0 6/7 7/7 5/8 0/5
Opponents 1/1 11/11 5/5 4/9 0/2
Hanson: (37G) (42N,46N,24G) (32G,51N,57B,51B,44G) (27G) (26N) (52N) () (31G,24G) (51N) () (29G,43N)
(27G,34G) (37G,49G,48G,23G) (39G,41G) (32G,40G)—18/27, 66.7%
Opponents: (52N) (47N,36G) (19G) (20G,28G,21G) (23G,55N) () (46N,22) (25G,40N) (30G) (20G,49N,41G,34G)
(28G,23G) (42N,24G) (34G,26G,37G,48G) (40G,45G)—21/28, 75.0%
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Spielman 195 124 71 0 0 6 3 3 0
Johnson 134 92 42 1.5 12 5 4 1 1
Blades 90 71 19 1 7 10 0 1 1
Thomas 88 64 24 7 49.5 7 2 2 0
Clay 76 59 17 0 0 10 3 0 0
Pritchett 74 41 33 5.5 50 1 0 1 0
Porcher 69 47 22 3 22 8 2 1 0
Massey 68 53 15 0 0 6 0 0 4
McNeil 58 51 7 0 0 7 0 0 2
Jeffries 44 36 8 0 0 2 1 0 2
Owens 41 26 15 3 28 0 0 0 0
Scroggins 36 28 8 2.5 14 2 0 0 8
Swilling 28 21 7 3.5 16.5 0 0 1 0
Mack 25 19 6 0 0 3 0 0 6
Colon 17 16 1 0 0 1 2 0 10
Spindler 15 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hayworth 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Bonham 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
London 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Jones 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Malone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
Special Teams: Moore, D 10; Hallock 8; Kowalkowski 7; Lynch 5; Hall 4; Borgella 2; Rodenhauser 2; Beer
1; Hanson 1
Lions 1072 767 305 28 199 68 17 10 99
Opponents 763 585 178 26 165 74 8 15 —
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Minnesota 10 6 0 .625 356 314
Green Bay 9 7 0 .563 382 287
DETROIT 9 7 0 .563 357 342
Chicago 9 7 0 .563 271 307
Tampa Bay 6 10 0 .375 251 351
NFC East
Dallas 12 4 0 .750 414 248
NY Giants 9 7 0 .563 279 305
Arizona 8 8 0 .500 235 267
Philadelphia 7 9 0 .438 308 308
Washington 3 13 0 .188 320 412
NFC West
San Francisco 13 3 0 .813 505 296
New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 348 407
Atlanta 7 9 0 .438 317 385
L. A. Rams 4 12 0 .250 286 365
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Pittsburgh 12 4 0 .750 316 234
Cleveland 11 5 0 .688 340 204
Cincinnati 3 13 0 .188 276 406
Houston 2 14 0 .125 226 352
AFC East
Miami 10 6 0 .625 389 327
New England 10 6 0 .625 351 312
Indianapolis 8 8 0 .500 307 320
Buffalo 7 9 0 .438 340 356
NY Jets 6 10 0 .375 264 320
AFC West
San Diego 11 5 0 .688 381 306
Kansas City 9 7 0 .563 319 298
L.A. Raiders 9 7 0 .563 303 327
Denver 7 9 0 .438 347 396
Seattle 6 10 0 .375 287 323
GB defeated DET, 16-12, and Chi defeated Min, 35-18, in NFC wild card. SF defeated Chi, 44-15, and Dal
defeated GB, 35-9, in NFC playoffs. SF defeated Dal, 38-28, for NFC title. Mia defeated KC, 27-17, and Cle
defeated NE, 20-13, in AFC wild card. Pit defeated Cle, 29-9, and SD defeated Mia, 22-21, in AFC playoffs.
SD defeated Pit, 17-13, for AFC title. SF defeated SD, 49-26, for the NFL title in SB XXIX.
IN 1994: A players’ strike forces the cancellation of the last two months of the Major League Baseball
season and the World Series.
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