2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1995
Record: 10-6, 2nd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/3 L 20-23 at Pittsburgh 58,002
9/10 L 10-20 at Minnesota 52,234
9/17 L 17-20 Arizona 58,727
9/25 W 27-24 San Francisco 76,236*
10/8 W 38-20 Cleveland 74,171*
10/15 L 21-30 at Green Bay 60,302
10/22 L 30-36 (ot) at Washington 52,332
10/29 W 24-16 Green Bay 73,462*
11/5 L 22-34 at Atlanta 49,619
11/12 W 27-24 Tampa Bay 60,644
11/19 W 24-17 at Chicago 61,779
11/23 W 44-38 Minnesota 74,559*
12/4 W 27-7 Chicago 77,230*
12/10 W 24-17 at Houston 35,482
12/17 W 44-0 Jacksonville 70,204
12/23 W 37-10 at Tampa Bay 50,049
NFC Playoffs
12/30 L 37-58 at Philadelphia 66,492
*Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
Defense
XR 80 Brett Perriman
LE 94 Luther Elliss
WR 87 Johnnie Morton
NT 98 Henry Thomas
LT 75 Lomas Brown
UT 91 Robert Porcher
LG 67 Doug Widell
RE 97 Tracy Scroggins
C 53 Kevin Glover
SLB 99 Tracy Hayworth
RG 73 David Lutz
MLB 54 Chirs Spielman
RT 71 Zefross Moss
WLB 59 Mike Johnson
TE 86 David Sloan (8); 89 Ron Hall (6)
CB 47 Ryan McNeil
ZR 84 Herman Moore
CB 31 Corey Raymond
QB 19 Scott Mitchell
SS 32 Willie Clay
RB 20 Barry Sanders
FS 36 Bennie Blades
Pro Bowl Selections: T Lomas Brown, C Kevin Glover, WR Herman Moore, RB Barry Sanders
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 349 350
Rushing 91 110
Passing 230 201
Penalty 28 39
3rd Down: Made/Att 95/208 76/200
3rd Down Pct. 46.0 38.0
4th Down: Made/Att 8/13 10/16
4th Down Pct. 62.0 63.0
Possession Avg. 28:37 31:36
Total Net Yards 6113 5599
Avg. Per Game 382.1 349.9
Total Plays 1024 1031
Avg. Per Play 6.0 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 1753 1795
Avg. Per Game 109.6 112.2
Total Rushes 387 409
Net Yards Passing 4360 3804
Avg. Per Game 272.5 237.8
Sacked/Yards Lost 32/150 42/317
Gross Yards 4510 4121
Att./Completions 605/362 580/354
Completion Pct. 59.8 61.0
Had Intercepted 12 22
Punts/Average 60/40.5 61/42.7
Net Punting Avg. 30.8 38.6
Penalties/Yards 134/1032 120/1001
Fumbles/Ball Lost 21/13 24/13
Touchdowns 50 36
Rushing 16 15
Passing 33 17
Returns 1 4
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 113 125 87 111 0 436
Opponents 53 114 67 96 0 336
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 48/48 28/34 0 132
Moore, H. 14 0 14 0 0/0 0/0 0 84
Sanders 12 11 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 72
Perriman 9 0 9 0 0/0 0/0 0 56
Morton 8 0 8 0 0/0 0/0 0 48
Mitchell 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Sloan 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Rivers 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Scroggins 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Blades 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2
Lions 50 16 33 1 48/48 28/34 1 436
Opponents 15 17 4 2 32/32 28/42 0 336
2-Pt. Conversions: Perriman TEAM 1-2 ; Opponents 2-2
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Sanders 314 1500 4.8 75t 11
Mitchell 36 104 2.9 18 4
Rivers 18 73 2.9 18 4
Perriman 5 48 9.6 16 0
Morton 3 33 11.0 18 0
Schlesinger 1 1 1.0 1 0
Majikowski 9 1 0.1 4 0
Royals 1 -7 -7.0 -7 0
Lions 387 1753 4.5 75t 16
Opponents 409 1795 4.4 75 15
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Moore, H. 123 1686 13.7 69t 14
Perriman 108 1488 13.8 91t 9
Sanders 48 398 8.3 40 1
Morton 44 590 13.4 32t 8
Sloan 17 184 10.8 24 1
Hall 11 81 7.4 15 0
Holman 5 35 7.0 9 0
Matthews 4 41 10.3 12 0
Rivers 1 5 5.0 5 0
Schlesinger 1 2 2.0 2 0
Lions 362 4510 12.5 91t 33
Opponents 354 4121 11.6 85t 17
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Mitchell 583 346 4338 59.3 7.44 32 5.5 12 2.1 91t 31/145 92.1
Majikowski 20 15 161 75.0 8.05 1 5.0 0 0.0 22 1/5 114.8
Sanders 2 1 11 50.0 5.50 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 0/0 66.7
Lions 605 362 4510 59.8 7.45 33 5.5 12 2.0 91t 32/150 93.0
Opponents 580 354 4121 61.1 7.11 17 2.9 22 3.8 85 42/317 76.4
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Clay 8 173 21.6 39 0
Raymond 6 44 7.3 18 0
McNeil 2 26 13.0 21 0
Johnson 2 23 11.5 14 0
Spielman 1-4; Blades 1-0; Vanhorse 1-0; Malone 1-0
Lions 22 270 12.3 39 0
Opponents 12 219 18.3 71t 2
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B
Royals 57 2393 42.0 32.1 6 15 69 2
Team 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Hanson 1 34 34.0 14.0 1 0 34 0
Lions 60 2427 40.5 30.8 7 15 69 2
Opponents 61 2604 42.7 38.6 3 19 60 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Morton 7 4 48 6.9 16 0
Turner 6 1 39 6.5 16 0
Perriman 5 6 50 10.0 13 0
Clay 5 5 49 9.8 28 0
Carter 1 1 3 3.0 3 0
Lions 24 17 189 7.9 28 0
Opponents 29 6 442 15.2 74t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Rivers 19 420 22.1 52 0
Morton 18 390 21.7 32 0
Turner 17 323 19.0 43 0
Perriman 5 65 13.0 23 0
Williams 4 100 25.0 32 0
Carter 2-46, 29 Lg; Sloan 1-14; Owens 1-9
Lions 67 1367 20.4 51 0
Opponents 80 1828 22.9 51 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 2/2 4/4 16/17 5/10 1/1
Lions 2/2 4/4 16/17 5/10 1/1
Opponents 0/0 10/13 9/11 7/14 2/4
Hanson: (43G,36G) (33G,40N,42N)(21G)(30G,38G,18G,32G) (56G) () (42G,20G,39G) (38G) () (34B,29G,18G)
(43B,25G) (32G,40G,40N,39G) (42G,36G)(36G,49N)(38G,39G,22G) (33G,39G,45G)—28/34, 82.4%
Opponents: (39G,45N,47G,31G) (32G,27G)(5G,41G,25G,25G) (47N,23G,40N) (22G,38G)
(42G,43G,34N,20G,27N) (26G,36G,49N,39G) (20G,50G,28G)(32G,47G,42N,44N) (34G,43N) (39G,25B,52N)
(53N) (47G) (27N) (27G)—28/42, 66.7%
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Spielman 137 90 47 1 10 3 2 3 0
Johnson 116 80 36 2 14 6 2 4 1
Blades 98 69 29 1 4 7 0 3
McNeil 86 69 17 0 0 13 0 1 0
Raymond 68 59 9 2 13 24 1 1 0
Thomas 68 45 23 10.5 82 0 2 2 0
Clay 66 50 16 0 0 13 0 0 1
Porcher 51 29 22 5 38 2 1 0 0
Massey 50 40 10 0 0 3 0 0 3
Scroggins 45 35 10 9.5 56 6 2 1 0
Hayworth 31 23 8 1 10 1 2 1 4
Elliss 19 9 10 0 0 1 0 0 0
Vanhorse 17 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
Jeffries 14 13 1 0.5 2 1 0 0 6
London 14 12 2 7 65 1 4 0 3
Bonham 13 7 6 1 6 0 0 0 0
Wells 6 3 3 0.5 4 1 0 0 0
Malone 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 10
Owens 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Kowalkowski 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
Boyd, S 1 1 0 1 13 0 0 0 11
Special Teams: Schlesinger 15; Beer 9; Hanson 2; Semple 2; Sloan 2; Holman 1; Royals 1; Lynch 1;
Williams 1
Lions 912 657 255 42 317 85 16 13 97
Opponents 867 621 246 32 155 77 10 13 —
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Green Bay 11 5 0 .688 404 314
DETROIT 10 6 0 .625 436 336
Chicago 9 7 0 .563 392 360
Minnesota 8 8 0 .500 412 385
Tampa Bay 7 9 0 .438 238 335
NFC East
Dallas 12 4 0 .750 435 291
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 318 338
Washington 6 10 0 .375 326 359
NY Giants 5 11 0 .313 290 340
Arizona 4 12 0 .250 275 422
NFC West
San Francisco 11 5 0 .688 457 258
Atlanta 9 7 0 .563 362 349
St. Louis 7 9 0 .438 309 418
Carolina 7 9 0 .438 289 325
New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 319 348
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Pittsburgh 11 5 0 .688 407 327
Cincinnati 7 9 0 .438 349 374
Houston 7 9 0 .438 348 324
Cleveland 5 11 0 .313 289 356
Jacksonville 4 12 0 .250 275 404
NFC East
Buffalo 10 6 0 .625 350 335
Indianapolis 9 7 0 .563 331 316
Miami 9 7 0 .563 398 332
New England 6 10 0 .375 294 377
NY Jets 3 13 0 .188 233 384
NFC West
Kansas City 13 3 0 .813 358 241
San Diego 9 7 0 .563 321 323
Seattle 8 8 0 .500 363 366
Denver 8 8 0 .500 388 345
Oakland 8 8 0 .500 348 332
Phi defeated DET, 58-37, and GB defeated Atl, 37-20, in NFC wild card. GB defeated SF, 27-17, and Dal
defeated Phi, 30-11, in NFC playoffs. Dal defeated GB 38-27, for NFC title. Ind defeated SD, 35-20, and Buf
defeated Mia, 37-22, in AFC wild card. Pit defeated Buf, 40-21, and Ind defeated KC, 10-7, in AFC playoffs.
Pit defeated Ind, 20-16, for AFC title. Dal defeated Pit 27-17, for the NFL title in SB XXX.
IN 1995: In April, the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla. kills 168 people.
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