2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1996
Record: 5-11, 5th NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/1 L 13-17 at Minnesota 52,972
9/8 W 21-6 Tampa Bay 54,229
9/15 L 17-24 at Philadelphia 66,772
9/22 W 35-16 Chicago 70,022
9/29 W 27-0 at Tampa Bay 34,961
10/6 W 28-24 Atlanta 58,666
10/13 L 21-37 at Oakland 50,037
10/27 L 7-35 New YorkGiants 63,501
11/3 L 18-28 at Green Bay 60,695
11/11 L 21-27 at San Diego 60,425
11/17 W 17-16 Seattle 51,194
11/24 L 14-31 at Chicago 55,864
11/28 L 24-28 Kansas City 75,079
12/8 L 22-24 Minnesota 46,043
12/15 L 3-31 Green Bay 73,214
12/23 L 14-24 at San Francisco 61,921
Usual Starters
Offense
Defense
XR 80 Brett Perriman
LE 91 Robert Porcher
Wr 87 Johnnie Morton
NT 98 Henry Thomas
LT 72 Ray Roberts
UT 94 Luther Elliss
LG 77 Mike Compton
RE 93 Kerwin Waldroup (10)
C 53 Kevin Glover
97 Tracy Scroggins (6)
RG 64 Jeff Hartings
SLB 55 Antonio London
RT 71 Zefross Moss
MLB 99 Pepper Johnson
TE 89 Pete Metzelaars
WLB 59 Reggie Brown
ZR 84 Herman Moore
CB 47 Ryan McNeil
QB 19 Scott Mitchell
CB 31 Corey Raymond
RB 20 Barry Sanders
SS 36 Bennie Blades
FS 39 Van Malone
Pro Bowl Selections: C Kevin Glover, WR Herman Moore, RB Barry Sanders
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 317 324
Rushing 105 126
Passing 180 172
Penalty 32 26
3rd Down: Made/Att 72/189 95/220
3rd Down Pct. 38.0 43.0
4th Down: Made/Att 9/20 8/12
4th Down Pct. 45.0 67.0
Possession Avg. 26:57 33:02
Total Net Yards 5013 5367
Avg. Per Game 313.3 334.8
Total Plays 976 1044
Avg. Per Play 5.1 5.1
Net Yards Rushing 1810 2007
Avg. Per Game 113.1 125.4
Total Rushes 389 510
Net Yards Passing 3203 3350
Avg. Per Game 200.2 209.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 46/260 32/227
Gross Yards 3463 3577
Att/ Completions 541/309 502/311
Completion Pct. 57.1 62.0
Had Intercepted 21 11
Punts/Average 71/42.9 71/41.2
Net Punting Avg. 33.3 35.3
Penalties/Yards 109/863 115/938
Fumbles/Ball Lost 19/5 26/7
Touchdowns 38 44
Rushing 15 12
Passing 20 28
Returns 3 4
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS
Lions 52 117 76 57 - 302
Opponents 81 130 79 78 - 368
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S PTS
Hanson 0 0 0 0 36/36 12/17 0 72
Sanders 11 11 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 66
Moore 9 0 9 0 0/0 0/0 0 56
Morton 6 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
Perriman 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Mitchell 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Raymond 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Blades 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Wells 1 0 0 1 (fb) 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 38 15 20 3 36/36 12/17 0 302
Opponents 44 12 28 4 40/41 20/25 1 368
2-Pt. Conversions: Moore, TEAM 1-2; Opponents 1-3
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Sanders 307 1553 5.1 54t 11
Rivers 19 86 4.5 26 0
Mitchell 37 83 2.2 9 4
Majikowski 14 38 2.7 12 0
Morton 9 35 3.9 18 0
Perriman 1 13 13.0 13 0
Lynch 2 2 1.0 2 0
Lions 389 1810 4.7 54t 15
Opponents 510 2007 3.9 52 12
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Moore 106 1296 12.2 50t 9
Perriman 94 1021 10.9 44 5
Morton 55 714 13.0 62t 6
Sanders 24 147 6.1 28 0
Metzelaars 17 146 8.6 20 0
Sloan 7 51 7.3 18 0
Matthews 3 41 13.7 21 0
Rivers 2 28 14.0 19 0
Price 1 14 14.0 14 0
Lions 309 3463 11.2 62t 20
Opponents 311 3577 11.5 73 28
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Mitchell 437 253 2917 57.9 6.68 17 3.9 17 3.9 62t 36/199 74.9
Majikowski 102 55 554 53.9 5.43 3 2.9 3 2.9 27 10/61 67.2
Royals 1 1 -8 100.0 -8.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 -8 0/0 52.1
Sanders 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0/0 0.0
Lions 541 309 33463 57.1 6.40 20 3.7 21 3.9 62t 46/260 72.5
Opponents 502 311 3577 62.0 7.13 28 5.6 11 2.2 73 32/227 93.0
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
McNeil 5 14 2.8 15 0
Blades 2 112 56.0 98t 1
Raymond 1 24 24.0 24 1
Stewart 1 14 14.0 14 0
Malone 1 5 5.0 5 0
Jeffries 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 11 169 15.4 98t 2
Opponents 21 313 14.9 37 3
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B
Royals 69 3020 43.8 33.9 8 11 60 1
Team 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Hanson 1 24 24.0 24.0 0 1 24 0
Lions 71 3044 42.9 33.3 8 12 60 1
Opponents 71 2927 41.2 35.3 7 23 62 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Milburn 34 19 284 8.4 33 0
Lions 34 19 284 8.4 33 0
Opponents 42 11 519 12.4 92t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Milburn 64 1627 25.4 65 0
Lynch 1 15 15.0 15 0
Washington 1 14 14.0 14 0
Matthews 1 10 10.0 10 0
Rivers 1 8 8.0 8 0
Metzelaars 1 1 1.0 1 0
Lions 69 1675 24.3 65 0
Opponents 53 1300 24.5 75 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 0/0 4/4 4/5 3/5 1/3
Lions 0/0 4/4 4/5 3/5 1/3
Opponents 0/0 9/9 6/7 5/9 0/0
Hanson: (24G,39G) (53N) (50G) () (20G,39B,29G) (48G) (53N) (43G) (21G) (48N,30G,48G,31G) (39G)
(41N)—12/17, 70.6%
Opponents: (43N,25G) (30G,41G) (38N,39G) (46G) (47G) (29G,23G,32G) (38G,43N,32G) () (29G,20G,49N)
(24G,25G,21G,42N) (42G) (31G) (20G) (49G)—20/25, 80%
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Blades 106 78 28 0 0 5 0 0 0
McNeil 86 68 18 0 0 16 0 2 0
Malone 75 48 27 0 0 5 2 0 6
Johnson 70 54 16 0 0 1 1 0 0
London 68 45 23 3 14 2 2 0 0
Raymond 66 59 7 0 0 9 1 0 0
Porcher 66 45 21 10 71 6 3 2 0
Brown 50 36 14 0 0 3 0 0 0
Elliss 49 26 23 6.5 49.5 2 0 0 0
Thomas 47 31 16 6 52 1 2 1 0
Waldroup 45 29 16 2.5 16.5 1 0 0 0
Jeffries 41 32 9 0 0 6 0 0 4
Rice 39 26 13 0 0 3 0 0 10
Boyd, S 35 20 15 0 0 2 1 0 5
Wells 30 16 14 0 0 0 0 1 0
Stewart 25 16 9 0 0 2 0 0 6
Bonham 20 13 7 2 15 1 0 0 0
Scroggins 16 13 3 2 15 0 0 1 0
Brooks 12 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Ford 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
Kowalkowski 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 12
Woodley 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Borgella 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Dronett 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beer 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
Schlesinger 13
Glover 1
Moore 1
Royals 1
Semple 1
Price 1
Lions 974 682 292 32 233 65 14 8 92
Opponents 810 625 185 46 264 102 5 10 —
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Green Bay 13 3 0 .813 456 210
Minnesota 9 7 0 .563 298 315
Chicago 7 9 0 .438 283 305
Tampa Bay 6 10 0 .375 221 293
DETROIT 5 11 0 .313 302 368
NFC East
Dallas 10 6 0 .625 286 250
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 363 341
Washington 9 7 0 .563 364 312
Arizona 7 9 0 .438 300 397
NY Giants 6 10 0 .375 242 297
NFC West
Carolina 12 4 0 .750 367 218
San Francisco 12 4 0 .750 398 257
St. Louis 6 10 0 .375 303 409
Atlanta 3 13 0 .188 309 461
New Orleans 3 13 0 .188 229 339
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Pittsburgh 10 6 0 .625 344 257
Jacksonville 9 7 0 .563 325 335
Cincinnati 8 8 0 .500 372 369
Houston 8 8 0 .500 345 319
Baltimore 4 12 0 .250 371 441
AFC East
New England 11 5 0 .688 418 313
Buffalo 10 6 0 .625 319 266
Indianapolis 9 7 0 .563 317 334
Miami 8 8 0 .500 339 325
NY Jets 1 15 0 .063 279 454
AFC West
Denver 13 3 0 .813 391 275
Kansas City 9 7 0 .563 297 300
San Diego 8 8 0 .500 310 376
Oakland 7 9 0 .438 340 293
Seattle 7 9 0 .438 317 376
Dal defeated Min, 40-15 and SF defeated Phi 14-0 in NFC wild card. Car defeated Dal, 26-17 and GB
defeated SF, 35-14 in NFC playoffs. GB defeated Car, 30-13 for NFC title. Jax defeated Buf, 30-27 and Pit
defeated Ind, 42-14 in AFC wild card. Jax defeated Den, 30-27 and NE defeated Pit, 28-3 in AFC wild card.
NE defeated Jax, 20-6 for AFC title. GB defeated NE 35-21 inSBXXXI.
IN 1996: The Summer Games of the XXVI Olympiad were held on U. S. soil, in Atlanta.
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