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1997<br />

Record: 9-7, 3rd NFC Central<br />

Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />

8/31 W 28-17 Atlanta 61,244<br />

9/7 L 17-24 Tampa Bay 58,234<br />

9/14 W 32-7 at Chicago 59,147<br />

9/21 L 17-35 at New Orleans 50,016<br />

9/28 W 26-15 Green Bay 78,110*<br />

10/5 L 13-22 at Buffalo 78,025<br />

10/12 W 27-9 at Tampa Bay 72,095<br />

10/19 L 20-26 (ot) N.Y. Giants 70,069<br />

11/2 L 10-20 at Green Bay 60,126<br />

11/9 L 7-30 at Washington 75,261<br />

11/16 W 38-15 Minnesota 68,910<br />

11/23 W 32-10 Indianapolis 62,803<br />

11/27 W 55-20 Chicago 77,904*<br />

12/7 L 30-33 at Miami 72,266<br />

12/14 W 14-13 at Minnesota 60,982<br />

12/21 W 13-10 N.Y. Jets 77,624*<br />

NFC Playoffs<br />

12/28 L 10-20 at Tampa Bay 73,361<br />

*Silverdome sellout<br />

Usual Starters<br />

Offense<br />

Defense<br />

XR 87 Johhnie Morton<br />

LE 91 Robert Porcher<br />

LT 72 Ray Roberts<br />

NT 95 Mike Wells<br />

LG 77 Mike Compton<br />

UT 94 Luther Elliss<br />

C 53 Kevin Glover<br />

RE 93 Kerwin Waldroup<br />

RG 64 Jeff Hartings<br />

SLB 58 George Jamison (10)<br />

RT 71 Larry Tharpe<br />

55 Antonio London (6)<br />

TE 86 David Sloan<br />

MLB 57 Stephen Boyd<br />

ZR 84 Herman Moore<br />

WLB 59 Reggie Brown<br />

QB 19 Scott Mitchell<br />

CB 32 Bryant Westbrook<br />

FB 44 Tommy Vardell<br />

CB 31 Corey Raymond<br />

RB 20 Barry Sanders<br />

FS 27 Mark Carrier<br />

SS 28 Ron Rice<br />

Pro Bowl Selections: C K. Glover, K J. Hanson, WR H. Moore, DE R. Porcher, RB B. Sanders<br />

Team Statistics Det Opp<br />

Total First Downs 304 268<br />

Rushing 120 98<br />

Passing 166 152<br />

Penalty 18 18<br />

3rd Down: Made/Att 78/220 85/236<br />

3rd Down Pct. 35.0 36.0<br />

4th Down: Made/Att 8/18 5/11<br />

4th Down Pct. 44.0 45.0<br />

Possession Avg. 28:39 31:26<br />

Total Net Yards 5798 4947<br />

Avg. Per Game 362.4 309.2<br />

Total Plays 1028 1021<br />

Avg. Per Play 5.6 4.8<br />

Net Yards Rushing 2464 1833<br />

Avg. Per Game 154.0 114.6<br />

Total Rushes 447 472<br />

Net Yards Passing 3334 3114<br />

Avg. Per Game 208.4 194.6<br />

Sacked/Yards Lost 41/271 42/287<br />

Gross Yards 3605 3401<br />

Att./Completions 540/304 507/281<br />

Completion Pct. 56.3 55.4<br />

Had Intercepted 17 17<br />

Punts/Average 86/41.6 97/44.3<br />

Net Punting Avg. 35.6 38.4<br />

Penalties/Yards 94/866 112/841<br />

Fumbles/Ball Lost 26/11 24/8<br />

Touchdowns 43 33<br />

Rushing 19 15<br />

Passing 19 15<br />

Returns 5 3<br />

Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />

Lions 35 131 87 126 0 379<br />

Opponents 100 103 33 64 6 306<br />

Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />

Hanson 0 0 0 0 39/40 26/29 0 117<br />

Sanders 14 11 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 84<br />

Moore 8 0 8 0 0/0 0/0 0 50<br />

Morton 6 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36<br />

Vardell 6 6 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 36<br />

Brown 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />

Scroggins 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 1 8<br />

Boyd 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />

Mitchell 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />

Chryplewicz 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />

Rivers 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />

Westbrook 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />

Schlesinger 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />

Lions 43 19 19 5 39/40 26/29 1 379<br />

Opponents 33 15 15 3 29/30 25/32 1 306<br />

2-Pt. Conversions: Moore, TEAM 1-3; Opponents 1-2<br />

Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />

Sanders 335 2053 6.1 82t 11<br />

Rivers 29 166 5.7 31 1<br />

Vardell 32 122 3.8 41 6<br />

Mitchell 37 83 2.2 13 1<br />

Morton 3 33 11.0 20 0<br />

Schlesinger 7 11 1.6 4 0<br />

Reich 4 -4 -1.0 -1 0<br />

Lions 447 2464 5.5 82t 19<br />

Opponents 472 1833 3.9 74t 15<br />

Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />

Moore 104 1293 12.4 79 8<br />

Morton 80 1057 13.2 73t 6<br />

Sanders 33 305 9.2 66t 3<br />

Sloan 29 264 9.1 25 0<br />

Metzelaars 17 144 8.5 22 0<br />

Vardell 16 218 13.6 37 0<br />

Boyd, T. 10 142 14.2 32 0<br />

Milburn 5 77 15.4 43 0<br />

Schlesinger 5 69 13.8 33 1<br />

Chryplewicz 3 27 9.0 12 1<br />

McCorvey 2 9 4.5 6 0<br />

Lions 304 3605 11.9 79 19<br />

Opponents 281 3401 12.1 78t 15<br />

Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />

Mitchell 509 293 3484 57.6 6.84 19 3.7 14 2.8 79 41/271 79.3<br />

Reich 30 11 121 36.7 4.03 0 0.0 2 6.7 27 0/00 21.6<br />

Blundin 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0/0 0.0<br />

Lions 540 304 3605 56.3 6.68 19 3.5 17 3.1 79 41/271 75.6<br />

Opponents 507 281 3401 55.4 6.71 15 3.0 17 3.4 78t 42/287 72.1<br />

Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />

Carrier 5 94 18.8 66 0<br />

Brown 2 83 41.5 45t 2<br />

Westbrook 2 64 32.0 64t 1<br />

Abrams 1 29 29.0 29 0<br />

Rice 1 17 17.0 17 0<br />

Raymond 1 5 5.0 5 0<br />

Porcher 1 4 4.0 4 0<br />

Boyd, S. 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />

Jeffries 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />

Bailey 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />

Malone 1 -5 -5.0 -5 0<br />

Lions 17 309 18.2 66 3<br />

Opponents 17 191 11.2 50t 2<br />

Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B<br />

Jett 84 3576 42.6 36.4 4 25 60 2<br />

Team 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0<br />

Lions 86 3576 41.6 35.6 4 25 60 2<br />

Opponents 97 4296 44.3 38.4 7 29 67 0<br />

Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD<br />

Milburn 47 26 433 9.2 41 0<br />

Carrier 1 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />

Lions 48 26 433 9.0 41 0<br />

Opponents 51 19 434 8.5 53t 1<br />

Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />

Milburn 55 1315 23.9 69 0<br />

Rivers 2 34 17.0 23 0<br />

Vardell 1 15 15.0 15 0<br />

Russell 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />

Lions 59 1364 23.1 69 0<br />

Opponents 62 1269 20.5 58 0<br />

Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />

Hanson 0/0 10/10 8/9 5/5 3/5<br />

Lions 0/0 10/10 8/9 5/5 3/5<br />

Opponents 2/2 6/6 7/8 6/11 4/5<br />

Hanson: () (52N,48G) (23G,33G,29G,32G) (47G) (53G,44G,22G,39G) (28G,30G) (34G,39G) (22G,28G)<br />

(34G) (27G) (38G,52G,55G) (40G,29G) (26G) (50N,38N) (44G,25G)—26/29, 89.7%<br />

Opponents: (30G,42N) (41G) (50S,48N) (36G,19G50G) (47G,33G) (25G) (52G,47G) (23G,44G)<br />

(22G,40N,50G,46N,45G) (35G) (52G,32G,45N) (19G,33G,21G,42G) (21G,28G,37N) (32G)—25/32,<br />

78.1%<br />

Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT<br />

Boyd, S 138 89 49 0 0 6 1 1 0<br />

Brown 102 63 39 2.5 18 8 2 0 0<br />

Carrier 75 54 21 0 0 14 0 0 0<br />

Porcher 72 40 32 12.5 76 5 2 0 0<br />

Wells 66 30 36 1 7 2 0 1 0<br />

Elliss 63 35 28 8.5 47.5 4 0 2 0<br />

Raymond 52 45 7 0 0 9 0 0 0<br />

Rice 49 38 11 1 1 2 0 0 2<br />

Westbrook 45 41 4 0 0 20 0 0 2<br />

Scroggins 42 30 12 7.5 42 3 1 1 0<br />

Jamison 35 26 9 1 15 1 1 1 2<br />

London 34 19 15 2 14 0 1 0 1<br />

Colon 33 23 10 0 0 1 0 0 0<br />

Waldroup 33 19 14 1 1.5 0 0 1 0<br />

Abrams 28 23 5 2 15 6 1 0 6<br />

Malone 20 11 9 0 0 1 1 0 0<br />

Russell 19 13 6 0 0 0 1 1 19<br />

Bailey 14 13 1 2 25 4 3 0 9<br />

Jeffries 9 6 3 1 19 5 1 0 0<br />

Bonham 9 4 5 1 6 0 0 0 0<br />

Kowalkowski 7 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 12<br />

Spindler 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Kirschke 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Special Teams: Rivers 13; Schlesinger 12 Jordan 8; Stocz 6; Boyd, T 5; Semple 5; Hanson 3; Stewart, R 3;<br />

McCorvey 3; Porter, D 3; Chryplewicz 2; Hanks 2;<br />

Lions 950 626 324 43 287 92 15 8 118<br />

Opponents 895 643 252 40 266 79 12 9 101<br />

NFL Standings<br />

NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />

Green Bay 13 3 0 .813 422 282<br />

Tampa Bay 10 6 0 .625 299 263<br />

<strong>DETROIT</strong> 9 7 0 .563 379 306<br />

Minnesota 9 7 0 .563 354 359<br />

Chicago 4 12 0 .250 263 421<br />

NFC East<br />

NY Giants 10 5 1 .656 307 265<br />

Washington 8 7 1 .531 327 289<br />

Philadelphia 6 9 1 .406 317 372<br />

Dallas 6 10 0 .375 304 314<br />

Arizona 4 12 0 .250 283 379<br />

NFC West<br />

San Francisco 13 3 0 .813 366 227<br />

Carolina 7 9 0 .438 265 314<br />

Atlanta 7 9 0 .438 320 361<br />

New Orleans 6 10 0 .375 237 327<br />

St. Louis 5 11 0 .313 299 359<br />

AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />

Pittsburgh 11 5 0 .688 372 307<br />

Jacksonville 11 5 0 .688 394 318<br />

Tennessee 8 8 0 .500 333 310<br />

Cincinnati 7 9 0 .438 355 405<br />

Baltimore 6 9 1 .406 326 345<br />

AFC East<br />

New England 10 6 0 .625 369 289<br />

Miami 9 7 0 .563 339 327<br />

NY Jets 9 7 0 .563 348 287<br />

Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 255 367<br />

Indianapolis 3 13 0 .188 313 401<br />

AFC West<br />

Kansas City 13 3 0 .813 375 232<br />

Denver 12 4 0 .750 472 287<br />

Seattle 8 8 0 .500 365 362<br />

Oakland 4 12 0 .250 324 419<br />

San Diego 4 12 0 .250 266 425<br />

TB defeated DET, 20-10 and Min defeated NYG, 23-22 in NFC wild card. GB defeated TB, 21-7 and SF<br />

defeated Min, 38-22 in NFC playoffs. GB defeated SF, 23-10 for NFC title. Den defeated Jax, 42-17 and NE<br />

defeated Mia, 17-3 in AFC wild card. Den defeated KC, 14-10 and Pit defeated NE, 7-6 in AFC playoffs. Den<br />

defeated Pit, 24-21 for AFC title. Den defeated GB 31-24 in SB XXXII.<br />

IN 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, dies following a high-speed traffic accident in the streets of Paris.<br />

<strong>DETROIT</strong> <strong>LIONS</strong><br />

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

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