2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1999
Record: 8-8, 3rd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/12 W 28-20 at Seattle 66,238
9/19 W 23-15 Green Bay 76,202*
9/26 L 21-31 at Kansas City 78,384
10/10 L 10-20 San Diego 61,481
10/17 W 25-23 Minnesota 76,516*
10/24 W 24-9 at Carolina 64,322
10/31 W 20-3 Tampa Bay 63,135
11/7 W 31-27 St. Louis 73,224*
11/14 L 19-23 at Arizona 49,600
11/21 L 17-26 at Green Bay 59,869
11/25 W 21-17 Chicago 77,905*
12/5 W 33-17 Washington 77,693*
12/12 L 16-23 at Tampa Bay 65,536
12/19 L 10-28 at Chicago 66,944
12/25 L 7-17 Denver 73,158*
1/2/00 L 17-24 at Minnesota 64,103
NFC Playoffs
1/8/00 L 13-27 at Washington 79,411
*Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
XR 87 Johnnie Morton
LT 72 Ray Roberts
LG 62 Tony Semple
C 77 Mike Compton
RG 64 Jeff Hartings
RT 76 Barrett Brooks
TE 86 David Sloan
ZR 82 Germane Crowell
QB 10 Charlie Batch
FB 30 Cory Schlesinger
RB 21 Greg Hill
Defense
LE 91 Robert Porcher
NT 90 James Jones
UT 94 Luther Elliss
RE 93 Tracy Scroggins
SLB 55 Allen Aldridge
MLB 57 Stephen Boyd
WLB 50 Chris Claiborne
CB 35 Robert Bailey (11)
CB 23 Terry Fair (10)
32 Bryant Westbrook (8)
SS 28 Ron Rice
FS 27 Mark Carrier
Starters
Pro Bowl Selections: LB S. Boyd, DT L. Elliss, K J. Hanson, DE R. Porcher, TE D. Sloan
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 269 305
Rushing 67 87
Passing 179 185
Penalty 23 33
3rd Down: Made/Att 81/222 84/213
3rd Down Pct. 36.5 39.4
4th Down: Made/Att 6/17 4/13
4th Down Pct. 35.3 30.8
Possession Avg. 29:15 30:45
Total Net Yards 4931 5291
Avg. Per Game 308.2 330.7
Total Plays 978 1017
Avg. Per Play 5.0 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 1245 1531
Avg. Per Game 77.8 95.7
Total Rushes 356 393
Net Yards Passing 3686 3760
Avg. Per Game 230.4 235.0
Sacked/Yards Lost 64/388 50/340
Gross Yards 4074 4100
Att./Completions 558/326 574/359
Completion Pct. 58.4 62.5
Had Intercepted 14 16
Punts/Average 86/42.3 82/42.0
Net Punting Avg. 86/34.8 82/35.8
Penalties/Yards 110/995 105/839
Fumbles/Ball Lost 21/8 32/16
Touchdowns 35 36
Rushing 8 12
Passing 22 21
Returns 5 3
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 61 132 47 82 - 322
Opponents 28 116 81 98 - 323
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 28/29 26/32 0 106
Crowell 7 0 7 0 0/0 0/0 0 44
Morton 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Irvin 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Sloan 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Batch 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Fair 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12
Hill 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Moore 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Stablein 1 TD (1 Pa), 8 Pts; Aldridge 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Elliss 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Howard 1 TD (1 Ret), 6
Pts; Rasby 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts; Rivers 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts; Schlesinger 1 TD, (1 Pa), 6 Pts;
Lions 35 8 22 5 28/29 26/32 1 322
Opponents 36 12 21 3 31/31 22/29 3 323
2-Pt. Conversions: Crowell, Stablein Lions 2-6, Opponents 2-5
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Hill 144 542 3.8 45 2
Rivers 82 295 3.6 37 0
Irvin 36 133 3.7 51 4
Schlesinger 43 124 2.9 16 0
Batch 28 87 3.1 12t 2
Crowell 5 38 7.6 20 0
Frerotte 15 33 2.2 8 0
Olivo 1- 1; Jett 2-(-8), 0 Lg
Lions 356 1245 3.5 51 8
Opponents 393 1531 3.9 58t 12
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Crowell 81 1338 16.5 77t 7
Morton 80 1129 14.1 48 5
Sloan 47 591 12.6 74t 4
Irvin 25 233 9.3 31 0
Rivers 22 173 7.9 31t 1
Schlesinger 21 151 7.2 25 1
Moore 16 197 12.3 26 2
Hill 13 77 5.9 15 0
Stablein 11 119 10.8 42 1
Olivo 4-24, 12 Lg; Rasby 3-19, 13 Lg, 1 TD; Chryplewicz 2-18, 13 Lg; Uwaezuoke 1-5, 5 Lg
Lions 326 4074 12.5 77t 22
Opponents 359 4100 11.4 75t 21
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Frerotte 288 175 2117 60.8 7.35 9 3.1 7 2.4 77t 28/202 83.6
Batch 270 151 1957 55.9 7.25 13 4.8 7 2.6 74t 36/186 84.1
Lions 558 326 4074 58.4 7.30 22 3.9 14 2.5 77t 64/388 83.9
Opponents 574 359 4100 62.5 7.14 21 3.7 16 2.8 75t 50/340 84.5
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Rice 5 82 16.4 33 0
Fair 3 49 16.3 41t 1
Carrier 3 16 5.3 16 0
Bailey 2 39 19.5 31 0
Kowalkowski 1-29; Boyd 1-18; Kriewaldt 1-2
Lions 16 235 14.7 41t 1
Opponents 14 174 12.4 40t 1
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Jett 86 3637 42.3 34.8 12 27 62 0
Lions 86 3637 42.3 34.8 12 27 62 0
Opponents 82 3442 42.0 35.8 6 20 57 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Howard 6 3 115 19.2 68t 1
Uwaezuoke 18 9 150 8.3 20 0
Fair 11 4 97 8.8 36 0
Irvin 2-15, 15 Lg; Stablein 1-9
Lions 38 16 386 10.2 68t 1
Opponents 42 21 402 9.6 24 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Fair 34 752 22.1 91 0
Howard 15 298 19.9 35 0
Olivo 11 198 18.0 25 0
Talton 6-121, 38 Lg; Irvin 3-21, 21 Lg; Schlesinger 2-33, 20 Lg; Morton 1-22, 22 Lg
Lions 72 1445 20.1 91 0
Opponents 60 1242 20.7 95t 1
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 0/0 8/8 4/4 10/12 4/8
Lions 0/0 8/8 4/4 10/12 4/8
Opponents 0/0 7/7 8/11 6/7 1/4
Hanson: (51G,49G)(48G)()(23G)(21G,49G,29G,30G,4N,47G,48G)(29G)(47G,50G)(29G,43G,44G)(57N)(46G)
(53N)(50G,45G,46N,37G,52G)(37G,25G,27G) (24G,50N)()(39G,58N) — 26/32, 81.3%
Opponents:(32N)(45G,24G) (51G) (33G,24G,47N)(26G)(21G,30G,23G)(36B,49G) (34G) (35G,53N,35G,49G,54N)
(23G,33G,45G,31G)(27G)(42G)()(30N) (32G)(44G,52N) — 22/29, 75.9%
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Boyd 128 84 44 0 0 5 1 0 0
Rice 101 77 24 1 17 9 1 1 7
Carrier 77 62 15 0 0 8 3 1 0
Claiborne 66 50 16 1.5 14.5 1 1 3 0
Aldridge 64 40 24 3 21 5 0 1 5
Bailey 58 50 8 2 9 23 2 0 3
Fair 52 46 6 0 0 10 0 1 1
Porcher 48 32 16 15 106.5 5 3 0 0
Jones, J 48 31 17 7 42.5 2 4 1 0
Elliss 47 31 16 3.5 23 2 3 2 0
Scroggins 37 26 11 8.5 45 3 2 2 0
Westbrook 35 32 3 0 0 5 1 1 1
Brown, J.B. 30 27 3 0 0 6 0 0 4
Kowalkowski 22 9 13 1 10 1 0 0 6
Pritchett 20 16 4 1 10 0 0 0 0
Kirschke 20 12 8 2 12.5 0 0 1 0
Campbell 19 15 4 0 0 1 0 0 6
Owens 10 8 2 1 7 0 0 0 0
Brown, C 8 TT, 6 ST, 10 STT; Jordan 7 TT, 3 ST, 5 STT; Pringley 6 TT, 6 ST, 1.5-7 Sk; Collins 6 TT, 3 ST, 1 PD,
1 FR, 5 STT; Harper 5 TT, 5 ST, 1 STT; Kriewaldt 2 TT, 2 ST, 1 PD , 10 STT; Stewart 1 TT, 1 ST, 2 STT;
Special Teams: Uwaezuoke 13; Talton 8; Olivo 7; Schlesinger 6; Irvin 3; Hanson 2; Stablein 2; Reece 2; Jett
1; O’Neill 1; Abrams 1
Team 1 9
Lions 917 674 243 50 340 88 21 15 112
Opponents 856 617 239 64 400 85 6 15 —
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Tampa Bay 11 5 0 .688 270 235
Minnesota 10 6 0 .625 399 335
DETROIT 8 8 0 .500 322 323
Green Bay 8 8 0 .500 357 341
Chicago 6 10 0 .375 272 341
NFC East
Washington 10 6 0 .625 443 377
Dallas 8 8 0 .500 352 276
NY Giants 7 9 0 .438 299 358
Arizona 6 10 0 .375 245 382
Philadelphia 5 11 0 .313 272 357
NFC West
St. Louis 13 3 0 .813 526 242
Carolina 8 8 0 .500 421 381
Atlanta 5 11 0 .313 285 380
San Francisco 4 12 0 .250 295 453
New Orleans 3 13 0 .188 260 434
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Jacksonville 14 2 0 .875 396 217
Tennessee 13 3 0 .813 392 324
Baltimore 8 8 0 .500 324 277
Pittsburgh 6 10 0 .375 317 320
Cincinnati 4 12 0 .250 283 460
Cleveland 2 14 0 .125 217 437
AFC East
Indianapolis 13 3 0 .813 423 333
Buffalo 11 5 0 .688 310 229
Miami 9 7 0 .563 326 336
New YorkJets 8 8 0 .500 308 309
New England 8 8 0 .500 299 284
AFC West
Seattle 9 7 0 .563 338 298
Kansas City 9 7 0 .563 390 322
San Diego 8 8 0 .500 269 316
Oakland 8 8 0 .500 390 329
Denver 6 10 0 .375 314 318
Was defeated DET, 27-13, and Min defeated Dal, 27-10, in NFC wild card. TB defeated Was, 14-13, and
StL defeated Min, 49-37, in NFC Divisional playoffs. StL defeated TB, 11-6, for NFC title. Ten defeated Buf,
22-16, and Mia defeated Sea, 20-17, in AFC wild card. Jax defeated Mia, 62-7, and Ten defeated Ind, 19-16,
in AFC Divisional playoffs. Ten defeated Jax, 33-14, for AFC title. StL defeated Ten, 23-16, in SB XXXIV.
IN 1999: U.S. Women’s Soccer team captures the nation’s eye as it played in front of sold-out
crowds and on national television for the first time en route to winning the World Cup hosted by
the United States.
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