2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2000
Record: 9-7, 4th NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
09/03 W 14-10 at New Orleans 64,900
09/10 W 15-10 Washington 74,159*
09/17 L 10-31 Tampa Bay 76,928*
09/24 W 21-14 at Chicago 66,944
10/01 L 24-31 Minnesota 76,438*
10/08 W 31-24 Green Bay 77,549*
10/19 W 28-14 at Tampa Bay 65,557
10/29 L 18-30 at Indianapolis 56,971
11/05 L 8-23 Miami 77,813*
11/12 W 13-10 Atlanta 74,309
11/19 W 31-21 at NY Giants 77,897*
11/23 W 34- 9 New England 77,923*
11/30 L 17-24 at Minnesota 64,214
12/10 L 13-26 at Green Bay 59,854
12/17 W 10-7 at NY Jets 77,513
12/24 L 20-23 Chicago 71,957
*Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
XR 87 Johnnie Morton
LT 72 Ray Roberts (8)
73 Stockar McDougle
LG 62 Tony Semple
C 77 Mike Compton
RG 64 Jeff Hartings
RT 76 Aaron Gibson
TE 86 David Sloan
WR 84 Herman Moore
QB 10 Charlie Batch
FB 30 Cory Schlesinger
RB 34 James Stewart
DETROIT LIONS
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 32 Bryant Westbrook
CB 23 Terry Fair
SS 28 Ron Rice
FS 45 Kurt Schulz
Pro Bowl Selections: LB Stephen Boyd, DT Luther Elliss, KR Desmond Howard
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 264 279
Rushing 101 96
Passing 143 159
Penalty 20 24
3rd Down: Made/Att 72/224 80/215
3rd Down Pct. 32.1 37.2
4th Down: Made/Att 6/13 9/16
4th Down Pct. 46.2 56.3
Possession Avg. 30:10 29:50
Total Net Yards 4422 5033
Avg. Per Game 276.4 314.6
Total Plays 1004 993
Avg. Per Play 4.4 5.1
Net Yards Rushing 1747 1823
Avg. Per Game 109.2 113.9
Total Rushes 448 421
Net Yards Passing 2675 3210
Avg. Per Game 167.2 200.6
Sacked/Yards Lost 53/317 28/162
Gross Yards 2992 3372
Att./Completions 503/277 544/311
Completion Pct. 55.1 57.2
Had Intercepted 19 25
Punts/Average 95/42.6 84/41.7
Net Punting Avg. 34.8 33.9
Penalties/Yards 106/805 112/913
Fumbles/Ball Lost 21/12 36/17
Touchdowns 33 32
Rushing 15 14
Passing 14 16
Returns 4 2
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 50 78 52 127 - 307
Opponents 81 70 74 82 - 307
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 29/29 24/30 0 101
J. Stewart 11 10 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 72
Morton 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 20
Crowell 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Moore 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Batch 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Bates 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Sloan 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Campbell 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Case 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Foster 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Hartings 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Howard 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Rasby 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Westbrook 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 33 15 14 4 29/29 24/30 0 307
Opponents 32 14 16 2 31/31 26/31 2 307
2-Pt. Conversions: J. Stewart 3, Morton, Team 4-4,Opponents 1-1
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
J. Stewart 339 1184 3.5 34 10
Batch 44 199 4.5 19 2
Bates 31 127 4.1 23 2
Case 16 117 7.3 27 1
Irvin 9 49 5.4 32 0
Foster 2 31 15.5 16 0
Morton 4 25 6.3 27 0
Crowell 1 12 12.0 12 0
Schlesinger 1 3 3.0 3 0
Jett 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 448 1747 3.9 34 15
Opponents 421 1823 4.3 65t 14
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Morton 61 788 12.9 42t 3
Moore 40 434 10.9 30t 3
Crowell 34 430 12.6 50t 3
Sloan 32 379 11.8 59 2
J. Stewart 32 287 9.0 32 1
Foster 17 175 10.3 40t 1
Bates 15 109 7.3 17 0
Schlesinger 12 73 6.1 13 0
Rasby 10 78 7.8 17 1
Irvin 8 90 11.3 18 0
Stablein 8 53 6.6 11 0
Olivo 3 50 16.7 19 0
Pupunu 3 32 10.7 17 0
Howard 2 14 7.0 10 0
Lions 277 2992 10.8 59 14
Opponents 311 3372 10.8 61t 16
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Batch 412 221 2489 53.6 6.04 13 3.2 15 3.6 59 41/242 67.3
Case 91 56 503 61.5 5.53 1 1.1 4 4.4 40t 12/75 61.7
Lions 503 277 2992 55.1 5.95 14 2.8 19 3.8 59 53/317 66.3
Opponents 544 311 3372 57.2 6.20 16 2.9 25 4.6 61t 28/162 66.2
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Schulz 7 53 7.6 19 0
Westbrook 6 126 21.0 101t 1
C. Brown 2 12 6.0 12 0
Fair 2 0 0.0 0 0
Pritchett 1-78; Campbell 1-42, 42t, 1 TD; M. Walker 1-12; Rice 1-7; D. Walker 1-5; Aldridge 1-4; Claiborne
1-1; Boyd 1-0
Lions 25 340 13.6 101t 2
Opponents 19 270 14.2 61t 2
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B
Jett 93 4044 43.5 35.5 12 33 59 2
Lions 95 4044 42.6 34.8 12 33 59 2
Opponents 84 3501 41.7 33.9 9 16 62 1
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Howard 31 24 457 14.7 95t 1
Fair 2 0 15 7.5 11 0
Lions 33 24 472 14.3 95t 1
Opponents 53 14 498 9.4 63 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Howard 57 1401 24.6 70 0
Fair 6 149 24.8 31 0
Olivo 3- 25 13 Lg; Schlesinger 2- 25, 14 Lg; Beverly 1-0
Lions 69 1600 23.2 70 0
Opponents 59 1327 22.5 60 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 2/2 6/7 10/12 4/7 2/2
Lions 2/2 6/7 10/12 4/7 2/2
Opponents 0/0 8/8 3/5 10/12 5/6
Hanson:(24G,30G)(49G,20G,54G,37G,35G)(38G,34N)(32B)(21G,43N)(30G)(32G,47G,40B)(29N,21G)
()(18G,44G)(44N,19G)(31G,36G)(52G)(26G,36G)(35G)(41G,26G)—24/30, 80%
Opponents: (48G,52B)(26G)(38N,24G)()(20G)(44G,51G,31G)(27G,43G,50G,55G)()(40G,38G,41G)(42G)
()(24G,47G,43G)(40G)(22G,27G,45N,26G,45G)(47N,35N)(37G,50G,54G)—26/31, 83.9%
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Boyd 139 76 63 0.5 0 8 1 1 1
Claiborne 104 65 39 0.5 3 4 3 0 0
Rice 67 39 28 0 0 5 0 1 4
Aldridge 59 41 18 2 21 2 2 1 7
Fair 57 46 11 0 0 10 0 1 1
Schulz 54 36 18 0 0 11 1 0 3
Westbrook 49 36 13 0 0 19 0 0 0
Jones, J 45 34 11 3 21 0 2 1 0
Scroggins 44 28 16 6.5 38 2 1 0 0
Elliss 39 23 16 3 11 2 0 2 0
Campbell 38 23 15 0 0 8 0 0 5
Porcher 36 30 6 8 51 3 2 1 0
Brown, C 31 21 10 0.5 0 5 1 0 3
Kowalkowski 28 20 8 0 0 2 2 1 14
Walker, M 27 25 2 0 0 7 1 1 7
Supernaw 24 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 11
DeVries 22 14 8 0 0 1 1 1 0
Walker, D 17 16 1 0 0 5 0 0 5
Pritchett 16 8 8 2.5 7 1 0 0 0
Kirschke 12 4 8 0.5 3 0 0 1 0
O’Neill 7 TT, 4 ST, 7 STT; Kriewaldt 5 TT, 4 ST, 1 FR, 14 STT; Brown 4 TT, 3 ST; Wyrick 4 TT, 1 ST, 3 STT; Hall
1 TT, 1 ST, 1-7 Sk, 1 PD, 1 FF, 2 STT; Green 1 FR, 4 STT; Lincoln 1 FR
Special Teams: Schlesinger 10; Olivo 9; Foster 9; Hanson 3; Irvin 2; Bates 1; Pupunu 1
Lions 929 612 317 28 162 96 18 15 126
Opponents 921 679 242 53 317 88 10 12 —
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Minnesota 11 5 0 .688 397 371
Tampa Bay 10 6 0 .625 388 269
Green Bay 9 7 0 .562 353 323
DETROIT 9 7 0 .562 307 307
Chicago 5 11 0 .312 216 355
NFC East
NY Giants 12 4 0 .750 328 246
Philadelphia 11 5 0 .688 351 245
Washington 8 8 0 .500 281 269
Dallas 5 11 0 .312 294 361
Arizona 3 13 0 .188 210 443
NFC West
New Orleans 10 6 0 .625 354 305
St. Louis 10 6 0 .625 540 471
Carolina 7 9 0 .438 310 310
San Francisco 6 10 0 .375 388 422
Atlanta 4 12 0 .250 252 413
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Tennessee 13 3 0 .812 346 191
Baltimore 12 4 0 .750 333 165
Pittsburgh 9 7 0 .562 321 255
Jacksonville 7 9 0 .438 367 327
Cincinnati 4 12 0 .250 185 359
Cleveland 3 13 0 .188 161 419
AFC East
Miami 11 5 0 .688 323 226
Indianapolis 10 6 0 .625 429 326
NY Jets 9 7 0 .562 321 321
Buffalo 8 8 0 .500 315 350
New England 5 11 0 .312 276 338
AFC West
Oakland 12 4 0 .750 479 299
Denver 11 5 0 .688 485 369
Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 355 354
Seattle 6 10 0 .375 320 405
San Diego 1 15 0 .062 269 440
NO defeated StL, 31-28, and Phi defeated TB, 21-3, in NFC wild card. Min defeated NO, 34-16, and NYG
defeated Phi, 20-10, in NFC divisional playoffs. NYG defeated Minnesota, 41-0, for NFC title. Mia defeated
Ind, 23-17 (OT), and Bal defeated Den, 21-3, in AFC wild card. Oak defeated Mia, 27-0, and Bal defeated
Ten, 24-10, in AFC divisional playoffs. Bal defeated Oak, 16-3, for AFC title. Bal defeated NYG, 34-7, in
SB XXXV.
IN 2000: Texas Governor George W. Bush wins U.S. Presidential election over Vice President Al Gore
despite losing the popular vote and after multiple recounts in the state of Florida.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS