2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2001
Record: 2-14, 5th NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/9 L 6-28 at Green Bay 59,523
9/23 L 14-24 at Cleveland 73,168
10/8 L 0-35 St. Louis 77,765*
10/14 L 26-31 at Minnesota 64,048
10/21 L 24-27 Tennessee 76,940*
10/28 L 27-31 Cincinnati 69,343
11/4 L 13-21 at San Francisco 67,605
11/11 L 17-20 Tampa Bay 74,268*
11/18 L 38-45 at Arizona 32,322
11/22 L 27-29 Green Bay 77,730*
12/2 L 10-13 at Chicago 66,944
12/9 L 12-15 at Tampa Bay 65,514
12/16 W 27-24 Minnesota 72,190
12/23 L 14-47 at Pittsburgh 62,809
12/30 L 0-24 Chicago 76,067
1/6/02 W 15-10 Dallas 77,512*
*Silverdome Sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
LT 76 Jeff Backus
WR 87 Johnnie Morton
LT 76 Jeff Backus
LG 62 Tony Semple
C 79 Eric Beverly
RG 66 Brendan Stai
RT 75 Matt Joyce
TE 86 David Sloan
WR 83 Bert Emanuel (4); 82 Germane Crowell (4)
QB 10 Charlie Batch
FB 30 Cory Schlesinger
RB 34 James Stewart
Defense
LE 91 Robert Porcher
NT 92 Shaun Rogers
UT 94 Luther Elliss
RE 93 Tracy Scroggins
SLB 55 Allen Aldridge
MLB 50 Chris Claiborne
WLB 54 Barrett Green
CB 24 Todd Lyght
CB 23 Terry Fair
SS 28 Ron Rice (8)
FS 45 Kurt Schulz (10)
Team Stats Det Opp
Total First Downs 289 321
Rushing 74 99
Passing 184 189
Penalty 31 33
3rd Down: Made/Att 76/222 87/210
3rd Down Pct. 34.2 41.4
4th Down: Made/Att 12/25 6/13
4th Down Pct. 48.0 46.2
Possession Avg. 28:34 31:26
Total Net Yards 4994 5521
Avg. Per Game 312.1 345.1
Total Plays 1026 1015
Avg. Per Play 4.9 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 1398 1993
Avg. Per Game 87.4 124.6
Total Rushes 351 470
Net Yards Passing 3596 3528
Avg. Per Game 224.8 220.5
Sacked/Yards Lost 66/373 31/224
Gross Yards 3969 3752
Att./Completions 609/343 514/312
Completion Pct. 56.3 60.7
Had Intercepted 24 16
Punts/Average 75/43.0 72/42.6
Net Punting Avg. 35.2 36.5
Penalties/Yards 116/1081 95/896
Fumbles/Ball Lost 24/14 19/6
Touchdowns 30 52
Rushing 8 15
Passing 18 30
Returns 4 7
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 47 79 67 77 - 270
Opponents 101 125 90 108 - 424
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 23/23 21/30 0 86
Sloan 7 0 7 0 0/0 0/0 0 42
Warren 4 3 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 26
Morton 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Schlesinger 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Crowell 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Stewart 2 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
McMahon 1 TD (1 Ru), 8 Pts; Anderson 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts; Bailey 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Droughns 1 TD (1 Pa), 6
Pts; Fair 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Hall 1 TD (1 Ret). 6 Pts; Howard 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts; Lyght 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts
Lions 30 8 18 4 23/23 21/30 0 270
Opponents 52 15 30 7 49/50 19/27 1 424
2-Pt. Conversions: McMahon, Warren, TEAM 2-7; Opp 2-2
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Stewart 143 685 4.8 38 1
Warren 61 191 3.1 34 3
Schlesinger 47 154 3.3 26 3
McMahon 27 145 5.4 22 1
Droughns 30 72 2.4 15 0
Batch 12 45 3.8 12 0
Cason 11 31 2.8 19 0
Detmer 9 26 2.9 9 0
Howard 5 25 5.0 7 0
Crowell 1-6; Olivo 1- 6; Foster 2-6, 3 Lg; Jett 1-0
Lions 351 1398 4.0 38 8
Opponents 470 1993 4.2 96t 15
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Morton 77 1154 15.0 76 4
Schlesinger 60 466 7.8 38 0
Warren 40 336 8.4 36 0
Sloan 37 409 11.1 27 7
Stewart 23 242 10.5 56 1
Crowell 22 289 13.1 46t 2
Foster 22 283 12.9 36 0
Emanuel 17 221 13.0 29 0
Anderson 12 211 17.6 69 1
Howard 10 133 13.3 36t 1
Trejo 5 61 12.2 20 0
Mitchell 5 29 5.8 12 0
Moore 4-76, 25 Lg; Cason 4-32, 9 Lg; Droughns 4-21, 8t Lg, 1 TD; Waerig 1-6
Lions 343 3969 11.6 76 18
Opponents 312 3752 12.0 68t 30
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Batch 341 198 2392 58.1 7.01 12 3.5 12 3.5 76 33/176 76.8
Detmer 151 92 906 60.9 6.00 3 2.0 10 6.6 27 12/75 56.9
McMahon 115 53 671 46.1 5.83 3 2.6 1 0.9 69 21/122 69.9
Warren 2 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 1 50.5 0 0/0 0.00
Lions 609 343 3969 56.3 6.52 18 3.0 24 3.9 76 66/373 69.6
Opponents 514 312 3752 60.7 7.30 30 5.8 16 3.1 68t 31/224 89.6
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Lyght 4 72 18.0 59t 1
Bailey 2 74 37.0 74t 1
Fair 2 29 14.5 26t 1
Schulz 2 22 11.0 19 0
Claiborne 2 11 5.5 6 0
Rice 2 9 4.5 8 0
Carter 1-0; Westbrook 1-0
Lions 16 217 13.6 74t 3
Opponents 24 376 15.7 93t 3
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B
Jett 58 2512 43.3 35.5 6 16 62 0
Araguz 17 713 41.9 34.0 4 6 55 0
Lions 75 3225 43.0 35.2 10 22 62 0
Opponents 72 3065 42.6 36.5 9 24 61 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Howard 22 19 201 9.1 34 0
Fair 4 2 37 9.3 21 0
Foster 3 0 17 5.7 9 0
Lions 29 21 255 8.8 34 0
Opponents 39 16 387 9.9 84t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Howard 57 1446 25.4 91 0
Fair 10 187 18.7 32 0
Foster 9 182 20.2 36 0
Morton 1-4; Olivo 1-40; Raiola 1-11; Schlesinger 1-10; Warren 0-(-4)
Lions 80 1876 23.5 91 0
Opponents 53 1143 21.6 53 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 1/1 2/2 8/8 6/12 4/7
Lions 1/1 2/2 8/8 6/12 4/7
Opponents 0/1 2/2 11/13 5/10 1/1
Hanson: (49G, 39G) () () (19G, 51G, 65N) (40B, 23G) (51G, 24G) (43G, 39G, 45G) (38G) (49G) (33G, 54G) (45N,
48N, 36G, 40N) (39G, 30G, 50G, 42G) (44G, 36G) (48N) () (51N, 51N, 47G)—21/30, 70%
Opponents: (48N) (33G, 46N) () (41G) (38G, 46G 30G, 46G) (47N, 39G) (49B, 19B) (37G, 35G) (50G) (46G,
39G) (46G, 26G, 39N) () (27G) (48N, 37G, 38N, 31G) (38G) (33)—19/27, 70.4%
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Claiborne 120 77 43 4 32 6 1 1 0
Rogers 81 62 19 3 19.5 4 1 0 0
Green 75 51 24 1 10 3 1 0 4
Lyght 59 53 6 0 0 9 0 1 0
Schulz 53 35 18 0 0 5 0 0 2
Porcher 52 45 7 11 71 3 2 0 0
Campbell 50 35 15 1 12 4 0 1 0
Aldridge 46 31 15 1 16 0 0 0 1
Fair 43 37 6 0 0 12 0 0 0
Rice 38 23 15 1 8 5 0 0 2
Hall 33 25 8 4 27.5 1 0 2 1
Elliss 31 26 5 0 0 4 1 0 0
Scroggins 30 22 8 2 15 1 0 0 0
Bennett 26 19 7 0 0 2 0 0 1
Boyd 23 17 6 1 0 0 1 0 0
Kriewaldt 21 11 10 0 0 1 0 0 11
Westbrook 20 19 1 0 0 4 0 0 0
Kirschke 19 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
Williams, B 17 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pritchett 17 10 7 0 0 1 1 0 0
Wyrick 15 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 10
DeVries 13 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bailey 10 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 4
Carter 6 TT, 4 ST, 1 PD, 2 STT; Iwuoma 5 TT, 5 ST, 2 PD, 7 STT; Spellman 3 TT, 3 ST, 1-7 Sk; McElroy 2 TT, 2
ST, 1 PD, 1 STT; Kowalkowski 1 TT, 1 ST, 3 STT; Cason 1 TT, 0 ST
Special Teams: Olivo 12; Trejo 12; Foster 9; Banta 5; Droughns 4; Hanson 2; Warren 1;
Team 1 6
Lions 910 668 242 31 224 72 8 5 95
Opponents 892 673 219 66 373 111 17 12 113
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Chicago 13 3 0 .812 338 203
Green Bay 12 4 0 .750 390 266
Tampa Bay 9 7 0 .562 324 280
Minnesota 5 11 0 .312 290 390
DETROIT 2 14 0 .125 270 424
NFC East
Philadelphia 11 5 0 .688 343 208
Washington 8 8 0 .500 256 303
NY Giants 7 9 0 .438 294 321
Arizona 7 9 0 .438 295 343
Dallas 5 11 0 .312 246 338
NFC West
St. Louis 14 2 0 .875 503 273
San Francisco 12 4 0 .750 409 282
New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 333 409
Atlanta 7 9 0 .438 291 377
Carolina 1 15 0 .062 253 410
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Pittsburgh 13 3 0 .812 352 212
Baltimore 10 6 0 .625 303 265
Cleveland 7 9 0 .438 285 319
Tennessee 7 9 0 .438 336 388
Jacksonville 6 10 0 .375 294 286
Cincinnati 6 10 0 .375 226 309
AFC East
New England 11 5 0 .688 371 272
Miami 11 5 0 .688 344 290
NY Jets 10 6 0 .625 308 295
Indianapolis 6 10 0 .375 413 486
Buffalo 3 13 0 .188 265 420
AFC West
Oakland 10 6 0 .625 399 327
Seattle 9 7 0 .562 301 324
Denver 8 8 0 .500 340 339
Kansas City 6 10 0 .375 320 344
San Diego 5 11 0 .312 332 321
Phi defeated TB, 31-9, and GB defeated SF, 25-15, in NFC wild card. Phi defeated Chi, 33-19, and StL
defeated GB, 45-17, in NFC divisional playoffs. StL defeated Phi, 29-24, for NFC title. Oak defeated NYJ,
38-24, and Bal defeated Mia, 20-3, in AFC wild card. NE defeated Oak, 16-13, and Pit defeated Bal, 27-10,
in AFC divisional playoffs. NE defeated Pit, 24-17, for AFC title. NE defeated StL, 20-17, in SB XXXVI.
IN 2001: The World Trade Center and the Pentagon are attacked by terrorists September 11, 2001.
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