2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2002
Record: 3-13, 4th NFC North
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/8 L 21-49 at Miami 72,216
9/15 L 7-31 at Carolina 71,951
9/22 L 31-37 Green Bay 61,505*
9/29 W 26-21 New Orleans 60,023*
10/13 L 24-31 at Minnesota 64,013
10/20 W 23-20 (ot) Chicago 60,421*
10/27 L 17-24 at Buffalo 72,710
11/3 W 9- 7 Dallas 61,789*
11/10 L 14-40 at Green Bay 63,313
11/17 L 14-31 NY Jets 61,720*
11/24 L 17-20 (ot) at Chicago 62,375
11/28 L 12-20 New England 62,109*
12/8 L 20-23 (ot) at Arizona 28,640
12/15 L 20-23 Tampa Bay 61,942*
12/22 L 15-36 at Atlanta 69,307
12/29 L 36-38 Minnesota 60,233*
* Ford Field sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 84 Bill Schroeder
LT 76 Jeff Backus
LG 62 Tony Semple
C 51 Dominic Raiola
RG 61 Ray Brown
RT 73 Stockar McDougle
TE 86 Mikhael Ricks
WR 81 Az-Zahir Hakim
QB 3 Joey Harrington
FB 30 Cory Schlesinger
RB 34 James Stewart
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 242 360
Rushing 69 111
Passing 150 221
Penalty 23 28
3rd Down: Made/Att 64/216 105/233
3rd Down Pct. 29.6 45.1
4th Down: Made/Att 8/20 8/11
4th Down Pct. 40.0 72.7
Possession Avg. 25:44 34:16
Total Net Yards 4471 6117
Avg. Per Game 279.4 382.3
Total Plays 955 1119
Avg. Per Play 4.7 5.5
Net Yards Rushing 1477 1967
Avg. Per Game 92.3 122.9
Total Rushes 358 495
Net Yards Passing 2994 4150
Avg. Per Game 187.1 259.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 20/174 33/254
Gross Yards 3168 4404
Att./Completions 577/277 591/371
Completion Pct. 48.0 62.8
Had Intercepted 25 10
Punts/Average 91/42.2 80/42.4
Net Punting Avg. 91/38.0 80/35.6
Penalties/Yards 104/916 114/981
Fumbles/Ball Lost 14/6 25/14
Touchdowns 34 52
Rushing 9 19
Passing 19 27
Returns 6 6
Defense
LE 91 Robert Porcher
NT 92 Shaun Rogers
UT 94 Luther Elliss
RE 96 James Hall
LOLB 54 Barrett Green
MLB 50 Chris Claiborne
ROLB 55 Donté Curry
CB 24 Todd Lyght
CB 29 Chris Cash
SS 26 Corey Harris
FS 45 Brian Walker (8); 26 Eric Davis (6)
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 72 88 66 77 3 306
Opponents 71 160 111 103 6 451
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 31/31 23/28 0 100
Stewart 6 4 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
Schroeder 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 32
Hakim 4 0 3 1 0/0 0/0 0 24
McMahon 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Ricks 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Cason 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Schlesinger 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Warren 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Anderson 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts, Claiborne 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Crowell 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts; Drummond 1 TD (1
Ret), 6 Pts; Hall 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Lyght 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Porcher 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts
Lions 34 9 19 6 31/31 23/28 0 306
Opponents 52 19 27 6 48/49 29/33 0 451
2-Pt. Conversions: Schroeder, TEAM 1-3; Opp 2-3
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Stewart 231 1021 4.4 56 4
Schlesinger 49 139 2.8 17 2
Cason 26 107 4.1 40 0
McMahon 14 96 6.9 22 3
Cooper 12 57 4.8 18 0
Drummond 4 38 9.5 23 0
Warren 6 8 1.3 8 0
Harrington 7 4 0.6 6 0
Huntley 3 4 1.3 3 0
Hakim 4 3 0.8 10 0
Jett 1 0 0.0 0 0
Trejo 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 358 1477 4.1 56 9
Opponents 495 1967 4.0 43 19
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Stewart 46 333 7.2 52t 2
Hakim 37 541 14.6 64t 3
Schroeder 36 595 16.5 46 5
Schlesinger 35 263 7.5 43 0
Ricks 27 339 12.6 49 3
Anderson 25 322 12.9 34 1
Crowell 22 201 9.1 22 1
Cason 19 288 15.2 37 2
Foster 14 152 10.9 22 0
J. Green (lg) 5 94 18.8 44 0
Owens 5 49 9.8 13 0
Warren 4-56, 39t Lg, 2 TD; Trejo 2-13; Drummond 2-(-3); Murphy 1-8; McMahon 1-7; Cooper 1-4;
Lions 277 3168 11.4 64t 19
Opponents 371 4404 11.9 60 27
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Harrington 429 215 2294 50.1 5.35 12 2.8 16 3.7 64t 8/75 59.9
McMahon 147 62 874 42.2 5.95 7 4.8 9 6.1 49 12/99 52.4
Stewart 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6
Lions 577 277 3168 48.0 5.49 19 3.3 25 4.3 64t 20/174 57.9
Opponents 591 371 4404 62.8 7.45 27 4.6 10 1.7 60 33/254 93.6
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Claiborne 3 63 21.0 43 1
Lyght 2 31 15.5 31 0
Harris 1-49; Davis 1-14; Cash 1-11; Gooch 1-3; Goodman 1-2
Lions 10 173 17.3 49 1
Opponents 25 316 12.6 78t 5
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Jett 91 3838 42.2 38.0 7 29 57 0
Lions 91 3838 42.2 38.0 7 29 57 0
Opponents 80 3392 42.4 35.6 9 23 64 1
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Drummond 18 8 138 7.7 73t 1
Hakim 10 4 148 14.8 72t 1
Howard 9 5 48 5.3 14 0
Foster 4-29, 10 Lg; Cash 1-0
Lions 42 17 363 8.6 73t 2
Opponents 53 14 239 4.5 26 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Drummond 40 1039 26.0 91 0
Howard 26 587 22.6 70 0
Foster 12 286 23.8 50 0
Cason 2-48, 24 Lg; Beverly 1-9; Cooper 1-55; Schlesinger 1-15
Lions 83 2039 24.6 91 0
Opponents 68 1560 22.9 67 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 0/0 8/8 8/9 7/8 0/3
Lions 0/0 8/8 8/9 7/8 0/3
Opponents 1/1 10/10 9/10 8/11 1/1
Hanson:(33G)(23G,34G,23G,38G)(49G)(55N,30G,24G,48G)(35G)(42G,44G,43G)(50N)()(22G)(23G,45G,
39G,46G)(33N,26G,20G)(37G,25G,57N)(44N)(37G) — 23/28, 82.1%
Opponents:()(46B,40N,23G)(46G,34G,47G)()(42G)(53G,42G)(33G)(30G,40G,36G,33G)(22G)(35N,22G,40G)
(31G,29G)(29G,41G,42G)(20G,28G,38G)(23G,23G,36G,20G,39G)(43B,18G) — 29/33, 87.9%
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Claiborne 101 72 29 4.5 42 7 0 1 1
Lyght 97 82 15 0 0 18 0 0 2
Cash 91 79 12 0 0 11 1 2 10
Harris, C 79 58 21 2.5 22.5 8 1 0 3
Green 73 50 23 1 1 5 3 0 0
Curry 55 39 16 3 26 0 4 1 13
Hall 49 34 15 2 9 3 0 2 0
Rogers 48 26 22 2.5 21 2 0 2 0
Porcher 45 30 15 5.5 54.5 8 2 3 0
Walker, Brian 44 32 12 1 10 5 2 0 1
Goodman 42 34 8 0 0 13 0 1 4
Pritchett 42 28 14 0 0 2 0 1 0
Davis 37 31 6 0 0 4 0 0 0
Walker, Bracy 36 24 12 1 5 2 2 0 17
Gooch 33 24 9 0 0 3 0 0 16
Edwards 31 23 8 6.5 35 4 2 1 5
Elliss 26 19 7 2.5 24 0 1 0 0
Kirschke 19 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Williams 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kriewaldt 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
DeVries 10 5 5 1 4 1 0 0 0
Campbell 9 TT, 6 ST, 3 STT; Wyrick 8 TT, 8 ST, 12 STT; Lake 2 TT, 1 ST; Jordan 1 TT, 1 ST
Special Teams: Trejo 8; Foster 7; Drummond 6; Schlesinger 5; Banta 4; Thornhill 2; Cooper 2; Brown 1;
Hanson 1; Owens 1; Stewart 1; Cason 1;
Lions 1000 733 267 33 254 96 18 14 132
Opponents 729 559 170 20 174 128 5 8 133
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T Pct Pts OP
Green Bay 12 4 0 .750 398 328
Minnesota 6 10 0 .375 390 442
Chicago 4 12 0 .250 281 379
DETROIT 3 13 0 .188 306 451
NFC East
Philadelphia 12 4 0 .750 415 241
NY Giants 10 6 0 .625 320 279
Washington 7 9 0 .438 307 365
Dallas 5 11 0 .312 217 329
NFC South
Tampa Bay 12 4 0 .750 346 196
Atlanta 9 6 1 .594 402 314
New Orleans 9 7 0 .562 432 388
Carolina 7 9 0 .438 258 302
NFC West
San Francisco 10 6 0 .625 367 351
St. Louis 7 9 0 .438 316 369
Seattle 7 9 0 .438 355 369
Arizona 5 11 0 .312 262 417
AFC East W L T Pct Pts OP
NY Jets 9 7 0 .562 359 336
New England 9 7 0 .562 381 346
Miami 9 7 0 .562 378 301
Buffalo 8 8 0 .500 379 397
AFC North
Pittsburgh 10 5 1 .656 390 345
Cleveland 9 7 0 .562 344 320
Baltimore 7 9 0 .438 316 354
Cincinnati 2 14 0 .125 279 456
AFC South
Tennessee 11 5 0 .688 367 324
Indianapolis 10 6 0 .625 349 313
Jacksonville 6 10 0 .375 328 315
Houston 4 12 0 .250 213 356
AFC West
Oakland 11 5 0 .688 450 304
Denver 9 7 0 .562 392 344
San Diego 8 8 0 .500 333 367
Kansas City 8 8 0 .500 467 399
Atl defeated GB, 27-7, and SF defeated NYG, 39-38, in NFC wild card. TB defeated SF, 31-6, and Phi
defeated Atl, 20-6, in NFC divisional playoffs. TB defeated Phi, 27-10, for NFC title. NYJ defeated Ind, 41-0,
and Pit defeated Cle, 36-33, in AFC wild card. Ten defeated Pit 34-31, and Oak defeated NYJ, 30-10, in AFC
divisional playoffs. Oak defeated Ten, 41-24, for AFC title. TB defeated Oak, 48-21, in SB XXXVII.
IN 2002: Two snipers terrorize the Beltway area (Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.) over a
three-week period. Ten people were killed and three more wounded, as the shooters attacked victims
in suburban gas stations and malls.
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