2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2003
Record: 5-11, 4th NFC North
9/7 W 42-24 Arizona 60,691*
9/14 L 6-31 at Green Bay 70,244
9/21 L 13-23 Minnesota 60,865*
9/28 L 16-20 at Denver 75,719
10/5 L 17-24 at San Francisco 67,365
10/19 L 7-38 Dallas 61,160*
10/26 L 16-24 at Chicago 61,428
11/2 W 23-13 Oakland 61,561*
11/9 W 12-10 Chicago 61,492
11/16 L 14-35 at Seattle 65,865
11/23 L 14-24 at Minnesota 63,946
11/27 W 22-14 Green Bay 62,123*
12/7 L 7-14 San Diego 61,544*
12/14 L 17-45 at Kansas City 77,922
12/21 L 14-20 at Carolina 72,835
12/28 W 30-20 St. Louis 61,006*
* Ford Field sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 84 Bill Schroeder
LT 76 Jeff Backus
LG 75 Eric Beverly
C 51 Dominic Raiola
RG 61 Ray Brown
RT 73 Stockar McDougle
TE 82 Casey Fitzsimmons
WR 81 Az-Zahir Hakim
QB 3 Joey Harrington
FB 30 Cory Schlesinger
HB 24 Shawn Bryson
Pro Bowl Selection: CB Dré Bly
Defense
LE 91 Robert Porcher
LT 72 Dan Wilkinson
RT 92 Shaun Rogers
RE 96 James Hall
WLB 54 Barrett Green
MLB 50 Earl Holmes
SLB 97 Boss Bailey
LCB 23 Otis Smith
RCB 32 Dré Bly
FS 45 Brian Walker
SS 25 Corey Harris
Team Stats
Total First Downs 250 298
Rushing 69 105
Passing 152 166
Penalty 29 27
3rd Down: Made/Att 80/228 87/214
3rd Down Pct. 35.1 40.7
4th Down: Made/Att 8/20 8/13
4th Down Pct. 40.0 61.5
Possession Avg. 28:21 31:39
Total Net Yards 4262 5360
Avg. Per Game 266.4 335.0
Total Plays 975 997
Avg. Per Play 4.4 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 1338 1782
Avg. Per Game 83.6 111.4
Total Rushes 376 447
Net Yards Passing 2924 3578
Avg. Per Game 182.8 223.6
Sacked/Yards Lost 11/64 28/182
Gross Yards 2988 3760
Att./Completions 588/319 522/331
Completion Pct. 54.3 63.4
Had Intercepted 24 15
Punts/Average 96/39.5 84/42.5
Net Punting Avg. 96/33.8 84/34.0
Penalties/Yards 107/859 119/953
Fumbles/Ball Lost 18/4 32/13
Touchdowns 29 47
Rushing 5 14
Passing 17 26
Returns 7 7
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 64 56 66 84 0 270
Opponents 94 156 96 33 0 379
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 26/27 22/23 0 92
Hakim 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 26
Bryson 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
C. Rogers 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Anderson 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 14
Bly 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12
FitzSimmons 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Gary 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Ricks 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Schlesinger 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
0/0Schroeder 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
SwInton 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12
Bailey 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Drummond 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; C. Harris 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts
Lions 29 5 17 7 26/27 22/23 0 270
Opponents 47 14 26 7 46/46 17/24 0 379
2-Pt. Conversions: Anderson, Hakim, TEAM 2-2, Opponents 0-1
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Bryson 158 606 3.8 39 3
Gary 113 384 3.4 27 2
Pinner 39 99 2.5 12 0
Harrington 30 86 2.9 26 0
Hakim 3 51 17.0 35 0
McMahon 5 32 6.4 12 0
Cobourne 10 27 2.7 19 0
C. Rogers 2-17, 12 Lg; Schlesinger 9-16, 4 Lg; SwInton 3-11, 9 Lg; P. Smith 2-5, 3 Lg; Jefferson 1-3, 3
Lg; Drummond 1-1
Lions 376 1338 3.6 39 5
Opponents 447 1782 4.0 65t 14
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Bryson 54 340 6.3 26 0
Hakim 49 449 9.2 28 4
Ricks 37 434 11.7 38 2
Schroeder 36 397 11.0 26 2
Schlesinger 34 247 7.3 33t 2
Fitzsimmons 23 160 7.0 22 2
C. Rogers 22 243 11.0 33t 3
Anderson 17 325 19.1 72t 2
Gary 13 69 5.3 13 0
SwInton 9 100 11.1 25 0
Jefferson 6 46 7.7 13 0
P. Smith 5 45 9.0 12 0
Pinner 5 40 8.0 21 0
Cobourne 4-30; Kircus 3-53; Harrington 1-8; Trejo 1-2
Lions 319 2988 9.4 72t 17
Opponents 331 3760 11.4 73t 26
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Harrington 554 309 2880 55.8 5.20 17 3.1 22 4.0 72t 9/55 63.9
McMahon 31 9 87 29.0 2.81 0 0.0 2 6.5 26 2/9 12.7
Hakim 1-1, 21 yds, 118.8 Rtg; N. Harris 1-0, 39.6 Rtg; Schroeder 1-0, 39.6 Rtg
Lions 588 319 2988 54.3 5.08 17 2.9 24 4.1 72t 11/64 61.1
Opponents 522 331 3760 63.4 7.20 26 5.0 15 2.9 73t 28/182 89.6
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Bly 6 89 14.8 48t 1
Holt 3 42 14.0 30 0
Bri. Walker 2 0 0.0 0 0
Evans 1-2; O. Smith 1-0; C. Harris 1-(-1); Bailey 1-(-2)
Lions 15 130 8.7 48t 1
Opponents 24 377 15.7 56t 4
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
N. Harris 63 2531 40.2 33.1 5 11 51 1
Jett 25 995 39.8 35.6 3 8 58 0
Hanson 7 264 37.7 33.4 0 1 50 0
Lions 96 3790 39.5 33.8 8 20 58 1
Opponents 84 3574 42.5 34.0 7 20 61 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
SwInton 23 9 318 13.8 89t 1
Drummond 12 4 151 12.6 57t 1
Hakim 9-85; Bly 3-22
Lions 47 13 576 12.3 89t 2
Opponents 59 15 390 6.6 83t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
SwInton 40 964 24.1 96t 1
Drummond 21 469 22.3 38 0
Cobourne 7 123 17.6 22 0
Redding 1-5; Schlesinger 1-23
Lions 70 1584 22.6 96t 1
Opponents 53 1313 24.8 89t 1
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 0/0 7/7 6/6 5/6 4/4
Lions 0/0 7/7 6/6 5/6 4/4
Opponents 0/0 4/4 5/8 6/9 2/3
Hanson: ()(22,52)(27,37)(53)(28)()()(54,42,39)(24,25,30,48)()(43N)(42,28,49,46,32)()(29)()(39,38,50)
Opp: (38)(46)(37N,21)(37,41)(48,37N)(23)(37,32B)(55N,55,24)(43,48B,41N)()(24)()()(48N,35)(42,44)(51,36)
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Holmes 97 68 29 2 21 0 0 0 0
Green 94 65 29 3 17 2 0 2 0
Bailey 88 68 20 1.5 9.5 6 0 1 0
Walker, Brian 80 60 20 0 0 7 1 0 5
Hall 62 48 14 4.5 24.5 0 1 1 0
Bly 60 52 8 1 1 15 5 2 0
Rogers 58 41 17 4 26 5 1 0 0
Smith 57 47 10 1.5 17.5 5 1 1 1
Harris, C 51 43 8 1 1 4 2 0 8
Porcher 34 25 9 4.5 23.5 0 2 0 0
Walker, Bracy 29 27 2 0 0 1 0 1 9
Wilkinson 25 18 7 2 15 1 1 1 0
Evans 23 20 3 0 0 1 0 0 6
Holt 23 19 4 0 0 6 1 1 4
Edwards 16 15 1 2 16 3 0 0 0
Gooch 14 11 3 0 0 1 0 1 12
DeVries 14 8 6 1 10 1 2 0 0
Goodman 11 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rainer 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 12
Pritchett 9 TT, 8 ST; Wyrick 7 TT, 7 ST, 3 PD, 1 FR, 8 STT; Redding 7 TT, 6 ST, 1 PD; Davis 6 TT, 6 ST, 2 PD, 2
STT; Babers 4 TT, 3 ST, 5 STT; Molden 1 TT, 1 ST; Curry, J 1 TT, 1 ST, 1 STT; Curry, D 1 TT, 1 ST, 1 FR, 8 STT;
Special Teams: Trejo 9; Cobourne 5; FitzSimmons 4; Schlesinger 4; Hanson 3; Smith, P 3; Jefferson 2;
Drummond 2; Shepherd 2 Banta 1; Littleton 1
Lions 883 687 196 28 182 66 17 13 117
Opponent 788 634 154 10 64 121 2 3 115
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T Pct Pts OP
Green Bay 10 6 0 .625 442 307
Minnesota 9 7 0 .562 416 353
Chicago 7 9 0 .438 283 346
DETROIT 5 11 0 .312 270 379
NFC East
Philadelphia 12 4 0 .750 374 287
Dallas 10 6 0 .625 289 260
Washington 5 11 0 .312 287 372
NY Giants 4 12 0 .250 243 387
NFC South
Carolina 11 5 0 .688 325 304
New Orleans 8 8 0 .500 340 326
Tampa Bay 7 9 0 .438 301 264
Atlanta 9 6 1 .594 402 314
NFC West
St. Louis 12 4 0 .750 447 328
Seattle 10 6 0 .625 404 327
San Francisco 7 9 0 .438 384 337
Arizona 4 12 0 .250 225 452
AFC East W L T Pct Pts OP
New England 14 2 0 .875 348 238
Miami 10 6 0 .625 311 261
Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 243 279
NY Jets 6 10 0 .375 283 299
AFC North
Baltimore 10 6 0 .625 391 281
Cincinnati 8 8 0 .500 346 384
Pittsburgh 6 10 0 .375 300 327
Cleveland 5 11 0 .312 254 322
AFC South
Indianapolis 12 4 0 .750 447 336
Tennessee 12 4 0 .750 435 324
Jacksonville 5 11 0 .312 276 331
Houston 5 11 0 .312 255 380
AFC West
Kansas City 13 3 0 .812 484 332
Denver 10 6 0 .625 381 301
Oakland 4 12 0 .250 270 379
San Diego 4 12 0 .250 313 441
Car defeated Dal, 29-10, and GB defeated Sea, 37-31 (OT), in NFC wild card. Car defeated StL 29-23
(2OT), and Phi defeated GB, 20-17 (OT), in NFC divisional playoffs. Car defeated Phi, 14-3, for NFC title.
Ten defeated Bal, 20-17, and Ind defeated Den, 41-10, in AFC wild card. NE defeated Ten, 17-14, and
Ind defeated KC, 38-31, in AFC wild card. NE defeated Ind, 24-14, for AFC title. NE defeated Car, 32-29,
in SB XXXVIII.
In 2003: 60 million people in the U.S. and Canada lose electricity August 14 in one of the biggest
blackouts in U.S. history. Blackout affects areas through Ohio, Pa., Vt., N.Y., Mich., (including
Detroit), and the Canadian province of Ontario
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