2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2004
Record: 6-10, 3rd NFC North
Date W-L Score Opponent Attendance
9/12 W 20-16 at Chicago 61,535
9/19 W 28-16 Houston 61,465*
9/26 L 13-30 Philadelphia 62,472*
10/10 W 17-10 at Atlanta 70,434
10/17 L 10-38 Green Bay 62,938*
10/24 W 28-13 at NY Giants 78,841
10/31 L 21-31 at Dallas 63,616
11/07 L 10-17 Washington 62,657*
11/14 L 17-23 (ot) at Jacksonville 66,431
11/21 L 19-22 at Minnesota 64,156
11/25 L 9-41 Indianapolis 63,107*
12/05 W 26-12 Arizona 62,262*
12/12 L 13-16 at Green Bay 70,497
12/19 L 27-28 Minnesota 62,337*
12/26 W 19-13 Chicago 61,924*
1/02 L 19-24 at Tennessee 68,809
* Ford Field sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 11 Roy Williams
LT 76 Jeff Backus
LG 62 David Loverne
C 51 Dominic Raiola
RG 65 Damien Woody
RT 73 Stockar McDougle
TE 86 Stephen Alexander
WR 84 Tai Streets
QB 3 Joey Harrington
FB 30 Cory Schlesinger
HB 34 Kevin Jones
Pro Bowl: CB D. Bly, KR E. Drummond, DT S. Rogers
DETROIT LIONS
Defense
LE 78 Cory Redding
LT 72 Dan Wilkinson
RT 92 Shaun Rogers
RE 96 James Hall
WLB 52 James Davis
MLB 50 Earl Holmes
SLB 54 Teddy Lehman
LCB 25 Fernando Bryant
RCB 32 Dré Bly
FS 31 Brock Marion
SS 28 Bracy Walker
Team Stats Det Opp
Total First Downs 263 320
Rushing 92 118
Passing 142 167
Penalty 29 35
3rd Down: Made/Att 66/210 98/231
3rd Down Pct. 31.4 42.4
4th Down: Made/Att 6/16 7/19
4th Down Pct. 37.5 36.8
Possession Avg. 28:03 31:57
Total Net Yards 4693 5401
Avg. Per Game 293.3 337.6
Total Plays 949 1071
Avg. Per Play 4.9 5.0
Net Yards Rushing 1777 1887
Avg. Per Game 111.1 117.9
Total Rushes 407 498
Net Yards Passing 2916 3514
Avg. Per Game 182.3 219.6
Sacked/Yards Lost 37/208 38/222
Gross Yards 3124 3736
Att./Completions 505/285 535/328
Completion Pct. 56.4 61.3
Had Intercepted 13 14
Punts/Average 93/40.5 84/43.5
Net Punting Avg. 93/34.2 84/36.9
Penalties/Yards 121/1000 114/976
Fumbles/Ball Lost 12/7 20/10
Touchdowns 32 43
Rushing 7 10
Passing 19 29
Returns 6 4
Scoring Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 60 97 45 94 0 296
Opponents 86 80 92 86 6 350
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 28/28 24/28 0 100
Williams 8 0 8 0 0 48
Jones 6 5 1 0 0 36
Drummond 4 0 0 4 0 24
Hakim 3 0 3 0 0 18
Schlesinger 3 0 3 0 0 18
Pinner 2 2 0 0 0 12
Streets 1 0 1 0 0 8
Alexander 1 0 1 0 0 6
Bly 1 0 0 1 0 6
Kircus 1 0 1 0 0 6
SwInton 1 0 1 0 0 6
Bra. Walker 1 0 0 1 0 6
Redding 0 0 0 0 1 2
Lions 32 7 19 6 28/28 24/28 1 296
Opponents 43 10 29 4 37/38 17/20 1 350
2-Pt. Conversions: Streets, TEAM 1-4, Opponents 1-4
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Jones 241 1133 4.7 74 5
Bryson 50 264 5.3 28 0
Harrington 48 175 3.6 17 0
Pinner 57 174 3.1 14 2
McMahon 2 18 9.0 14 0
Drummond 1 9 9.0 9 0
Schlesinger 4 7 1.8 2 0
SwInton 1 3 3.0 3 0
Williams 1 1 1.0 1 0
Hakim 1 0 0.0 0 0
Harris 1 -7 -7.0 -7 0
Lions 407 1777 4.4 74 7
Opponents 498 1887 3.8 43 10
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Williams 54 817 15.1 46 8
Bryson 44 322 7.3 30 0
Alexander 41 377 9.2 30 1
Hakim 31 533 17.2 39t 3
Streets 28 260 9.3 22 1
Jones 28 180 6.4 34 1
SwInton 18 213 11.8 28 1
Pinner 11 72 6.5 26 0
Fitzsimmons 10 103 10.3 27 0
Schlesinger 10 91 9.1 30 3
Trejo LG 4 37 9.3 18 0
Trejo TM 4 37 9.3 18 0
Kircus 3 68 22.7 50t 1
Vines 3 51 17.0 26 0
Lions 285 3124 11.0 62 19
Opponents 328 3736 11.4 82T 29
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Harrington 489 274 3047 56.0 6.23 19 3.9 12 2.5 62 36/196 77.5
McMahon 15 11 77 73.3 5.13 0 0.0 1 6.7 19 1/12 56.8
Williams 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6
Team 505 285 3124 56.4 6.19 19 3.8 13 2.6 62 37/208 76.7
Opponents 535 328 3736 61.3 6.98 29 5.4 14 2.6 82t 38/222 89.4
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Bly 4 107 26.8 55t 1
Marion 3 43 14.3 24 0
Lewis 1-33; Hall 1-30; K. Smith 1-2; Lehman 1-1; Cash 1-0; Goodman 1-0; Bra. Walker 1-0;
Lions 14 216 15.4 55t 1
Opponents 13 194 14.9 43 2
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Harris 92 3765 40.9 34.2 7 32 60 1
Lions 93 3765 40.5 34.2 7 32 60 1
Opponents 84 3658 43.5 36.9 7 25 64 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Drummond 24 8 316 13.2 83t 2
SwInton 16 9 104 6.5 18 0
Lions 40 17 420 10.5 83T 2
Opponents 46 24 441 9.6 56 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Drummond 41 1092 26.6 99t 2
SwInton 18 410 22.8 43 0
Bryson 2-27, 14 Lg; Trejo 2-12, 10 Lg; Curry 1-(-1); DeVries 1-5; Schlesinger 1-23;
Lions 66 1568 23.8 99T 2
Opponents 54 1058 19.6 52 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 0/0 9/9 10/11 5/8 0/0
Lions 0/0 9/9 10/11 5/8 0/0
Opponents 1/1 6/8 5/5 4/4 1/2
Hanson: (27G,21G)(47N)()(48N,23G)(48G)()()(40G) (32N,21G)(48G)(20G,34G,48N,32G)(45G,22G,31G, 36G)
(31G,36G)(32G,23G)(31G,39G,34G,40G)(26G,26G)
Opponents: (27B)(34G)(26G,47G,39G)(27G)(50G)(19G,25G)(40G)(24G,51N)(31G)(42G,33G)(36G, 28G,23G)
(40G,27B)
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Holmes 111 78 33 0 0 2 0 0 0
Lehman 97 73 24 1 2 3 1 0 6
Marion 88 66 22 0 0 8 0 0 0
Davis 79 54 25 3.5 24.5 3 0 1 4
Walker 74 52 22 1 12 6 0 2 4
Rogers 68 49 19 4 18 5 0 1 0
Bryant 50 42 8 0 0 9 0 0 1
Lewis 49 35 14 2 6 3 0 0 10
Hall 48 38 10 11.5 74.5 5 4 1 0
Redding 40 34 6 3 20 0 1 2 1
Bly 38 32 6 0 0 19 0 0 0
Cash 29 25 4 0 0 4 1 0 2
Smith, K 29 22 7 0 0 4 1 0 10
Bell 27 19 8 2 15 1 1 0 0
DeVries 25 16 9 3 14 1 1 0 0
Goodman 24 19 5 0 0 2 1 0 5
Wilkinson 23 18 5 1.5 6.5 2 2 0 0
Edwards 22 18 4 4.5 25.5 1 2 1 0
Holt 20 15 5 0 0 0 1 0 8
Pritchett 17 10 7 1 4 1 0 0 0
Curry 7 TT, 5 ST, 1 FR,16 STT; Rainer 7 TT, 3 ST, 13 STT;Babers 1 TT, 0 ST;
Special Teams: Fox 7; FitzSimmons 4; Bryson 3;Hanson 3; Drummond 3; Trejo 3; Vines 3; Harris
2;Schlesinger 1; SwInton 1; Hakim 1; Littleton 1; Muhlbach 1;
Lions 973 723 250 38 222 79 16 9 113
Opponent 856 623 233 37 208 74 10 6 104
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T Pct Pts OP
Green Bay 10 6 0 .625 424 380
Minnesota 8 8 0 .500 405 395
DETROIT 6 10 0 .375 296 350
Chicago 5 11 0 .312 231 331
NFC East
Philadelphia 13 3 0 .812 386 260
N.Y. Giants 6 10 0 .375 303 347
Dallas 6 10 0 .375 293 405
Washington 6 10 0 .375 240 265
NFC South
Atlanta 11 5 0 .688 340 337
New Orleans 8 8 0 .500 348 405
Carolina 7 9 0 .438 355 339
Tampa Bay 5 11 0 .312 301 304
NFC West
Seattle 9 7 0 .562 371 373
St. Louis 8 8 0 .500 319 392
Arizona 6 10 0 .375 284 322
San Francisco 2 14 0 .125 259 452
AFC East W L T Pct Pts OP
New England 14 2 0 .875 437 260
N.Y. Jets 10 6 0 .625 333 261
Buffalo 9 7 0 .562 395 284
Miami 4 12 0 .250 275 354
AFC North
Pittsburgh 15 1 0 .938 372 251
Baltimore 9 7 0 .562 317 268
Cincinnati 8 8 0 .500 374 372
Cleveland 4 12 0 .250 276 390
AFC South
Indianapolis 12 4 0 .750 522 351
Jacksonville 9 7 0 .562 261 280
Houston 7 9 0 .438 309 339
Tennessee 5 11 0 .312 344 439
AFC West
San Diego 12 4 0 .750 446 313
Denver 10 6 0 .625 381 304
Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 483 435
Oakland 5 11 0 .312 320 442
StL defeated Sea, 27-20 and Minnesota defeated Green Bay, 31-17, in NFC wild card. Atlanta defeated
StL, 47-17 and Phi defeated Min, 27-14, in NFC divisional playoffs. Phi defeated Atl, 27-10, for NFC title.
NYJ defeated SD 20-17 and Ind defeated Den, 49-24, in AFC wild card. Pit defeated NYJ, 20-17, and NE
defeated Ind, 20-3, in AFC divisional playoffs. NE defeated Pit, 41-27, for AFC title. NE defeated Phi,
24-21, in SB XXXIX.
In 2004: In December, a 9.0 earthquake in the Indian Ocean generates deadly tsunamis that kill
at least 150,000 people from Thailand to Somalia, with some of the most devastating destruction
occurring in Sri Lanka.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS