2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2006
Record: 3-13, 4th NFC North
Date W-L Score Opponent Attendance
9/10 L 6-9 Seattle 60,535*
9/17 L 7-34 at Chicago 62,181
9/24 L 24-31 Green Bay 61,095*
10/1 L 34-41 at St. Louis 65,563
10/8 L 17-26 at Minnesota 63,906
10/15 W 20-17 Buffalo 60,704*
10/22 L 24-31 at NY Jets 76,953
11/5 W 30-14 Atlanta 60,987*
11/12 L 13-19 San Francisco 60,707*
11/19 L 10-17 at Arizona 63,348
11/23 L 10-27 Miami 61,562*
12/3 L 21-28 at New England 68,756
12/10 L 20-30 Minnesota 60,861*
12/17 L 9-17 at Green Bay 70,472
12/24 L 21-26 Chicago 60,665*
12/31 W 39-31 at Dallas 63,008
* Ford Field sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 11 Roy Williams
LT 76 Jeff Backus
LG 73 Ross Verba (7); 64 Rick DeMulling (7)
C 51 Dominic Raiola
RG 65 Damien Woody (5); 68 Barry Stokes (5)
67 Blane Saipaia (3)
RT 74 Rex Tucker; 68 Barry Stokes (7);
72 Jonathan Scott (4)
TE 89 Dan Campbell
WR 87 Mike Furrey
QB 8 Jon Kitna
FB 30 Cory Schlesinger
HB 34 Kevin Jones
Pro Bowl: WR R. Williams
DETROIT LIONS
Defense
LE 78 Cory Redding (5); 95 Jared DeVries (7);
98 Kalimba Edwards (7)
NT 75 Shaun Cody (5); 94 Marcus Bell (7)
UT 92 Shaun Rogers (5); 78 Cory Redding (11)
RE 96 James Hall (7); 98 Kalimba Edwards (7)
WLB 50 Ernie Sims
MLB 53 Paris Lenon (11); 97 Boss Bailey (4)
SLB 53 Paris Lenon (5); 97 Boss Bailey (8)
LCB 25 Fernando Bryant (10);
31 Stanley Wilson (4)
RCB 32 Dré Bly
FS 42 Terrence Holt
SS 26 Kenoy Kennedy (9); 27 Daniel Bullocks (6)
Team Stats Det Opp
Total First Downs 290 319
Rushing 53 111
Passing 208 183
Penalty 29 25
3rd Down: Made/Att 62/190 90/207
3rd Down Pct. 32.6 43.5
4th Down: Made/Att 9/22 4/5
4th Down Pct. 40.9 80.0
Possession Avg. 27:41 32:19
Total Net Yards 4949 5530
Avg. Per Game 309.3 345.6
Total Plays 963 1033
Avg. Per Play 5.1 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 1129 2010
Avg. Per Game 70.6 125.6
Total Rushes 304 492
Net Yards Passing 3820 3520
Avg. Per Game 238.8 220.0
Sacked/Yards Lost 63/388 30/201
Gross Yards 4208 3721
Att./Completions 596/372 511/339
Completion Pct. 62.4 66.3
Had Intercepted 22 12
Punts/Average 66/45.0 68/44.0
Net Punting Avg. 66/38.2 68/36.4
Penalties/Yards 116/939 102/869
Fumbles/Ball Lost 26/17 29/18
Touchdowns 31 44
Rushing 9 18
Passing 21 22
Returns 1 4
Scoring Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Team 73 75 85 72 0 305
Opponents 101 121 61 115 0 398
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 30/30 29/33 0 117
Jones 8 6 2 0 0 48
R. Williams 7 0 7 0 0 42
Furrey 6 0 6 0 0 36
Campbell 4 0 4 0 0 24
Kitna 2 2 0 0 0 12
Bryson 1 0 1 0 0 6
Fletcher 1 0 0 1 0 6
A. Harris 1 1 0 0 0 6
M. Williams 1 0 1 0 0 6
DeVries 0 0 0 0 1 2
Team 31 9 21 1 30/30 29/33 1 305
Opponents 44 18 22 4 40/41 30/33 0 398
2-Pt. Conversions: TEAM 0-1, Opponents 2-3
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Jones 181 689 3.8 52 6
A. Harris 49 158 3.2 20 1
Kitna 34 156 4.6 18 2
Cason 24 94 3.9 16 0
Calhoun 7 19 2.7 7 0
Drummond 1 4 4.0 4 0
Ellis 2 3 1.5 12 0
Gordon 1 2 2.0 2 0
R. Williams 2 2 1.0 2 0
Bryson 2 1 0.5 1 0
Hakim 1 1 1.0 1 0
Team 304 1129 3.7 52 9
Opponents 492 2010 4.1 61t 18
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Furrey 98 1086 11.1 31 6
R. Williams 82 1310 16.0 60t 7
Jones 61 520 8.5 26 2
Campbell 21 308 14.7 30 4
A. Harris 18 132 7.3 20 0
Hakim 17 147 8.6 23 0
Bradford 14 164 11.7 23 0
Pollard 12 100 8.3 22 0
M. Williams 8 99 12.4 21t 1
Bryson 8 98 12.3 37t 1
Schlesinger 8 36 4.5 6 0
Fitzsimmons 7 71 10.1 18 0
Cason 5 26 5.2 14 0
Ellis 4-41, 19 Lg; McHugh 3-25, 11 Lg; Calhoun 2-20, 18 Lg; McCown 2-15, 8 Lg; Drummond 2-10, 8 Lg
Team 372 4208 11.3 60t 21
Opponents 339 3721 11.0 75t 22
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Kitna 596 372 4208 62.4 7.06 21 3.5 22 3.7 60t 63/388 79.9
Team 596 372 4208 62.4 7.06 21 3.5 22 3.7 60t 63/388 79.9
Opponents 511 339 3721 66.3 7.28 22 4.3 12 2.3 75t 30/201 92.3
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Fletcher 3 122 40.7 88t 1
Bly 3 13 4.3 8 0
Holt 3 8 2.7 7 0
Kennedy 2 17 8.5 17 0
Lenon 1 0 0.0 0 0
Team 12 160 13.3 88t 1
Opponents 22 280 12.7 47 2
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
N. Harris 66 2967 45.0 38.2 9 18 67 0
Team 66 2967 45.0 38.2 9 18 67 0
Opponents 68 2990 44.0 36.4 6 25 66 1
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Drummond 28 13 296 10.6 40 0
Ellis 4-61, 1 FC, 48 Lg; Bly 3-39, 3 FC, 36 Lg; Hakim 0-0, 1FC
Team 35 18 396 11.3 48 0
Opponents 38 9 267 7.0 56t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Drummond 62 1349 21.8 65 0
Ellis 6-139, 28 Lg; Cason 4-110, 40 Lg; Bly 1-27; Furrey 1-23;
Team 74 1648 22.3 65 0
Opponents 63 1444 22.9 72 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 1/1 12/12 6/6 7/8 3/6
Team 1/1 12/12 6/6 7/8 3/6
Opponents 1/1 11/11 8/8 8/10 2/3
Hanson:(44G,52N,37G)(40N)(40G)(29G,20G)(53G) (43G,56N,29G)(25G)(28G,19G,36G)(25G,33G)(32G, 52N)
(52G)(29G,38G,49G,26G)(53G,45G)(42G,42G, 23G)()(33G,25G,26G,23G)
Opponents:(41B,53B,20G,51G,42G)(32G,45G)(24G) (42G,19G,46G,47G,47N)(26G,20G)(53G)(33G)(28G,
23G,23G,47G)(36G)(42G,28G)(25G,27G)(30G)(24G) (36G, 36G,39G,44G)(39G)
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Sims 123 80 43 0.5 2 1 0 1 2
Holt 76 50 26 0.5 3 4 1 1 0
Lenon 71 51 20 0 0 3 0 2 0
Bullocks 70 52 18 1 9 3 1 0 5
Bailey 65 49 16 1 9 2 0 0 2
Kennedy 60 42 18 1 9 2 1 1 6
Bly 59 51 8 0 0 18 4 1 0
Redding 48 38 10 8 43.5 0 2 1 0
Bryant 46 36 10 0 0 6 0 1 0
Bell 40 23 17 1 9 0 1 1 0
Lewis 39 29 10 0 0 2 1 0 9
Edwards 37 25 12 3 24 1 1 3 0
Fletcher 35 33 2 0 0 6 0 1 2
Wilson 35 23 12 0 0 5 0 0 3
McGraw 33 24 9 0 0 2 1 1 11
Hall 25 17 8 5 40.5 0 1 0 0
DeVries 23 16 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rogers 20 19 1 3 28 0 0 1 0
Jackson 12 8 4 2 11 0 0 0 0
Cody 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smith, C 10 7 3 2 7 0 2 0 2
Pinkney 8 TT, 6 ST; Smith, K 8 TT, 6 ST, 1 PD, 14 STT; Bryant 8 TT, 4 ST, 1 FR; Woods 6 TT, 6 ST, 1 FF, 8 STT;
Lehman 5 TT, 4 ST; Curry 3 TT, 2 ST, 1FR, 15 STT
Special Teams Tackles: Cannon 8; FitzSimmons 6; Hanson 2; Pollard 2; Drummond 2; Schlesinger 2;
Muhlbach 1; Bradford 1; Ellis 1; Calhoun 1; Cason 1; Bodiford 1
Team 2 0
Lions 976 708 268 30 195 57 17 17 107
Opponent 828 632 196 63 388 92 17 17 121
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T PCT PF PA
Chicago 13 3 0 .812 427 255
Green Bay 8 8 0 .500 301 366
Minnesota 6 10 0 .375 282 327
DETROIT 3 13 0 .188 305 398
NFC East
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 398 328
Dallas 9 7 0 .562 425 350
N.Y. Giants 8 8 0 .500 355 362
Washington 5 11 0 .312 307 376
NFC South
New Orleans 10 6 0 .625 413 322
Carolina 8 8 0 .500 270 305
Atlanta 7 9 0 .438 292 328
Tampa Bay 4 12 0 .250 211 353
NFC West
Seattle 9 7 0 .562 335 341
St. Louis 8 8 0 .500 367 381
San Francisco 7 9 0 .438 298 412
Arizona 5 11 0 .312 314 389
AFC East W L T PCT Pts OP
New England 12 4 0 .750 385 237
N.Y. Jets 10 6 0 .625 316 295
Buffalo 7 9 0 .438 300 311
Miami 6 10 0 .375 260 283
AFC North
Baltimore 13 3 0 .812 353 201
Cincinnati 8 8 0 .500 373 331
Pittsburgh 8 8 0 .500 353 315
Cleveland 4 12 0 .250 238 356
AFC South
Indianapolis 12 4 0 .750 427 360
Tennessee 8 8 0 .500 324 400
Jacksonville 8 8 0 .500 371 274
Houston 6 10 0 .375 267 366
AFC West
San Diego 14 2 0 .875 492 303
Kansas City 9 7 0 .562 331 315
Denver 9 7 0 .562 319 305
Oakland 2 14 0 .125 168 332
Sea defeated Dal, 21-20, and Phi defeated NYG, 23-20, in NFC wild card. NO defeated Phi, 27-24, and Chi
defeated Sea, 27-24, in NFC divisional playoffs. Chi defeated NO, 39-14, for NFC title. NE defeated NYJ,
37-16, and Ind defeated KC, 23-8 in AFC wild card. Ind defeated Bal, 15-6, and NE defeated SD, 24-21 in
AFC divisional playoffs. Ind defeated Chi, 29-17, in SB XLI.
In 2006: Steve Irwin, a charismatic enthusiast of wildlife preservation known as the “Crocodile
Hunter,” dies tragically September 4 when he was killed by a stingray barb while shooting a TV
program on the Great Barrier Reef.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS