2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2007
Record: 7-9, 3rd NFC North
Date W-L Score Opponent Attendance
09/09 W 36-21 at Oakland 61,547
09/16 W 20-17(ot) Minnesota 61,771*
09/23 L 21-56 at Philadelphia 67,570
09/30 W 37-27 Chicago 60,811*
10/07 L 3-34 at Washington 88,944
10/21 W 23-16 Tampa Bay 60,442*
10/28 W 16-7 at Chicago 62,171
11/04 W 44-7 Denver 60.783*
11/11 L 21-31 at Arizona 64,753
11/18 L 10-16 NY Giants 60,675*
11/22 L 26-37 Green Bay 63,257*
12/02 L 10-42 at Minnesota 62,996
12/09 L 27-28 Dallas 62,759*
12/16 L 14-51 at San Diego 66,505
12/23 W 25-20 Kansas City 59,938*
12/30 L 13-34 at Green Bay 70,869
* Ford Field Sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 11 Roy Williams
LT 76 Jeff Backus
LG 64 Edwin Mulitalo
C 51 Dominic Raiola
RG 66 S. Peterman
RT 72 George Foster (9); 65 Damien Woody (5)
TE 49 Sean McHugh
WR 87 Mike Furrey (10); 81 Calvin Johnson (10)
QB 8 Jon Kitna
FB 82 Casey FitzSimmons
HB 34 Kevin Jones
Team Stats Det Opp
Total First Downs 303 363
Rushing 73 116
Passing 203 221
Penalty 27 26
3rd Down: Made/Att 62/190 97/213
3rd Down Pct. 32.6 45.5
4th Down: Made/Att 4/10 9/12
4th Down Pct. 40.0 75.0
Possession Avg. 27:33 32:27
Total Net Yards 5166 6042
Avg. Per Game 322.9 377.6
Total Plays 965 1087
Avg. Per Play 5.4 5.6
Net Yards Rushing 1288 1911
Avg. Per Game 80.5 119.4
Total Rushes 324 448
Net Yards Passing 3878 4131
Avg. Per Game 242.4 258.2
Sacked/Yards Lost 54/338 37/256
Gross Yards 4216 4387
Att./Completions 587/368 602/422
Completion Pct. 62.7 70.1
Had Intercepted 22 17
Punts/Average 68/44.3 61/44.9
Net Punting Avg. 68/36.4 61/39.6
Penalties/Yards 100/676 113/897
Fumbles/Ball Lost 35/14 40/18
Touchdowns 37 56
Rushing 13 19
Passing 19 32
Returns 5 5
Defense
LE 95 Jared DeVries (10); 99 Dwayne White (6)
NT 92 Shaun Rogers
UT 78 Cory Redding
RE 99 Dwayne White (8);
98 Kalimba Edwards (6)
WLB 50 Ernie Sims
MLB 53 Paris Lenon
SLB 97 Boss Bailey
LCB 25 Fernando Bryant; 32 Stanley Wilson (5)
RCB 21 Travis Fisher (11)
FS 42 Gerald Alexander
SS 26 Kenoy Kennedy
Scoring Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Team 61 107 67 108 3 346
Opponents 65 174 97 108 0 444
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 35/36 29/35 0 122
Jones 8 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 48
McDonald 6 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
Johnson 5 1 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Williams 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Duckett 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Fitzsimmons 2 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 1 14
Bell 1 TD (1 Ru), 6 Pts; Furrey 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts; Lenon 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Middleton 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts;
Rogers 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; K. Smith 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Walters 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts; White 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts
Team 37 13 19 5 35/36 29/35 1 346
Opponents 56 19 32 5 53/53 17/27 1 444
2-Pt. Conversions: TEAM 0-1, Opponents 1-3
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Jones 153 581 3.8 34 8
Duckett 65 335 5.2 53 3
Bell 44 182 4.1 24 1
Kitna 25 63 2.5 11 0
Johnson 4 52 13.0 32t 1
Cason 11 38 3.5 12 0
Calhoun 7 35 5.0 17 0
Bradley 5 9 1.8 3 0
McDonald 4 2 0.5 9 0
Williams 2 1 0.5 9 0
O’Sullivan 4 -10 -2.5 2 0
Team 324 1288 4.0 53 13
Opponents 448 1911 4.3 49 19
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
McDonald 79 943 11.9 49t 6
Williams 64 838 13.1 91t 5
Furrey 61 664 10.9 49 1
Johnson 48 756 15.8 49 4
Jones 32 197 6.2 16 0
McHugh 17 252 14.8 46 0
Cason 14 129 9.2 20 0
Bell 14 63 4.5 15 0
Walters 9 101 11.2 21 1
Fitzsimmons 8 85 10.6 22 1
Middleton 8 70 8.8 17 1
Calhoun 5 35 7.0 11 0
Duckett 4-54, 22 Lg; Owens 1-9; Bradley 2-10, 8 Lg; Kitna 1-9; Campbell 1-1
Team 368 4216 11.5 91t 19
Opponents 422 4387 10.4 68t 32
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Kitna 561 355 4068 63.3 7.25 18 3.2 20 3.6 91t 51/320 80.9
O’Sullivan 26 13 148 50.0 5.69 1 3.8 2 7.7 42 3/18 48.2
Team 587 368 4216 62.7 7.18 19 3.2 22 3.7 91t 54/338 79.4
Opponents 602 422 4387 70.1 7.29 32 5.3 17 2.8 68t 37/256 96.8
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
K. Smith 3 64 21.3 64t 1
Alexander 2 70 35.0 36 0
Kennedy 2 45 22.5 38 0
Fisher 2 25 12.5 13 0
Bryant 2 0 0.0 0 0
Rogers 1-66, 66t, 1 TD; Lenon 1-61, 61t, 1 TD; White 1-28; Sims 1-5; Bashir 1-0; Cody 1-(-2);
Team 17 362 21.3 66t 3
Opponents 22 279 12.7 61t 2
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
N. Harris 68 3010 44.3 36.4 5 26 58 0
Team 68 3010 44.3 36.4 5 26 58 0
Opponents 61 2741 44.9 39.6 9 20 72 2
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Walters 15 16 118 7.9 18 0
Furrey 3 4 30 10.0 13 0
Team 18 20 148 8.2 18 0
Opponents 36 9 434 12.1 62 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Cason 42 1041 24.8 74 0
Calhoun 10 221 22.1 33 0
Walters 8 172 21.5 39 0
Middleton 4-83, 30 Lg; Fitzsimmons 3-62, 41t Lg, 1 TD; Furrey 2-25, 15 Lg; Saipaia 2-23, 12 Lg; B.
Davis 1-1
Team 72 1628 22.6 74 1
Opponents 65 1750 26.9 104t 2
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 1/1 4/5 10/12 11/13 3/4
Team 1/1 4/5 10/12 11/13 3/4
Opponents 0/0 9/9 3/3 5/10 0/5
Hanson: (46G,46G,23G)(30G,48N,37G)(46N)(49G,39B)(39G)(34G,42G,32G) (26G,52G,29N,20G)(43G,53G,38G)
()(42G,52B)(47G,41G,45G,52G)(37G)(19G, 36G,35N)()(46G,20G,47G)(35G,38G)
Opponents: (50B,46N,57N)(32G,52N)()(52B,49G, 41G)(48N,28G)(40N,48G)(40N) (48N)(23G)(28G,46G, 20G)
(20G,20G,26G)()(50N)(22G, 22G, 45G)()(33G,35G)
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Sims 134 97 37 1 5 2 3 0 0
Lenon 116 86 30 2 16 3 2 0 2
Kennedy 88 59 29 0 0 5 2 1 0
Alexander 81 59 22 2 22 6 0 2 0
Fisher 75 57 18 0 0 5 0 0 2
Bryant 68 58 10 0 0 13 1 0 1
Bailey 47 33 14 3.5 16 2 1 0 4
White, D 43 33 10 6.5 51 3 3 2 0
Smith, K 41 29 12 0 0 7 0 0 9
Rogers 39 26 13 7 53 3 0 3 0
Redding 37 27 10 1 5 1 0 2 0
Wilson 34 26 8 0 0 3 1 0 5
DeVries 28 25 3 6.5 40 0 3 3 2
Moore 23 21 2 2 14 1 0 0 0
Lehman 21 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 6
Edwards 17 13 4 3 23 0 2 1 0
Smith, C 17 11 6 2.5 11 0 2 0 10
Cody 16 13 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lewis 15 12 3 0 0 0 1 1 14
Edwards 15 11 4 0 0 2 0 0 5
Bashir 15 10 5 0 0 1 0 2 5
Alama-Francis 11 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
Blue 7 TT, 5 ST, 1 PD, 1 FR, 2 STT; Hicks 5 TT, 3 ST, 2 STT; Beckham 3 TT, 2 ST, 1 PD, 2 STT; Cannon 1
TT, 0 ST, 5 STT;
Special Teams Tackles: FitzSimmons 12; Robinson 7; Cason 3; Frampton 3; Curry 3; Hanson 2; Muhlbach
2; Middleton 1
Lions 997 734 263 37 256 60 21 18 110
Opponent 809 620 189 54 338 77 22 14 96
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 13 3 0 .813 435 291
Minnesota 8 8 0 .500 365 311
DETROIT 7 9 0 .438 346 444
Chicago 7 9 0 .438 334 348
NFC East
Dallas 13 3 0 .813 455 325
N.Y. Giants 10 6 0 .625 373 351
Washington 9 7 0 .563 334 310
Philadelphia 8 8 0 .500 336 300
NFC South
Tampa Bay 9 7 0 .563 334 270
Carolina 7 9 0 .438 267 347
New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 379 388
Atlanta 4 12 0 .250 259 414
NFC West
Seattle 10 6 0 .625 393 291
Arizona 8 8 0 .500 404 399
San Francisco 5 11 0 .313 219 364
St. Louis 3 13 0 .188 263 438
AFC East W L T Pct PF PA
New England 16 0 0 1.000 589 274
Buffalo 7 9 0 .438 252 354
N.Y. Jets 4 12 0 .250 268 355
Miami 1 15 0 .063 267 437
AFC North
Pittsburgh 10 6 0 .625 393 269
Cleveland 10 6 0 .625 402 382
Cincinnati 7 9 0 .438 380 385
Baltimore 5 11 0 .313 275 384
AFC South
Indianapolis 13 3 0 .813 450 262
Jacksonville 11 5 0 .688 411 304
Tennessee 10 6 0 .625 301 297
Houston 8 8 0 .500 379 384
AFC West
San Diego 11 5 0 .688 412 284
Denver 7 9 0 .438 320 409
Kansas City 4 12 0 .250 226 335
Oakland 4 12 0 .250 283 398
NYG defeated TB, 24-14, and Sea defeated Was, 35-14, in NFC wild card. NYG defeated Dal, 21-17, and GB
defeated Sea, 42-20, in NFC divisional playoffs. NYG defeated GB, 23-20, for NFC title. SD defeated Ten,
17-6, Jax defeated Pit, 31-29, in AFC wild card. SD defeated Ind, 28-24, and NE defeated Jax, 31-20 in AFC
divisional playoffs. NE defeated SD, 21-12, for AFC title. NYG defeated NE, 17-14, in SB XLII.
In 2007: The nation is horrified April 16 when Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho kills a total of 27
students and five professors in the deadliest shooting by a single gunman in U.S. history.
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