2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2009
Record: 2-14, 4th NFC North
Date W-L Score Opponent Attendance
9/13 L 27-45 at New Orleans 69,719
9/20 L 13-27 Minnesota 56,269*
9/27 W 19-14 Washington 40,896
10/04 L 24-48 at Chicago 62,192
10/11 L 20-28 Pittsburgh 59,333*
10/18 L 0-26 at Green Bay 70,801
11/01 L 10-17 St. Louis 40,857
11/08 L 20-32 at Seattle 67,003
11/15 L 10-27 at Minnesota 63,854
11/22 W 38-37 Cleveland 43,170
11/26 L 12-34 Green Bay 57,383*
12/06 L 13-23 at Cincinnati 62,545
12/13 L 3-48 at Baltimore 70,673
12/20 L 24-31 Arizona 40,577
12/27 L 6-20 at San Francisco 69,732
1/03 L 23-37 Chicago 56,677*
* Ford Field sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 80 Bryant Johnson
LT 76 Jeff Backus
LG 63 Manny Ramirez
C 51 Dominic Raiola (12)
RG 66 Stephen Peterman (9); 65 Dylan Gandy (5)
RT 77 Gosder Cherilus
TE 84 Brandon Pettigrew (11); 89 Will Heller (9)
WR 81 Calvin Johnson
QB 9 Matthew Stafford (10)
11 Daunte Culpepper (5)
FB 45 Jerome Felton (8)
RB 34 Kevin Smith (13); 28 Maurice Morris (3)
Team Stats Det Opp
Total First Downs 281 332
Rushing 82 95
Passing 168 213
Penalty 31 24
3rd Down: Made/Att 84/234 85/210
3rd Down Pct. 35.9 40.5
4th Down: Made/Att 7/26 10/15
4th Down Pct. 26.9 66.7
Possession Avg. 28:57 31:03
Total Net Yards 4784 6274
Avg. Per Game 299.0 392.1
Total Plays 1037 1029
Avg. Per Play 4.6 6.1
Net Yards Rushing 1616 2025
Avg. Per Game 101.0 126.6
Total Rushes 409 458
Net Yards Passing 3168 4249
Avg. Per Game 198.0 265.6
Sacked/Yards Lost 43/303 26/150
Gross Yards 3471 4399
Att./Completions 585/316 545/371
Completion Pct. 54.0 68.1
Had Intercepted 32 9
Punts/Average 74/42.9 66/43.6
Net Punting Avg. 74/36.8 66/38.9
Penalties/Yards 98/768 113/944
Fumbles/Ball Lost 25/9 26/14
Touchdowns 28 57
Rushing 9 18
Passing 16 35
Returns 3 4
DETROIT LIONS
Defense
LE 67 Jason Hunter (9); 92 Cliff Avril (3)
DT 91 Grady Jackson (13)
DT 78 Sammie Hill (12); 98Landon Cohen (3)
RE 92 Cliff Avril (8); 99 Dwayne White (5)
OLB 59 Julian Peterson
MLB 55 Larry Foote
OLB 50 Ernie Sims (8); 54 DeAndre Levy (7)
LCB 41 William James (11); 32 Anthony Henry (5)
RCB 31 Phillip Buchanon (10);
41 William James (4)
FS 26 Louis Delmas
SS 25 Marvin White (6); 40Marquand Manuel (5)
30 Ko Simpson (5)
Scoring Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Team 80 63 51 68 0 262
Opponents 88 158 127 121 0 494
Scoring TD Ru Rec Ret PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 25/25 21/28 0 88
K. Smith 5 4 1 0 1 32
C. Johnson 5 0 5 0 0 30
Heller 3 0 3 0 0 18
B. Johnson 3 0 3 0 0 18
Delmas 2 0 0 2 1 14
Morris 2 2 0 0 0 14
Pettigrew 2 0 2 0 0 12
Stafford 2 2 0 0 0 12
Aaron Brown 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts; James 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Northcutt 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts; Stanton 1 TD
(1 Ru), 6 Pts
Team 28 9 16 3 25/25 21/28 2 262
Opponents 57 18 35 4 55/55 31/34 1 494
2-Pt Conv: Morris, Team 1-3, Opp 1-2
Fum/Lost: Culpepper 4/0, Stafford 4/1, C. Johnson 3/2, K. Smith 3/2, Northcutt 2/1, D. Williams 2/1,
Buchanon 1/0, Fitzsimmons 1/1, Levy 1/0, Morris 1/0, Pearson 1/0, Pettigrew 1/0, Stanton 1/1
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
K. Smith 217 747 3.4 31 4
Morris 93 384 4.1 64t 2
Brown 27 131 4.9 19 0
Stafford 20 108 5.4 21 2
Culpepper 18 91 5.1 32 0
C. Johnson 7 73 10.4 19 0
Felton 15 46 3.1 10 0
Stanton 9 33 3.7 11 1
D. Williams 1 4 4.0 4 0
Pearson 1 1 1.0 1 0
Figurs 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0
Team 409 1616 4.0 64t 9
Opponents 458 2025 4.4 61 18
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
C. Johnson 67 984 14.7 75t 5
K. Smith 41 415 10.1 63 1
B. Johnson 35 417 11.9 36 3
Northcutt 35 357 10.2 47 1
Pettigrew 30 346 11.5 30 2
Heller 29 296 10.2 24 3
Morris 26 210 8.1 19 0
Fitzsimmons 18 128 7.1 12 0
Felton 13 133 10.2 27 0
Brown 9 84 9.3 26t 1
D. Williams 6 52 8.7 19 0
Nordin 2 26 13.0 14 0
T. Smith 2 7 3.5 4 0
Figurs 1 7 7.0 7 0
Standeford 1 5 5.0 5 0
Gronkowski 1 4 4.0 4 0
Team 316 3471 11.0 75t 16
Opponents 371 4399 11.9 68 35
Passing Att Cmp Yds Pct Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Stafford 377 201 2267 53.3 6.0 13 3.4 20 5.3 75t 24/169 61.0
Culpepper 157 89 945 56.7% 6.0 3 1.9% 6 3.8% 38 14/107 64.8
D.Stanton 51 26 259 51.0% 5.1 0 0.0% 6 11.8% 30 5/27 26.2
Team 585 316 3471 54.0% 5.9 16 2.7% 32 5.5% 75t 43/303 58.1
Opponents 545 371 4399 68.1% 8.1 35 6.4% 9 1.7% 68 26/150 107.0
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Delmas 2 130 65.0 101t 1
James 2 41 20.5 38t 1
Henry 2 26 13.0 26 0
Simpson 1-8; Levy 1-5; D. White 1-0
Team 9 210 23.3 101t 2
Opponents 32 508 15.9 61t 3
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
N. Harris 74 3174 42.9 36.8 5 20 56 0
Team 74 3174 42.9 36.8 5 20 56 0
Opponents 66 2878 43.6 38.9 4 34 64 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Northcutt 22 15 189 8.6 43 0
Witherspoon 2-10, 9 Lg; Buchanon 4-34, 18 Lg
Team 28 15 233 8.3 43 0
Opponents 41 14 354 8.6 45 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Brown 42 951 22.6 87 0
D. Williams 42 931 22.2 34 0
Witherspoon 4-72, 31 Lg; Northcutt 3-66, 34 Lg; Follett 2-1210 Lg; Felton 1-0; FitzSimmons 1-10;
Jennings 1-8;
Team 96 2050 21.4 87 0
Opponents 58 1353 23.3 102t 1
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 0/0 5/5 8/9 7/10 1/4
Team 0/0 5/5 8/9 7/10 1/4
Opponents 0/0 13/14 10/11 7/8 1/1
Hanson: (47G,24G)(30G,48G)(39G,26G)(35G)(46G, 46G,49N)(34N,41G,50G)(48N,38G)(31G)(54N,22G) (55N)
(45N,22G)(54N,37G)(27G,38G)(42G,48G,32G)
Opp: (34B,39G)(26G,46G)(52G,22G)(46G,28G, 31G,26G)(41G)(37G,37G,24G,20G)(22G,35G)(44G,29G)
(43N,20G,25G)(44G,39G,23G)(38G,25G)(48G)(33G, 39G,28B)(44G,28G,34G)
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Foote 99 70 29 2 11 1 1 4 0
Delmas 91 63 28 1 2 0 1 8 3
Levy 79 55 24 0 0 1 0 5 6
Peterson, J 75 48 27 4.5 22 5 1 4 0
James 69 54 15 0 0 0 0 14 4
Sims 49 32 17 0 0 0 1 1 0
White, M 44 33 11 0 0 0 0 6 7
Henry 43 35 8 0 0 0 0 7 3
Buchanon 42 37 5 1 15 2 0 4 1
Avril 40 26 14 5.5 37.5 3 0 3 1
Manuel 35 29 6 0 0 1 0 2 1
Hunter 34 27 7 5 27 0 2 3 0
Jackson 32 20 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hobbs 31 19 12 0 0 1 0 1 6
Simpson 30 26 4 0 0 0 1 4 0
Hill 26 14 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
McBride 23 13 10 1.5 5 0 0 0 4
Cohen, L 21 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dizon 19 12 7 1 2 1 1 0 10
Fluellen 18 9 9 1.5 10.5 0 0 0 0
Pearson 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 8
Cohen, J 9 TT, 6 ST, 1-4 Sk; Smith, D 9 TT, 6 ST, 1 FR, 7 STT; White, D 8 TT, 6 ST, 1 FF, 3 FR; King 5 TT, 4
ST, 1 FR, 2 STT; Faggins 4 TT, 4 ST; Bryan 3 TT, 2 ST, 1-6 Sk, 2 STT; Follett 2 TT, 0 ST, 1 FF, 8 STT; Bing
1 FF, 4 STT
Special Teams Tackles: Muhlbach 6; FitzSimmons 6; Ciurciu 5; Harris 3; Nordin 2; Hanson 1; Raiola 1;
Brown 1; Felton 1; Pettigrew 1; D. Williams 1; Figures 1; Word-Daniels 1; Jennings 1
Team 1 8
Team 952 674 278 26 150 71 16 11 138
Opponent 853 665 188 43 303 89 16 7 144
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T Pct PF PA
Minnesota 12 4 0 .750 470 312
Green Bay 11 5 0 .688 461 297
Chicago 7 9 0 .438 327 375
DETROIT 2 14 0 .125 262 494
NFC East
Dallas 11 5 0 .688 361 250
Philadelphia 11 5 0 .688 429 337
New York Giants 8 8 0 .500 402 427
Washington 4 12 0 .250 266 336
NFC South
New Orleans 13 3 0 .813 510 341
Atlanta 9 7 0 .563 363 325
Carolina 8 8 0 .500 315 308
Tampa Bay 3 13 0 .188 244 400
NFC West
Arizona 10 6 0 .625 375 325
San Francisco 8 8 0 .500 330 281
Seattle 5 11 0 .313 280 390
St. Louis 1 15 0 .063 175 436
AFC East W L T Pct PF PA
New England 10 6 0 .625 427 285
New York Jets 9 7 0 .563 348 236
Miami 7 9 0 .438 360 390
Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 258 326
AFC North
Cincinnati 10 6 0 .625 305 291
Baltimore 9 7 0 .563 391 261
Pittsburgh 9 7 0 .563 368 324
Cleveland 5 11 0 .313 245 375
AFC South
Indianapolis 14 2 0 .875 416 307
Houston 9 7 0 .563 388 333
Tennessee 8 8 0 .500 354 402
Jacksonville 7 9 0 .438 290 380
AFC West
San Diego 13 3 0 .813 454 320
Denver 8 8 0 .500 326 324
Oakland 5 11 0 .313 197 379
Kansas City 4 12 0 .250 294 424
Dal defeated Phi, 34-14, and Arz defeated GB 51-45 (ot) in NFC wild card. NO defeated Arz, 45-14, and Min
defeated Dal 34-3 n NFC divisional playoffs. NO defeated Min, 31-28 (ot) for NFC title. NYJ defeated Cin,
24-14, and Bal defeated NE, 33-14, in AFC wild card. Ind defeated Bal, 20-3, and NYJ defeated SD, 17-14,
in AFC divisional playoffs. Ind defeated NYJ, 30-17, for AFC title. NO defeated Ind, 31-17, in SB XLIV.
IN 2009: Michael Jackson dies of a heart attack in his California home. Known as the “King of Pop,”
Jackson reclaimed his throne as the year’s top-selling artist with 8.2 million albums sold in 2009.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS