2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2010
Won 6, Lost 10, 3rd NFC North
Date W-L Score Opponent Attendance
09/12 L 14-19 at Chicago 62,080
09/19 L 32-35 Philadelphia 56,688*
09/26 L 10-24 at Minnesota 63,377
10/03 L 26-28 at Green Bay 70,729
10/10 W 44-6 St. Louis 55,714*
10/17 L 20-28 at New York Giants 78,341
10/31 W 37-25 Washington 42,329
11/7 L 20-23 (ot) New York Jets 57,799*
11/14 L 12-14 at Buffalo 56,721
11/21 L 19-35 at Dallas 81,261
11/25 L 24-45 New England 60,965*
12/05 L 20-24 Chicago 58,119*
12/12 W 7-3 Green Bay 57,659*
12/19 W 23-20 (ot) at Tampa Bay 47,692
12/26 W 34-27 at Miami 66,731
01/02 W 20-13 Minnesota 57,013*
* Ford Field Sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 13 Nate Burelson
LT 76 Jeff Backus
LG 62 Rob Sims
C 51 Dominic Raiola
RG 66 Stephen Peterman
RT 77 Gosder Cherilus (12); Corey Hilliard (4)
TE 84 Brandon Pettigrew
TE/WR 89 Will Heller (7); 85 Tony Scheffler (3);
80 Bryant Johnson (4)
WR 81 Calvin Johnson
QB 9 Shaun Hill (10); 9 Matthew Stafford (3);
5 Drew Stanton (3)
RB 44 Jahvid Best
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 304 320
Rushing 83 98
Passing 199 187
Penalty 22 35
3rd Down: Made/Att 97/242 77/198
3rd Down Pct. 40.1 38.9
4th Down: Made/Att 10/16 5/12
4th Down Pct. 62.5 41.7
Possession Avg. 29:34 30:26
Total Net Yards 5423 5497
Avg. Per Game 338.9 343.6
Total Plays 1064 1005
Avg. Per Play 5.1 5.5
Net Yards Rushing 1613 1999
Avg. Per Game 100.8 124.9
Total Rushes 404 443
Net Yards Passing 3810 3498
Avg. Per Game 238.1 218.6
Sacked/Yards Lost 27/191 44/288
Gross Yards 4001 3786
Att./Completions 633/383 518/330
Completion Pct. 60.5 63.7
Had Intercepted 16 14
Punts/Average 90/44.6 83/43.8
Net Punting Avg. 90/35.8 83/37.5
Penalties/Yards 136/1018 106/854
Fumbles/Ball Lost 19/9 31/15
Touchdowns 41 45
Rushing 11 18
Passing 26 23
Returns 4 4
Defense
LE 92 Cliff Avril
DT 90 Ndamukong Suh
DT 99 Corey Williams
RE 93 Kyle Vanden Bosch (11); 75 Turk McBride (5)
OLB 55 Landon Johnson (3); 49 Zack Follett (2);
58 Ashlee Palmer (2);
59 Bobby Carpenter (2)
MLB 54 DeAndre Levy (11); 55 Landon Johnson (4)
OLB 98 Julian Peterson
LCB 23 Chris Houston
RCB 27 Alphonso Smith (8); 30 Nathan Vasher (4)
24 Jonathan Wade (4)
FS 26 Louis Delmas
SS 42 Amari Spievey (9); 39 C.C. Brown (7)
Score By Periods Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Team 62 118 62 117 3 362
Opponents 54 127 86 99 3 369
Scoring TD Ru Rec Ret PAT FG S Pts
C. Johnson 12 0 12 0 0 74
Hanson 0 0 0 0 19/19 12/14 0 55
Rayner 0 0 0 0 16/16 13/16 0 55
Best 6 4 2 0 0 36
Burleson 6 0 6 0 0 36
Morris 5 5 0 0 0 30
Pettigrew 4 0 4 0 0 24
Heller 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts; Levy 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Logan 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Scheffler 1 TD (1 Pa), 6 Pts;
A. Smith 1 TD (1 Ret), 6 Pts; Stafford 1 TD (1 Ru), 6 Pts; Stanton 1 TD (1 Ru), 6 Pts; Suh 1 TD (1 Ret), 0/1
PAT, 6 Pts; B. Johnson 2 Pts
Team 41 11 26 4 35/36 25/30 1 362
Opponents 45 18 23 4 42/42 19/20 0 369
2-Pt Conv: B. Johnson, C. Johnson, TM 2-5, OPP 0-3
FUM/Lost: Sh. Hill 3/1, Stanton 3/1, Burleson 2/2, Logan 2/1, Stafford 2/1, Best 1/1, Felton 1/1, C. Johnson
1/0, Morris 1/0, Raiola 1/0, Scheffler 1/1, A. Smith 1/0
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Best 171 555 3.2 45 4
Morris 90 336 3.7 26 5
K. Smith 34 133 3.9 15 0
Sh. Hill 22 123 5.6 40 0
Stanton 18 113 6.3 20 1
Logan 15 95 6.3 21 0
Burleson 7 81 11.6 25 0
Felton 22 76 3.5 9 0
A. Brown 17 58 3.4 9 0
C. Johnson 4-32, 15 Lg; Stafford 4-11, 9 Lg, 1 TD
Team 404 1613 4.0 45 11
Opponents 443 1999 4.5 80t 18
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
C. Johnson 77 1120 14.5 87t 12
Pettigrew 71 722 10.2 35 4
Best 58 487 8.4 75t 2
Burleson 55 625 11.4 58 6
Scheffler 45 378 8.4 25 1
Morris 25 170 6.8 16 0
B. Johnson 18 210 11.7 24 0
K. Smith 11 123 11.2 27 0
Felton 8-54, 19 Lg; A. Brown 8-45, 10 Lg; Heller 4-37, 13t Lg, 1 TD; D. Williams 3-30, 17 Lg
Team 383 4001 10.4 87t 26
Opponents 330 3786 11.5 89t 23
Passing Att Cmp Yds Pct Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Sh. Hill 416 257 2686 61.8 6.46 16 3.8 12 2.9 75t 17/113 81.3
Stanton 119 69 780 58.0 6.55 4 3.4 3 2.5 87t 6/42 78.4
Stafford 96 57 535 59.4 5.57 6 6.3 1 1.0 36 4/36 91.3
Best 1-0, 39.6 Rtg;Logan 1-0, 39.6 Rtg
Team 633 383 4001 60.5 6.32 26 4.1 16 2.5 87t 27/191 82.0
Opponents 518 330 3786 63.7 7.31 23 4.4 14 2.7 89t 44/288 89.2
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
A. Smith 5 48 9.6 42t 1
Levy 2 41 20.5 30t 1
Spievey 2 35 17.5 26 0
C. Williams 1-27; Berry 1-23; Suh 1-20; Houston 1-0; Vasher 1-0
Team 14 194 13.9 42t 2
Opponents 16 239 14.9 50 2
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Harris 90 4018 44.6 35.8 8 24 66 0
Team 90 4018 44.6 35.8 8 24 66 0
Opponents 83 3636 43.8 37.5 8 35 63 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Logan 30 21 362 12.1 71 0
Team 30 21 362 12.1 71 0
Opponents 54 17 633 11.7 97t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Logan 54 1448 26.8 105t 1
Felton 2-59, 37 Lg; Burleson 1-0; Ciurciu 1-0; Fluellen 1-4; McBride 1-8; Scheffler 1-0;
Team 61 1519 24.9 105t 1
Opponents 72 1487 20.7 96t 1
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Rayner 0/0 3/3 3/3 5/8 2/2
Hanson 0/0 1/1 4/4 4/5 3/4
Team 0/0 4/4 7/7 9/13 5/6
Opponents 1/1 6/6 7/7 4/5 1/1
Rayner: ()()()()()()()()(25G,49N,45G)(47G)(44G, 46N)(50G,25G)(48N)(41G,28G,34G)(39G,47G)(55G, 37G)
Hanson: ()(49G)(44N,33G)(55N,39G,52G,49G,24G) (30G,48G,47G)(50G,50G)(32G)()()()()()()()()()
OPP: (20G,31G)()(31G)()(28G,28G)()(38G,46G)(31G, 36G,30G)(41N)()(19G)(54G)(42G)(30G,26G)(40G,28G)
(27G,48G)
Defense TT ST AT Sk SkY PD FF FR STT
Delmas 84 62 22 2 12 0 2 2 0
Peterson 83 56 27 1 2 5 0 2 0
Levy 72 50 22 0 0 4 0 2 0
Suh 66 49 17 10 47.5 2 1 1 0
Houston 54 48 6 0 0 10 1 0 2
Vanden Bosch 49 34 15 4 37.5 1 2 0 0
Spievey 46 33 13 0 0 3 1 0 5
Palmer 42 33 9 1 0 0 1 0 12
Johnson, L 40 32 8 0 0 0 1 0 8
Brown, C.C. 40 32 8 0 0 4 1 0 6
Smith, A 39 30 9 0 0 8 1 0 0
Williams 37 32 5 2 5 4 1 0 0
Jackson 34 21 13 6 51.5 0 1 1 0
McBride 33 16 17 5 35.5 0 3 1 0
Avril 31 22 9 8 61 4 1 1 1
Hill, Sammie 30 21 9 2 18 0 0 1 0
Wade 26 23 3 0 0 3 0 1 4
Carpenter 21 14 7 0 0 2 0 0 9
Vasher 17 13 4 0 0 5 0 0 2
Follett 16 8 8 0 0 1 1 0 5
McDonald 13 10 3 0 0 1 0 1 6
Fluellen 10 8 2 1 13 0 0 0 0
Havner 6 TT, 4 ST, 3 STT; Wendling 6 TT, 4 ST, 24 STT; Miller 6 TT, 3 ST; King 6 TT, 3 ST, 3 STT; Phillips 4 TT,
4 ST, 1 STT; Berry 3 TT, 3 ST, 1 PD; Hill 2 TT, 2 ST, 1 STT; Ciurciu 1 TT, 1 ST, 1 STT; Ekejiuba 1 TT, 1 ST, 1 FF,
10 STT; Wesley 1 TT, 1 ST, 1 STT;
Special Teams Tackles: Felton 6; Muhlbach 4; Clark 3; Campbell 3; Logan 2, 2 FF; Rayner 2; Miller 1; Heller
1; Morris 1; Harris 1; Hanson 1
Team 2 1 1 1 5
Lions 921 674 247 44.0 288.0 59 16 15 140
Opponent 940 692 248 27.0 191.0 93 13 9 98
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 11 5 0 .688 334 286
Green Bay 10 6 0 .625 388 240
DETROIT 6 10 0 .375 362 369
Minnesota 6 10 0 .375 281 348
NFC East
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 439 377
NY Giants 10 6 0 .625 394 347
Dallas 6 10 0 .375 394 436
Washington 6 10 0 .375 302 377
NFC South
Atlanta 13 3 0 .813 414 288
New Orleans 11 5 0 .688 384 307
Tampa Bay 10 6 0 .625 341 318
Carolina 2 14 0 .125 196 408
NFC West
Seattle 7 9 0 .438 310 407
St. Louis 7 9 0 .438 289 328
San Francisco 6 10 0 .375 305 346
Arizona 5 11 0 .313 289 434
AFC East W L T Pct PF PA
New England 14 2 0 .875 518 313
NY Jets 11 5 0 .688 367 304
Miami 7 9 0 .438 273 333
Buffalo 4 12 0 .250 283 425
AFC North
Pittsburgh 12 4 0 .750 375 232
Baltimore 12 4 0 .750 357 270
Cleveland 5 11 0 .313 271 332
Cincinnati 4 12 0 .250 322 395
AFC South
Indianapolis 10 6 0 .625 435 388
Jacksonville 8 8 0 .500 353 419
Houston 6 10 0 .375 390 427
Tennessee 6 10 0 .375 356 339
AFC West
Kansas City 10 6 0 .625 366 326
San Diego 9 7 0 .563 441 322
Oakland 8 8 0 .500 410 371
Denver 4 12 0 .250 344 471
Sea defeated NO, 41-36, and GB defeated Phi, 21-16, in NFC wild card. GB defeated Atl, 48-21, and Chi
defeated Sea, 35-24, in NFC divisional playoffs. GB defeated Chi, 21-14, for NFC title. NYJ defeated Ind,
17-16, and Bal defeated KC, 30-7, in AFC wild card. Pit defeated Bal, 31-24, and NYJ defeated NE, 28-21,
in AFC divisional playoffs. Pit defeated NYJ, 24-19, for AFC title. GB defeated Pit, 31-25, in SB XLV.
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