2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2011
Won 10, Lost 6, 2nd NFC North
Date W-L Score Opponent Attendance
9/11 W 27-20 at Tampa Bay 51,274
9/18 W 48-3 Kansas City 60, 040*
9/25 W 26-23 (ot) at Minnesota 62,466
10/2 W 34-30 at Dallas 78,122
10/10 W 24-13 Chicago 67,861*
10/16 L 19-25 San Francisco 62,061*
10/23 L 16-23 Atlanta 63,625*
10/30 W 45-10 at Denver 74,977
11/13 L 13-37 at Chicago 62,396
11/20 W 49-35 Carolina 63,633*
11/24 L 15-27 Green Bay 66,263*
12/4 L 17-31 at New Orleans 73,042
12/11 W 34-28 Minnesota 63,988*
12/18 W 28-27 at Oakland 59,069
12/24 W 38-10 San Diego 62,469*
1/1 L 41-45 at Green Bay 70,294
NFC Playoffs
1/7 L 28-45 at New Orleans 73,038
* 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
TE 87 Brandon Pettigrew
WR/TE 16
Titus Young (6); 89 Will Heller (5); 85Tony
Scheffler (5)
WR 81 Calvin Johnson
QB 9 Matthew Stafford
RB 44 J. Best (6); 28 M. Morris (5); 30 K. Smith (4)
Defense
LE 92 Cliff Avril
DT 90 Ndamukong Suh
DT 99 Corey Williams
RE 93 Kyle Vanden Bosch
OLB 54 DeAndre Levy
MLB 55 Stephen Tulloch
OLB 52 Justin Durant
LCB 23 Chris Houston
RCB 21 Eric Wright
FS 26 Louis Delmas
SS 42 Amari Spievey
Team Stats Det Opp
Total First Downs 349 325
Rushing 71 91
Passing 244 195
Penalty 34 39
3rd Down: Made/Att 76/212 67/205
3rd Down Pct. 35.8 32.7
4th Down: Made/Att 8/14 8/19
4th Down Pct. 57.1 42.1
Possession Avg. 30:06 29:54
Total Net Yards 6337 5881
Avg. Per Game 396.1 367.6
Total Plays 1058 1055
Avg. Per Play 6.0 5.6
Net Yards Rushing 1523 2050
Avg. Per Game 95.2 128.1
Total Rushes 356 410
Net Yards Passing 4814 3831
Avg. Per Game 300.9 239.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 36/257 41/271
Gross Yards 5071 4102
Att./Completions 666/423 604/376
Completion Pct. 63.5 62.3
Had Intercepted 16 21
Punts/Average 82/43.6 78/45.3
Net Punting Avg. 82/36.0 78/40.1
Penalties/Yards 128/1075 119/982
Fumbles/Ball Lost 20/7 25/13
Touchdowns 57 42
Rushing 9 10
Passing 41 26
Returns 7 6
Score By Periods Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Team 80 125 125 141 3 474
Opponents 86 145 74 82 0 387
Scoring TD Ru Rec Ret PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 54/54 24/29 0 126
Johnson 16 0 16 0 0 96
K. Smith 7 4 3 0 0 42
Scheffler 6 0 6 0 0 38
T. Young 6 0 6 0 0 38
Pettigrew 5 0 5 0 0 30
Best 3 2 1 0 0 18
Burleson 3 0 3 0 0 18
Avril 2 (2 Ret), 12 pts; Houston 2 (2 ret), 12 pts; Morris 2 (1 Ru, 1 Pa), 12 pts; K. Williams 2 (2 Ru), 12 pts;
Carpenter 1 (1 Ret), 6 pts; A. Smith 1 (1 Ret), 6pts; Tulloch 1 (1 Ret), 6 pts;
Team 57 9 41 7 54/54 24/29 1 474
Opponents 42 10 26 6 41/41 30/34 1 387
2-Pt Conv: Scheffler, T. Young TM: 2-3; OPP 1-1
FUM/Lost: Logan 6/2, Stafford 5/1, K. Williams 2/1, Burleson 1/1, Johnson 1/1, McDonald 1/0, Morris 1/0, Scheffler
1/0, K. Smith 1/1, T. Young 1/0
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Best 84 390 4.6 88t 2
K. Smith 72 356 4.9 43 4
Morris 80 316 4.0 31 1
K. Williams 58 195 3.4 18 2
Burleson 11 85 7.7 20 0
Stafford 22 78 3.5 22 0
Harrison 14 41 2.9 9 0
Logan 9 32 3.6 16 0
T. Young 2-15, 7.5 avg, 11 Lg; Johnson 1-11; Scheffler 1-5; A. Brown 1-0; Sh. Hill 1-(-1)
Team 356 1523 4.3 88t 9
Opponents 410 2050 5.0 65t 10
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Johnson 96 1681 17.5 73t 16
Pettigrew 83 777 9.4 27 5
Burleson 73 757 10.4 47 3
T. Young 48 607 12.6 57t 6
Best 27 287 10.6 60 1
Scheffler 26 347 13.3 36t 6
Morris 26 230 8.8 16 1
K. Smith 22 179 8.1 28t 3
K. Williams 8-62, 7.8 avg, 12 Lg; Heller 6-42, 7.0 avg, 12 Lg; R. Davis 4-63, 15.8 avg, 22 Lg; Logan 1-19; A.
Brown 1-9; Stovall 1-8; Harrison 1-3
Team 423 5071 12.0 73t 41
Opponents 376 4102 10.9 80t 26
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Stafford 663 421 5038 63.5 7.60 41 6.2 16 2.4 73t 36/257 97.2
Sh. Hill 3 2 33 66.7 11.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 28 0/0 103.5
Team 666 423 5071 63.5 7.61 41 6.2 16 2.4 73t 36/257 97.2
Opponents 604 376 4102 62.3 6.79 26 4.3 21 3.5 80t 41/271 82.1
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Houston 5 225 45.0 100t 2
Wright 4 49 12.3 22 0
A. Smith 3 64 21.3 30t 1
Spievey 3 47 15.7 30 0
Tulloch 2 9 4.5 9 0
Carpenter 1-34, 1 TD; C. Harris 1-19; Levy 1-7; Avril 1-4, 1 TD
Team 21 458 21.8 100t 5
Opponents 16 140 8.8 44t 3
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Donahue 49 2093 42.7 35.6 4 13 60 0
Graham 28 1235 44.1 38.7 3 10 58 0
Malone 5 245 49.0 24.6 0 0 62 0
Team 82 3573 43.6 36.0 7 23 62 0
Opponents 78 3530 45.3 40.1 5 25 70 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Logan 37 28 301 8.1 28 0
McDonald 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Team 38 28 301 7.9 28 0
Opponents 36 13 484 13.4 82t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Logan 33 832 25.2 42 0
R. Davis 2 34 17.0 18 0
Fluellen 1-6, Morris 1-15
Team 37 887 24.0 42 0
Opponents 49 1255 25.6 101t 1
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 0/0 9/9 8/9 2/4 5/7
Team 0/0 9/9 8/9 2/4 5/7
Opponents 0/0 5/5 13/13 9/12 3/4
Hanson: (23G,28G)(51G,28G)(28G,50G,40G,32G)(33G, 51G)(31G)(25G,52N,24G)(43G,38G,29G)(50G)(29G, 35G)
()(47N)(42B,31G,55N)(30G,26G)()(50G)(30G, 39N)
OPP: (38G,31G)(33G,44N)(33G,41G,49G)(41G,35G, 23G)(44G,49G)(55G,31G,37G)(23G,47G,40G)(39G)
(43G,35G,43N,50G)(27G,31G)(35G,32G)(39G)()(46G, 51G,65B)(22G)(22G,47N)
Defense TT ST AT Sk SkY PD FF FR STT
Tulloch 111 84 27 3.0 16 5 0 3
Levy 107 72 35 1.0 15 1 1 0 2
Wright 73 66 7 0.0 0 16 1 0
Spievey 68 60 8 1.0 0 4 0 1 2
Durant 68 53 15 2.0 2 1 1 0
Houston 54 44 10 0.0 0 14 0 0
Delmas 51 36 15 0.0 0 5 0 1
Avril 36 29 7 11.0 92 4 6 3
Suh 36 26 10 4.0 31 1 0 0
Vanden Bosch 35 26 9 8.0 63 0 4 1
Berry 30 25 5 0.0 0 11 0 0 1
Williams, C 30 19 11 2.0 11 0 0 0
Jackson 26 17 9 4.5 20 0 0 1
Carpenter 24 20 4 0.0 0 1 0 0
Hill, Sammie 24 13 11 1.5 4 0 1 1
Smith, A 23 21 2 0 0 6 1 1
Harris 20 17 3 0 0 2 1 0 1
Fairley 15 9 6 1.0 1 0 0 0
Young, W 14 9 5 3.0 19 1 0 0
McDonald 14 8 6 0.0 0 2 0 0 5
Fluellen 12 9 3 0.0 0 0 1 0
Wendling 8 TT, 6 ST , 2 AT, 16 STT; Carey 8 TT, 5 ST, 3 AT, 1 PD, 2 STT; Palmer 3 TT, 3 ST; Davis 2 TT, 2 ST, 4
STT; Haye 2 TT, 2 AT; Ekejubia 1 TT, 1 ST, 2 STT; Dawson 1 TT, 1 ST;
Special Teams Tackles: Stovall 7; Hogue 6; Logan 4; Madison 3 Silva 3; Williams, K 3; Muhlbach, Don 2;
Hanson, Jason 2; Coleman 2; Donahue, Ryan 2; Buckley 1; Malone1; Morris 1
Team 896 681 215 41 273 75 17 12 84
Opponents 822 609 213 36 239 84 10 4 65
Safety: TEAM 1; TM 1, Opp 1; FG Block: Suh 1; TM 1, Opp 0
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 15 1 0 .938 560 359
DETROIT 10 6 0 .625 474 387
Chicago 8 8 0 .500 353 341
Minnesota 3 13 0 .188 340 449
NFC East
NY Giants 9 7 0 .563 394 400
Philadelphia 8 8 0 .500 396 328
Dallas Cowboys 8 8 0 .500 369 347
Washington 5 11 0 .313 288 367
NFC South
New Orleans 13 3 0 .813 547 339
Atlanta 10 6 0 .625 402 350
Carolina 6 10 0 .375 406 429
Tampa Bay 4 12 0 .250 287 494
NFC West
San Francisco 13 3 0 .813 380 229
Arizona 8 8 0 .500 312 348
Seattle 7 9 0 .438 321 315
St. Louis 2 14 0 .125 193 407
AFC East W L T Pct PF PA
New England 13 3 0 .813 513 342
NY Jets 8 8 0 .500 377 363
Miami 6 10 0 .375 329 313
Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 372 434
AFC North
Baltimore 12 4 0 .750 378 266
Pittsburgh 12 4 0 .750 325 227
Cincinnati 9 7 0 .563 344 323
Cleveland 4 12 0 .250 218 307
AFC South
Houston 10 6 0 .625 381 278
Tennessee 9 7 0 .563 325 317
Jacksonville 5 11 0 .313 243 329
Indianapolis 2 14 0 .125 243 430
AFC West
Denver 8 8 0 .500 309 390
San Diego 8 8 0 .500 406 377
Oakland 8 8 0 .500 359 433
Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 212 338
NO defeated DET, 45-28, and NYG defeated Atl, 24-2, in NFC wild card. SF defeated NO, 36-32, and NYG
defeated GB, 37-20, in NFC divisional playoffs. NYG defeated SF, 20-17 (ot), for NFC title. Hou defeated Cin,
31-10, and Den defeated Pit, 29-23 (ot) in AFC wild card. NE defeated Den, 45-10, and Bal defeated Hou,
20-13, in AFC divisional playoffs. NE defeated Bal, 23-20, for AFC title. NYG defeated NE, 21-17, in SB XLVI.
IN 2011: On May 2, Navy SEAL Team Six raided a compound in Pakistan and killed Osama bin Laden.
This occurred nearly 10 years after the al Qaeda leader orchestrated 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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