2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2012
Won 4, Lost 12, 4th NFC North
Date W-L Score Opponent Attendance
9/09 W 27-23 St. Louis 62,315
9/16 L 19-27 at San Francisco 69,732
9/23 L 41-44 (ot) at Tennessee 69,143
9/30 L 13-20 Minnesota 63,616
10/14 W 26-23 (ot) at Philadelphia 69,144
10/22 L 7-13 at Chicago 62,300
10/28 W 28-24 Seattle 63,497
11/04 W 31-14 at Jacksonville 63,050
11/11 L 24-34 at Minnesota 64,059
11/18 L 20-24 Green Bay 63,716
11/22 L 31-34 Houston 63,716
12/02 L 33-35 Indianapolis 63,887
12/09 L 20-27 at Green Bay 70,382
12/16 L 10-38 at Arizona 60,483
12/22 L 18-31 Atlanta 60,483
12/30 L 24-26 Chicago 64,451
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 13 Nate Burleson (5); 16 Titus Young 18 Kris Durham (3)
LT 76 Jeff Backus
LG 62 Rob Sims
C 51 Dominic Raiola
RG 66 Stephen Peterman
RT 77 Gosder Cherilus
TE 87 Brandon Pettigrew; 71
WR/TE 16
Titus Young (3); 89 Will Heller (5); 85Tony
Scheffler (4); 71 Riley Reiff (7)
WR 81 Calvin Johnson
QB 9 Matthew StaffordRB
RB 25 Mikel Leshoure; 30 K. Smith (2)
DETROIT LIONS
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 21 Jacob Lacey; 36 Jonte Green (5)
RCB 23 Chris Houston; 31 Drayton Florence (3)
FS 26 Louis Delmas; 32 Don Carey (5)
SS 42 Amari Spievey; 39 Ricardo Silva (6)
Team Stats Det Opp
Total First Downs 382 305
Rushing 84 107
Passing 272 167
Penalty 26 31
3rd Down: Made/Att 97/228 76/208
3rd Down Pct. 42.5 36.5
4th Down: Made/Att 6/15 5/6
4th Down Pct. 40.0 83.3
Possession Avg. 31:16 28:44
Total Net Yards 6540 5458
Avg. Per Game 408.8 341.1
Total Plays 1160 998
Avg. Per Play 5.6 5.5
Net Yards Rushing 1613 1889
Avg. Per Game 100.8 118.1
Total Rushes 391 420
Net Yards Passing 4927 3569
Avg. Per Game 307.9 223.1
Sacked/Yards Lost 29/212 34/237
Gross Yards 5139 3806
Att./Completions 740/445 544/346
Completion Pct. 60.1 63.6
Had Intercepted 17 11
Punts/Average 76/41.4 79/45.9
Net Punting Avg. 76/36.9 79/40.8
Penalties/Yards 103/944 93/789
Fumbles/Ball Lost 24/16 19/6
Touchdowns 39 49
Rushing 17 13
Passing 22 26
Returns 0 10
Score By Periods Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Team 61 105 57 146 3 372
Opponents 77 137 59 158 6 437
Scoring TD Ru Rec Ret PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 38/38 32/36 0 134
Leshoure 9 9 0 0 0 54
C. Johnson 5 0 5 0 0 30
Stafford 4 4 0 0 0 24
T. Young 4 0 4 0 0 24
Bell 3 3 0 0 0 18
Pettigrew 3 0 3 0 0 18
Burleson 2 0 2 0 0 14
Broyles 2 0 2 0 0 12
K. Smith 2 1 1 0 0 12
Durham 1, 6 pts; Heller 1, 6 pts; Robiskie 1, 6 pts; Scheffler 1, 6 pts; Thomas 1, 6 pts; Vanden Bosch (saf), 2 pts
Team 39 17 22 0 38/38 32/36 1 372
Opponents 49 13 26 10 46/46 31/41 0 437
2-Pt Conv: Burleson
Team: 1-1
Sacks: Avril 9.5, Suh 8, Fairley 5.5, Vanden Bosch 3.5, Jackson 2.5, C. Williams 2, J. Green 1, (group)
1, Durant 0.5, Tulloch 0.5
Team: 34
Opponents: 29
FUM/Lost: Logan 6/2, Stafford 6/4, Pettigrew 4/2, C. Johnson 3/3, Leshoure 3/3, Bell 2/2
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Leshoure 215 798 3.7 16 9
Bell 82 414 5.0 67 3
K. Smith 37 134 3.6 19 1
Stafford 35 126 3.6 11 4
Thomas 6 58 9.7 22 0
Burleson 8 48 6.0 16 0
Logan 3 17 5.7 13 0
T. Young 2-16; K. Williams 2-3; Sh. Hill 1- -1
Team 391 1613 4.1 67 17
Opponents 420 1889 4.5 81t 13
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
C. Johnson 122 1964 16.1 53 5
Pettigrew 59 567 9.6 24 3
Bell 52 485 9.3 50 0
Scheffler 42 504 12.0 57 1
Leshoure 34 214 6.3 15 0
T. Young 33 383 11.6 46t 4
Burleson 27 240 8.9 26 2
Broyles 22 310 14.1 40 2
Thomas 5 28 5.6 12 1
Heller 17 150 8.8 19 1
K. Smith 10 79 7.9 13 1
K. Durham 8-125; S. Logan 6-28; B. Robiskie 4-44; K. Williams 2-9; S. Chapas 1-6; M. Stafford 1-3
Team 445 5139 11.5 57 22
Opponents 346 3806 11.0 71t 26
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Stafford 727 435 4967 59.8 6.83 20 2.8 17 2.3 57 29/212 79.8
Sh. Hill 13 10 172 76.9 13.23 2 15.4 0 0.0 46t 0/0 157.9
Team 740 445 5139 60.1 6.94 22 3.0 17 2.3 57 29/212 81.5
Opponents 544 346 3806 63.6 7.00 26 4.8 11 2.0 71t 34/237 91.7
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Carey 2 51 25.5 28 0
Houston 2 2 1.0 2 0
Florence 1-29; Silva 1-26; Green 1-18; Lacey 1-10; Coleman 1-0; Delmas 1-0; Levy 1- -1
Team 11 135 12.3 29 0
Opponents 17 475 27.9 102t 4
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Harris 67 2783 41.5 37.6 1 21 58 0
Graham 6 248 41.3 28.5 0 2 46 0
Hanson 3 118 39.3 36.0 0 1 46 0
Team 76 3149 41.4 36.9 1 24 58 0
Opponents 79 3626 45.9 40.8 5 34 73 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Logan 33 23 300 9.1 48 0
Thomas 1 3 0 0.0 0 0
A. Smith 1 0 2 2.0 2 0
Team 35 26 302 8.6 48 0
Opponents 33 26 328 9.9 77t 2
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Logan 28 597 21.3 40 0
Thomas 1 12 12.0 12 0
Bell 2 54 27.0 30 0
Heller 1 1 1.0 1 0
Reiff 1 10 10.0 10 0
Scheffler 1 7 7.0 7 0
Team 34 681 20.0 40 0
Opponents 52 1213 23.3 105t 2
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 1/1 3/3 10/10 15/18 2/3
Team 1/1 3/3 10/10 15/18 2/3
Opponents 0/0 9/9 8/9 9/13 1/5
Hanson: (41G,45G) (38G,41G,40N,40G,48G) (47G,53G,33G,26G) (40G,31G) (46G,34G,19G,45G) () () (47N,42G)
(41G) (30G,27G) (46G,47N) (48G,33G,52G,31G) (46G, 51N,34G) (41) (34G,38G,20G) (40G)
OPP: (48G,29G,46G) (36G,48G) (31G,38G,41N,48N,26G) (49G,27G,46N) (26G,32G,49G) (39G,47B,21G)
(23G,61N) () (48G,23G,23G,33G) (50N,38N,39G) (45G,51N,32G) () (49G,51N, 41G) (51G) (20G) (33G, 43N,
40G, 28G, 20G)
Defense TT ST AT Sk SkY Int IntY PD FF FR Saf
Tulloch, Stephen 112 74 38 0.5 4.5 0 0 6 1 2 0
Durant, Justin 103 82 21 0.5 4.5 0 0 3 0 0 0
Levy, DeAndre 81 56 25 0.0 0.0 1 -1 3 0 1 0
Houston, Chris 56 45 11 0.0 0.0 2 2 11 2 0 0
Coleman, Erik 45 30 15 0.0 0.0 1 0 3 0 0 0
Delmas, Louis 38 28 10 0.0 0.0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Silva, Ricardo 37 28 9 0.0 0.0 1 26 3 0 1 0
Vanden Bosch, Kyle 36 28 8 3.5 17.0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Lacey, Jacob 35 29 6 0.0 0.0 1 10 4 0 0 0
Fairley, Nick 35 28 7 5.5 38.0 0 0 1 2 1 0
Avril, Cliff 35 28 7 9.5 61.0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Suh, Ndamukong 34 24 10 8.0 67.0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Green, Jonte 29 23 6 1.0 2.0 1 18 4 0 0 0
Carey, Don 27 19 8 0.0 0.0 2 51 5 0 0 0
Jackson, Lawrence 20 11 9 2.5 18.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Florence, Drayton 19 17 2 0.0 0.0 1 29 7 0 0 0
Wendling, John 19 14 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spievey, Amari 18 15 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bentley, Bill 15 13 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hill, Sammie 15 9 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Young, Willie 11 7 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Palmer, Ashlee 10 9 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bartell, Ron 9 6 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Williams, Corey 9 5 4 2.0 18.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Smith, Alphonso 8 7 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Fluellen, Andre 6 1 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee, Pat 4 2 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnson, Tyrell 3 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lewis, Travis 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1.0 7.0
Totals 870 641 229 34 237 11 135 63 9 5 1
Opponent 946 710 236 28 199 17 427 105 12 13 0
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 11 5 0 0.688 433 336
Minnesota 10 6 0 0.625 379 348
Chicago 10 6 0 0.625 375 277
DETROIT 4 12 0 0.25 372 437
NFC East
Washington 10 6 0 0.625 436 388
New York Giants 9 7 0 0.563 429 344
Dallas 8 8 0 0.5 376 400
Philadelphia 4 12 0 0.25 280 444
NFC South
Atlanta 13 3 0 0.813 419 299
Carolina 7 9 0 0.438 357 363
New Orleans 7 9 0 0.438 461 454
Tampa Bay 7 9 0 0.438 389 394
NFC West
SSan Francisco 11 4 1 0.719 397 273
Seattle 11 5 0 0.688 412 245
St. Louis 7 8 1 0.469 299 348
Arizona 5 11 0 0.313 250 357
AFC East W L T Pct PF PA
New England 12 4 0 0.75 557 331
Miami 7 9 0 0.438 288 317
New York Jets 6 10 0 0.375 281 375
Buffalo 6 10 0 0.375 344 435
AFC North
Baltimore 10 6 0 0.625 398 344
Cincinnati 10 6 0 0.625 391 320
Pittsburgh 8 8 0 0.5 336 314
Cleveland 5 11 0 0.313 302 368
AFC South
Houston 12 4 0 0.75 416 331
Indianapolis 11 5 0 0.688 357 387
Tennessee 6 10 0 0.375 330 471
Jacksonville 2 14 0 0.125 255 444
AFC West
Denver 13 3 0 0.813 481 289
San Diego 7 9 0 0.438 350 350
Oakland 4 12 0 0.25 290 443
Kansas City 2 14 0 0.125 211 425
GB defeated Min, 24-10 and Sea defeated Was, 24-14 in NFC wild card. SF defated GB, 41-35 and Atl
defeated Sea 30-28 in NFC divisional playoffs. SF defeated Atl 28-24 for NFC title. Hou defeated Cin, 19-13
and Bal defeated Ind,24-9 in AFC wild card. Bal defeated Den, 38-35 and NE defeated Hou, 41-28 in AFC
divisional playoffs. Bal defeated NE, 28-13 for AFC title. Bal defeated SF, 34-31 in SB XLVII.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS