2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2013
Won 7, Lost 9, 3rd NFC North
Date W-L Score Opponent Attendance
9/8 W 34-24 Minnesota 62,461
9/15 L 21-25 at Arizona 63,400
9/22 W 27-20 at Washington 80,111
9/29 W 40-32 Chicago 64,552
10/6 L 9-22 at Green Bay 78,200
10/13 W 31-17 at Cleveland 71,513
10/20 L 24-27 Cincinnati 63,207
10/27 W 31-30 Dallas 64,379
11/10 W 21-19 at Chicago 62,431
11/17 L 27-37 at Pittsburgh 57,905
11/24 L 21-24 Tampa Bay 62,098
11/28 W 40-10 Green Bay 64,934
12/8 L 20-34 at Philadelphia 69,144
12/16 L 16-18 Baltimore 64,742
12/22 L 20-23 (ot) New York Giants 63,996
12/29 L 13-14 at Minnesota 64,134
Usual Starters
Offense
WR Burleson (7); Durham (7); Edwards (1)
LT Reiff
LG Sims
C Raiola
RG Warford
RT Waddle (8); Hilliard (5); Fox (3)
TE Pettigrew
WR/TE Burleson (1); Broyles (2); Durham (4);
Edwards (1); Fauria (2); Ross (1); Scheffler (1)
WR Johnson (14); Broyles (1); Ogletree (1)
QB Stafford
Defense
LE Ansah (12); Taylor (2), Young (1), Jones (1)
DT Fairley (15); Mosley (1)
DT Suh
RE Young (14); Jones (2)
OLB Palmer
MLB Tulloch
OLB Levy
LCB Houston (8); Slay (4), Bentley, Green, Mathis (1)
RCB Mathis (12); Houston (3); Green (1)
FS Delmas
SS Quin
RB Bush; Bell (4)
Team Stats Det Opp
Total First Downs 350 290
Rushing 106 62
Passing 221 197
Penalty 23 31
3rd Down: Made/Att 95/221 64/211
3rd Down Pct. 43.0 30.3
4th Down: Made/Att 5/14 9/12
4th Down Pct. 35.7 75.0
Possession Avg. 32:07 27:53
Total Net Yards 6274 5546
Avg. Per Game 392.1 346.6
Total Plays 1102 982
Avg. Per Play 5.7 5.6
Net Yards Rushing 1792 1596
Avg. Per Game 112 99.8
Total Rushes 445 377
Net Yards Passing 4482 3950
Avg. Per Game 280.1 246.9
Sacked/Yards Lost 23/168 33/249
Gross Yards 4650 4199
Att/Completions 634/371 572/338
Completion Pct. 58.5 59.1
Had Intercepted 19 15
Punts/Average 73/46.6 84/44.4
Net Punting Avg. 39.9 38.8
Penalties/Yards 110/925 87/681
Fumbles/Ball Lost 28/15 19/7
Touchdowns 48 38
Rushing 15 10
Passing 29 24
Returns 4 4
Score By Periods Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Team 48 136 90 121 0 395
Opponents 61 120 60 132 3 376
Scoring TD Ru Rec Ret PAT FG 2pt S Pts
Akers 0 0 0 0 42/43 19/24 0 0 99
Johnson 12 0 12 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 72
Bell 8 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 50
Fauria 7 0 7 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 44
Bush 7 4 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 42
Ross 3 0 1 2 0/0 0/0 0 0 18
Durham 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 12
Pettigrew 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 12
Stafford 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 12
Fairley 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 1 8
Riddick 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 6
Ogletree 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 6
Burleson 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 6
Levy 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0 6
Suh 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 2
Team 48 15 29 4 42/43 19/24 2 2 395
Opponents 38 10 24 4 29/29 37/40 4 0 37
2-Pt Conv: Bell, Fauria TM 2-5; OPP 4-9
FUM/Lost: Stafford 12/4, Bush 5/4, Bell 4/3, Martin 2/1, Johnson 1/1, Burleson 1/0, Durham 1/1, Pettigrew
1/1, Ross 1/0
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Bush 223 1006 4.5 39 4
Bell 166 650 3.9 20 8
Stafford 37 69 1.9 14 2
Ross 2 40 20.0 24 0
Riddick 9 25 2.8 7 1
Leshoure 2 9 4.5 5 0
Martin 2 3 1.5 3 0
Hill 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0
Burleson 2 -8 -4.0 0 0
Team 445 1792 4.0 39 15
Opponents 377 1596 4.2 78t 10
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Johnson 84 1492 17.8 87 12
Bush 54 506 9.4 77t 3
Bell 53 547 10.3 37 0
Pettigrew 41 416 10.1 31 2
Burleson 39 461 11.8 47 1
Durham 38 490 12.9 40 2
Fauria 18 207 11.5 25 7
Ogletree 13 199 15.3 43 1
Broyles 8 85 10.6 22 0
Scheffler 7 82 11.7 22 0
Ross 5 59 11.8 19 1
Edwards 5 46 9.2 11 0
Riddick 4 26 6.5 8 0
Dickerson 2 34 17.0 26 0
Team 371 4650 12.5 87 29
Opponents 338 4199 12.4 85t 24
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Stafford 634 371 4650 58.5 7.3 29 4.6 19 3.0 87 23/168 84.2
Team 634 371 4650 58.5 7.3 29 4.6 19 3.0 87 23/168 84.2
Opponents 572 338 4199 59.1 7.3 24 4.2 15 2.6 85t 33/249 85.0
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Levy 6 76 12.7 66t 1
Quin 3 57 19.0 42 0
Delmas 3 44 14.7 42 0
Houston 2 34 17.0 30 0
Tulloch 1 0 0.0 0 0
Team 15 211 14.1 66t 1
Opponents 19 364 19.2 74 3
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Martin 72 3399 47.2 40.4 10 22 72 1
Team 72 3399 46.6 40.4 10 22 72 1
Opp 84 3733 44.4 38.8 4 25 70 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Spurlock 22 12 145 6.6 57 0
Ross 15 15 243 16.2 58t 1
Broyles 1 2 4 4.0 4 0
Team 38 29 392 10.3 58t 1
Opponents 32 18 250 7.8 50 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Ross 15 439 29.3 98t 1
Spurlock 15 338 22.5 36 0
Dickerson 1 18 18.0 18 0
Riddick 1 12 12.0 12 0
Gandy 1 5 5.0 5 0
Bell 1 4 4.0 4 0
Team 34 816 24.0 98t 1
Opponents 35 924 26.4 56 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Akers 1/1 5/5 6/8 4/7 3/3
Team 1/1 5/5 6/8 4/7 3/3
Opponents 0/ 0 10/10 7/8 11/12 9/10
Akers: (33G, 42G); (47N, 47B); (32G, 28G); (23G, 31G, 41G, 43G); (53G); (51G); (36G, 34B); (20G); (45N); (35G,
19G); (); (27G, 31N); (40G); (37G), (25G, 53G)
Opponents:(52G); (47G, 23G, 43G, 33G); (43G, 21G); (34G, 28G, 25G); (26G, 52G, 31G, 42G, 45G); (40G);
(47N, 48G, 54G); (53G, 53G, 44G); (25G, 32G); (25G, 34G, 21G); (38G, 35N, 50N); (54G); (29G, 24G, 32G, 49G,
53G, 61G); (41G, 52G, 45G)
Defense TT ST AT Sk SkY Int IntY PD FF FR Saf
Tulloch 135 93 42 3.5 19 1 0 3 0 0 0
Levy 118 85 33 0 0 6 76 15 0 0 0
Delmas 64 48 16 2 18 3 44 8 0 0 0
Quin 57 44 13 2 20 3 57 8 1 1 0
Suh 49 36 13 5.5 43.5 0 0 6 1 0 1
Mathis 47 44 3 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0
Young 47 29 18 3 20 0 0 5 0 2 0
Houston 44 38 6 0 0 2 34 9 0 0 0
Fairley 35 23 12 6 36.5 0 0 1 2 2 1
Ansah 32 19 13 8 72 0 0 1 2 0 0
Slay 31 25 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Bentley 28 19 9 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Palmer 27 20 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Carey 19 16 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mosley 15 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Taylor 14 9 5 2.5 18.5 0 0 1 2 0 0
Idonije 11 7 4 0.5 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Green 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Greenwood 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McIntosh 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gomes 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fluellen 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jones 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bannan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 801 587 214 33 249 15 211 88 8 7 2
Opponent 947 648 299 23 168 19 364 98 18 15 0
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 8 7 1 .531 417 428
Chicago 8 8 0 .500 445 478
DETROIT 7 9 0 .438 395 376
Minnesota 5 10 1 .344 391 480
NFC East
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 442 382
Dallas 8 8 0 .500 439 432
New York Giants 7 9 0 .438 294 383
Washington 3 13 0 .188 334 478
NFC South
Carolina 12 4 0 .750 366 241
New Orleans 11 5 0 .688 414 304
Atlanta 4 12 0 .250 353 443
Tampa Bay 4 12 0 .250 288 389
NFC West
Seattle 13 3 0 .813 417 231
San Francisco 12 4 0 .750 406 272
Arizona 10 6 0 .625 379 324
St. Louis 7 9 0 .438 348 364
AFC East W L T Pct PF PA
New England 12 4 0 .750 444 338
New York Jets 8 8 0 .500 290 387
Miami 8 8 0 .500 317 335
Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 339 388
AFC North
Cincinnati 11 5 0 .688 430 305
Pittsburgh 8 8 0 .500 379 370
Baltimore 8 8 0 .500 320 352
Cleveland 4 12 0 .250 308 406
AFC South
Indianapolis 11 5 0 .688 391 336
Tennessee 7 9 0 .438 362 381
Jacksonville 4 12 0 .250 247 449
Houston 2 14 0 .125 276 428
AFC West
Denver 13 3 0 .813 606 399
Kansas City 11 5 0 .688 430 305
San Diego 9 7 0 .563 396 348
Oakland 4 12 0 .250 322 453
NO defeated Phi, 26-24 and SF defeated GB, 23-20 in NFC wild card. Sea defeated NO, 23-15 and SF
defeated Car, 23-10 in NFC divisional playoffs. Sea defeated SF, 23-17 for NFC title. Ind defeated KC, 45-44
and SD defeated Cin, 27-10 in AFC wild card. NE defeated Ind, 43-22 and Den defeated SD, 24-17 in AFC
divisional playoffs. Den defeated NE, 26-16 for AFC title. Sea defeated Den, 43-8 in SB XLVIII
DETROIT LIONS
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