2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

2014
Won 11, Lost 5, 2nd NFC North
Date W-L Score Opponent Attendance
9/8 W 35-14 NEW YORK GIANTS 64,401
9/14 L 7-24 at Carolina Panthers 73,586
9/21 W 19-7 GREEN BAY PACKERS 62,418
9/28 W 24-17 at New York Jets 78,160
10/6 L 14-17 BUFFALO BILLS 62,775
10/12 W 17-3 at Minnesota Vikings 52,213
10/19 W 24-23 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 63,271
10/26 W 22-21 at ATLANTA FALCONS 83,532
11/9 W 20-16 MIAMI DOLPHINS 63,179
11/16 L 6-14 at Arizona Cardinals 62,487
11/23 L 9-34 at New England Patriots 68,756
11/27 W 34-17 CHICAGO BEARS 64,175
12/7 W 34-17 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 61,489
12/14 W 16-14 MINNESOTA VIKINGS 62,490
12/21 W 20-14 at Chicago Bears 61,420
12/28 L 20-30 at Green Bay Packers 78,408
Usual Starters
Offense
WR Tate
LT Reiff (15); Lucas (1)
LG Sims
C Raiola (15); Swanson (1)
RG Warford (13); Swanson (3)
RT Waddle (10); Reynolds (4); Lucas (2)
TE Pettigrew (9); Ebron (5)
WR/TE Ross (9); Ebron (2); Swanson (1)
WR Johnson (13); Ross (2); Fuller (1)
QB Stafford
RB Bush (8); Bell (6); Riddick (1)
FB Collins (2); Ross (1)
DETROIT LIONS
Defense
LE Ansah
DT Fairley (8); Mosley (8)
DT Suh
RE Jones
OLB Whitehead (2); Palmer (5); Vaughn (1)
MLB Tulloch (3); Whitehead (13)
OLB Levy (16)
LCB Mathis
RCB Slay
FS Quin
SS Abdul-Quddus (3); Ihedigbo (13)
CB Vaughn (4); Abdul-Quddus (1); Carey (1)
Team Stats Det Opp
Total First Downs 350 290
Rushing 72 59
Passing 210 209
Penalty 28 42
3rd Down: Made/Att 86/223 77/207
3rd Down Pct. 38.6% 37.2%
4th Down: Made/Att 10/20 6/15
4th Down Pct. 50.0% 40.0%
Possession Avg. 31:41 28:19
Total Net Yards 5452 4815
Avg. Per Game 340.8 300.9
Total Plays 1045 984
Avg. Per Play 5.2 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 1422 1109
Avg. Per Game 88.9 69.3
Total Rushes 396 350
Net Yards Passing 4030 3706
Avg. Per Game 251.9 231.6
Sacked/Yards Lost 45/254 42/295
Gross Yards 4284 4001
Attempts/Completions 604/365 592/383
Completion Pct. 60.4% 64.7%
Had Intercepted 12 20
Punts/Average 68/46.1 82/43.7
Net Punting Avg. 40.1 40.0
Penalties/Yards 118/989 99/849
Fumbles/Ball Lost 21/8 19/7
Touchdowns 35 32
Rushing 11 8
Passing 22 23
Returns 2 1
Score By Periods Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Team 71 86 60 104 0 321
Opponents 73 84 54 71 0 282
Scoring TD Ru Rec Ret PAT FG 2pt S Pts
M. Prater 0 0 0 0 21/21 21/26 0 0 84
C. Johnson 8 0 8 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 48
J. Bell 8 7 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 48
G. Tate 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 24
T. Riddick 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 24
N. Freese 0 0 0 0 6/6 3/7 0 0 15
R. Bush 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 12
M. Stafford 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 12
J. Fauria 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 8
A. Henery 0 0 0 0 5/5 1/5 0 0 8
J. Ross 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 6
C. Fuller 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 6
E. Ebron 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 6
R. Mathis 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0 6
D. Carey 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0 6
J. Collins 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 6
D. Levy 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 2
Team 35 11 22 2 32/32 25/38 1 1 321
Opponents 32 8 23 1 30/30 18/23 2 1 282
2-Pt Conv: Fauria TM 1-3; OPP 2-2
FUM/Lost: Stafford 8/3, Bell 5/1, Ross 4/2, Fuller 1/1, Ihedigbo 1/1, Tate 1/0
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
J. Bell 223 860 3.9 57 7
R. Bush 76 297 3.9 26t 2
M. Stafford 43 93 2.2 18 2
G. Winn 19 73 3.8 16 0
T. Riddick 20 51 2.6 9 0
G. Tate 5 30 6.0 13 0
J. Collins 8 19 2.4 3 0
J. Ross 2 -1 -0.5 4 0
Team 396 1422 3.6 57 11
Opponents 350 1109 3.2 35t 8
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
G. Tate 99 1331 13.4 73t 4
C. Johnson 71 1077 15.2 67t 8
R. Bush 40 253 6.3 28 0
J. Bell 34 322 9.5 28 1
T. Riddick 34 316 9.3 41 4
E. Ebron 25 248 9.9 22 1
J. Ross 24 314 13.1 59t 1
C. Fuller 14 212 15.1 52 1
B. Pettigrew 10 70 7.0 13 0
J. Fauria 6 74 12.3 26 1
J. Collins 5 39 7.8 24 1
R. Broyles 2 25 12.5 21 0
I. Abdul-Quddus 1 3 3.0 3 0
K. Davis 0 0 0 0 0
G. Winn 0 0 0 0 0
J. Thompson 0 0 0 0 0
Team 365 4284 11.7 73t 22
Opponents 383 4001 10.4 50 23
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
M.Stafford 602 363 4257 60.3 7.1 22 3.7 12 2.0 73t 45/254 85.7
S. Martin 2 2 27 100.0 13.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0/0 118.8
Team 604 365 4284 60.4 7.1 22 3.6 12 2.0 73t 45/254 85.8
Opponents 592 383 4001 64.7 6.8 23 3.9 20 3.4 50 42/295 83.0
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
G. Quin 7 117 16.7 56 0
J. Ihedigbo 4 86 21.5 70 0
C. Vaughn 2 70 35.0 45 0
D. Slay 2 42 21.0 40 0
T. Whitehead 2 2 1.0 2 0
R. Mathis 1 41 41.0 41t 1
J. Bynes 1 17 17.0 17 0
D. Levy 1 13 13.0 13 0
Team 20 388 19.4 70 1
Opponents 12 99 8.3 45 0
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
S. Martin 68 3138 46.1 40.1 5 29 71 0
Opponents 82 3583 43.7 40.0 1 22 66 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
J. Ross 32 37 284 8.9 28 0
Team 32 37 270 8.7 28 0
Opponents 30 21 311 10.4 55t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
J. Ross 23 584 25.4 41 0
G. Winn 2 28 14.0 16 0
Team 25 612 24.5 41 0
Opponents 20 544 27.2 81 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
M. Prater 0/0 8/8 4/5 6/8 3/5
N. Freese 0/0 2/2 1/1 0/4 0/0
A. Henery 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/2 1/3
Team 0/0 10/10 5/6 6/14 4/8
Opponents 0/0 6/7 4/4 4/4 4/8
Freese (43WL, 28, 27, 49WR, 49WR, 30, 41WL, 46, 40)
Henery (51, 52 WR, 44RU, 47SH, 50WL)
Prater (50WL, 52, 44LU, 21, 22, 20, 48, 26, 42B, 50, 50, 28, 48, 20, 53WL, 49, 46, 40, 46, 23, 29, 30, 33,
39, 37B, 30)
Opponents (29, 53, 38); (27); (45, 50LU, 25, 58); (40); (27, 48, 36); (23, 50, 20); (35; 43); (35); (54) (53WR,
26B, 68SH); (52B)
Defense TT ST AT Sk SkY Int IntY PD FF FR Saf
Levy, DeAndre 151 117 34 2.5 18.0 1 13 5 0 0 1
Whitehead, Tahir 77 55 22 0.0 0.0 2 2 5 0 0 0
Quin, Glover 73 57 16 0.0 0.0 7 117 10 0 0 0
Ihedigbo, James 71 59 12 2.0 13.5 4 86 8 3 1 0
Slay, Darius 60 47 13 0.0 0.0 2 42 17 0 0 0
Suh, Ndamukong 53 44 9 8.5 51.0 0 0 3 0 1 0
Mathis, Rashean 51 42 9 0.0 0.0 1 41 9 1 0 0
Ansah, Ezekiel 49 37 12 7.5 56.5 0 0 0 3 0 0
Abdul-Quddus, Isa 29 19 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Johnson, George 26 21 5 6.0 50.0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Mosley, C.J. 26 17 9 2.5 16.5 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jones, Jason 22 14 8 5.0 33.5 0 0 3 2 0 0
Tulloch, Stephen 20 15 5 2.0 22.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bynes, Josh 19 16 3 0.0 0.0 1 17 2 0 0 0
Vaughn, Cassius 17 15 2 0.0 0.0 2 70 5 0 0 0
Tapp, Darryl 17 12 5 0.5 4.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Taylor, Devin 15 11 4 1.0 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Fairley, Nick 14 8 6 1.0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Palmer, Ashlee 10 7 3 1.5 13.0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Fluellen, Andre 10 9 1 2.0 13.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Carey, Don 7 6 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gorrer, Danny 6 3 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Van Noy, Kyle 4 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seisay, Mohammed 3 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Couplin, Jerome 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reid, Caraun 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lawson, Nevin 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 835 641 194 42.0 295 20 388 76 11 6 1
Opponents 880 635 245 45.0 254 12 99 82 12 5 1
NFL Standings
NFC North W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 12 4 0 .750 486 348
DETROIT 11 5 0 .688 321 282
Minnesota 7 9 0 .438 325 343
Chicago 5 11 0 .313 319 442
NFC East
Dallas 12 4 0 .750 467 352
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 474 400
New York Giants 6 10 0 .375 380 400
Washington 4 12 0 .200 301 438
NFC South
Carolina 7 8 1 .469 339 374
New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 401 424
Atlanta 6 10 0 .375 381 417
Tampa Bay 2 14 0 .125 277 410
NFC West
Seattle 12 4 0 .750 394 254
Arizona 11 5 0 .688 310 299
San Francisco 8 8 0 .500 306 340
St. Louis 6 10 0 .375 324 354
AFC East W L T Pct PF PA
New England 12 4 0 .750 468 313
Buffalo 9 7 0 .563 343 289
Miami 8 8 0 .500 388 373
New York Jets 4 12 0 .250 283 401
AFC North
Pittsburgh 11 5 0 .688 436 368
Cincinnati 10 5 1 .656 365 344
Baltimore 10 6 0 .625 409 302
Cleveland 7 9 0 .438 299 337
AFC South
Indianapolis 11 5 0 .688 458 369
Houston 9 7 0 .563 372 307
Jacksonville 3 13 0 .188 249 412
Tennessee 2 14 0 .125 254 438
AFC West
Denver 12 4 0 .750 482 354
Kansas City 9 7 0 .563 353 281
San Diego 9 7 0 .563 348 348
Oakland 3 13 0 .188 253 452
Dal defeated Det, 24-20 and Car defeated Ari, 27-16 in NFC wild card. Sea defeated Car, 31-17 and GB
defeated Dal, 26-21 in NFC divisional playoffs. Sea defeated GB, 28-22 for NFC title. Bal defeated Pit,
30-17 and Ind defeated Cin, 26-10 in AFC wild card. NE defeated Bal, 35-31 and Ind defeated Den, 24-13 in
AFC divisional playoffs. NE defeated Ind, 45-7 for AFC title. NE defeated Sea 28-24 in Super Bowl XLIX.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS