PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
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Year-BY-Year resuLts<br />
<strong>Detroit</strong>lions.com<br />
Media.<strong>Detroit</strong>lions.com<br />
1982<br />
record: 4-5, 4th NFC Central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/12 W 17-10 Chicago 71,337<br />
9/19 W 19-14 at l.a. rams 59,470<br />
11/21 l 17-20 at Chicago 46,783<br />
11/25 l 6-13 NY Giants 64,348<br />
12/6 l 13-28 NY Jets 79,361<br />
12/12 W 30-10 at Green Bay 51,875<br />
12/19 l 31-34 Minnesota 73,058<br />
12/26 l 21-23 at tampa Bay 65,997<br />
1/2 W 27-24 Green Bay 64,377<br />
nFc Playoffs<br />
1/8 l 7-31 at Washington 55,045<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
Defense<br />
Wr 87 Fred scott<br />
le 75 Dave Pureifory<br />
lt 72 Chris Dietrich<br />
lt 79 William Gay<br />
lG 61 Homer elias<br />
rt 78 Doug english<br />
C 65 amas Fowler<br />
re 60 al Baker<br />
rG 67 Don Greco<br />
llB 53 Garry Cobb<br />
rt 70 Keith Dorney<br />
MlB 57 Ken Fantetti<br />
te 80 ulysses Norris<br />
rlB 52 stan White<br />
Wr 39 leonard thompson<br />
QB 16 Gary Danielson<br />
lCB 27 Bobby Watkins<br />
rCB 28 James Hunter<br />
rB 20 Billy sims<br />
Fs 35 alvin Hall<br />
rB 24 Dexter Bussey<br />
ss 23 ray Oldham<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: Keith Dorney (t), Doug english (Dt), Billy sims (rB)<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 160 162<br />
rushing 60 54<br />
Passing 83 96<br />
Penalty 17 12<br />
3rd Down: Made/att 42/126 50/129<br />
3rd Down Pct. 33.3 38.8<br />
Possession Avg. 30:12 29:48<br />
Total net Yards 2534 2722<br />
avg. Per Game 281.6 302.4<br />
Total Plays 598 591<br />
avg. Per Play 4.2 4.6<br />
net Yards Rushing 1022 854<br />
avg. Per Game 113.6 94.9<br />
total rushes 283 371<br />
net Yards Passing 1512 1868<br />
avg. Per Game 168.0 207.6<br />
sacked/Yards lost 30/242 32/230<br />
Gross Yards 1754 2098<br />
att./Completions 285/136 288/155<br />
Completion Pct. 47.7 53.8<br />
Had Intercepted 18 18<br />
Punts/Average 48/40.9 46/39.8<br />
net Punting Avg. 33.9 32.5<br />
Penalties/Yards 58/548 74/605<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 23/8 21/8<br />
Touchdowns 19 20<br />
rushing 5 6<br />
Passing 12 11<br />
returns 2 3<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
lions 72 31 37 41 - 181<br />
Opponents 24 58 33 61 - 176<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Murray 0 0 0 0 16/16 11/12 0 49<br />
Hill 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
sims 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
l. thompson 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
thomas 0 0 0 0 3/3 5/5 0 18<br />
Nichols 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Hall 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
King 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Oldham 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
rubick 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
scott 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 19 5 12 2 19/19 16/17 0 181<br />
Opponents 20 6 11 3 20/20 12/21 0 176<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
sims 172 639 3.7 29 4<br />
Bussey 48 136 2.8 10 0<br />
Danielson 23 92 4.0 16 0<br />
King 18 67 3.7 25 3<br />
Hipple 10 57 5.7 20 0<br />
Kane 7 17 2.4 6 0<br />
l. thompson 2 16 8.0 13 0<br />
Nichols 1 3 3.0 3 0<br />
rubick 1 1 1.0 1t 1<br />
scott 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 283 1022 3.6 29 5<br />
Opponents 271 854 3.2 18 6<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
sims 34 342 10.1 52 0<br />
Hill 22 252 11.5 27 4<br />
l. thompson 17 328 19.3 70t 4<br />
Bussey 16 138 8.6 21 0<br />
scott 13 231 17.8 36 1<br />
t. Porter 9 124 13.8 23 0<br />
King 9 74 8.2 14 1<br />
Nichols 8 146 18.3 48t 2<br />
Norris 3 51 17.0 30 0<br />
Kane 3 25 8.3 12 0<br />
Cobb 1 25 25.0 25 0<br />
Martin 1 18 18.0 18 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 136 1754 12.9 70t 12<br />
Opponents 155 2098 13.5 85t 11<br />
Passing Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
Danielson 197 100 1343 50.8 6.82 10 5.1 14 7.1 70t 19/145 60.3<br />
Hipple 86 36 411 41.9 4.78 2 2.3 4 4.7 52 11/97 45.0<br />
t. Porter 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.5<br />
skladany 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.5<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 285 136 1754 47.7 6.15 12 4.2 18 6.3 70t 30/242 55.5<br />
Opponents 288 155 2098 53.8 7.29 11 3.8 18 6.3 85t 32/230 63.7<br />
interceptions int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Watkins 5 22 4.4 20 0<br />
White 3 21 7.0 18 0<br />
Hunter 2 36 18.0 36 0<br />
Cobb 2 12 6.0 12 0<br />
Oldham 1 35 35.0 35t 1<br />
smith 1 10 10.0 10 0<br />
Gay 1 7 7.0 7 0<br />
Gray 1 5 5.0 5 0<br />
Williams 1 4 4.0 4 0<br />
Hall 1 2 2.0 2 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 10 173 17.3 49 1<br />
Opponents 25 316 12.6 78t 5<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg net TB in Lg B<br />
skladany 36 1483 41.2 - 3 6 59 0<br />
James 12 481 40.1 - 2 3 50 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 48 1964 40.9 33.9 5 9 59 0<br />
Opponents 46 1830 39.8 32.5 3 7 53 0<br />
Punt Returns PR Fc Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Martin 26 5 275 10.6 58 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 26 5 275 10.6 58 0<br />
Opponents 26 4 237 9.1 35 0<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Hall 16 426 26.6 96t 1<br />
Martin 16 268 16.8 27 0<br />
King 2 23 11.5 12 0<br />
Kane 1 19 19.0 19 0<br />
l. lee 1 14 14.0 14 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 36 750 20.8 96t 1<br />
Opponents 38 755 19.9 76 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Murray 0/0 6/6 2/2 3/4 0/0<br />
thomas 0/0 0/0 3/3 2/2 0/0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 0/0 6/6 5/5 5/6 0/0<br />
Opponents 1/1 4/5 3/7 3/7 1/1<br />
nFL Standings<br />
nFc W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Washington 8 1 0 .889 190 128<br />
Dallas 6 3 0 .667 226 145<br />
Green Bay 5 3 1 .611 226 169<br />
Minnesota 5 4 0 .556 187 198<br />
atlanta 5 4 0 .556 183 199<br />
st. louis 5 4 0 .556 135 170<br />
tampa Bay 5 4 0 .556 158 178<br />
DetrOIt 4 5 0 .444 181 176<br />
New Orleans 4 5 0 .444 129 160<br />
NY Giants 4 5 0 .444 164 160<br />
san Francisco 3 6 0 .333 209 206<br />
Chicago 3 6 0 .333 141 171<br />
Philadelphia 3 6 0 .333 191 195<br />
l.a. rams 2 7 0 .222 200 250<br />
AFc W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
l.a. raiders 8 1 0 .889 260 200<br />
Miami 7 2 0 .778 198 131<br />
Cincinnati 7 2 0 .778 232 177<br />
Pittsburgh 6 3 0 .667 204 146<br />
san Diego 6 3 0 .667 288 221<br />
NY Jets 6 3 0 .667 245 166<br />
New england 5 4 0 .556 143 157<br />
Cleveland 4 5 0 .444 140 182<br />
Buffalo 4 5 0 .444 150 154<br />
seattle 4 5 0 .444 127 147<br />
Kansas City 3 6 0 .333 176 184<br />
Denver 2 7 0 .222 148 226<br />
Houston 1 8 0 .111 136 245<br />
Baltimore 0 8 1 .056 113 236<br />
Was defeated Det, 31-7, GB defeated stl, 41-16, Min defeated atl, 30-24, and Dal defeated tB 30-17,<br />
in NFC first round playoffs. Was defeated Min, 21-7, and Dal defeated GB, 37-26, in NFC second round<br />
playoffs. Was defeated Dal, 31-17, for NFC title. Mia defeated Ne, 28-13, lard defeated Cle, 27-10, NYJ<br />
defeated Cin, 44-17, and sD defeated Pit, 31-28, in aFC first round playoffs. NYJ defeated lard, 17-14, and<br />
Mia defeated sD, 34-13, in aFC second round playoffs. Mia defeated NYJ, 14-0, for aFC title. Was defeated<br />
Mia, 27-17, for NFl title in sB XVII.<br />
IN 1982: Artificial heart implanted for the first time in Dr. Barney Clark at the University of Utah<br />
Medical Center.