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 />
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1988<br />
Record: 4-12, 4th nFc central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/4 W 31-17 atlanta 31,075<br />
9/11 l 10-17 at l.a. rams 46,262<br />
9/18 l 14-22 New Orleans 32,943<br />
9/25 l 10-17 NY Jets 29,250<br />
10/2 l 13-20 at san Francisco 58,285<br />
10/9 l 7-24 Chicago 64,526<br />
10/16 l 10-30 at NY Giants 74,813<br />
10/23 W 7-6 at Kansas City 66,926<br />
10/30 l 10-13ot NY Giants 38,354<br />
11/6 l 17-44 at Minnesota 55,573<br />
11/13 l 20-23 tampa Bay 25,956<br />
11/20 W 19-9 at Green Bay (Mil) 44,327<br />
11/24 l 0-23 Minnesota 46,479<br />
12/4 W 30-14 Green Bay 28,124<br />
12/11 l 12-13 at Chicago 55,010<br />
12/18 l 10-21 at tampa Bay 37,778<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
Wr 82 Pete Mandley<br />
lt 75 lomas Brown<br />
lG 53 Kevin Glover<br />
C 52 steve Mott<br />
rG 74 Joe Milinchik<br />
rt 73 Harvey salem<br />
te 87 Pat Carter<br />
Wr 89 Jeff Chadwick<br />
QB 12 rusty Hilger<br />
rB 32 Garry James<br />
FB 30 James Jones<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: Jim arnold (P), Michael Cofer (lB)<br />
Defense<br />
le 76 eric Williams<br />
Nt 93 Jerry Ball<br />
re 77 Keith Ferguson<br />
lB 58 George Jamison<br />
lB 54 Chris spielman<br />
lB 98 Dennis Gibson<br />
lB 55 Michael Cofer<br />
CB 43 David Holmes<br />
CB 29 Bruce McNorton<br />
ss 36 Bennie Blades<br />
Fs 45 raphael Cherry<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 226 334<br />
rushing 63 128<br />
Passing 141 179<br />
Penalty 22 27<br />
3rd Down: Made/att 73/217 99/217<br />
3rd Down Pct. 33.6 45.6<br />
4th Down: Made/att 7/12 4/10<br />
4th Down Pct. 58.3 40.0<br />
Possession Avg. 27:27 32:33<br />
Total net Yards 3405 5316<br />
avg. Per Game 212.8 332.2<br />
Total Plays 920 1071<br />
avg. Per Play 3.7 5.0<br />
net Yards Rushing 1243 2037<br />
avg. Per Game 77.7 127.3<br />
total rushes 391 511<br />
net Yards Passing 2162 3279<br />
avg. Per Game 135.1 204.9<br />
sacked/Yards lost 52/410 47/393<br />
Gross Yards 2572 3672<br />
att./Completions 477/213 513/337<br />
Completion Pct. 44.7 65.7<br />
Had Intercepted 18 15<br />
Punts/Average 97/42.4 74/39.4<br />
net Punting Avg. 35.9 31.7<br />
Penalties/Yards 94/804 106/869<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 31/15 35/21<br />
Touchdowns 23 34<br />
rushing 7 16<br />
Passing 13 17<br />
returns 3 1<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
lions 36 87 51 46 0 220<br />
Opponents 34 93 78 105 3 313<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Murray 0 0 0 0 22/23 20/21 0 82<br />
James 7 5 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 42<br />
Mandley 5 1 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
Chadwick 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
Bland 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Jamison 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
lee 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
lewis 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Mitchell 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
s. Williams 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 23 7 13 3 22/23 20/21 0 220<br />
Opponents 34 16 17 1 32/34 25/29 1 313<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
James 182 552 3.0 35 5<br />
Jones 96 314 3.3 13 0<br />
Paige 52 207 4.0 20 0<br />
Mandley 6 44 7.3 21t 1<br />
PaInter 17 42 2,5 13 0<br />
Hilger 18 27 1,5 11 0<br />
long 7 22 3.1 11 0<br />
s. Williams 9 22 2.4 5 1<br />
Morris, sea.-Det. 3 6 2.0 5 0<br />
Hipple 1 5 5.0 5 0<br />
Bland 1 4 4.0 4 0<br />
Woolfolk 1 4 4.0 4 0<br />
Witkowski 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 391 1243 3.2 35 7<br />
Opponents 511 2037 4.0 37 16<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Mandley 44 617 14,0 56 4<br />
James 39 382 9.8 39t 2<br />
Jones 29 259 8.9 40 0<br />
lee 22 261 11.9 18 1<br />
Bland 21 307 14.6 35 2<br />
Chadwick 20 304 15.2 32 3<br />
Carter 13 145 11.2 31 0<br />
Paige 11 100 9.1 15 0<br />
starring, t.B.-Det. 8 164 20.5 53 0<br />
starring, Det. 5 89 17.8 40 0<br />
s. Williams 3 46 15.3 32 0<br />
lewis 3 32 10.7 23 1<br />
Craig 2 29 14.5 18 0<br />
PaInter 1 1 1.0 1 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 213 2572 12.1 56 13<br />
Opponents 337 3672 10.9 51t 17<br />
Passing Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
Hilger 306 126 1558 41.2 5.09 7 2.3 12 3.9 56 31/251 48.9<br />
long 141 75 856 53.2 6.07 6 4.3 6 4.3 40 18/134 68.2<br />
Hipple 27 12 158 44.4 5.85 0 0.0 0 0.0 31 3/25 63.5<br />
arnold<br />
1-0, 39.6 rtg; Jones 1-0, 39.6 rtg; Witkowski 1-0. 39.6 rtg<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 577 277 3168 48.0 5.49 19 3.3 25 4.3 64t 20/174 57.9<br />
Opponents 591 371 4404 62.8 7.45 27 4.6 10 1.7 60 33/254 93.6<br />
interceptions int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Mitchell 3 107 35.7 90t 1<br />
Jamison 3 56 18.7 52t 1<br />
Griffin 2 31 15.5 31 0<br />
Blades 2 12 6.0 7 0<br />
Cherry 2 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Holmes 1-32; J. Williams 1-5; McNorton 1-4<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 15 247 16.5 90t 2<br />
Opponents 18 159 8.8 34 0<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg net TB in Lg B<br />
arnold 97 4110 42.4 35.9 7 22 69 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 97 4110 42.4 35.9 7 22 69 0<br />
Opponents 74 2915 39.4 31.7 11 18 67 0<br />
Punt Returns PR Fc Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Mandley 37 7 287 7.8 25 0<br />
Bland 5 1 59 11.8 24 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 42 8 346 8.2 25 0<br />
Opponents 57 19 483 8.5 77t 1<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
lee 18 355 19.7 39 0<br />
PaInter 17 347 20.4 32 0<br />
Morris, sea.-Det. 13 259 19.9 30 0<br />
Morris, Det. 2 41 20.5 25 0<br />
Bland 8 179 22.4 29 0<br />
starring 8 130 16.3 22 0<br />
Woolfolk 4 99 24.8 46 0<br />
andolsek 1-3; saleaumua 1-0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 59 1154 19.6 46 0<br />
Opponents 56 1076 19.2 41 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Murray 1/1 8/8 9/9 2/2 0/1<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 1/1 8/8 9/9 2/2 0/1<br />
Opponents 3/3 7/7 10/12 4/4 1/3<br />
Murray: (37G); (30G); (39G); (24G, 34G); (37G); (48G); (39G, 52N, 38G); (22G, 37G, 19G, 26G); (26G, 23G,<br />
23G); (25G, 44G); (27G)<br />
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR<br />
spielman 153 118 35 0 0 7 1 1<br />
Gibson 116 89 27 0.5 3 1 2 1<br />
McNorton 105 87 18 0 0 9 3 4<br />
Blades 102 86 16 1 19 4 3 4<br />
Jamison 77 66 11 5.5 47 3 1 3<br />
Cofer 75 65 10 12 88 0 3 2<br />
Ball 68 49 19 2 13 2 0 0<br />
Holmes 60 47 13 0 0 10 1 0<br />
Williams, e 43 34 9 6.5 51 4 3 0<br />
Griffin 41 34 7 1 19 4 2 1<br />
Ferguson 37 28 9 8.5 75 1 1 0<br />
Mitchell 31 22 9 0 0 3 0 0<br />
Williams, J 26 22 4 2 10 0 0 1<br />
Cherry 25 19 6 0 0 1 0 0<br />
Watkins 21 18 3 0 0 5 0 0<br />
Butcher 18 17 1 0 0 0 0 0<br />
lockett 17 16 1 1 8 0 0 0<br />
White, W 16 15 1 0 0 1 0 1<br />
rogers 15 11 4 1 7 1 0 0<br />
saleaumua 11 10 1 2 18 0 0 0<br />
strauthers 10 7 3 2 17 0 0 0<br />
robinson 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Green 6 4 2 2 18 0 0 1<br />
ahrens 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 1084 874 210 47 393 56 20 19<br />
Opponents 902 735 167 52 410 75 11 15<br />
nFL Standings<br />
nFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Chicago 12 4 0 .750 312 215<br />
Minnesota 11 5 0 .688 406 233<br />
tampa Bay 5 11 0 .313 216 350<br />
DetrOIt 4 12 0 .250 220 313<br />
Green Bay 4 12 0 .250 240 315<br />
nFc east<br />
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .825 379 319<br />
NY Giants 10 6 0 .625 359 304<br />
Washington 7 9 0 .436 345 367<br />
Phoenix 7 9 0 .438 344 398<br />
Dallas 3 13 0 .168 265 361<br />
nFc West<br />
san Francisco 10 6 0 .625 369 294<br />
l. a. rams 10 6 0 .625 407 293<br />
New Orleans 10 6 0 .625 312 283<br />
atlanta 5 11 0 .313 244 315<br />
AFc central W L T Pct.. Pts OP<br />
Cincinnati 12 4 0 .750 446 329<br />
Cleveland 10 6 0 .625 304 288<br />
Houston 10 6 0 .625 424 365<br />
Pittsburgh 5 11 0 .313 336 421<br />
AFc east<br />
Buffalo 12 4 0 .750 329 237<br />
Indianapolis 9 7 0 .563 354 315<br />
New england 9 7 0 .563 250 284<br />
NY Jets 8 7 1 .531 372 354<br />
Miami 6 10 0 .375 319 380<br />
AFc West<br />
seattle 9 7 0 .563 339 329<br />
Denver 8 8 0 .500 327 352<br />
l. a. raiders 7 9 0 .436 325 369<br />
san Diego 6 10 0 .375 231 332<br />
Kansas City 4 11 1 .261 254 320<br />
Min defeated the larm, 28-17, in the NFC wild card. sF defeated Min, 34-9, and Chi defeated Phi, 20-12,<br />
in the NFC playoffs. sF defeated Chi, 28-3, for the NFC title. Hou defeated Cle, 24-23, in the aFC wild card.<br />
Buf defeated Hou, 17-10, and Cin defeated sea, 21-13, in the aFC playoffs. Cin defeated Buf, 21-10, for the<br />
aFC title. sF defeated Cin, 20-16, for the NFl title in sB XXIII.<br />
IN 1988: Vice President George Bush sweeps 40 states, defeating Michael Dukakis in the U. S.<br />
Presidential election.
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