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 />
1997<br />
Record: 9-7, 3rd nFc central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
8/31 W 28-17 atlanta 61,244<br />
9/7 l 17-24 tampa Bay 58,234<br />
9/14 W 32-7 at Chicago 59,147<br />
9/21 l 17-35 at New Orleans 50,016<br />
9/28 W 26-15 Green Bay 78,110*<br />
10/5 l 13-22 at Buffalo 78,025<br />
10/12 W 27-9 at tampa Bay 72,095<br />
10/19 l 20-26ot N.Y. Giants 70,069<br />
11/2 l 10-20 at Green Bay 60,126<br />
11/9 l 7-30 at Washington 75,261<br />
11/16 W 38-15 Minnesota 68,910<br />
11/23 W 32-10 Indianapolis 62,803<br />
11/27 W 55-20 Chicago 77,904*<br />
12/7 l 30-33 at Miami 72,266<br />
12/14 W 14-13 at Minnesota 60,982<br />
12/21 W 13-10 N.Y. Jets 77,624*<br />
nFc Playoffs<br />
12/28 l 10-20 at tampa Bay 73,361<br />
*silverdome sellout<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
Defense<br />
Xr 87 Johhnie Morton<br />
le 91 robert Porcher<br />
lt 72 ray roberts<br />
Nt 95 Mike Wells<br />
lG 77 Mike Compton<br />
ut 94 luther elliss<br />
C 53 Kevin Glover<br />
re 93 Kerwin Waldroup<br />
rG 64 Jeff Hartings<br />
slB 58 George Jamison (10)<br />
rt 71 larry tharpe<br />
55 antonio london (6)<br />
te 86 David sloan<br />
MlB 57 stephen Boyd<br />
Zr 84 Herman Moore<br />
WlB 59 reggie Brown<br />
QB 19 scott Mitchell<br />
CB 32 Bryant Westbrook<br />
FB 44 tommy Vardell<br />
CB 31 Corey raymond<br />
rB 20 Barry sanders<br />
Fs 27 Mark Carrier<br />
ss 28 ron rice<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: C K. Glover, K J. Hanson, Wr H. Moore, De r. Porcher, rB B. sanders<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 304 268<br />
rushing 120 98<br />
Passing 166 152<br />
Penalty 18 18<br />
3rd Down: Made/att 78/220 85/236<br />
3rd Down Pct. 35.0 36.0<br />
4th Down: Made/att 8/18 5/11<br />
4th Down Pct. 44.0 45.0<br />
Possession Avg. 28:39 31:26<br />
Total net Yards 5798 4947<br />
avg. Per Game 362.4 309.2<br />
Total Plays 1028 1021<br />
avg. Per Play 5.6 4.8<br />
net Yards Rushing 2464 1833<br />
avg. Per Game 154.0 114.6<br />
total rushes 447 472<br />
net Yards Passing 3334 3114<br />
avg. Per Game 208.4 194.6<br />
sacked/Yards lost 41/271 42/287<br />
Gross Yards 3605 3401<br />
att./Completions 540/304 507/281<br />
Completion Pct. 56.3 55.4<br />
Had Intercepted 17 17<br />
Punts/Average 86/41.6 97/44.3<br />
net Punting Avg. 35.6 38.4<br />
Penalties/Yards 94/866 112/841<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 26/11 24/8<br />
Touchdowns 43 33<br />
rushing 19 15<br />
Passing 19 15<br />
returns 5 3<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
lions 35 131 87 126 0 379<br />
Opponents 100 103 33 64 6 306<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Hanson 0 0 0 0 39/40 26/29 0 117<br />
sanders 14 11 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 84<br />
Moore 8 0 8 0 0/0 0/0 0 50<br />
Morton 6 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36<br />
Vardell 6 6 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 36<br />
Brown 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
scroggins 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 1 8<br />
Boyd 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Mitchell 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Chryplewicz 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
rivers 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Westbrook 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
schlesinger 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 43 19 19 5 39/40 26/29 1 379<br />
Opponents 33 15 15 3 29/30 25/32 1 306<br />
2-Pt. conversions: Moore, TeAM 1-3; Opponents 1-2<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
sanders 335 2053 6.1 82t 11<br />
rivers 29 166 5.7 31 1<br />
Vardell 32 122 3.8 41 6<br />
Mitchell 37 83 2.2 13 1<br />
Morton 3 33 11.0 20 0<br />
schlesinger 7 11 1.6 4 0<br />
reich 4 -4 -1.0 -1 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 447 2464 5.5 82t 19<br />
Opponents 472 1833 3.9 74t 15<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Moore 104 1293 12.4 79 8<br />
Morton 80 1057 13.2 73t 6<br />
sanders 33 305 9.2 66t 3<br />
sloan 29 264 9.1 25 0<br />
Metzelaars 17 144 8.5 22 0<br />
Vardell 16 218 13.6 37 0<br />
Boyd, t. 10 142 14.2 32 0<br />
Milburn 5 77 15.4 43 0<br />
schlesinger 5 69 13.8 33 1<br />
Chryplewicz 3 27 9.0 12 1<br />
McCorvey 2 9 4.5 6 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 304 3605 11.9 79 19<br />
Opponents 281 3401 12.1 78t 15<br />
Passing Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
Mitchell 509 293 3484 57.6 6.84 19 3.7 14 2.8 79 41/271 79.3<br />
reich 30 11 121 36.7 4.03 0 0.0 2 6.7 27 0/00 21.6<br />
Blundin 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0/0 0.0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 540 304 3605 56.3 6.68 19 3.5 17 3.1 79 41/271 75.6<br />
Opponents 507 281 3401 55.4 6.71 15 3.0 17 3.4 78t 42/287 72.1<br />
interceptions int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Carrier 5 94 18.8 66 0<br />
Brown 2 83 41.5 45t 2<br />
Westbrook 2 64 32.0 64t 1<br />
abrams 1 29 29.0 29 0<br />
rice 1 17 17.0 17 0<br />
raymond 1 5 5.0 5 0<br />
Porcher 1 4 4.0 4 0<br />
Boyd, s. 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Jeffries 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Bailey 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Malone 1 -5 -5.0 -5 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 17 309 18.2 66 3<br />
Opponents 17 191 11.2 50t 2<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg net TB in20 Lg B<br />
Jett 84 3576 42.6 36.4 4 25 60 2<br />
team 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 86 3576 41.6 35.6 4 25 60 2<br />
Opponents 97 4296 44.3 38.4 7 29 67 0<br />
Punt Returns PR Fc Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Milburn 47 26 433 9.2 41 0<br />
Carrier 1 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 48 26 433 9.0 41 0<br />
Opponents 51 19 434 8.5 53t 1<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Milburn 55 1315 23.9 69 0<br />
rivers 2 34 17.0 23 0<br />
Vardell 1 15 15.0 15 0<br />
russell 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 59 1364 23.1 69 0<br />
Opponents 62 1269 20.5 58 0<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Hanson 0/0 10/10 8/9 5/5 3/5<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 0/0 10/10 8/9 5/5 3/5<br />
Opponents 2/2 6/6 7/8 6/11 4/5<br />
Hanson: () (52N,48G) (23G,33G,29G,32G) (47G) (53G,44G,22G,39G) (28G,30G) (34G,39G) (22G,28G)<br />
(34G) (27G) (38G,52G,55G) (40G,29G) (26G) (50N,38N) (44G,25G)—26/29, 89.7%<br />
Opponents: (30G,42N) (41G) (50s,48N) (36G,19G50G) (47G,33G) (25G) (52G,47G) (23G,44G)<br />
(22G,40N,50G,46N,45G) (35G) (52G,32G,45N) (19G,33G,21G,42G) (21G,28G,37N) (32G)—25/32,<br />
78.1%<br />
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT<br />
Boyd, s 138 89 49 0 0 6 1 1 0<br />
Brown 102 63 39 2.5 18 8 2 0 0<br />
Carrier 75 54 21 0 0 14 0 0 0<br />
Porcher 72 40 32 12.5 76 5 2 0 0<br />
Wells 66 30 36 1 7 2 0 1 0<br />
elliss 63 35 28 8.5 47.5 4 0 2 0<br />
raymond 52 45 7 0 0 9 0 0 0<br />
rice 49 38 11 1 1 2 0 0 2<br />
Westbrook 45 41 4 0 0 20 0 0 2<br />
scroggins 42 30 12 7.5 42 3 1 1 0<br />
Jamison 35 26 9 1 15 1 1 1 2<br />
london 34 19 15 2 14 0 1 0 1<br />
Colon 33 23 10 0 0 1 0 0 0<br />
Waldroup 33 19 14 1 1.5 0 0 1 0<br />
abrams 28 23 5 2 15 6 1 0 6<br />
Malone 20 11 9 0 0 1 1 0 0<br />
russell 19 13 6 0 0 0 1 1 19<br />
Bailey 14 13 1 2 25 4 3 0 9<br />
Jeffries 9 6 3 1 19 5 1 0 0<br />
Bonham 9 4 5 1 6 0 0 0 0<br />
Kowalkowski 7 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 12<br />
spindler 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Kirschke 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
special teams: rivers 13; schlesinger 12 Jordan 8; stocz 6; Boyd, t 5; semple 5; Hanson 3; stewart, r 3;<br />
McCorvey 3; Porter, D 3; Chryplewicz 2; Hanks 2;<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 950 626 324 43 287 92 15 8 118<br />
Opponents 895 643 252 40 266 79 12 9 101<br />
nFL Standings<br />
nFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Green Bay 13 3 0 .813 422 282<br />
tampa Bay 10 6 0 .625 299 263<br />
DetrOIt 9 7 0 .563 379 306<br />
Minnesota 9 7 0 .563 354 359<br />
Chicago 4 12 0 .250 263 421<br />
nFc east<br />
NY Giants 10 5 1 .656 307 265<br />
Washington 8 7 1 .531 327 289<br />
Philadelphia 6 9 1 .406 317 372<br />
Dallas 6 10 0 .375 304 314<br />
arizona 4 12 0 .250 283 379<br />
nFc West<br />
san Francisco 13 3 0 .813 366 227<br />
Carolina 7 9 0 .438 265 314<br />
atlanta 7 9 0 .438 320 361<br />
New Orleans 6 10 0 .375 237 327<br />
st. louis 5 11 0 .313 299 359<br />
AFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Pittsburgh 11 5 0 .688 372 307<br />
Jacksonville 11 5 0 .688 394 318<br />
tennessee 8 8 0 .500 333 310<br />
Cincinnati 7 9 0 .438 355 405<br />
Baltimore 6 9 1 .406 326 345<br />
AFc east<br />
New england 10 6 0 .625 369 289<br />
Miami 9 7 0 .563 339 327<br />
NY Jets 9 7 0 .563 348 287<br />
Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 255 367<br />
Indianapolis 3 13 0 .188 313 401<br />
AFc West<br />
Kansas City 13 3 0 .813 375 232<br />
Denver 12 4 0 .750 472 287<br />
seattle 8 8 0 .500 365 362<br />
Oakland 4 12 0 .250 324 419<br />
san Diego 4 12 0 .250 266 425<br />
tB defeated Det, 20-10 and Min defeated NYG, 23-22 in NFC wild card. GB defeated tB, 21-7 and sF<br />
defeated Min, 38-22 in NFC playoffs. GB defeated sF, 23-10 for NFC title. Den defeated Jax, 42-17 and Ne<br />
defeated Mia, 17-3 in aFC wild card. Den defeated KC, 14-10 and Pit defeated Ne, 7-6 in aFC playoffs. Den<br />
defeated Pit, 24-21 for aFC title. Den defeated GB 31-24 in sB XXXII.<br />
IN 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, dies following a high-speed traffic accident in the streets of Paris.
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