PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
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Year-BY-Year resuLts<br />
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1998<br />
Record: 5-11, 4th nFc central<br />
9/6 l 19-38 at Green Bay 60,102<br />
9/13 l 28-34ot Cincinnati 66,354<br />
9/20 l 6-29 at Minnesota 63,107<br />
9/28 W 27-6 tampa Bay 74,724*<br />
10/4 l 27-31 at Chicago 55,562<br />
10/15 W 27-20 Green Bay 77,932*<br />
10/25 l 13-34 Minnesota 77,885*<br />
11/1 l 15-17 arizona 66,087<br />
11/8 l 9-10 at Philadelphia 66,785<br />
11/15 W 26-3 Chicago 63,152<br />
11/22 W 28-25 at tampa Bay 64,265<br />
11/26 W 19-16ot Pittsburgh 78,139*<br />
12/6 l 22-37 at Jacksonville 70,717<br />
12/14 l 13-35 at san Francisco 68,585<br />
12/20 l 17-24 atlanta 67,143<br />
12/27 l 10-19 at Baltimore 68,045<br />
*silverdome sellout<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: rB Barry sanders<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
Xr 87 Johnnie Morton<br />
lt 72 ray roberts<br />
lG 77 Mike Compton<br />
C 60 Jim Pyne<br />
rG 64 Jeff Hartings<br />
rt 71 larry tharpe; 75 tony ramirez<br />
te 89 Walter rasby<br />
Yr 84 Herman Moore<br />
QB 10 Charlie Batch<br />
FB 44 tommy Vardell<br />
rB 20 Barry sanders<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 279 308<br />
rushing 94 113<br />
Passing 160 167<br />
Penalty 25 28<br />
3rd Down: Made/att 72/211 89/217<br />
3rd Down Pct. 34.0 41.0<br />
4th Down: Made/att 10/20 5/7<br />
4th Down Pct. 50.0 71.0<br />
Possession Avg. 29:31 30:47<br />
Total net Yards 5085 5117<br />
avg. Per Game 317.8 319.8<br />
Total Plays 975 1004<br />
avg. Per Play 5.2 5.1<br />
net Yards Rushing 1955 2102<br />
avg. Per Game 122.2 131.4<br />
total rushes 441 487<br />
net Yards Passing 3130 3015<br />
avg. Per Game 195.6 188.4<br />
sacked/Yards lost 45/268 43/261<br />
Gross Yards 3398 3276<br />
att./Completions 489/274 474/284<br />
Completion Pct. 56.0 59.9<br />
Had Intercepted 13 12<br />
Punts/Average 82/42.8 81/42.7<br />
net Punting Avg. 35.5 36.9<br />
Penalties/Yards 121/1019 98/781<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 17/12 27/9<br />
Touchdowns 32 43<br />
rushing 12 15<br />
Passing 17 23<br />
returns 3 5<br />
Defense<br />
le 91 robert Porcher<br />
Nt 90 Dan Owens<br />
ut 94 luther elliss<br />
re 93 Kerwin Waldroup<br />
slB 53 rob Fredrickson<br />
MlB 57 stephen Boyd<br />
WlB 55 allen aldridge<br />
CB 32 Bryant Westbrook<br />
CB 23 terry Fair (10); 24 Kevin abrams (6)<br />
Fs 27 Mark Carrier<br />
ss 28 ron rice<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
lions 57 88 72 86 3 306<br />
Opponents 64 114 74 120 6 378<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Hanson 0 0 0 0 27/29 29/33 0 114<br />
Vardell 7 6 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 42<br />
Moore 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
sanders 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
Crowell 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
Fair 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Morton 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Chryplewicz 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Batch 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Westbrook 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
rivers 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
rasby 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
sloan 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Boyd, t 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
schlesinger 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 32 12 17 3 27/29 29/33 0 306<br />
Opponents 43 15 23 5 41/41 25/30 1 378<br />
2-Pt. conversions: None TeAM 0-3, Opp 1-1<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
sanders 343 1,491 4.3 73t 4<br />
Batch 41 229 5.6 17 1<br />
rivers 19 102 5.4 36t 1<br />
Vardell 18 37 2.1 17 6<br />
Crowell 1 35 35.0 35 0<br />
Mitchell 7 30 4.3 17 0<br />
schlesinger 5 17 3.4 5 0<br />
Morton 1 11 11.0 11 0<br />
reich 6 3 0.5 5 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 441 1,955 4.4 73t 12<br />
Opponents 487 2,102 4.3 57t 15<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Moore 82 983 12.0 36 5<br />
Morton 69 1,028 14.9 98t 2<br />
sanders 37 289 7.8 44 0<br />
Crowell 25 464 18.6 68t 3<br />
rasby 15 119 7.9 17 1<br />
Vardell 14 143 10.2 31 1<br />
sloan 11 146 13.3 33 1<br />
stablein 7 80 11.4 15 0<br />
Boyd, t. 4 52 13.0 19 1<br />
Chryplewicz 4 20 5.0 8 2<br />
rivers 3 58 19.3 38 0<br />
schlesinger 3 16 5.3 8t 1<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 274 3,398 12.4 98t 17<br />
Opponents 284 3,276 11.5 84t 23<br />
Passing Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
Batch 303 173 2,178 57.1 7.19 11 3.6 6 2.0 98t 37/222 83.3<br />
reich 110 63 768 57.3 6.98 5 4.5 4 3.6 41 4/18 78.9<br />
Mitchell 75 38 452 50.7 6.03 1 1.3 3 4.0 44 4/28 57.1<br />
Jett 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 489 274 3,398 56.0 6.95 17 3.5 13 2.7 98t 45/ 268 78.1<br />
Opponents 474 284 3,276 59.9 6.91 23 4.9 12 2.5 84t 43/ 261 86.7<br />
interceptions int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Westbrook 3 49 16.3 34t 1<br />
Carrier 3 33 11.0 33 0<br />
rice 3 25 8.3 25 0<br />
Jamison 1- 21; Jordan 1-4; Fredrickson 1- 0;<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 12 132 11.0 34t 1<br />
Opponents 13 198 15.2 79t 2<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg net TB in Lg B<br />
Jett 66 2892 43.8 - 6 17 60 0<br />
Kidd 13 520 40.0 - 0 1 54 0<br />
Hanson 3 94 31.3 - 0 1 36 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 82 3506 42.8 35.5 6 19 60 0<br />
Opponents 81 3460 42.7 36.9 13 26 67 0<br />
Punt Returns PR Fc Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Fair 30 15 189 6.3 29 0<br />
Boyd, t 4 0 11 2.8 3 0<br />
abrams 2 1 12 6.0 16 0<br />
stablein 0 3 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 36 19 212 5.9 23 0<br />
Opponents 47 20 471 10.0 65t 1<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Fair 51 1428 28.0 105t 2<br />
Boyd, t. 8 163 20.4 26 0<br />
McPhail 6 71 11.8 20 0<br />
rivers 2 15 7.5 9 0<br />
Vardell 1 23 23.0 23 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 68 1700 25.0 105t 2<br />
Opponents 49 1196 24.4 100t 1<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Hanson 0/0 8/8 7/7 13/15 1/3<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 0/0 8/8 7/7 13/15 1/3<br />
Opponents 0/0 6/6 11/12 7/9 1/3<br />
Hanson: (47G,43G)()(37G,49G)(27G,25G)(28G,53N,43G) (25G,36G) (47G,48G)(28G,47G,44G)<br />
(41G,48G,35G,58N) (24G,25G) (45G,51G,43N,35G,42G)(47N,34G,24G,45G) (30G) (39G)—29/33,<br />
87.9%<br />
Opponents: (32G) (35N,48N) (27G,28G,42G,29G,34G) (43G,47G) (23G) (28G,40G) (35G,44G)<br />
(52B,53G) (39G) (31G,43N) (33G) (30G,38G,53N,25G) (44G,43G,30G) (34G) (30G)—25/30 , 83.3%<br />
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT<br />
Boyd, s 112 75 37 4 23 6 1 3 0<br />
rice 92 57 35 3.5 14.5 8 1 0 4<br />
Fredrickson 86 56 30 2.5 9 5 0 0 0<br />
Westbrook 74 59 15 0 0 21 0 0 0<br />
aldridge 69 47 22 3 12 1 1 1 4<br />
Porcher 62 41 21 11.5 85.5 4 1 0 0<br />
Fair 57 39 18 1 1 3 0 0 1<br />
Carrier 55 43 12 0 0 8 2 0 0<br />
abrams 51 41 10 3 23 8 2 1 6<br />
elliss 50 38 12 3 24 2 0 1 0<br />
Jordan 39 25 14 0 0 2 0 0 12<br />
Waldroup 39 21 18 1.5 12.5 2 1 1 0<br />
scroggins 27 24 3 6.5 38 0 0 0 0<br />
Owens 27 15 12 2.5 12.5 1 0 0 0<br />
Jeffries 26 23 3 0 0 2 0 1 1<br />
Bailey 17 11 6 0 0 1 0 0 7<br />
Holland 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
spindler 9 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 0<br />
stewart 6 tt, 5 st, 1 FF, 9 st; Kowalkowski 4 tt, 3 st, 1 Fr, 8 stt; Chalenski 4 tt, 2 st, 1 PD; taylor, H 2<br />
tt, 2 st; Jamison 2 tt, 1 st, 2 PD; sasa 2 tt, 0 st; Campbell 1 tt, 1 st, 11 stt;<br />
special teams: schlesinger 10; O’Neill 10; rivers 6; Hanson 3; supernaw 3; thomas, M 2; Chryplewicz 1;<br />
Jett 1; Boyd, t 1; McPhail 1<br />
team 1 6<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 924 643 281 43 261 78 10 9 101<br />
Opponents 836 638 198 45 268 93 9 9 —<br />
nFL Standings<br />
nFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Minnesota 15 1 0 .938 556 296<br />
Green Bay 11 5 0 .688 408 319<br />
tampa Bay 8 8 0 .500 314 295<br />
DetrOIt 5 11 0 .313 306 378<br />
Chicago 4 12 0 .250 276 368<br />
nFc east<br />
Dallas 10 6 0 .625 381 275<br />
arizona 9 7 0 .563 325 378<br />
NY Giants 8 8 0 .500 287 309<br />
Washington 6 10 0 .375 319 421<br />
Philadelphia 3 13 0 .188 161 344<br />
nFc West<br />
atlanta 14 2 0 .875 442 289<br />
san Francisco 12 4 0 .750 479 328<br />
New Orleans 6 10 0 .375 305 359<br />
Carolina 4 12 0 .250 336 413<br />
st. louis 4 12 0 .250 285 378<br />
AFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Jacksonville 11 5 0 .688 392 338<br />
tenessee 8 8 0 .500 330 320<br />
Pittsburgh 7 9 0 .438 263 303<br />
Baltimore 6 10 0 .375 269 335<br />
Cincinnati 3 13 0 .188 268 452<br />
AFc east<br />
NY Jets 12 4 0 .750 416 266<br />
Miami 10 6 0 .625 321 265<br />
Buffalo 10 6 0 .625 400 333<br />
New england 9 7 0 .563 337 329<br />
Indianapolis 3 13 0 .188 310 444<br />
AFc West<br />
Denver 14 2 0 .875 501 309<br />
Oakland 8 8 0 .500 288 356<br />
seattle 8 8 0 .500 372 310<br />
Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 327 363<br />
san Diego 5 11 0 .313 241 342<br />
arz defeated Dal, 20-7, and sF defeated GB, 30-27, in NFC wild card. atl defeated sF, 20-18, and Min<br />
defeated arz, 41-21, in NFC playoffs. atl defeated Min, 30-27 (Ot), for NFC title. Mia defeated Buf, 24-17,<br />
and Jax defeated Ne, 25-10, in aFC wild card. Den defeated Mia, 38-3, and NYJ defeated Jax, 34-24, in aFC<br />
playoffs. Den defeated NYJ, 23-10, for aFC title. Den defeated atl, 34-19, in sB XXXIII.<br />
IN 1998: President Bill Clinton becomes the second U. S. President to be impeached by the House<br />
of Representatives.
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