1987 Detroit Lions

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Record: 4-11-0, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 269 points (17.9/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 384 points (25.6/g), 26th.
Differential of -115 points (-7.7/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 4.5-10.5.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 18th.

Coached by Darryl Rogers (4-11-0)

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1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 13	box	L	0-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	19	34	17	272	189	83	2	21	353	240	113	3
2	Sun	September 20	box	L	0-2	@	Los Angeles Raiders	7	27	16	291	244	47	3	25	405	234	171	1
3	Sun	October 4	box	L	0-3		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27	31	12	262	161	101	4	12	219	106	113	1
4	Sun	October 11	box	W	1-3	@	Green Bay Packers	19	16	21	342	220	122	2	16	273	122	151	3
5	Sun	October 18	box	L	1-4		Seattle Seahawks	14	37	15	197	104	93	2	24	404	324	80	2
6	Sun	October 25	box	L	1-5		Green Bay Packers	33	34	23	353	336	17	1	23	465	293	172	3
7	Sun	November 1	box	L	1-6	@	Denver Broncos	0	34	14	191	128	63	2	28	460	248	212	1
8	Sun	November 8	box	W	2-6		Dallas Cowboys	27	17	20	293	217	76	4	20	290	167	123	5
9	Sun	November 15	box	L	2-7	@	Washington Redskins	13	20	23	341	238	103	4	18	309	174	135	2
10	Sun	November 22	box	L	2-8	@	Chicago Bears	10	30	10	179	149	30	2	29	383	205	178	1
11	Thu	November 26	box	L	2-9		Kansas City Chiefs	20	27	22	357	206	151		22	408	246	162	2
12	Sun	December 6	box	L	2-10		Los Angeles Rams	16	37	19	328	271	57	3	22	423	313	110	2
13	Sun	December 13	box	W	3-10	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	10	22	298	108	190	1	20	263	216	47	1
14	Sun	December 20	box	L	3-11		Minnesota Vikings	14	17	17	364	235	129	5	20	340	135	205
15	Sun	December 27	box	W	4-11	@	Atlanta Falcons	30	13	19	323	150	173	2	14	278	180	98	5

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	269	4391	933	4.7	270	275	509	2956	16	26	5.5	156	398	1435	9	3.6	81	37	11	33
Team Defense	384	5273	1005	5.2	506	259	459	3203	23	19	6.4	162	504	2070	18	4.1	314	32	13	30
Lg Rank Offense	25	26			20		9	17	23	27	15		25	25	23	24		18	3
Lg Rank Defense	26	24			24		9	19	15	14	21		23	23	24	20		18	19

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
Chuck Long	24	QB	12	12	232	416	55.8	2598	11	2.6	20	4.8	53	6.2	4.3	11.2	216.5	63.4	17	127	5.7	3.9	3.9
Todd Hons	26		3	3	43	92	46.7	552	5	5.4	5	5.4	53	6.0	4.1	12.8	184.0	61.5	9	67	4.8	3.1	8.9
James R. Jones	26	FB	11	11	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0
Team Total	25.9		15		275	509	54.0	3150	16	3.1	26	5.1	53	6.2	4.2	11.5	242.3	62.1	26	194	5.5	3.6	4.9
Opp Total			15		259	459	56.4	3203	23	5.0	19	4.1		7.0	5.6	12.4	213.5	77.6	42	355	6.4	4.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
James R. Jones	26	FB	11	11	96	342	0	19	3.6	31.1	8.7	34	262	7.7	0	35	3.1	23.8	604	0	2
Garry James	24	RB	8	7	82	270	4	17	3.3	33.8	10.3	16	215	13.4	0	46	2.0	26.9	485	4	3
Gary Ellerson	24		8	2	47	196	3	33	4.2	24.5	5.9	5	48	9.6	1	23	0.6	6.0	244	4	0
Karl Bernard	23		8	3	45	187	2	14	4.2	23.4	5.6	13	91	7.0	0	12	1.6	11.4	278	2	3
Cleve Wester	23		3	1	33	113	0	14	3.4	37.7	11.0								113	0	0
Stan Edwards	27		3	3	32	69	0	13	2.2	23.0	10.7	7	82	11.7	0	21	2.3	27.3	151	0	3
Chuck Long	24	QB	12	12	22	64	0	15	2.9	5.3	1.8								64	0	8
Butch Woolfolk	27		12	0	12	82	0	31	6.8	6.8	1.0	19	166	8.7	0	13	1.6	13.8	248	0	1
Scott Williams	25		5	2	8	29	0	8	3.6	5.8	1.6	4	16	4.0	1	7	0.8	3.2	45	1	0
Tony Dollinger	25		2	1	8	22	0	8	2.8	11.0	4.0	3	25	8.3	0	15	1.5	12.5	47	0	0
Todd Hons	26		3	3	5	49	0	23	9.8	16.3	1.7								49	0	2
Tony Paige	25		5	0	4	13	0	6	3.3	2.6	0.8	2	1	0.5	0	3	0.4	0.2	14	0	0
Pete Mandley	26	WR	12	12	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0.1	58	720	12.4	7	41	4.8	60.0	723	7	0
Jeff Chadwick	27	WR	8	8	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.8	0.1	30	416	13.9	0	36	3.8	52.0	410	0	0
Nick Kowgios	25		3	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.7	0.3	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.3	1.0	5	0	0
Mike Black	26		1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0								0	0	1
Gary Lee	22	RET	12	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	19	308	16.2	0	53	1.6	25.7	308	0	1
Rob Rubick	27	TE	9	8	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13	147	11.3	1	22	1.4	16.3	147	1	0
Eric Truvillion	28		3	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	12	207	17.3	1	53	4.0	69.0	207	1	1
Darrell Grymes	26		2	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	140	15.6	2	36	4.5	70.0	140	2	0
Danny Bradley	24		3	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	50	7.1	2	14	2.3	16.7	50	2	2
Mark Nichols	28		12	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	87	12.4	0	23	0.6	7.3	87	0	0
Jimmie Giles	33		4	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	62	10.3	0	25	1.5	15.5	62	0	0
Vyto Kab	28		7	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	54	10.8	0	28	0.7	7.7	54	0	0
Carl Bland	26		10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	14	7.0	1	11	0.2	1.4	14	1	0
Mark W. Wheeler	23		3	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	17	8.5	0	9	0.7	5.7	17	0	0
Mark Witte	28		3	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	19	19.0	0	19	0.3	6.3	19	0	0
Team Total	25.9		15		398	1435	9	33	3.6	110.4	30.6	275	3150	11.5	16	53	21.2	242.3	4585	25	29
Opp Total			15		504	2070	18		4.1	138.0	33.6	259	3203	12.4	23		17.3	213.5	5273	41	36

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Gary Lee	22	RET	12	3						32	719	0	50	22.5	1027
Pete Mandley	26	WR	12	12	23	250	0	54	10.9						973
Danny Bradley	24		3	1	12	53	0	13	4.4	9	188	0	27	20.9	291
Butch Woolfolk	27		12	0						11	219	0	44	19.9	467
Alvin Hall	29		3	3						6	105	0	25	17.5	105
Karl Bernard	23		8	3						4	54	0	32	13.5	332
Dan Saleaumua	23		9	0						3	57	0	21	19.0	57
Jerry Ball	23	NT	12	12						2	23	0	20	11.5	23
Carl Bland	26		10	0						2	44	0	22	22.0	58
Kevin Glover	24	RG	12	9						1	19	0	19	19.0	19
Curtis Green	30		12	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Team Total	25.9		15		35	303	0	54	8.7	71	1428	0	50	20.1	6316
Opp Total			15		34		0			56	1089	0		19.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Eddie Murray	31	K	12	0	1	1	6	6	12	7	11	5	2	1	32	20	62.5%	21	21	100.0%	4	155	46	0	38.8
Jim Arnold*+	26	P	11	0																	46	2007	60	0	43.6
Mike Prindle	24		3	0			3	3	3	3	1				7	6	85.7%	6	6	100.0%
Matt Kinzer	24		1	0																	7	238	42	0	34.0
Mike Black	26		1	0																	6	233	47	0	38.8
John Misko	33		1	0																	6	242	51	0	40.3
Russell Erxleben	31		1	0																	1	52	52	0	52.0
Team Total	25.9		15		1	1	9	9	15	10	12	5	2	1	39	26	66.7%	27	27	100.0%	70	2927	60	0	41.8
Opp Total			15												34	28	82.4%	43	42	97.7%	65	2464			37.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Chuck Long	24	QB	12	12								8	3	-8	0
Mike L. Cofer	27	ROLB	11	11	8.5							0	1	0	0
Jimmy Williams	27	LOLB	12	12	4.0	2	51	0	48			0	2	0	0
Keith Ferguson	28	RDE	12	9	6.0							0	1	0	0
James Griffin	26	SS	12	12	1.0	6	130	0	29
Karl Bernard	23		8	3								3	1	0	0
Danny Bradley	24		3	1								2	2	0	0
Todd Hons	26		3	3								2	2	-8	0
Garry James	24	RB	8	7								3	1	0	0
Curtis Green	30		12	0	2.5							1	0	0	0
Charles Benson	27		3	3	1.0	1	2	0	2			0	1	0	0
Carl Carr	23		3	3	2.0							0	1	0	0
Stan Edwards	27		3	3								3	0	-23	0
Duane Galloway	26	LCB	10	7		3	46	0	30
Alvin Hall	29		3	3		1	0	0	0			1	1	0	0
Bruce McNorton	28	RCB	12	12		3	20	0	20
Robert Thompson	27		3	2	2.0							0	1	0	0
Mike Black	26		1	0								1	1	0	0
William Gay	32	rde	11	5	2.0
Dennis Gibson	23	RILB	12	12	1.0	1	5	0	5							82
James R. Jones	26	FB	11	11								2	0	0	0
Danny Lockett	23		13	1	1.0							0	1	0	0
George McDuffie	24		3	2	2.0
Shelton Robinson	27	LILB	12	12								0	2	0	0
Dan Saleaumua	23		9	0	2.0											16
Eric Williams	25	LDE	11	11	2.0
Jerry Ball	23	NT	12	12	1.0											36
Scott Barrows	24	LG	12	10								0	1	0	0
Thomas Boyd	28		4	3	1.0
Paul Butcher	24		12	0							0	0	1	0	0	11
Raphel Cherry	26	FS	10	10		1	2	0	2
Creig Federico	24		3	2	1.0
George Jamison	25		12	0	1.0											16		1
Vyto Kab	28		7	2								0	1	0	0
Angelo King	29		1	1								0	1	9	1
Gary Lee	22	RET	12	3								1	0	0	0
Pete Mandley	26	WR	12	12								0	1	0	0
Tony Paige	25		5	0								0	1	0	0
Tim Ross	29		3	0	1.0
Ricky Smith	27		12	0		1	34	1	34
Ivory Sully	30		11	1								0	1	0	0
Eric Truvillion	28		3	3								1	0	0	0
Butch Woolfolk	27		12	0								1	0	0	0
Team Total	25.9		15		42.0	19	290	1	48		0	29	28	-30	1	161		1
Opp Total			15		26							36	23

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Eddie Murray	31	K	12	0					21	20		81
Pete Mandley	26	WR	12	12		7						42
Gary Ellerson	24		8	2	3	1						24
Garry James	24	RB	8	7	4							24
Mike Prindle	24		3	0					6	6		24
Karl Bernard	23		8	3	2							12
Danny Bradley	24		3	1		2						12
Darrell Grymes	26		2	2		2						12
Carl Bland	26		10	0		1						6
Angelo King	29		1	1			1					6
Rob Rubick	27	TE	9	8		1						6
Ricky Smith	27		12	0				1				6
Eric Truvillion	28		3	3		1						6
Scott Williams	25		5	2		1						6
George Jamison	25		12	0							1	2
Team Total	25.9		15		9	16	1	1	27	26	1	269
Opp Total			15		18	23			42	28		384

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