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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)

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

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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

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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 5.2 314 259 459 3203 23 19 6.4 162 504 2070 18 4.1 122 32 13 30
Lg Rank Offense 25 26 20 9 17 23 27 20 25 25 23 24 18 3
Lg Rank Defense 26 24 24 9 19 15 14 25 23 23 24 20 18 19

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
16 Chuck Long 24 QB 12 12 3-9-0 232 416 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
18 Todd Hons 26 3 3 1-2-0 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
30 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 4-11-0 275 509 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 3558 23 5.0 19 4.1 7.8 6.4 13.7 237.2 80.9 42 355 6.4 5.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
30 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
32 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
42 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
25 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
31 Cleve Wester 23 3 1 33 113 0 14 3.4 37.7 11.0 113 0 0
46 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
16 Chuck Long 24 QB 12 12 22 64 0 15 2.9 5.3 1.8 64 0 8
21 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
38 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
44 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
18 Todd Hons 26 3 3 5 49 0 23 9.8 16.3 1.7 49 0 2
49 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
82 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
89 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
30 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
11 Mike Black 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 1
83 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
84 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
45 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
80 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
86 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
86 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
81 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
87 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
80 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
82 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
81 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(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
83 Gary Lee 22 RET 12 3 32 719 0 50 22.5 1027
82 Pete Mandley 26 WR 12 12 23 250 0 54 10.9 973
86 Danny Bradley 24 3 1 12 53 0 13 4.4 9 188 0 27 20.9 291
21 Butch Woolfolk 27 12 0 11 219 0 44 19.9 467
35 Alvin Hall 29 3 3 6 105 0 25 17.5 105
25 Karl Bernard 23 8 3 4 54 0 32 13.5 332
97 Dan Saleaumua 23 9 0 3 57 0 21 19.0 57
93 Jerry Ball 23 NT 12 12 2 23 0 20 11.5 23
80 Carl Bland 26 10 0 2 44 0 22 22.0 58
53 Kevin Glover 24 RG 12 9 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
62 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(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
3 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
6 Jim Arnold*+ 26 P 11 0 46 2007 60 0 43.6
19 Mike Prindle 24 3 0 3 3 3 3 1 7 6 85.7% 6 6 100.0%
1 Matt Kinzer 24 1 0 7 238 42 0 34.0
11 Mike Black 26 1 0 6 233 47 0 38.8
14 John Misko 33 1 0 6 242 51 0 40.3
15 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(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
98 Dennis Gibson 23 RILB 12 12 1.0 1 5 0 5 82
93 Jerry Ball 23 NT 12 12 1.0 36
97 Dan Saleaumua 23 9 0 2.0 16
95 George Jamison 25 12 0 1.0 16 1
96 Paul Butcher 24 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
16 Chuck Long 24 QB 12 12 8 3 -8 0
55 Mike L. Cofer 27 ROLB 11 11 8.5 0 1 0 0
59 Jimmy Williams 27 LOLB 12 12 4.0 2 51 0 48 0 2 0 0
77 Keith Ferguson 28 RDE 12 9 6.0 0 1 0 0
34 James Griffin 26 SS 12 12 1.0 6 130 0 29
25 Karl Bernard 23 8 3 3 1 0 0
86 Danny Bradley 24 3 1 2 2 0 0
18 Todd Hons 26 3 3 2 2 -8 0
32 Garry James 24 RB 8 7 3 1 0 0
62 Curtis Green 30 12 0 2.5 1 0 0 0
69 Charles Benson 27 3 3 1.0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
58 Carl Carr 23 3 3 2.0 0 1 0 0
46 Stan Edwards 27 3 3 3 0 -23 0
40 Duane Galloway 26 LCB 10 7 3 46 0 30
35 Alvin Hall 29 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
29 Bruce McNorton 28 RCB 12 12 3 20 0 20
90 Robert Thompson 27 3 2 2.0 0 1 0 0
11 Mike Black 26 1 0 1 1 0 0
79 William Gay 32 rde 11 5 2.0
30 James R. Jones 26 FB 11 11 2 0 0 0
50 Danny Lockett 23 13 1 1.0 0 1 0 0
97 George McDuffie 24 3 2 2.0
51 Shelton Robinson 27 LILB 12 12 0 2 0 0
76 Eric Williams 25 LDE 11 11 2.0
61 Scott Barrows 24 LG 12 10 0 1 0 0
54 Thomas Boyd 28 4 3 1.0
45 Raphel Cherry 26 FS 10 10 1 2 0 2
34 Creig Federico 24 3 2 1.0
87 Vyto Kab 28 7 2 0 1 0 0
92 Angelo King 29 1 1 0 1 9 1
83 Gary Lee 22 RET 12 3 1 0 0 0
82 Pete Mandley 26 WR 12 12 0 1 0 0
49 Tony Paige 25 5 0 0 1 0 0
93 Tim Ross 29 3 0 1.0
41 Ricky Smith 27 12 0 1 34 1 34
44 Ivory Sully 30 11 1 0 1 0 0
45 Eric Truvillion 28 3 3 1 0 0 0
21 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(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 Eddie Murray 31 K 12 0 21 20 81
82 Pete Mandley 26 WR 12 12 7 42
42 Gary Ellerson 24 8 2 3 1 24
32 Garry James 24 RB 8 7 4 24
19 Mike Prindle 24 3 0 6 6 24
25 Karl Bernard 23 8 3 2 12
86 Danny Bradley 24 3 1 2 12
80 Darrell Grymes 26 2 2 2 12
80 Carl Bland 26 10 0 1 6
92 Angelo King 29 1 1 1 6
84 Rob Rubick 27 TE 9 8 1 6
41 Ricky Smith 27 12 0 1 6
45 Eric Truvillion 28 3 3 1 6
38 Scott Williams 25 5 2 1 6
95 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