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1988 Detroit Lions

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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 220 points (13.8/g), 28th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 313 points (19.6/g), 10th.
 Differential of -93 points (-5.8/g), 26th.
 Expected W-L: 4.8-11.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 10th.

Coached by Wayne Fontes (2-3-0) and Darryl Rogers (2-9-0)

1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 4 box W 1-0 Atlanta Falcons 31 17 19 230 88 142 1 26 359 187 172 4
2 Sun September 11 box L 1-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 10 17 16 210 134 76 3 23 315 124 191 2
3 Sun September 18 box L 1-2 New Orleans Saints 14 22 18 272 232 40 2 22 401 282 119 2
4 Sun September 25 box L 1-3 New York Jets 10 17 12 183 97 86 1 19 316 230 86 1
5 Sun October 2 box L 1-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 13 20 18 297 248 49 2 19 339 163 176 1
6 Sun October 9 box L 1-5 Chicago Bears 7 24 18 262 220 42 2 20 323 222 101 1
7 Sun October 16 box L 1-6 @ New York Giants 10 30 10 113 65 48 2 23 402 280 122 2
8 Sun October 23 box W 2-6 @ Kansas City Chiefs 7 6 14 215 88 127 3 12 171 110 61 2
9 Sun October 30 box L 2-7 New York Giants 10 13 11 146 98 48 2 20 272 196 76 2
10 Sun November 6 box L 2-8 @ Minnesota Vikings 17 44 8 89 21 68 2 33 553 355 198 1
11 Sun November 13 box L 2-9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 23 21 278 203 75 3 17 304 79 225 4
12 Sun November 20 box W 3-9 @ Green Bay Packers 19 9 15 270 114 156 1 24 356 304 52 3
13 Thu November 24 box L 3-10 Minnesota Vikings 0 23 3 60 42 18 2 24 353 172 181
14 Sun December 4 box W 4-10 Green Bay Packers 30 14 15 220 126 94 1 21 360 268 92 6
15 Sun December 11 box L 4-11 @ Chicago Bears 12 13 14 310 195 115 2 14 250 168 82 1
16 Sun December 18 box L 4-12 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 21 14 250 191 59 4 17 242 139 103 4

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 220 3405 920 3.7 226 213 477 2162 13 18 4.1 141 391 1243 7 3.2 63 33 15 22
Team Defense 313 5316 1071 5.0 334 337 513 3279 17 15 5.9 179 511 2037 16 4.0 128 36 21 27
Lg Rank Offense 28 28 28 20 28 23 10 28 26 27 28 28 10 15
Lg Rank Defense 10 18 26 17 15 7 23 13 19 17 16 13 10 1

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%
12 Rusty Hilger 26 QB 11 9 3-6-0 126 306 41.2 1558 7 2.3 12 3.9 56 5.1 3.6 12.4 141.6 48.9 31 251 3.9 2.5 9.2
16 Chuck Long 25 qb 7 7 1-6-0 75 141 53.2 856 6 4.3 6 4.3 40 6.1 4.6 11.4 122.3 68.2 18 134 4.5 3.2 11.3
17 Eric Hipple 31 5 0 12 27 44.4 158 0 0.0 0 0.0 31 5.9 5.9 13.2 31.6 63.5 3 25 4.4 4.4 10.0
6 Jim Arnold* 27 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
30 James R. Jones 27 FB 14 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
18 John Witkowski 26 2 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.2 16 4-12-0 213 477 44.7 2572 13 2.7 18 3.8 56 5.4 4.0 12.1 160.8 55.1 52 410 4.1 2.8 9.8
Opp Total 16 337 513 65.7 3672 17 3.3 15 2.9 7.2 6.2 10.9 229.5 85.5 47 393 5.9 5.0

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
33 Garry James 25 RB 16 16 182 552 5 35 3.0 34.5 11.4 39 382 9.8 2 39 2.4 23.9 934 7 3
30 James R. Jones 27 FB 14 14 96 314 0 13 3.3 22.4 6.9 29 259 8.9 0 40 2.1 18.5 573 0 2
49 Tony Paige 26 16 2 52 207 0 20 4.0 12.9 3.3 11 100 9.1 0 15 0.7 6.3 307 0 1
12 Rusty Hilger 26 QB 11 9 18 27 0 11 1.5 2.5 1.6 27 0 7
26 Carl Painter 24 12 0 17 42 0 13 2.5 3.5 1.4 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 43 0 1
38 Scott Williams 26 11 0 9 22 1 5 2.4 2.0 0.8 3 46 15.3 0 32 0.3 4.2 68 1 0
16 Chuck Long 25 qb 7 7 7 22 0 11 3.1 3.1 1.0 22 0 4
82 Pete Mandley 27 WR 15 14 6 44 1 21 7.3 2.9 0.4 44 617 14.0 4 56 2.9 41.1 661 5 3
80 Carl Bland 27 16 2 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 21 307 14.6 2 35 1.3 19.2 311 2 1
17 Eric Hipple 31 5 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 1.0 0.2 5 0 0
18 John Witkowski 26 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0 0 1
21 Butch Woolfolk 28 3 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 1.3 0.3 4 0 1
83 Gary Lee 23 wr 14 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 261 11.9 1 18 1.6 18.6 261 1 2
89 Jeff Chadwick 28 WR 10 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 304 15.2 3 32 2.0 30.4 304 3 0
87 Pat Carter 22 TE 15 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 145 11.2 0 31 0.9 9.7 145 0 0
81 Stephen Starring 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 89 17.8 0 40 0.8 14.8 89 0 0
81 Mark Lewis 27 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 32 10.7 1 23 1.0 10.7 32 1 0
41 Paco Craig 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 29 14.5 0 18 0.3 3.6 29 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 391 1243 7 35 3.2 77.7 24.4 213 2572 12.1 13 56 13.3 160.8 3815 20 31
Opp Total 16 511 2037 16 4.0 127.3 31.9 337 3279 9.7 17 21.1 204.9 5316 33 35

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
82 Pete Mandley 27 WR 15 14 37 287 0 25 7.8 948
83 Gary Lee 23 wr 14 6 18 355 0 39 19.7 616
26 Carl Painter 24 12 0 17 347 0 32 20.4 390
80 Carl Bland 27 16 2 5 59 0 24 11.8 8 179 0 29 22.4 549
81 Stephen Starring 27 6 0 8 130 0 22 16.3 219
21 Butch Woolfolk 28 3 0 4 99 0 46 24.8 103
42 Randall Morris 27 3 0 2 41 0 25 20.5 41
65 Eric Andolsek 22 13 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
97 Dan Saleaumua 24 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 42 346 0 25 8.2 59 1154 0 46 19.6 5315
Opp Total 16 57 1 56 1076 0 19.2

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
6 Jim Arnold* 27 P 16 0 97 4110 69 0 42.4
3 Eddie Murray 32 K 16 0 1 1 8 8 9 9 2 2 1 21 20 95.2% 23 22 95.7%
Team Total 26.2 16 1 1 8 8 9 9 2 2 1 21 20 95.2% 23 22 95.7% 97 4110 69 0 42.4
Opp Total 16 29 25 86.2% 34 32 94.1% 74 2916 39.4

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
54 Chris Spielman 23 LILB 16 16 1 0 1 0 0 153
98 Dennis Gibson 24 RILB 16 16 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 116
36 Bennie Blades 22 SS 15 14 1.0 2 12 0 7 3 0 4 22 0 102
58 George Jamison 26 LOLB 16 11 5.5 3 56 1 52 0 0 3 4 1 77
93 Jerry Ball 24 NT 16 16 2.0 68
96 Paul Butcher 25 16 0 18
35 William White 22 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 16
97 Dan Saleaumua 24 16 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 11
55 Mike L. Cofer* 28 ROLB 16 16 12.0 0 2 0 0
12 Rusty Hilger 26 QB 11 9 7 5 -19 0
77 Keith Ferguson 29 RDE 14 14 8.5
76 Eric Williams 26 LDE 16 16 6.5
16 Chuck Long 25 qb 7 7 4 2 -3 0
29 Bruce McNorton 29 RCB 16 16 1 4 0 4 0 4 36 0
34 James Griffin 27 fs 16 6 1.0 2 31 0 31 0 1 7 0
82 Pete Mandley 27 WR 15 14 3 1 -2 0
59 Jimmy Williams 28 lolb 5 5 2.0 1 5 0 5 0 1 0 0
62 Curtis Green 31 11 0 2.0 0 1 0 0
33 Garry James 25 RB 16 16 3 0 0 0
83 Gary Lee 23 wr 14 6 2 1 0 0
31 Devon Mitchell 26 FS 10 9 3 107 1 90
52 Steve Mott 27 C 16 16 3 0 -23 0
45 Raphel Cherry 27 16 3 2 0 0 0
53 Kevin Glover 25 LG 16 16 0 2 0 0
30 James R. Jones 27 FB 14 14 2 0 0 0
50 Danny Lockett 24 16 0 1.0 0 1 0 0
26 Carl Painter 24 12 0 1 1 0 0
64 Eric Sanders 30 16 0 1 1 -17 0
94 Thomas Strauthers 27 10 0 2.0
21 Butch Woolfolk 28 3 0 1 1 0 0
80 Carl Bland 27 16 2 1 0 0 0
43 Jerry Holmes 31 LCB 16 16 1 32 0 32
49 Tony Paige 26 16 2 1 0 0 0
60 Reggie Rogers 24 5 2 1.0
73 Harvey Salem 27 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
38 Scott Williams 26 11 0 0 1 0 0
18 John Witkowski 26 2 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 47.0 15 247 2 90 4 31 36 5 1 561
Opp Total 16 52 35 14 1

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 32 K 16 0 22 20 82
33 Garry James 25 RB 16 16 5 2 42
82 Pete Mandley 27 WR 15 14 1 4 30
89 Jeff Chadwick 28 WR 10 8 3 18
80 Carl Bland 27 16 2 2 12
58 George Jamison 26 LOLB 16 11 1 1 12
83 Gary Lee 23 wr 14 6 1 6
81 Mark Lewis 27 3 3 1 6
31 Devon Mitchell 26 FS 10 9 1 6
38 Scott Williams 26 11 0 1 6
Team Total 26.2 16 7 13 1 2 22 20 220
Opp Total 16 16 17 1 32 25 1 313