1990 Detroit Lions

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 373 points (23.3/g), 5th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 413 points (25.8/g), 26th.
Differential of -40 points (-2.5/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 7.0-9.0.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 12th.

Coached by Wayne Fontes (6-10-0)

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1990 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 9	L	0-1		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21	38	18	258	168	90	6	20	375	237	138	2
2	Sun	September 16	W	1-1		Atlanta Falcons	21	14	17	264	181	83	2	14	295	173	122	1
3	Sun	September 23	L	1-2	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	23	18	307	152	155	2	19	323	171	152	1
4	Sun	September 30	L	1-3		Green Bay Packers	21	24	21	338	194	144		24	412	269	143	2
5	Sun	October 7	W	2-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	34	27	24	383	279	104	2	22	340	199	141	2
6	Sun	October 14	L	2-4	@	Kansas City Chiefs	24	43	20	328	192	136	2	25	566	256	310	1
7						Bye Week
8	Sun	October 28	W	3-4	@	New Orleans Saints	27	10	12	262	214	48	1	15	269	138	131	8
9	Sun	November 4	L	3-5		Washington Redskins	38	41	12	351	187	164	1	39	676	482	194	4
10	Sun	November 11	L	3-6		Minnesota Vikings	7	17	14	237	127	110	5	15	270	126	144	1
11	Sun	November 18	L	3-7	@	New York Giants	0	20	15	208	133	75	2	15	314	170	144
12	Thu	November 22	W	4-7		Denver Broncos	40	27	22	421	248	173	1	19	284	211	73	2
13	Sun	December 2	L	4-8	@	Chicago Bears	17	23	17	296	204	92	2	21	361	197	164
14	Mon	December 10	L	4-9		Los Angeles Raiders	31	38	19	368	171	197	2	16	350	186	164	2
15	Sun	December 16	W	5-9		Chicago Bears	38	21	20	411	310	101	3	19	225	88	137	2
16	Sat	December 22	W	6-9	@	Green Bay Packers	24	17	17	352	184	168	3	24	314	234	80	4
17	Sun	December 30	L	6-10	@	Seattle Seahawks	10	30	12	193	106	87	2	27	360	209	151	3

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	373	4977	870	5.7	278	242	460	3050	24	20	6.1	152	366	1927	19	5.3	112	36	16	14
Team Defense	413	5734	1080	5.3	526	319	507	3346	21	17	6.1	173	532	2388	22	4.5	334	35	18	19
Lg Rank Offense	5	14			14		16	14	7	17	12		24	11	4	1		19	19
Lg Rank Defense	26	28			28		20	20	15	14	16		27	27	27	25		5	5

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%
Rodney Peete	24	QB	11	11	142	271	52.4	1974	13	4.8	8	3.0	68	7.3	6.4	13.9	179.5	79.8	27	173	6.0	5.3	9.1
Bob Gagliano	32	qb	9	4	87	159	54.7	1190	10	6.3	10	6.3	47	7.5	5.3	13.7	132.2	73.6	13	83	6.4	4.4	7.6
Andre Ware	22		4	1	13	30	43.3	164	1	3.3	2	6.7	33	5.5	2.8	12.6	41.0	44.3	4	22	4.2	1.8	11.8
Team Total	26.9		16		242	460	52.6	3328	24	5.2	20	4.3	68	7.2	5.8	13.8	208.0	75.3	44	278	6.1	4.7	8.7
Opp Total			16		319	507	62.9	3346	21	4.1	17	3.4		6.6	5.5	10.5	209.1	81.8	41	279	6.1	4.6

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
Barry Sanders*+	22	RB	16	16	255	1304	13	45	5.1	81.5	15.9	36	480	13.3	3	47	2.3	30.0	1784	16	4
Rodney Peete	24	QB	11	11	47	363	6	37	7.7	33.0	4.3								363	6	9
Bob Gagliano	32	qb	9	4	46	145	0	22	3.2	16.1	5.1								145	0	5
James Wilder	32		15	0	11	51	0	13	4.6	3.4	0.7	1	8	8.0	1	8	0.1	0.5	59	1	0
Andre Ware	22		4	1	7	64	0	30	9.1	16.0	1.8								64	0	0
Richard Johnson	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	64	727	11.4	6	44	4.0	45.4	727	6	2
Robert Clark	25	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	52	914	17.6	8	57	3.3	57.1	914	8	0
Aubrey Matthews	28	wr	13	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	30	349	11.6	1	52	2.3	26.8	349	1	2
Terry Greer	33	WR	15	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	20	332	16.6	3	68	1.3	22.1	332	3	0
Jeff Campbell	22	WR	16	8	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	19	236	12.4	2	51	1.2	14.8	236	2	1
Mike Farr	23	wr	12	8	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	12	170	14.2	0	44	1.0	14.2	170	0	0
Jason Phillips	24		13	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	8	112	14.0	0	29	0.6	8.6	112	0	0
Team Total	26.9		16		366	1927	19	45	5.3	120.4	22.9	242	3328	13.8	24	68	15.1	208.0	5255	43	29
Opp Total			16		532	2388	22		4.5	149.3	33.3	319	3346	10.5	21		19.9	209.1	5734	43	31

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
Mel J. Gray*+	29	RET	16	0	34	361	0	39	10.6	41	939	0	65	22.9	1300
Jeff Campbell	22	WR	16	8	1	0	0	0	0.0	12	238	0	38	19.8	474
Chris Oldham	22		16	0						13	234	0	42	18.0	234
Jason Phillips	24		13	2						2	43	0	23	21.5	155
Eric Andolsek	24	LG	16	16						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
Dennis McKnight	31		14	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Team Total	26.9		16		35	361	0	39	10.3	70	1466	0	65	20.9	7082
Opp Total			16		29		0			70	1229	1		17.6

Kicking & Punting

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

					Kicking						Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Jim Arnold	29	P	16	0							63	2560	59	0	40.6
Eddie Murray	34	K	11	0	19	13	68.4%	34	34	100.0%
Rich Karlis	31		6	0	7	4	57.1%	12	12	100.0%
Team Total	26.9		16		26	17	65.4%	46	46	100.0%	63	2560	59	0	40.6
Opp Total			16		30	23	76.7%	48	48	100.0%	62	2530			40.8

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
Mike L. Cofer	30	ROLB	16	16	10.0	1	0	0	0			0	2	0	0
Rodney Peete	24	QB	11	11								9	1	0	0
Mel J. Gray*+	29	RET	16	0								4	3	0	0
Ray Crockett	23	lcb	16	6	1.0	3	17	0	9		2	0	2	22	1	91
Barry Sanders*+	22	RB	16	16								4	2	0	0
Jimmy Williams	30	LOLB	10	9	3.0							0	3	53	1
Bob Gagliano	32	qb	9	4								5	0	-10	0
Tracy Hayworth	23		16	0	4.0						0	0	1	0	0	21
Chris Spielman*	25	LILB	12	12	2.0	1	12	0	12		1	0	2	0	0	108
William White	24	SS	16	16		5	120	1	48							106
Bennie Blades	24	FS	12	12	1.0	2	25	0	21		1	0	1	0	0	83
Mark Duckens	25		15	0	3.0							0	1	0	0
Keith Ferguson	31	RDE	16	14	3.0
Jeff Hunter	24		7	0	3.0											7
George Jamison	28	lolb	14	7	2.0						0	0	1	0	0	43
Richard Johnson	29	WR	16	16								2	1	0	0
Chris Oldham	22		16	0		1	28	0	28		0	2	0	0	0	25
Dan Owens	23	LDE	16	12	3.0											46
Jerry Ball*	26	NT	15	15	2.0											50
Jackie Cline	30		5	0	1.0							0	1	0	0
Victor P. Jones	24	rilb	16	5	1.0	1	0	0	0							44
Aubrey Matthews	28	wr	13	6								2	0	0	0
Herb Welch	29		16	4		1	16	0	16			0	1	0	0
Eric Andolsek	24	LG	16	16								0	1	0	0
Kevin Brooks	27		6	4	1.0
Jeff Campbell	22	WR	16	8								1	0	0	0
Darren Carrington	24		12	0							0	0	1	0	0	12
Toby Caston	25		12	4								0	1	0	0
Ken Dallafior	31	RG	16	15								0	1	0	0
Dennis Gibson	26	RILB	11	11							0	0	1	0	0	68
Kevin Glover	27	C	16	16								0	1	0	0
Terry Greer	33	WR	15	9								0	1	0	0
LeRoy Irvin	33	RCB	16	16		1	22	0	22
Bruce McNorton	31	LCB	12	8		1	33	0	33
Marc Spindler	21		3	2	1.0											11
Team Total	26.9		16		41.0	17	273	1	48		4	29	29	65	2	725
Opp Total			16		44							31	13					1

Scoring Summary

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

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Barry Sanders*+	22	RB	16	16	13	3							96
Eddie Murray	34	K	11	0						34	13		73
Robert Clark	25	WR	16	15		8							48
Richard Johnson	29	WR	16	16		6							36
Rodney Peete	24	QB	11	11	6								36
Rich Karlis	31		6	0						12	4		24
Terry Greer	33	WR	15	9		3							18
Jeff Campbell	22	WR	16	8		2							12
Ray Crockett	23	lcb	16	6				1					6
Aubrey Matthews	28	wr	13	6		1							6
William White	24	SS	16	16					1				6
James Wilder	32		15	0		1							6
Jimmy Williams	30	LOLB	10	9				1					6
Team Total	26.9		16		19	24		2	1	46	17		373
Opp Total			16		22	21	1			48	23	1	413

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