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1994 Detroit Lions
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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 357 points (22.3/g), 6th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 342 points (21.4/g), 19th.
Differential of 15 points (0.9/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 8.4-7.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 15th.
Simple Rating System: Total 2.4, Offense: 2.8, Defense: -0.4, SoS: 1.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Wayne Fontes (9-7-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Dave Levy
Training Camp: Silverdome (Pontiac, Michigan)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Scott Mitchell | 26 | 3 | 9 | 119 for 246, 1,456 yards, 10 td, 11 int, & 15 rushes for 24 yards and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 93rd pick / 1990 |
| RB | Barry Sanders*+ | 26 | 5 | 16 | 331 rushes for 1,883 yards, 7 td, & 44 catches for 283 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1989 |
| WR | Herman Moore* | 25 | 3 | 16 | 72 catches for 1,173 yards, 11 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1991 |
| WR | Brett Perriman | 29 | 6 | 14 | 56 catches for 761 yards, 4 td, & 9 rushes for 86 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1988 |
| TE | Ron Hall | 30 | 7 | 10 | 10 catches for 106 yards, 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 87th pick / 1987 |
| TE | Ty Hallock | 23 | 1 | 10 | 7 catches for 75 yards, 0 td | Detroit Lions / 7th / 174th pick / 1993 |
| LT | Lomas Brown* | 31 | 9 | 16 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1985 | |
| LG | Shawn Bouwens | 26 | 3 | 16 | 3 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 9th / 226th pick / 1990 |
| C | Kevin Glover | 31 | 9 | 16 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1985 | |
| RG | Doug Widell | 28 | 5 | 16 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 41st pick / 1989 | |
| RT | Dave Lutz | 35 | 11 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 34th pick / 1983 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Robert Porcher | 25 | 2 | 15 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 26th pick / 1992 |
| NT | Marc Spindler | 25 | 4 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1990 | |
| RDE | Kelvin Pritchett | 25 | 3 | 15 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1991 |
| LOLB | Broderick Thomas | 27 | 5 | 16 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 6th pick / 1989 |
| LILB | Chris Spielman* | 29 | 6 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 29th pick / 1988 |
| RILB | Mike Johnson | 32 | 8 | 16 | 1.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 18th pick / 1984 Supp |
| ROLB | Tracy Scroggins | 25 | 2 | 9 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1992 |
| LCB | Ryan McNeil | 24 | 1 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1993 |
| RCB | Robert Massey | 27 | 5 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 46th pick / 1989 |
| SS | Willie Clay | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 8th / 221st pick / 1992 |
| FS | Bennie Blades | 28 | 6 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1988 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| Jason Hanson | 24 | 2 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 56th pick / 1992 | ||
| Greg Montgomery | 30 | 6 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1988 | ||
| Mel J. Gray*+ | 33 | 8 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1984 Supp | ||
| Mel J. Gray*+ | 33 | 8 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Tom Beer | 25 | 9 | 0 | 221 | 6-1 | Saginaw Valley St.,Wayne State (MI) | 3/27/1969 | Rook | 0 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 215th pick / 1994 | |
| 36 | Bennie Blades | 28 | FS | 16 | 16 | 221 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 9/3/1966 | 6 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1988 |
| 96 | Shane Bonham | 24 | dt | 15 | 1 | 272 | 6-2 | Air Force,Tennessee | 10/18/1970 | Rook | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 93rd pick / 1994 |
| 27 | Jocelyn Borgella | 23 | 4 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Cincinnati | 8/26/1971 | Rook | 0 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 183rd pick / 1994 | |
| 66 | Shawn Bouwens | 26 | LG | 16 | 16 | 293 | 6-5 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 5/25/1968 | 3 | 7 | New England Patriots / 9th / 226th pick / 1990 |
| 75 | Lomas Brown* | 31 | LT | 16 | 16 | 282 | 6-4 | Florida | 3/30/1963 | 9 | 13 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1985 |
| 81 | Anthony Carter | 34 | wr | 4 | 1 | 168 | 5-11 | Michigan | 9/17/1960 | 9 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 334th pick / 1983 |
| 32 | Willie Clay | 24 | SS | 16 | 16 | 193 | 5-10 | Georgia Tech | 9/5/1970 | 2 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 221st pick / 1992 |
| 21 | Harry Colon | 25 | 16 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | Missouri | 2/14/1969 | 3 | 1 | New England Patriots / 8th / 196th pick / 1991 | |
| 77 | Mike Compton | 24 | 2 | 0 | 310 | 6-6 | West Virginia | 9/18/1970 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 68th pick / 1993 | |
| 76 | Scott Conover | 26 | 11 | 0 | 276 | 6-4 | Purdue | 9/27/1968 | 3 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 118th pick / 1991 | |
| 53 | Kevin Glover | 31 | C | 16 | 16 | 278 | 6-2 | Maryland | 6/17/1963 | 9 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1985 |
| 23 | Mel J. Gray*+ | 33 | 16 | 0 | 167 | 5-9 | Purdue | 3/16/1961 | 8 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1984 Supp | |
| 89 | Ron Hall | 30 | TE | 13 | 10 | 245 | 6-4 | Cal Poly-Pomona,Hawaii | 3/15/1964 | 7 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 87th pick / 1987 |
| 49 | Ty Hallock | 23 | TE | 15 | 10 | 252 | 6-2 | Michigan St. | 4/30/1971 | 1 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 174th pick / 1993 |
| 4 | Jason Hanson | 24 | 16 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Washington St. | 6/17/1970 | 2 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 56th pick / 1992 | |
| 99 | Tracy Hayworth | 27 | lb | 9 | 1 | 260 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 12/18/1967 | 4 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 174th pick / 1990 |
| 82 | Rodney Holman | 34 | te | 15 | 7 | 238 | 6-3 | Tulane | 4/20/1960 | 12 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1982 |
| 25 | Greg Jeffries | 23 | db | 16 | 1 | 195 | 5-9 | Virginia | 10/16/1971 | 1 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 147th pick / 1993 |
| 59 | Mike Johnson | 32 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-1 | Virginia Tech | 11/26/1962 | 8 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 18th pick / 1984 Supp |
| 57 | Victor P. Jones | 28 | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 10/19/1966 | 6 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 12th / 310th pick / 1988 | |
| 52 | Scott Kowalkowski | 26 | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 8/23/1968 | 3 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 216th pick / 1991 | |
| 17 | Dave Krieg | 36 | qb | 14 | 7 | 193 | 6-1 | Milton | 10/20/1958 | 14 | 8 | |
| 55 | Antonio London | 23 | 16 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | Alabama | 4/14/1971 | 1 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1993 | |
| 73 | Dave Lutz | 35 | RT | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-6 | Georgia Tech | 12/20/1959 | 11 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 34th pick / 1983 |
| 26 | Eric Lynch | 24 | rb | 12 | 3 | 224 | 5-10 | Grand Valley St. | 5/16/1970 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24 | Milton Mack | 31 | db | 16 | 3 | 188 | 5-11 | Alcorn St. | 9/20/1963 | 7 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 123rd pick / 1987 |
| 39 | Van Malone | 24 | 16 | 0 | 189 | 5-11 | Texas | 7/1/1970 | Rook | 1 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 57th pick / 1994 | |
| 40 | Robert Massey | 27 | RCB | 16 | 15 | 200 | 5-11 | North Carolina Central | 2/27/1967 | 5 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 46th pick / 1989 |
| 83 | Aubrey Matthews | 32 | wr | 14 | 3 | 165 | 5-7 | Delta St. | 9/15/1962 | 8 | 4 | |
| 47 | Ryan McNeil | 24 | LCB | 14 | 13 | 210 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 10/4/1970 | 1 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1993 |
| 19 | Scott Mitchell | 26 | QB | 9 | 9 | 240 | 6-6 | Utah | 1/2/1968 | 3 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 93rd pick / 1990 |
| 9 | Greg Montgomery | 30 | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Penn St.,Michigan St. | 10/29/1964 | 6 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1988 | |
| 31 | Derrick Moore | 27 | 16 | 0 | 229 | 6-0 | Troy,NE State (OK) | 10/13/1967 | 1 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 216th pick / 1992 | |
| 84 | Herman Moore* | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 210 | 6-4 | Virginia | 10/20/1969 | 3 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1991 |
| 87 | Johnnie Morton | 23 | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | USC | 10/7/1971 | Rook | 1 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 21st pick / 1994 | |
| 90 | Dan Owens | 27 | NT | 16 | 8 | 280 | 6-3 | USC | 3/16/1967 | 4 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 35th pick / 1990 |
| 80 | Brett Perriman | 29 | WR | 16 | 14 | 180 | 5-9 | Miami (FL) | 10/10/1965 | 6 | 10 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1988 |
| 91 | Robert Porcher | 25 | LDE | 15 | 15 | 266 | 6-3 | South Carolina St. | 7/30/1969 | 2 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 26th pick / 1992 |
| 94 | Kelvin Pritchett | 25 | RDE | 16 | 15 | 322 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 10/24/1969 | 3 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1991 |
| 63 | Mark Rodenhauser | 33 | 16 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Illinois St. | 6/6/1961 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 20 | Barry Sanders*+ | 26 | RB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 5-8 | Oklahoma St. | 7/16/1968 | 5 | 21 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1989 |
| 97 | Tracy Scroggins | 25 | ROLB | 16 | 9 | 273 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 9/11/1969 | 2 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1992 |
| 54 | Chris Spielman* | 29 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 247 | 6-0 | Ohio St. | 10/11/1965 | 6 | 11 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 29th pick / 1988 |
| 93 | Marc Spindler | 25 | NT | 9 | 8 | 290 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 11/28/1969 | 4 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1990 |
| 56 | Pat Swilling | 30 | rolb | 16 | 7 | 245 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 10/25/1964 | 8 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 60th pick / 1986 |
| 51 | Broderick Thomas | 27 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 2/20/1967 | 5 | 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 6th pick / 1989 |
| 95 | Mike Wells | 23 | 4 | 0 | 310 | 6-3 | Iowa | 1/16/1971 | Rook | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 125th pick / 1994 | |
| 67 | Doug Widell | 28 | RG | 16 | 16 | 289 | 6-4 | Boston Col. | 9/23/1966 | 5 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 41st pick / 1989 |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 235.9 | 6-1.5 | 4.4 |