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1996 Detroit Lions

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 5th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 302 points (18.9/g), 21st of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 368 points (23.0/g), 22nd.
 Differential of -66 points (-4.1/g), 22nd.
 Expected W-L: 6.2-9.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 24th.

Coached by Wayne Fontes (5-11-0)

1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 1 box L 0-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 13 17 27 435 244 191 5 16 311 183 128
2 Sun September 8 box W 1-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 6 12 234 114 120 1 13 274 200 74 4
3 Sun September 15 box L 1-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 24 17 233 173 60 1 25 446 271 175
4 Sun September 22 box W 2-2 Chicago Bears 35 16 19 394 309 85 1 19 318 248 70 2
5 Sun September 29 box W 3-2 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 0 20 350 221 129 13 226 156 70 4
6 Sun October 6 box W 4-2 Atlanta Falcons 28 24 23 357 262 95 1 19 281 165 116 1
7 Sun October 13 box L 4-3 @ Oakland Raiders 21 37 23 396 333 63 2 20 419 295 124
8 Bye Week
9 Sun October 27 box L 4-4 New York Giants 7 35 14 252 185 67 6 18 335 235 100 2
10 Sun November 3 box L 4-5 @ Green Bay Packers 18 28 18 293 127 166 23 355 254 101 1
11 Mon November 11 box L 4-6 @ San Diego Chargers 21 27 19 222 140 82 1 27 406 279 127
12 Sun November 17 box W 5-6 Seattle Seahawks 17 16 17 285 141 144 1 24 378 194 184 1
13 Sun November 24 box L 5-7 @ Chicago Bears 14 31 27 322 208 114 3 22 358 219 139 2
14 Thu November 28 box L 5-8 Kansas City Chiefs 24 28 21 318 237 81 3 26 338 95 243 1
15 Sun December 8 box L 5-9 Minnesota Vikings 22 24 23 380 235 145 21 289 173 116
16 Sun December 15 box L 5-10 Green Bay Packers 3 31 19 265 186 79 1 20 336 225 111 1
17 Mon December 23 box L 5-11 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 24 18 277 88 189 18 281 152 129

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 302 5013 976 5.1 317 309 541 3203 20 21 5.5 180 389 1810 15 4.7 105 26 5 32
Team Defense 368 5351 1044 5.1 324 311 502 3344 28 11 6.3 172 510 2007 12 3.9 126 19 8 26
Lg Rank Offense 21 20 9 14 18 16 23 23 28 12 7 2 9 1
Lg Rank Defense 22 20 25 6 18 27 27 23 26 25 14 20 30 29

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%
19 Scott Mitchell 28 QB 14 14 4-10-0 253 437 57.9 2917 17 3.9 17 3.9 62 6.7 5.7 11.5 208.4 74.9 36 199 5.7 4.8 7.6
1 Don Majkowski 32 5 2 1-1-0 55 102 53.9 554 3 2.9 3 2.9 27 5.4 4.7 10.1 110.8 67.2 10 61 4.4 3.7 8.9
3 Mark Royals 31 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 -8 0 0.0 0 0.0 -8 -8.0 -8.0 -8.0 -0.5 79.2 0 0 -8.0 -8.0 0.0
20 Barry Sanders* 28 RB 16 16 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 26.5 16 5-11-0 309 541 57.1 3463 20 3.7 21 3.9 62 6.4 5.4 11.2 216.4 72.5 46 260 5.5 4.5 7.8
Opp Total 16 311 502 62.0 3577 28 5.6 11 2.2 7.1 7.3 11.5 223.6 92.9 32 233 6.3 6.4

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
20 Barry Sanders* 28 RB 16 16 307 1553 11 54 5.1 97.1 19.2 24 147 6.1 0 28 1.5 9.2 1700 11 4
19 Scott Mitchell 28 QB 14 14 37 83 4 9 2.2 5.9 2.6 83 4 9
34 Ron Rivers 25 15 0 19 86 0 26 4.5 5.7 1.3 2 28 14.0 0 19 0.1 1.9 114 0 0
1 Don Majkowski 32 5 2 14 38 0 12 2.7 7.6 2.8 38 0 5
87 Johnnie Morton 25 WR 16 15 9 35 0 18 3.9 2.2 0.6 55 714 13.0 6 62 3.4 44.6 749 6 1
26 Eric Lynch 26 16 0 2 2 0 2 1.0 0.1 0.1 2 0 1
80 Brett Perriman 31 WR 16 16 1 13 0 13 13.0 0.8 0.1 94 1021 10.9 5 44 5.9 63.8 1034 5 0
84 Herman Moore*+ 27 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 106 1296 12.2 9 50 6.6 81.0 1296 9 0
89 Pete Metzelaars 36 TE 15 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 146 8.6 0 20 1.1 9.7 146 0 0
86 David Sloan 24 4 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 51 7.3 0 18 1.8 12.8 51 0 0
83 Aubrey Matthews 34 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 41 13.7 0 21 0.2 2.6 41 0 0
82 Derek Price 24 13 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.1 14 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 389 1810 15 54 4.7 113.1 24.3 309 3463 11.2 20 62 19.3 216.4 5273 35 21
Opp Total 16 510 2007 12 3.9 125.4 31.9 311 3344 10.8 28 19.4 209.0 5351 40 26

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
33 Glyn Milburn 25 RET 16 0 34 284 0 33 8.4 64 1627 0 65 25.4 1911
26 Eric Lynch 26 16 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 17
83 Aubrey Matthews 34 16 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 51
89 Pete Metzelaars 36 TE 15 11 1 1 0 1 1.0 147
34 Ron Rivers 25 15 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 122
90 Keith Washington 24 12 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Team Total 26.5 16 34 284 0 33 8.4 69 1675 0 65 24.3 7232
Opp Total 16 42 1 52 1298 0 25.0

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 Mark Royals 31 P 16 0 69 3020 60 1 43.8
4 Jason Hanson 26 K 16 0 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 1 17 12 70.6% 36 36 100.0% 1 24 24 0 24.0
Team Total 26.5 16 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 1 17 12 70.6% 36 36 100.0% 70 3044 60 1 43.5
Opp Total 16 25 20 80.0% 41 40 97.6% 71 2925 41.2

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
36 Bennie Blades 30 SS 15 15 2 112 1 98 78 28
47 Ryan McNeil 26 LCB 16 16 5 14 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 68 18
31 Corey Raymond 27 RCB 13 13 1 24 1 24 1 0 0 0 0 59 7
99 Pepper Johnson 32 MLB 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 54 16
39 Van Malone 26 FS 15 15 1 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 48 27
91 Robert Porcher 27 LDE 16 16 10.0 3 0 2 0 0 45 21
55 Antonio London 25 LLB 14 12 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 45 23
98 Henry Thomas 31 LDT 15 15 6.0 2 0 1 0 0 31 16
94 Luther Elliss 23 RDT 14 14 6.5 26 23
93 Kerwin Waldroup 22 RDE 16 10 2.5 29 16
25 Greg Jeffries 25 16 4 1 0 0 0 32 9
28 Ron Rice 24 13 2 26 13
57 Stephen Boyd 24 rlb 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 20 15
95 Mike Wells 25 16 1 0 0 1 0 1 16 14
38 Ryan Stewart 23 14 2 1 14 0 14 16 9
96 Shane Bonham 26 15 2 2.0 13 7
97 Tracy Scroggins 27 rde 6 6 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 13 3
50 Michael Brooks 32 4 4 6 6
19 Scott Mitchell 28 QB 14 14 9 5 -3 0
90 Keith Washington 24 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
44 Brad Ford 22 14 0 5 1
52 Scott Kowalkowski 28 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
1 Don Majkowski 32 5 2 5 1 -6 0
20 Barry Sanders* 28 RB 16 16 4 2 0 0
24 Richard Woodley 24 11 0 2 2
51 Tom Beer 27 16 1 1 1
92 Shane Dronett 25 7 0 1 1
53 Kevin Glover* 33 C 16 16 0 2 0 0
72 Ray Roberts 27 LT 16 16 0 2 0 0
77 Mike Compton 26 LG 15 15 1 0 0 0
64 Jeff Hartings 24 RG 11 10 0 1 0 0
26 Eric Lynch 26 16 0 1 0 0 0
87 Johnnie Morton 25 WR 16 15 1 0 0 0
3 Mark Royals 31 P 16 0 0 1 0 0
86 David Sloan 24 4 4 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 32.0 11 169 2 98 13 21 23 -9 1 644 277
Opp Total 16 46 26 18 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 AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
4 Jason Hanson 26 K 16 0 36 12 72
20 Barry Sanders* 28 RB 16 16 11 11 66
84 Herman Moore*+ 27 WR 16 16 9 9 1 56
87 Johnnie Morton 25 WR 16 15 6 6 36
80 Brett Perriman 31 WR 16 16 5 5 30
19 Scott Mitchell 28 QB 14 14 4 4 24
36 Bennie Blades 30 SS 15 15 1 1 6
31 Corey Raymond 27 RCB 13 13 1 1 6
95 Mike Wells 25 16 1 1 1 6
Team Total 26.5 16 15 20 1 2 38 1 36 12 302
Opp Total 16 12 28 1 1 40 20 1 368