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1998 Detroit Lions

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 306 points (19.1/g), 20th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 378 points (23.6/g), 24th.
 Differential of -72 points (-4.5/g), 22nd.
 Expected W-L: 6.0-10.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.2/g), 20th.

Coached by Bobby Ross (5-11-0)

1998 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 6 box L 0-1 @ Green Bay Packers 19 38 20 321 236 85 2 21 342 267 75
2 Sun September 13 box L 0-2 Cincinnati Bengals 28 34 22 412 188 224 2 18 384 284 100
3 Sun September 20 box L 0-3 @ Minnesota Vikings 6 29 19 279 142 137 4 17 287 211 76
4 Mon September 28 box W 1-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 6 17 280 124 156 1 6 133 78 55 2
5 Sun October 4 box L 1-4 @ Chicago Bears 27 31 15 340 246 94 23 405 280 125 5
6 Bye Week
7 Thu October 15 box W 2-4 Green Bay Packers 27 20 16 385 199 186 1 23 368 275 93 3
8 Sun October 25 box L 2-5 Minnesota Vikings 13 34 17 351 214 137 1 23 329 170 159 3
9 Sun November 1 box L 2-6 Arizona Cardinals 15 17 18 280 167 113 6 11 209 172 37 2
10 Sun November 8 box L 2-7 @ Philadelphia Eagles 9 10 9 257 111 146 16 289 73 216
11 Sun November 15 box W 3-7 Chicago Bears 26 3 24 391 246 145 14 252 147 105
12 Sun November 22 box W 4-7 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 25 19 300 188 112 22 428 283 145 2
13 Thu November 26 box W 5-7 Pittsburgh Steelers 19 16 13 283 213 70 2 22 293 208 85 2
14 Sun December 6 box L 5-8 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 22 37 16 332 212 120 24 426 221 205
15 Mon December 14 box L 5-9 @ San Francisco 49ers 13 35 25 380 311 69 2 29 409 81 328 1
16 Sun December 20 box L 5-10 Atlanta Falcons 17 24 17 258 141 117 3 20 268 123 145
17 Sun December 27 box L 5-11 @ Baltimore Ravens 10 19 11 236 192 44 1 19 295 142 153 1

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 306 5085 975 5.2 278 274 489 3130 17 13 5.9 160 441 1955 12 4.4 94 25 12 24
Team Defense 378 5117 1004 5.1 503 284 474 3015 23 12 5.8 167 487 2102 15 4.3 308 21 9 28
Lg Rank Offense 20 14 17 22 19 20 5 17 19 10 12 3 12 15
Lg Rank Defense 24 15 20 6 8 17 26 15 22 25 24 24 25 19

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Charlie Batch 24 QB 12 12 173 303 57.1 2178 11 3.6 6 2.0 98 7.2 6.7 12.6 181.5 83.5 37 222 5.8 5.3 10.9
Frank Reich 37 6 2 63 110 57.3 768 5 4.5 4 3.6 41 7.0 5.8 12.2 128.0 78.9 4 18 6.6 5.4 3.5
Scott Mitchell 30 2 2 38 75 50.7 452 1 1.3 3 4.0 44 6.0 4.4 11.9 226.0 57.2 4 28 5.4 3.8 5.1
John Jett 30 P 14 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 26.8 16 274 489 56.0 3398 17 3.5 13 2.7 98 6.9 6.1 12.4 212.4 78.2 45 268 5.9 5.1 8.4
Opp Total 16 284 474 59.9 3015 23 4.9 12 2.5 6.4 5.7 10.6 188.4 84.1 43 261 5.8 4.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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* 30 RB 16 16 343 1491 4 73 4.3 93.2 21.4 37 289 7.8 0 44 2.3 18.1 1780 4 3
Charlie Batch 24 QB 12 12 41 229 1 17 5.6 19.1 3.4 229 1 2
Ron Rivers 27 15 0 19 102 1 36 5.4 6.8 1.3 3 58 19.3 0 38 0.2 3.9 160 1 0
Tommy Vardell 29 FB 14 9 18 37 6 17 2.1 2.6 1.3 14 143 10.2 1 31 1.0 10.2 180 7 1
Scott Mitchell 30 2 2 7 30 0 17 4.3 15.0 3.5 30 0 1
Frank Reich 37 6 2 6 3 0 5 0.5 0.5 1.0 3 0 2
Cory Schlesinger 26 15 2 5 17 0 5 3.4 1.1 0.3 3 16 5.3 1 8 0.2 1.1 33 1 0
Johnnie Morton 27 WR 16 16 1 11 0 11 11.0 0.7 0.1 69 1028 14.9 2 98 4.3 64.3 1039 2 0
Germane Crowell 22 14 2 1 35 0 35 35.0 2.5 0.1 25 464 18.6 3 68 1.8 33.1 499 3 1
Herman Moore 29 WR 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 82 983 12.0 5 36 5.5 65.5 983 5 0
Walter Rasby 26 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 119 7.9 1 17 0.9 7.4 119 1 0
David Sloan 26 10 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 146 13.3 1 33 1.1 14.6 146 1 0
Brian Stablein 28 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 80 11.4 0 15 0.7 8.0 80 0 0
Tommie Boyd 27 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 52 13.0 1 19 0.4 5.8 52 1 0
Pete Chryplewicz 24 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 20 5.0 2 8 0.3 1.3 20 2 1
Team Total 26.8 16 441 1955 12 73 4.4 122.2 27.6 274 3398 12.4 17 98 17.1 212.4 5353 29 17
Opp Total 16 487 2102 15 4.3 131.4 30.4 284 3015 10.6 23 17.8 188.4 5117 38 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Terry Fair 22 RCB 14 10 30 189 0 23 6.3 51 1428 2 105 28.0 1617
Tommie Boyd 27 9 0 4 11 0 3 2.8 8 163 0 26 20.4 226
Jerris McPhail 26 3 0 6 71 0 20 11.8 71
Kevin Abrams 24 rcb 16 7 2 12 0 16 6.0 12
Ron Rivers 27 15 0 2 15 0 9 7.5 175
Tommy Vardell 29 FB 14 9 1 23 0 23 23.0 203
Team Total 26.8 16 36 212 0 23 5.9 68 1700 2 105 25.0 7265
Opp Total 16 47 1 49 1196 1 24.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
John Jett 30 P 14 0 66 2892 60 0 43.8
Jason Hanson 28 K 16 0 8 8 7 7 15 13 3 1 33 29 87.9% 29 27 93.1% 3 94 36 0 31.3
John Kidd 37 2 0 13 520 54 0 40.0
Team Total 26.8 16 8 8 7 7 15 13 3 1 33 29 87.9% 29 27 93.1% 82 3506 60 0 42.8
Opp Total 16 30 25 83.3% 41 41 100.0% 81 3459 42.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Robert Porcher 29 LDE 16 15 11.5 1 0 0 0 0 41 21
Stephen Boyd 26 MLB 13 13 4.0 1 0 4 1 0 75 37
Terry Fair 22 RCB 14 10 1.0 0 5 1 0 0 39 18
Ron Rice 26 SS 16 16 3.5 3 25 0 25 1 0 0 0 0 57 35
Tracy Scroggins 29 11 3 6.5 24 3
Kevin Abrams 24 rcb 16 7 3.0 2 0 1 7 0 41 10
Allen Aldridge 26 RLB 16 15 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 47 22
Mark A. Carrier 30 FS 13 13 3 33 0 33 2 1 0 0 0 43 12
Luther Elliss 25 RDT 16 16 3.0 0 0 1 0 0 38 12
Barry Sanders* 30 RB 16 16 3 1 0 0
Rob Fredrickson 27 LLB 16 16 2.5 1 0 0 0 56 30
Frank Reich 37 6 2 2 1 0 0
Bryant Westbrook 24 LCB 16 16 3 49 1 34 59 15
Dan Owens 31 LDT 11 11 2.5 15 12
Kerwin Waldroup 24 RDE 13 13 1.5 1 0 1 0 0 21 18
Charlie Batch 24 QB 12 12 2 0 0 0
Pete Chryplewicz 24 16 2 1 0 0 0
Germane Crowell 22 14 2 1 0 0 0
George Jamison 36 14 0 1 21 0 21 1 1
Greg Jeffries 27 15 3 0 0 1 0 0 23 3
Richard Jordan 24 16 3 1 4 0 4
Scott Kowalkowski 30 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
Scott Mitchell 30 2 2 1 0 -9 0
Tommy Vardell 29 FB 14 9 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.8 16 42.0 12 132 1 34 10 17 13 -1 0 618 267
Opp Total 16 45 27 18 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jason Hanson 28 K 16 0 27 29 114
Tommy Vardell 29 FB 14 9 6 1 42
Herman Moore 29 WR 15 15 5 30
Barry Sanders* 30 RB 16 16 4 24
Germane Crowell 22 14 2 3 18
Pete Chryplewicz 24 16 2 2 12
Terry Fair 22 RCB 14 10 2 12
Johnnie Morton 27 WR 16 16 2 12
Charlie Batch 24 QB 12 12 1 6
Tommie Boyd 27 9 0 1 6
Walter Rasby 26 TE 16 16 1 6
Ron Rivers 27 15 0 1 6
Cory Schlesinger 26 15 2 1 6
David Sloan 26 10 2 1 6
Bryant Westbrook 24 LCB 16 16 1 6
Team Total 26.8 16 12 17 2 1 27 29 306
Opp Total 16 15 23 1 1 1 41 25 1 378