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1999 Detroit Lions

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 322 points (20.1/g), 15th of 31 in the NFL.
 Allowed 323 points (20.2/g), 14th.
 Differential of -1 points (-0.1/g), 17th.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-8.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.6/g), 6th.

Coached by Bobby Ross (8-8-0)

1999 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 12 box W 1-0 @ Seattle Seahawks 28 20 19 369 202 167 1 16 205 174 31 2
2 Sun September 19 box W 2-0 Green Bay Packers 23 15 9 278 196 82 2 21 437 283 154 3
3 Sun September 26 box L 2-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 21 31 18 311 193 118 2 21 383 228 155
4 Bye Week
5 Sun October 10 box L 2-2 San Diego Chargers 10 20 14 229 192 37 3 15 256 192 64 2
6 Sun October 17 box W 3-2 Minnesota Vikings 25 23 19 299 189 110 1 17 327 267 60 5
7 Sun October 24 box W 4-2 @ Carolina Panthers 24 9 20 300 210 90 2 22 320 259 61 2
8 Sun October 31 box W 5-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 3 13 256 109 147 18 292 220 72 2
9 Sun November 7 box W 6-2 St. Louis Rams 31 27 17 332 311 21 20 332 275 57 2
10 Sun November 14 box L 6-3 @ Arizona Cardinals 19 23 17 373 331 42 1 17 343 184 159 1
11 Sun November 21 box L 6-4 @ Green Bay Packers 17 26 20 335 225 110 2 24 371 307 64
12 Thu November 25 box W 7-4 Chicago Bears 21 17 20 377 293 84 1 12 236 184 52 1
13 Sun December 5 box W 8-4 Washington Redskins 33 17 12 292 261 31 16 333 217 116 4
14 Sun December 12 box L 8-5 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 23 16 265 210 55 1 17 312 271 41 2
15 Sun December 19 box L 8-6 @ Chicago Bears 10 28 19 339 236 103 4 27 396 292 104 2
16 Sat December 25 box L 8-7 Denver Broncos 7 17 16 274 242 32 22 369 165 204 1
17 Sun January 2 box L 8-8 @ Minnesota Vikings 17 24 20 302 286 16 2 20 379 242 137 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sat January 8 box L 8-9 @ Washington Redskins 13 27

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 322 4931 978 5.0 269 326 558 3686 22 14 5.9 179 356 1245 8 3.5 67 22 8 23
Team Defense 323 5291 1017 5.2 523 359 574 3760 21 16 6.0 185 393 1531 12 3.9 305 32 16 33
Lg Rank Offense 15 21 24 8 9 11 4 19 29 28 25 24 2 4
Lg Rank Defense 14 18 23 23 27 17 17 15 6 9 18 15 13 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Gus Frerotte 28 qb 9 6 2-4-0 175 288 60.8 2117 9 3.1 7 2.4 77 7.4 6.6 12.1 235.2 83.6 28 202 6.1 5.3 8.9
Charlie Batch 25 QB 11 10 6-4-0 151 270 55.9 1957 13 4.8 7 2.6 74 7.2 6.6 13.0 177.9 84.1 36 186 5.8 5.2 11.8
Team Total 26.9 16 8-8-0 326 558 58.4 4074 22 3.9 14 2.5 77 7.3 6.6 12.5 254.6 83.9 64 388 5.9 5.3 10.3
Opp Total 16 359 574 62.5 3760 21 3.7 16 2.8 6.6 5.7 10.5 235.0 82.1 50 340 6.0 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
Greg Hill 27 RB 14 8 144 542 2 45 3.8 38.7 10.3 13 77 5.9 0 15 0.9 5.5 619 2 1
Ron Rivers 28 rb 7 6 82 295 0 37 3.6 42.1 11.7 22 173 7.9 1 31 3.1 24.7 468 1 0
Cory Schlesinger 27 FB 16 11 43 124 0 16 2.9 7.8 2.7 21 151 7.2 1 25 1.3 9.4 275 1 4
Sedrick Irvin 21 14 0 36 133 4 51 3.7 9.5 2.6 25 233 9.3 0 31 1.8 16.6 366 4 2
Charlie Batch 25 QB 11 10 28 87 2 12 3.1 7.9 2.5 87 2 4
Gus Frerotte 28 qb 9 6 15 33 0 8 2.2 3.7 1.7 33 0 3
Germane Crowell 23 WR 16 15 5 38 0 20 7.6 2.4 0.3 81 1338 16.5 7 77 5.1 83.6 1376 7 1
John Jett 31 P 16 0 2 -8 0 0 -4.0 -0.5 0.1 -8 0 1
Brock Olivo 23 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 4 24 6.0 0 12 0.3 1.7 25 0 0
Johnnie Morton 28 WR 16 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 80 1129 14.1 5 48 5.0 70.6 1129 5 0
David Sloan* 27 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 47 591 12.6 4 74 2.9 36.9 591 4 0
Herman Moore 30 8 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 197 12.3 2 26 2.0 24.6 197 2 0
Brian Stablein 29 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 119 10.8 1 42 0.7 7.4 119 1 1
Walter Rasby 27 te 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 19 6.3 1 13 0.2 1.2 19 1 0
Pete Chryplewicz 25 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 18 9.0 0 13 0.2 1.6 18 0 0
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke 26 RET 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.5 5 0 1
Team Total 26.9 16 356 1245 8 51 3.5 77.8 22.3 326 4074 12.5 22 77 20.4 254.6 5319 30 21
Opp Total 16 393 1531 12 3.9 95.7 24.6 359 3760 10.5 21 22.4 235.0 5291 33 32

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 23 RCB 11 11 11 97 0 36 8.8 34 752 0 91 22.1 849
Desmond Howard 29 5 0 6 115 1 68 19.2 15 298 0 35 19.9 413
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke 26 RET 10 0 18 150 0 20 8.3 155
Brock Olivo 23 14 0 11 198 0 25 18.0 223
Tyree Talton 23 12 0 6 121 0 38 20.2 121
Sedrick Irvin 21 14 0 2 15 0 15 7.5 3 21 0 21 7.0 402
Cory Schlesinger 27 FB 16 11 2 33 0 20 16.5 308
Johnnie Morton 28 WR 16 12 1 22 0 22 22.0 1151
Brian Stablein 29 16 2 1 9 0 9 9.0 128
Team Total 26.9 16 38 386 1 68 10.2 72 1445 0 91 20.1 7150
Opp Total 16 42 0 60 1242 1 20.7

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 31 P 16 0 86 3637 62 0 42.3
Jason Hanson* 29 K 16 0 8 8 4 4 12 10 8 4 32 26 81.3% 29 28 96.6%
Team Total 26.9 16 8 8 4 4 12 10 8 4 32 26 81.3% 29 28 96.6% 86 3637 62 0 42.3
Opp Total 16 29 22 75.9% 31 31 100.0% 82 3444 42.0

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* 30 LDE 15 14 15.0 3 0 0 0 0 32 16
Tracy Scroggins 30 RDE 14 11 8.5 2 0 2 4 0 26 11
James A. Jones 30 LDT 16 16 7.0 4 0 1 0 0 31 17
Ron Rice 27 SS 16 16 1.0 5 82 0 33 1 0 1 0 0 77 24
Terry Fair 23 RCB 11 11 3 49 1 41 0 2 1 35 1 46 6
Luther Elliss* 26 RDT 15 14 3.5 3 0 2 11 1 31 16
Allen Aldridge 27 LLB 16 14 3.0 0 1 1 8 1 40 24
Cory Schlesinger 27 FB 16 11 4 1 0 0
Chris Claiborne 21 RLB 15 13 1.5 1 0 3 27 0 50 16
Robert Bailey 31 LCB 16 11 2.0 2 39 0 31 2 0 0 0 0 50 8
Charlie Batch 25 QB 11 10 4 0 0 0
Mark A. Carrier 31 FS 15 15 3 16 0 16 3 0 1 6 0 62 15
Gus Frerotte 28 qb 9 6 3 1 0 0
Travis Kirschke 25 rde 15 7 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 12 8
Mike Compton 29 C 15 15 0 2 8 0
Germane Crowell 23 WR 16 15 1 1 0 0
Jeff Hartings 27 RG 16 16 0 2 1 0
Sedrick Irvin 21 14 0 2 0 0 0
Scott Kowalkowski 31 16 3 1.0 1 29 0 29 9 13
Brian Stablein 29 16 2 1 1 0 0
Mike Pringley 23 9 0 1.5 6 0
Stephen Boyd* 27 MLB 14 14 1 18 0 18 1 0 0 0 0 84 44
Andre Collins 31 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3
Greg Hill 27 RB 14 8 1 0 0 0
John Jett 31 P 16 0 1 0 0 0
Clint Kriewaldt 23 12 0 1 2 0 2 2 0
Brock Olivo 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Dan Owens 32 8 0 1.0 8 2
Kelvin Pritchett 30 16 2 1.0 16 4
Tony Ramirez 26 12 3 0 1 0 0
Ray Roberts 30 LT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Ryan Stewart 26 2 0 1.0 1 0
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke 26 RET 10 0 1 0 0 0
Bryant Westbrook 25 rcb 10 8 1 0 1 0 0 32 3
Team Total 26.9 16 49.0 16 235 1 41 21 21 26 100 3 671 239
Opp Total 16 64 32 16 3

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* 29 K 16 0 28 26 106
Germane Crowell 23 WR 16 15 7 1 44
Johnnie Morton 28 WR 16 12 5 30
Sedrick Irvin 21 14 0 4 24
David Sloan* 27 TE 16 15 4 24
Charlie Batch 25 QB 11 10 2 12
Terry Fair 23 RCB 11 11 1 1 12
Greg Hill 27 RB 14 8 2 12
Herman Moore 30 8 4 2 12
Brian Stablein 29 16 2 1 1 8
Allen Aldridge 27 LLB 16 14 1 6
Luther Elliss* 26 RDT 15 14 1 6
Desmond Howard 29 5 0 1 6
Walter Rasby 27 te 16 6 1 6
Ron Rivers 28 rb 7 6 1 6
Cory Schlesinger 27 FB 16 11 1 6
Team Total 26.9 16 8 22 1 3 1 2 28 26 320
Opp Total 16 12 21 1 2 31 22 3 323