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2008 Detroit Lions

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 0-12-0, Currently 4th place in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 203 points (16.9/g), 29th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 393 points (32.8/g), 32nd.
 Differential of -190 points (-15.8/g), 31st.
 Expected W-L: 2.1-9.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.8/g), 29th.

Coached by Rod Marinelli (0-12-0)

2008 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 7 box L 0-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 21 34 21 316 246 70 1 23 474 156 318
2 Sun September 14 box L 0-2 Green Bay Packers 25 48 15 311 262 49 3 19 447 324 123 1
3 Sun September 21 box L 0-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 13 31 14 240 124 116 2 25 370 188 182
4 Bye Week
5 Sun October 5 box L 0-4 Chicago Bears 7 34 12 185 131 54 2 21 425 328 97 1
6 Sun October 12 box L 0-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 10 12 8 212 112 100 1 23 392 257 135 3
7 Sun October 19 box L 0-6 @ Houston Texans 21 28 15 326 249 77 29 404 254 150 1
8 Sun October 26 box L 0-7 Washington Redskins 17 25 13 274 217 57 22 439 304 135 1
9 Sun November 2 box L 0-8 @ Chicago Bears 23 27 21 333 280 53 3 18 320 166 154 2
10 Sun November 9 box L 0-9 Jacksonville Jaguars 14 38 13 256 153 103 1 24 384 227 157
11 Sun November 16 box L 0-10 @ Carolina Panthers 22 31 20 316 186 130 4 16 362 98 264 1
12 Sun November 23 box L 0-11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 38 9 207 99 108 3 15 255 139 116 3
13 Thu November 27 box L 0-12 Tennessee Titans 10 47 6 154 131 23 3 19 456 164 292 1
14 Sun December 7 Minnesota Vikings
15 Sun December 14 @ Indianapolis Colts
16 Sun December 21 New Orleans Saints
17 Sun December 28 @ Green Bay Packers

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 203 3130 675 4.6 167 211 383 2190 14 15 5.1 105 247 940 7 3.8 49 23 8 13
Team Defense 393 4732 756 6.3 250 209 315 2609 18 2 7.7 127 418 2123 22 5.1 112 14 12 11
Lg Rank Offense 29 30 31 16 26 16 28 28 32 30 26 27 25 17
Lg Rank Defense 32 31 30 1 19 22 32 32 32 32 32 32 27 3

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%
Dan Orlovsky 25 7 88 156 56.4 1033 5 3.2 4 2.6 96 6.6 5.8 11.7 147.6 76.7 12 81 5.7 4.9 7.1
Jon Kitna 36 4 68 120 56.7 758 5 4.2 5 4.2 47 6.3 4.9 11.1 189.5 72.2 15 89 5.0 3.7 11.1
Daunte Culpepper 31 4 46 91 50.5 566 3 3.3 6 6.6 51 6.2 3.6 12.3 141.5 53.6 11 72 4.8 2.5 10.8
Drew Stanton 24 2 8 14 57.1 107 1 7.1 0 0.0 41 7.6 8.4 13.4 53.5 105.4 5 33 3.9 4.4 26.3
Drew Henson 28 1 1 2 50.0 20 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 10.0 10.0 20.0 20.0 85.4 2 19 0.3 0.3 50.0
Team Total 27.8 12 211 383 55.1 2484 14 3.7 15 3.9 96 6.5 5.1 11.8 207.0 70.9 45 294 5.1 3.9 10.5
Opp Total 12 209 315 66.3 2609 18 5.7 2 0.6 8.3 8.6 12.5 217.4 108.3 23 146 7.7 7.6

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
Kevin Smith 22 12 145 621 5 50 4.3 51.8 12.1 28 221 7.9 0 27 2.3 18.4 842 5 0
Rudi Johnson 29 11 73 233 1 27 3.2 21.2 6.6 11 89 8.1 1 34 1.0 8.1 322 2 1
Daunte Culpepper 31 4 8 18 1 9 2.3 4.5 2.0 18 1 2
Dan Orlovsky 25 7 7 29 0 10 4.1 4.1 1.0 29 0 3
Jon Kitna 36 4 6 34 0 10 5.7 8.5 1.5 34 0 3
Calvin Johnson 23 12 3 -1 0 7 -0.3 -0.1 0.3 53 971 18.3 8 96 4.4 80.9 970 8 2
Aveion Cason 29 3 2 1 0 1 0.5 0.3 0.7 2 18 9.0 0 15 0.7 6.0 19 0 1
Jerome Felton 22 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 4 26 6.5 0 11 1.0 6.5 26 0 0
Moran Norris 30 3 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.3 0.3 3 13 4.3 0 6 1.0 4.3 14 0 0
Drew Stanton 24 2 1 4 0 4 4.0 2.0 0.5 4 0 0
Shaun McDonald 27 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 332 9.5 1 26 2.9 27.7 332 1 2
Michael Gaines 28 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 194 9.7 1 21 2.2 21.6 194 1 3
Mike Furrey 31 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 181 10.1 0 25 2.6 25.9 181 0 1
Roy E. Williams 27 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 232 13.6 1 25 3.4 46.4 232 1 0
Casey Fitzsimmons 28 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 70 7.0 1 16 1.3 8.8 70 1 0
John Owens 28 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 18 4.5 1 10 0.8 3.6 18 1 0
John Standeford 26 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 75 18.8 0 32 1.3 25.0 75 0 1
Daniel Campbell 32 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 21 21.0 0 21 1.0 21.0 21 0 0
Brandon Middleton 27 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 23 23.0 0 23 0.1 2.9 23 0 3
Team Total 27.8 12 247 940 7 50 3.8 78.3 20.6 211 2484 11.8 14 96 17.6 207.0 3424 21 25
Opp Total 12 418 2123 22 5.1 176.9 34.8 209 2609 12.5 18 17.4 217.4 4732 40 19

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
Brandon Middleton 27 8 39 864 0 42 22.2 887
Aveion Cason 29 3 17 374 0 46 22.0 393
Shaun McDonald 27 12 11 104 0 27 9.5 436
Mike Furrey 31 7 5 36 0 20 7.2 2 30 0 16 15.0 247
Shaun Cody 25 11 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Casey Fitzsimmons 28 8 1 16 0 16 16.0 86
Adam Jennings 26 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Corey Smith 29 7 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Team Total 27.8 12 17 140 0 27 8.2 61 1300 0 46 21.3 4864
Opp Total 12 41 2 42 953 0 22.7

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
Nick Harris 30 P 12 73 3191 63 0 43.7
Jason Hanson 38 K 12 1 1 3 2 6 6 7 7 17 16 94.1% 20 19 95.0%
Team Total 27.8 12 1 1 3 2 6 6 7 7 17 16 94.1% 20 19 95.0% 73 3191 63 0 43.7
Opp Total 12 24 21 87.5% 46 46 100.0% 51 221 4.3

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
Paris Lenon 31 12 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 52 27
Ernie Sims 24 12 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 50 30
Daniel Bullocks 25 12 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 44 1 48 23
Leigh Bodden 27 12 1 2 0 2 10 2 0 1 0 0 46 8
Kalvin Pearson 30 12 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 35 13
Cory Redding 28 12 3.0 31 7
Ryan Nece 29 12 1.5 0 0 0 0 2 27 16
Dewayne White 29 7 5.5 1 -4 0 -4 2 3 0 1 0 0 26 10
Dwight Smith 30 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 26 8
Jared DeVries 32 10 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 21 8
Brian Kelly 32 10 0 0 0 0 1 23 3
Shaun Cody 25 11 0 0 0 0 2 20 7
Travis Fisher 29 9 0 0 0 0 3 18 4
Alex Lewis 27 11 1 0 1 0 0 15 9
Chartric Darby 33 10 1.0 0 0 1 2 0 14 8
Corey Smith 29 7 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 15 2
Cliff Avril 22 8 3.0 3 0 1 10 0 11 3
Jordon Dizon 22 8 0 0 1 0 0 8 10
Ikaika Alama-Francis 24 6 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 8 4
Ramzee Robinson 24 7 0 0 1 0 0 8 1
Keith Smith 28 6 6 4
Langston Moore 27 4 6 3
Gerald Alexander 24 3 6 0
Calvin Johnson 23 12 0 2 2 0 0 4 0
Andre Fluellen 23 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Jon Kitna 36 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 0
Daunte Culpepper 31 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
Michael Gaines 28 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
Dan Orlovsky 25 7 3 2 -7 0
Shaun McDonald 27 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Backus 31 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Drew Henson 28 1 2 1 0 0
Rudi Johnson 29 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Brandon Middleton 27 8 3 0 0 0
Damion Cook 29 1 1 0
Casey Fitzsimmons 28 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Andy McCollum 38 1 1 0
John Owens 28 5 1 0
Stephen Peterman 26 1 1 0
Kevin Smith 22 12 1 0
Aveion Cason 29 3 1 0 0 0
Mike Furrey 31 7 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Harris 30 P 12 0 1
LaMarcus Hicks 25 3 0 1
Adam Jennings 26 9 1 0 0 0
Dominic Raiola 30 1 0 1 0 0
Stuart Schweigert 27 2 0 1
John Standeford 26 3 1 0 0 0
Marcus Thomas 24 2 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.8 12 22.0 2 -2 0 2 33 14 25 25 49 1 538 215
Opp Total 12 45 19 7 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 38 K 12 19 16 67
Calvin Johnson 23 12 8 48
Kevin Smith 22 12 5 30
Rudi Johnson 29 11 1 1 12
Daniel Bullocks 25 12 1 6
Daunte Culpepper 31 4 1 6
Casey Fitzsimmons 28 8 1 6
Michael Gaines 28 9 1 6
Shaun McDonald 27 12 1 6
John Owens 28 5 1 6
Roy E. Williams 27 5 1 6
Team Total 27.8 12 7 14 1 19 16 199
Opp Total 12 22 18 2 1 46 21 1 393