2009 Detroit Lions

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Record: 2-14-0, Finished 4th in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 262 points (16.4/g), 27th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 494 points (30.9/g), 32nd.
Differential of -232 points (-14.5/g), 31st.
Expected W-L: 2.9-13.1.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -18 (-1.1/g), 32nd.

Simple Rating System: Total -14.4, Offense: -5.2, Defense: -9.2, SoS: 0.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Jim Schwartz (2-14-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Scott Linehan
Defensive Coordinator: Gunther Cunningham

Training Camp: Lions Training Facility (Allen Park, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

						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	262	4784	1037	4.6	281	316	585	3168	16	32	5.0	168	409	1616	9	4.0	82	41	9	31
Team Defense	494	6274	1029	6.1	332	371	545	4249	35	9	7.4	213	458	2025	18	4.4	95	23	14	24
Lg Rank Offense	27	26			22		6	21	24	32	28		24	24	22	28		32	7
Lg Rank Defense	32	32			30		21	32	32	30	32		22	25	26	21		24	4

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 13	boxscore	L		0-1	@	New Orleans Saints	27	45	14	231	198	33	3	28	515	358	157	3
2	Sun	September 20	boxscore	L		0-2		Minnesota Vikings	13	27	17	265	136	129	3	18	265	153	112	1
3	Sun	September 27	boxscore	W		1-2		Washington Redskins	19	14	23	381	227	154		22	390	325	65	1
4	Sun	October 4	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Chicago Bears	24	48	25	398	308	90	2	14	276	125	151
5	Sun	October 11	boxscore	L		1-4		Pittsburgh Steelers	20	28	21	335	225	110	1	18	344	262	82	1
6	Sun	October 18	boxscore	L		1-5	@	Green Bay Packers	0	26	10	149	71	78	3	23	435	328	107	2
7								Bye Week
8	Sun	November 1	boxscore	L		1-6		St. Louis Rams	10	17	17	289	162	127	1	21	362	212	150	1
9	Sun	November 8	boxscore	L		1-7	@	Seattle Seahawks	20	32	17	300	186	114	5	25	397	342	55	2
10	Sun	November 15	boxscore	L		1-8	@	Minnesota Vikings	10	27	19	297	204	93	1	19	492	340	152	2
11	Sun	November 22	boxscore	W		2-8		Cleveland Browns	38	37	26	473	416	57	2	22	439	308	131
12	Thu	November 26	boxscore	L		2-9		Green Bay Packers	12	34	16	272	199	73	5	20	422	342	80	2
13	Sun	December 6	boxscore	L		2-10	@	Cincinnati Bengals	13	23	14	245	165	80	2	22	321	202	119	3
14	Sun	December 13	boxscore	L		2-11	@	Baltimore Ravens	3	48	13	229	126	103	2	24	548	240	308	1
15	Sun	December 20	boxscore	L		2-12		Arizona Cardinals	24	31	15	282	121	161	3	21	340	218	122	3
16	Sun	December 27	boxscore	L		2-13	@	San Francisco 49ers	6	20	16	289	175	114	6	13	310	226	84	1
17	Sun	January 3	boxscore	L		2-14		Chicago Bears	23	37	18	349	249	100	2	22	418	268	150

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

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%	4QC	GWD
9	Matthew Stafford	21	QB	10	10	2-8-0	201	377	53.3	2267	13	3.4	20	5.3	75	6.0	4.3	11.3	226.7	61.0	24	169	5.2	3.6	6.0	1	1
11	Daunte Culpepper	32	qb	8	5	0-5-0	89	157	56.7	945	3	1.9	6	3.8	38	6.0	4.7	10.6	118.1	64.8	14	107	4.9	3.7	8.2
5	Drew Stanton	25		4	1	0-1-0	26	51	51.0	259	0	0.0	6	11.8	30	5.1	-0.2	10.0	64.8	26.1	5	27	4.1	-0.7	8.9
	Team Total	27.1		16		2-14-0	316	585	54.0	3471	16	2.7	32	5.5	75	5.9	4.0	11.0	216.9	58.1	43	303	5.0	3.3	6.8	1	1
	Opp Total			16			371	545	68.1	4399	35	6.4	9	1.7		8.1	8.6	11.9	274.9	107.0	26	150	7.4	8.0	4.6

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						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
34	Kevin Smith	23	RB	13	13	217	747	4	31	3.4	57.5	16.7	41	415	10.1	1	63	3.2	31.9	1162	5	3
28	Maurice Morris	30		14	3	93	384	2	64	4.1	27.4	6.6	26	210	8.1	0	19	1.9	15.0	594	2	1
21	Aaron Brown	24	KR	15	2	27	131	0	19	4.9	8.7	1.8	9	84	9.3	1	26	0.6	5.6	215	1	0
9	Matthew Stafford	21	QB	10	10	20	108	2	21	5.4	10.8	2.0								108	2	4
11	Daunte Culpepper	32	qb	8	5	18	91	0	32	5.1	11.4	2.3								91	0	4
45	Jerome Felton	23	rb	13	8	15	46	0	10	3.1	3.5	1.2	13	133	10.2	0	27	1.0	10.2	179	0	0
5	Drew Stanton	25		4	1	9	33	1	11	3.7	8.3	2.3								33	1	1
81	Calvin Johnson	24	WR	14	14	7	73	0	19	10.4	5.2	0.5	67	984	14.7	5	75	4.8	70.3	1057	5	3
12	Derrick Williams	23		11	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0.1	6	52	8.7	0	19	0.5	4.7	56	0	2
16	Yamon Figurs	26		3	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.7	0.3	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.3	2.3	5	0	0
24	Kalvin Pearson	31		12	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1								1	0	1
80	Bryant Johnson	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	35	417	11.9	3	36	2.2	26.1	417	3	0
86	Dennis Northcutt	32	PR	16	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	35	357	10.2	1	47	2.2	22.3	357	1	2
84	Brandon Pettigrew	24	TE	11	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	30	346	11.5	2	30	2.7	31.5	346	2	1
89	Will Heller	28	TE	16	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	29	296	10.2	3	24	1.8	18.5	296	3	0
82	Casey Fitzsimmons	29		12	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	18	128	7.1	0	12	1.5	10.7	128	0	1
85	Jake Nordin	25		4	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	26	13.0	0	14	0.5	6.5	26	0	0
44	Terrelle Smith	31		8	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	7	3.5	0	4	0.3	0.9	7	0	0
86	Dan Gronkowski	24		2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.5	2.0	4	0	0
16	John Standeford	27		2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.5	2.5	5	0	0
	Team Total	27.1		16		409	1616	9	64	4.0	101.0	25.6	316	3471	11.0	16	75	19.8	216.9	5087	25	25
	Opp Total			16		458	2025	18		4.4	126.6	28.6	371	4249	11.5	35		23.2	265.6	6274	53	26

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
21	Aaron Brown	24	KR	15	2						42	951	0	87	22.6	1166
12	Derrick Williams	23		11	0						42	931	0	34	22.2	987
86	Dennis Northcutt	32	PR	16	2	22	189	0	43	8.6	3	66	0	34	22.0	612
38	Brian Witherspoon	24		1	0	2	10	0	9	5.0	4	72	0	31	18.0	82
31	Phillip Buchanon	29	RCB	13	11	4	34	0	18	8.5						34
49	Zack Follett	22		12	0						2	12	0	10	6.0	12
45	Jerome Felton	23	rb	13	8						1	0	0	0	0.0	179
82	Casey Fitzsimmons	29		12	1						1	10	0	10	10.0	138
17	Adam Jennings	27		1	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	8
	Team Total	27.1		16		28	233	0	43	8.3	96	2050	0	87	21.4	7370
	Opp Total			16		41		0			58	1353	1		23.3

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						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
2	Nick Harris	31	P	16	0																	74	3175	56	0	42.9
4	Jason Hanson	39	K	16	0											28	21	75.0%	25	25	100.0%
	Team Total	27.1		16												28	21	75.0%	25	25	100.0%	74	3175	56	0	42.9
	Opp Total			16												34	31	91.2%	55	55	100.0%	66	2878			43.6

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
55	Larry Foote	29	MLB	14	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	70	29
26	Louis Delmas	22	FS	15	15	1.0	2	130	1	101	8	0	0	1	65	1	63	29	1
54	DeAndre Levy	22	RLB	16	10		1	5	0	5	5	1	1	2	0	0	54	24
59	Julian Peterson	31	LLB	16	14	4.5	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	1	1	0	47	27
41	Will James	30	LCB	16	14		2	41	1	38	14						54	15
31	Phillip Buchanon	29	RCB	13	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	0	37	5
50	Ernie Sims	25	rlb	11	8		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	32	17
32	Anthony Henry	33	lcb	14	6		2	26	0	26	7						35	8
25	Marvin White	26	SS	10	6		0	0	0	0	6						33	12
92	Cliff Avril	23	RDE	13	11	5.5	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	26	14
97	Jason Hunter	26	LDE	14	9	5.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	27	7
40	Marquand Manuel	30	ss	9	6		0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	29	6
30	Ko Simpson	26	ss	8	5		1	8	0	8	4	0	0	1	0	0	26	4
23	Kevin Hobbs	26		14	2		0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	19	13
90	Grady Jackson	36	LDT	15	13												18	13
79	Sammie Lee Hill	23	RDT	13	12							0	0	2	0	0	14	12
98	Landon Cohen	24		14	4							1	0	0	0	0	16	7
67	Turk McBride	24		11	4	1.5						1	0	0	0	0	13	10
57	Jordon Dizon	23		16	0	1.0						1	0	1	0	0	12	8
96	Andre Fluellen	24		14	3	1.5											9	8
24	Kalvin Pearson	31		12	0							0	1	0	0	0	10	5
26	Jack Williams	24		1	0		0	0	0	0	3						12	0
26	DeAngelo Smith	23		7	1		0	0	0	0	1						6	6
60	Joe Cohen	25		7	0	1.0											6	3
99	Dewayne White	30	rde	10	5		1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	6	2
80	Bryant Johnson	28	WR	16	16												5	0
86	Dennis Northcutt	32	PR	16	2							0	2	1	0	0	3	1
29	Eric King	27		4	1		0	0	0	0	1						4	1
34	Kevin Smith	23	RB	13	13							0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1
11	Daunte Culpepper	32	qb	8	5							0	4	4	-8	0
38	Demarcus Faggins	30		2	0												4	0
9	Matthew Stafford	21	QB	10	10							0	4	2	0	0	1	0
76	Jeff Backus	32	LT	16	16												3	1
81	Calvin Johnson	24	WR	14	14							0	3	0	0	0	2	0
94	Copeland Bryan	26		5	1	1.0											2	1
49	Zack Follett	22		12	0							0	0	1	0	0	0	4
12	Derrick Williams	23		11	0							0	2	1	0	0	1	0
82	Casey Fitzsimmons	29		12	1							0	1	0	0	0	1	1
66	Stephen Peterman	27	RG	9	9												2	0
28	Maurice Morris	30		14	3							0	1	1	0	0	0	1
84	Brandon Pettigrew	24	TE	11	11							0	1	1	0	0	0	1
63	Manuel Ramirez	26	LG	13	12							0	0	1	0	0	1	0
5	Drew Stanton	25		4	1							0	1	0	0	0	1	0
77	Gosder Cherilus	25	RT	15	15												1	0
45	Jerome Felton	23	rb	13	8												1	0
70	Daniel Loper	27	rg	8	5												1	0
51	Dominic Raiola	31	C	16	16												1	0
52	Darnell Bing	25		4	0							0	0	1	0	0
21	Aaron Brown	24	KR	15	2												0	1
46	Vinny Ciurciu	29		9	0												0	1
65	Dylan Gandy	27	rg	15	5												0	1
2	Nick Harris	31	P	16	0												0	1
48	Don Muhlbach	28		15	0							1	0	0	0	0	0	1
38	Brian Witherspoon	24		1	0												0	1
	Team Total	27.1		16		25.0	9	210	2	101	74	18	25	27	63	1	711	301	2
	Opp Total			16		43							26	12					1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
4	Jason Hanson	39	K	16	0								25	21		88
34	Kevin Smith	23	RB	13	13	4	1				5				1	32
81	Calvin Johnson	24	WR	14	14		5				5					30
89	Will Heller	28	TE	16	9		3				3					18
80	Bryant Johnson	28	WR	16	16		3				3					18
26	Louis Delmas	22	FS	15	15				1	1	2				1	14
28	Maurice Morris	30		14	3	2					2	1				14
84	Brandon Pettigrew	24	TE	11	11		2				2					12
9	Matthew Stafford	21	QB	10	10	2					2					12
21	Aaron Brown	24	KR	15	2		1				1					6
41	Will James	30	LCB	16	14					1	1					6
86	Dennis Northcutt	32	PR	16	2		1				1					6
5	Drew Stanton	25		4	1	1					1					6
	Team Total	27.1		16		9	16		1	2	28	1	25	21	2	262
	Opp Total			16		18	35	1				1	55	31	1	494

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