2012 Detroit Lions

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

Scored 372 points (23.2/g), 17th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 437 points (27.3/g), 27th.
Differential of -65 points (-4.1/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -16 (-1.0/g), 30th.

Simple Rating System: Total -2.3, Offense: 2.1, Defense: -4.4, SoS: 1.8, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Jim Schwartz

Offensive Coordinator: Scott Linehan
Defensive Coordinator: Gunther Cunningham

Other Notable Asst.: Tim Walton (Secondary/3rd Down Package)

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

			Tot Yds & TO			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	372	6540	1160	5.6	382	445	740	4927	22	17	6.4	272	391	1613	17	4.1	84	33	16	26
Team Defense	437	5458	998	5.5	305	346	544	3569	26	11	6.2	167	420	1889	13	4.5	107	17	6	31
Lg Rank Offense	17	3			2		1	2	18	22	14		25	23	6	18		27	27
Lg Rank Defense	27	13			12		12	14	19	23	18		14	16	18	24		27	25

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 9	boxscore	W		1-0		St. Louis Rams	27	23	28	429	346	83	3	14	250	173	77
2	Sun	September 16	boxscore	L		1-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	19	27	15	296	214	82	1	24	349	201	148	1
3	Sun	September 23	boxscore	L	OT	1-2	@	Tennessee Titans	41	44	36	583	442	141	1	21	437	378	59	2
4	Sun	September 30	boxscore	L		1-3		Minnesota Vikings	13	20	23	341	286	55	1	15	227	100	127
5								Bye Week
6	Sun	October 14	boxscore	W	OT	2-3	@	Philadelphia Eagles	26	23	25	449	311	138	1	24	357	286	71	3
7	Mon	October 22	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Chicago Bears	7	13	21	340	243	97	4	19	296	125	171
8	Sun	October 28	boxscore	W		3-4		Seattle Seahawks	28	24	26	415	331	84	1	21	369	236	133	2
9	Sun	November 4	boxscore	W		4-4	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	31	14	26	434	285	149		19	279	215	64	2
10	Sun	November 11	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	24	34	23	368	308	60	2	18	403	207	196
11	Sun	November 18	boxscore	L		4-6		Green Bay Packers	20	24	19	362	252	110	4	16	314	219	95	1
12	Thu	November 22	boxscore	L	OT	4-7		Houston Texans	31	34	29	525	419	106	1	26	501	296	205	1
13	Sun	December 2	boxscore	L		4-8		Indianapolis Colts	33	35	21	451	313	138	1	23	459	372	87	3
14	Sun	December 9	boxscore	L		4-9	@	Green Bay Packers	20	27	27	386	251	135	2	15	288	148	140	1
15	Sun	December 16	boxscore	L		4-10	@	Arizona Cardinals	10	38	18	312	228	84	4	12	196	97	99	1
16	Sat	December 22	boxscore	L		4-11		Atlanta Falcons	18	31	25	522	443	79	3	19	344	271	73
17	Sun	December 30	boxscore	L		4-12		Chicago Bears	24	26	20	327	255	72	4	19	389	245	144

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	QBR	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
9	Matthew Stafford	24	QB	16	15	4-12-0	435	727	59.8	4967	20	2.8	17	2.3	57	6.8	6.3	11.4	310.4	79.8	58.93	29	212	6.29	5.81	3.8	3	3
14	Shaun Hill	32		1	0		10	13	76.9	172	2	15.4	0	0.0	46	13.2	16.3	17.2	172.0	157.9	76.75	0	0	13.23	16.31	0.0
	Team Total	26.9		16		4-12-0	445	740	60.1	5139	22	3.0	17	2.3	57	6.9	6.5	11.5	321.2	81.5		29	212	6.41	5.98	3.8	3	3
	Opp Total			16			346	544	63.6	3806	26	4.8	11	2.0		7.0	7.04	11.0	237.9	91.7		34	237	6.2	6.2	5.9

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
25	Mikel Leshoure	22	RB	14	13	215	798	9	16	3.7	57.0	15.4	34	214	6.3	0	15	2.4	15.3	1012	9	3
35	Joique Bell	26		16	0	82	414	3	67	5.0	25.9	5.1	52	485	9.3	0	50	3.3	30.3	899	3	2
30	Kevin Smith	26	rb	13	2	37	134	1	19	3.6	10.3	2.8	10	79	7.9	1	13	0.8	6.1	213	2	0
9	Matthew Stafford	24	QB	16	15	35	126	4	11	3.6	7.9	2.2	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.2	129	4	6
13	Nate Burleson	31	wr	6	5	8	48	0	16	6.0	8.0	1.3	27	240	8.9	2	26	4.5	40.0	288	2	0
19	Mike Thomas	25	wr	9	1	6	58	0	22	9.7	6.4	0.7	5	28	5.6	1	12	0.6	3.1	86	1	0
11	Stefan Logan	31		16	0	3	17	0	13	5.7	1.1	0.2	6	28	4.7	0	10	0.4	1.8	45	0	6
16	Titus Young	23	WR	10	8	2	16	0	11	8.0	1.6	0.2	33	383	11.6	4	46	3.3	38.3	399	4	0
34	Keiland Williams	26		5	0	2	3	0	2	1.5	0.6	0.4	2	9	4.5	0	5	0.4	1.8	12	0	0
14	Shaun Hill	32		1	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0								-1	0	0
81	Calvin Johnson*+	27	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	122	1964	16.1	5	53	7.6	122.8	1964	5	3
87	Brandon Pettigrew	27	TE	14	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	59	567	9.6	3	24	4.2	40.5	567	3	4
85	Tony Scheffler	29	te	15	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	42	504	12.0	1	57	2.8	33.6	504	1	0
84	Ryan Broyles	24	wr	10	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	22	310	14.1	2	40	2.2	31.0	310	2	0
89	Will Heller	31	te	16	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	17	150	8.8	1	19	1.1	9.4	150	1	0
18	Kris Durham	24		4	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	8	125	15.6	1	27	2.0	31.3	125	1	0
80	Brian Robiskie	25		6	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	44	11.0	1	21	0.7	7.3	44	1	0
45	Shaun Chapas	24		3	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.3	2.0	6	0	0
	Team Total	26.9		16		391	1613	17	67	4.1	100.8	24.4	445	5139	11.5	22	57	27.8	321.2	6752	39	24
	Opp Total			16		420	1889	13		4.5	118.1	26.3	346	3569	10.3	26		21.6	223.1	5458	39	19

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
11	Stefan Logan	31		16	0	33	300	0	48	9.1	28	597	0	40	21.3	942
35	Joique Bell	26		16	0						2	54	0	30	27.0	953
19	Mike Thomas	25	wr	9	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	12	0	12	12.0	98
89	Will Heller	31	te	16	4						1	1	0	1	1.0	151
71	Riley Reiff	24	lt/te	15	7						1	10	0	10	10.0	10
85	Tony Scheffler	29	te	15	4						1	7	0	7	7.0	511
27	Alphonso Smith	27		4	0	1	2	0	2	2.0						2
	Team Total	26.9		16		35	302	0	48	8.6	34	681	0	40	20.0	7735
	Opp Total			16		33		2			52	1213	2		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
4	Jason Hanson	42	k	16	0	1	1	3	3	10	10	19	16	3	2	36	32	88.9%	38	38	100.0%	3	118	46	0	39.3
5	Nick Harris	34	p	13	0																	67	2783	58	0	41.5
2	Ben Graham	39	p	3	0																	6	248	46	0	41.3
	Team Total	26.9		16		1	1	3	3	10	10	19	16	3	2	36	32	88.9%	38	38	100.0%	76	3149	58	0	41.4
	Opp Total			16												41	31	75.6%	46	46	100.0%	79	0		0	0.0

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	Stephen Tulloch	27	MLB	16	15	0.5	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	2	0	0	74	38
52	Justin Durant	27	OLB	16	13	0.5	0	0	0	0	3						82	21
54	DeAndre Levy	25	OLB	14	12		1	-1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	55	25
23	Chris Houston	28	LCB	14	13		2	2	0	2	11	2	0	0	0	0	44	11
24	Erik Coleman	30	SS	12	7		1	0	0	0	3						30	15
92	Cliff Avril	26	LDE	16	15	9.5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	28	7
90	Ndamukong Suh	25	DT	16	15	8.0	0	0	0	0	2						25	10
93	Kyle Vanden Bosch	34	RDE	16	13	3.5	0	0	0	0	1						28	8	1
26	Louis Delmas	25	fs	8	7		1	0	0	0	2						28	10
39	Ricardo Silva	24	fs/ss	10	6		1	26	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	28	9
98	Nick Fairley	24	dt	13	7	5.5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	26	8
21	Jacob Lacey	25	lcb/rcb	11	9		1	10	0	10	4						29	6
36	Jonte Green	23	rcb	15	4	1.0	1	18	0	18	4						23	6
32	Don Carey	25	s/ss	9	5		2	51	0	28	5						19	8
31	Drayton Florence	32	lcb/rcb/ss	7	3		1	29	0	29	7						17	2
94	Lawrence Jackson	27		15	0	2.5						1	0	0	0	0	11	10
42	Amari Spievey	24	ss	5	2												15	3
29	John Wendling	29	fs	16	3												14	5
28	Bill Bentley	23	rcb	4	3												13	2
91	Sammie Lee Hill	26	dt	15	2		0	0	0	0	3						9	6
58	Ashlee Palmer	26	olb	15	2												9	1
79	Willie Young	27		15	0		0	0	0	0	1						7	4
99	Corey Williams	32	dt	6	5	2.0						1	0	0	0	0	5	4
41	Ronald Bartell	30		1	1		0	0	0	0	1						6	3
27	Alphonso Smith	27		4	0		0	0	0	0	2						7	1
11	Stefan Logan	31		16	0							0	6	3	0	0
9	Matthew Stafford	24	QB	16	15							0	6	2	-7	0
96	Andre Fluellen	27		2	1												1	5
27	Patrick Lee	28		6	0												2	2
24	Tyrell Johnson	27		4	0												2	1
87	Brandon Pettigrew	27	TE	14	11							0	4	0	0	0
81	Calvin Johnson*+	27	WR	16	15							0	3	0	0	0
25	Mikel Leshoure	22	RB	14	13							0	3	0	0	0
35	Joique Bell	26		16	0							0	2	0	0	0
50	Travis Lewis	24		12	0							1	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Kassim Osgood	32		15	0							0	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	26.9		16		33.0	11	135	0	29	63	11	24	11	-7	0	638	231	1
	Opp Total			16		29						0	19	6	0	0

Scoring Summary

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

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
4	Jason Hanson	42	k	16	0							38	32		134
25	Mikel Leshoure	22	RB	14	13	9				9					54
81	Calvin Johnson*+	27	WR	16	15		5			5					30
9	Matthew Stafford	24	QB	16	15	4				4					24
16	Titus Young	23	WR	10	8		4			4					24
35	Joique Bell	26		16	0	3				3					18
87	Brandon Pettigrew	27	TE	14	11		3			3					18
13	Nate Burleson	31	wr	6	5		2			2	1				14
84	Ryan Broyles	24	wr	10	3		2			2					12
30	Kevin Smith	26	rb	13	2	1	1			2					12
18	Kris Durham	24		4	3		1			1					6
89	Will Heller	31	te	16	4		1			1					6
80	Brian Robiskie	25		6	0		1			1					6
85	Tony Scheffler	29	te	15	4		1			1					6
19	Mike Thomas	25	wr	9	1		1			1					6
93	Kyle Vanden Bosch	34	RDE	16	13									1	2
	Team Total	26.9		16		17	22			39	1	38	32	1	372
	Opp Total			16		13	26	2	2		2	46	31		437

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