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1985 Detroit Lions

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 307 points (19.2/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 366 points (22.9/g), 19th.
 Differential of -59 points (-3.7/g), 21st.
 Expected W-L: 6.4-9.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 19th.

Coached by Darryl Rogers (7-9-0)

1985 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 8 box W 1-0 @ Atlanta Falcons 28 27 16 286 156 130 2 21 300 140 160 1
2 Sun September 15 box W 2-0 Dallas Cowboys 26 21 13 200 128 72 1 33 554 452 102 5
3 Sun September 22 box L 2-1 @ Indianapolis Colts 6 14 10 204 99 105 2 24 355 127 228 3
4 Sun September 29 box W 3-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 9 18 315 221 94 1 19 277 158 119 4
5 Sun October 6 box L 3-2 @ Green Bay Packers 10 43 19 373 317 56 6 30 512 227 285 1
6 Sun October 13 box L 3-3 @ Washington Redskins 3 24 8 226 198 28 4 23 291 123 168
7 Sun October 20 box W 4-3 San Francisco 49ers 23 21 15 292 130 162 1 21 304 96 208 1
8 Sun October 27 box W 5-3 Miami Dolphins 31 21 21 355 203 152 1 20 341 239 102 3
9 Sun November 3 box L 5-4 @ Minnesota Vikings 13 16 11 153 84 69 20 301 138 163 2
10 Sun November 10 box L 5-5 @ Chicago Bears 3 24 8 106 38 68 4 26 360 110 250 2
11 Sun November 17 box W 6-5 Minnesota Vikings 41 21 24 365 217 148 2 16 311 248 63 5
12 Sun November 24 box L 6-6 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 19 16 273 200 73 1 23 288 119 169
13 Thu November 28 box W 7-6 New York Jets 31 20 18 330 264 66 1 23 357 239 118 2
14 Sun December 8 box L 7-7 @ New England Patriots 6 23 15 246 141 105 3 23 352 136 216 1
15 Sun December 15 box L 7-8 Green Bay Packers 23 26 25 426 289 137 5 17 306 133 173 2
16 Sun December 22 box L 7-9 Chicago Bears 17 37 22 326 253 73 7 20 382 221 161 4

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 307 4476 967 4.6 259 254 462 2938 19 21 5.7 150 452 1538 13 3.4 89 41 20 20
Team Defense 366 5591 1083 5.2 539 283 478 2906 16 18 5.6 156 560 2685 19 4.8 359 36 18 24
Lg Rank Offense 19 28 24 23 22 18 11 18 18 26 20 28 19 20
Lg Rank Defense 19 18 21 5 5 3 19 11 26 27 19 28 16 10

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%
Eric Hipple 28 QB 16 15 7-8-0 223 406 54.9 2952 17 4.2 18 4.4 56 7.3 5.7 13.2 184.5 73.6 49 343 5.7 4.3 10.8
Joe Ferguson 35 8 1 0-1-0 31 54 57.4 364 2 3.7 3 5.6 38 6.7 4.6 11.7 45.5 67.2 4 35 5.7 3.7 6.9
James R. Jones 24 FB 14 13 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
Alvin Moore 26 rb 16 5 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 26.3 16 7-9-0 254 462 55.0 3316 19 4.1 21 4.5 56 7.2 5.5 13.1 207.3 72.6 53 378 5.7 4.2 10.3
Opp Total 16 283 478 59.2 2906 16 3.3 18 3.8 6.1 4.7 10.3 181.6 72.2 45 336 5.6 3.7

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
James R. Jones 24 FB 14 13 244 886 6 29 3.6 63.3 17.4 45 334 7.4 3 36 3.2 23.9 1220 9 7
Alvin Moore 26 rb 16 5 80 221 4 18 2.8 13.8 5.0 19 154 8.1 1 14 1.2 9.6 375 5 5
Wilbert Montgomery 31 RB 7 6 75 251 0 22 3.3 35.9 10.7 7 55 7.9 0 28 1.0 7.9 306 0 0
Eric Hipple 28 QB 16 15 32 89 2 26 2.8 5.6 2.0 89 2 13
Rick Kane 31 16 1 11 44 0 7 4.0 2.8 0.7 5 56 11.2 0 18 0.3 3.5 100 0 1
Joe Ferguson 35 8 1 4 12 1 15 3.0 1.5 0.5 12 1 1
Mike Meade 25 16 0 3 18 0 9 6.0 1.1 0.2 2 21 10.5 0 14 0.1 1.3 39 0 0
Mark Nichols 26 WR 14 12 1 15 0 15 15.0 1.1 0.1 36 592 16.4 4 43 2.6 42.3 607 4 1
Mike Black 24 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
A.J. Jones 26 8 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.3 0.1 2 0 0
Leonard Thompson 33 WR 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 51 736 14.4 5 48 3.2 46.0 736 5 0
David Lewis 24 TE 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 354 12.6 3 40 1.9 23.6 354 3 1
Jeff Chadwick 25 wr 7 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 478 19.1 3 56 3.6 68.3 478 3 0
Pete Mandley 24 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 316 17.6 0 37 1.1 19.8 316 0 3
Carl Bland 24 8 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 157 13.1 0 24 1.5 19.6 157 0 0
James McDonald 24 6 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 23 7.7 0 9 0.5 3.8 23 0 0
Rob Rubick 25 9 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 33 16.5 0 18 0.2 3.7 33 0 0
Reese McCall 29 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.4 7 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 452 1538 13 29 3.4 96.1 28.3 254 3316 13.1 19 56 15.9 207.3 4854 32 36
Opp Total 16 560 2685 19 4.8 167.8 35.0 283 2906 10.3 16 17.7 181.6 5591 35 35

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
Pete Mandley 24 RET 16 0 38 403 1 63 10.6 6 152 0 35 25.3 871
Alvin Hall 27 RET 16 0 39 886 0 54 22.7 886
Alvin Moore 26 rb 16 5 13 230 0 24 17.7 605
A.J. Jones 26 8 0 10 226 0 30 22.6 228
Team Total 26.3 16 38 403 1 63 10.6 68 1494 0 54 22.0 6751
Opp Total 16 44 0 60 1313 1 21.9

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
Mike Black 24 P 16 0 73 3054 60 0 41.8
Eddie Murray 29 K 16 0 2 2 8 5 11 11 7 6 3 2 31 26 83.9% 33 31 93.9%
Team Total 26.3 16 2 2 8 5 11 11 7 6 3 2 31 26 83.9% 33 31 93.9% 73 3054 60 0 41.8
Opp Total 16 36 28 77.8% 40 40 100.0% 64 2573 40.2

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
Eric Hipple 28 QB 16 15 13 3 -3 0
William Gay 30 RDE 16 16 7.5 1 7 0 7 0 6 3 0
Demetrious Johnson 24 SS 16 16 3.0 3 39 0 19 1 5 24 0
Jimmy Williams 25 LOLB 16 16 7.5 0 1 0 0
Curtis Green 28 lde 15 8 7.0 0 1 0 0
James R. Jones 24 FB 14 13 7 1 0 0
Bobby Watkins 25 LCB 16 16 5 15 0 8 0 2 0 0
Eric Williams 23 LDE 12 12 6.0 0 1 0 0
Alvin Moore 26 rb 16 5 5 1 0 0
William Graham 26 FS 16 16 1.0 3 22 0 22 0 1 0 0
Alvin Hall 27 RET 16 0 1.0 2 2 0 0
Pete Mandley 24 RET 16 0 3 2 0 0
Angelo King 27 ROLB 16 9 4.0
Steve Baack 25 16 1 2.0 0 1 0 0
Doug English 32 NT 10 10 2.5
Bruce McNorton 26 RCB 16 16 2 14 0 10
Keith Ferguson 26 5 4 1.5
Roosevelt Barnes 27 16 0 1 -1 0 -1
Mike Black 24 P 16 0 1 0 -7 0
Dan Bunz 30 2 0 1 17 0 17
Mike L. Cofer 25 rolb 7 7 1.0
Joe Ferguson 35 8 1 1 0 0 0
William Frizzell 23 8 0 1 3 0 3
James Harrell 28 7 2 1 20 0 20
June James 23 16 0 0 1 0 0
David J. Jones 24 RG 9 8 0 1 0 0
Rick Kane 31 16 1 1 0 0 0
David Lewis 24 TE 15 15 1 0 0 0
Wilbert Montgomery 31 RB 7 6 0 1 0 0
Steve Mott 24 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
Mark Nichols 26 WR 14 12 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 44.0 18 136 0 22 36 31 17 0
Opp Total 16 53 35 17 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
Eddie Murray 29 K 16 0 31 26 109
James R. Jones 24 FB 14 13 6 3 54
Alvin Moore 26 rb 16 5 4 1 30
Leonard Thompson 33 WR 16 13 5 30
Mark Nichols 26 WR 14 12 4 24
Jeff Chadwick 25 wr 7 5 3 18
David Lewis 24 TE 15 15 3 18
Eric Hipple 28 QB 16 15 2 12
Joe Ferguson 35 8 1 1 6
Pete Mandley 24 RET 16 0 1 6
Team Total 26.3 16 13 19 1 31 26 307
Opp Total 16 19 16 1 40 28 1 366