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1986 Detroit Lions

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 277 points (17.3/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 326 points (20.4/g), 13th.
 Differential of -49 points (-3.1/g), 20th.
 Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 11th.

Coached by Darryl Rogers (5-11-0)

1986 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 W 1-0 @ Minnesota Vikings 13 10 19 303 79 224 1 14 275 213 62 2
2 Sun September 14 box L 1-1 Dallas Cowboys 7 31 12 184 104 80 3 24 388 191 197 2
3 Sun September 21 box L 1-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 24 26 379 286 93 5 14 253 24 229 1
4 Sun September 28 box L 1-3 @ Cleveland Browns 21 24 25 333 228 105 15 254 170 84 1
5 Sun October 5 box W 2-3 Houston Oilers 24 13 17 234 76 158 1 16 454 398 56 4
6 Sun October 12 box W 3-3 @ Green Bay Packers 21 14 25 338 102 236 1 16 279 235 44 2
7 Sun October 19 box L 3-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 10 14 21 372 303 69 3 10 200 22 178 2
8 Sun October 26 box L 3-5 @ Chicago Bears 7 13 11 214 138 76 3 19 252 128 124 3
9 Sun November 2 box L 3-6 Cincinnati Bengals 17 24 21 365 268 97 2 26 389 167 222 2
10 Sun November 9 box L 3-7 Minnesota Vikings 10 24 15 282 201 81 4 22 432 270 162 3
11 Sun November 16 box W 4-7 @ Philadelphia Eagles 13 11 12 186 146 40 1 20 294 68 226 4
12 Sun November 23 box W 5-7 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 17 22 393 264 129 2 26 380 193 187 4
13 Thu November 27 box L 5-8 Green Bay Packers 40 44 22 338 234 104 2 18 367 272 95 3
14 Sun December 7 box L 5-9 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 17 27 13 281 178 103 3 23 421 218 203 3
15 Mon December 15 box L 5-10 Chicago Bears 13 16 14 160 104 56 2 18 273 112 161 4
16 Sun December 21 box L 5-11 Atlanta Falcons 6 20 12 193 73 120 4 17 238 119 119 1

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 277 4555 1009 4.5 287 286 500 2784 18 20 5.2 156 470 1771 13 3.8 100 37 17 31
Team Defense 326 5149 1028 5.0 462 279 468 2800 14 22 5.5 148 519 2349 15 4.5 298 41 19 16
Lg Rank Offense 22 24 20 18 19 17 12 22 16 15 16 19 15 18
Lg Rank Defense 13 15 7 5 4 2 10 10 23 26 19 26 8 2

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 29 QB 16 10 3-7-0 192 305 63.0 1919 9 3.0 11 3.6 46 6.3 5.0 10.0 119.9 75.6 21 153 5.4 4.2 6.4
Joe Ferguson 36 qb 6 4 2-2-0 73 155 47.1 941 7 4.5 7 4.5 73 6.1 4.5 12.9 156.8 62.9 10 101 5.1 3.6 6.1
Chuck Long 23 3 2 0-2-0 21 40 52.5 247 2 5.0 2 5.0 34 6.2 4.4 11.8 82.3 67.4 8 69 3.7 2.3 16.7
Team Total 26.3 16 5-11-0 286 500 57.2 3107 18 3.6 20 4.0 73 6.2 4.8 10.9 194.2 71.0 39 323 5.2 3.8 7.2
Opp Total 16 279 468 59.6 2800 14 3.0 22 4.7 6.0 4.2 10.0 175.0 67.1 41 290 5.5 3.3

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 25 FB 16 16 252 903 8 39 3.6 56.4 15.8 54 334 6.2 1 21 3.4 20.9 1237 9 6
Garry James 23 RB 16 15 159 688 3 60 4.3 43.0 9.9 34 219 6.4 0 26 2.1 13.7 907 3 3
Alvin Moore 27 13 0 19 73 0 18 3.8 5.6 1.5 8 47 5.9 0 8 0.6 3.6 120 0 2
Eric Hipple 29 QB 16 10 16 46 0 13 2.9 2.9 1.0 46 0 7
Scott Williams 24 16 0 13 22 2 5 1.7 1.4 0.8 2 9 4.5 0 6 0.1 0.6 31 2 0
Joe Ferguson 36 qb 6 4 5 25 0 14 5.0 4.2 0.8 25 0 3
Herman Hunter 25 RET 16 0 3 22 0 18 7.3 1.4 0.2 25 218 8.7 1 18 1.6 13.6 240 1 1
Chuck Long 23 3 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0 0 1
Mike Black 25 P 9 0 1 -8 0 -8 -8.0 -0.9 0.1 -8 0 1
Jeff Chadwick 26 WR 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 53 995 18.8 5 73 3.5 66.3 995 5 1
Carl Bland 25 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 511 11.6 2 34 2.8 31.9 511 2 1
Leonard Thompson 34 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 320 12.8 5 36 1.6 20.0 320 5 0
Jimmie Giles 32 TE 9 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 198 10.4 3 30 2.1 22.0 198 3 0
David Lewis 25 te 11 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 88 8.8 1 16 0.9 8.0 88 1 0
Pete Mandley 25 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 106 15.1 0 51 0.4 6.6 106 0 3
Rob Rubick 26 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 62 12.4 0 27 0.3 3.9 62 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 470 1771 13 60 3.8 110.7 29.4 286 3107 10.9 18 73 17.9 194.2 4878 31 30
Opp Total 16 519 2349 15 4.5 146.8 32.4 279 2800 10.0 14 17.4 175.0 5149 29 36

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
Herman Hunter 25 RET 16 0 49 1007 0 54 20.6 1247
Pete Mandley 25 RET 16 0 43 420 1 81 9.8 2 37 0 37 18.5 563
Carl Bland 25 WR 16 16 6 114 0 24 19.0 625
Oscar Smith 23 2 0 5 81 0 30 16.2 81
William Graham 27 16 0 3 72 0 27 24.0 72
Donnie Elder 24 3 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Leon Evans 25 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 43 420 1 81 9.8 67 1321 0 54 19.7 6619
Opp Total 16 39 2 56 1096 0 19.6

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
Eddie Murray 30 K 16 0 2 2 2 1 8 7 8 6 5 2 25 18 72.0% 32 31 96.9% 1 37 37 0 37.0
Mike Black 25 P 9 0 46 1819 47 1 39.5
Jim Arnold 25 7 0 36 1533 60 1 42.6
Team Total 26.3 16 2 2 2 1 8 7 8 6 5 2 25 18 72.0% 32 31 96.9% 83 3389 60 2 40.8
Opp Total 16 35 24 68.6% 36 36 100.0% 68 2836 41.7

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
Keith Ferguson 27 LDE 16 15 9.5 1 7 0 7 1 1 0 0
Mike L. Cofer 26 ROLB 16 15 7.5 0 3 0 0
Eric Hipple 29 QB 16 10 7 2 -1 0
James R. Jones 25 FB 16 16 6 2 0 0
William Gay 31 RDE 16 16 6.5 0 1 0 0
Vernon Maxwell 25 RILB 15 15 2.0 0 4 0 0
Bruce McNorton 27 RCB 16 16 4 10 0 10 0 2 0 0
Eric Williams 24 NT 16 16 4.0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
Joe Ferguson 36 qb 6 4 3 2 0 0
Duane Galloway 25 LCB 16 12 4 58 0 36 0 1 0 0
Devon Mitchell 24 FS 16 16 5 41 0 17
Jimmy Williams 26 LOLB 10 10 2.0 2 12 0 11 0 1 0 0
James Griffin 25 16 0 2.0 2 34 0 21
Garry James 23 RB 16 15 3 1 0 0
Demetrious Johnson 25 SS 16 16 2 18 0 18 0 2 2 0
Pete Mandley 25 RET 16 0 3 1 0 0
Curtis Green 29 16 1 3.5
Carl Bland 25 WR 16 16 1 2 8 0
Alvin Moore 27 13 0 2 1 -11 0
James Harrell 29 LILB 16 15 0.5 0 2 0 0
Mike Black 25 P 9 0 1 1 0 0
Herman Hunter 25 RET 16 0 1 1 0 0
Angelo King 28 lolb 11 5 2.0
Scott Barrows 23 16 4 0 1 0 0
John Bostic 24 13 0 1 8 0 8
Jeff Chadwick 26 WR 15 15 1 0 0 0
Chuck Long 23 3 2 1 0 0 0
Shelton Robinson 26 16 4 0.5
Team Total 26.3 16 40.0 22 190 0 36 0 30 32 -2 0 8
Opp Total 16 39 36 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 30 K 16 0 31 18 85
James R. Jones 25 FB 16 16 8 1 54
Jeff Chadwick 26 WR 15 15 5 30
Leonard Thompson 34 16 1 5 30
Jimmie Giles 32 TE 9 8 3 18
Garry James 23 RB 16 15 3 18
Carl Bland 25 WR 16 16 2 12
Scott Williams 24 16 0 2 12
Herman Hunter 25 RET 16 0 1 6
David Lewis 25 te 11 7 1 6
Pete Mandley 25 RET 16 0 1 6
Team Total 26.3 16 13 18 1 31 18 277
Opp Total 16 15 14 2 36 24 1 326