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1983 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-7-0, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Monte Clark (9-7-0)

Points For: 347 (21.7/g) 15th of 28

Points Against: 286 (17.9/g) 2nd of 28

Expected W-L: 9.8-6.2

SRS: 2.07 (7th of 28), SOS: -1.74

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 23-24 vs. San Francisco 49ers

Offensive Coordinator: Ted Marchibroda

Defensive Coordinator: Ed Beard

Other Notable Asst.: Don Doll (Assistant), Bill Johnson (Offensive Line) and Ed Khayat (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Russ Thomas

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2000

Training Camp: Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	347	5136	1061	4.8	39	16	315	263	503	2955	19	23	5.4	156	513	2181	18	4.3	136	118	988	23
Opp. Stats	286	5216	1061	4.9	37	15	324	297	515	3112	21	22	5.6	161	503	2104	11	4.2	133	117	1062	30
Lg Rank Offense	15	18			15	10	11		14	22	18	15	24		13	12	8	9
Lg Rank Defense	2	11			16	21	21		18	11	13	16	6		13	16	5	17

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	11	0	16	313	236	77	2	16	231	171	60	3	-12.42	17.52	-0.26
2	Sun	September 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Cleveland Browns	26	31	24	435	329	106	5	21	382	222	160	1	-4.02	-6.66	3.99
3	Sun	September 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Atlanta Falcons	14	30	18	280	235	45	2	26	535	350	185		-3.49	-23.04	8.03
4	Sun	September 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	17	20	24	371	217	154	6	14	181	141	40	2	-16.30	15.81	2.53
5	Sun	October 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	10	21	17	265	200	65	1	23	355	116	239	2	-6.21	-2.34	1.90
6	Sun	October 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4		Green Bay Packers	38	14	26	396	225	171	1	20	288	201	87	3	19.79	1.35	-0.15
7	Sun	October 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4		Chicago Bears	31	17	21	366	195	171		25	427	309	118		10.47	-4.12	4.12
8	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5	@	Washington Redskins	17	38	12	176	95	81	3	26	441	232	209	1	-15.86	-14.13	6.63
9	Sun	October 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-5	@	Chicago Bears	38	17	21	396	204	192		25	382	243	139	4	20.23	1.20	-6.17
10	Mon	November 7	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		New York Giants	15	9	15	275	141	134	2	21	284	108	176	4	-5.84	11.41	0.85
11	Sun	November 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6	@	Houston Oilers	17	27	24	325	207	118	4	20	310	189	121	1	6.45	-10.82	0.24
12	Sun	November 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-6	@	Green Bay Packers	23	20	23	383	129	254	5	16	239	144	95	4	-15.45	25.57	-5.06
13	Thu	November 24	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6		Pittsburgh Steelers	45	3	25	328	129	199	1	10	218	84	134	5	11.55	29.44	0.76
14	Mon	December 5	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6		Minnesota Vikings	13	2	14	268	101	167	2	19	224	130	94	2	-6.42	16.74	-0.29
15	Sun	December 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7	@	Cincinnati Bengals	9	17	16	221	105	116	3	21	326	123	203	3	-20.45	4.98	-1.01
16	Sun	December 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-7		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	20	19	338	207	131	2	21	393	349	44	2	3.74	-6.95	4.52
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 31	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-8	@	San Francisco 49ers	23	24	22	412	224	188	5	20	291	188	103	2	-4.77	4.90	-0.92

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Eric Hipple	26	QB	16	16	9-7-0	204	387	52.7	2577	12	3.1	18	4.7	121	39.9	80	6.7	5.2	12.6	161.1	64.7	37	274	8.73	5.43	4.1	1	1
2	Gary Danielson	32	QB	10	0		59	113	52.2	720	7	6.2	4	3.5	37	42.1	54	6.4	6.0	12.2	72.0	78.0	8	68	6.61	5.39	5.1	0	1
3	Mike Black	22	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0			0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0	0
4	James Jones	22	FB	14	14		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	263	503	52.3	2955	19	3.8	23	4.6	158	40.1	80	6.6	5.3	12.5	184.7	66.5	45	342	8.21	5.39	4.20	1	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Gary Danielson	32	QB	1	1	0-1-0	24	38	63.2	236	0	0.0	5	13.2	11	52.5	20	6.2	0.3	9.8	236.0	41.0	2	12	5.00	5.60	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	24	38	63.2	224	0	0.0	5	13.2	11	52.5	20	6.2	0.3	9.8	224.0	41.0	2	12	5.00	5.60	-0.03	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Billy Sims	28	RB	13	12	220	1040	7	57	54.5	41	4.7	80.0	16.9	54	42	419	10.0	0	13	51.9	54	3.2	32.2	77.8	7.8	262	5.6	1459	7	6
2	James Jones	22	FB	14	14	135	475	6	33	57.8	18	3.5	33.9	9.6	70	46	467	10.2	1	24	45.7	46	3.3	33.4	65.7	6.7	181	5.2	942	7	4
3	Leonard Thompson	31	WR	13	12	4	72	1	2	75.0	40	18.0	5.5	0.3	90	41	752	18.3	3	31	44.4	80	3.2	57.8	45.6	8.4	45	18.3	824	4	2
4	Jeff Chadwick	23	WR	16	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	76	40	617	15.4	4	33	51.3	45	2.5	38.6	52.6	8.1	40	15.4	617	4	0
5	Mark Nichols	24	WR	16	12	1	13	0	1	100.0	13	13.0	0.8	0.1	68	29	437	15.1	1	20	41.2	46	1.8	27.3	42.6	6.4	30	15.0	450	1	2
6	Dexter Bussey	31	RB	15	3	57	249	0	14	56.1	26	4.4	16.6	3.8	14	8	49	6.1	1	2	35.7	14	0.5	3.3	57.1	3.5	65	4.6	298	1	1
7	Ulysses Norris	26	TE	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	53	26	291	11.2	7	19	43.4	41	1.7	19.4	49.1	5.5	26	11.2	291	7	0
8	Eric Hipple	26	QB	16	16	41	171	3	16	46.3	27	4.2	10.7	2.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			41	4.2	171	3	12
9	Vince Thompson	26	RB	10	2	40	138	1	8	47.5	10	3.5	13.8	4.0	5	4	16	4.0	0	0	20.0	8	0.4	1.6	80.0	3.2	44	3.5	154	1	1
10	Horace King	30	RB	16	1	3	6	0	1	33.3	4	2.0	0.4	0.2	11	9	76	8.4	0	6	72.7	14	0.6	4.8	81.8	6.9	12	6.8	82	0	0
11	Rob Rubick	23	TE	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	10	81	8.1	1	4	72.7	15	0.6	5.1	90.9	7.4	10	8.1	81	1	0
12	Freddie Scott	31	WR	15	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	5	71	14.2	1	4	31.3	25	0.3	4.7	31.3	4.4	5	14.2	71	1	1
13	Rick Kane	29	RB	14	0	4	19	0	0	50.0	9	4.8	1.4	0.3	3	2	15	7.5	0	1	66.7	9	0.1	1.1	66.7	5.0	6	5.7	34	0	0
14	Gary Danielson	32	QB	10	0	6	8	0	2	33.3	8	1.3	0.8	0.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	1.3	8	0	2
15	Reese McCall	27	TE	16	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	6	6.0	0	1	50.0	6	0.1	0.4	50.0	3.0	1	6.0	6	0	0
16	Robbie Martin	25	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	3
17	Mike Black	22	P	16	0	2	-10	0	0	0.0		-5.0	-0.6	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	-5.0	-10	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	513	2181	18	134	54.0	41	4.3	136.3	32.1	475	263	3297	12.5	19	158	46.3	80	16.4	206.1	55.4	6.9	776	7.1	5478	37	35

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Billy Sims	28	RB	1	1	20	114	2	6	55.0	56	5.7	114.0	20.0	5	4	26	6.5	0	2	60.0	11	4.0	26.0	80.0	5.2	24	5.8	140	2	0
2	Leonard Thompson	31	WR	1	1	1	24	0	1	100.0	24	24.0	24.0	1.0	8	6	74	12.3	0	3	75.0	20	6.0	74.0	75.0	9.3	7	14.0	98	0	0
3	James Jones	22	FB	1	1	10	33	0	1	50.0	7	3.3	33.0	10.0	7	5	44	8.8	0	2	71.4	17	5.0	44.0	71.4	6.3	15	5.1	77	0	1
4	Jeff Chadwick	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	5	58	11.6	0	2	50.0	16	5.0	58.0	62.5	7.3	5	11.6	58	0	0
5	Freddie Scott	31	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	3	29	9.7	0	2	100.0	13	3.0	29.0	100.0	9.7	3	9.7	29	0	0
6	Gary Danielson	32	QB	1	1	4	17	0	1	50.0	6	4.3	17.0	4.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	4.3	17	0	0
7	Ulysses Norris	26	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	5	5.0	0	0	0.0	5	1.0	5.0	33.3	1.7	1	5.0	5	0	0
8	Mark Nichols	24	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	35	188	2	9	54.3	56	5.4	188.0	35.0	36	24	236	9.8	0	11	58.3	20	24.0	236.0	66.7	6.6	59	7.2	424	2	1

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Chris Dieterich	25	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Ken Fantetti	26	MLB	16	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
3	Curtis Green	26	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.5	0	0	0	0
4	Alvin Hall	25	SS	16	16	2	18	0	18	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Eric Hipple	26	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Bobby Watkins	23	LCB	16	16	4	48	0	31	0	1	3	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Jimmy Williams	23	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
8	Garry Cobb	26	LLB	15	15	4	19	0	13	1	0	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
9	Doug English	30	RDT	15	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	0	0	0	2	PB,AP-2,AP DPoY-13
10	William Gay	28	RDE/LDT	15	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	11	0	13.5	0	0	0	0
11	Ulysses Norris	26	TE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Homer Elias	28	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	William Graham	24	FS	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	James Jones	22	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Don Greco	24	RG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Steve Mott	22	C	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Mark Nichols	24	WR	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Billy Sims	28	RB	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Leonard Thompson	31	WR	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Al Latimer	26	RCB	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Bruce McNorton	24	RCB	16	8	7	30	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Mike Dawson	30	LDT	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
23	Mike Cofer	23	RDE	16	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4.5	0	0	0	0
24	Mike Fanning	30	LDT	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1
25	Dexter Bussey	31	RB	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Demetrious Johnson	22	DB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Vince Thompson	26	RB	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Roosevelt Barnes	25	LB	16	1	2	70	0	70	2	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
29	Horace King	30	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Mike Black	22	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Jim Caver	23	DB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Gary Danielson	32	QB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	James Harrell	26	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
34	Ken Jenkins	24	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	Robbie Martin	25	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Martin Moss	25	DE	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
37	Freddie Scott	31	WR	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	22	185	0	70	12	41	36	17	0	43.0	0	0	0	3

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Garry Cobb	26	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Doug English	30	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
3	William Gay	28	RDE/LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
4	William Graham	24	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Curtis Green	26	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
6	James Jones	22	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Bobby Watkins	23	LCB	1	1	1	24	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	24	0	24	0	1	2	3	0	0	3.0	0	0

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