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1997 Detroit Lions Game Log

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Record: 9-7-0, 3rd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bobby Ross (9-7-0)

Points For: 379 (23.7/g) 4th of 30

Points Against: 306 (19.1/g) 10th of 30

Expected W-L: 10.0-6.0

SRS: 3.95 (8th of 30), SOS: -0.61

Playoffs:
Lost Wild Card 10-20 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Offensive Coordinator: Sylvester Croom

Defensive Coordinator: Larry Peccatiello

Other Notable Asst.: Gary Moeller (Linebackers), Jerry Sullivan (Wide Receivers) and Marc Trestman (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Chuck Schmidt

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +3000; O/U: 8.0

Training Camp: Saginaw Valley State (Saginaw, Michigan)

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
1	Sun	August 31	boxscore	W			Atlanta Falcons	28	17	12	30	175	2	1	4	30	6.8	5.1	40.0	68.1	23	46	2.0	0	0	0	4	4	9	351	3	15	0	0	24:20
2	Sun	September 7	boxscore	L			Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	24	29	50	322	2	1	2	9	6.6	6.2	58.0	82.2	12	24	2.0	0	1	2	2	2	7	350	6	18	2	2	24:59
3	Sun	September 14	boxscore	W		@	Chicago Bears	32	7	16	25	202	2	0	1	13	8.6	7.8	64.0	115.7	35	202	5.8	1	4	4	2	2	3	135	2	8	0	0	30:38
4	Sun	September 21	boxscore	L		@	New Orleans Saints	17	35	24	43	237	2	3	5	16	5.9	4.9	55.8	58.0	19	118	6.2	0	1	1	2	2	3	102	7	13	1	1	25:25
5	Sun	September 28	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	26	15	17	27	203	1	0	2	12	8.0	7.0	63.0	98.2	36	173	4.8	0	4	4	2	2	4	204	4	14	1	2	30:41
6	Sun	October 5	boxscore	L		@	Buffalo Bills	13	22	20	38	189	0	1	4	32	5.8	4.5	52.6	55.7	28	120	4.3	1	2	2	1	1	6	228	7	17	0	1	33:31
7	Sun	October 12	boxscore	W		@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27	9	16	20	188	1	0	4	34	11.1	7.8	80.0	122.5	33	259	7.8	2	2	2	3	3	5	220	4	11	0	1	29:43
8	Sun	October 19	boxscore	L	OT		New York Giants	20	26	19	32	226	1	0	3	17	7.6	6.5	59.4	91.4	30	111	3.7	1	2	2	2	2	6	264	5	13	0	0	31:21
10	Sun	November 2	boxscore	L		@	Green Bay Packers	10	20	21	47	131	0	4	4	27	3.4	2.6	44.7	16.4	28	125	4.5	1	1	1	1	1	8	304	2	17	2	4	32:41
11	Sun	November 9	boxscore	L		@	Washington Redskins	7	30	15	43	163	0	3	0	0	3.8	3.8	34.9	17.9	15	105	7.0	1	0	0	1	1	8	360	2	13	0	2	19:57
12	Sun	November 16	boxscore	W			Minnesota Vikings	38	15	21	30	266	2	0	2	5	9.0	8.3	70.0	119.6	32	211	6.6	3	1	1	5	5	4	160	5	11	0	0	29:42
13	Sun	November 23	boxscore	W			Indianapolis Colts	32	10	16	28	142	0	0	1	8	5.4	4.9	57.1	70.8	36	249	6.9	3	3	3	3	3	5	200	6	15	1	1	31:38
14	Thu	November 27	boxscore	W			Chicago Bears	55	20	20	31	274	2	1	2	8	9.1	8.3	64.5	100.7	29	222	7.7	4	2	2	7	7	3	123	4	11	0	1	29:12
15	Sun	December 7	boxscore	L		@	Miami Dolphins	30	33	19	29	279	2	2	1	9	9.9	9.3	65.5	91.0	33	145	4.4	1	1	1	1	2	2	72	9	14	0	0	29:39
16	Sun	December 14	boxscore	W		@	Minnesota Vikings	14	13	24	39	242	2	1	3	24	6.8	5.8	61.5	85.6	27	148	5.5	0	0	2	2	2	5	175	6	15	1	3	28:55
17	Sun	December 21	boxscore	W			New York Jets	13	10	15	28	95	0	0	3	27	4.4	3.1	53.6	60.9	31	206	6.6	1	2	2	1	1	8	328	6	16	0	0	26:12

Playoffs Game Logs

Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
18	Sun	December 28	boxscore	L		@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	20	21	40	198	0	1	2	9	5.2	4.7	52.5	56.0	27	109	4.0	1	1	1	1	1	4	61	3	15	2	6	28:23

Opponent Game Logs

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
1	Sun	August 31	boxscore	W			Atlanta Falcons	28	17	20	37	268	1	3	4	22	7.8	6.5	54.1	52.5	29	55	1.9	1	1	2	2	2	8	262	3	17	2	2	35:40
2	Sun	September 7	boxscore	L			Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	24	12	24	99	1	0	3	16	4.8	3.7	50.0	74.8	41	173	4.2	2	1	1	3	3	7	206	9	17	0	0	35:01
3	Sun	September 14	boxscore	W		@	Chicago Bears	32	7	21	40	190	0	1	5	28	5.5	4.2	52.5	55.2	28	94	3.4	1	0	0	1	1	4	64	8	16	0	3	29:22
4	Sun	September 21	boxscore	L		@	New Orleans Saints	17	35	16	22	213	2	0	2	10	10.1	8.9	72.7	133.3	36	172	4.8	3	0	2	5	5	2	22	10	14	0	0	34:35
5	Sun	September 28	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	26	15	22	43	289	1	3	2	6	6.9	6.4	51.2	51.4	18	107	5.9	0	3	3	0	0	3	45	5	12	0	0	29:19
6	Sun	October 5	boxscore	L		@	Buffalo Bills	13	22	11	18	102	1	0	3	20	6.8	4.9	61.1	95.1	30	164	5.5	1	2	2	2	2	8	288	2	11	0	0	26:29
7	Sun	October 12	boxscore	W		@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27	9	17	31	217	1	2	3	20	7.6	6.4	54.8	60.8	25	72	2.9	0	1	1	0	1	7	206	5	15	0	1	30:17
8	Sun	October 19	boxscore	L	OT		New York Giants	20	26	17	31	210	2	1	1	10	7.1	6.6	54.8	84.1	29	121	4.2	0	2	2	2	2	8	294	6	16	0	0	30:19
10	Sun	November 2	boxscore	L		@	Green Bay Packers	10	20	15	28	163	1	1	2	18	6.5	5.4	53.6	68.0	25	81	3.2	0	2	2	2	2	8	269	3	14	0	0	27:19
11	Sun	November 9	boxscore	L		@	Washington Redskins	7	30	20	41	247	1	0	0	0	6.0	6.0	48.8	76.0	44	141	3.2	1	3	5	3	3	7	235	7	18	0	0	40:03
12	Sun	November 16	boxscore	W			Minnesota Vikings	38	15	19	37	174	0	1	1	3	4.8	4.6	51.4	53.2	28	126	4.5	2	0	0	1	1	6	158	5	16	1	2	30:18
13	Sun	November 23	boxscore	W			Indianapolis Colts	32	10	18	28	120	1	1	8	61	6.5	3.3	64.3	70.5	19	53	2.8	0	1	1	1	1	6	173	5	14	0	1	28:22
14	Thu	November 27	boxscore	W			Chicago Bears	55	20	16	30	262	1	0	3	16	9.3	7.9	53.3	94.0	32	71	2.2	1	2	3	2	2	5	135	2	13	1	1	30:48
15	Sun	December 7	boxscore	L		@	Miami Dolphins	30	33	24	39	310	2	1	0	0	7.9	7.9	61.5	92.9	27	81	3.0	1	4	4	3	3	5	105	5	15	1	1	30:21
16	Sun	December 14	boxscore	W		@	Minnesota Vikings	14	13	9	18	43	0	0	2	34	4.3	2.2	50.0	56.2	37	214	5.8	1	2	3	1	1	7	211	2	12	0	0	31:05
17	Sun	December 21	boxscore	W			New York Jets	13	10	24	40	207	0	3	4	23	5.8	4.7	60.0	42.4	23	108	4.7	1	1	1	1	1	6	140	8	16	0	0	33:48

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
18	Sun	December 28	boxscore	L		@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	20	13	26	175	1	1	2	6	7.0	6.3	50.0	68.6	32	141	4.4	1	2	2	2	2	5	100	5	12	0	0	31:37

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