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1985 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-9-0, 4th in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Darryl Rogers (7-9-0)

Points For: 307 (19.2/g) 19th of 28

Points Against: 366 (22.9/g) 19th of 28

Expected W-L: 6.4-9.6

SRS: -1.67 (19th of 28), SOS: 2.02

Offensive Coordinator: Bob Baker

Defensive Coordinator: Wayne Fontes

Other Notable Asst.: Don Doll (Assistant), Bill Muir (Offensive Line) and Willie Shaw (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Russ Thomas

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +6000

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	307	4476	967	4.6	41	20	259	254	462	2938	19	21	5.7	150	452	1538	13	3.4	89	104	741	20
Opp. Stats	366	5591	1083	5.2	36	18	359	283	478	2906	16	18	5.6	156	560	2685	19	4.8	179	105	729	24
Lg Rank Offense	19	28			19	20	24		23	22	18	11	16		18	26	20	28
Lg Rank Defense	19	18			16	10	27		5	5	3	19	11		26	27	19	28

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Atlanta Falcons	28	27	16	286	156	130	2	21	300	140	160	1
2	Sun	September 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Dallas Cowboys	26	21	13	200	128	72	1	33	554	452	102	5
3	Sun	September 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	Indianapolis Colts	6	14	10	204	99	105	2	24	355	127	228	3
4	Sun	September 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	30	9	18	315	221	94	1	19	277	158	119	4
5	Sun	October 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Green Bay Packers	10	43	19	373	317	56	6	30	512	227	285	1
6	Sun	October 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Washington Redskins	3	24	8	226	198	28	4	23	291	123	168
7	Sun	October 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		San Francisco 49ers	23	21	15	292	130	162	1	21	304	96	208	1
8	Sun	October 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Miami Dolphins	31	21	21	355	203	152	1	20	341	239	102	3
9	Sun	November 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4	@	Minnesota Vikings	13	16	11	153	84	69		20	301	138	163	2
10	Sun	November 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	Chicago Bears	3	24	8	106	38	68	4	26	360	110	250	2
11	Sun	November 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5		Minnesota Vikings	41	21	24	365	217	148	2	16	311	248	63	5
12	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	6-6	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	19	16	273	200	73	1	23	288	119	169
13	Thu	November 28	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6		New York Jets	31	20	18	330	264	66	1	23	357	239	118	2
14	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	New England Patriots	6	23	15	246	141	105	3	23	352	136	216	1
15	Sun	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-8		Green Bay Packers	23	26	25	426	289	137	5	17	306	133	173	2
16	Sun	December 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-9		Chicago Bears	17	37	22	326	253	73	7	20	382	221	161	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Eric Hipple	28	QB	16	15	7-8-0	223	406	54.9	2952	17	4.2	18	4.4	56	7.3	6.11	13.2	184.5	73.6	49	343	10.77	5.73	4.70	0	0
2	Joe Ferguson	35	QB	8	1	0-1-0	31	54	57.4	364	2	3.7	3	5.6	38	6.7	4.98	11.7	45.5	67.2	4	35	6.90	5.67	4.03	0	0
3	James Jones	24	FB	14	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
4	Alvin Moore	26	RB	16	5		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	7-9-0	254	462	55.0	2938	19	4.1	21	4.5	56	7.2	5.95	13.1	183.6	72.6	53	378	10.29	5.70	4.61	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	James 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	289	4.2	1220	9	7
2	Leonard Thompson	33	WR	16	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	51	736	14.4	5	48	3.2	46.0	51	14.4	736	5	0
3	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	37	16.4	607	4	1
4	Jeff Chadwick	25	WR	7	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	478	19.1	3	56	3.6	68.3	25	19.1	478	3	0
5	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	99	3.8	375	5	5
6	David Lewis	24	TE	15	15	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	354	12.6	3	40	1.9	23.6	28	12.6	354	3	1
7	Pete Mandley	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	316	17.6	0	37	1.1	19.8	18	17.6	316	0	3
8	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	82	3.7	306	0	0
9	Carl Bland	24	WR	8	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	157	13.1	0	24	1.5	19.6	12	13.1	157	0	0
10	Rick Kane	31	RB	16	1	11	44	0	7	4.0	2.8	0.7	5	56	11.2	0	18	0.3	3.5	16	6.3	100	0	1
11	Eric Hipple	28	QB	16	15	32	89	2	26	2.8	5.6	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	32	2.8	89	2	13
12	Mike Meade	25	RB	16	0	3	18	0	9	6.0	1.1	0.2	2	21	10.5	0	14	0.1	1.3	5	7.8	39	0	0
13	Rob Rubick	25	TE	9	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	33	16.5	0	18	0.2	3.7	2	16.5	33	0	0
14	James McDonald	24	TE	6	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	23	7.7	0	9	0.5	3.8	3	7.7	23	0	0
15	Joe Ferguson	35	QB	8	1	4	12	1	15	3.0	1.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	3.0	12	1	1
16	Reese McCall	29	TE	16	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.4	1	7.0	7	0	0
17	A.J. Jones	26	RB	8	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
18	Mike Black	24	P	16	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	452	1538	13	29	3.4	96.1	28.3	254	3316	13.1	19	56	15.9	207.3	706	6.9	4854	32	33

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	William Gay	30	RDE	16	16	1	7	0	7	0	6	3	0	7.5	0
2	William Graham	26	FS	16	16	3	22	0	22	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
3	Demetrious Johnson	24	SS	16	16	3	39	0	19	1	5	24	0	3.0	0
4	Bruce McNorton	26	RCB	16	16	2	14	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Steve Mott	24	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bobby Watkins	25	LCB	16	16	5	15	0	8	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jimmy Williams	25	LOLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.5	0
8	Eric Hipple	28	QB	16	15	0	0	0	0	13	3	-3	0	0.0	0
9	David Lewis	24	TE	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	James Jones	24	FB	14	13	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Mark Nichols	26	WR	14	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Eric Williams	23	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.0	0
13	Doug English	32	NT	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
14	Angelo King	27	ROLB	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
15	Curtis Green	28	LDE	15	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.0	0
16	David Jones	24	RG	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Mike Cofer	25	ROLB	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
18	Wilbert Montgomery	31	RB	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Alvin Moore	26	RB	16	5	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Keith Ferguson	26	DE	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
21	James Harrell	28	LB	7	2	1	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Steve Baack	25	NT	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
23	Joe Ferguson	35	QB	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Rick Kane	31	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Roosevelt Barnes	27	LB	16	0	1	-1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Mike Black	24	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-7	0	0.0	0
27	Dan Bunz	30	LB	2	0	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	William Frizzell	23	DB	8	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Alvin Hall	27	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.0	0
30	June James	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Pete Mandley	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	18	136	0	22	36	31	17	0	44.0	0

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