4th NFC North (4-12-0)
Founded: 1930
Stadium: Ford Field
Tickets: 313-262-2011
| Buy/Sell Tickets
Watch Detroit Lions Games Online
See full NFL Playoff Schedule
Shop: Get Lions Gear
Game Averages (2012)
(17th)
(3rd)
(2nd)
(23rd)
| Team Statistics | ||
| Lions | Opponents | |
| Total First Downs | 382 | 305 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 84 - 272 - 26 | 107 - 167 - 31 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 97/228 | 76/208 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 6/15 | 5/6 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 6540 | 5458 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 1160 - 5.6 | 998 - 5.5 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 1613 | 1889 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 391 - 4.1 | 420 - 4.5 |
| Total Passing Yds | 4927 | 3569 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 445 - 740 - 17 - 6.9 | 346 - 544 - 11 - 7.0 |
| Sacks | 34 | 29 |
| Field Goals | 32/36 | 31/41 |
| Touchdowns | 39 | 49 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 17 - 22 - 0 - 0 | 13 - 26 - 4 - 6 |
| Time of Possession | 32:05 | 29:28 |
| Turnover Ratio | -16 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Matthew Stafford | 727 | 435 | 4967 | 59.8 | 6.8 | 20 | 2.8 | 17 | 2.3 | 57 | 29 | 212 | 79.8 |
| Shaun Hill | 13 | 10 | 172 | 76.9 | 13.2 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 157.9 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Mikel Leshoure | 215 | 798 | 3.7 | 16 | 9 |
| Joique Bell | 82 | 414 | 5.0 | 67 | 3 |
| Kevin Smith | 37 | 134 | 3.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Matthew Stafford | 35 | 126 | 3.6 | 11 | 4 |
| Nate Burleson | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Thomas | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Stefan Logan | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Titus Young | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Shaun Hill | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Calvin Johnson | 122 | 1964 | 16.1 | 53 | 5 |
| Brandon Pettigrew | 59 | 567 | 9.6 | 24 | 3 |
| Joique Bell | 52 | 485 | 9.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Tony Scheffler | 42 | 504 | 12.0 | 57 | 1 |
| Mikel Leshoure | 34 | 214 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Titus Young | 33 | 383 | 11.6 | 46 | 4 |
| Nate Burleson | 27 | 240 | 8.9 | 26 | 2 |
| Ryan Broyles | 22 | 310 | 14.1 | 40 | 2 |
| Will Heller | 17 | 150 | 8.8 | 19 | 1 |
| Kevin Smith | 10 | 79 | 7.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Kris Durham | 8 | 125 | 15.6 | 27 | 1 |
| Stefan Logan | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Thomas | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Brian Robiskie | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Shaun Chapas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Matthew Stafford | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Field Goal Statistics | ||||||||||
| Player | 1-19 A | 1-19 M | 20-29 A | 20-29 M | 30-39 A | 30-39 M | 40-49 A | 40-49 M | 50+ A | 50+ M |
| Jason Hanson | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Nick Harris | 67 | 41.5 | 1 | 21 | 58 | 0 |
| Ben Graham | 6 | 41.3 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 |
| Jason Hanson | 3 | 39.3 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 76 | 41.4 | 1 | 24 | 58 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 79 | 45.9 | 5 | 34 | 73 | 0 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Stefan Logan | 33 | 23 | 9.1 | 48 | 0 |
| Alphonso Smith | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Thomas | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 35 | 26 | 8.6 | 48 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 33 | 26 | 9.9 | 77 | 2 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Stefan Logan | 28 | 597 | 21.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Joique Bell | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Mike Thomas | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Riley Reiff | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Scheffler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Will Heller | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 34 | 681 | 20.0 | 40 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 52 | 1213 | 23.3 | 105 | 2 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| Justin Durant | 103 | 82 | 21 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Stephen Tulloch | 112 | 74 | 38 | 0.5 | 1 |
| DeAndre Levy | 82 | 57 | 25 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chris Houston | 56 | 44 | 12 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Erik Coleman | 47 | 32 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Silva | 40 | 31 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jacob Lacey | 36 | 30 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Don Carey | 39 | 29 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Louis Delmas | 38 | 28 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kyle Vanden Bosch | 36 | 28 | 8 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Cliff Avril | 35 | 28 | 7 | 9.5 | 2 |
| Nick Fairley | 34 | 27 | 7 | 5.5 | 2 |
| Ndamukong Suh | 35 | 25 | 10 | 8.0 | 0 |
| John Wendling | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jonte Green | 29 | 23 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Ashlee Palmer | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Amari Spievey | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Drayton Florence | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Bill Bentley | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Jackson | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Sammie Lee Hill | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Tahir Whitehead | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Willie Young | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Alphonso Smith | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kassim Osgood | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ron Bartell | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Corey Williams | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Stefan Logan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Joique Bell | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Pat Lee | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Gosder Cherilus | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Will Heller | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brandon Pettigrew | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Tyrell Johnson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Travis Lewis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ryan Broyles | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Calvin Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ronnell Lewis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kevin Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matthew Stafford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Andre Fluellen | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Titus Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Tony Scheffler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Riley Reiff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mikel Leshoure | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Nick Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jason Hanson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kris Durham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jeff Backus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 1018 | 779 | 239 | 34 | 11 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1049 | 804 | 245 | 29 | 14 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Don Carey | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Chris Houston | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Drayton Florence | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ricardo Silva | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jonte Green | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jacob Lacey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Louis Delmas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Levy | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 11 | 135 | 12.3 | 29 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 17 | 475 | 27.9 | 102 | 4 |