4th NFC North (4-12-0)
Founded: 1930
Stadium: Ford Field
Tickets: 313-262-2011
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| Team Statistics | ||
| Lions | Opponents | |
| Total First Downs | 234 | 350 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 70 - 143 - 21 | 147 - 188 - 15 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 59/205 | 90/197 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 10/20 | 6/10 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 4292 | 6470 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 913 - 4.7 | 1009 - 6.4 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 1332 | 2754 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 352 - 3.8 | 536 - 5.1 |
| Total Passing Yds | 2960 | 3716 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 281 - 509 - 19 - 6.5 | 303 - 443 - 4 - 8.8 |
| Sacks | 30 | 52 |
| Field Goals | 21/22 | 25/29 |
| Touchdowns | 29 | 63 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 10 - 18 - 0 - 1 | 31 - 25 - 2 - 5 |
| Time of Possession | 26:59 | 33:00 |
| Turnover Ratio | -9 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Dan Orlovsky | 255 | 143 | 1616 | 56.1 | 6.3 | 8 | 3.1 | 8 | 3.1 | 96 | 14 | 95 | 72.6 |
| Jon Kitna | 120 | 68 | 758 | 56.7 | 6.3 | 5 | 4.2 | 5 | 4.2 | 47 | 15 | 89 | 72.2 |
| Daunte Culpepper | 115 | 60 | 786 | 52.2 | 6.8 | 4 | 3.5 | 6 | 5.2 | 70 | 14 | 95 | 63.9 |
| Drew Stanton | 17 | 9 | 119 | 52.9 | 7.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 6 | 35 | 95.0 |
| Drew Henson | 2 | 1 | 20 | 50.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 3 | 25 | 85.4 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Kevin Smith | 238 | 976 | 4.1 | 50 | 8 |
| Rudi Johnson | 76 | 237 | 3.1 | 27 | 1 |
| Daunte Culpepper | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Dan Orlovsky | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Jon Kitna | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Aveion Cason | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Drew Stanton | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Calvin Johnson | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerome Felton | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Moran Norris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Calvin Johnson | 78 | 1331 | 17.1 | 96 | 12 |
| Kevin Smith | 39 | 286 | 7.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Shaun McDonald | 35 | 332 | 9.5 | 26 | 1 |
| Michael Gaines | 23 | 260 | 11.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Mike Furrey | 18 | 181 | 10.1 | 25 | 0 |
| John Standeford | 15 | 244 | 16.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Rudi Johnson | 12 | 88 | 7.3 | 34 | 1 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 16 | 1 |
| Jerome Felton | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 12 | 0 |
| John Owens | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Keary Colbert | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Aveion Cason | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Moran Norris | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Brandon Middleton | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dan Campbell | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Nick Harris | 90 | 43.9 | 6 | 24 | 66 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 90 | 43.9 | 6 | 24 | 66 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 59 | 43.6 | 7 | 23 | 60 | 0 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Shaun McDonald | 11 | 8 | 9.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Furrey | 5 | 5 | 7.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Aveion Cason | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Standeford | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 21 | 13 | 8.0 | 27 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 51 | 22 | 8.1 | 80 | 2 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Brandon Middleton | 39 | 864 | 22.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Aveion Cason | 32 | 746 | 23.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Furrey | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Corey Smith | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Shaun Cody | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 83 | 1807 | 21.8 | 46 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 57 | 1332 | 23.4 | 60 | 0 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| Paris Lenon | 121 | 81 | 40 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Ernie Sims | 113 | 71 | 42 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Kalvin Pearson | 83 | 65 | 18 | 1.0 | 4 |
| Daniel Bullocks | 94 | 64 | 30 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Leigh Bodden | 73 | 61 | 12 | 0.0 | 3 |
| Ryan Nece | 68 | 45 | 23 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Dwight Smith | 41 | 33 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Alex Lewis | 41 | 32 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Cory Redding | 38 | 31 | 7 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Travis Fisher | 37 | 30 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dewayne White | 38 | 28 | 10 | 6.5 | 3 |
| Shaun Cody | 36 | 25 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Corey Smith | 30 | 25 | 5 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Chartric Darby | 32 | 23 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Brian Kelly | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jared DeVries | 29 | 21 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Ramzee Robinson | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Cliff Avril | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 |
| Jordon Dizon | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ikaika Alama-Francis | 23 | 13 | 10 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Keith Smith | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Langston Moore | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Stuart Schweigert | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Gerald Alexander | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Calvin Johnson | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| John Standeford | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cannon | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Andre Fluellen | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Lamarcus Hicks | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| John Owens | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Don Muhlbach | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Landon Cohen | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Stephen Peterman | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kevin Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Adam Jennings | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Nick Harris | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Rudi Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jeff Backus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jon Kitna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chris Roberson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Andy McCollum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Shaun McDonald | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brandon Middleton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Michael Gaines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jerome Felton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Damion Cook | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Daunte Culpepper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jason Hanson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dexter Wynn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Darnell Bing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 1155 | 854 | 301 | 30 | 22 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 899 | 748 | 151 | 52 | 20 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Ryan Nece | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Leigh Bodden | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Corey Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewayne White | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 18 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 19 | 364 | 19.2 | 65 | 5 |
