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 | 281 | 332 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 82 - 168 - 31 | 95 - 213 - 24 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 84/234 | 85/210 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 7/26 | 10/15 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 4784 | 6274 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 1037 - 4.6 | 1029 - 6.1 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 1616 | 2025 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 409 - 4.0 | 458 - 4.4 |
| Total Passing Yds | 3168 | 4249 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 316 - 585 - 32 - 5.9 | 371 - 545 - 9 - 8.1 |
| Sacks | 26 | 43 |
| Field Goals | 21/28 | 31/34 |
| Touchdowns | 28 | 57 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 9 - 16 - 0 - 3 | 18 - 35 - 1 - 3 |
| Time of Possession | 28:56 | 31:03 |
| Turnover Ratio | -18 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Matthew Stafford | 377 | 201 | 2267 | 53.3 | 6.0 | 13 | 3.4 | 20 | 5.3 | 75 | 24 | 169 | 61.0 |
| Daunte Culpepper | 157 | 89 | 945 | 56.7 | 6.0 | 3 | 1.9 | 6 | 3.8 | 38 | 14 | 107 | 64.8 |
| Drew Stanton | 51 | 26 | 259 | 51.0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 11.8 | 30 | 5 | 27 | 26.1 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Kevin Smith | 217 | 747 | 3.4 | 31 | 4 |
| Maurice Morris | 93 | 384 | 4.1 | 64 | 2 |
| Aaron Brown | 27 | 131 | 4.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Matthew Stafford | 20 | 108 | 5.4 | 21 | 2 |
| Daunte Culpepper | 18 | 91 | 5.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Jerome Felton | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Drew Stanton | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Calvin Johnson | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Derrick Williams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kalvin Pearson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Calvin Johnson | 67 | 984 | 14.7 | 75 | 5 |
| Kevin Smith | 41 | 415 | 10.1 | 63 | 1 |
| Bryant Johnson | 35 | 417 | 11.9 | 36 | 3 |
| Dennis Northcutt | 35 | 357 | 10.2 | 47 | 1 |
| Brandon Pettigrew | 30 | 346 | 11.5 | 30 | 2 |
| Will Heller | 29 | 296 | 10.2 | 24 | 3 |
| Maurice Morris | 26 | 210 | 8.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | 18 | 128 | 7.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerome Felton | 13 | 133 | 10.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Aaron Brown | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Derrick Williams | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Jake Nordin | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Terrelle Smith | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| John Standeford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Gronkowski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 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 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Nick Harris | 74 | 42.9 | 5 | 20 | 56 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 74 | 42.9 | 5 | 20 | 56 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 66 | 43.6 | 4 | 34 | 64 | 0 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Dennis Northcutt | 22 | 15 | 8.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Phillip Buchanon | 4 | 0 | 8.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Brian Witherspoon | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 28 | 15 | 8.3 | 43 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 41 | 14 | 8.6 | 45 | 0 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Aaron Brown | 42 | 951 | 22.6 | 87 | 0 |
| Derrick Williams | 42 | 931 | 22.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Brian Witherspoon | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Dennis Northcutt | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Zack Follett | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Adam Jennings | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerome Felton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 96 | 2050 | 21.4 | 87 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 58 | 1353 | 23.3 | 102 | 1 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| Larry Foote | 99 | 70 | 29 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Louis Delmas | 94 | 65 | 29 | 1.0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Levy | 85 | 61 | 24 | 0.0 | 1 |
| William James | 73 | 58 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Julian Peterson | 76 | 49 | 27 | 4.5 | 5 |
| Marvin White | 51 | 39 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Anthony Henry | 46 | 38 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Phillip Buchanon | 43 | 38 | 5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Ernie Sims | 49 | 32 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Marquand Manuel | 36 | 30 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Cliff Avril | 41 | 27 | 14 | 5.5 | 3 |
| Jason Hunter | 34 | 27 | 7 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Ko Simpson | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hobbs | 37 | 24 | 13 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Jordon Dizon | 29 | 21 | 8 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Grady Jackson | 32 | 20 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Turk McBride | 27 | 17 | 10 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Sammie Lee Hill | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Landon Cohen | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kalvin Pearson | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| DeAngelo Smith | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Andre Fluellen | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Zack Follett | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Joe Cohen | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Dewayne White | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Eric King | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Don Muhlbach | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Bryant Johnson | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Copeland Bryan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Vinny Ciurciu | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Demarcus Faggins | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jeff Backus | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dennis Northcutt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Nick Harris | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jerome Felton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Derrick Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dominic Raiola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Calvin Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Stephen Peterman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jake Nordin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kevin Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Daniel Loper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jason Hanson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Adam Jennings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Manny Ramirez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jahi Word-Daniels | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Drew Stanton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matthew Stafford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Gosder Cherilus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aaron Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brandon Pettigrew | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Maurice Morris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dylan Gandy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 1129 | 829 | 300 | 26 | 18 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1035 | 818 | 217 | 43 | 19 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Louis Delmas | 2 | 130 | 65.0 | 101 | 1 |
| William James | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 38 | 1 |
| Anthony Henry | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ko Simpson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DeAndre Levy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dewayne White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 9 | 210 | 23.3 | 101 | 2 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 32 | 508 | 15.9 | 61 | 3 |
