2008 Detroit Lions

Record: 0-16-0, Finished 4th in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 268 points (16.8/g), 27th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 517 points (32.3/g), 32nd.
Differential of -249 points (-15.6/g), 32nd.
Expected W-L: 2.8-13.2.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 28th.

Coached by Rod Marinelli (0-16-0)

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2008 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 7	box	L	0-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	21	34	21	316	246	70	1	23	474	156	318
2	Sun	September 14	box	L	0-2		Green Bay Packers	25	48	15	311	262	49	3	19	447	324	123	1
3	Sun	September 21	box	L	0-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	13	31	14	240	124	116	2	25	370	188	182
4							Bye Week
5	Sun	October 5	box	L	0-4		Chicago Bears	7	34	12	185	131	54	2	21	425	328	97	1
6	Sun	October 12	box	L	0-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	10	12	8	212	112	100	1	23	392	257	135	3
7	Sun	October 19	box	L	0-6	@	Houston Texans	21	28	15	326	249	77		29	404	254	150	1
8	Sun	October 26	box	L	0-7		Washington Redskins	17	25	13	274	217	57		22	439	304	135	1
9	Sun	November 2	box	L	0-8	@	Chicago Bears	23	27	21	333	280	53	3	18	320	166	154	2
10	Sun	November 9	box	L	0-9		Jacksonville Jaguars	14	38	13	256	153	103	1	24	384	227	157
11	Sun	November 16	box	L	0-10	@	Carolina Panthers	22	31	20	316	186	130	4	16	362	98	264	1
12	Sun	November 23	box	L	0-11		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	38	9	207	99	108	3	15	255	139	116	3
13	Thu	November 27	box	L	0-12		Tennessee Titans	10	47	6	154	131	23	3	19	456	164	292	1
14	Sun	December 7	box	L	0-13		Minnesota Vikings	16	20	15	268	191	77		20	301	168	133	2
15	Sun	December 14	box	L	0-14	@	Indianapolis Colts	21	31	18	323	233	90	2	28	421	315	106	2
16	Sun	December 21	box	L	0-15		New Orleans Saints	7	42	15	255	126	129	2	32	532	351	181	1
17	Sun	December 28	box	L	0-16	@	Green Bay Packers	21	31	19	316	220	96	2	20	484	273	211	1

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	268	4292	913	4.7	234	281	509	2960	18	19	5.3	143	352	1332	10	3.8	70	29	10	21
Team Defense	517	6470	1009	6.4	350	303	443	3716	25	4	7.9	188	536	2754	31	5.1	147	20	16	15
Lg Rank Offense	27	30			30		18	24	19	26	28		31	30	25	28		23	13
Lg Rank Defense	32	32			32		1	27	27	32	32		30	32	32	32		26	2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
Dan Orlovsky	25	10	143	255	56.1	1616	8	3.1	8	3.1	96	6.3	5.2	11.3	161.6	72.6	14	95	5.7	4.6	5.2
Jon Kitna	36	4	68	120	56.7	758	5	4.2	5	4.2	47	6.3	4.9	11.1	189.5	72.2	15	89	5.0	3.7	11.1
Daunte Culpepper	31	5	60	115	52.2	786	4	3.5	6	5.2	70	6.8	4.8	13.1	157.2	63.9	14	95	5.4	3.6	10.9
Drew Stanton	24	3	9	17	52.9	119	1	5.9	0	0.0	41	7.0	7.6	13.2	39.7	95.0	6	35	3.7	4.1	26.1
Drew Henson	28	2	1	2	50.0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	10.0	10.0	20.0	10.0	85.4	3	25	-1.0	-1.0	60.0
Team Total	27.5	16	281	509	55.2	3299	18	3.5	19	3.7	96	6.5	5.2	11.7	206.2	71.3	52	339	5.3	4.1	9.3
Opp Total		16	303	443	68.4	3716	25	5.6	4	0.9		8.4	8.5	12.3	232.3	109.1	30	191	7.9	7.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
Kevin Smith	22		16		238	976	8	50	4.1	61.0	14.9	39	286	7.3	0	27	2.4	17.9	1262	8	2
Rudi Johnson	29		13		76	237	1	27	3.1	18.2	5.8	12	88	7.3	1	34	0.9	6.8	325	2	1
Daunte Culpepper	31		5		12	25	1	9	2.1	5.0	2.4								25	1	5
Dan Orlovsky	25		10		7	29	0	10	4.1	2.9	0.7								29	0	3
Jon Kitna	36		4		6	34	0	10	5.7	8.5	1.5								34	0	3
Aveion Cason	29		7		4	7	0	4	1.8	1.0	0.6	4	27	6.8	0	15	0.6	3.9	34	0	1
Calvin Johnson	23		16		3	-1	0	7	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	78	1331	17.1	12	96	4.9	83.2	1330	12	3
Drew Stanton	24		3		3	20	0	15	6.7	6.7	1.0								20	0	0
Jerome Felton	22		8		2	4	0	4	2.0	0.5	0.3	9	53	5.9	0	12	1.1	6.6	57	0	0
Moran Norris	30		4		1	1	0	1	1.0	0.3	0.3	4	16	4.0	0	6	1.0	4.0	17	0	0
Shaun McDonald	27		12		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	35	332	9.5	1	26	2.9	27.7	332	1	2
Michael Gaines	28		11		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	23	260	11.3	1	33	2.1	23.6	260	1	3
Mike Furrey	31		7		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	18	181	10.1	0	25	2.6	25.9	181	0	1
Roy E. Williams	27		13		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	17	232	13.6	1	25	1.3	17.8	232	1	0
John Standeford	26		7		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	15	244	16.3	0	36	2.1	34.9	244	0	1
Casey Fitzsimmons	28		10		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	12	85	7.1	1	16	1.2	8.5	85	1	0
John Owens	28		8		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	8	56	7.0	1	19	1.0	7.0	56	1	0
Keary Colbert	26		10		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	64	12.8	0	28	0.5	6.4	64	0	0
Daniel Campbell	32		1		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	21	21.0	0	21	1.0	21.0	21	0	0
Brandon Middleton	27		8		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	23	23.0	0	23	0.1	2.9	23	0	3
Team Total	27.5		16		352	1332	10	50	3.8	83.3	22.0	281	3299	11.7	18	96	17.6	206.2	4631	28	31
Opp Total			16		536	2754	31		5.1	172.1	33.5	303	3716	12.3	25		18.9	232.3	6470	56	31

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Brandon Middleton	27		8							39	864	0	42	22.2	887
Aveion Cason	29		7		3	27	0	13	9.0	32	746	0	46	23.3	807
Shaun McDonald	27		12		11	104	0	27	9.5						436
Mike Furrey	31		7		5	36	0	20	7.2	2	30	0	16	15.0	247
Casey Fitzsimmons	28		10							3	41	0	16	13.7	126
Corey Smith	29		10							2	26	0	17	13.0	26
Shaun Cody	25		13							1	7	0	7	7.0	7
Adam Jennings	26		10		1	0	0	0	0.0						0
John Standeford	26		7		1	1	0	1	1.0						245
Team Total	27.5		16		21	168	0	27	8.0	79	1714	0	46	21.7	6513
Opp Total			16		51		2			57	1332	0		23.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Nick Harris	30	P	16																		90	3952	66	0	43.9
Jason Hanson	38	K	16				3	3	5	4	6	6	8	8	22	21	95.5%	26	25	96.2%
Team Total	27.5		16				3	3	5	4	6	6	8	8	22	21	95.5%	26	25	96.2%	90	3952	66	0	43.9
Opp Total			16												29	25	86.2%	62	62	100.0%	59	257			4.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Paris Lenon	31		16		1.5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	81	40
Ernie Sims	24		16		1.0	0	0	0	0	1						72	41
Daniel Bullocks	25		16			0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	44	1	63	30
Leigh Bodden	27		16			1	2	0	2	11	3	0	2	8	0	61	12
Kalvin Pearson	30		16		1.0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	2	0	0	56	18
Ryan Nece	29		16		1.5	1	18	0	18	4						38	23
Dewayne White	29		8		6.5	1	-4	0	-4	2	3	0	1	0	0	28	10
Cory Redding	28		12		3.0											31	7
Dwight Smith	30		9			0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	31	8
Travis Fisher	29		13			0	0	0	0	5						28	7
Shaun Cody	25		13			0	0	0	0	3						25	11
Chartric Darby	33		14		1.5						0	0	1	2	0	23	9
Jared DeVries	32		10		2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	21	8
Brian Kelly	32		10			0	0	0	0	1						23	3
Corey Smith	29		10		3.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	19	5
Cliff Avril	22		12		5.0						4	0	1	10	0	17	5
Alex Lewis	27		11								1	0	1	0	0	15	9
Jordon Dizon	22		11								0	0	1	0	0	12	12
Ikaika Alama-Francis	24		10		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	9
Ramzee Robinson	24		11			0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	4
Langston Moore	27		6		1.0											9	3
Keith Smith	28		7								1	0	0	0	0	7	5
Calvin Johnson	23		16								0	3	2	0	0	5	0
Gerald Alexander	24		3													6	0
Andre Fluellen	23		5			0	0	0	0	1						3	4
Daunte Culpepper	31		5								0	5	1	-1	0	1	0
Kevin Smith	22		16								0	2	1	0	0	2	0
Anthony Cannon	24		4								0	0	1	0	0	1	3
Landon Cohen	22		2													2	2
Jon Kitna	36		4								0	3	1	0	0	1	0
Michael Gaines	28		11								0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dan Orlovsky	25		10									3	2	-7	0
Stephen Peterman	26		2													2	1
Shaun McDonald	27		12								0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jeff Backus	31		2								0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Drew Henson	28		2									2	1	0	0
Rudi Johnson	29		13								0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Brandon Middleton	27		8									3	0	0	0
Stuart Schweigert	27		6			0	0	0	0	1						1	1
John Standeford	26		7								0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Gosder Cherilus	24		1									0	2	0	0
Damion Cook	29		1													1	0
Jerome Felton	22		8													1	0
Casey Fitzsimmons	28		10								1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Jason Hanson	38	K	16													0	2
LaMarcus Hicks	25		4													0	2
Adam Jennings	26		10								0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Andy McCollum	38		1													1	0
John Owens	28		8													1	0
Darnell Bing	24		1													0	1
Aveion Cason	29		7									1	0	0	0
Mike Furrey	31		7								0	1	0	0	0
Nick Harris	30	P	16													0	1
Dominic Raiola	30		1									0	1	0	0
Marcus Thomas	24		2									0	1	0	0
Dexter Wynn	27		1													0	1
Team Total	27.5		16		28.0	4	16	0	18	46	22	31	32	56	1	714	299
Opp Total			16		52							31	15					1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Jason Hanson	38	K	16						25	21		88
Calvin Johnson	23		16		12							72
Kevin Smith	22		16	8								48
Rudi Johnson	29		13	1	1							12
Daniel Bullocks	25		16				1					6
Daunte Culpepper	31		5	1								6
Casey Fitzsimmons	28		10		1							6
Michael Gaines	28		11		1							6
Shaun McDonald	27		12		1							6
John Owens	28		8		1							6
Roy E. Williams	27		13		1							6
Team Total	27.5		16	10	18		1		25	21		262
Opp Total			16	31	25	2		1	62	25	1	517

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