1996-97 Detroit Lions Stats

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1996-97 Detroit Lions Stats
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Team Stats | QB Stats | Rushing Stats | Receiving Stats | Field Goal Stats | Punting Stats | Punt Return Stats | Kick Return Stats | Defensive Stats | Interception Stats
Team Statistics Lions Opponents
Total 1st Downs 4037 324
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty) 1341 - 2285 - 411 126 - 172 - 26
3rd Down Conversions 931 / 2422 95 / 220
4th Down Conversions 112 / 250 8 / 15
Total Offensive Yards 5013 5351
Offense (Plays - Average Yards) 976 - 5.1 1044 - 5.1
Total Rushing Yards 1810 2007
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards) 389 - 4.6 510 - 3.9
Total Passing Yards 3463 3344
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average) 309 - 541 - 21 - 6.4 311 - 502 - 11 - 6.7
Sacks 46 32
Field Goals 12 / 17 20 / 25
Touchdowns 37 44
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive) 15 - 20 - 0 - 3 12 - 28 - 1 - 3
Turnover Ratio -7

1996-97 Lions Passing Stats

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Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% Long Sck Sack/Lost Rating
Scott Mitchell437 253 2917 57.90% 6.70 17 3.90% 17 3.90% 62 36 199 74.9
Don Majkowski102 55 554 53.90% 5.40 3 2.90% 3 2.90% 27 10 61 67.2
Mark Royals1 1 -8 100.00% -8.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -8 0 0 79.2
Barry Sanders1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0 0 0.0

1996-97 Lions Rushing Stats

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Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Barry Sanders307 1553 5.1 54 11
Ron Rivers19 86 4.5 26 0
Scott Mitchell37 83 2.2 9 4
Don Majkowski14 38 2.7 12 0
Johnnie Morton9 35 3.9 18 0
Brett Perriman1 13 13.0 13 0
Eric Lynch2 2 1.0 2 0

1996-97 Lions Receiving Stats

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Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD
Herman Moore106 1296 12.2 50 9
Brett Perriman94 1021 10.9 44 5
Johnnie Morton55 714 13.0 62 6
Barry Sanders24 147 6.1 28 0
Pete Metzelaars17 146 8.6 20 0
David Sloan7 51 7.3 18 0
Aubrey Matthews3 41 13.7 21 0
Ron Rivers2 28 14.0 19 0
Derek Price1 14 14.0 14 0
Ray Roberts0 5 0.0 5 0

1996-97 Lions Field Goal Stats

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Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Jason Hanson0-0 4-4 4-5 3-5 0-0 0-0

1996-97 Lions Punting Stats

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Player Punts Yards Long Avg Blk Ret RetY IN 20 Net Avg
Mark Royals70 3020 60 43.8 1 42 519 11 33.9
Jason Hanson1 24 24 24.0 0 0 0 1 24.0

1996-97 Lions Punt Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Long TD
Glyn Milburn34 19 8.4 33 0

1996-97 Lions Kick Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Yds/Ret Long TD
Glyn Milburn64 0 1627 25.4 65 65
Eric Lynch1 0 15 15.0 15 15
Aubrey Matthews1 0 10 10.0 10 10
Pete Metzelaars1 0 1 1.0 1 1
Ron Rivers1 0 8 8.0 8 8
Keith Washington1 0 14 14.0 14 14

1996-97 Lions Defensive Stats

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Player Total Solo Assist Sck Sfty Fumb
Bennie Blades105 77 28 0.0 0 0
Ryan McNeil85 68 17 0.0 0 0
Van Malone79 53 26 0.0 0 2
Pepper Johnson69 53 16 0.0 0 1
Antonio London65 42 23 3.0 0 2
Robert Porcher65 44 21 10.0 0 4
Corey Raymond65 58 7 0.0 0 1
Reggie Brown50 36 14 0.0 0 0
Luther Elliss49 26 23 6.5 0 0
Ron Rice49 34 15 0.0 0 0
Henry Thomas46 31 15 6.0 0 1
Kerwin Waldroup45 29 16 2.5 0 0
Greg Jeffries44 36 8 0.0 0 0
Stephen Boyd39 23 16 0.0 0 1
Ryan Stewart31 20 11 0.0 0 0
Mike Wells30 16 14 0.0 0 0
Shane Bonham20 13 7 2.0 0 0
Scott Kowalkowski16 12 4 0.0 0 0
Tracy Scroggins16 13 3 2.0 0 0
Brad Ford14 12 2 0.0 0 0

1996-97 Lions Interception Stats

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Player Int Yds Yds/Int Long TD
Bennie Blades2 112 56.0 98 1
Corey Raymond1 24 24.0 24 1
Ryan McNeil5 14 2.8 15 0
Ryan Stewart1 14 14.0 14 0
Van Malone1 5 5.0 5 0
Greg Jeffries1 0 0.0 0 0

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