1989 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-9-0, 3rd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Wayne Fontes (7-9-0)

Points For: 312 (19.5/g) 19th of 28

Points Against: 364 (22.8/g) 19th of 28

Expected W-L: 6.6-9.4

SRS: -3.48 (20th of 28), SOS: -0.23

Offensive Coordinator: Mouse Davis

Defensive Coordinator: Woody Widenhofer

Other Notable Asst.: Frank Gansz (Special Teams), June Jones (QB/WR Coach), Dave Levy (Running Backs), Billie Matthews (Defensive Backs), Dick Modzelewski (Defensive Line) and Herb Paterra (Linebackers)

Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Chuck Schmidt

Offensive Scheme: Run-and-Shoot

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +15000; O/U: 5.5

Training Camp: Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	312	4992	928	5.4	48	24	274	229	450	2939	11	24	5.8	139	421	2053	23	4.9	117	121	977	18
Opp. Stats	364	5537	1064	5.2	32	16	314	370	570	3916	19	16	6.4	189	454	1621	18	3.6	98	107	993	27
Lg Rank Offense	19	18			28	28	21		24	26	27	21	17		20	8	1	1
Lg Rank Defense	19	18			21	9	18		26	27	11	21	19		12	8	22	3

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Phoenix Cardinals	13	16	13	258	99	159	1	19	329	264	65	1	1.20	-0.99	-6.94
2	Sun	September 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2	@	New York Giants	14	24	19	410	315	95	5	21	345	216	129	1	-2.33	-3.56	-2.49
3	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3		Chicago Bears	27	47	20	305	107	198	5	23	542	323	219		-4.92	-30.74	15.07
4	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4		Pittsburgh Steelers	3	23	13	240	222	18	4	20	315	213	102		-26.33	1.60	5.63
5	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	17	24	20	237	84	153	4	14	229	138	91	3	-29.53	8.80	13.33
6	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-5	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	16	20	376	237	139	4	14	191	103	88	1	-5.86	15.65	-5.24
7	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6		Minnesota Vikings	7	20	21	282	198	84	5	13	264	147	117	1	-10.14	2.26	-3.47
8	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	1-7	@	Green Bay Packers	20	23	21	402	192	210	2	24	421	345	76	2	0.49	-3.30	0.60
9	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-8	@	Houston Oilers	31	35	19	351	257	94	2	30	455	345	110	4	11.55	-9.02	-3.77
10	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-8		Green Bay Packers	31	22	8	128	54	74	2	30	432	328	104	4	-8.38	7.82	8.45
11	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-9	@	Cincinnati Bengals	7	42	10	278	156	122	5	27	546	447	99	3	-29.35	-12.24	6.75
12	Thu	November 23	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		3-9		Cleveland Browns	13	10	15	271	125	146	1	14	359	289	70	2	-6.44	3.25	6.10
13	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-9		New Orleans Saints	21	14	17	401	316	85	2	11	169	99	70	2	-0.01	20.27	-8.20
14	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-9	@	Chicago Bears	27	17	17	295	168	127	2	21	302	172	130	2	1.25	-0.62	8.52
15	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-9		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	33	7	24	382	212	170	2	6	225	163	62	5	2.90	25.20	-1.17
16	Sun	December 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-9	@	Atlanta Falcons	31	24	17	376	197	179	2	27	413	324	89	1	7.06	-1.58	0.82

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Bob Gagliano	31	QB	11	7	4-3-0	117	232	50.4	1671	6	2.6	12	5.2	69	38.9	75	7.2	5.39	14.3	151.9	61.2	25	153	9.73	5.91	4.27	0	0
2	Rodney Peete	23	QB	8	8	3-5-0	103	195	52.8	1479	5	2.6	9	4.6	65	38.3	69	7.6	6.02	14.4	184.9	67.0	27	164	12.16	5.92	4.55	1	1
3	Eric Hipple	32	QB	1	1	0-1-0	7	18	38.9	90	0	0.0	3	16.7	3	21.7	30	5.0	-2.50	12.9	90.0	15.7	5	26	21.74	2.78	-3.09	0	0
4	Chuck Long	26	QB	1	0		2	5	40.0	42	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	40.0	37	8.4	8.40	21.0	42.0	70.4	0	0	0.00	8.40	8.40	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	7-9-0	229	450	50.9	2939	11	2.4	24	5.3	139	37.9	75	7.3	5.38	14.3	183.7	60.8	57	343	11.24	5.80	4.10	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Barry Sanders	21	RB	15	13	280	1470	14	80	49.3	34	5.3	98.0	18.7	36	24	282	11.8	0	10	33.3	46	1.6	18.8	66.7	7.8	304	5.8	1752	14	10	PB,AP-1,AP ORoY-1
2	Richard Johnson	28	WR	16	15	12	38	0	2	41.7	14	3.2	2.4	0.8	114	70	1091	15.6	8	47	57.0	75	4.4	68.2	61.4	9.6	82	13.8	1129	8	3
3	Robert Clark	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	81	41	748	18.2	2	31	48.1	69	2.6	46.8	50.6	9.2	41	18.2	748	2	2
4	Jason Phillips	23	WR	16	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	48	30	352	11.7	1	18	50.0	55	1.9	22.0	62.5	7.3	30	11.7	352	1	1
5	Walter Stanley	27	WR	14	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	61	24	304	12.7	0	15	31.1	37	1.7	21.7	39.3	5.0	24	12.7	304	0	5
6	Bob Gagliano	31	QB	11	7	41	192	4	13	48.8	19	4.7	17.5	3.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			41	4.7	192	4	3
7	Stacey Mobley	24	WR	10	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	28	13	158	12.2	0	6	35.7	30	1.3	15.8	46.4	5.6	13	12.2	158	0	0
8	Rodney Peete	23	QB	8	8	33	148	4	10	63.6	14	4.5	18.5	4.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			33	4.5	148	4	9
9	Keith McDonald	26	WR	6	3	1	-2	0	0	0.0	-2	-2.0	-0.3	0.2	22	12	138	11.5	0	5	45.5	24	2.0	23.0	54.5	6.3	13	10.5	136	0	0
10	Tony Paige	27	RB	16	4	30	105	0	6	43.3	16	3.5	6.6	1.9	5	2	27	13.5	0	2	40.0	15	0.1	1.7	40.0	5.4	32	4.1	132	0	1
11	Carl Painter	25	RB	15	0	15	64	0	2	46.7	9	4.3	4.3	1.0	3	3	41	13.7	0	1	100.0	27	0.2	2.7	100.0	13.7	18	5.8	105	0	1
12	Mel Gray	28	WR	10	1	3	22	0	1	66.7	14	7.3	2.2	0.3	9	2	47	23.5	0	2	22.2	30	0.2	4.7	22.2	5.2	5	13.8	69	0	0
13	John Ford	23	WR	7	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	5	56	11.2	0	1	33.3	37	0.7	8.0	55.6	6.2	5	11.2	56	0	0
14	Troy Johnson	27	WR	9	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	2	29	14.5	0	1	28.6	22	0.2	3.2	28.6	4.1	2	14.5	29	0	0
15	Eric Hipple	32	QB	1	1	2	11	1	2	100.0	10	5.5	11.0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	5.5	11	1	0
16	Jeff Chadwick	29	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	1	9	9.0	0	0	0.0	9	1.0	9.0	25.0	2.3	1	9.0	9	0	0
17	Lomas Brown	26	LT	16	16	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	3.0	3	0	0
18	Chuck Long	26	QB	1	0	3	2	0	1	33.3	6	0.7	2.0	3.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	0.7	2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	421	2053	23	117	49.6	34	4.9	128.3	26.3	427	229	3282	14.3	11	139	44.7	75	14.3	205.1	53.6	7.7	650	8.2	5335	34	35

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Jerry Ball	25	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	9.0	73	73	0	0	PB
2	Bennie Blades	23	SS	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	100	100	0	0
3	Lomas Brown	26	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Robert Clark	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Jerry Holmes	32	RCB	16	16	6	77	1	36	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Chris Spielman	24	LILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	31	0	5.0	125	125	0	0	PB
7	Eric Williams	27	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0	0	0	0
8	Jimmy Williams	29	LOLB	16	16	5	15	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
9	Kevin Brooks	26	RDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
10	Richard Johnson	28	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Terry Taylor	28	LCB	15	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	35	0	0.0	57	57	0	0
12	William White	23	FS	15	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	1	1.0	81	81	0	0
13	Barry Sanders	21	RB	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP ORoY-1
14	Walter Stanley	27	WR	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Victor Jones	23	RILB	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	50	50	0	0
16	Rodney Peete	23	QB	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Mike Cofer	29	ROLB	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	0	0	0	0
18	Bob Gagliano	31	QB	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Dennis Gibson	25	RILB	6	6	1	10	0	10	0	0	3	-4	0	0.0	29	29	0	0
20	George Jamison	27	ROLB	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	33	33	0	0
21	Jason Phillips	23	WR	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Tony Paige	27	RB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	James Griffin	28	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
24	Niko Noga	27	LB	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Michael Brim	23	DB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0
26	Ray Crockett	22	DB	16	0	1	5	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	46	46	0	0
27	Bruce McNorton	30	DB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
28	John Miller	23	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Carl Painter	25	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Lawrence Pete	23	NT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
31	Jerry Woods	23	DB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	16	107	1	36	4	37	26	84	1	40.0	601	601	0	0