Detroit Lions

9-7-0 • 1st in NFC Central •
Logo for the 1983 Detroit Lions

PPG

21.7

15th

OPP PPG

17.9

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

136.3

12th

PASS YDS/G

206.1

22nd

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

Team Regular Season

GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 347 5,136 1,061 4.8 2,181 513 4.3 3,297 503 6.6 45 342 315 136 156 23 118 988
Team Rank 15th 18th 13th 19th 12th 13th 9th 22nd 14th 25th 14th 14th 11th 7th 16th 11th 25th 23rd
Opponent 16 286 5,216 1,061 4.9 2,104 503 4.2 3,401 515 6.6 43 289 324 133 161 30 117 1,062
Opponent Rank 2nd 11th 17th 7th 16th 13th 17th 11th 18th 3rd 13th 11th 21st 19th 13th 26th 3rd 3rd
Net +61 -80 0 -0.1 +77 +10 +0.1 -104 -12 0.0 +2 +53 -9 +3 -5 -7 +1 -74
Net Rank 6th 17th 16th 18th 14th 14th 14th 15th 15th 15th 15th 9th 17th 14th 17th 22nd 14th 7th

Player Regular Season

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Eric Hipple Eric Hipple 16 204 387 52.7 24.2 2,577 6.7 161.1 12 3.1 18 4.7 80 37 274 64.7
Gary Danielson Gary Danielson 10 59 113 52.2 11.3 720 6.4 72.0 7 6.2 4 3.5 54 8 68 78.0
James Jones James Jones 14 0 2 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Mike Black Mike Black 16 0 1 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0

Team Playoffs

GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 1 23 412 75 5.5 188 35 5.4 236 38 6.2 2 12 22 9 11 2 7 63
Team Rank 6th 6th 7th 4th 5th 6th 2nd 8th 7th 9th 2nd 9th 7th 5th 8th 4th 5th 6th
Opponent 1 24 291 60 4.9 103 27 3.8 201 31 6.5 2 13 20 9 10 1 5 25
Opponent Rank 1st 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 1st 4th 4th 3rd 4th 6th 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 6th 7th
Net -1 +121 +15 +0.6 +85 +8 +1.6 +35 +7 -0.3 0 -1 +2 0 +1 +1 +2 +38
Net Rank 4th 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 4th 6th 4th 6th 5th 3rd 5th 4th 5th 10th

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Billy Sims Billy Sims 13 220 16.9 1,040 4.7 80.0 7 41 262 1,459
James Jones James Jones 14 135 9.6 475 3.5 33.9 6 18 181 942
Dexter Bussey Dexter Bussey 15 57 3.8 249 4.4 16.6 0 26 65 298
Eric Hipple Eric Hipple 16 41 2.6 171 4.2 10.7 3 27 41 171
Vince Thompson Vince Thompson 10 40 4.0 138 3.5 13.8 1 10 44 154
Gary Danielson Gary Danielson 10 6 0.6 8 1.3 0.8 0 8 6 8
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 13 4 0.3 72 18.0 5.5 1 40 45 824
Rick Kane Rick Kane 14 4 0.3 19 4.8 1.4 0 9 6 34
Horace King Horace King 16 3 0.2 6 2.0 0.4 0 4 12 82
Mike Black Mike Black 16 2 0.1 -10 -5.0 -0.6 0 0 2 -10
Mark Nichols Mark Nichols 16 1 0.1 13 13.0 0.8 0 13 30 450

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
James Jones James Jones 14 46 3.3 467 10.2 33.4 1 46 181 942
Billy Sims Billy Sims 13 42 3.2 419 10.0 32.2 0 54 262 1,459
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 13 41 3.2 752 18.3 57.8 3 80 45 824
Jeff Chadwick Jeff Chadwick 16 40 2.5 617 15.4 38.6 4 45 40 617
Mark Nichols Mark Nichols 16 29 1.8 437 15.1 27.3 1 46 30 450
Ulysses Norris Ulysses Norris 15 26 1.7 291 11.2 19.4 7 41 26 291
Rob Rubick Rob Rubick 16 10 0.6 81 8.1 5.1 1 15 10 81
Horace King Horace King 16 9 0.6 76 8.4 4.8 0 14 12 82
Dexter Bussey Dexter Bussey 15 8 0.5 49 6.1 3.3 1 14 65 298
Freddie Scott Freddie Scott 15 5 0.3 71 14.2 4.7 1 25 5 71
Vince Thompson Vince Thompson 10 4 0.4 16 4.0 1.6 0 8 44 154
Rick Kane Rick Kane 14 2 0.1 15 7.5 1.1 0 9 6 34
Reese McCall Reese McCall 16 1 0.1 6 6.0 0.4 0 6 1 6

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Bill Gay Bill Gay 15 13.5 0 0 0
Doug English Doug English 15 13.0 0 0 0
Mike Cofer Mike Cofer 16 4.5 0 0 0
Curtis Green Curtis Green 16 4.5 0 0 0
Garry Cobb Garry Cobb 15 1.0 4 19 4.8 0 13
Roosevelt Barnes Roosevelt Barnes 16 1.0 2 70 35 0 70
Ken Fantetti Ken Fantetti 16 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Mike Dawson Mike Dawson 16 1.0 0 0 0
Mike Fanning Mike Fanning 14 1.0 0 0 0
James Harrell James Harrell 16 1.0 0 0 0
Jimmy Williams Jimmy Williams 16 1.0 0 0 0
Martin Moss Martin Moss 15 0.5 0 0 0
Bruce McNorton Bruce McNorton 16 0.0 7 30 4.3 0 15
Bobby Watkins Bobby Watkins 16 0.0 4 48 12 0 31
Alvin Hall Alvin Hall 16 0.0 2 18 9 0 18
Al Latimer Al Latimer 8 0.0 1 0 0 0 0

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Eddie Murray Eddie Murray 16 0 0 0 0 25 38 0 113
James Jones James Jones 14 6 1 0 7 0 0 0 42
Ulysses Norris Ulysses Norris 15 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 42
Billy Sims Billy Sims 13 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 42
Jeff Chadwick Jeff Chadwick 16 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 24
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 13 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 24
Eric Hipple Eric Hipple 16 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 18
Dexter Bussey Dexter Bussey 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Robbie Martin Robbie Martin 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Mark Nichols Mark Nichols 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Rob Rubick Rob Rubick 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Freddie Scott Freddie Scott 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Vince Thompson Vince Thompson 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Doug English Doug English 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Mike Fanning Mike Fanning 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Ken Jenkins Ken Jenkins 12 22 459 20.9 0 23 230 10.0 0 43
Alvin Hall Alvin Hall 16 23 492 21.4 0 8 109 13.6 0 66
Robbie Martin Robbie Martin 10 8 140 17.5 0 15 183 12.2 1 81
James Caver James Caver 2 4 71 17.8 0 0 0 0
Horace King Horace King 16 1 11 11.0 0 0 0 0
Larry Lee Larry Lee 16 1 11 11.0 0 0 0 0
August Curley August Curley 10 1 7 7.0 0 0 0 0
Ulysses Norris Ulysses Norris 15 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Eddie Murray Eddie Murray 16 25 32 78.1 0-0 6-6 13-15 3-7 3-4 38 38 100.0 113

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Mike Black Mike Black 16 71 2,911 41.0 60 1

Player Playoffs

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Gary Danielson Gary Danielson 1 24 38 63.2 38.0 236 6.2 236.0 0 0.0 5 13.2 20 2 12 41.0

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Billy Sims Billy Sims 1 20 20.0 114 5.7 114.0 2 56 24 140
James Jones James Jones 1 10 10.0 33 3.3 33.0 0 7 15 77
Gary Danielson Gary Danielson 1 4 4.0 17 4.3 17.0 0 6 4 17
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 1 1 1.0 24 24.0 24.0 0 24 7 98

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Leonard Thompson Leonard Thompson 1 6 6.0 74 12.3 74.0 0 20 7 98
Jeff Chadwick Jeff Chadwick 1 5 5.0 58 11.6 58.0 0 16 5 58
James Jones James Jones 1 5 5.0 44 8.8 44.0 0 17 15 77
Billy Sims Billy Sims 1 4 4.0 26 6.5 26.0 0 11 24 140
Freddie Scott Freddie Scott 1 3 3.0 29 9.7 29.0 0 13 3 29
Ulysses Norris Ulysses Norris 1 1 1.0 5 5.0 5.0 0 5 1 5

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Bill Gay Bill Gay 1 1.0 0 0 0
Curtis Green Curtis Green 1 1.0 0 0 0
Bobby Watkins Bobby Watkins 1 0.0 1 24 24 0 24

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Billy Sims Billy Sims 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12
Eddie Murray Eddie Murray 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 11

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Robbie Martin Robbie Martin 1 0 0 0 4 30 7.5 0 12
Alvin Hall Alvin Hall 1 2 45 22.5 0 0 0 0
Ken Jenkins Ken Jenkins 1 2 43 21.5 0 0 0 0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Eddie Murray Eddie Murray 1 3 5 60.0 2 2 100.0 11

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Mike Black Mike Black 1 2 73 36.5 51 0

NFL 2023 Leaders

Playoff Pass Yards Leaders

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1,051

Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes

837

Goff

Jared Goff

774

Purdy

Brock Purdy

Playoff Rush Yards Leaders

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313

Pacheco

Isiah Pacheco

268

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

226

Jones

Aaron Jones

Playoff Rec Yards Leaders

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355

Kelce

Travis Kelce

274

Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown

262

Rice

Rashee Rice

Playoff Pass TD Leaders

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6

Mayfield

Baker Mayfield

6

Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes

5

Love

Jordan Love

Playoff Rush TD Leaders

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4

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

3

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

3

Pacheco

Isiah Pacheco

Playoff Rec TD Leaders

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3

Ferguson

Jake Ferguson

3

Kelce

Travis Kelce

2

Shakir

Khalil Shakir

Playoff QB Rating Leaders

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120.9

Stafford

Matthew Stafford

109.3

Stroud

C.J. Stroud

108.6

Love

Jordan Love

Playoff Sack Leaders

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3.0

Hutchinson

Aidan Hutchinson

3.0

Karlaftis

George Karlaftis

2.0

Hinish

Kurt Hinish

NFL 2023 Rankings

Playoff PPG Rankings

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Packers

34.5

Cowboys

32.0

Lions

28.7

Texans

27.5

Buccaneers

27.5

Bills

27.5

Playoff Opp PPG Rankings

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Ravens

13.5

Chiefs

15.8

Buccaneers

20.0

Bills

22.0

Texans

24.0

Rams

24.0

Playoff Total Yards Rankings

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Cowboys

510.0

Rams

425.0

Buccaneers

417.0

Lions

389.0

Chiefs

386.0

49ers

383.7

Playoff Rush Yards Rankings

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Bills

180.5

Ravens

155.0

Packers

139.5

Chiefs

128.0

49ers

125.3

Lions

125.0

Playoff Pass Yards Rankings

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Cowboys

403.0

Rams

367.0

Buccaneers

343.0

Browns

307.0

Lions

279.0

49ers

265.0

Playoff Sack Leaders

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Lions

8.0

Texans

7.0

Chiefs

7.0

Buccaneers

5.0

49ers

5.0

Packers

5.0

NFL 2023 Betting

Best Record ATS

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Lions

14-6

Chiefs

13-7-1

Rams

11-6-1

Ravens

12-7

Buccaneers

12-7

Raiders

10-6-1

Worst Record ATS

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Falcons

5-12

Panthers

5-11-1

Patriots

5-11-1

Chargers

6-11

Saints

6-10-1

Jets

6-10-1

NFL 2023 Division Standings

AFC North W L T PCT
1
Ravens Ravens
13 4 0 .765
2
Browns Browns
11 6 0 .647
AFC East W L T PCT
1
Bills Bills
11 6 0 .647
2
Dolphins Dolphins
11 6 0 .647
AFC West W L T PCT
1
Chiefs Chiefs
11 6 0 .647
2
Raiders Raiders
8 9 0 .471
AFC South W L T PCT
1
Texans Texans
10 7 0 .588
2
Jaguars Jaguars
9 8 0 .529
NFC North W L T PCT
1
Lions Lions
12 5 0 .706
2
Packers Packers
9 8 0 .529
NFC West W L T PCT
1
49ers 49ers
12 5 0 .706
2
Rams Rams
10 7 0 .588
NFC East W L T PCT
1
Cowboys Cowboys
12 5 0 .706
2
Eagles Eagles
11 6 0 .647
NFC South W L T PCT
1
Buccaneers Buccaneers
9 8 0 .529
2
Saints Saints
9 8 0 .529

NFL 2023 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
2/10
SF SF
@
KC KC
22-25
Sat
1/27
KC KC
@
BAL BAL
17-10
Sat
1/27
DET DET
@
SF SF
31-34
Sat
1/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
23-31
Sat
1/20
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
27-24

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
9/6
GB GB
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM