Detroit Lions

9-7-0 • 3rd in NFC Central •
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PPG

23.7

4th

OPP PPG

19.1

10th

RUSH YDS/G

154.0

2nd

PASS YDS/G

225.3

11th

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 16 379 5,798 1,028 5.6 2,464 447 5.5 3,605 540 6.7 41 271 304 120 166 18 94 866
Team Rank 4th 2nd 12th 1st 2nd 16th 1st 11th 12th 16th 16th 15th 11th 5th 21st 26th 8th 16th
Opponent 16 306 4,947 1,021 4.8 1,833 471 3.9 3,401 507 6.7 43 287 268 98 152 18 112 841
Opponent Rank 10th 14th 13th 11th 18th 20th 14th 13th 10th 15th 13th 17th 5th 16th 6th 6th 9th 15th
Net +73 +851 +7 +0.8 +631 -24 +1.6 +204 +33 0.0 -2 -16 +36 +22 +14 0 -18 +25
Net Rank 7th 4th 12th 3rd 3rd 17th 1st 11th 11th 15th 17th 15th 8th 7th 11th 14th 3rd 19th

Player Regular Season

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Scott Mitchell Scott Mitchell 16 293 509 57.6 31.8 3,484 6.8 217.8 19 3.7 14 2.8 79 41 271 79.6
Frank Reich Frank Reich 6 11 30 36.7 5.0 121 4.0 20.2 0 0.0 2 6.7 27 0 0 21.7
Matt Blundin Matt Blundin 1 0 1 0.0 1.0 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 10 307 69 4.4 109 27 4.0 207 40 5.2 2 9 18 6 12 0 4 20
Team Rank 10th 8th 8th 9th 8th 9th 3rd 9th 9th 10th 2nd 11th 8th 8th 8th 12th 1st 1st
Opponent 1 20 316 60 5.3 141 32 4.4 181 26 7.0 2 6 15 5 9 1 4 25
Opponent Rank 4th 4th 2nd 10th 4th 3rd 10th 3rd 3rd 9th 8th 1st 1st 1st 5th 2nd 11th 11th
Net -10 -9 +9 -0.8 -32 -5 -0.4 +26 +14 -1.8 0 +3 +3 +1 +3 -1 0 -5
Net Rank 9th 7th 3rd 9th 7th 8th 8th 5th 2nd 10th 5th 6th 5th 4th 4th 7th 6th 5th

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 16 335 20.9 2,053 6.1 128.3 11 82 368 2,358
Scott Mitchell Scott Mitchell 16 37 2.3 83 2.2 5.2 1 13 37 83
Tommy Vardell Tommy Vardell 16 32 2.0 122 3.8 7.6 6 41 48 340
Ron Rivers Ron Rivers 16 29 1.8 166 5.7 10.4 1 31 29 166
Cory Schlesinger Cory Schlesinger 16 7 0.4 11 1.6 0.7 0 4 12 80
Frank Reich Frank Reich 6 4 0.7 -4 -1.0 -0.7 0 -1 4 -4
Johnnie Morton Johnnie Morton 16 3 0.2 33 11.0 2.1 0 20 83 1,090

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Herman Moore Herman Moore 16 104 6.5 1,293 12.4 80.8 8 79 104 1,293
Johnnie Morton Johnnie Morton 16 80 5.0 1,057 13.2 66.1 6 73 83 1,090
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 16 33 2.1 305 9.2 19.1 3 66 368 2,358
David Sloan David Sloan 14 29 2.1 264 9.1 18.9 0 25 29 264
Pete Metzelaars Pete Metzelaars 16 17 1.1 144 8.5 9.0 0 22 17 144
Tommy Vardell Tommy Vardell 16 16 1.0 218 13.6 13.6 0 37 48 340
Tommie Boyd Tommie Boyd 16 10 0.6 142 14.2 8.9 0 32 10 142
Glyn Milburn Glyn Milburn 16 5 0.3 77 15.4 4.8 0 43 5 77
Cory Schlesinger Cory Schlesinger 16 5 0.3 69 13.8 4.3 1 33 12 80
Pete Chryplewicz Pete Chryplewicz 10 3 0.3 27 9.0 2.7 1 12 3 27
Kez McCorvey Kez McCorvey 7 2 0.3 9 4.5 1.3 0 6 2 9

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Robert Porcher Robert Porcher 16 12.5 1 5 5 0 5
Luther Elliss Luther Elliss 16 8.5 0 0 0
Tracy Scroggins Tracy Scroggins 15 7.5 0 0 0
Reggie Brown Reggie Brown 16 2.5 2 83 41.5 2 45
Kevin Abrams Kevin Abrams 15 2.0 1 29 29 0 29
Robert Bailey Robert Bailey 15 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Antonio London Antonio London 16 2.0 0 0 0
Ron Rice Ron Rice 12 1.0 1 18 18 0 18
Greg Jeffries Greg Jeffries 15 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Shane Bonham Shane Bonham 16 1.0 0 0 0
George Jamison George Jamison 16 1.0 0 0 0
Kerwin Waldroup Kerwin Waldroup 11 1.0 0 0 0
Mike Wells Mike Wells 16 1.0 0 0 0
Mark Carrier Mark Carrier 16 0.0 5 94 18.8 0 66
Bryant Westbrook Bryant Westbrook 15 0.0 2 64 32 1 64
Corey Raymond Corey Raymond 13 0.0 1 17 17 0 17
Stephen Boyd Stephen Boyd 16 0.0 1 4 4 0 4
Van Malone Van Malone 8 0.0 1 -5 -5 0 -5

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Jason Hanson Jason Hanson 16 0 0 0 0 26 39 0 0 117
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 16 11 3 0 14 0 0 0 0 84
Herman Moore Herman Moore 16 0 8 0 8 0 0 1 0 50
Johnnie Morton Johnnie Morton 16 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 36
Tommy Vardell Tommy Vardell 16 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 36
Reggie Brown Reggie Brown 16 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 12
Tracy Scroggins Tracy Scroggins 15 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8
Stephen Boyd Stephen Boyd 16 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Pete Chryplewicz Pete Chryplewicz 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Scott Mitchell Scott Mitchell 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Ron Rivers Ron Rivers 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Cory Schlesinger Cory Schlesinger 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Bryant Westbrook Bryant Westbrook 15 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Glyn Milburn Glyn Milburn 16 55 1,315 23.9 0 47 433 9.2 0 40
Ron Rivers Ron Rivers 16 2 34 17.0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Vardell Tommy Vardell 16 1 15 15.0 0 0 0 0
Mark Carrier Mark Carrier 16 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Matt Russell Matt Russell 14 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
Jason Hanson Jason Hanson 16 26 29 89.7 0-0 10-10 8-9 5-5 3-5 39 40 97.5 117

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
John Jett John Jett 16 84 3,576 42.6 60 2

Player Playoffs

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Scott Mitchell Scott Mitchell 1 10 25 40.0 25.0 78 3.1 78.0 0 0.0 1 4.0 15 0 0 31.8
Frank Reich Frank Reich 1 11 15 73.3 15.0 129 8.6 129.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 2 9 99.0

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 1 18 18.0 65 3.6 65.0 0 15 23 108
Scott Mitchell Scott Mitchell 1 4 4.0 20 5.0 20.0 0 14 4 20
Tommy Vardell Tommy Vardell 1 2 2.0 1 0.5 1.0 1 1 3 13
Ron Rivers Ron Rivers 1 1 1.0 17 17.0 17.0 0 17 1 17
Frank Reich Frank Reich 1 1 1.0 5 5.0 5.0 0 5 1 5
John Jett John Jett 1 1 1.0 1 1.0 1.0 0 1 1 1

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Johnnie Morton Johnnie Morton 1 8 8.0 88 11.0 88.0 0 21 8 88
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 1 5 5.0 43 8.6 43.0 0 15 23 108
Herman Moore Herman Moore 1 4 4.0 44 11.0 44.0 0 15 4 44
Tommie Boyd Tommie Boyd 1 2 2.0 11 5.5 11.0 0 6 2 11
Tommy Vardell Tommy Vardell 1 1 1.0 12 12.0 12.0 0 12 3 13
David Sloan David Sloan 1 1 1.0 9 9.0 9.0 0 9 1 9

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Luther Elliss Luther Elliss 1 1.0 0 0 0
Antonio London Antonio London 1 1.0 0 0 0
Ron Rice Ron Rice 1 0.0 1 2 2 0 2

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Tommy Vardell Tommy Vardell 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Jason Hanson Jason Hanson 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Glyn Milburn Glyn Milburn 1 5 140 28.0 0 2 5 2.5 0 13

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Jason Hanson Jason Hanson 1 1 1 100.0 1 1 100.0 4

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
John Jett John Jett 1 4 152 38.0 43 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