1986 Detroit Lions (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference Central Division 5-11-0 .313

Bob Baker	Offensive Coordinator
Carl Battershell	Special Teams/Secondary
Don Doll	Tight Ends/Administrative Assistant
Wayne Fontes	Defensive Coordinator
Paul Lanham	Receivers
Bill Muir	Offensive Line
Mike Murphy	Linebackers
Rex Norris	Defensive Line
Willie Shaw	Defensive Backs
Ivy Williams	Offensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Fri	8/8/1986	H	Philadelphia Eagles	9-17	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	42885
Fri	8/15/1986	H	Seattle Seahawks	30-27	W	OT	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	37875
Sat	8/23/1986	A	Indianapolis Colts	13-20	L		Indianapolis, IN	Hoosier Dome	57921
Fri	8/29/1986	A	Cincinnati Bengals	30-20	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	44556
Sun	9/7/1986	A	Minnesota Vikings	13-10	W		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	54851
Sun	9/14/1986	H	Dallas Cowboys	7-31	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	73812
Sun	9/21/1986	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20-24	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	38453
Sun	9/28/1986	A	Cleveland Browns	21-24	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	72029
Sun	10/5/1986	H	Houston Oilers	24-13	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	41960
Sun	10/12/1986	A	Green Bay Packers	21-14	W		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	52290
Sun	10/19/1986	A	Los Angeles Rams	10-14	L		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	50992
Sun	10/26/1986	A	Chicago Bears	7-13	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	62064
Sun	11/2/1986	H	Cincinnati Bengals	17-24	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	52423
Sun	11/9/1986	H	Minnesota Vikings	10-24	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	53725
Sun	11/16/1986	A	Philadelphia Eagles	13-11	W		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	54568
Sun	11/23/1986	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	38-17	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	30029
Thu	11/27/1986	H	Green Bay Packers	40-44	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	61199
Sun	12/7/1986	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-27	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	45042
Mon	12/15/1986	H	Chicago Bears	13-16	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	75602
Sun	12/21/1986	H	Atlanta Falcons	6-20	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	35255

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
6	Jim Arnold	P	6-3	211	25	Vanderbilt	7	0
68	Steve Baack	NT-DE	6-4	265	26	Oregon	16	0
61	Scott Barrows	ROG-C	6-2	278	23	West Virginia	16	4
11	Mike Black	P	6-2	197	25	Arizona State	9	0
80	Carl Bland	WR	5-11	182	25	Virginia Union	16	16
42	John Bostic	CB	5-9	176	24	Bethune-Cookman	13	0
75	Lomas Brown	LOT	6-4	284	23	Florida	16	16
96	Paul Butcher	LB	6-0	226	23	Wayne State (Michigan)	12	0
89	Jeff Chadwick	WR	6-3	190	26	Grand Valley State	15	15
55	Mike Cofer	ROLB-LOLB	6-5	245	26	Tennessee	16	15
50	August Curley	LB	6-3	222	26	Southern California	4	0
72	Chris Dieterich	LOG	6-3	275	28	North Carolina State	3	3
70	Keith Dorney	ROG	6-5	285	29	Penn State	12	12
43	Donnie Elder	CB	5-9	175	24	Memphis	3	0
66	Leon Evans	DE	6-6	270	25	Miami (Florida)	16	0
12	Joe Ferguson	QB	6-1	190	36	Arkansas	6	4
77	Keith Ferguson	LDE	6-5	260	27	Ohio State	16	15
40	Duane Galloway	LCB	5-8	181	25	Santa Monica JC; Arizona State	16	12
79	William Gay	RDE	6-5	260	31	San Diego CC; Southern California	16	16
81	Jimmie Giles	TE	6-3	242	32	Alcorn State	9	8
53	Kevin Glover	LOG	6-2	280	23	Maryland	4	1
33	Bill Graham	S	5-11	191	27	Texas	16	0
62	Curtis Green	LDE	6-3	267	29	Alabama State	16	1
34	James Griffin	S	6-2	199	25	Middle Tennessee State	16	0
58	James Harrell	LILB-RILB	6-1	222	29	Florida	16	15
47	Rod Hill	DB	6-0	184	27	Kentucky State	3	0
17	Eric Hipple	QB	6-2	211	29	Utah State	16	10
36	Herman Hunter	RB	6-1	199	25	Tennessee State	16	0
32	Garry James	RB	5-10	214	23	Louisiana State	16	15
21	Demetrious Johnson	SS	5-11	190	25	Missouri	16	16
54	James Johnson	LB	6-2	236	24	Orange Coast JC; San Diego State	11	0
30	James Jones	FB	6-2	230	25	Florida	16	16
63	Steve Kenney	LOG	6-4	274	31	Clemson	9	1
92	Angelo King	LOLB-ROLB	6-1	222	28	South Carolina State	11	5
87	David Lewis	TE	6-2	235	25	California	11	7
16	Chuck Long	QB	6-4	216	23	Iowa	3	2
82	Pete Mandley	WR	5-10	193	25	Northern Arizona	16	0
57	Vernon Maxwell	RILB-ROLB	6-2	237	25	Arizona State	15	15
29	Bruce McNorton	RCB	5-11	175	27	Georgetown (Kentucky)	16	16
31	Devon Mitchell	FS	6-1	194	24	Iowa	16	16
24	Alvin Moore	RB	6-0	194	27	Arizona State	13	0
52	Steve Mott	C	6-3	270	25	Alabama	14	14
3	Eddie Murray	K	5-11	188	30	Tulane	16	0
51	Shelton Robinson	LILB	6-2	233	26	North Carolina	16	4
84	Rob Rubick	TE	6-3	234	26	Grand Valley State	16	2
73	Harvey Salem	LOG-ROG	6-6	286	25	California	13	13
64	Eric Sanders	OT	6-7	282	28	Nevada-Reno	3	0
25	Oscar Smith	RB	5-9	203	23	Nicholls State	2	0
71	Rich Strenger	ROT	6-7	285	26	Michigan	16	16
39	Leonard Thompson	WR	5-11	190	34	Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State	16	1
60	Tom Turnure	OG-C	6-4	253	29	Washington	13	0
27	Bobby Watkins	LCB	5-10	184	26	Texas State	5	4
79	Eric Williams	NT	6-4	283	24	Washington State	16	16
59	Jimmy Williams	LOLB	6-3	230	26	Nebraska	10	10
38	Scott Williams	RB	6-2	234	24	Georgia	16	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	12	Chuck Long	QB	Iowa
2	29	Garry James	RB	Louisiana State
3	69	Joe Milinichik	T	North Carolina State
4	92	Devon Mitchell	DB	Iowa
5	119	Oscar Smith	RB	Nicholls State
8	205	Allyn Griffin	WR	Wyoming
9	231	Lyle Pickens	DB	Colorado
10	258	Tracy Johnson	LB	Morningside
11	290	Leland Melvin	WR	Richmond
12	317	Allan Durden	DB	Arizona

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	34	82	71	90
Opponents Totals	63	100	62	101

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	29:42	287	100	156	31	85/222 38.3%	7/14 50.0%	84	658
Opponents Totals	30:18	298	134	148	16	88/213 41.3%	5/8 62.5%	99	781

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Eddie Murray	0	31	32	96.9	18	25	72.0	0	85
James Jones	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Jeff Chadwick	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Leonard Thompson	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Jimmie Giles	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Garry James	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Carl Bland	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Scott Williams	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Herman Hunter	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
David Lewis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Pete Mandley	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	32	31	32	96.9	18	25	72.0	0	277
Opponents Totals	36	36	36	100.0	24	35	68.6	1	326

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Eddie Murray	18	25	72.0	2/2	1/2	7/8	6/8	2/5
Team Totals	18	25	72.0	2/2	1/2	7/8	6/8	2/5
Opponents Totals	24	35	68.6	1/1	14/14	7/8	2/9	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Jones	252	903	3.6	39	8
Garry James	159	688	4.3	60t	3
Alvin Moore	19	73	3.8	18	0
Eric Hipple	16	46	2.9	13	0
Joe Ferguson	5	25	5.0	14	0
Herman Hunter	3	22	7.3	18	0
Scott Williams	13	22	1.7	5	2
Chuck Long	2	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Black	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Team Totals	470	1771	3.8	60t	13
Opponents Totals	519	2349	4.5	55t	15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Eric Hipple	305	192	63.0	102	1919	6.3	10.0	46	9	3.0	11	3.6	21	153	1766	75.6
Chuck Long	40	21	52.5	17	247	6.2	11.8	34t	2	5.0	2	5.0	8	69	178	67.4
Joe Ferguson	155	73	47.1	75	941	6.1	12.9	73	7	4.5	7	4.5	10	101	840	62.9
Team Totals	500	286	57.2	194	3107	6.2	10.9	73	18	3.6	20	4.0	39	323	2784	71.0
Opponents Totals	468	279	59.6	167	3090	6.6	11.1	81t	14	3.0	22	4.7	41	290	2800	69.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Jones	54	334	6.2	21	1
Jeff Chadwick	53	995	18.8	73	5
Carl Bland	44	511	11.6	34	2
Garry James	34	219	6.4	26	0
Leonard Thompson	25	320	12.8	38t	5
Herman Hunter	25	218	8.7	18t	1
Jimmie Giles	19	198	10.4	30	3
David Lewis	10	88	8.8	16	1
Alvin Moore	8	47	5.9	8	0
Pete Mandley	7	106	15.1	51	0
Rob Rubick	5	62	12.4	27	0
Scott Williams	2	9	4.5	6	0
Team Totals	286	3107	10.9	73	18
Opponents Totals	279	3090	11.1	81t	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Devon Mitchell	5	41	8.2	17	0
Duane Galloway	4	58	14.5	36	0
Bruce McNorton	4	10	2.5	10	0
James Griffin	2	34	17.0	21	0
Demetrious Johnson	2	18	9.0	18	0
Jimmy Williams	2	12	6.0	11	0
John Bostic	1	8	8.0	8	0
Keith Ferguson	1	7	7.0	7	0
Eric Williams	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	22	190	8.6	36	0
Opponents Totals	20	311	15.6	80t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Black	46	1819	39.5	57	1	5	11	250	1469	31.3
Jim Arnold	36	1533	42.6	60	1	4	7	267	1186	32.1
Eddie Murray	1	37	37.0	37	0	1	0	0	17	17.0
Team Totals	85	3389	39.9	60	2	10	18	517	2672	31.4
Opponents Totals	68	2836	41.7	58	0	5	16	420	2316	33.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pete Mandley	43	9	420	9.8	81t	1
Team Totals	43	9	420	9.8	81t	1
Opponents Totals	39	14	517	13.3	84t	2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Herman Hunter	49	1007	20.6	54
Carl Bland	6	114	19.0	24
Oscar Smith	5	81	16.2	30
Bill Graham	3	72	24.0	27
Pete Mandley	2	37	18.5	37
Donnie Elder	1	10	10.0	10
Leon Evans	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	67	1321	19.7	54
Opponents Totals	56	1096	19.6	36

SACKS	NO	YDS
Keith Ferguson	9.5
Mike Cofer	7.5
William Gay	6.5
Eric Williams	4.0
Curtis Green	3.5
James Griffin	2.0
Angelo King	2.0
Vernon Maxwell	2.0
Jimmy Williams	2.0
James Harrell	0.5
Shelton Robinson	0.5
Team Totals	41.0	290.0
Opponents Totals	39.0	323.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Scott Barrows	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Black	1		1	0	1	0	0
Carl Bland	1		2	0	2	8	0
Jeff Chadwick	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Cofer	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Joe Ferguson	3		2	0	2	0	0
Keith Ferguson	1		0	1	1	0	0
Duane Galloway	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
William Gay	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
James Harrell	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Eric Hipple	7		2	0	2	-1	0
Herman Hunter	1		1	0	1	0	0
Garry James	3		1	0	1	0	0
Demetrious Johnson	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
James Jones	6		2	0	2	0	0
Chuck Long	1		0	0	0	0	0
Pete Mandley	3		1	0	1	0	0
Vernon Maxwell	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Bruce McNorton	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Alvin Moore	2		0	1	1	-11	0
Eric Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	30	17	13	19	32	-2	0
Opponents Totals	36	19	14	16	30		2