Tuesday, July 19, 2016

A tribute to the 25th anniversary of the 1991 Detroit Lions


The Lions have announced they will honor the 12-4 Division Championship 1991 team. This is the only team to win a play-off game since 1957.

Coach: Wayne Fontes



Quarterbacks

Erik Kramer 13 games 8 starts 6-2 record 136/265/8 1635 yards 11 td
Playoffs 50/71/1 509 yards 4 td
Kramer took over during the Dallas game and had a solid season. Leading Detroit to the playoff victory.

Rodney Peete 8 games started 6-2 record 116/194/9 1339 5 td

Benched for Kramer, later destroyed the Lions in the playoffs for the Eagles.

Andre Ware 1 game 4 rushes 6 yards
Playoffs 4/9/1 15 yards 3/23 rush




Running Back

Barry Sanders 15 starts 342/1548/16 rush 41/307/1 rec
Playoffs 23/113/1 rush 9/45 rec


Barry missed the opener a 45-0 blowout loss. Came back averaging over 100 yards a game.

Cedric Jackson 8 games 1 start 17/55 rush.
An 8th round pick out of TCU. Replaced Barry in week # 1 10 carries 39 yards.

Don Overton 14 games 14/59/0 rush 4/38 rec 4/71 KOR
Playoffs 3/17 rush 2/10 rec
Picked up from the Pats. Played 1 games in 1992



DJ Dozier 6 games 9/48/0 1/3 rec 4/60 KOR
Playoffs 2/35 kor
Turned to Pro Baseball after this season.

Wide Receivers

Brett Perriman 15 games 14 starts 52/668/1 rec
Playoffs 8/61 rec


gave the Lions a glimpse of his potential. Get better Brett.

Robert Clark 14 starts 47/640/6
Playoffs 2/29 rec


Big catch Robert. outside receiver who help to beat Green Bay.

Mike Farr 16 games 13 starts 42/431/1
playoffs 11/135/0 rec


Possession receiver Son of Mel Farr.

Willie Green 16 games 15 starts 39/592/7
playoffs 12/169/3 rec


Big play guy. Nicknamed the Touchdown machine

Herman Moore 13 games 1 start 11/135/0
playoffs 10/156/1 rec


Herman struggled as a rookie but emerged in the playoffs.

Aubrey Matthews 1 start 3/21 rec


Jeff Campbell 14 games 1 starts 2/49 rec 9/85 KOR


Tight Ends

Derek Tennell 15 games 2 starts 4 rec 43 yards


Roman Fortin 16 games 2 starts 1/4 rec

Eugene Riley 5 games 1 start 1/3 rec

O-Line

Lomas Brown 15 starts



Eric Andolsek 16 games starts



Kevin Glover 16 starts



Mike Utley 11 starts



Eric Sanders 14 starts



Scott Conover 16 games 3 starts


Ken Dallafior 6 games 5 starts

Shawn Bouwens 16 games

O-Line was solid. Utley got paralyzed and was replaced by Dallafior. Andolsek was killed mowing his lawn in the off-season.

Defensive Line

Marc Spindler 16 start 3.5 sacks 49 tackles


Jerry Ball 13 starts 2 sacks 36 tackles



Dan Owens 16 starts 5.5 sacks 2 FR 51 tackles
Playoffs 1 sack





Kelvin Prichtett 16 games 1.5 sacks 26 t





Jeff Hunter 16 games 6 sacks 16 tackles
Playoffs 1 sack



Lawrence Pete 14 games 3 starts



D line was good for a 3-4 alignment. Ball got hurt on Thanksgiving. Pete replaced him. Hunter was a pass rush specialist.

Linebackers

Chris Spielman 16 starts 126 t 1 sack 3 FR
playoffs 1 int



Dennis Gibson 16 starts 62 tackles



George Jamison 16 starts 4 sacks 3 int 1 fr 86 t



Tracy Hayworth 14 starts 2 sacks 1 int 2 FR 43 tackles
Playoffs 1 sack





Victor Jones 10 starts 10 tackles



Anthony Bell 10 games

Niko Noga 16 games

David Little 2 games

Mark Brown 2 games


Spielman was the defensive MVP but the other linebackers were perfect roll players. Causing many turnovers

Corners

Ray Crockett 16 starts 1 sack 6 int 2 FR 86 t



Melvin Jenkins 16 starts 1 sacks 1 Fr
Playoffs 1 int 1 td

Kevin Scott 16 games

Terry Taylor 11 starts 4 int 25 tackles

Bruce Alexander 9 games
Playoff 1/15 KOR

Safeties

Bennie Blades 16 game starts 1 int 3 FR 93 tackles



William White 16 starts 2 int 87 tackle



Sheldon White 16 games 1 int



Herb Welch 10 games

Kicker
Eddie Murray 19/28 fg 40 xp
Playoffs 6/6 xp 2/3 fg



Punter Jim Arnold 75 punts 41.2 Ave
playoffs 5 231



Kick Retuner

Mel Gray 25/385/1 PR 36/929/0 KOR
Playoffs 5/39 pr 7/169 kor




Schedule
WeekHome TeamAway TeamResultScoreOverall RecordDivisional RecordAttendance
1WashingtonDetroitL45–0(0–1)(0–0)52,958
2DetroitGreen BayW23–14(1–1)(1–0)43,132
3DetroitMiamiW17–13(2–1)(1–0)56,896
4IndianapolisDetroitW33–24(3–1)(1–0)53,396
5DetroitTampa BayW31–3(4–1)(2–0)44,479
6DetroitMinnesotaW24–20(5–1)(3–0)63,423
7DetroitBye(5–1)(3–0)
8San FranciscoDetroitL35–3(5–2)(3–0)61,240
9DetroitDallasW34–10(6–2)(3–0)74,906
10ChicagoDetroitL20–10(6–3)(3–1)57,281
11Tampa BayDetroitL30–21(6–4)(3–2)37,742
12DetroitLA RamsW21–10(7–4)(3–2)60,873
13MinnesotaDetroitW34–14(8–4)(4–2)51,644
14DetroitChicagoW16–6(9–4)(5–2)78,879
15DetroitNY JetsW34–20(10–4)(5–2)69,304
16Green BayDetroitW21–17(11–4)(6–2)43,881
17BuffaloDetroitW17–14 (OT)(12–4)(6–2)78,059

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