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
| Week | Home Team | Away Team | Result | Score | Overall Record | Divisional Record | Attendance |
|---|
| 1 | Washington | Detroit | L | 45–0 | (0–1) | (0–0) | 52,958 |
| 2 | Detroit | Green Bay | W | 23–14 | (1–1) | (1–0) | 43,132 |
| 3 | Detroit | Miami | W | 17–13 | (2–1) | (1–0) | 56,896 |
| 4 | Indianapolis | Detroit | W | 33–24 | (3–1) | (1–0) | 53,396 |
| 5 | Detroit | Tampa Bay | W | 31–3 | (4–1) | (2–0) | 44,479 |
| 6 | Detroit | Minnesota | W | 24–20 | (5–1) | (3–0) | 63,423 |
| 7 | Detroit | Bye | | | (5–1) | (3–0) | |
| 8 | San Francisco | Detroit | L | 35–3 | (5–2) | (3–0) | 61,240 |
| 9 | Detroit | Dallas | W | 34–10 | (6–2) | (3–0) | 74,906 |
| 10 | Chicago | Detroit | L | 20–10 | (6–3) | (3–1) | 57,281 |
| 11 | Tampa Bay | Detroit | L | 30–21 | (6–4) | (3–2) | 37,742 |
| 12 | Detroit | LA Rams | W | 21–10 | (7–4) | (3–2) | 60,873 |
| 13 | Minnesota | Detroit | W | 34–14 | (8–4) | (4–2) | 51,644 |
| 14 | Detroit | Chicago | W | 16–6 | (9–4) | (5–2) | 78,879 |
| 15 | Detroit | NY Jets | W | 34–20 | (10–4) | (5–2) | 69,304 |
| 16 | Green Bay | Detroit | W | 21–17 | (11–4) | (6–2) | 43,881 |
| 17 | Buffalo | Detroit | W | 17–14 (OT) | (12–4) | (6–2) | 78,059 |
