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

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