1997-98 Detroit Lions Stats

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	1997-98 Detroit Lions Stats
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Team Statistics	Lions	Opponents
Total 1st Downs	3941	268
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty)	1568 - 2138 - 235	98 - 152 - 18
3rd Down Conversions	1002 / 2848	85 / 236
4th Down Conversions	101 / 232	5 / 11
Total Offensive Yards	5798	4947
Offense (Plays - Average Yards)	1028 - 5.6	1021 - 4.8
Total Rushing Yards	2464	1833
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards)	447 - 5.5	471 - 3.9
Total Passing Yards	3605	3114
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average)	304 - 540 - 17 - 6.7	281 - 507 - 17 - 6.1
Sacks	41	43
Field Goals	26 / 29	25 / 32
Touchdowns	41	33
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive)	19 - 19 - 0 - 5	15 - 15 - 1 - 2
Turnover Ratio	-3

1997-98 Lions Passing Stats

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Player	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp%	Yds/Att	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	Long	Sck	Sack/Lost	Rating
Scott Mitchell	509	293	3484	57.60%	6.80	19	3.70%	14	2.80%	79	41	271	79.6
Frank Reich	30	11	121	36.70%	4.00	0	0.00%	2	6.70%	27	0	0	21.7
Matt Blundin	1	0	0	0.00%	0.00	0	0.00%	1	100.00%	0	0	0	0.0

1997-98 Lions Rushing Stats

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Player	Att	Yds	Yds/Att	Long	TD
Barry Sanders	335	2053	6.1	82	11
Ron Rivers	29	166	5.7	31	1
Tommy Vardell	32	122	3.8	41	6
Scott Mitchell	37	83	2.2	13	1
Johnnie Morton	3	33	11.0	20	0
Cory Schlesinger	7	11	1.6	4	0
Frank Reich	4	-4	-1.0	-1	0

1997-98 Lions Receiving Stats

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Player	Rec	Yds	Yds/Rec	Long	TD
Herman Moore	104	1293	12.4	79	8
Johnnie Morton	80	1057	13.2	73	6
Barry Sanders	33	305	9.2	66	3
David Sloan	29	264	9.1	25	0
Tommy Vardell	16	218	13.6	37	0
Pete Metzelaars	17	144	8.5	22	0
Tommie Boyd	10	142	14.2	32	0
Glyn Milburn	5	77	15.4	43	0
Cory Schlesinger	5	69	13.8	33	1
Pete Chryplewicz	3	27	9.0	12	1
Kez McCorvey	2	9	4.5	6	0

1997-98 Lions Field Goal Stats

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Player	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+
Jason Hanson	0-0	10-10	8-9	5-5	0-0	0-0

1997-98 Lions Punting Stats

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Player	Punts	Yards	Long	Avg	Blk	Ret	RetY	IN 20	Net Avg
John Jett	86	3576	60	42.6	2	51	434	24	36.4

1997-98 Lions Punt Return Stats

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Player	Returns	FC	Yds	Long	TD
Glyn Milburn	47	26	9.2	40	0
Mark Carrier	1	0	0.0	0	0

1997-98 Lions Kick Return Stats

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Player	Returns	Yds	Yds/Ret	Long	TD
Glyn Milburn	55	1315	23.9	69	69
Ron Rivers	2	34	17.0	23	23
Matt Russell	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tommy Vardell	1	15	15.0	15	15

1997-98 Lions Defensive Stats

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Player	Total	Solo	Assist	Sck	Sfty	Fumb
Stephen Boyd	137	89	48	0.0	0	1
Reggie Brown	101	62	39	2.5	0	2
Mark Carrier	75	54	21	0.0	0	0
Robert Porcher	69	41	28	12.5	0	4
Mike Wells	65	30	35	1.0	0	0
Luther Elliss	59	35	24	8.5	0	0
Corey Raymond	52	45	7	0.0	0	0
Ron Rice	51	39	12	1.0	0	0
Bryant Westbrook	46	43	3	0.0	0	0
Tracy Scroggins	42	31	11	7.5	1	1
George Jamison	37	28	9	1.0	0	1
Matt Russell	37	29	8	0.0	0	1
Antonio London	35	20	15	2.0	0	1
Kevin Abrams	34	28	6	2.0	0	1
Harry Colon	33	23	10	0.0	0	0
Kerwin Waldroup	33	19	14	1.0	0	0
Robert Bailey	22	20	2	2.0	0	3
Van Malone	20	11	9	0.0	0	1
Scott Kowalkowski	17	12	5	0.0	0	0
Ron Rivers	13	11	2	0.0	0	0

1997-98 Lions Interception Stats

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Player	Int	Yds	Yds/Int	Long	TD
Mark Carrier	5	94	18.8	66	0
Reggie Brown	2	83	41.5	45	2
Bryant Westbrook	2	64	32.0	64	1
Kevin Abrams	1	29	29.0	29	0
Ron Rice	1	18	18.0	18	0
Corey Raymond	1	17	17.0	17	0
Robert Porcher	1	5	5.0	5	0
Stephen Boyd	1	4	4.0	4	0
Robert Bailey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Greg Jeffries	1	0	0.0	0	0
Van Malone	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0

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