1987 Detroit Lions (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

Bob Baker	Offensive Coordinator
Carl Battershell	Special Teams/Secondary
Lew Carpenter	Receivers
Don Doll	Tight Ends/Administrative Assistant
Wayne Fontes	Defensive Coordinator
John Misciagna	Offensive Quality Control
Bill Muir	Offensive Line
Mike Murphy	Linebackers
Rex Norris	Defensive Line
Vic Rapp	Running Backs
Willie Shaw	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result	Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/15/1987	H	Indianapolis Colts	19-22	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	45753
Sat	8/22/1987	H	Cincinnati Bengals	23-9	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	46461
Fri	8/28/1987	A	Seattle Seahawks	10-38	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	56695
Thu	9/3/1987	A	Philadelphia Eagles	36-3	W		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	44737
Sun	9/13/1987	A	Minnesota Vikings	19-34	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	57061
Sun	9/20/1987	A	Los Angeles Raiders	7-27	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	50300
Sun	9/27/1987	H	Chicago Bears		-		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome
Sun	10/4/1987	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27-31	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	4919
Sun	10/11/1987	A	Green Bay Packers	19-16	W	OT	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	35779
Sun	10/18/1987	H	Seattle Seahawks	14-37	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	8310
Sun	10/25/1987	H	Green Bay Packers	33-34	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	27278
Sun	11/1/1987	A	Denver Broncos	0-34	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75172
Sun	11/8/1987	H	Dallas Cowboys	27-17	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	45325
Sun	11/15/1987	A	Washington Redskins	13-20	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53593
Sun	11/22/1987	A	Chicago Bears	10-30	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	63357
Thu	11/26/1987	H	Kansas City Chiefs	20-27	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	43820
Sun	12/6/1987	H	Los Angeles Rams	16-37	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	33413
Sun	12/13/1987	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20-10	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	41669
Sun	12/20/1987	H	Minnesota Vikings	14-17	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	27693
Sun	12/27/1987	A	Atlanta Falcons	30-13	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	13906

Schedule Notes
9/27/1987	Chicago Bears	Canceled

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Earnest Adams	50	LB	6-3	225	28	Illinois	3	0
Jim Arnold	6	P	6-3	211	26	Vanderbilt	11	0
Steve Baack	68	OG	6-4	265	27	Oregon	7	0
Jerry Ball	93	NT	6-1	312	23	Southern Methodist	12	12
Scott Barrows	61	LOG	6-2	278	24	West Virginia	12	10
Bob Beemer	99	DE	6-5	231	24	Toledo	2	0
Charles Benson	68	LDE	6-3	267	27	Baylor	3	3
Karl Bernard	25	RB	5-11	205	23	Louisiana State; Louisiana-Lafayette	8	3
Mike Black	11	P	6-2	197	26	Arizona State	1	0
Carl Bland	80	WR	5-11	182	26	Virginia Union	10	0
Steve Boadway	95	LB	6-4	240	24	Arizona	2	0
John Bostic	39	RCB	5-9	176	25	Bethune-Cookman	3	1
Thomas Boyd	54	LILB	6-2	210	28	Alabama	4	3
Danny Bradley	86	WR	5-9	175	24	Oklahoma	3	1
Lomas Brown	75	LOT	6-4	284	24	Florida	11	11
Paul Butcher	96	LB	6-0	226	24	Wayne State (Michigan)	12	0
Pat Cain	65	C	6-2	260	25	Wichita State	3	2
Carl Carr	58	ROLB	6-3	230	23	North Carolina	3	3
Jeff Chadwick	89	WR	6-3	190	27	Grand Valley State	8	8
Raphel Cherry	45	FS-SS	6-0	194	26	Hawaii	10	10
Dexter Clark	33	CB-S	6-0	190	23	Toledo	2	0
Mike Cofer	55	ROLB	6-5	245	27	Tennessee	11	11
Jerome Davis	98	NT	6-1	260	25	Illinois Valley JC; Ball State	3	3
Jerry Diorio	84	TE	6-3	245	25	Michigan	2	0
Tony Dollinger	44	FB	5-11	205	25	Evangel	2	1
Keith Dorney	70	ROG	6-5	285	30	Penn State	5	5
Stan Edwards	46	FB-RB	6-1	214	27	Michigan	3	3
Gary Ellerson	24	FB	5-11	219	24	Wisconsin	8	2
Russell Erxleben	15	P	6-4	238	30	Texas	1	0
Creig Federico	34	SS	6-2	205	24	Iowa Central CC; Illinois State	3	2
Joe Felton	63	LOG	6-2	266	23	Albion	2	2
Keith Ferguson	77	RDE-LDE	6-5	260	28	Ohio State	12	9
Anthony Fields	21	LCB-SS	6-1	192	23	Eastern Michigan	3	3
Brendan Folmar	10	QB	6-1	200	23	California (Pennsylvania)	1	0
Duane Galloway	40	LCB	5-8	181	26	Santa Monica JC; Arizona State	10	7
William Gay	79	RDE	6-5	260	32	San Diego CC; Southern California	11	5
Chris Geile	71	ROG	6-4	305	23	Chabot JC; Eastern Illinois	3	1
Dennis Gibson	98	RILB	6-2	241	23	Iowa State	12	12
Jimmie Giles	81	TE	6-3	242	33	Alcorn State	4	1
Kevin Glover	53	ROG-LOG-C	6-2	280	24	Maryland	12	9
Bill Graham	33	SS	5-11	191	28	Texas	2	1
Curtis Green	62	DE-NT	6-3	267	30	Alabama State	12	0
James Griffin	34	SS-FS	6-2	199	26	Middle Tennessee State	12	12
Darrell Grymes	80	WR	6-2	183	26	Central State (Ohio)	2	2
Alvin Hall	35	FS	5-10	193	29	Miami (Ohio)	3	3
Maurice Harvey	23	RCB-LCB	5-10	189	31	Ball State	2	2
Ivan Hicks	43	CB-S	6-2	185	24	Michigan	1	0
Mark Hicks	94	LB	6-2	225	27	Arizona State	1	0
Steve Hirsch	42	RCB	6-0	195	25	Northern Illinois	3	1
Todd Hons	18	QB	6-1	195	26	El Camino JC; Arizona State	3	3
Mel Hoover	83	WR	6-0	185	28	Arizona State	2	0
Garry James	32	RB	5-10	214	24	Louisiana State	8	7
George Jamison	95	LB	6-1	230	25	Cincinnati	12	0
Gilvanni Johnson	87	WR	6-1	195	24	Michigan	3	0
Rick Johnson	77	OT	6-6	255	24	Grand Valley State	1	0
James Jones	30	FB	6-2	230	26	Florida	11	11
Vyto Kab	87	TE	6-5	240	28	Penn State	7	2
Jeff Kacmarek	73	NT	6-2	240	24	Western Michigan	3	0
Angelo King	92	LOLB	6-1	222	29	South Carolina State	1	1
Matt Kinzer	1	P	6-2	225	24	Purdue	1	0
Paul Kiser	64	OG	6-4	270	24	Wake Forest	1	0
Nick Kowgios	30	FB	6-0	216	25	Lafayette	3	0
Gary Lee	83	WR	6-1	201	22	Georgia Tech	12	3
Mark Lewis	81	TE	6-2	237	26	Texas A&M	9	1
Dannie Lockett	50	riLB	6-2	250	23	Sequoias JC; Arizona	13	1
Chuck Long	16	QB	6-4	216	24	Iowa	12	12
Pete Mandley	82	WR	5-10	193	26	Northern Arizona	12	12
Vernon Maxwell	57	LB	6-2	237	26	Arizona State	12	1
Bob McDonough	21	CB-S	6-1	170	24	California (Pennsylvania)	3	0
George McDuffie	97	RDE	6-6	270	24	Waldorf JC; Salem (North Carolina); Findlay	3	2
Bruce McNorton	29	RCB	5-11	175	28	Georgetown (Kentucky)	12	12
Joe Milinichik	71	OG-OT	6-5	290	24	North Carolina State	11	0
John Misko	14	P	6-5	207	33	Porterville JC; Oregon State	1	0
Steve Mott	52	C	6-3	270	26	Alabama	11	11
Eddie Murray	3	K	5-11	188	31	Tulane	12	0
Mark Nichols	86	WR	6-2	208	28	Bakersfield CC; San Jose State	12	1
Tony Office	53	RILB	6-2	250	27	Illinois State	3	2
Greg Orton	67	ROG-LOG	6-1	265	25	Nebraska	3	3
Tony Paige	49	RB	5-11	235	25	Virginia Tech	5	0
Mike Prindle	19	K	5-9	160	24	Western Michigan	3	0
Jerry Quaerna	68	ROT	6-6	275	24	Michigan	3	3
Derrick Ramsey	87	TE	6-5	230	31	Kentucky	1	0
Shelton Robinson	51	LILB	6-2	236	27	North Carolina	12	12
Reggie Rogers	60	DE	6-6	280	23	Washington	6	0
Tim Ross	93	LB	6-5	255	29	Bowling Green State	3	0
Rob Rubick	84	TE	6-3	234	27	Grand Valley State	9	8
Dan Saleaumua	97	NT	6-0	303	23	Arizona State	9	0
Harvey Salem	73	ROT-LOT-ROG	6-6	286	26	California	11	11
Eric Sanders	64	OT-OG	6-7	282	29	Nevada-Reno	12	0
Chris Sheffield	28	CB	6-1	185	24	Albany State	6	0
Ricky Smith	41	CB	6-0	180	27	Alabama State	12	0
Chuck Steele	60	C	6-1	255	23	Saddleback JC; California	3	1
Rich Strenger	71	ROT	6-7	285	27	Michigan	3	3
Ivory Sully	44	SS	6-0	200	30	Delaware	11	1
Robert Thompson	90	LOLB	6-3	223	27	Michigan	3	2
Stuart Tolle	99	NT	6-3	245	25	Bowling Green State	1	0
Eric Truvillion	45	WR	6-4	205	28	Florida A&M	3	3
Jim Warne	72	LOT	6-7	315	23	Mesa CC; Arizona State	3	3
Bobby Watkins	27	LCB	5-10	184	27	Texas State	5	5
Cleve Wester	31	RB	5-8	188	23	Concordia (Nebraska)	3	1
Mark Wheeler	48	TE	6-2	232	23	Kentucky	3	0
Eric Williams	23	CB	6-1	190	27	North Carolina State	1	0
Eric Williams	76	LDE	6-4	283	25	Washington State	11	11
Jimmy Williams	59	LOLB	6-3	230	27	Nebraska	12	12
Scott Williams	38	RB	6-2	234	25	Georgia	5	2
Mark Witte	81	TE	6-3	240	28	North Texas	3	3
Butch Woolfolk	21	RB	6-1	215	27	Michigan	12	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Reggie Rogers	DE	Washington
3	63	Jerry Ball	NT	Southern Methodist
4	92	Garland Rivers	DB	Michigan
6	148	Dannie Lockett	LB	Arizona
7	175	Dan Saleaumua	DT	Arizona State
8	203	Dennis Gibson	LB	Iowa State
9	230	Rick Calhoun	RB	Fullerton State
10	259	Ray Brown	WR	South Carolina
11	286	Brian Siverling	TE	Penn State
12	315	Gary Lee	WR	Georgia Tech

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	56	90	45	75	3	269
Opponents Totals	89	153	68	74	0	384

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	28:19	270	81	156	33	59/191 30.9%	5/15 33.3%	86	737
Opponents Totals	31:41	314	122	162	30	81/201 40.3%	2/5 40.0%	115	907

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Eddie Murray	0	21	21	100.0	20	32	62.5	0	81
Pete Mandley	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Gary Ellerson	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Garry James	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Mike Prindle	0	6	6	100.0	6	7	85.7	0	24
Karl Bernard	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Danny Bradley	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Darrell Grymes	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Carl Bland	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Angelo King	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rob Rubick	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ricky Smith	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Eric Truvillion	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Scott Williams	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Jamison	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	27	27	27	100.0	26	39	66.7	1	269
Opponents Totals	43	42	43	97.7	28	34	82.4	0	384

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Eddie Murray	20	32	62.5	1	53	1/1	6/6	7/12	5/10	1/3
Mike Prindle	6	7	85.7	0	35	0/0	3/3	3/3	0/1	0/0
Team Totals	26	39	66.7	1	53	1/1	9/9	10/15	5/12	1/3
Opponents Totals	28	34	82.4			0/	10/	7/	8/	3/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Jones	96	342	3.6	19	0
Garry James	82	270	3.3	17	4
Gary Ellerson	47	196	4.2	33	3
Karl Bernard	45	187	4.2	14	2
Cleve Wester	33	113	3.4	14	0
Butch Woolfolk	12	82	6.8	31	0
Stan Edwards	32	69	2.2	13	0
Chuck Long	22	64	2.9	15	0
Todd Hons	5	49	9.8	23	0
Scott Williams	8	29	3.6	8	0
Tony Dollinger	8	22	2.8	8	0
Tony Paige	4	13	3.3	6	0
Pete Mandley	1	3	3.0	3	0
Nick Kowgios	1	2	2.0	2	0
Mike Black	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jeff Chadwick	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Team Totals	398	1435	3.6	33	9
Opponents Totals	504	2070	4.1	39t	18

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Chuck Long	416	232	55.8	164	2598	6.2	11.2	53	11	2.6	20	4.8	17	127	2471	63.4
Todd Hons	92	43	46.7	44	552	6.0	12.8	53t	5	5.4	5	5.4	9	67	485	61.5
James Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	509	275	54.0	208	3150	6.2	11.5	53t	16	3.1	26	5.1	26	194	2956	62.1
Opponents Totals	459	259	56.4	181	3558	7.8	13.7	81t	23	5.0	19	4.1	42	355	3203	80.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pete Mandley	58	720	12.4	41	7
James Jones	34	262	7.7	35	0
Jeff Chadwick	30	416	13.9	38	0
Gary Lee	19	308	16.2	53	0
Butch Woolfolk	19	166	8.7	13	0
Garry James	16	215	13.4	46	0
Rob Rubick	13	147	11.3	22	1
Karl Bernard	13	91	7.0	12	0
Eric Truvillion	12	207	17.3	53t	1
Darrell Grymes	9	140	15.6	36t	2
Mark Nichols	7	87	12.4	23	0
Stan Edwards	7	82	11.7	21	0
Danny Bradley	7	50	7.1	14	2
Jimmie Giles	6	62	10.3	25	0
Vyto Kab	5	54	10.8	28	0
Gary Ellerson	5	48	9.6	23	1
Scott Williams	4	16	4.0	7	1
Tony Dollinger	3	25	8.3	15	0
Mark Wheeler	2	17	8.5	9	0
Carl Bland	2	14	7.0	11t	1
Tony Paige	2	1	0.5	3	0
Mark Witte	1	19	19.0	19	0
Nick Kowgios	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	275	3150	11.5	53t	16
Opponents Totals	259	3558	13.7	81t	23

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Griffin	6	130	21.7	29	0
Duane Galloway	3	46	15.3	30	0
Bruce McNorton	3	20	6.7	20	0
Jimmy Williams	2	51	25.5	48	0
Ricky Smith	1	34	34.0	34t	1
Dennis Gibson	1	5	5.0	5	0
Charles Benson	1	2	2.0	2	0
Raphel Cherry	1	2	2.0	2	0
Alvin Hall	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	19	290	15.3	48	1
Opponents Totals	26	335	12.9	56	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Jim Arnold	46	2007	43.6	60	0	4	17	104	1823	39.6
Matt Kinzer	7	238	34.0	42	0	0	2	35	203	29.0
John Misko	6	242	40.3	51	0	0	1	23	219	36.5
Mike Black	6	233	38.8	47	0	0	1	12	221	36.8
Eddie Murray	4	155	38.8	46	0	2	1	3	112	28.0
Russell Erxleben	1	52	52.0	52	0	0	0	0	52	52.0
Team Totals	70	2927	41.8	60	0	6	22	177	2630	37.6
Opponents Totals	65	2461	37.9	60	2	6	10	303	2038	31.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Pete Mandley	23	6	250	10.9	54
Danny Bradley	12	5	53	4.4	13
Carl Bland	0	1	0
Team Totals	35	12	303	8.7	54
Opponents Totals	34	9	177	5.2	23

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Gary Lee	32	0	719	22.5	50
Butch Woolfolk	11	0	219	19.9	44
Danny Bradley	9	0	188	20.9	27
Alvin Hall	6	0	105	17.5	25
Karl Bernard	4	0	54	13.5	32
Dan Saleaumua	3	0	57	19.0	21
Carl Bland	2	0	44	22.0	22
Jerry Ball	2	0	23	11.5	20
Kevin Glover	1	0	19	19.0	19
Curtis Green	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	71	0	1428	20.1	50
Opponents Totals	56		1089	19.4	53

SACKS	NO	YDS
Mike Cofer	8.5
Keith Ferguson	6.0
Jimmy Williams	4.0
Curtis Green	2.5
Carl Carr	2.0
William Gay	2.0
George McDuffie	2.0
Dan Saleaumua	2.0
Robert Thompson	2.0
Eric Williams	2.0
Jerry Ball	1.0
Charles Benson	1.0
Thomas Boyd	1.0
Creig Federico	1.0
Dennis Gibson	1.0
James Griffin	1.0
George Jamison	1.0
Dannie Lockett	1.0
Tim Ross	1.0
Team Totals	42.0	355.0
Opponents Totals	26.0	194.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Scott Barrows	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Charles Benson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Karl Bernard	3		1	0	1	0	0
Mike Black	1		1	0	1	0	0
Danny Bradley	2		2	0	2	0	0
Paul Butcher	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Carl Carr	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Cofer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Stan Edwards	3		0	0	0	-23	0
Keith Ferguson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Curtis Green	1		0	0	0	0	0
Alvin Hall	1		1	0	1	0	0
Todd Hons	2		2	0	2	-8	0
Garry James	3		1	0	1	0	0
James Jones	2		0	0	0	0	0
Vyto Kab	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Angelo King	0	0	0	1	1	9	1
Gary Lee	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dannie Lockett	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Long	8		3	0	3	-8	0
Pete Mandley	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tony Paige	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Shelton Robinson	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ivory Sully	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Robert Thompson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Eric Truvillion	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Williams	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Butch Woolfolk	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	29	14	15	13	28	-30	1
Opponents Totals	36	13	22	11	33		0