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1985 Detroit Lions Statistics
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Darryl Rogers (7-9)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1985 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Detroit racked up 307 points, while the defense yielded 366. Eric Hipple passed for 2,952 yards. Leonard Thompson hauled in 51 balls for 736 yards, while Mark Nichols and James Jones provided receiving help as well.
James Jones rushed for a team-leading 886 yards for the Lions.
Bobby Watkins intercepted 5 opponent throws. William Gay and Jimmy Williams each sacked quarterbacks 7.5 times.
Darryl Rogers coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Hipple | 406 | 223 | 54.9 | 2952 | 7.3 | 17 | 4.2 | 18 | 4.4 | 56 | 49 | 343 | 73.6 |
Joe Ferguson | 54 | 31 | 57.4 | 364 | 6.7 | 2 | 3.7 | 3 | 5.6 | 38 | 4 | 35 | 67.2 |
James Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Alvin Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 462 | 254 | 55.0 | 3316 | 7.2 | 19 | 4.1 | 21 | 4.5 | 56 | 53 | 378 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Jones | 244 | 886 | 3.6 | 29 | 6 |
Wilbert Montgomery | 75 | 251 | 3.3 | 22 | 0 |
Alvin Moore | 80 | 221 | 2.8 | 18 | 4 |
Eric Hipple | 32 | 89 | 2.8 | 26 | 2 |
Rick Kane | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
Mike Meade | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
Mark Nichols | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Joe Ferguson | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 15 | 1 |
A.J. Jones | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Mike Black | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 452 | 1538 | 3.4 | 29 | 13 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leonard Thompson | 51 | 736 | 14.4 | 48 | 5 |
James Jones | 45 | 334 | 7.4 | 36 | 3 |
Mark Nichols | 36 | 592 | 16.4 | 43 | 4 |
David Lewis | 28 | 354 | 12.6 | 40 | 3 |
Jeff Chadwick | 25 | 478 | 19.1 | 56 | 3 |
Alvin Moore | 19 | 154 | 8.1 | 14 | 1 |
Pete Mandley | 18 | 316 | 17.6 | 37 | 0 |
Carl Bland | 12 | 157 | 13.1 | 24 | 0 |
Wilbert Montgomery | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 28 | 0 |
Rick Kane | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 18 | 0 |
James McDonald | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | 0 |
Rob Rubick | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
Mike Meade | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
Reese McCall | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 254 | 3316 | 13.1 | 56 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Black | 73 | 3054 | 41.8 | 60 |
Totals | 73 | 3054 | 41.8 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alvin Hall | 39 | 886 | 22.7 | 54 | 0 |
Alvin Moore | 13 | 230 | 17.7 | 24 | 0 |
A.J. Jones | 10 | 226 | 22.6 | 30 | 0 |
Pete Mandley | 6 | 152 | 25.3 | 35 | 0 |
Totals | 68 | 1494 | 22.0 | 54 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Watkins | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
Demetrious Johnson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
William Graham | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 |
Bruce McNorton | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
James Harrell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Dan Bunz | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
William Gay | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
William Frizzell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Roosevelt Barnes | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 18 | 136 | 7.6 | 22 | 0 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
William Gay | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
Jimmy Williams | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
Curtis Green | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
Eric Williams | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
Angelo King | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Demetrious Johnson | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Doug English | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Steve Baack | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Keith Ferguson | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Mike Cofer | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
William Graham | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Alvin Hall | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 44.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Gay | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Demetrious Johnson | 0 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
Eric Hipple | 13 | 3 | -3 | 0 | |||
Pete Mandley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Alvin Hall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Watkins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
William Graham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Mott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Baack | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alvin Moore | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
James Jones | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
David Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
June James | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Curtis Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wilbert Montgomery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eric Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
David Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mark Nichols | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Black | 1 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Kane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Eddie Murray | 26 | 31 | 0 | 109 | ||||||||||
James Jones | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
Leonard Thompson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Alvin Moore | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Mark Nichols | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
David Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Eric Hipple | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Pete Mandley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 307 |