2016 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Wild Card
Coach: Jim Caldwell (9-7)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
2016 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Wild Card
Coach: Jim Caldwell (9-7)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
2016 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 2016 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference.
Detroit racked up 346 points, while the defense conceded 358. Matthew Stafford led the charge, throwing for 4,327 yards. Golden Tate hauled in 91 balls for 1,077 yards. Marvin Jones was targeted regularly, too.
Theo Riddick rushed for a team-leading 357 yards for the Lions, and Zach Zenner also aided the ground game.
Tavon Wilson, Darius Slay, Glover Quin and Rafael Bush each intercepted 2 opponent throws. Kerry Hyder sacked quarterbacks 8 times.
Jim Caldwell coached the team. The 2016 Detroit Lions lost in the Wild Card.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Stafford | 594 | 388 | 65.3 | 4327 | 7.3 | 24 | 4.0 | 10 | 1.7 | 73 | 37 | 216 | 93.3 |
| Totals | 594 | 388 | 65.3 | 4327 | 7.3 | 24 | 4.0 | 10 | 1.7 | 73 | 37 | 216 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theo Riddick | 92 | 357 | 3.9 | 42 | 1 |
| Zach Zenner | 88 | 334 | 3.8 | 20 | 4 |
| Dwayne Washington | 90 | 265 | 2.9 | 28 | 1 |
| Matthew Stafford | 37 | 207 | 5.6 | 24 | 2 |
| Ameer Abdullah | 18 | 101 | 5.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Justin Forsett | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Golden Tate | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Marvin Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Eric Ebron | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 350 | 1310 | 3.7 | 42 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Tate | 91 | 1077 | 11.8 | 67 | 4 |
| Anquan Boldin | 67 | 584 | 8.7 | 35 | 8 |
| Eric Ebron | 61 | 711 | 11.7 | 61 | 1 |
| Marvin Jones | 55 | 930 | 16.9 | 73 | 4 |
| Theo Riddick | 53 | 371 | 7.0 | 23 | 5 |
| Zach Zenner | 18 | 196 | 10.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Andre Roberts | 14 | 188 | 13.4 | 44 | 1 |
| Dwayne Washington | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 11 | 0 |
| T.J. Jones | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 36 | 0 |
| Ameer Abdullah | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 18 | 1 |
| Clay Harbor | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Cole Wick | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Justin Forsett | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Matthew Mulligan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Joique Bell | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 388 | 4327 | 11.2 | 73 | 24 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Martin | 62 | 3010 | 48.5 | 63 |
| Totals | 62 | 3010 | 48.5 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Roberts | 33 | 747 | 22.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Dwayne Washington | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 793 | 22.7 | 42 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Bush | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 39 | 1 |
| Darius Slay | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tavon Wilson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Glover Quin | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Killebrew | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Johnson Bademosi | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 39 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Hyder | 8.0 | 0.0 | |
| Devin Taylor | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| Armonty Bryant | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ezekiel Ansah | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| A'Shawn Robinson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Haloti Ngata | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Anthony Zettel | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Khyri Thornton | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rafael Bush | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Darius Slay | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Tavon Wilson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 26.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | PD | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tahir Whitehead | 115.5 | 99 | 33 | 6 | ||||||
| Tavon Wilson | 79.5 | 72 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glover Quin | 61.5 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nevin Lawson | 50.5 | 45 | 11 | 9 | ||||||
| Darius Slay | 43.5 | 43 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quandre Diggs | 40 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rafael Bush | 39.5 | 31 | 17 | 3 | ||||||
| Josh Bynes | 32 | 26 | 12 | 3 | ||||||
| Kerry Hyder | 29.5 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A'Shawn Robinson | 26 | 22 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| Ezekiel Ansah | 28 | 21 | 14 | |||||||
| Devin Taylor | 24.5 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kyle Van Noy | 22 | 21 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| DeAndre Levy | 18.5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Johnson Bademosi | 17 | 16 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Tyrunn Walker | 20.5 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miles Killebrew | 17.5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Khyri Thornton | 16.5 | 14 | 5 | |||||||
| Antwione Williams | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Haloti Ngata | 16.5 | 11 | 11 | 3 | ||||||
| Anthony Zettel | 11.5 | 10 | 3 | |||||||
| Thurston Armbrister | 9 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| Stefan Charles | 9.5 | 7 | 5 | |||||||
| Brandon Copeland | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Asa Jackson | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Armonty Bryant | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wallace Gilberry | 4 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Adairius Barnes | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Zaviar Gooden | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Don Carey | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Crezdon Butler | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Johnthan Banks | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Matthew Stafford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Golden Tate | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Zach Zenner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Andre Roberts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 780.5 | 672 | 217 | 0 | 63 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 7 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Matt Prater | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 124 | |||||||||
| Anquan Boldin | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Theo Riddick | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Golden Tate | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | |||||
| Zach Zenner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Marvin Jones | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Andre Roberts | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Matthew Stafford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Eric Ebron | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Ameer Abdullah | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Rafael Bush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dwayne Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Devin Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Totals | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 344 |
