1996 Detroit Lions Statistics
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Wayne Fontes (5-11)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1996 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Lions scored 302 points, but the defensive squad conceded 368. Scott Mitchell threw for 2,917 yards. Herman Moore topped the receiving corps, hauling in 106 balls for 1,296 yards. Brett Perriman contributed to the receiving game also.
Barry Sanders rushed for a team-leading 1,553 yards for Detroit.
Ryan McNeil picked off 5 opponent throws. Robert Porcher led the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks.
Wayne Fontes coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Mitchell | 437 | 253 | 57.9 | 2917 | 6.7 | 17 | 3.9 | 17 | 3.9 | 62 | 36 | 199 | 74.9 |
Don Majkowski | 102 | 55 | 53.9 | 554 | 5.4 | 3 | 2.9 | 3 | 2.9 | 27 | 10 | 61 | 67.2 |
Barry Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 541 | 309 | 57.1 | 3463 | 6.4 | 20 | 3.7 | 21 | 3.9 | 62 | 46 | 260 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Sanders | 307 | 1553 | 5.1 | 54 | 11 |
Ron Rivers | 19 | 86 | 4.5 | 26 | 0 |
Scott Mitchell | 37 | 83 | 2.2 | 9 | 4 |
Don Majkowski | 14 | 38 | 2.7 | 12 | 0 |
Johnnie Morton | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 18 | 0 |
Brett Perriman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Eric Lynch | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 389 | 1810 | 4.7 | 54 | 15 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herman Moore | 106 | 1296 | 12.2 | 50 | 9 |
Brett Perriman | 94 | 1021 | 10.9 | 44 | 5 |
Johnnie Morton | 55 | 714 | 13.0 | 62 | 6 |
Barry Sanders | 24 | 147 | 6.1 | 28 | 0 |
Pete Metzelaars | 17 | 146 | 8.6 | 20 | 0 |
David Sloan | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 |
Aubrey Matthews | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
Ron Rivers | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
Derek Price | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Totals | 309 | 3458 | 11.2 | 62 | 20 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Royals | 69 | 3020 | 43.8 | 60 |
Jason Hanson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 |
Totals | 70 | 3044 | 43.5 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glyn Milburn | 64 | 1627 | 25.4 | 65 | 0 |
Eric Lynch | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Keith Washington | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Aubrey Matthews | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Ron Rivers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Pete Metzelaars | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 69 | 1675 | 24.3 | 65 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan McNeil | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 15 | 0 |
Bennie Blades | 2 | 112 | 56.0 | 98 | 1 |
Corey Raymond | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 1 |
Ryan Stewart | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Van Malone | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Greg Jeffries | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 11 | 169 | 15.4 | 98 | 2 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Porcher | 10.0 | 0.0 | |
Luther Elliss | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
Henry Thomas | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
Antonio London | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Kerwin Waldroup | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Tracy Scroggins | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Shane Bonham | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 32.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bennie Blades | 92 | 78 | 28 | 0 | |||||
Ryan McNeil | 77 | 68 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Corey Raymond | 62.5 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Pepper Johnson | 62 | 54 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Van Malone | 61.5 | 48 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Antonio London | 56.5 | 45 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Robert Porcher | 55.5 | 45 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Greg Jeffries | 36.5 | 32 | 9 | 0 | |||||
Henry Thomas | 39 | 31 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Kerwin Waldroup | 37 | 29 | 16 | ||||||
Luther Elliss | 37.5 | 26 | 23 | ||||||
Ron Rice | 32.5 | 26 | 13 | ||||||
Stephen Boyd | 27.5 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mike Wells | 23 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Ryan Stewart | 20.5 | 16 | 9 | 0 | |||||
Shane Bonham | 16.5 | 13 | 7 | ||||||
Tracy Scroggins | 14.5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Keith Washington | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Michael Brooks | 9 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
Brad Ford | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
Scott Kowalkowski | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Richard Woodley | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Tom Beer | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Shane Dronett | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Scott Mitchell | 9 | 5 | -3 | 0 | |||||
Barry Sanders | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Ray Roberts | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kevin Glover | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
David Sloan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mark Royals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jeff Hartings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Don Majkowski | 5 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eric Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Compton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Johnnie Morton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 782.5 | 644 | 277 | 0 | 21 | 23 | -9 | 1 | 13 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Jason Hanson | 12 | 36 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||||
Barry Sanders | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
Herman Moore | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | ||||||||
Johnnie Morton | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Brett Perriman | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Scott Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Corey Raymond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bennie Blades | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Mike Wells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 302 |