1988 Detroit Lions Statistics
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Wayne Fontes (2-3)
Coach: Darryl Rogers (2-9)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1988 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Lions managed just 220 points, worst in the league, and the defense surrendered 313. Rusty Hilger threw for 1,558 yards. Pete Mandley topped pass catchers, hauling in 44 balls for 617 yards. Garry James contributed to the receiving game, too.
Garry James rushed for a team-leading 552 yards for Detroit.
George Jamison and Devon Mitchell each intercepted 3 opponent throws. Mike Cofer led pass rushers with 12 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 47 sacks.
Wayne Fontes and 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rusty Hilger | 306 | 126 | 41.2 | 1558 | 5.1 | 7 | 2.3 | 12 | 3.9 | 56 | 31 | 251 | 48.9 |
Chuck Long | 141 | 75 | 53.2 | 856 | 6.1 | 6 | 4.3 | 6 | 4.3 | 40 | 18 | 134 | 68.2 |
Eric Hipple | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 158 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 3 | 25 | 63.5 |
James Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Jim Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
John Witkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 477 | 213 | 44.7 | 2572 | 5.4 | 13 | 2.7 | 18 | 3.8 | 56 | 52 | 410 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garry James | 182 | 552 | 3.0 | 35 | 5 |
James Jones | 96 | 314 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
Tony Paige | 52 | 207 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 |
Pete Mandley | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 21 | 1 |
Carl Painter | 17 | 42 | 2.5 | 13 | 0 |
Rusty Hilger | 18 | 27 | 1.5 | 11 | 0 |
Chuck Long | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
Scott Williams | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 5 | 1 |
Eric Hipple | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Butch Woolfolk | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Carl Bland | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
John Witkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 391 | 1243 | 3.2 | 35 | 7 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Mandley | 44 | 617 | 14.0 | 56 | 4 |
Garry James | 39 | 382 | 9.8 | 39 | 2 |
James Jones | 29 | 259 | 8.9 | 40 | 0 |
Gary Lee | 22 | 261 | 11.9 | 18 | 1 |
Carl Bland | 21 | 307 | 14.6 | 35 | 2 |
Jeff Chadwick | 20 | 304 | 15.2 | 32 | 3 |
Pat Carter | 13 | 145 | 11.2 | 31 | 0 |
Tony Paige | 11 | 100 | 9.1 | 15 | 0 |
Stephen Starring | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 40 | 0 |
Scott Williams | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 32 | 0 |
Mark Lewis | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 23 | 1 |
Paco Craig | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
Carl Painter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 213 | 2572 | 12.1 | 56 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Arnold | 97 | 4110 | 42.4 | 69 |
Totals | 97 | 4110 | 42.4 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Mandley | 37 | 287 | 7.8 | 25 | 0 |
Carl Bland | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 24 | 0 |
Totals | 42 | 346 | 8.2 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Lee | 18 | 355 | 19.7 | 39 | 0 |
Carl Painter | 17 | 347 | 20.4 | 32 | 0 |
Carl Bland | 8 | 179 | 22.4 | 29 | 0 |
Stephen Starring | 8 | 130 | 16.2 | 22 | 0 |
Butch Woolfolk | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 46 | 0 |
Randall Morris | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 |
Eric Andolsek | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Dan Saleaumua | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 59 | 1154 | 19.6 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Devon Mitchell | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 90 | 1 |
George Jamison | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 52 | 1 |
James Griffin | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 0 |
Bennie Blades | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
Raphel Cherry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Holmes | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
Jimmy Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Bruce McNorton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 15 | 247 | 16.5 | 90 | 2 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Mike Cofer | 12.0 | 0.0 | |
Keith Ferguson | 8.5 | 0.0 | |
Eric Williams | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
George Jamison | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
Jerry Ball | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Curtis Green | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Dan Saleaumua | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Jimmy Williams | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Thomas Strauthers | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Reggie Rogers | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Danny Lockett | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Bennie Blades | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
James Griffin | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Dennis Gibson | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 47.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Spielman | 153 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dennis Gibson | 116 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bennie Blades | 102 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
George Jamison | 77 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Jerry Ball | 68 | 68 | 0 | ||||||
Paul Butcher | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
William White | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Saleaumua | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rusty Hilger | 7 | 5 | -19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bruce McNorton | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |||
Chuck Long | 4 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Cofer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kevin Glover | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Carl Painter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eric Sanders | 1 | 1 | -17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jimmy Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Curtis Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gary Lee | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Pete Mandley | 3 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||||
Danny Lockett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Scott Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Harvey Salem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
James Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
Butch Woolfolk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
James Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Witkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Carl Bland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Garry James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Steve Mott | 3 | 0 | -23 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tony Paige | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 561 | 561 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Eddie Murray | 20 | 22 | 0 | 82 | ||||||||||
Garry James | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Pete Mandley | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Carl Bland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
George Jamison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Gary Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Devon Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Mark Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Scott Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 220 |