1998 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bobby Ross (5-11)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1998 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bobby Ross (5-11)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1998 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Lions racked up 306 points, but the defense conceded 378. Charlie Batch threw for 2,178 yards. Herman Moore hauled in 82 balls, while Johnnie Morton added 1,028 receiving yards.
Barry Sanders rushed for a team-leading 1,491 yards for Detroit.
Bryant Westbrook, Ron Rice and Mark Carrier each intercepted 3 opponent throws. Robert Porcher topped the defensive unit with 11.5 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 42 sacks.
Bobby Ross coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Batch | 303 | 173 | 57.1 | 2178 | 7.2 | 11 | 3.6 | 6 | 2.0 | 98 | 37 | 222 | 83.5 |
| Frank Reich | 110 | 63 | 57.3 | 768 | 7.0 | 5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.6 | 41 | 4 | 18 | 78.9 |
| Scott Mitchell | 75 | 38 | 50.7 | 452 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 3 | 4.0 | 44 | 4 | 28 | 57.2 |
| John Jett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 489 | 274 | 56.0 | 3398 | 6.9 | 17 | 3.5 | 13 | 2.7 | 98 | 45 | 268 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Sanders | 343 | 1491 | 4.3 | 73 | 4 |
| Charlie Batch | 41 | 229 | 5.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Ron Rivers | 19 | 102 | 5.4 | 36 | 1 |
| Tommy Vardell | 18 | 37 | 2.1 | 17 | 6 |
| Germane Crowell | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Scott Mitchell | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnnie Morton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Reich | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 441 | 1955 | 4.4 | 73 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Moore | 82 | 983 | 12.0 | 36 | 5 |
| Johnnie Morton | 69 | 1028 | 14.9 | 98 | 2 |
| Barry Sanders | 37 | 289 | 7.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Germane Crowell | 25 | 464 | 18.6 | 68 | 3 |
| Walter Rasby | 15 | 119 | 7.9 | 17 | 1 |
| Tommy Vardell | 14 | 143 | 10.2 | 31 | 1 |
| David Sloan | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Brian Stablein | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Tommie Boyd | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Pete Chryplewicz | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 8 | 2 |
| Ron Rivers | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Totals | 274 | 3398 | 12.4 | 98 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Jett | 66 | 2892 | 43.8 | 60 |
| John Kidd | 13 | 520 | 40.0 | 54 |
| Jason Hanson | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 36 |
| Totals | 82 | 3506 | 42.8 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Fair | 30 | 189 | 6.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Kevin Abrams | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tommie Boyd | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 212 | 5.9 | 23 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Fair | 51 | 1428 | 28.0 | 105 | 2 |
| Tommie Boyd | 8 | 163 | 20.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Jerris McPhail | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ron Rivers | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 68 | 1700 | 25.0 | 105 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Westbrook | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 34 | 1 |
| Mark Carrier | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Ron Rice | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 25 | 0 |
| George Jamison | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Richard Jordan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rob Fredrickson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 132 | 11.0 | 34 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Porcher | 11.5 | 0.0 | |
| Tracy Scroggins | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
| Stephen Boyd | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ron Rice | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| Luther Elliss | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Allen Aldridge | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Abrams | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Dan Owens | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Fredrickson | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Kerwin Waldroup | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Terry Fair | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 42.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Boyd | 93.5 | 75 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bryant Westbrook | 66.5 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Rice | 74.5 | 57 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Fredrickson | 71 | 56 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Allen Aldridge | 58 | 47 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mark Carrier | 49 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Porcher | 51.5 | 41 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kevin Abrams | 46 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Terry Fair | 48 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luther Elliss | 44 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tracy Scroggins | 25.5 | 24 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Greg Jeffries | 24.5 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kerwin Waldroup | 30 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dan Owens | 21 | 15 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Robert Bailey | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Darius Holland | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ryan Stewart | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Marc Spindler | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Scott Kowalkowski | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Chalenski | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Henry Taylor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| George Jamison | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lamar Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Don Sasa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Reich | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tommy Vardell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Chryplewicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Batch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Germane Crowell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Scott Mitchell | 1 | 0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 751.5 | 618 | 267 | 0 | 17 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 10 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jason Hanson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 114 | ||
| Tommy Vardell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Herman Moore | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Barry Sanders | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Germane Crowell | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Pete Chryplewicz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Terry Fair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnnie Morton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bryant Westbrook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walter Rasby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommie Boyd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cory Schlesinger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Rivers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Batch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| David Sloan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 306 |
