Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions were 9-7 in 1997. They finished 3rd in the NFC Central and 5th in the NFC. They fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 20 to 10, in the 1997 NFC Wild Card game.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sun 12/28	@	TB	L 10-20
Sun 12/21	vs	NYJ	W 13-10
Sun 12/14	@	MIN	W 14-13
Sun 12/7	@	MIA	L 30-33
Thu 11/27	vs	CHI	W 55-20

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

3,484

Mitchell

RUSH YDS

2,053

Sanders

REC YDS

1,293

Moore

1997 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Packers	13	3	.813
Buccaneers	10	6	.625
Lions	9	7	.563
Vikings	9	7	.563
Bears	4	12	.250

1997 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	16	379	5,798	1,028	5.6	2,464	447	5.5	3,605	540	6.7	41	271	304	120	166	18	94	866
Team Rank		4th	2nd	12th	1st	2nd	16th	1st	11th	12th	16th	16th	15th	11th	5th	21st	26th	8th	16th
Opponent	16	306	4,947	1,021	4.8	1,833	471	3.9	3,401	507	6.7	43	287	268	98	152	18	112	841
Opponent Rank		10th	14th	13th	11th	18th	20th	14th	13th	10th	15th	13th	17th	5th	16th	6th	6th	9th	15th
Net		+73	+851	+7	+0.8	+631	-24	+1.6	+204	+33	0.0	-2	-16	+36	+22	+14	0	-18	+25
Net Rank		7th	4th	12th	3rd	3rd	17th	1st	11th	11th	15th	17th	15th	8th	7th	11th	14th	3rd	19th

Gallery

NFL 2024 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,028

Burrow

2,876

Jackson

2,807

Cousins

Rush Yards Leaders

1,185

Henry

1,137

Barkley

838

Jacobs

Rec Yards Leaders

1,056

Chase

912

Jefferson

728

Pickens

Pass TD Leaders

27

Burrow

25

Jackson

24

Mayfield

Rush TD Leaders

13

Henry

11

Hurts

10

Cook

Rec TD Leaders

12

Chase

9

St. Brown

7

Kittle

QB Rating Leaders

117.3

Jackson

112.1

Goff

106.9

Burrow

Sack Leaders

11.5

Hendrickson

9.0

Bonitto

9.0

Lawrence

NFL 2024 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.6

30.4

29.1

28.0

27.9

27.0

Opp PPG Rankings

14.5

16.2

16.6

17.0

17.7

17.9

Total Yards Rankings

430.1

398.9

394.7

388.1

379.9

366.7

Rush Yards Rankings

181.3

177.3

152.2

149.9

149.4

148.0

Pass Yards Rankings

281.6

275.3

261.5

261.3

258.6

258.1

Sack Leaders

39.0

36.0

35.0

34.0

NFL Fantasy 2024

Fantasy RB Rankings

216.1

Henry

196.7

Barkley

164.5

Kamara

Fantasy WR Rankings

178.7

Chase

126.4

St. Brown

122.4

Jefferson

Fantasy TE Rankings

98

Kittle

89.5

Bowers

75.6

Hill

Fantasy K Rankings

130

Boswell

117

Fairbairn

106

Seibert

NFL 2024 Betting

Best Record ATS

8-2

7-2-1

8-3

7-3

Worst Record ATS

1-9

2-7

3-8

3-7

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	8	2	0	.800
Commanders	7	4	0	.636
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Lions	9	1	0	.900
Vikings	8	2	0	.800
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	6	5	0	.545
Buccaneers	4	6	0	.400
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Cardinals	6	4	0	.600
Rams	5	5	0	.500

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	9	2	0	.818
Dolphins	4	6	0	.400
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	8	2	0	.800
Ravens	7	4	0	.636
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Texans	6	4	0	.600
Colts	5	6	0	.455
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	9	1	0	.900
Chargers	7	3	0	.700