DETROIT LIONS vs san diego chargers GAMENOTES 2011 DETROIT LIONS SCHEDULE

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1 DETROIT LIONS vs san diego chargers GAMENOTES Win And In scenario With a win today over the San Diego Chargers ¾ The Lions will earn an NFC Wild Card playoff berth. It will mark the first time the club has qualified for the playoffs since it earned a Wild Card bid in ¾ The team s record would improve to 10-5, marking the most wins (10) by the club through 15 games since it had 11 through 15 games in The last time the Lions finished with 10 wins was 1995 when the team won its 10th game in the final week of the season. ¾ Detroit s record vs. the AFC West this year will move to 4-0. Since the NFL realigned into four divisions in each conference (2002) and played under the current scheduling rotation, this would be the first time the Lions swept a division (NFC North, NFC or AFC) during that span. ¾ Detroit will win 10 games for the eighth time since the franchise relocated to Detroit in Lions Leaders, Wins in a Season* Year G W L T Pct Finish st NFC Central; NFC Championship Game nd NFL Western nd NFL Western NFL Champions nd NFC Central st NFC Central nd NFC Central *Since 1934, Lions first year in Detroit Other Playoff Scenarios for Detroit ¾ Chicago loss or tie, Arizona loss or tie, Seattle loss or tie and Dallas loss or tie. ¾ Chicago loss or tie, Arizona loss or tie, Seattle loss or tie and New York Giants loss or tie. ¾ Chicago loss or tie, Arizona loss or tie, Seattle loss or tie and Atlanta win or tie. Injury Report LIONS ¾ Doubtful: CB Aaron Berry (shoulder) and S Louis Delmas (knee) ¾Questionable: DT Nick Fairley (foot) and DT Corey Williams (hip) ¾ Probable: CB Don Carey (concussion), T Gosder Cherilus (hamstring), LB Justin Durant (hamstring), S Chris Harris (concussion), CB Chris Houston (knee), DE Lawrence Jackson (thigh), G Rob Sims (shoulder), RB Kevin Smith (ankle), S Amari Spievey (knee), DE Kyle Vanden Bosch (neck) and DE Willie Young (ankle). ChargerS ¾ Out: LB Travis LaBoy (knee) ¾ Questionable: DT Antonio Garay (toe) and WR Vincent Jackson (groin) ¾ Probable: LB Donald Butler (foot) 2011 DETROIT LIONS SCHEDULE (*** DATES AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE ***) REGULAR SEASON DATE OPPONENT TIME/Result Sun., Sept. 11 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W, Sun., Sept. 18 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS W, 48-3 Sun., Sept. 25 at Minnesota Vikings W, (OT) Sun., Oct. 2 at Dallas Cowboys W, Mon., Oct. 10 CHICAGO BEARS W, Sun., Oct. 16 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS L, Sun., Oct. 23 ATLANTA FALCONS L, Sun., Oct. 30 at Denver Broncos W, Sun., Nov. 6 *** BYE WEEK *** Sun., Nov. 13 at Chicago Bears L, Sun., Nov. 20 CAROLINA PANTHERS W, Thurs., Nov. 24 GREEN BAY PACKERS L, Sun., Dec. 4 at New Orleans Saints L, Sun., Dec. 11 MINNESOTA VIKINGS W, Sun., Dec. 18 at Oakland Raiders W, Sat., Dec. 24 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS CBS 4:05 p.m. Sun., Jan. 1 at Green Bay Packers FOX 1:00 p.m. ¾ All times Eastern Time; Home Games in BOLD CAPS ¾ # Nationally Televised Game information Date:...Sat., Dec. 24 Kickoff:...4:05 p.m. ET Stadium:...Ford Field Capacity:... 64,500 Television:...WWJ-TV CBS Ch.62 Play-By-Play:...Greg Gumbel Color:... Dan Dierdorf Lions Radio Network Flagship: FM The Ticket (WXYT-FM) Play-By-Play:...Dan Miller Color:...Jim Brandstatter Sideline:...Tony Ortiz 2011 Records:...Lions 9-5; Chargers 7-7 Playing Surface:... FieldTurf LIONS TEAM CAPTAINS The team s captains for 2011 are QB Matthew Stafford (offense), C Dominic Raiola (offense), DE Kyle Vanden Bosch (defense) and K Jason Hanson (special teams). ¾ Stafford, Raiola, Vanden Bosch and Hanson will wear a team captain patch, that includes a block C, on the right shoulder of their game jerseys. ¾ Being named team captain in 2011 marks the sixth-straight season for Raiola and the fifth consecutive year for both Hanson and Vanden Bosch ( at Tennessee). ¾ The C patches for Raiola and Hanson have four gold stars under the C signifying their four years of being a Lions captain since the NFL began its captain initiative in lions-chargers Series Regular Season Record vs. SD: Home Record vs. SD Record at Ford Field Road Record vs. SD: Record at Qualcomm Stadium Last regular season game:...sd 51, Det 14 at SD (12/16/07)

2 TEAM ScOriNG records... By scoring 5 points today It will mark the second time in franchise history the team has scored 400 points in a season and fi rst since it registered 436 in Currently with 395 points, the 2011 Lions single-season tally ranks third all-time in franchise history. By scoring 42 points The Lions will set a new franchise record for points scored in a season by surpassing the club record of 436 points set in With 4 total touchdowns today The Lions will set a new franchise record for total touchdowns in a season by breaking the club record of 50 in 1995 (16 rush, 33 pass, 1 ret). Thus far, Detroit has scored 47 touchdowns in 2011 (8 rush, 33 pass and 6 return), which is second-most all-time in franchise history. Increasing the team s scoring average The Lions currently average 28.2 points per game (14 games). Over the next two weeks, the team can set a new franchise record for points per game if it can increase its average as pass the 28.7 points per game average established in 1952 (344 points in 12 games). FOrd FiELd FALSE STArTErS According to Stats, LLC research Through 7 home games thus far, there have been 22 false starts by opponents at Ford Field, the most at any stadium by an opponent this year in the NFL. By reaching 23 false starts, it will mark the most since 23 opponent false starts occurred at LP Field in Nashville by Tennesee opponents during the 2007 season. Since 1991, 25+ false starts by opponents have occurred by opponents at a venue only four times (26 at Qwest Field in 2006, Seattle Seahawks; 26 at Metrodome in 1998, Minnesota Vikings; 29 at Reliant Stadium in 2004, Houston Texans; 32 at Arrowhead Stadium in 1999, Kansas City Chiefs). Sur-pASSiNG THE records Lions QB Matthew Stafford has produced one of the best seasons by a Lions quarterback in team history, and he is closing in on several single-season passing records in several passing categories. He already set the team single-season record with 33 touchdown passes. He has completed 356-of- 568 passes (62.7 pct) for 4,145 yards and 33 touchdowns. His passer rating through 14 games is With 194 passing yards today... Stafford will set the team s all-time single-season passing record. Currently at 4,145 yards, which ranks third, he can break QB Scott Mitchell s franchise record of 4,338 yards set in With 300 passing yards... Stafford would tie QB Scott Mitchell (8, ) for the most 300-yard passing games in team history. In 2011, Stafford has six 300-yard games, the most by a Lions quarterback in a single-season. With 17 completions... Stafford, who has 356 completions entering today s game, will set a new franchise record for completions in a season. That record was set by QB Jon Kitna (372 in 2006). With 29 attempts... He will break the franchise record for attempts in a season. Stafford has attempted 568 passes this year and is behind QB Jon Kitna s record of 596 in With 3 tocuhdown passes... He will accumulate his eighth career game with 3+ touchdown passes and move into third-place among Lions quarterbacks with 3+ touchdown passes in a single game. TEam ScORINg REcORDS Lions Leaders, Total Points - Season rk Year G TD PaT FG S 2pt Pts Lions Leaders, Total Touchdowns - Season rk Year G TD PaT FG S 2pt Pts t t LEagUE TEam ScORINg LEaDERS 2011 nfl Leaders, Team Scoring rk Tm G TD PaT FG 2pt Saf Pts Pts/G 1 GB NO NE Det SD nfl Leaders, Scoring Margin rk Tm G Pts Opp Diff 1 GB NO SF NE Hou Bal Pit Det nfl Leaders, Second half/ot Scoring rk Tm TD PaT FG 2pt Saf Pts 1 NO Det GB nfl Leaders, Second half/ot Opponent Scoring rk Tm TD PaT FG 2pt Saf Pts 1t Bal t Pit t Cin t SF Cle Sea Det STaffORD among LEagUE LEaDERS 2011 nfl Leaders, Passing Touchdowns rk Player Tm att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 Aaron Rodgers GB Drew Brees NO Tom Brady NE Matthew Stafford Det nfl Leaders, Passer rating rk Player Tm att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 Aaron Rodgers GB Drew Brees NO Tom Brady NE Tony Romo Dal Matt Schaub Hou Matthew Stafford Det nfl Leaders, Passing Yards rk Player Tm att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 Drew Brees NO Tom Brady NE Eli Manning NYG Aaron Rodgers GB Matthew Stafford Det nfl Leaders, completions rk Player Tm att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 Drew Brees NO Matthew Stafford Det Tom Brady NE nfl Leaders, completion Percentage 1 Drew Brees NO Aaron Rodgers GB Tom Brady NE Tony Romo Dal Ben Roethlisberger Pit Philip Rivers SD Matthew Stafford Det nfl Leaders, attempts rk Player Tm att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 Drew Brees NO Matthew Stafford Det Tom Brady NE Eli Manning NYG

3 He will tie QB Bobby Layne (6, 1951) for the most games in a season with 3+ touchdown passes. Lions Leaders, completions Through 15 Games rk* Player Year cmp 1 Jon Kitna Jon Kitna Scott Mitchell Matthew Stafford Lions Leaders, Passing Yards Through 15 Games rk* Player Year Yds 1 Scott Mitchell Jon Kitna Jon Kitna Matthew Stafford *Ranking based on end of the season totals. Lions Leaders, career Games with 3+ TD Passes rk Player G Years 1 Bobby Layne Scott Mitchell t Milt Plum t Greg Landry t Matthew Stafford Lions Leaders, Games with 3+ TD Passes in Season rk Player G Year 1 Bobby Layne t Scott Mitchell t Matthew Stafford t Earl Morrall t Eric Hipple ELiTE receiver Fifth-year WR calvin Johnson, who earned his fi rst Pro Bowl nod in 2010, has eclipsed several statistical marks that make him the most productive receiver in Detroit Lions history through their fi rst fi ve years. Among Lions receivers in their fi rst fi ve seasons with the club, Johnson ranks fi rst in touchdown catches (47), receiving yards (5,526) and receptions (351). He reached 300 career receptions (66 games) and 5,000 career receiving yards (69 games) faster than any player in team history. With 1 touchdown reception today... Johnson, who currently has 14 receiving touchdowns on the season, will tie E Cloyce Box (15, 1952) for the most touchdown catches by a Lions receiver in a season. He is currently tied with WR Herman Moore (14, 1995) for second on that list. He will become the fourth player in team history (sixth time overall) with 15 total touchdowns on the season, which was accomplised by RB Barry Sanders (1990, 1991), Billy Sims (1980, 1981) and E Cloyce Box (1952). With 2 touchdown receptions today... Johnson will set the franchise s all-time single-season receiving touchdown record by breaking Box s team record of 15 in It will mark his 10th career game with 2+ receiving touchdowns, and he will set a new franchsie record for career games with 2+ touchdown receptions. Johnson is currently tied with WR Herman Moore who each have 9. With 3 touchdown receptions... He will reach 50 career touchdown receptions and become the second player in team history with 50+ career touchdown receptions. WR Herman Moore owns the all-time career record with 62 from STaffORD IN ThE REcORD BOOKS Lions Leaders, completions-season rk Player Year att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 Jon Kitna Matthew Stafford Jon Kitna Lions Leaders, completion Percentage-Season (min. 200 att.) rk Player Year att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 Jon Kitna Eric Hipple Matthew Stafford Lions Leaders, Passing Yards-Season rk Player Year att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 Scott Mitchell Jon Kitna Matthew Stafford Lions Leaders, Passing Touchdowns-Season rk Player Year att cmp Yds Pct TD int rate 1 Matthew Stafford Scott Mitchell Bobby Layne Lions Leaders, Passing rating-season* rk Player Year att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 Matthew Stafford Scott Mitchell Greg Landry *League Qualifier: 14 att/team Gm (224 att/16 Gm) Lions Leaders, attempts - Season rk Player Year att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 Jon Kitna Scott Mitchell Matthew Stafford Lions, Leaders, 300-Yard Passing Games - career rk Player G Years 1 Scott Mitchell t Jon Kitna t Matthew Stafford Lions Leaders, 300-Yard Passing Game - Season rk Player G Year 1 Matthew Stafford Scott Mitchell Jon Kitna Lions Leaders, 4+ Passing TDs in Game rk Player G Years 1 Matthew Stafford Bobby Layne Lions Leaders, Passing Touchdown - Game rk Player TD Opp Date 1t Gary Danielson 5 Min 12/9/78 1t Matthew Stafford 5 Cle 11/22/09 1t Matthew Stafford 5 car 11/20/11 ON ThE REcEIvINg END 2011 nfl Leaders, Touchdown receptions rk Player Tm G rec Yds avg Lg TD Rob Gronkowski NE t calvin Johnson Det t Jordy Nelson GB t nfl Leaders, receiving Yards rk Player Tm G rec Yds avg Lg TD Wes Welker NE t calvin Johnson Det t Steve Smith Car t Victor Cruz NYG t Jimmy Graham NO nfl Leaders, receptions rk Player Tm G rec Yds avg Lg TD Wes Welker NE t Jimmy Graham NO Roddy White Atl calvin Johnson Det t nfl Leaders, 25+-Yard receptions rk Player Tm G rec Yds avg Lg TD Steve Smith Car t A.J. Green Cin t Larry Fitzgerald Ari t t Vincent Jackson SD t calvin Johnson Det t t Brandon Marshall Mia t nfl Leaders, Total Touchdowns rk Player Tm G TD ru rec ret 2pt Pts 1 LeSean McCoy Phi Rob Gronkowski NE calvin Johnson Det Cam Newton Car t Marshawn Lynch Sea t Adrian Peterson Min t Ray Rice Bal

4 Moving up the single-season receiving yards list... Entering today s game, Johnson s 1,335 yards currently ranks fourth all-time for a single-season in team history. He can move up a few spots today: 4 yards to move past WR Germane Crowell (1,338 in 1999) for third place. 154 yards to reach second place by passing WR Brett Perriman (1,488 in 195). With 65 receiving yards today... Johnson will reach 1,400 receiving yards on the season and become only the third player in team history with 1,400 receiving yards in a year. WR Herman Moore (1,686 in 1995) and WR Brett Perriman (1,488 in 1995) are the only players to reach this mark in a season. With 100 receiving yards today... It will mark his 20th career 100-yard game and become just the second player in team history to record 20 career 100-yard receiving games. WR Herman Moore collected 35 games with 100 receiving yards from With 1 reception today He will move his streak of consecutive games with a reception to 75. He has registered a reception in every game he has played in his career. With 2 receptions today Johnson, currently with 81 catches, can surpass WR Herman Moore (82, 1998) and WR Roy Williams (82, 2006) for seventh place on the Lions single-season receptions list. With 9 receptions Johnson can become the fourth player (seventh overall) in team history to register 90+ receptions in a season. He would join WR Herman Moore (123 in 1995, 106 in 1996, 104 in 1997), Brett Perriman (108 in 1995, 94 in 1996) and WR Mike Furrey (98 in 2006) as the only receivers to accomplish this feat. Over the past four seasons ( ) Johnson is fi rst in the NFL with 43 receiving touchdowns, fourth in receiving yards (4,770) and fourth with 45 receptions of 25+ yards. Other Johnson Notables Leads the NFL with yard receptions and is second with yard catches this season. 51 career receptions of 25+ yards. Only player in Lions history with 2 receptions of 85+ yards. Tied for second in team history (WR Herman Moore and E Cloyce Box) with three receptions of 75+ yards and is one behind WR Leonard Thompson for most (4) in team history. With his 73-yard TD vs. Chicago (10/10), Johnson has now registered fi ve receptions of 70+yards and is tied with WR Leonard Thompson for the most in franchise history. Johnson (46) needs 2 total touchdowns to pass RB Billy Sims (47, ) for third on the team s all-time total touchdowns list. Since entering the NFL in 2007, he has accumulated 47 touchdown receptions which is third in the NFL over the past fi ve years. HANSON keeps kicking it By scoring 2 points today K Jason hanson, who last week became the fi rst player in NFL history to score 2,000 career points with one franchise (sixth player overall), will surpass Hall of Fame QB/K George Blanda (2,002) for fi fth place on the NFL s all-time scoring list. Hanson enters today s game with 2,001 career points. By scoring 4 points today Hanson will pass K Matt Stover (2,004) for fourth place on the NFL s all-time scoring list. RISINg among LIONS LEgENDS Lions Leaders, career receiving Touchdowns rk Player rec Yds avg TD Years 1 Herman Moore calvin Johnson Lions Leaders, career receptions rk Player rec Yds avg TD Years 1 Herman Moore Johnnie Morton Brett Perriman Barry Sanders calvin Johnson Lions Leaders, career receiving Yards rk Player rec Yds avg TD Years 1 Herman Moore Johnnie Morton calvin Johnson Lions Leaders, receiving Touchdowns in First Five Seasons rk Player rec Yds avg Lg TD Years 1 calvin Johnson t Herman Moore t Lions Leaders, receptions in First Five Seasons rk Player rec Yds avg Lg TD Years 1 calvin Johnson t Brett Perriman t Herman Moore t Lions Leaders, receiving Yards in First Five Seasons rk Player rec Yds avg Lg TD Years 1 calvin Johnson t Herman Moore t Lions Leaders, Total Touchdowns rk Player TD PaT FG S 2pt Pts Years 1 Barry Sanders Herman Moore calvin Johnson Billy Sims Lions Leaders, receiving Touchdowns - Season rk Player rec Yds avg TD Year 1 Cloyce Box Herman Moore t calvin Johnson t Terry Barr t Leon Hart t calvin Johnson t calvin Johnson Lions Leaders, receiving Yards - Season rk Player rec Yds avg TD Year 1 Herman Moore Brett Perriman Germane Crowell calvin Johnson calvin Johnson Lions Leaders, receptions - Season rk Player rec Yds avg TD Year 1 Herman Moore Brett Perriman Herman Moore Herman Moore Mike Furrey Brett Perriman t Roy Williams t Herman Moore Germane Crowell calvin Johnson Lions Leaders, Total Touchdowns - Season rk Player TD ru Pa ret 2pt Pts Year 1 Barry Sanders t Billy Sims t Barry Sanders t Cloyce Box t Billy Sims t Barry Sanders t Herman Moore t Barry Sanders t calvin Johnson Lions Leaders, Games with 2+ receiving Touchdowns rk Player G Years Yrs 1 Herman Moore calvin Johnson t Cloyce Box , t Terry Barr t Leon Hart t Leonard Thompson t Roy Williams Lions Leaders, career 100-Yard receiving Games rk Player G Years 1 Herman Moore calvin Johnson Johnnie Morton

5 By making 2 PATs today Hanson, who enters today with 45 PATs on the season, will pass K Eddie Murray (46, 1981) for the second-most PATs in a single season by a Lions kicker. By making 4 PATs today Hanson will set a new team record for PATs in a season. He will break the his own club record of 48 PATs made in With a 50-yard field goal today Hanson will become the first player in NFL history to kick yard field goals. He is the League s all-time career leader in 50-yard fi eld goals, currently with 49. He will tally fi ve 50-yarders on the season for the second time in his career. He also reached this mark in 2008 when he tied an NFL single-season record of 8 50-yard fi eld goals. With two 50-yard field goals today He will connect on two 50-yarders in the same game for the fi fth time in his career and set a new NFL record. Hanson is currently tied with four other players with four career games making two 50-yard fi eld goals. With four field goals Hanson will tally four fi eld goals in a single game for the 24th time in his career. He currently ranks third in NFL history with 23 games making at least four fi eld goals. Turning back the clock Hanson is one of two players (Saints K John Kasay) in the NFL who was active the last time kickoffs were placed at the 35-yard line (1993). During his fi rst two years ( ), Hanson registered 60 touchbacks, including 46 in 1993, kicking off at the 35-yard line. Since entering the NFL in 1992, Hanson has registered the most touchbacks (259) in the NFL. From , when kickoffs were moved to the 30-yard line (tee also lowered to 1 inch in 1994), Hanson recorded the second-most touchbacks (188) during that span. Through 14 games, Hanson has kicked 37 touchbacks and is tied for ninth in the League. The 37 touchbacks on the year are the second-highest total of his career. His singleseason best is 46 in Moving up single-season scoring... Entering today s game, Hanson has scored 111 points this season, which ranks 11th all-time in team history for points scored in a season. He can move up several spots today: 3 points moves him past K Eddie Murray (113, 1983) for 10th place. By entering the Top-10, he will hold 7 of the team s Top-10 single-season scoring marks. 4 points to reach 9th and passing his own 114 points in points will move him into eighth place, surpassing Murray (116, 1980). 7 points passes his 117-point efforts in 1997 and 2006 and moves him into sixth place. 10 points would place him in a tie with Murray with 121 (1981) points for fi fth place on that list. Lions Leaders, Points - Season rk Player TD PaT FG S 2pt Pts Year 1 Jason Hanson Jason Hanson Doak Walker Jason Hanson Eddie Murray t Jason Hanson t Jason Hanson Eddie Murray Jason Hanson Eddie Murray Jason hanson a LION S LONgEvITY nfl Leaders, career Games rk Player G 1 Morten Andersen Gary Anderson Jeff Feagles George Blanda Jason hanson* 309 nfl Leaders, 20+ Seasons with Team that Draſted Them rk Player Tm Yrs 1t Jackie Slater LaRm 20 1t Darrell Green Was 20 1t Jason hanson* Det 20 nfl Leaders, Most Games Played with One Team rk Player Tm G 1 Jason hanson* Det Bruce Matthews Hou/Ten 296 nfl Leaders, career Seasons rk Player Yrs 1 George Blanda 26 2 Morten Andersen 25 3t Gary Anderson 23 3t John Carney 23 5 Jeff Feagles 22 6t Sean Landeta 21 6t Earl Morrall 21 6t Vinny Testaverde 21 9t Brett Favre 20 9t Darrell Green 20 9t Jim Marshall 20 9t Jerry Rice 20 9t Junior Seau 20 9t Jackie Slater 20 9t Jason hanson* 20 Seasons with at least one game played. * Active NfL S ScORINg ELITE nfl Leaders, career Points rk Player exp G TD PaT FG 2pt Saf Pts 1 Morten Andersen Gary Anderson John Carney Matt Stover George Blanda Jason hanson* nfl Leaders,Years Leading Team in Scoring rk Player Yrs 1 Gary Anderson 23 2 Morten Andersen 21 3t Jason hanson* 18 3t George Blanda 18 3t John Carney 18 3t Norm Johnson 18 3t Jan Stenerud 18 3t Matt Stover 18 nfl Leaders, career Field Goals rk Player Yrs G M a Pct Lg 1 Morten Andersen Gary Anderson John Carney Matt Stover Jason hanson* nfl Leaders, career PaTs rk Player Yrs G M a Pct 1 George Blanda Morten Andersen Gary Anderson Jason Elam Lou Groza Norm Johnson John Carney Jason hanson* * Active nfl Leaders, career Games with 4 FGs rk Player G 1 John Carney 29 2 Matt Stover 27 3 Jason hanson 23

6 Lions Leaders, extra Points - Season Field Goals PaT rk Player M a Pct M a Pct Year 1 Jason Hanson Eddie Murray Jason hanson t Doak Walker t Doak Walker pettigrew S production TE Brandon Pettigrew, who set franchise records last season by a tight end in receptions (71) and receiving yards (722), is approaching those marks again this season. Through 14 games, Pettigrew has 67 receptions for 581 yards and 4 TDs. With 3 receptions... Pettigrew will become the fi rst Lions tight end to record 70+ receptions in two different seasons. With 5 receptions... Pettigrew can break his own franchise record for receptions by a tight end in a season by reaching 72 catches in He set the current record with 71 catches in With 19 receiving yards today... He will reach 600 receiving yards this year and join TE Jim Gibbons (3) and TE David Hill as the only tight ends in team history to record 600 receiving yards in two different seasons and the fi rst to do so in back-to-back seasons. Moving up single-season receiving yards list for TEs... Entering today s game, Pettigrew s 581 yards is currently tied for 7th all-time for a single-season in team history among tight ends. He can move up several places today: 11 yards to pass TE David Sloan (591 in 1999) for sixth place. 24 to reach fi fth place and pass TE Jim Gibbons (604 in 1960). 25 to enter fourth place among Lions tight ends by passing TE Jim Gibbons (605 in 1964). 53 yards to move Pettigrew into third place passing TE David Hill (633 in 1978). 76 yards to enter second place past Hall of Fame TE Charlie Sanders (656, 1969). 142 yards to break his own club record (722, 2010) for single-season receiving yards by a tight end. With 100 receiving yards... Pettigrew will become the fi rst tight end in team history with three 100-yard receiving games. With 1 touchdown reception... Pettigrew will establish a new career single-season high with 5 touchdown passes. He caught 4 touchdown passes in He and Tony Scheffler (currently with 5 TDs) will become the second pair of Lions tight ends in team history to register 5 touchdown passes in a season. In 1976, Hall of Fame TE Charlie Sanders and TE David Hill each recorded 5 touchdown receptions that season. MAiNTSTAy AT LEFT TAckLE By starting in today s game, T Jeff Backus will extend his franchise record of consecutive starts to 175. In Week 13 at New Orleans (12/4), he surpassed Lions Hall of Fame CB Dick LeBeau (171) for the most consecutive starts in team history. Backus has started every game since he was drafted in the fi rst round of the 2001 NFL Draft. Backus currently holds the mark for the most consecutive starts among active (offensive and defensive) linemen and is currently third among all active players with 174 straight starts. By playing in his 175th career game with the Lions, Backus will tie WR Leonard Thompson for seventh on the team s career games played list. TIghT END PRODUcTION 2011 nfl Leaders, receptions by Tight ends rk Player Tm G rec Yds avg Lg TD 1 Jimmy Graham NO Rob Gronkowski NE t 15 3 Tony Gonzalez Atl t Aaron Hernandez NE t Jason Witten Dal Brandon Pettigrew Det nfl Leaders, receptions by Tight ends - Past 2 Seasons rk Player G rec Yds avg Lg TD 1 Jason Witten Tony Gonzalez Brandon Pettigrew Kellen Winslow t 7 5 Jimmy Graham nfl Leaders, receiveing Yards by Tight ends - Past 2 Seasons rk Player G rec Yds avg Lg TD 1 Jason Witten Rob Gronkowski t 25 3 Vernon Davis t 13 4 Jimmy Graham Tony Gonzalez Antonio Gates t 16 7 Dustin Keller Kellen Winslow t 7 9 Brandon Pettigrew Lions Leaders, receptions by Tight end - Season rk Player G rec Yds avg Lg TD Year 1 Brandon Pettigrew Brandon Pettigrew David Hill Jim Gibbons t t David Hill t David Sloan t Lions Leaders, receiving Yards by Tight end - Season rk Player G rec Yds avg Lg TD Year 1 Brandon Pettigrew Charlie Sanders David Hill Jim Gibbons t Jim Gibbons t David Sloan t Brandon Pettigrew Lions Leaders, receptions by Tight end - Game rk Player rec Yds avg TD Opp Date 1 Brandon Pettigrew at Min 9/25/11 2 Charlie Sanders at Was 12/15/68 3t Jim Gibbons at LARm 10/30/60 3t David Hill GB 10/25/81 5t Brandon Pettigrew at GB 10/3/10 5t Brandon Pettigrew at Dal 11/21/10 Lions Leaders, receiving Yards by Te - Game rk Player rec Yds avg TD Opp Date 1 Jim Gibbons SF 12/13/64 2 Charlie Sanders GB 10/27/74 3 Charlie Sanders at Was 12/15/68 4 John Hilton NYG 9/17/72 5 Brandon Pettigrew at Min 9/25/11 5 Brandon Pettigrew Phi 9/19/10 Lions Leaders, career receptions By Tight ends rk Player G rec Yds avg Lg TD Years 1 Charlie Sanders Jim Gibbons t David Hill David Sloan t Brandon Pettigrew Lions Leaders, career receiving Yards By Tight ends rk Player G rec Yds avg Lg TD Years 1 Charlie Sanders Jim Gibbons t David Hill David Sloan t Brandon Pettigrew Lions Leaders, career receiving TDs By Tight ends rk Player G rec Yds avg Lg TD Years 1 Charlie Sanders David Hill Jim Gibbons t David Sloan t Brandon Pettigrew

7 nfl Leaders, consecutive Starts among active Players rk Player Tm Pos G 1 Ronde Barber TB CB London Fletcher Was LB Jeff Backus Det T 174 nfl Leaders, consecutive Starts by Off. Linemen since 1970 rk Player G 1 Bruce Matthews Will Shields Randall McDaniel Doug Dieken Jon Runyan Kevin Mawae Jeff Backus 174 Lions Leaders, career Games rk Player G Yrs Years 1 Jason hanson Wayne Walker Robert Porcher Dick LeBeau Cory Schlesinger Kevin Glover Leonard Thompson t Eddie Murray t Jeff Backus Dominic raiola ScHEFFLEr S ScOriNG TE Tony Scheffler is a valuable weapon in the Lions offensive arsenal and has found the endzone throughout the year. He is currently tied for eighth among tight ends in the NFL with 5 touchdown receptions, and he is tied for fi fth in the Lions record books for touchdown catches by tight ends in a season. With 1 receiving touchdown today... Scheffler will tie Hall of Fame TE Charlie Sanders (6 in 1970) for fourth place on the list of touchdown receptions by a tight end in a single season. Lions Leaders, Touchdown receptions by Tes - Season rk Player G rec Yds avg Lg TD Year 1 Jim Gibbons t t Ulysses Norris t David Sloan Charlie Sanders t David Hill t t Charlie Sanders t Charlie Sanders t t Tony Scheffler t pick ArTiSTS The Detroit Lions are tied for fourth in the NFL with 18 interceptions. Eight players have registered picks for the Lions, including CB chris houston (4), CB eric Wright (4), CB amari Spievey (3), CB alphonso Smith (2), LB Stephen Tulloch (2), LB Bobby carpenter, LB Deandre Levy and S chris harris. Houston and Wright are tied for eighth in the NFL with 4 interceptions. They are the fi rst pair of Lions defensive players to each have 4 interceptions in a season since S Kurt Schulz (7) and CB Bryant Westbrook (6) in If another defensive player joins Houston and Wright with 4 picks this season, it will mark the fi rst time since 1992 that three Lions defenders each recorded 4 interceptions in the same season. That year, the Lions had four players to reach 4 picks: CB Ray Crockett (4), CB Melvin Jenkins (4), CB Kevin Scott (4) and S William White (4) With 19 yards off interception returns, the 2011 Lions defense can become the 10th squad for the Lions to register 400 interception return yards since get Off ThE field The Lions defense this season has been sparked by the unit s ability to stop opponent drives, limit points via turnovers, third-down defense, fourth-down defense and return touchdowns nfl Leaders, Takeaways rk Tm Fum int Total 1 SF GB Det Sea nfl Leaders, Opponents Third Down efficiency rk Tm Made att Pct. 1 Bal Det NYJ Ari nfl Leaders, Opponent 4th Down efficiency rk Tm Made att Pct 1 NYJ SD GB NO t Cin t Den t Oak Ten t Car t Det t NE nfl Leaders, Opponents 3rd/4th and 1 efficiency* rk Tm Made att Pct 1 Det NYJ Car StL *Courtesy Stats, LLC nfl Leaders, Yards Per Pass Play rk Tm G att Sk PP Yds avg/pp 1 Hou Pit Bal Det nfl Leaders, combined Fumble and interception return TDs rk Tm int Fum Total 1 Det t Chi t GB Lions Leaders, combined Fumble and interception return TDs rk Year int Fum Total t t t t t t forcing IT 2011 nfl Leaders, Forced Fumbles rk Player Tm G FF 1t cliff avril Det t Terrell Suggs Bal Quintin Mikell StL Jabaal Sheard Cle t Jared Allen Min t Tambi Hall KC t Ryan Kerrigan Was t Aaron Maybin NYJ t Kyle Vanden Bosch Det t Patrick Willis SF nfl Leaders, Team Forced Fumbles rk Tm G FF 1 Bal SF t Cin t Det nfl Leaders, Fumble recoveries rk Player Tm G Fr Yds TD 1 Jared Allen Min t cliff avril Det t Michael Boley NYG t Navorro Bowman SF t D Qwell Jackson Cle t Haloti Ngata Bal t Jonathan Vilma NO

8 The Lions have returned four interceptions back for touchdowns this year, which is tied for the most in the NFL. By registering 5 interception returns for touchdowns, the Lions can record the second-most in team history, with the team record held by the 1967 club who registered 7 interception return touchdowns. If Houston reaches 3 interception return touchdowns in 2011, he will tie Hall of Fame CB Lem Barney s team record of 3 set in Currently with 182 interception return yards, Houston, by adding 18 yards to that total, can become the seventh player in team history to record 200 interception return yards in a single season. The last to do so was Levi Johnson (206) in Lions Leaders, Team int return Yards (Since 1940) rk Year G int Yds avg Lg TD t t t t t t t t 4 FOrciNG THE issue The Lions defense, led by DE cliff avril, have been one of the best teams in the NFL this season at forcing fumbles. The Lions are tied for third in the NFL with 16 forced fumbles. Avril is tied for a League-high with 6 forced fumbles in 2011, which is also a career high. By recording 1 forced fumble today, Avril can move into a tie for the 10th-most forced fumbles in a season among NFL players since Avril is tied for second in the NFL with 3 fumble recoveries. With 12 fumble recoveries this year, the Lions rank second for the most fumble recoveries in the League. They are also tied for fourth with 2 touchdowns via fumble returns. SpEciAL SpEciAL TEAMEr S John Wendling is one of the best and most productive cover guys on special teams units in the NFL. Wendling (special teamer) was an alternate to the Pro Bowl last season. Wendling is tied for second in the NFL this season with 16 special teams tackles. He led the NFL with 24 special teams tackles in Over the past two seasons, Wendling leads the NFL with 40 special teams tackles. Since entering the NFL in 2007, Wendling has 89 special teams tackles, the most over the past four seasons. TurNOVEr ScOriNG The Lions have been the best team this year in coverting interceptions and fumbles into defensive scores. With 6 TDs off interception and fumble returns, the Lions lead the NFL. With 1 touchdown by an interception or fumble return, the Lions will tie a franchise record for the most touchdowns via interception or fumble returns in a season. The team record is 7 (3 Int, 4 Fum) in The Lions have scored 2 touchdowns via interception or fumble return in three different games this season (2 at Dal 10/2; 2 at Den 10/30; 2 vs. Min 10/11). This has occurred in only one previous season, 1937, in Lions history. If the team returns an interception or fumble for a touchdown twice in one of the team s remaining two games, it will mark the fi rst time in team history that the Lions have scored 2+ touchdowns via interception or fumble return in four different games during the same year. LEagUE LEaDERS 2011 nfl Leaders, Turnover Margin Take-aways Give-aways rk Tm int Fum Total int Fum Total Diff 1 SF GB NE Det Sea nfl Leaders, Team Passing rating rk Tm att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 GB NO NE Dal Det nfl Leaders, Opponent Passing rating rk Tm att cmp Yds Pct TD int rtg 1 Hou Bal NYJ SF Sea Pit Chi GB Det nfl Leaders, Passer rating Differential rk Tm rtg Opp Diff 1 GB Hou NO NE Dal SF Pit Det INTERcEPTORS 2011 nfl Leaders, Team interceptions rk Tm G int Yds avg Long TD 1 GB t SF t Sea t 4 4t Det t 4 4t NE nfl Leaders, interceptions return for Touchdowns rk Tm G int Yds avg Long TD 1t Det t 4 1t GB t Sea t nfl Leaders, intereptions rk Player Tm G int Yds avg Lg TD 1t Kyle Arrington NE t Eric Weddle SD t Charles Woodson GB t 1 4t Brandon Browner Sea t 2 4t Dashon Goldson SF t Carlos Rogers SF t 1 7 Corey Webster NYG t Jason Allen Hou t Kam Chancellor Sea t Kurt Coleman Phi t Vontae Davis Mia t Thomas DeCoud Atl t Brandon Flowers KC t 1 8t chris houston Det t 2 8t Johnathan Joseph Hou t Sean Lee Dal t Terence Newman Dal t 1 8t Charlie Peprah GB t Darrelle Revis NYJ t 1 8t Aaron Ross NYG t Lardarius Webb Bal t 1 8t Tramon Williams GB t 1 8t George Wilson Buf t eric Wright Det * Houston, TB CB Aquib Talib and SEA CB Brandon Browner are the only players in the League this year with 2 interception return touchdowns. Lions Leaders, Team interceptions return Touchdowns rk Year G int Yds avg Lg TD t 6 2t t 4 2t t 4 Lions Leaders, interception return Yards - Season rk Player int Yds avg TD Year 1 Don Doll Jack Christensen Lem Barney J. Robert Smith Dick Jauron Levi Johnson J. Robert Smith Yale Lary t chris houston

9 Lions Leaders, Touchdowns via int or Fumble return rk Year int Fum Total t t t OFFENSiVE TEAM records The Lions can move up the charts for both team total yards and team net passing yards in a season. Detroit has accumulated 5,322 total yards this year on offense which ranks sixth all-time in the team s record books. 142 yards would put this year s offense in fi fth-place all-time, passing 2010 s total of 4, yards moves the team into fourth place surpassing the tally from 1980 of 5,540. If they accumulate 477 total yards, that would move them up to third place all-time (5,798 in 1997). The Lions team net passing yards this year totals 3,959 yards, which is second all-time in team history. With 41 net passing yards, it will mark just the second time in team history that the Lions have reached 4,000 net passing yards in a single season. Detroit is 401 yards shy of the team net passing record of 4,360 set in Lions Leaders, Total Yards - Season rk Year G Yds Yds/G rush Pass Lions Leaders, Total net Passing Yards - Season rk Year G Yds Yds/G rush Pass HiSTOric WiNS Detroit s 9-5 record has been fueled by victories claimed by the Lions in historic fashion. With regards to the Lions comeback wins this season, the following records have been set by the Lions this year. First team in history with four 13+ point comebacks in one year. First team in NFL history to record three 17+-point comebacks in the same season. First team in NFL history to record 20+-point comebacks in consecutive weeks. Detroit has scored at least 45 points in three games this year (48 vs. KC 9/18, 45 at Den 10/30 and 49 vs. Car 11/20). It is only the second time in team history that the Lions have registered 45 points in three different games during a single season. This also occurred in 1952 (52 at GB 10/26/52, 48 vs. GB 11/27/52 and 45 vs. Chi 12/7/52). vs. Kc 9/18: In the 48-3 win over the Chiefs, the Lions set a new franchise record for margin of victory in the regular season with a 45-point margin. The only other game in team history with that large of a victory margin was the win over the Cleveland Browns in the 1957 NFL Championship Game. at Min 9/25: In Week 3 at Minnesota, the Lions won in overtime, after trailing 20-0 at halftime. It was the team s largest comeback on the road in team history and it was the third largest comeback overall (regular season). It was the fi rst time in team history that the Lions trailed by at least 20 points and came back to win. LINE SacKERS The engine to the Lions defense is the team s defensive front. Of the team s 38 sacks, 32 have been generated by the defensive line. The 32 sacks are second in the NFL for defensive line sacks. The Lions defensive line generates 84.2-perent of the team s total sacks. DE Cliff Avril is leading the way this season with a career-high 11 sacks. DE Kyle Vanden Bosch is second with 8. DT Ndamukong Suh has 13 sacks since the beginning of the 2010 season, which is the second-highest tally over the past two seasons nfl Leaders, Team Sacks rk Tm G Sk SkY 1 Phi Bal Min t Den t Oak t Cin t Det t Dal nfl Leaders, Defensive Line Sacks rk Tm G Sk Yds 1 Phi t Det t Min nfl Leaders, Sacks rk Player Tm G Sk Yds 1 Jason Babin Phi Jared Allen Min DeMarcus Ware Dal Jason Pierre-Paul NYG t Chris Long StL t Aldon Smith SF t Terrell Suggs Bal Tamba Hali KC Von Miller Den t cliff avril Det t Antwan Barnes SD t Chris Clemons Sea Lions Leaders, Sacks rk Player Sk Year 1 Al Bubba Baker * 2 Al Bubba Baker * 3 Al Bubba Baker * 4 Robert Porcher William Gay Doug English Robert Porcher t Dave Pureifry * 8t Mike Cofer t Robert Porcher t James Hall Robert Porcher cliff avril * Unofficial prior to 1982 charting history Lions Leaders, Largest Margin of Victory Date Opp Det Opp Margin 12/29/57# cle /18/11 Kc /17/95 Jax /22/68 Chi /24/83 Pit /29/67 at SF Lions Leaders, Largest comebacks Date Opp Det Opp Deficit QB 10/20/57 Bal B. Layne 10/2/11 at Dal M. Stafford 11/22/09 Cle M. Stafford 12/22/57# at SF T. Rote 9/25/11 at Min (ot) -20 M. Stafford # postseason nfl Leaders, Largest road comeback Wins Date Deficit Tm Pts Opp Pts 10/02/ Det 34 at DaL 30 12/06/ LARm 31 at TB 27 9/26/ LARd 30 at DEN 27 9/23/ Hou 30 at CIN 27 Lions Leaders, Points Scored on road Date Opp PF Pa Margin 10/26/1952 at GB /3/1950 at Bal /20/1949 at NYG /3/1963 at SF /29/1967 at SF /12/1961 at StL /30/11 at Den