2000 Detroit Lions season

2000 Detroit Lions season
Head coach	Bobby Ross Gary Moeller
General manager	Chuck Schmidt
Owner	William Clay Ford, Sr.
Home field	Pontiac Silverdome
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	4th NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	2

The 2000 Detroit Lions season was the team’s 71st season in the National Football League. Coming off a lucky Wild Card playoff appearance with an 8–8 record in 1999, the Lions improved upon this record to finish 9–7, but the overall strengthening of their division meant that the team missed the postseason for the first of eleven consecutive campaigns.

The Lions’ home attendance was 606,716 while their attendance on the road was 523,383 for a total attendance of 1,130,099.^[1] Bobby Ross resigned after the ninth game of the season and was replaced by Gary Moeller.^[2]

Personnel

Roster

2000 Detroit Lions final roster
	Quarterbacks 10 Charlie Batch 15 Stoney Case Running backs 31 Mario Bates 33 Sedrick Irvin 26 Brock Olivo FB 30 Cory Schlesinger FB 34 James Stewart Wide receivers 82 Germane Crowell 17 Larry Foster 80 Desmond Howard 84 Herman Moore 87 Johnnie Morton 83 Brian Stablein Tight ends 89 Walter Rasby 86 David Sloan		Offensive linemen 79 Eric Beverly C 65 Kerlin Blaise T 77 Mike Compton G 71 Aaron Gibson T 64 Jeff Hartings G 73 Stockar McDougle T 72 Ray Roberts T 62 Tony Semple G Defensive linemen 95 Jared DeVries DE 94 Luther Elliss DT 63 James Hall DE 67 Travis Kirschke DT 91 Robert Porcher DE 93 Kelvin Pritchett DE 97 Tracy Scroggins DE		Linebackers 55 Allen Aldridge OLB 57 Stephen Boyd MLB 50 Chris Claiborne OLB 54 Barrett Green OLB 52 Scott Kowalkowski MLB 58 Clint Kriewaldt OLB Defensive backs 39 Lamar Campbell CB 23 Terry Fair CB 25 Jeremy Lincoln CB 28 Ron Rice SS 45 Kurt Schulz FS 29 Kywin Supernaw SS 32 Bryant Westbrook CB 35 Jimmy Wyrick FS Special teams  4 Jason Hanson K 19 John Jett P		Reserve lists Practice squad Rookies in italics 53 Active, 3 Inactive, 4 Practice squad

Staff

2000 Detroit Lions staff
Front Office Owner and Chairman – William Clay Ford, Sr. Vice Chairman – William Clay Ford, Jr. Executive Vice President and COO – Chuck Schmidt Vice President of Football Operations – Larry Lee Vice President of Player Personnel – Ron Hughes Director of Pro Personnel – Sheldon White Head Coaches Head Coach – Bobby Ross Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Sylvester Croom Quarterbacks – Jim Zorn Running Backs – Frank Falks Wide Receivers – Jerry Sullivan Tight Ends – Danny Smith Offensive Line – Golden Pat Ruel Offensive Assistant – Stan Kwan Quality Control/Offense – John Misciagna			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Larry Peccatiello Defensive Line – Brian Baker Linebackers – Gary Moeller Defensive Backs – Richard Selcer Defensive Assistant – Don Clemons Quality Control/Defense – Dennis Murphy Special Teams Coaches Special Teams – Chuck Priefer Special Teams Assistant – Stan Kwan Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Bert Hill Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Rob Graf

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Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Lions points	Opponents
1	August 4	New England Patriots	Loss	10	13
2	August 12	Buffalo Bills	Win	15	13
3	August 18	at Oakland Raiders	Loss	17	23
4	August 25	at Cincinnati Bengals	Win	21	13

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 3, 2000	at New Orleans Saints	W 14–10	64,900
2	September 10, 2000	Washington Redskins	W 15–10	74,159
3	September 17, 2000	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 31–10	76,928
4	September 24, 2000	at Chicago Bears	W 21–14	66,944
5	October 1, 2000	Minnesota Vikings	L 31–24	76,438
6	October 8, 2000	Green Bay Packers	W 31–24	77,549
7		BYE
8	October 19, 2000	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 28–14	65,557
9	October 29, 2000	at Indianapolis Colts	L 30–18	56,971
10	November 5, 2000	Miami Dolphins	L 23–8	77,813
11	November 12, 2000	Atlanta Falcons	W 13–10	74,309
12	November 19, 2000	at New York Giants	W 31–21	77,897
13	November 23, 2000	New England Patriots	W 34–9	77,923
14	November 30, 2000	at Minnesota Vikings	L 24–17	64,214
15	December 10, 2000	at Green Bay Packers	L 26–13	59,854
16	December 17, 2000	at New York Jets	W 10–7	77,513
17	December 24, 2000	Chicago Bears	L 23–20	71,957

Game summaries

Week 6

1 2 3 4 Total Packers 0 6 11 7 24 • Lions 10 14 7 0 31 Date: October 8 Location: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: indoors (dome) Referee: Larry Nemmers

Scoring summary 1 DET Jason Hanson 30 yard field goal Lions 3–0 1 DET Johnnie Morton 42 yard pass from Charlie Batch (Jason Hanson kick) Lions 10–0 2 GB Ryan Longwell 44 yard field goal Lions 10–3 2 DET James Stewart 13 yard pass from Charlie Batch (Jason Hanson kick) Lions 17–3 2 DET Lamar Campbell 42 yard interception return (Jason Hanson kick) Lions 24–3 2 GB Ryan Longwell 51 yard field goal Lions 24–6 3 GB Ryan Longwell 31 yard field goal Lions 24–9 3 DET Herman Moore 30 yard pass from Charlie Batch (Jason Hanson kick) Lions 31–9 3 GB Antonio Freeman 5 yard pass from Brett Favre (Donald Driver pass from Brett Favre) Lions 31–17 4 GB William Henderson 7 yard pass from Brett Favre (Ryan Longwell kick) Lions 31–24

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Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
^(2) Minnesota Vikings	11	5	0	.688	397	371	L3
^(5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	6	0	.625	388	269	L1
Green Bay Packers	9	7	0	.563	353	323	W4
Detroit Lions	9	7	0	.563	307	307	L1
Chicago Bears	5	11	0	.313	216	355	W1

References

1. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 115
2. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 114
3. "All-Time Coaches". DetroitLions.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
4. Pro-Football-Reference.com

External links

• Detroit Lions on Pro Football Reference
• Detroit Lions on jt-sw.com