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2000 Detroit Lions season
OwnerWilliam Clay Ford, Sr.
General managerChuck Schmidt
Head coachBobby Ross
Gary Moeller
Home fieldPontiac Silverdome
Results
Record9–7
Division place4th NFC Central
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Pro Bowlers2

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 roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Rookies in italics
, 4 practice squad

Staff

2000 Detroit Lions staff
Front Office

Head Coaches

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

[3]

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

[1]

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 234Total
Packers 0 6117 24
• Lions 10 1470 31
Scoring summary
1DETJason Hanson 30 yard field goalLions 3–0
1DETJohnnie Morton 42 yard pass from Charlie Batch (Jason Hanson kick)Lions 10–0
2GBRyan Longwell 44 yard field goalLions 10–3
2DETJames Stewart 13 yard pass from Charlie Batch (Jason Hanson kick)Lions 17–3
2DETLamar Campbell 42 yard interception return (Jason Hanson kick)Lions 24–3
2GBRyan Longwell 51 yard field goalLions 24–6
3GBRyan Longwell 31 yard field goalLions 24–9
3DETHerman Moore 30 yard pass from Charlie Batch (Jason Hanson kick)Lions 31–9
3GBAntonio Freeman 5 yard pass from Brett Favre (Donald Driver pass from Brett Favre)Lions 31–17
4GBWilliam 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. ^ a b 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
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