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

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists



Practice squad



Rookies in italics
53 Active, 3 Inactive, 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

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Standings

NFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(2) Minnesota Vikings 1150.688397371L3
(5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1060.625388269L1
Green Bay Packers 970.563353323W4
Detroit Lions 970.563307307L1
Chicago Bears 5110.313216355W1

References

  1. 1 2 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

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