1982 Detroit Lions season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Detroit Lions 1982 4–5 8th NFC (would have been 4th in the NFC Central) Monte Clark Ted Marchibroda Maxie Baughan Pontiac Silverdome Lost Wild Card Playoffs(at Redskins) 7–31 3 T Keith Dorney RB Billy Sims DT Doug English 1 DT Doug English (1st team) Lions seasons The 1982 Detroit Lions season was the 53rd season in franchise history. An NFL players strike shortened the regular season to nine games. The NFL changed the playoff format due to the strike to allow the top eight teams in each conference to qualify. Because of this, the Lions qualified for their first postseason appearance since 1970, becoming one of only four teams to ever qualify for the playoffs despite having a losing record.NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book 2001 Workman Publishing Co New York 0-7611-2480-2 294 registration https://archive.org/details/officialnfl2001r0000unse/page/294 Seahawks defeat Rams 16–6 to win NFC West title http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2013831829_hawk03.html 2 January 2011 3 January 2011 The Lions and the 1982 Cleveland Browns are the only two teams with a losing record to qualify as wildcards. The Lions lost to the Washington Redskins at RFK Stadium in the first round of the playoffs. It would not be until 2010 when the Seattle Seahawks became the third team with a losing record to qualify for the playoffs (7–9), the first to do so in a 16-game season and the first to win a division title with a losing record. The Carolina Panthers in 2014 (7–8–1) and Washington in 2020 (7–9) have subsequently won their divisions and made the postseason with losing records. After the season, Ken Callicutt retired. Offseason NFL draft 1982 NFL draft Round Pick Player Position College 1 15 Jimmy Williams LB Nebraska 2 42 Bobby Watkins CB Southwest Texas State 3 69 Steve Doig LB New Hampshire 4 96 Bruce McNorton CB Georgetown (KY) 5 127 William Graham S Texas 6 154 Mike Machurek QB Idaho State 7 175 Phil Bates RB Nebraska 7 187 Victor Simmons WR Oregon State 8 208 Martin Moss DE UCLA 9 231 Dan Wagoner DB Kansas 10 266 Roosevelt Barnes LB Purdue 11 292 Edward Lee WR South Carolina State 12 319 Ricky Porter RB Slippery Rock 12 326 Rob Rubick TE Grand Valley State Roster Detroit Lions roster Quarterbacks 16 Gary Danielson 17 Eric Hipple 14 Mike Machurek y Running backs 24 Dexter Bussey 31 Ken Callicutt 32 Rick Kane 25 Horace King American football 20 Billy Sims Wide receivers 47 Edward Lee no y 83 Robbie Martin 89 Tracy Porter wide receiver 87 Freddie Scott American football, born 1952 39 Leonard Thompson American football Tight ends 81 David Hill tight end 80 Ulysses Norris 84 Rob Rubick y Offensive linemen 76 Karl Baldischwiler T 73 Russ Bolinger G 72 Chris Dieterich T 70 Keith Dorney T 61 Homer Elias G 65 Amos Fowler C 55 Tom Turnure C 67 Don Greco G 64 Larry Lee American football G/C Defensive linemen 60 Al Baker DE 74 Joe Ehrmann DT 78 Doug English DT 79 William Gay defensive lineman DT 62 Curtis Green DE 63 Martin Moss American football DE/DT 75 Dave Pureifory DE Linebackers 54 Roosevelt Barnes American football y OLB 53 Garry Cobb OLB 58 Steve Doig y MLB 57 Ken Fantetti MLB 51 James Harrell American football OLB 50 Terry Tautolo OLB 52 Stan White linebacker OLB Defensive backs 40 Billy Cesare FS 33 William Graham American football y SS 26 Hector Gray American football SS 35 Alvin Hall safety FS 43 Al Latimer CB 29 Bruce McNorton y CB 34 Dan Wagoner y CB/S 27 Bobby Watkins cornerback y CB Special teams  3 Eddie Murray American football K  1 Tom Skladany P Reserve lists 68 Tommie Ginn G IR 28 James Hunter American football CB IR 86 Mark Nichols American football WR IR 23 Ray Oldham S IR 38 Vince Thompson RB IR 59 Jimmy Williams linebacker y LB IR rookies in italics Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 12 Chicago Bears W 17–10 1–0 Pontiac Silverdome 71,337 2 September 19 at Los Angeles Rams W 19–14 2–0 Anaheim Stadium 59,470Player strike cancels seven games 3 November 21 at Chicago Bears L 17–20 2–1 Soldier Field 71,337 4 November 25 New York Giants L 6–13 2–2 Pontiac Silverdome 64,348 5 December 6, 1982 New York Jets L 13–28 2–3 Pontiac Silverdome 79,361 6 December 12 at Green Bay Packers W 30–10 3–3 Lambeau Field 51,875 7 December 19 Minnesota Vikings L 31–34 3–4 Pontiac Silverdome 73,058 8 December 26 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 21–23 3–5 Tampa Stadium 65,997 9 January 2 Green Bay Packers W 27–24 4–5 Pontiac Silverdome 64,377Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Standings Season summary Week 12 1982 New York Giants season Detroit Lions 1982 2; text-align:center collapsed Week Twelve: New York Giants (0–3) at Detroit Lions (2–1) November 25, 1982 Thursday 12:00 p.m. EST Giants 0 0 6 7 Lions 3 3 0 0 Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan Indoors (dome) Tom Dooley CBS Pat Summerall and John Madden Pro-Football-Reference.com First quarter DET – Eddie Murray 46-yard field goal. Lions 3–0. Drive: Second quarter DET – Eddie Murray 44-yard field goal. Lions 6–0. Drive: Third quarter NYG – Joe Danelo 34-yard field goal. Lions 6–3. Drive: NYG – Joe Danelo 40-yard field goal. Tie 6–6. Drive: Fourth quarter NYG – Lawrence Taylor 97-yard interception return (Joe Danelo kick). Giants 13–7. Top passers NYG – Scott Brunner – 12/28, 136 yards, 2 INT DET – Gary Danielson – 12/19, 125 yards, 3 INT Top rushers NYG – Butch Woolfolk – 21 rushes, 87 yards DET – Billy Sims – 26 rushes, 114 yards Top receivers NYG – Johnny Perkins – 5 receptions, 80 yards DET – Mark Nichols – 3 receptions, 49 yards Playoffs Lions 0 0 7 0 Redskins 10 14 7 0 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 12:30 p.m. EST 46 °F °C 1 or, cloudy CBS Dick Stockton and Roger Staubach Tom Dooley 55,045 The Redskins jumped to a 24–0 lead en route to a 31–7 victory over the Lions. Records Regular-season record First team with a losing record (4–5, .444) to qualify for the playoffs. Shared with Cleveland Browns Worst regular-season record (4–5, .444) to qualify for the playoffs. Shared with Cleveland Browns. Broken by the 2010 Seattle Seahawks and later matched by the 2020 Washington Football Team (7–9, .438). 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