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DETROIT LIONS WEEKLY RELEASE WEEK 5 VS. CAROLINA PANTHERS MEDIA INFORMATION GAME INFORMATION 2017 DETROIT LIONS SCHEDULE DETROIT LIONS (3-1) VS. CAROLINA PANTHERS (3-1) PRESEASON (2-2) Date: .............................................. Sunday, October 8 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT Kickoff: .....................................................1:00 p.m. ET 8/13 at Indianapolis Colts WJBK-TV FOX 2 W, 24-10 Stadium: .......................................................Ford Field 8/19 NEW YORK JETS WJBK-TV FOX 2 W, 16-6 Capacity: ...........................................................64,500 8/25 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS WJBK-TV FOX 2 L, 28-30 Playing Surface: ..........................................FieldTurf 2016 Records: ................Lions 9-7; Panthers 6-10 8/31 at Buffalo Bills WJBK-TV FOX 2 L, 17-27 TELEVISION: FOX Play-By-Play: ........................................Kenny Albert REGULAR SEASON (3-1) Analyst: ................................................ Charles Davis DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT Sideline: .................................................... Pam Oliver 9/10 ARIZONA CARDINALS FOX W, 35-23 LIONS RADIO NETWORK 9/18 at New York Giants ESPN# W, 24-10 Flagship: ...........................News Talk 760 | WJR-AM 9/24 ATLANTA FALCONS FOX L, 26-30 Play-By-Play: .............................................Dan Miller 10/1 at Minnesota Vikings FOX W, 14-7 Color: ...............................................Jim Brandstatter 10/8 CAROLINA PANTHERS FOX 1:00 p.m. NATIONAL RADIO: WESTWOOD ONE 10/15 at New Orleans Saints FOX 1:00 p.m. Play-By-Play: .......................................... John Sadak 10/22 ***BYE WEEK*** Color: .........................................................Ross Tucker 10/29 PITTSBURGH STEELERS NBC# 8:30 p.m. SERIES INFORMATION 11/6 at Green Bay Packers ESPN# 8:30 p.m. Detroit (3-1) returns home in Week 5 to face the Carolina Pan- 11/12 CLEVELAND BROWNS CBS 1:00 p.m. thers (3-1). The Lions recorded back-to-back road wins at Min- 11/19 at Chicago Bears FOX 1:00 p.m. nesota for the first time since 1990-91 with a 14-7 win over the 11/23 MINNESOTA VIKINGS FOX# 12:30 p.m. Vikings in Week 4, while the Panthers knocked off New England 12/3 at Baltimore Ravens FOX 1:00 p.m. 33-30. The Lions and Panthers have met only seven previous 12/10 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers FOX 1:00 p.m. times, including most recently in 2014 when Carolina won 24-7 12/16 CHICAGO BEARS NFLN# 4:30 p.m. (9/14/14). Carolina holds the edge in the all-time series, 5-2-0. 12/24 at Cincinnati Bengals FOX 1:00 p.m. SERIES BY THE NUMBERS 12/31 GREEN BAY PACKERS FOX 1:00 p.m. Regular Season Record vs. Car: ....................................................2-5-0 # Nationally Televised Home Record vs. Car: ........................................................................ 1-1-0 Record at Ford Field: ......................................................................... 1-1-0 Road Record vs. Car:......................................................................... 1-4-0 FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS Record at Bank of America Stadium: .......................................... 1-4-0 Matt Barnhart ....................... Director of Football Communications Last Game: .................................................... DET 7 at CAR 24 (9/14/14) ¾ [email protected] Eamonn Reynolds ................. Asst. Director, Football Communications 2017 STATISTICAL COMPARISON ¾ [email protected] OFFENSE DET Rk CAR Rk Deanna Caldwell ................... Manager of Football Media Services Points/Game 24.8 10 19.5 20 ¾ [email protected] Total Offense 299.8 24 318.5 22 Solomon Williams................. Coordinator of Football Communications Rushing Offense 97.0 19 116.3 13 Passing Offense 202.8 19 202.3 20 [email protected] 3rd Down Offense % 36.8 23 51.9 1 Bill Keenist ............................. Senior Vice President of Communications Red Zone Efficiency 60.0 9t 38.5 28t ¾ [email protected] Giveaways 2 5 7 24t MEDIA.DETROITLIONS.COM DEFENSE DET Rk CAR Rk Media.Detroitlions.com is the team’s media-dedicated Inter- Points/Game 17.5 4t 17.5 4t net site. Information on the site includes the daily schedules, Total Defense 322.5 15 282.0 4 press releases, news clippings, statistics, updated rosters and Rushing Defense 86.3 7 87.3 8t current depth chart. Individual registration is required. Passing Defense 236.3 21 194.8 7t 3rd Down Defense % 37.0 9 38.0 16 Red Zone Efficiency 50.0 13t 62.5 23t Takeaways 11 1t 2 28t WEEKLY RELEASE CALDWELL’S FOURTH SEASON IN DETROIT JIM CALDWELL COACHING OVERVIEW Head Coach ¾ Hired as head coach for the Detroit Lions January 14, 2014. Years with Lions: 4 ¾ In 16 previous NFL seasons, Caldwell has worked on coaching Years as NFL Head Coach: 7 staffs that have led teams to 13 winning seasons and only Years in NFL: 17 twice finished below .500. Overall, Caldwell’s teams he coached for have compiled a 168-92 regular season record, along with 14 playoff appearances, eight division titles, three conference championships and two Super Bowl wins. ¾ As an NFL head coach (six seasons), Caldwell has led a team to 11+ wins twice (14 with Indianapolis in 2009, 11 with Detroit in 2014). Coached in three Super Bowls with REACHING 30 WINS Indianapolis (XLI and XLIV) and Baltimore (XLVII) and won With two playoff appearances in his first three years, Jim two Super Bowl titles (Ind and Bal). Caldwell has established himself as one of the most successful ¾ In his first year as head coach for IND (2009), he won the AFC head coaches in recent franchise history. In his 52nd game as Championship and led the franchise to Super Bowl XLIV. He the Lions Head Coach (Week 4 at Min; 10/1/17), Caldwell led the became the first NFL coach to win his first 14 games and the team to a 14-7 win at Minnesota and recorded his 30th overall fifth rookie head coach to reach the Super Bowl. win since joining the Lions in 2014. By reaching 30 career wins ¾ One of four head coaches to produce 24+ regular-season with the club in 52 games, he became the fastest Lions head wins and a Super Bowl berth in their first two career seasons coach to reach 30 career wins since Head Coach Buddy Parker, as head coach. who recorded 30 wins in 41 games (1951-54). His overall record ¾ From 2003-09, Caldwell was the Colts quarterbacks coach and with the Lions stands at 30-22 (.577). was also promoted to assistant head coach and associate Beginning his football coaching career in 1977 as a graduate head coach during that time. He worked closely with QB assistant at his alma mater, the University of Iowa, 2017 marks Peyton Manning and the team’s quarterbacks. During that Caldwell's 40th consecutive season coaching football. span, Indianapolis set NFL records with seven consecutive seasons finishing with 11+ wins (6, Dallas 1976-81) and 12+ 100 CLUB victories (4, Dallas, 1992-95). With a 14-7 win over Minnesota in Week 4 of the 2017 season, ¾ After being appointed Ravens offensive coordinator in Caldwell logged his 56th overall win in his 100th career regular December 2012, Baltimore went on to win five of its next season game. His career record as a head coach (30-22 in DET; seven games, including Super Bowl XLVII. During that span, 26-22 in IND) now stands at 56-44 (.560). the offense averaged 400.6 yards per game, including an LIONS FINISH 9-7 IN 2016, EARN PLAYOFF BERTH average of 410.3 yards per game during the four playoff wins. The Lions finished the 2016 season with a record of 9-7 and CALDWELL’S HEAD COACHING RECORD earned the team’s second playoff berth in the past three REGULAR SEASON seasons. The last time the Lions made the playoffs twice in a Year Team G W L T Pct Result three-year span was 1997 and 1999. 2009 Ind 16 14 2 0 .875 1st AFC South ¾ By earning a playoff berth in 2016, Caldwell joins Buddy 2010 Ind 16 10 6 0 .625 1st AFC South 2011 Ind 16 2 14 0 .125 4th AFC South Parker (1952, 1953) and Bobby Ross (1997, 1999) as the only 2014 Det 16 11 5 0 .688 2nd NFC North coaches in Lions history to lead the team to the playoffs 2015 Det 16 7 9 0 .438 3rd NFC North twice in their first three seasons with the club. 2016 Det 16 9 7 0 .563 2nd NFC North 2017 Det 4 3 1 0 .750 - EIGHT COMEBACK WINS IN 2016 Totals 100 56 44 0 .560 The Lions finished the 2016 season with a record of 9-7. In eight of the team's nine wins, the Lions trailed in the fourth quarter and POSTSEASON Year Team G W L T Pct Playoff Berth went on to win the game. Detroit set a new NFL record, surpassing 2009 Ind 3 2 1 0 .667 Super Bowl XLIV the previous total of seven set by the 2009 Indianapolis Colts 2010 Ind 1 0 1 0 .000 AFC Wild Card (also coached by Jim Caldwell), for the most wins in a season 2014 Det 1 0 1 0 .000 NFC Wild Card after trailing in the fourth quarter. 2016 Det 1 0 1 0 .000 NFC Wild Card Totals 6 2 4 0 .333 OVERALL G W L T Pct Regular Season 100 56 44 0 .560 Postseason 6 2 4 0 .333 Totals 106 58 48 0 .547 WEEKLY RELEASE QUINN MAKES HIS MARK BOB QUINN ¾ While working for the New England Patriots, he helped Executive Vice President and contribute to one of the most impressive stretches in NFL General Manager history, one that produced four Super Bowl titles, including Years with Lions: 2 the most recent championship in 2014 (Super Bowl XLIX). Years in NFL: 18 Since 2000, Quinn’s first year with New England, the Patriots have won six AFC Championships, 13 AFC East titles, 12+ games in a season 10 times (which includes the past six years) and 10+ games in 14 of his 16 seasons.