2018 DETROIT LIONS SCHEDULE WEEK 3: DETROIT LIONS VS NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS PRESEASON (1-3) Date: ..........................................Sunday, September 23 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT Kickoff: ........................................................ 8:20 p.m. ET 8/10 at Oakland Raiders WJBK-TV FOX 2 L, 10-16 Stadium: ...........................................................Ford Field 8/17 NEW YORK GIANTS WJBK-TV FOX 2 L, 17-30 Capacity: ...............................................................64,500 8/24 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers CBS# W, 33-30 Playing Surface: ..............................................FieldTurf 8/30 CLEVELAND BROWNS WJBK-TV FOX 2 L, 17-35 TELEVISION: NBC Play-By-Play: ................................................Al Michaels REGULAR SEASON (0-2) Analyst: ...............................................Cris Collinsworth DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT Sideline: ..................................................Michele Tafoya 9/10 NEW YORK JETS ESPN# L, 17-48 NATIONAL RADIO: WESTWOOD ONE 9/16 at San Francisco 49ers FOX L, 27-30 Play-By-Play: ..............................................Kevin Kugler 9/23 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NBC# 8:20 p.m. Analyst: ...................................................... Mike Mayock 9/30 at Dallas Cowboys FOX 1:00 p.m. LIONS RADIO NETWORK 10/7 GREEN BAY PACKERS FOX 1:00 p.m. Flagship: ...................................................... WJR-760 AM 10/14 ***BYE WEEK*** Play-By-Play: ................................................. Dan Miller 10/21 at Miami Dolphins FOX 1:00 p.m. Analyst: ......................................................Lomas Brown 10/28 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS FOX 1:00 p.m. SERIES INFORMATION 11/4 at Minnesota Vikings FOX 1:00 p.m. The Lions (0-2-0) return to Ford Field to face the New England Pa- 11/11 at Chicago Bears FOX 1:00 p.m. triots (1-1-0) in the team’s second primetime matchup of the 2018 11/18 CAROLINA PANTHERS FOX 1:00 p.m. season. The last time the two clubs met, the Patriots defeated De- 11/22 CHICAGO BEARS CBS# 12:30 p.m. troit 34-9 at Gillette Stadium, November 23, 2014. The Patriots lead 12/2 LOS ANGELES RAMS FOX 1:00 p.m. the all-time series with a 7-4-0 record. 12/9 at Arizona Cardinals FOX 4:25 p.m. SERIES BY THE NUMBERS 12/16 at Buffalo Bills FOX 1:00 p.m. Regular Season Record vs. NE ...................................................... 4-7-0 12/23 MINNESOTA VIKINGS FOX 1:00 p.m. Home Record vs. NE: .........................................................................2-3-0 12/30 at Green Bay Packers FOX 1:00 p.m. Record at Ford Field .........................................................................0-2-0 # Nationally Televised Road Record vs. NE ...........................................................................2-4-0 Record at Gillette Stadium ............................................................0-2-0 LIONS ONLINE MEDIA GUIDE Last Game (Regular Season): ..................Det 9 at NE 34 (11/23/14) Launched in 2016, the Detroit Lions Media Guide is now also 2018 STATISTICAL COMPARISON available through a new interactive platform on NFLOMG.com. OFFENSE DET Rk NE Rk Designed to be a one-stop shop for all users, the new online Points/Game 22.0 18t 23.5 13t media guide features standard media guide information, Total Offense 383.0 11 345.5 20 weekly game releases, in-game player tracking features, as Rushing Offense 68.5 30 102.0 18t well as statistical reports generated directly from NFL GSIS. Passing Offense 314.5 6 243.5 18 USERNAME: Your Email; PASSWORD: LionsMedia 3rd Down Offense % 34.4 22 30.8 26 Red Zone Efficiency 33.3 27t 66.6 9t FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS Giveaways 6 31t 4 20t Eamonn Reynolds .............Director of Football Communications DEFENSE DET Rk NE Rk ¾ [email protected] Points/Game 39.0 31t 25.5 20t Deanna Ivey .........................Manager of Football Media Services Total Defense 347.5 16 403.0 28 ¾ [email protected] Rushing Defense 179.5 32 135.5 27 Solomon Williams .............Coordinator of Football Communications Passing Defense 168.0 4 267.5 23 ¾ [email protected] 3rd Down Defense % 36.0 13 48.0 28t Greg Maiola .........................Coordinator of Football Communications Red Zone Efficiency 33.3 5 50.0 12t ¾ [email protected] Takeaways 2 19t 4 6t 1 LEADER OF THE PRIDE PATRICIA HIRED TO LEAD LIONS ON FEB. 5, 2018 MATT PATRICIA As Detroit’s 27th coach in franchise history, Patricia has Head Coach emphasized the dedication and passion to championship-caliber Seasons with Lions: 1 football that has defined him throughout his coaching career. "I want to represent the Seasons in NFL: 15 toughness of this city. We will be organized. We will be detailed. We will teach and develop our players and our coaches. We will PATRICIA'S COACHING HISTORY be passionate. We will love YEAR TEAM POSITION and respect the game, and 2018- Detroit Lions Head Coach we will be committed to 2012-17 New England Patriots Defensive Coordinator 2011 New England Patriots Safeties winning." 2006-10 New England Patriots Linebackers 2005 New England Patriots Assistant Offensive Line WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT PATRICIA 2004 New England Patriots Coaching Assistant Lions Executive Vice President & General Manager Bob 2001-03 Syracuse Graduate Assistant Quinn: “When we launched the search for our next head coach, 1999-2000 Amherst Defensive Line I wanted to find a leader that could take us to the next level 1996 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Graduate Assistant and I am confident we have found that in Matt Patricia. Matt COACHING OVERVIEW is driven to succeed, has extreme passion for the game and excels in preparation. He embodies the same hard-working, Patricia spent 14 seasons as a member of the New England blue-collar attributes that represent our organization and the Patriots coaching staff, including stints on both sides of the great City of Detroit.” ball. He brings to Detroit more than 20 years of coaching experience in the college and professional ranks. In all 14 of Lions OL Graham Glasgow on what he senses from Patricia & his seasons at the Patriots, New England finished with 10 or how he's laid out what he wants to do with this team: “He’s more wins. always just down to brass tacks. He’s very straight forward ¾ Three-time Super Bowl champion (XXXIX, XLIX, LI). and his goals are to win and to just win every week. And that’s ¾ Six AFC Championships and 13 AFC East Championships. something that all of us can get behind.” ¾ In Patricia’s six seasons (2012-17) coordinating the Patriots defense, the club accumulated an NFL-best 75-21 (.781) record in that span. ¾ Patricia's defense ranked 2nd in points allowed (19.2), fourth in games allowing 20 points or fewer (53) and 2nd in games allowing 17 points or fewer (47) over the course of those six seasons. ¾ Reached 12 or more wins in 11 out of 14 seasons as a member of the Patriots coaching staff. ¾ Patricia’s six seasons overseeing New England’s defense led to the sixth-most takeaways (157) during that span, while they also accumulated an NFL-best +71 turnover differential. ¾ In Patricia’s final year as defensive coordinator in 2017, the Patriots held teams to 20 points or fewer in 11 games (2nd in Lions LB Jarrad Davis on what he learned about Patricia in NFL), including 10 games with 17 or fewer. the offseason & how much of a difference a coach can be in the NFL: “It can be a huge difference. The way he came in, honestly, just set the tone right away. You know, he came in, he laid down the law, he gave us the rules and he came in with energy. He wasn’t saying, ‘Oh, this is how it’s going to be.’ He came in, he made it clear, gave us the expectations, and now we have something we can chase." Lions G T.J. Lang on his first impressions of Patricia: “He’s won quite a few championships and knows the way it’s supposed to go, knows how winning football looks. Excited to have him as a coach... Anytime you get a chance to work with a guy with such a great resume that he has, you’ve obviously got to be excited about that.” 2 QUINN MAKES HIS MARK PATRIOTS PAST BOB QUINN During his time with New England, Quinn served a number of roles in the player personnel department, including most Executive Vice President and recently as Director of Pro Scouting from 2012-15. While he General Manager worked as Director of Pro Scouting, the Patriots won Super Bowl XLIX and four-straight AFC East Division championships. Seasons with Lions: 3 ¾ From 2009-2012, Quinn was the Assistant Director of Pro Personnel. For the previous nine years, Quinn worked in Seasons in NFL: 19 several different capacities within the Patriots player personnel department, including roles in college scouting as a National Scout and Regional Scout. He played an integral BUILDING FOR SUCCESS role in evaluating and procuring talent for the team through In 2016, his first season at the helm, Quinn became the Lions’ the NFL draft process, free agency, trades, etc. first general manager to guide the team to the playoffs in his ¾ While working for the New England Patriots, he helped inaugural season since Nick Kerbawy in 1952. contribute to one of the most impressive stretches in NFL ¾ Entering his third season, Quinn's ongoing commitment to history, one that produced four Super Bowl titles. Since improve all aspects of the club's football operations was 2000, Quinn’s first year with New England, the Patriots highlighted by naming Matt Patricia the team's new head have won six AFC Championships, 13 AFC East titles, 12+ coach in 2018. games in a season 10 times (which includes the past six ¾ Along with the nearly 40-percent changeover and upgrade to years) and 10+ games in 14 of his 16 seasons.