PRESEASON WEEK 3: DETROIT LIONS VS. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS MEDIA INFORMATION GAME INFORMATION 2013 DETROIT LIONS SCHEDULE DETROIT LIONS VS. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (*** DATES AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE ***) Date: ............................................................Thursday, August 22 PRESEASON (1-1) Kickoff:...................................................................... 7: 30 p.m. ET 8/9 NEW YORK JETS W, 26-17 Stadium: ........................................................................ Ford Field 8/15 at Cleveland L, 6-24 Capacity: ..............................................................................64,500 8/22 NEW ENGLAND WXYZ Ch. 7 7:30 p.m. Playing Surface: ........................................................... FieldTurf 8/29 at Buffalo WXYZ Ch. 7 7:00 p.m. 2012 Records: ................................. Lions 4-12; Patriots 12-4 REGULAR SEASON TELEVISION 9/8 MINNESOTA FOX 1:00 p.m. Network: ............................................................WXYZ-TV ABC 7 9/15 at Arizona FOX 4:05 p.m. Play-By-Play: ........................................................Matt Shepard 9/22 at Washington FOX 1:00 p.m. Color: ............................................................................ Rob Rubick 9/29 CHICAGO FOX 1:00 p.m. Sideline: .................................................................... Tom Leyden 10/6 at Green Bay FOX 1:00 p.m. LIONS RADIO NETWORK 10/13 at Cleveland FOX 1:00 p.m. Flagship: ................................ 97.1 FM The Ticket (WXYT-FM) 10/20 CINCINNATI CBS 1:00 p.m. Play-By-Play: .............................................................Dan Miller 10/27 DALLAS FOX 1:00 p.m. Color: .................................................................Jim Brandstatter 11/3 ***BYE WEEK*** Sidelines: ......................................................................Tony Ortiz 11/10 at Chicago FOX 1:00 p.m. 11/17 at Pittsburgh FOX 1:00 p.m. SERIES INFORMATION 11/ 24 TAMPA BAY FOX 1:00 p.m. The Lions-Patriots series began with a 34-7 Detroit victory 11/28 GREEN BAY FOX# 12:30 p.m. on September 26, 1971 in Schaefer Stadium (renamed Fox- 12/8 at Philadelphia FOX 1:00 p.m. boro Stadium). 12/16 BALTIMORE ESPN# 8:40 p.m. ¾ The Lions have played the Patriots seven times in the 12/22 NEW YORK GIANTS FOX 4:05 p.m. preseason, with Detroit holding a 5-2-0 advantage. New 12/ 29 at Minnesota FOX 1:00 p.m. England holds the regular season edge at 6-4-0. ¾ All times ET; Home Games in BOLD CAPS; # National TV ¾ The last regular season meeting occurred November 25, ¾ FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING: NFL Sunday games during flexible 2010 when the Lions fell to the Patriots, 45-24. Weeks 11-17 are subject to change 12 days in advance. For SERIES BY THE NUMBERS Week 17 the schedule is subject to change six days in advance. Preseason Record vs. Patriots ...........................................5-2-0 Games are subject to move to different time slots but dates will Regular Season Record vs. Patriots .................................4-6-0 remain as announced. Home Record vs. Patriots....................................................2-3-0 Record at Ford Field .............................................................0-2-0 MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Road Record vs. Patriots .....................................................2-3-0 Matt Barnhart ....................Director of Media Relations Record at Gillette Stadium .................................................0-1-0 ¾ [email protected] Last Game: ................................. Det, 24 vs. NE, 45 (11/25/10) Deanna Caldwell ................. Manager of Media Services ¾ [email protected] 2012 STATISTICAL COMPARISON Eamonn Reynolds .............. Media Information Manager OFFENSE DET Rk NE Rk ¾ [email protected] Points/Game 23.3 17 34.8 1 Bill Keenist .....................Senior VP of Communications Total Offense 408.8 3 427.9 1 ¾ [email protected] Rushing Offense 100.8 23 136.5 7 Passing Offense 307.9 2 291.4 4 GAME CREDENTIALS 3rd Down Offense % 42.5 2 48.7 1 Applications for media credentials for 2013 Detroit Lions Red Zone Efficiency 60.0 5 70.0 1 home games are being accepted via Media.Detroitlions. Giveaways 33 30 16 1 com. Applicants must complete the credential application DEFENSE DET Rk NE Rk form through Media.Detroitlions.com. Requests are only Points/Game 27.3 27 20.7 9t being accepted on a game-by-game basis and must be Total Defense 341.1 13 373.3 25 submitted by Noon Mon. of each game week. Rushing Defense 118.1 16 101.9 9 Passing Defense 223.1 13 271.4 29 MEDIA.DETROITLIONS.COM 3rd Down Defense % 36.5 12 40.0 22 Media.Detroitlions.com is the team’s media-only Internet Red Zone Efficiency 51.3 12 52.2 13 site. Information on the site includes the daily schedules, Takeaways 17 30 41 1 press releases, news clippings, statistics, updated rosters and current depth chart. Individual registration is required. DETROIT LIONS GAME INFORMATION LIONS-PATRIOTS CONNECTIONS ¾ Patriots head coach Bill Belichick joined the Lions WHAT TO WATCH FOR coaching staff in 1976 as an assistant special teams coach. His first coaching job was with the Lions tight SHOW YOUR STUFF ends and wide receivers in 1977. Lions head coach Jim With a win under their belt after defeating the New York Schwartz was a college and pro scout for the Browns Jets in Week 1 of the preseason, last Thursday’s game while Belichick was the head coach from 1993-1995. against the Browns presented an opportunity for players to ¾ Schwartz worked as a college and pro scout for the further showcase themselves in the lineup. Head Coach Jim Browns from 1993-95 while Patriots special teams coach Schwartz, however, felt that the team failed to capitalize Scott O’Brien served as special teams coach. Schwartz on chances throughout the game on both the offensive and (defensive assistant) also served with O’Brien (special defensive sides of the ball, resulting in a 24-6 loss. teams coach) with the Baltimore Ravens from 1996-98. ¾ Lions offensive coordinatorS cott Linehan was the of- Schwartz on the opportunity for players to rise to the fensive coordinator while O’Brien was the coordinator of occasion: “We missed this opportunity. It was a great football operations/assistant to the head coach with the chance for other guys to step up.” Miami Dolphins in 2005. ¾ Lions assistant head coach/defensive coordinator Gun- Specifically on offense, with WRCalvin Johnson on the ther Cunningham was the Chiefs defensive coordinator sidelines, the Lions’ young receiver corps saw extensive while Patriots receivers coach Chad O’Shea assisted playing time across the board. A stingy Browns pass-rush with special teams and linebackers with KC in 2004-05. allowed for minimal production through the air, though, ¾ Lions offensive line coachJeremiah Washburn (football something Schwartz said he had hoped to improve on in the operations assistant) worked alongside O’Brien (special team’s first road test. teams coach) with the Carolina Panthers in 2002. PRO CONNECTIONS Schwartz on the lack of a vertical threat against the ¾ Lions CB Ron Bartell played with Patriots WR Danny Browns: “We had some shots schemed in there, but the Amendola in St. Louis from 2009-2011 and TE Daniel opportunity didn’t really come out to be able to get them Fells from 2008-2010. out there. Regardless of whether you throw it deep or ¾ Lions RB Reggie Bush and Patriots LB Rob Ninkovich you throw it underneath, you’ve got to be able to get were teammates on the New Orleans Saints (2006, 2008). some chunks in the game somewhere and when I say ¾ Lions WR Nate Burleson was a teammate of Patriots LB ‘chunks’, I mean plus-twenty plays.” Niko Koutouvides in Seattle in 2006 and 2007. In addition, penalties and miscommunication prevented any COLLEGE CONNECTIONS. consistency within the Lions’ positional rotations through- ¾ Lions DT Ndamukong Suh and Patriots CB Alfonzo Den- out the game. A personal foul on DT Ndamukong Suh in the nard played together at Nebraska from 2008-09. first quarter on Browns QB Brandon Weeden resulted in a ¾ Lions DT Andre Fluellen and Patriots RB Leon Wash- 15-yard gain, and additional calls on RB Reggie Bush and ington played with each other at Florida State (2004-05). DE Willie Young granted the Browns favorable field posi- ¾ Lions RB Mikel Leshoure and Patriots DL Michael Bu- tion on three different occasions. With players competing for chanan, DB Justin Green, TE Michael Hoomanawanui roster spots, Schwartz acknowledged that minimizing pen- and DB Tavon Wilson all played for Illinois in 2009. alties is imperative if the team is to improve moving forward. ¾ Lions S Amari Spievey and T Riley Reiff and Patriots LB A.J. Edds, DL Marcus Benard, LB Jeff Tarpinian and OL Schwartz on personal fouls: “That’s another thing Markus Zusevics all played at Iowa in 2009. we’ve got to do a better job of. It doesn’t matter what happens out there. Reggie (Bush) got hit right in the back 2013 DETROIT LIONS PRONUNCIATION CHART after a play, but that doesn’t give any reason to go put PLAYER our offense in a worse position by getting 15. The cov- Ezekiel Ansah ...................................................ZEEK-e-all AHN-sa erage has a great coverage and then (Ndamukong) Suh Joique Bell .................................................................................... JOIK gets a personal foul. Regardless of what you think of the Nate Burleson .............................................................. BURL-uh-sun Louis Delmas .......................................................................