2000 Detroit Lions season

The 2000 Detroit Lions season was the team’s 71st season in the National Football League. Coming off of a Wildcard playoff appearance with an 8–8 record in 1999, the Lions improved to finish 9–7, but missed the playoffs thanks to a Christmas Eve home loss to the 4-11 Chicago Bears.

2000 Detroit Lions season
Head coachBobby Ross
Gary Moeller
General managerChuck Schmidt
OwnerWilliam Clay Ford, Sr.
Home fieldPontiac Silverdome
Results
Record9–7
Division place4th NFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers
Uniform

This would be the Lions' sixth winning season, and seventh season at .500 or better, in 10 years -- capping one of the best decades in the franchise's history. It was also the franchise's last winning season until 2011.

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]

Offseason

NFL Draft
Main article: 2000 NFL Draft
2000 Detroit Lions draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 20 Stockar McDougle  OT Oklahoma
2 50 Barrett Green  LB West Virginia
3 81 Reuben Droughns  RB Oregon
5 145 Todd Franz  S Tulsa
6 181 Quinton Reese  DE Auburn
7 253 Alfonso Boone  DT Mt. San Antonio
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff
2000 Detroit Lions staff
Front Office
  • Owner and Chairman – William Clay Ford, Sr.
  • Vice Chairman – William Clay Ford, Jr.
  • Executive Vice President and COO – Chuck Schmidt
  • Vice President of Football Operations – Larry Lee
  • Vice President of Player Personnel – Ron Hughes
  • Director of Pro Personnel – Sheldon White

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/Special Teams 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

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Bert Hill
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Rob Graf

[3]

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

  • 90 Carl Bradley DT
  •  9 Henry Douglas WR
  • 12 Rickey Hall WR
  • 46 Joe O'Neill FB


Rookies in italics
 active, inactive, practice squad

Preseason
Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site NFL.com
recap
1 August 4 New England Patriots L 10–13 0–1 Pontiac Silverdome Recap
2 August 12 Buffalo Bills W 15–13 1–1 Pontiac Silverdome Recap
3 August 18 at Oakland Raiders L 17–23 1–2 Network Associates Coliseum Recap
4 August 25 at Cincinnati Bengals W 21–13 2–2 Paul Brown Stadium Recap

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 3 at New Orleans Saints W 14–10
64,900
2 September 10 Washington Redskins W 15–10
74,159
3 September 17 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 31–10
76,928
4 September 24 at Chicago Bears W 21–14
66,944
5 October 1 Minnesota Vikings L 31–24
76,438
6 October 8 Green Bay Packers W 31–24
77,549
7 Bye
8 October 19 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 28–14
65,557
9 October 29 at Indianapolis Colts L 30–18
56,971
10 November 5 Miami Dolphins L 23–8
77,813
11 November 12 Atlanta Falcons W 13–10
74,309
12 November 19 at New York Giants W 31–21
77,897
13 November 23 New England Patriots W 34–9
77,923
14 November 30 at Minnesota Vikings L 24–17
64,214
15 December 10 at Green Bay Packers L 26–13
59,854
16 December 17 at New York Jets W 10–7
77,513
17 December 24 Chicago Bears L 23–20
71,957

Game summaries

Week 6
1 234Total
Packers 0 6117 24
• Lions 10 1470 31

[4]


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
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References
  1. 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 9 April 2010.
  4. Pro-Football-Reference.com
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