2000 Detroit Lions season

2000 Detroit Lions season
Head coach Bobby Ross
Gary Moeller
General manager Chuck Schmidt
Owner William Clay Ford, Sr.
Home field Pontiac Silverdome
Results
Record 9–7
Division place 4th NFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify
Pro Bowlers 2
Uniform

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.

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

2000 Detroit Lions draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 20 Stockar McDougle  Tackle Oklahoma
2 50 Barrett Green  Linebacker West Virginia
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

2000 Detroit Lions staff
Front Office

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  

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


Rookies in italics
 53 Active, 3 Inactive, 4 Practice squad

Preseason

GameDateOpponentResultLions pointsOpponents
1August 4New England PatriotsLoss1013
2August 12Buffalo BillsWin1513
3August 18at Oakland RaidersLoss1723
4August 25at Cincinnati BengalsWin2113

[1]

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result TV Attendance
1 September 3, 2000 at New Orleans Saints W 14–10 FOX
64,900
2 September 10, 2000 Washington Redskins W 15–10 FOX
74,159
3 September 17, 2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 31–10 FOX
76,928
4 September 24, 2000 at Chicago Bears W 21–14 FOX
66,944
5 October 1, 2000 Minnesota Vikings L 31–24 FOX
76,438
6 October 8, 2000 Green Bay Packers W 31–24 FOX
77,549
7 BYE
8 October 19, 2000 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 28–14 ESPN
65,557
9 October 29, 2000 at Indianapolis Colts L 30–18 FOX
56,971
10 November 5, 2000 Miami Dolphins L 23–8 FOX
77,813
11 November 12, 2000 Atlanta Falcons W 13–10 FOX
74,309
12 November 19, 2000 at New York Giants W 31–21 FOX
77,897
13 November 23, 2000 New England Patriots W 34–9 CBS
77,923
14 November 30, 2000 at Minnesota Vikings L 24–17 FOX
64,214
15 December 10, 2000 at Green Bay Packers L 26–13 ESPN
59,854
16 December 17, 2000 at New York Jets W 10–7 FOX
77,513
17 December 24, 2000 Chicago Bears L 23–20 FOX
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

References

  1. 1 2 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 2010-04-09.
  4. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
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