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2000 Detroit Lions season
Head Coach Bobby Ross
Gary Moeller
General Manager Chuck Schmidt
Home Field Pontiac Silverdome
Results
Record 9–7
Place 4th NFC Central
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Pro Bowlers
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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  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

  • Special Teams – Chuck Priefer

Strength and Conditioning

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

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Roster[]

2000 Detroit Lions 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
  • 46 Joe O'Neill FB


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

Preseason[]

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Game Date Opponent Result Lions points Opponents
1 August 4 New England Patriots Loss 10 13
2 August 12 Buffalo Bills Win 15 13
3 August 18 at Oakland Raiders Loss 17 23
4 August 25 at Cincinnati Bengals Win 21 13

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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 CBS
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[]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Packers 0 6 11 7 24
• Lions 10 14 7 0 31

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Standings[]

Template:2000 NFC Central standings

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20100323011245/http://www.detroitlions.com/team/history/all-time-coaches.html. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  4. Pro-Football-Reference.com

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