2000 Detroit Lions season

2000 Detroit Lions season
2000 Detroit Lions season
Owner	William Clay Ford, Sr.
Head coach	Bobby Ross; Gary Moeller
General manager	Chuck Schmidt
Home field	Pontiac Silverdome
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	4th NFC Central
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	3 DT Luther Elliss; LB Stephen Boyd; KR Desmond Howard;
Uniform
	← 1999; Lions seasons; 2001 →;

The 2000 season was the Detroit Lions' 71st in the National Football League (NFL). After a wildcard playoff appearance with an 8–8 record in 1999, the Lions improved to 9–7 in 2000, but missed the playoffs thanks to a Christmas Eve home loss to the 4–11 Chicago Bears.

This was the Lions' sixth winning season 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.

Head coach Bobby Ross resigned after the ninth game of the season and was replaced by Gary Moeller.^[1]

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
2000 Detroit Lions draft
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

Head Coach – Bobby Ross

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 –
Quality Control/Offense –

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Larry Peccatiello
Defensive Line – Brian Baker
Linebackers – Gary Moeller
Defensive Backs –
Defensive Assistant –
Quality Control/Defense –

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 final roster**

	Quarterbacks 10 Charlie Batch 15 Stoney Case 16 Cory Sauter Running backs 31 Mario Bates 33 Sedrick Irvin 26 Brock Olivo FB 30 Cory Schlesinger FB 34 James Stewart Wide receivers 82 Germane Crowell 17 Larry Foster 80 Desmond Howard 84 Herman Moore 87 Johnnie Morton 83 Brian Stablein Tight ends 81 Alfred Pupunu 89 Walter Rasby 86 David Sloan		Offensive linemen 74 James Atkins T 79 Eric Beverly C 65 Kerlin Blaise G 76 Barrett Brooks T 77 Mike Compton G 64 Jeff Hartings G 73 Stockar McDougle T 72 Ray Roberts T 62 Tony Semple G Defensive linemen 95 Jared DeVries DE 94 Luther Elliss DT 63 James Hall DE 98 James Jones DT 67 Travis Kirschke DT 91 Robert Porcher DE 93 Kelvin Pritchett DE 97 Tracy Scroggins DE		Linebackers 55 Allen Aldridge OLB 57 Stephen Boyd MLB 50 Chris Claiborne OLB 54 Barrett Green OLB 52 Scott Kowalkowski MLB 58 Clint Kriewaldt OLB 59 Kevin O'Neill Defensive backs 44 Corwin Brown FS 27 J. B. Brown CB 39 Lamar Campbell CB 23 Terry Fair CB 25 Jeremy Lincoln CB 28 Ron Rice SS 45 Kurt Schulz FS 29 Kywin Supernaw SS 41 Darnell Walker CB Special teams 4 Jason Hanson K 19 John Jett P		Reserve lists 21 Reuben Droughns RB (IR) 71 Aaron Gibson T (IR) 18 Mike Tomczak QB (IR) 32 Bryant Westbrook CB (IR) 35 Jimmy Wyrick FS (IR) Practice squad 90 DT 9 Henry Douglas WR 12 WR 46 FB 70 T Rookies in italics

Preseason[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	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 10–31	76,928
4	September 24	at Chicago Bears	W 21–14	66,944
5	October 1	Minnesota Vikings	L 24–31	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 18–30	56,971
10	November 5	Miami Dolphins	L 8–23	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 17–24	64,214
15	December 10	at Green Bay Packers	L 13–26	59,854
16	December 17	at New York Jets	W 10–7	77,513
17	December 24	Chicago Bears	L 20–23	71,957

Game summaries[]

Week 6[]

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Standings[]

NFC Central
view talk	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
⁽²⁾ Minnesota Vikings	11	5	0	.688	397	371	L3
⁽⁵⁾ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	6	0	.625	388	269	L1
Green Bay Packers	9	7	0	.563	353	323	W4
Detroit Lions	9	7	0	.563	307	307	L1
Chicago Bears	5	11	0	.313	216	355	W1

References[]

^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 114
^ "All-Time Coaches". DetroitLions.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com

External links[]

[1] NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 114

[2] "All-Time Coaches". DetroitLions.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

[3] Pro-Football-Reference.com

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