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LAR27

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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1996 Detroit LionsW1996 Detroit Lions↗

NFL · NFC Central · 5–11 (.312) · 5th in division · PF 302 · PA 368 · Coach Wayne Fontes · Did not qualify

◀ 1995 1997 ▶

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
1996-09-01	1	@ Minnesota Vikings	L 13–17	0–1	Metrodome	52,972
1996-09-08	2	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 21–6	1–1	Pontiac Silverdome	54,229
1996-09-15	3	@ Philadelphia Eagles	L 17–24	1–2		66,007
1996-09-22	4	vs Chicago Bears	W 35–16	2–2		70,022
1996-09-29	5	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 27–0	3–2	Houlihan's Stadium	34,961
1996-10-06	6	vs Atlanta Falcons	W 28–24	4–2	Pontiac Silverdome	58,666
1996-10-13	7	@ Oakland Raiders	L 21–37	4–3	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	50,037
1996-10-27	9	vs New York Giants	L 7–35	4–4	Pontiac Silverdome	63,501
1996-11-03	10	@ Green Bay Packers	L 18–28	4–5	Lambeau Field	60,695
1996-11-11	11	@ San Diego Chargers	L 21–27	4–6	Jack Murphy Stadium	60,425
1996-11-17	12	vs Seattle Seahawks	W 17–16	5–6	Silverdome	51,194
1996-11-24	13	@ Chicago Bears	L 14–31	5–7		55,864
1996-11-28	14	vs Kansas City Chiefs	L 24–28	5–8	Pontiac Silverdome	75,079
1996-12-08	15	vs Minnesota Vikings	L 22–24	5–9	Silverdome	46,043
1996-12-15	16	vs Green Bay Packers	L 3–31	5–10	Pontiac Silverdome	73,214
1996-12-23	17	@ San Francisco 49ers	L 14–24	5–11	3Com Park	61,921

Roster (59)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
1	Don Majkowski	QB	6-2	208	Virginia		ACT
12	Rick Strom	QB	6-2	197	Georgia Tech		CUT
13	Johnny Johnson	QB	6-1	202	Illinois		ACT
19	Scott Mitchell	QB	6-6	240	Utah		ACT
20	Barry Sanders	RB	5-8	200	Oklahoma State		ACT
26	Eric Lynch	RB	5-10	224	Grand Valley		ACT
30	Cory Schlesinger	RB	6-0	247	Nebraska		ACT
33	Glyn Milburn	RB	5-8	176	Stanford; Oklahoma		ACT
34	Ron Rivers	RB	5-8	207	Fresno State		ACT
10	Kez McCorvey	WR	6-0	180	Florida State		ACT
17	Miles Macik	WR	6-4	210	Penn		ACT
80	Brett Perriman	WR	5-9	180	Miami		ACT
83	Aubrey Matthews	WR	5-7	165	Delta State University; Mississippi Gulf Coast CC		ACT
84	Herman Moore	WR	6-4	218	Virginia		ACT
87	Johnnie Morton	WR	6-0	193	USC		ACT
48	Steve Brooks	TE	6-5	245	Occidental College		CUT
49	Eric Stocz	TE	6-4	258	Westminster College (PA)		ACT
81	Kevin Hickman	TE	6-4	258	Navy		RES
82	Derek Price	TE	6-3	240	Iowa; Mesa CC		ACT
86	David Sloan	TE	6-6	260	New Mexico; Fresno City College		RES
89	Pete Metzelaars	TE	6-7	254	Wabash College		ACT
24	Richard Woodley	DB	5-9	180	TCU		ACT
25	Greg Jeffries	DB	5-9	195	Virginia		ACT
27	Jocelyn Borgella	DB	5-10	180	Cincinnati		ACT
28	Ron Rice	DB	6-1	217	Eastern Michigan		ACT
31	Corey Raymond	DB	5-11	185	LSU		ACT
36	Bennie Blades	DB	6-0	221	Miami		ACT
38	Ryan Stewart	DB	6-1	207	Georgia Tech		ACT
39	Van Malone	DB	5-11	186	Texas		ACT
44	Brad Ford	DB	5-10	170	Alabama; Fresno City College		ACT
47	Ryan McNeil	DB	6-2	210	Miami		ACT
90	Keith Washington	DL	6-4	285	UNLV		ACT
91	Robert Porcher	DL	6-3	275	South Carolina State; Tennessee State		ACT
92	Shane Dronett	DL	6-6	300	Texas		ACT
93	Kerwin Waldroup	DL	6-3	260	Central State University, Oh; Michigan		ACT
94	Luther Elliss	DL	6-5	318	Utah		ACT
95	Mike Wells	DL	6-3	315	Iowa		ACT
96	Shane Bonham	DL	6-2	286	Tennessee; Air Force		ACT
97	Tracy Scroggins	DL	6-3	273	Tulsa; Coffeyville CC		ACT
98	Henry Thomas	DL	6-2	275	LSU		ACT
50	Michael Brooks	LB	6-1	236	LSU		CUT
51	Tom Beer	LB	6-1	237	Wayne State; Saginaw Valley State		ACT
52	Scott Kowalkowski	LB	6-2	220	Notre Dame		ACT
55	Antonio London	LB	6-2	238	Alabama		ACT
57	Stephen Boyd	LB	6-0	242	Boston College		RES
59	Reggie Brown	LB	6-2	241	Texas A&M		ACT
99	Pepper Johnson	LB	6-3	259	Ohio State		ACT
53	Kevin Glover	OL	6-2	282	Maryland		ACT
62	Tony Semple	OL	6-5	305	Memphis		ACT
64	Jeff Hartings	OL	6-3	299	Penn State		ACT
66	Hessley Hempstead	OL	6-1	295	Kansas		ACT
70	Jeff Jones	OL	6-6	310	Texas A&M		ACT
71	Zefross Moss	OL	6-6	325	Alabama State		ACT
72	Ray Roberts	OL	6-6	320	Virginia		ACT
74	Chris Harrison	OL	6-3	290	Virginia		ACT
76	Scott Conover	OL	6-4	285	Purdue		ACT
77	Mike Compton	OL	6-6	310	West Virginia		ACT
3	Mark Royals	SPEC	6-5	225	Appalachian State; Chowan College		ACT
4	Jason Hanson	SPEC	6-0	190	Washington State		ACT