LIONS EARN PLAYOFF BERTH
The Lions finished the 2016 season with a record of 9-7 and earned the team’s second playoff berth in the past three seasons. The last time the Lions made the playoffs twice in a three-year span was 1997 and 1999.

Detroit will travel to Seattle to face the Seahawks in the NFC Wild Card on Saturday, January 7 at 8:15 p.m. ET.

By earning a playoff berth in 2016, Head Coach Jim Caldwell joins Buddy Parker (1952, 1953) and Bobby Ross (1997, 1999) as the only coaches in Lions history to lead the team to the playoffs twice in their first three seasons with the club.

ATTENDANCE
Attendance at Ford Field tallied 66,345, which was the second-largest Lions crowd at Ford Field.

TEAM TURNOVERS – GIVEAWAYS
With 15 giveaways this season (10 interceptions, 5 lost fumbles), the Lions set a new franchise record for fewest giveaways in a single-season since 1940. This year’s total surpassed the team’s previous best mark for fewest single-season giveaways of 20 accomplished twice (2014, 2004).

Detroit set a new franchise low for interceptions thrown since 1940 with 10 this season, breaking the previous best of 11 in 1974.

The Lions finished the season with one of the fewest tallies of lost fumbles by the team since 1940. Detroit lost only five fumbles this season, which is tied for the second-fewest by the team since 1940.

QB MATTHEW STAFFORD
With 347 passing yards in the season finale against Green Bay, QB Matthew Stafford surpassed 30,000 yards in the fewest games (109) ever by a quarterback in NFL history. He broke the previous record of 114 set by Hall of Fame QB Dan Marino and QB Kurt Warner.

In eight NFL seasons, Stafford now has 30,303 yards and has joined Peyton Manning (33,189), Matt Ryan (32,757) and Dan Marino (31,416) as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for 30,000 yards in their first eight seasons.

Stafford fished the regular season with 4,327 passing yards and reached 4,000 in a season for the sixth time in his career and for the sixth-consecutive season. By reaching 4,000 yards this season, Stafford joined QB Peyton Manning as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for 4,000 yards in six of a player’s first eight seasons. He also joined Drew Brees (11), Peyton Manning (6) and Matt Ryan (6) as the only players in NFL history to throw for 4,000 yards in six-consecutive seasons.

Single-Season Interception Percentage:  Stafford set a new team single-season passing record for percentage of passes intercepted this season. In 16 games, he compiled an interception percentage of 1.7 (594 attempts, 10 interceptions). He broke the Lions record among qualifying quarterbacks (min. 224 attempts/14 att. per team game) that was set in 1998 by QB Charlie Batch (2.0 pct; 303 attempts, 6 interceptions).

300-Yard Passing Games: Stafford has now totaled 34 career 300-yard games in his first eight seasons and has tied QB Peyton Manning (34) for the fourth-most 300-yard passing games by a quarterback in his first eight seasons.

Passing Touchdowns through 8 Seasons:  With 2 touchdown passes today against Green Bay, Stafford has now thrown for 187 career touchdown passes. He surpassed QB Eli Manning (185) for the sixth-most passing touchdowns by a player in his first eight seasons.

WR ANQUAN BOLDIN
WR Anquan Boldin registered 57 receiving yards against the Packers and moved past WR Henry Ellard (13,777) for14th on the NFL’s all-time receiving yards list. In 14 seasons, Boldin has amassed 13,779 receiving yards

WR GOLDEN TATE
WR Golden Tate caught 6 passes for 77 yards against Green Bay and finished the season with a team-best 91 catches. By recording 91 receptions in 2016, Tate became the second player in team history to record 90+ receptions in three different seasons. He joined WR Herman Moore (123 in 1995, 106 in 1996 and 104 in 1997) as the only Lions receivers to accomplish this feat and to do so in three consecutive seasons.

Tate became the first player in team history to reach 90+ receptions in each of his first three years with the club.

K MATT PRATER
In 2016, K Matt Prater connected on a career-high 31 field goals, which includes his 54-yarder against the Packers. His 31 field goals rank as the third-highest single-season total in team history behind K Jason Hanson (34 in 1993 and 32 in 2012).

50-Yard Field Goals: With a 54-yard field goal against the Packers, Prater reached the second-highest total of 50-yard field goals in a season by a Lions kicker behind Hanson’s 8 in 2008. With 7 50-yard field goals this season, Prater connected on a career single-season high by surpassing the 6 he made while with Denver in 2013.

40+-Yard Field Goals: Among Prater’s 31 field goals this season include 17 that he has connected on from 40+ yards. Prater tallied the second-most 40+-yard field goals in season by a Lions kicker behind Hanson (18 in 2012). In 2016, Prater made 10 field goals from 40-49 yards and 7 from 50+ yards.

Single-Season Points: Prater led the Lions with 124 points scored, including 6 against the Packers. Prater reached 120+ points for the eighth time in team history and became the first player to accomplish this since Hanson’s franchise single-season record of 134 points in 2012. Prater’s 124 points rank as the sixth-highest single-season total in team history.

Prater joined Hanson (5 times; 1993, 1995, 2007, 2011, 2012), RB Doak Walker (1950) and K Eddie Murray (1981) as the only players in team history to score 120+ points in a season.

P SAM MARTIN
P Sam Martin punted 4 times for 200 yards (50.0 avg) and tallied a 45.0 net putting average. It was the 11^th time in his career that he has totaled an average of at least 50.0 on 4+ punts, and it was the sixth time in his career he netted an average of 45.0+ yards on 4+ punts.

Martin finished the season with a 44.2 net punting average as he re-set the Lions record for net punting average in a season by passing the 42.0 average he established in 2015. By finishing the season with a +40.0 net punting average, he accomplished this for the fourth-consecutive season.

Martin’s 44.2 net putting average ranks as the third-best single-season total in NFL history since the statistic first became official in 1976.

Martin set a career single-season high with a punting average (gross) of 48.5, which ranks as the second-best single-season tally by a Lions punter in team history.

LB TAHIR WHITEHEAD
LB Tahir Whitehead collected 7 total tackles in the finale vs. Green Bay and finished the season with a team-best 132 tackles. Whitehead became the seventh Lions defensive player (11th time overall) to register 130+ tackles in a single season since 1994.

S TAVON WILSON
S Tavon Wilson notched his first career sack on the Packers’ opening drive of the game. He finished the regular season with a career-high 87 tackles, 1 sack and 2 interceptions.

LIONS HEAD COACH JIM CALDWELL
On what adjustments need to be made going forward to improve second-half scoring: “We’ve just got to get better, there’s no magic to it. If we play the second half like we’ve been playing the first half we’ll be fine. If we can play the first half that way, we can play the second half that way. We haven’t done it just because of execution more so than anything else.”

On if he still feels the team is right where it needs to be: “All I can tell you is, number one, it’s very difficult to get into the playoffs. Number two, there’s only 12 teams working tomorrow morning and we’re one of those 12. If you’re in, you’ve got a chance. Obviously we’ll have a chance to get better, the things we need to still work on we can improve upon. Excited about our opportunity, that’s for certain.”

On the mood of the locker room after making the playoffs despite losing to Green Bay: “I don’t think – Obviously guys don’t like to lose, they’re competitors. But the fact of the matter is though that we have an opportunity. When you look at the alternative, this is 1,000 times better than that. Guys have got to shake it off a little bit and go to work on Tuesday.”