| Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 2011 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome Attendance: 73042 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Kasay 39 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mark Ingram 14 run (John Kasay kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Robert Meachem 67 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Alphonso Smith 2 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Lance Moore 20 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 31 FG | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Maurice Morris 9 pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Darren Sproles 6 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 17 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Calvin Johnson |
| 16 | WR | Titus Young |
| 76 | LOT | Jeff Backus |
| 67 | LOG | Rob Sims |
| 51 | C | Dominic Raiola |
| 66 | ROG | Stephen Peterman |
| 77 | ROT | Gosder Cherilus |
| 89 | TE | Will Heller |
| 87 | TE | Brandon Pettigrew |
| 9 | QB | Matthew Stafford |
| 30 | HB | Kevin Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Cliff Avril |
| 91 | LDT | Sammie Lee Hill |
| 99 | RDT | Corey Williams |
| 93 | RDE | Kyle Vanden Bosch |
| 52 | LLB | Justin Durant |
| 55 | MLB | Stephen Tulloch |
| 54 | RLB | DeAndre Levy |
| 21 | LCB | Eric Wright |
| 42 | SS | Amari Spievey |
| 43 | FS | Chris Harris |
| 32 | RCB | Aaron Berry |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 17 | WR | Robert Meachem |
| 74 | LOT | Jermon Bushrod |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Nicks |
| 60 | C | Brian De La Puente |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 64 | ROT | Zach Strief |
| 80 | TE | Jimmy Graham |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 28 | HB | Mark Ingram |
| 45 | FB | Jed Collins |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 98 | DT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 99 | NT | Aubrayo Franklin |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 56 | SLB | Jo-Lonn Dunbar |
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 33 | LCB | Jabari Greer |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 27 | FS | Malcolm Jenkins |
| 22 | RCB | Tracy Porter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Kevin Smith | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Maurice Morris | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Keiland Williams | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Titus Young | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Stefan Logan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Ingram | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 14t | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Matthew Stafford | 44 | 31 | 70.5 | 1 | 408 | 9.3 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 97.5 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 36 | 26 | 72.2 | 0 | 342 | 9.5 | 67t | 3 | 2 | 4 | 129.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Calvin Johnson | 8 | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Kevin Smith | 7 | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Nate Burleson | 8 | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 47 | 0 |
| Maurice Morris | 7 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Titus Young | 2 | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Tony Scheffler | 4 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Brandon Pettigrew | 5 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Rashied Davis | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Will Heller | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Keiland Williams | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jimmy Graham | 10 | 8 | 89 | 11.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 8 | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 5 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 22 | 1 |
| Robert Meachem | 6 | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 67t | 1 |
| Lance Moore | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 20t | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tracy Porter | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ben Graham | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 58 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Stefan Logan | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 4 | 278 | 69.5 | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 6 | 386 | 64.3 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Stefan Logan | 2 | 0 | 52 | 26.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Rashied Davis | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 0 | 74 | 24.7 | 27 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Nick Fairley | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Sammie Lee Hill | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Corey Williams | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Junior Galette | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| Ramon Humber | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Scott Shanle | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Amari Spievey | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Tulloch | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Harris | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Berry | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alphonso Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Fairley | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Williams | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammie Lee Hill | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Durant | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Levy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Hogue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wendling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Carey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Vanden Bosch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jonathan Vilma | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy Porter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Greer | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Humber | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Casillas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Korey Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aubrayo Franklin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Herring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo-Lonn Dunbar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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