| NFC Wild Card Playoff - Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: January 7, 2012 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome Attendance: 73038 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Will Heller 10 pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Darren Sproles 2 run (John Kasay kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Calvin Johnson 13 pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | John Kasay 24 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Devery Henderson 41 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Jimmy Graham 3 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Matthew Stafford 1 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Darren Sproles 17 run (John Kasay kick) | 21 | 31 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Robert Meachem 56 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 21 | 38 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Calvin Johnson 12 pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick) | 28 | 38 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Pierre Thomas 1 run (John Kasay kick) | 28 | 45 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Kevin Smith | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Willie Young | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Nate Burleson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DET | Matthew Stafford | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1t | 1 |
| NO | Pierre Thomas | 8 | 66 | 8.3 | 31 | 1 |
| NO | Darren Sproles | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 17t | 2 |
| NO | Chris Ivory | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 4 | 0 |
| NO | Devery Henderson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NO | Drew Brees | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Matthew Stafford | 43 | 28 | 65.1 | 2 | 380 | 8.8 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113.4 |
| NO | Drew Brees | 43 | 33 | 76.7 | 0 | 466 | 10.8 | 56tt | 3 | 2 | 7 | 150.8 |
| RECEIVING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | TAR | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Calvin Johnson | 15 | 12 | 211 | 17.6 | 42 | 2 |
| DET | Nate Burleson | 5 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 |
| DET | Brandon Pettigrew | 5 | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 |
| DET | Titus Young | 10 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Kevin Smith | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DET | Will Heller | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| DET | Tony Scheffler | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NO | Marques Colston | 7 | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 40 | 0 |
| NO | Jimmy Graham | 11 | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 14 | 1 |
| NO | Pierre Thomas | 6 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 14 | 0 |
| NO | Robert Meachem | 8 | 4 | 111 | 27.8 | 56t | 1 |
| NO | Darren Sproles | 5 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| NO | Devery Henderson | 2 | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 41t | 1 |
| NO | Jed Collins | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| NO | Adrian Arrington | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Jabari Greer | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| CIN | Kevin Huber | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 55 | 0 |
| HOU | Matt Turk | 5 | 251 | 50.2 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Darren Sproles | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| CIN | Mike Nugent | 3 | 195 | 65.0 | 3 |
| HOU | Neil Rackers | 6 | 396 | 66.0 | 5 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Stefan Logan | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
| NO | Darren Sproles | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 28 | 0 |
| DET | Stefan Logan | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
| NO | Darren Sproles | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 28 | 0 |
| SACKS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS |
| DET | Willie Young | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| DET | Cliff Avril | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| DET | Ndamukong Suh | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| DEFENSE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
| DET | Stephen Tulloch | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Louis Delmas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Justin Durant | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Aaron Berry | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Eric Wright | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Amari Spievey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Corey Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Ndamukong Suh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Nick Fairley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Chris Houston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | DeAndre Levy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Cliff Avril | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Willie Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Lawrence Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Kyle Vanden Bosch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Sammie Lee Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Alphonso Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Don Carey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Stefan Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Ricardo Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | John Wendling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Tracy Porter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Jabari Greer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Roman Harper | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Jonathan Vilma | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Malcolm Jenkins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Isa Abdul-Quddus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Will Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Patrick Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Scott Shanle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Sedrick Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Jonathon Amaya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Ramon Humber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Aubrayo Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Cameron Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Junior Galette | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Shaun Rogers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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