| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Houston TexansHOU | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Will Heller 10 pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Darren Sproles 2 run (John Kasay kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Calvin Johnson 13 pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Kasay 24 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Devery Henderson 41 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jimmy Graham 3 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Matthew Stafford 1 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Darren Sproles 17 run (John Kasay kick) | 21 | 31 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Robert Meachem 56 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 21 | 38 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Calvin Johnson 12 pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick) | 28 | 38 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Pierre Thomas 1 run (John Kasay kick) | 28 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Nate Burleson |
| 81 | WR | Calvin Johnson |
| 76 | LOT | Jeff Backus |
| 67 | LOG | Rob Sims |
| 51 | C | Dominic Raiola |
| 66 | ROG | Stephen Peterman |
| 77 | ROT | Gosder Cherilus |
| 89 | TE | Will Heller |
| 85 | TE | Tony Scheffler |
| 9 | QB | Matthew Stafford |
| 30 | RB | Kevin Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Cliff Avril |
| 90 | LDT | Ndamukong Suh |
| 99 | RDT | Corey Williams |
| 93 | RDE | Kyle Vanden Bosch |
| 52 | LLB | Justin Durant |
| 55 | MLB | Stephen Tulloch |
| 54 | RLB | DeAndre Levy |
| 23 | LCB | Chris Houston |
| 42 | SS | Amari Spievey |
| 26 | FS | Louis Delmas |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Wright |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 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 |
| 43 | RB | Darren Sproles |
| 23 | RB | Pierre Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Martez Wilson |
| 98 | DT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 93 | NT | Junior Galette |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 33 | LCB | Jabari Greer |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 27 | FS | Malcolm Jenkins |
| 22 | RCB | Tracy Porter |
| 21 | RCB | Patrick Robinson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Kevin Smith | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Nate Burleson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Matthew Stafford | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Pierre Thomas | 8 | 66 | 8.3 | 31 | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 17t | 2 |
| Chris Ivory | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 4 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Matthew Stafford | 43 | 28 | 65.1 | 2 | 380 | 8.8 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113.4 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 43 | 33 | 76.7 | 0 | 466 | 10.8 | 56tt | 3 | 2 | 7 | 150.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Calvin Johnson | 15 | 12 | 211 | 17.6 | 42 | 2 |
| Nate Burleson | 5 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Brandon Pettigrew | 5 | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Titus Young | 10 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Kevin Smith | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Will Heller | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Tony Scheffler | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Marques Colston | 7 | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 40 | 0 |
| Jimmy Graham | 11 | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 6 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 8 | 4 | 111 | 27.8 | 56t | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 5 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 2 | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 41t | 1 |
| Jed Collins | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Adrian Arrington | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jabari Greer | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Kevin Huber | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 55 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Matt Turk | 5 | 251 | 50.2 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Mike Nugent | 3 | 195 | 65.0 | 3 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Neil Rackers | 6 | 396 | 66.0 | 5 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Stefan Logan | 2 | 0 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 0 | 54 | 27.0 | 28 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Willie Young | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Cliff Avril | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Ndamukong Suh | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Nate Burleson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Titus Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Tulloch | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Delmas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Durant | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Berry | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Wright | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amari Spievey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ndamukong Suh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Fairley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Houston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Levy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Avril | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Vanden Bosch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammie Lee Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alphonso Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Carey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wendling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mike Higgins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy Porter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Greer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quddus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathon Amaya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Humber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aubrayo Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Rogers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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