| Detroit Lions at Denver Broncos |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 30, 2011 Location: Denver, CO Venue: Sports Authority Field Attendance: 74977 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 43 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Matt Prater 39 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Titus Young 41 pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 50 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Tony Scheffler 1 pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Maurice Morris 1 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 24 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Cliff Avril 24 opponents fumble recovery (Jason Hanson kick) | 31 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Calvin Johnson 56 pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick) | 38 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Chris Houston 100 interception return (Jason Hanson kick) | 45 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Eric Decker 14 pass from Tim Tebow (Matt Prater kick) | 45 | 10 |
| 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 |
| 87 | TE | Brandon Pettigrew |
| 85 | TE | Tony Scheffler |
| 9 | QB | Matthew Stafford |
| 28 | HB | Maurice Morris |
| 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 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Eric Decker |
| 19 | WR | Eddie Royal |
| 88 | WR | Demaryius Thomas |
| 78 | LOT | Ryan Clady |
| 68 | LOG | Zane Beadles |
| 50 | C | J.D. Walton |
| 73 | ROG | Chris Kuper |
| 74 | ROT | Orlando Franklin |
| 86 | TE | Daniel Fells |
| 15 | QB | Tim Tebow |
| 27 | HB | Knowshon Moreno |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Ryan McBean |
| 79 | DT | Marcus Thomas |
| 92 | RDE | Elvis Dumervil |
| 58 | SLB | Von Miller |
| 52 | MLB | Wesley Woodyard |
| 55 | WLB | D.J. Williams |
| 24 | LCB | Champ Bailey |
| 20 | SS | Brian Dawkins |
| 28 | FS | Quinton Carter |
| 21 | RCB | Andre' Goodman |
| 25 | DB | Chris Harris |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Maurice Morris | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Keiland Williams | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Matthew Stafford | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Nate Burleson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Stefan Logan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shaun Hill | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Knowshon Moreno | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Tim Tebow | 10 | 63 | 6.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Lance Ball | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 34 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Matthew Stafford | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 0 | 267 | 8.9 | 56t | 3 | 2 | 9 | 130.8 |
| Shaun Hill | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Tim Tebow | 39 | 18 | 46.2 | 1 | 172 | 4.4 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 56.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Calvin Johnson | 7 | 6 | 125 | 20.8 | 56t | 1 |
| Titus Young | 5 | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 41t | 1 |
| Nate Burleson | 7 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Scheffler | 3 | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 28 | 1 |
| Brandon Pettigrew | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Maurice Morris | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Keiland Williams | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Will Heller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Stovall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Eric Decker | 12 | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Eddie Royal | 13 | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Matt Willis | 3 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Demaryius Thomas | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dante Rosario | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Knowshon Moreno | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Daniel Fells | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lance Ball | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Julius Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chris Houston | 1 | 100 | 100.0 | 100t | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ryan Donahue | 7 | 284 | 40.6 | 52 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Britton Colquitt | 7 | 353 | 50.4 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Stefan Logan | 3 | 4 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Quan Cosby | 4 | 0 | 28 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Andre' Goodman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 8 | 525 | 65.6 | 6 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Matt Prater | 3 | 195 | 65.0 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Quan Cosby | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Cassius Vaughn | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Cliff Avril | 2.0 | 22.0 |
| Lawrence Jackson | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| Kyle Vanden Bosch | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Corey Williams | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Stephen Tulloch | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Robert Ayers | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Ryan McBean | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Stephen Tulloch | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amari Spievey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Houston | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Wright | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Jackson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Levy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Delmas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Avril | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Williams | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alphonso Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Durant | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammie Lee Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashlee Palmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keiland Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Vanden Bosch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ndamukong Suh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wendling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eldra Buckley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Madison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Stovall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Chris Harris | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wesley Woodyard | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre' Goodman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Williams | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Von Miller | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Ayers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McBean | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton Carter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis Dumervil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahim Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Willis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Rosario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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