| Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 2016 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome Attendance: 73137 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Matt Prater 27 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Theo Riddick 1 pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wil Lutz 40 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Matt Prater 29 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wil Lutz 32 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Matt Prater 32 FG | 16 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Matt Prater 27 FG | 19 | 6 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Kuhn 1 run (Wil Lutz kick) | 19 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Golden Tate 66 pass from Matthew Stafford (Matthew Stafford pass failed) | 25 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Matt Prater 52 FG | 28 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Anquan Boldin |
| 12 | WR | Andre Roberts |
| 15 | WR | Golden Tate |
| 68 | LOT | Taylor Decker |
| 60 | LOG | Graham Glasgow |
| 64 | C | Travis Swanson |
| 75 | ROG | Larry Warford |
| 71 | ROT | Riley Reiff |
| 85 | TE | Eric Ebron |
| 9 | QB | Matthew Stafford |
| 25 | RB | Theo Riddick |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Devin Taylor |
| 99 | LDT | Khyri Thornton |
| 92 | RDT | Haloti Ngata |
| 94 | RDE | Ziggy Ansah |
| 52 | MLB | Antwione Williams |
| 57 | RLB | Josh Bynes |
| 23 | LCB | Darius Slay |
| 32 | SS | Tavon Wilson |
| 27 | FS | Glover Quin |
| 24 | RCB | Nevin Lawson |
| 31 | DB | Rafael Bush |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Brandin Cooks |
| 13 | WR | Michael Thomas |
| 65 | LOT | Senio Kelemete |
| 75 | LOG | Andrus Peat |
| 60 | C | Max Unger |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 64 | ROT | Zach Strief |
| 89 | TE | Josh Hill |
| 86 | TE | John Phillips |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 22 | RB | Mark Ingram |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Paul Kruger |
| 95 | LDT | Tyeler Davison |
| 90 | RDT | Nick Fairley |
| 94 | RDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 52 | MLB | Craig Robertson |
| 59 | WLB | Dannell Ellerbe |
| 40 | LCB | Delvin Breaux |
| 32 | SS | Kenny Vaccaro |
| 31 | FS | Jairus Byrd |
| 24 | RCB | Sterling Moore |
| 48 | DB | Vonn Bell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Zach Zenner | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Matthew Stafford | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Dwayne Washington | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Theo Riddick | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Ingram | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| John Kuhn | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Brandin Cooks | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Matthew Stafford | 42 | 30 | 71.4 | 0 | 341 | 8.1 | 66t | 2 | 2 | 4 | 111.3 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 44 | 31 | 70.5 | 3 | 326 | 7.4 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 63.3 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Golden Tate | 10 | 8 | 145 | 18.1 | 66t | 1 |
| Theo Riddick | 6 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Anquan Boldin | 6 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Eric Ebron | 6 | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Andre Roberts | 7 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 16 | 0 |
| T.J. Jones | 4 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Dwayne Washington | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Brandin Cooks | 9 | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 39 | 0 |
| Coby Fleener | 7 | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 31 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 6 | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Michael Thomas | 5 | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Willie Snead | 6 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 |
| John Kuhn | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Josh Hill | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tavon Wilson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Miles Killebrew | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Glover Quin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Sam Martin | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 53 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tommylee Lewis | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jairus Byrd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Sam Martin | 8 | 517 | 64.6 | 6 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Wil Lutz | 3 | 194 | 64.7 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Andre Roberts | 2 | 0 | 49 | 24.5 | 28 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tommylee Lewis | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Devin Taylor | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Sheldon Rankins | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Dannell Ellerbe | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Josh Bynes | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevin Lawson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glover Quin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tavon Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Slay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Killebrew | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adairius Barnes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Hyder | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A'Shawn Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrunn Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwione Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ziggy Ansah | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Bush | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Taylor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quandre Diggs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thurston Armbrister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khyri Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haloti Ngata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Copeland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jairus Byrd | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delvin Breaux | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sterling Moore | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Vaccaro | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vonn Bell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dannell Ellerbe | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Robertson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Rankins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Onyemata | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephone Anthony | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Kruger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Tapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Banjo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Fairley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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