| Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 2008 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 67249 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 66 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Isaac Bruce 6 pass from J.T. O'Sullivan (Joe Nedney kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Frank Gore 4 run (Joe Nedney kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 44 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Delanie Walker 24 pass from J.T. O'Sullivan (Joe Nedney kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 51 FG | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Allen Rossum 1 run (Joe Nedney kick) | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Calvin Johnson 34 pass from Jon Kitna (Jason Hanson kick) | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Nedney 25 FG | 13 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Calvin Johnson |
| 11 | WR | Roy Williams |
| 76 | LOT | Jeff Backus |
| 64 | LOG | Edwin Mulitalo |
| 51 | C | Dominic Raiola |
| 66 | ROG | Stephen Peterman |
| 77 | ROT | Gosder Cherilus |
| 86 | TE | Michael Gaines |
| 8 | QB | Jon Kitna |
| 34 | RB | Kevin Smith |
| 45 | FB | Jerome Felton |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Jared DeVries |
| 91 | NT | Chartric Darby |
| 75 | UT | Shaun Cody |
| 99 | RDE | Dewayne White |
| 59 | SLB | Alex Lewis |
| 53 | MLB | Paris Lenon |
| 50 | WLB | Ernie Sims |
| 21 | LCB | Travis Fisher |
| 26 | SS | Dwight Smith |
| 27 | FS | Daniel Bullocks |
| 28 | RCB | Leigh Bodden |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Isaac Bruce |
| 74 | LOT | Joe Staley |
| 68 | LOG | Adam Snyder |
| 66 | C | Eric Heitmann |
| 69 | ROG | Tony Wragge |
| 65 | ROT | Barry Sims |
| 47 | TE | Billy Bajema |
| 85 | TE | Vernon Davis |
| 14 | QB | J.T. O'Sullivan |
| 21 | RB | Frank Gore |
| 45 | FB | Zak Keasey |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Ray McDonald |
| 90 | LDT | Isaac Sopoaga |
| 92 | RDT | Aubrayo Franklin |
| 94 | RDE | Justin Smith |
| 99 | LOLB | Manny Lawson |
| 53 | LILB | Jeff Ulbrich |
| 52 | RILB | Patrick Willis |
| 22 | LCB | Nate Clements |
| 32 | SS | Michael Lewis |
| 26 | FS | Mark Roman |
| 27 | RCB | Walt Harris |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rudi Johnson | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Jon Kitna | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Kevin Smith | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frank Gore | 27 | 130 | 4.8 | 33 | 1 |
| J.T. O'Sullivan | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Arnaz Battle | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DeShaun Foster | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Allen Rossum | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jon Kitna | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 1 | 146 | 4.9 | 34t | 1 | 4 | 22 | 61.3 |
| Dan Orlovsky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| J.T. O'Sullivan | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 0 | 189 | 8.2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 123.3 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Calvin Johnson | 10 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rudi Johnson | 4 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Roy Williams | 6 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Shaun McDonald | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Furrey | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Michael Gaines | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Frank Gore | 4 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Delanie Walker | 3 | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 24t | 1 |
| Arnaz Battle | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Isaac Bruce | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Bryant Johnson | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Josh Morgan | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Vernon Davis | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Zak Keasey | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DeShaun Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tarell Brown | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Harris | 5 | 239 | 47.8 | 57 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Andy Lee | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mike Furrey | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Allen Rossum | 3 | 1 | 38 | 12.7 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 4 | 214 | 53.5 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||
| Joe Nedney | 6 | 399 | 66.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Brandon Middleton | 6 | 140 | 23.3 | 42 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Allen Rossum | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| Arnaz Battle | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Corey Smith | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Roderick Green | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Justin Smith | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Parys Haralson | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ernie Sims | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lewis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paris Lenon | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Bullocks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Nece | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalvin Pearson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Smith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared DeVries | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leigh Bodden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cory Redding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Cody | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chartric Darby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Langston Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Muhlbach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy McCollum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Patrick Willis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Clements | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Harris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Smith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Lewis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roderick Green | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parys Haralson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Sopoaga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aubrayo Franklin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentwan Balmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Roman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarell Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Morgan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takeo Spikes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Delanie Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dashon Goldson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Ulbrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manny Lawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Bajema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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