| New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 2008 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Ford Field Attendance: 49309 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Robert Meachem 20 run (Garrett Hartley kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Deuce McAllister 2 run (Garrett Hartley kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Kevin Smith 1 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mike Bell 1 run (Garrett Hartley kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Pierre Thomas 2 run (Garrett Hartley kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Marques Colston 6 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 35 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Marques Colston 3 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 42 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 17 | WR | Robert Meachem |
| 70 | LOT | Jammal Brown |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Nicks |
| 76 | C | Jonathan Goodwin |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 78 | ROT | Jon Stinchcomb |
| 88 | TE | Jeremy Shockey |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 23 | RB | Pierre Thomas |
| 44 | FB | Mike Karney |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Bobby McCray |
| 98 | DT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 99 | NT | Hollis Thomas |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 20 | LCB | Randall Gay |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 29 | FS | Josh Bullocks |
| 42 | RCB | Jason David |
| 28 | DB | Usama Young |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Keary Colbert |
| 81 | WR | Calvin Johnson |
| 16 | WR | John Standeford |
| 76 | LOT | Jeff Backus |
| 74 | LOG | Damion Cook |
| 51 | C | Dominic Raiola |
| 66 | ROG | Stephen Peterman |
| 77 | ROT | Gosder Cherilus |
| 6 | QB | Dan Orlovsky |
| 34 | RB | Kevin Smith |
| 44 | FB | Moran Norris |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Dewayne White |
| 91 | NT | Chartric Darby |
| 75 | UT | Shaun Cody |
| 92 | RDE | Cliff Avril |
| 55 | SLB | Ryan Nece |
| 53 | MLB | Paris Lenon |
| 50 | WLB | Ernie Sims |
| 28 | LCB | Leigh Bodden |
| 27 | SS | Daniel Bullocks |
| 24 | FS | Kalvin Pearson |
| 21 | RCB | Travis Fisher |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Pierre Thomas | 13 | 77 | 5.9 | 29 | 1 |
| Deuce McAllister | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 19 | 1 |
| Mike Bell | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Robert Meachem | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Drew Brees | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Kevin Smith | 24 | 111 | 4.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Drew Stanton | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Aveion Cason | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 40 | 30 | 75.0 | 0 | 351 | 8.8 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117.8 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Dan Orlovsky | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 2 | 125 | 5.4 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 24.7 |
| Drew Stanton | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 46.5 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Marques Colston | 12 | 9 | 99 | 11.0 | 30 | 2 |
| Jeremy Shockey | 7 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Miller | 6 | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 5 | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 4 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 2 | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 64 | 0 |
| Mike Bell | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Calvin Johnson | 8 | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| John Standeford | 8 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Keary Colbert | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Owens | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerome Felton | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Moran Norris | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Michael Gaines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adam Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jason David | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Usama Young | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Harris | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Lance Moore | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Skyler Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Garrett Hartley | 7 | 487 | 69.6 | 4 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 2 | 141 | 70.5 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Skyler Green | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Aveion Cason | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Jeff Charleston | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Josh Bullocks | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Fujita | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Usama Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollis Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Charleston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Lake | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason David | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvin Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Gay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leigh Torrence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrence Holt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Paris Lenon | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Sims | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Bullocks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leigh Bodden | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalvin Pearson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Nece | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordon Dizon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chartric Darby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Fisher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramzee Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ikaika Alama-Francis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Avril | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Cannon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Cohen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Schweigert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Standeford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hanson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Wynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Langston Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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