| Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 13, 2009 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 69719 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 14 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Marques Colston 9 pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Robert Meachem 39 pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 47 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Kevin Smith 4 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jeremy Shockey 1 pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jeremy Shockey 15 pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Matthew Stafford 1 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Carney 39 FG | 17 | 31 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 24 FG | 20 | 31 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Devery Henderson 58 pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick) | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Louis Delmas 65 opponents fumble recovery (Jason Hanson kick) | 27 | 38 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Heath Evans 13 pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick) | 27 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Calvin Johnson |
| 76 | LOT | Jeff Backus |
| 70 | LOG | Daniel Loper |
| 51 | C | Dominic Raiola |
| 66 | ROG | Stephen Peterman |
| 77 | ROT | Gosder Cherilus |
| 89 | TE | Will Heller |
| 80 | TE | Bryant Johnson |
| 9 | QB | Matthew Stafford |
| 34 | RB | Kevin Smith |
| 84 | FB | Brandon Pettigrew |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Cliff Avril |
| 90 | LDT | Grady Jackson |
| 79 | RDT | Sammie Lee Hill |
| 99 | RDE | Dewayne White |
| 59 | LLB | Julian Peterson |
| 55 | MLB | Larry Foote |
| 50 | RLB | Ernie Sims |
| 32 | LCB | Anthony Henry |
| 40 | SS | Marquand Manuel |
| 26 | FS | Louis Delmas |
| 29 | RCB | Eric King |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 74 | LOT | Jermon Bushrod |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Nicks |
| 76 | C | Jonathan Goodwin |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 78 | ROT | Jon Stinchcomb |
| 88 | TE | Jeremy Shockey |
| 85 | TE | Dave Thomas |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 25 | RB | Reggie Bush |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Charles Grant |
| 98 | DT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 55 | SLB | Scott Fujita |
| 50 | ILB | Marvin Mitchell |
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 32 | LCB | Jabari Greer |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 42 | FS | Darren Sharper |
| 22 | RCB | Tracy Porter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Kevin Smith | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 6 | 1 |
| Aaron Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerome Felton | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Matthew Stafford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mike Bell | 28 | 143 | 5.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Matthew Stafford | 37 | 16 | 43.2 | 3 | 205 | 5.5 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 27.4 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 34 | 26 | 76.5 | 1 | 358 | 10.5 | 58t | 6 | 0 | 0 | 137.0 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Kevin Smith | 9 | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Bryant Johnson | 8 | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Calvin Johnson | 14 | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 64 | 0 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Yamon Figurs | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Will Heller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Devery Henderson | 8 | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 58t | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 6 | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 4 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 13t | 1 |
| Jeremy Shockey | 4 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 15t | 2 |
| Marques Colston | 6 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Robert Meachem | 2 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 39t | 1 |
| Lance Moore | 3 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Thomas | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Anthony Henry | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Darren Sharper | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Harris | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 55 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Dennis Northcutt | 2 | 0 | 55 | 27.5 | 43 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 6 | 404 | 67.3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 8 | 539 | 67.4 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Aaron Brown | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 87 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Robert Meachem | 6 | 148 | 24.7 | 42 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Jonathan Vilma | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Anthony Henry | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquand Manuel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Delmas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Sims | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric King | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hunter | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordon Dizon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Fluellen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Jackson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kalvin Pearson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Levy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammie Lee Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Peterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Cohen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Avril | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darnell Bing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yamon Figurs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Muhlbach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Loper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Peterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewayne White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tracy Porter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Fujita | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Greer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierson Prioleau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Reis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leigh Torrence | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Hargrove | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Gay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick Clancy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Charleston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvin Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby McCray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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