| Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 2015 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome Attendance: 73017 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Golden Tate 1 pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Kai Forbath 45 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Michael Burton 4 pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Golden Tate 5 pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Ameer Abdullah 15 run (Matt Prater kick) | 28 | 3 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Brandin Cooks 27 pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Kai Forbath 22 FG | 28 | 13 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Marques Colston 11 pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath kick) | 28 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Joique Bell 1 run (Matt Prater kick) | 35 | 20 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Ben Watson 1 pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath kick) | 35 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Calvin Johnson |
| 15 | WR | Lance Moore |
| 15 | WR | Golden Tate |
| 71 | LOT | Riley Reiff |
| 72 | LOG | Laken Tomlinson |
| 64 | C | Travis Swanson |
| 75 | ROG | Larry Warford |
| 74 | ROT | Michael Ola |
| 85 | TE | Eric Ebron |
| 9 | QB | Matthew Stafford |
| 21 | RB | Ameer Abdullah |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Jason Jones |
| 97 | LDT | Caraun Reid |
| 92 | RDT | Haloti Ngata |
| 94 | RDE | Ziggy Ansah |
| 59 | LLB | Tahir Whitehead |
| 55 | MLB | Stephen Tulloch |
| 57 | RLB | Josh Bynes |
| 23 | LCB | Darius Slay |
| 42 | SS | Isa Abdul-Quddus |
| 27 | FS | Glover Quin |
| 24 | RCB | Nevin Lawson |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 83 | WR | Willie Snead |
| 72 | LOT | Terron Armstead |
| 75 | LOG | Andrus Peat |
| 60 | C | Max Unger |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 64 | ROT | Zach Strief |
| 82 | TE | Ben Watson |
| 84 | TE | Michael Hoomanawanui |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 34 | RB | Tim Hightower |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Kasim Edebali |
| 95 | LDT | Tyeler Davison |
| 93 | RDT | Kevin Williams |
| 94 | RDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 50 | MLB | Stephone Anthony |
| 59 | WLB | Dannell Ellerbe |
| 40 | LCB | Delvin Breaux |
| 32 | SS | Kenny Vaccaro |
| 31 | FS | Jairus Byrd |
| 39 | RCB | Brandon Browner |
| 24 | DB | Kyle Wilson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ameer Abdullah | 9 | 77 | 8.6 | 27 | 1 |
| Joique Bell | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 36 | 1 |
| Theo Riddick | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Matthew Stafford | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tim Hightower | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| C.J. Spiller | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kendall Hunter | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Hoomanawanui | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Matthew Stafford | 25 | 22 | 88.0 | 0 | 254 | 10.2 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 148.6 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 52 | 34 | 65.4 | 0 | 341 | 6.6 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 103.1 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Golden Tate | 6 | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 12 | 2 |
| Eric Ebron | 5 | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Joique Bell | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Theo Riddick | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
| T.J. Jones | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ameer Abdullah | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Michael Burton | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Calvin Johnson | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tim Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Brandin Cooks | 13 | 10 | 124 | 12.4 | 28 | 1 |
| Willie Snead | 12 | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Ben Watson | 12 | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 11 | 1 |
| Tim Hightower | 4 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 4 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 28 | 1 |
| C.J. Spiller | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Austin Johnson | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Brandon Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Sam Martin | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 49 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Golden Tate | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Brandin Cooks | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Sam Martin | 6 | 386 | 64.3 | 4 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Kai Forbath | 5 | 313 | 62.6 | 0 |
| Thomas Morstead | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ameer Abdullah | 4 | 0 | 123 | 30.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Joique Bell | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| C.J. Spiller | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Michael Hoomanawanui | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Jason Jones | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Kasim Edebali | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Stephen Tulloch | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darius Slay | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quddus | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tahir Whitehead | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevin Lawson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Quandre Diggs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Ihedigbo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bynes | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Jones | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ziggy Ansah | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caraun Reid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glover Quin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Van Noy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Carey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Copeland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theo Riddick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haloti Ngata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Tapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Kenny Vaccaro | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kasim Edebali | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephone Anthony | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Browner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dannell Ellerbe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Delvin Breaux | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Mauti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Owens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jairus Byrd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyeler Davison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Obum Gwacham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamarca Sanford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hau'oli Kikaha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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