Detroit Lions 35, New Orleans Saints 27 - NFL Box Score for December 21st 2015

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Game Summary

Final	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	Score
New Orleans SaintsSaints	3	0	7	17	27
Detroit LionsLions	7	14	7	7	35

Scoring Summary

1^st Quarter
07:51	Detroit	TD Golden Tate 1 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick)
01:06	New Orleans	FG Kai Forbath 45 yd.

2^nd Quarter
14:12	Detroit	TD Michael Burton 4 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick)
04:27	Detroit	TD Golden Tate 5 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick)

3^rd Quarter
11:50	Detroit	TD Ameer Abdullah 15 yd. (Matt Prater kick)
05:03	New Orleans	TD Brandin Cooks 27 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath kick)

4^th Quarter
13:01	New Orleans	FG Kai Forbath 22 yd.
10:06	New Orleans	TD Marques Colston 11 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath kick)
05:24	Detroit	TD Joique Bell 1 yd. (Matt Prater kick)
01:55	New Orleans	TD Ben Watson 1 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath kick)

Team Statistics

Statistics	New Orleans	Detroit
Points	27	35
Touchdowns	3	5
Field Goals	2/2	0/1
First Downs	27	24
Passing	34/52 (341 yd.)	22/25 (254 yd.)
Rushing	18 CAR (74 yd.)	23 CAR (153 yd.)
Possession	30:24	29:36
Red Zone	2/4	5/6
Fumbles	1	2
Safeties	0	0

New Orleans Saints

Passing	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Int	Sck	Rate
Drew Brees, QB	34	52	65.4	341	10.0	28	3	0	1	103.1

Receiving	Rec	Att	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Marques Colston, WR	2	4	50.0	39	19.5	28	1
Brandin Cooks, WR	10	13	76.9	124	12.4	28	1
Tim Hightower, RB	3	4	75.0	31	10.3	18	0
Austin Johnson, FB	1	1	100.0	6	6.0	6	0
Willie Snead IV, WR	10	12	83.3	76	7.6	15	0
C.J. Spiller, RB	2	5	40.0	16	8.0	14	0
Ben Watson, TE	6	12	50.0	49	8.2	11	1

Rushing	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Drew Brees, QB	1	11	11.0	11	0
Tim Hightower, RB	13	54	4.2	17	0
Kendall Hunter, RB	1	2	2.0	2	0
C.J. Spiller, RB	2	2	1.0	2	0

Kicking	FGM	FG Att	Pct	Lng	XPM	XP Att	Pct
Kai Forbath, K	2	2	100.0	45	3	3	100.0

Punting	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20	TB
Thomas Morstead, P	4	172	43.0	47	0	0

Kickoff Returns	Returns	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Michael Hoomanawanui, TE	1	16	0.0	16	0
C.J. Spiller, RB	1	24	0.0	24	0

Punt Returns	Returns	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Brandin Cooks, WR	2	12	0.0	6	0

Defense	Comb	Total	Ast	Sck	Int	Yds	FF	Rec
James Anderson, LB	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Stephone Anthony, LB	6	3	3	0.0	0	0	1	0
Delvin Breaux, DB	3	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Browner, CB	5	4	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Jairus Byrd, S	2	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Tyeler Davison, DT	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Kasim Edebali, LB	6	5	1	2.0	0	0	0	0
Dannell Ellerbe, LB	5	3	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Cameron Jordan, DE	3	2	1	1.0	0	0	0	0
Hau'oli Kikaha, LB	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	1	1
Michael Mauti, LB	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Richardson, DE	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Vaccaro, S	7	7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Williams, DT	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Wilson, CB	4	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Lions

Passing	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Int	Sck	Rate
Matthew Stafford, QB	22	25	88.0	254	11.5	45	3	0	3	148.6

Receiving	Rec	Att	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Ameer Abdullah, RB	2	2	100.0	12	6.0	7	0
Joique Bell, RB	2	3	66.7	30	15.0	23	0
Michael Burton, FB	2	2	100.0	10	5.0	6	1
Eric Ebron, TE	4	5	80.0	79	19.8	45	0
Calvin Johnson, WR	1	1	100.0	19	19.0	19	0
TJ Jones, WR	2	2	100.0	22	11.0	20	0
Lance Moore, WR	1	1	100.0	10	10.0	10	0
Theo Riddick, RB	2	2	100.0	27	13.5	21	0
Golden Tate, WR	6	6	100.0	45	7.5	12	2

Rushing	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Ameer Abdullah, RB	9	77	8.6	27	1
Joique Bell, RB	8	71	8.9	36	1
Theo Riddick, RB	2	3	1.5	3	0

Kicking	FGM	FG Att	Pct	Lng	XPM	XP Att	Pct
Matt Prater, K	0	1	0.0	0	5	5	100.0

Punting	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20	TB
Sam Martin, P	3	133	44.3	49	1	0

Kickoff Returns	Returns	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Ameer Abdullah, RB	4	123	0.0	33	0
Joique Bell, RB	1	11	0.0	11	0

Punt Returns	Returns	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Golden Tate, WR	2	21	0.0	14	0

Defense	Comb	Total	Ast	Sck	Int	Yds	FF	Rec
Isa Abdul-Quddus, S	7	4	3	0.0	0	0	0	0
Ezekiel Ansah, DE	2	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Josh Bynes, LB	4	2	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Quandre Diggs, CB	5	4	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
James Ihedigbo, S	5	3	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Jason Jones, DE	3	1	2	1.0	0	0	0	0
Nevin Lawson, CB	6	5	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Haloti Ngata, DT	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Glover Quin, S	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Caraun Reid, DT	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Darius Slay, CB	7	6	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Darryl Tapp, DE	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Devin Taylor, DE	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Tulloch, LB	9	7	2	0.0	0	0	1	0
Kyle Van Noy, LB	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Tahir Whitehead, LB	7	4	3	0.0	0	0	0	0

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