National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Detroit 35, New Orleans 27
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, December 21, 2015
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Peter Morelli
Attendance: 73017
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit 7147735
New Orleans 3071727
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:51
Detroit TD New Orleans 0 - Detroit 7
Golden Tate 1 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick)
1st Quarter - 1:06
New Orleans FG New Orleans 3 - Detroit 7
Kai Forbath 45 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 14:12
Detroit TD New Orleans 3 - Detroit 14
Michael Burton 4 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:27
Detroit TD New Orleans 3 - Detroit 21
Golden Tate 5 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:50
Detroit TD New Orleans 3 - Detroit 28
Ameer Abdullah 15 yd. run (Matt Prater kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:03
New Orleans TD New Orleans 10 - Detroit 28
Brandin Cooks 27 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath kick)
4th Quarter - 13:01
New Orleans FG New Orleans 13 - Detroit 28
Kai Forbath 22 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 10:06
New Orleans TD New Orleans 20 - Detroit 28
Marques Colston 11 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath kick)
4th Quarter - 5:24
Detroit TD New Orleans 20 - Detroit 35
Joique Bell 1 yd. run (Matt Prater kick)
4th Quarter - 1:55
New Orleans TD New Orleans 27 - Detroit 35
Benjamin Watson 1 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Detroit New Orleans
1st Downs 24 27
Rushing 8 3
Passing 15 21
Penalty 1 3
3rd Down Conversions 4-8 5-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-2
Punts-Average 3-44.3 4-43.0
Return Yards 155 52
Punts-Returns 2-21 2-12
Kickoffs-Returns 5-134 2-40
Int - Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 10-92 6-28
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Time of Possession 29:36 30:24
Total Net Yards 396 399
Total Plays 51 71
Average Gain 7.8 5.6
Net Yards Rushing 150 69
Rushes 23 18
Average/Rush 6.5 3.8
Net Yards Passing 246 330
Comp-Att 22-25 34-52
Yards/Pass 8.8 6.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-8 1-11
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 5 3
Rushing 2 0
Passing 3 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 5-5 3-3
Field Goals 0-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 5-6-83% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 4-5-80% 1-3-33%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Detroit Lions (5-9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Stafford 22/25 254 3 0
New Orleans Saints (5-9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 34/52 341 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Abdullah 9 77 8.6 1 27
J. Bell 8 71 8.9 1 36
T. Riddick 2 3 1.5 0 3
M. Stafford 4 -1 -0.2 0 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Hightower 13 54 4.2 0 17
D. Brees 1 11 11.0 0 11
C. Spiller 2 2 1.0 0 2
K. Hunter 1 2 2.0 0 2
M. Hoomanawanui 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
E. Ebron 5 4 79 19.8 0 45
G. Tate 6 6 45 7.5 2 12
J. Bell 3 2 30 15.0 0 23
T. Riddick 2 2 27 13.5 0 21
T. Jones 2 2 22 11.0 0 20
C. Johnson 1 1 19 19.0 0 19
A. Abdullah 2 2 12 6.0 0 7
M. Burton 2 2 10 5.0 1 6
L. Moore 1 1 10 10.0 0 10
T. Wright 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Cooks 13 10 124 12.4 1 28
W. Snead 12 10 76 7.6 0 15
B. Watson 12 6 49 8.2 1 11
M. Colston 4 2 39 19.5 1 28
T. Hightower 4 3 31 10.3 0 18
C. Spiller 5 2 16 8.0 0 14
A. Johnson 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
B. Coleman 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Jones 1.0 11.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Edebali 2.0 1.0
C. Jordan 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
S. Tulloch 7 2
D. Slay 6 1
N. Lawson 5 1
Q. Diggs 4 1
T. Whitehead 4 3
I. Abdul-Quddus 4 3
J. Ihedigbo 3 2
J. Bynes 2 2
G. Quin 1 0
K. Van Noy 1 0
D. Taylor 1 0
C. Reid 1 0
E. Ansah 1 1
J. Jones 1 2
H. Ngata 0 1
D. Tapp 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Vaccaro 7 0
K. Edebali 5 1
K. Wilson 4 0
B. Browner 4 1
D. Breaux 3 0
D. Ellerbe 3 2
S. Anthony 3 3
C. Jordan 2 1
T. Davison 1 0
J. Anderson 1 0
M. Mauti 1 0
K. Williams 1 0
J. Byrd 1 1
H. Kikaha 0 1
B. Richardson 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Jones 1.0
D. Taylor 1.0
C. Reid 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Jordan 1.0
K. Edebali 1.0
K. Vaccaro 1.0
M. Mauti 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Abdullah 1
J. Bell 1
Fumbles
  NO.
W. Snead 1