Week 15, 2031

played in Minnesota, MN

68 degrees, fair, calm

Detroit Lions	0	3	0	7	-	10
Minnesota Vikings	0	7	7	6	-	20

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:38 MIN - Julio Jones 11 pass from Jake Locker (Cornelius Morris extra point)
2Q: 07:43 DET - Justin Branch 20 field goal
3Q: 07:14 MIN - Leon Dillow 8 pass from Jake Locker (Cornelius Morris extra point)
4Q: 11:18 MIN - Cornelius Morris 32 field goal
4Q: 04:23 MIN - Cornelius Morris 39 field goal
4Q: 03:25 DET - Donny Epperson 8 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:38 MIN - Julio Jones 11 pass from Jake Locker (Cornelius Morris extra point)
2Q: 07:43 DET - Justin Branch 20 field goal
3Q: 07:14 MIN - Leon Dillow 8 pass from Jake Locker (Cornelius Morris extra point)
4Q: 11:18 MIN - Cornelius Morris 32 field goal
4Q: 04:23 MIN - Cornelius Morris 39 field goal
4Q: 03:25 DET - Donny Epperson 8 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)

Team Statistics DET MIN
Record 8-6 11-3
First Downs 14 21
- by Rushing 3 7
- by Passing 11 14
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 273 323
- Offensive Plays 58 62
- Yards per Play 4.71 5.21
Net Rushing Yards 70 133
- Rushing Attempts 23 34
- Yards per Rush 3.04 3.91
Net Passing Yards 203 190
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 20 - 0 26 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 225 202
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/22 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 5.80 6.79
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/14 4/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.4 6.7
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/45 5/25
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 1/9
Kick Returns/Yards 5/107 3/82
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 35
Time of Possession 26:27 33:33

Team Statistics	DET	MIN
Record	8-6	11-3
First Downs	14	21
- by Rushing	3	7
- by Passing	11	14
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	273	323
- Offensive Plays	58	62
- Yards per Play	4.71	5.21
Net Rushing Yards	70	133
- Rushing Attempts	23	34
- Yards per Rush	3.04	3.91
Net Passing Yards	203	190
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 20 - 0	26 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	225	202
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/22	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	5.80	6.79
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/14	4/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.4	6.7
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/45	5/25
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	1/9
Kick Returns/Yards	5/107	3/82
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 35
Time of Possession	26:27	33:33

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:04	2:15	OWN 28	3	2	Punt
1	8:22	5:11	OWN 20	8	33	Punt
2	13:31	2:37	OWN 18	4	11	Punt
2	10:11	2:33	OPP 29	5	26	Field Goal
2	4:43	0:55	OWN 33	3	3	Punt
2	1:20	0:59	OWN 3	4	16	Punt
2	0:02	0:02	OWN 26	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	3:21	OWN 38	6	19	Fumble
3	7:04	4:12	OWN 29	7	34	Punt
4	11:12	3:00	OWN 21	8	31	Downs
4	4:15	1:01	OWN 36	4	64	Touchdown
4	1:55	1:02	OWN 20	5	18	Downs

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:56	OWN 16	3	0	Punt
1	11:49	3:27	50	6	13	Punt
1	3:11	4:40	OWN 11	9	89	Touchdown
2	10:54	0:43	OWN 36	2	9	Fumble
2	7:38	2:55	OPP 43	5	17	Missed FG
2	3:48	2:28	OWN 7	5	31	Punt
2	0:21	0:19	OWN 46	2	1	Interception
3	11:39	4:35	OWN 43	10	57	Touchdown
3	2:52	6:40	OWN 20	10	65	Field Goal
4	8:12	3:57	OWN 48	5	30	Field Goal
4	3:14	1:19	OWN 34	3	4	Punt
4	0:53	0:53	OPP 38	2	-3	Game

Game MVP: Ross Samuels, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Travis Payton	12	26	2.17	11	1
Dwayne George	4	18	4.50	12	1
Richmond Freitag	4	8	2.00	7	0
J.J. Sutton	3	18	6.00	12	1

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Nathan Hoover	18	53	2.94	11	1
Dean Macklin	11	72	6.55	20	4
Jake Locker	5	8	1.60	5	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.J. Sutton	31	20	225	4/22	1	44	0	96.8

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jake Locker	26	19	202	2/12	2	28	1	104.9

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Cory Christakes	4	6	53	13.25	10	17	0
WR Lenny Castillo	4	6	76	19.00	7	44	0
RB Travis Payton	3	5	27	9.00	23	11	0
TE Lester Hillson	3	3	24	8.00	6	13	0
WR Antonio Brown	2	4	14	7.00	0	12	0
TE Greg Rosenstiel	2	2	13	6.50	6	10	0
WR Donny Epperson	2	5	18	9.00	1	10	1

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
FB Charles Massey	4	5	44	11.00	25	15	0
WR Julio Jones	3	5	29	9.67	5	11	1
TE Ty Hatcher	2	3	18	9.00	2	12	0
RB Nathan Hoover	2	2	15	7.50	0	12	0
RB Dean Macklin	2	2	33	16.50	15	28	0
WR Alonzo Lucas	2	2	18	9.00	5	12	0
WR Jermaine Morris	1	2	14	14.00	4	14	0
WR Jeremy Kerley	1	3	15	15.00	0	15	0
WR Leon Dillow	1	1	8	8.00	5	8	1
WR Dan Herron	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Bryant McNeil	1	0	0.00	0

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Travis Payton	1	1	0
J.J. Sutton	1	0	0
Lavonte David	0	1	0
Kurt Walsh	0	0	1
William Backstrom	0	0	1

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jake Locker	2	0	0
Colin Jones	0	1	0
Marcus Ashe	0	1	0
Dan Beckam	0	0	1
Ross Samuels	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
R.J. Lyons	6	229	38.2	33.3	57	2

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Thomas Morstead	4	204	51.0	41.0	62	1

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justin Branch	1/1	0/0	0/0	20	1/1

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cornelius Morris	2/3	0/1	0/0	39	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Don Van Dyke	1	9	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Antonio Brown	5	107	21.4	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Don Van Dyke	2	60	30.0	0
Reggie Feenstra	1	22	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB William Backstrom	6	1	1.0	21	16
ILB Ross Donohue	6	0	0.0	22	16
OLB Renaldo Sims	5	2	0.0	20	18
OLB Lavonte David	4	3	0.0	29	25
DE Bruce Delgado	4	0	0.0	19	13
CB Bryant McNeil	4	0	0.0	29	26
DE Austin Tomei	3	2	0.0	23	18
CB Harris Friday	3	1	0.0	20	17
DT Percy Press	3	0	0.0	27	21
CB Lonnie Denyer	3	0	0.0	26	23
S Robert Blanton	3	0	0.0	23	18
ILB Kurt Walsh	2	4	1.0	20	16
S Kevin Delgado	1	4	0.0	34	28
ILB Sean Spence	1	1	0.0	9	8
DT Linval Joseph	1	0	0.0	7	7
DT Antoine Sellers	1	0	0.0	11	10
CB Kelvin Vance	1	0	0.0	15	12
OLB Chester Buckley	0	1	0.0	4	1

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Lonnie Pehrson	7	0	1.5	13	26
OLB Victor Wallace	5	4	0.0	21	35
S Colin Jones	5	2	0.0	16	29
S Artie Prestbye	4	2	0.0	14	26
ILB Dan Beckam	4	1	0.0	14	19
ILB Kerry Adams	4	0	0.0	10	13
CB Kendall Brady	4	0	0.0	6	13
OLB Ross Samuels	3	1	2.0	16	17
CB Prince Amukamara	2	2	0.0	20	34
ILB Vinny Mayes	2	0	0.0	13	25
DE Kevin Shapiro	2	0	0.0	10	12
CB Don Van Dyke	1	1	0.0	11	17
DT Kenrick Ellis	1	1	0.0	13	11
CB T.J. Ward	1	0	0.0	20	25
WR Jermaine Morris	1	0	---	---	---
WR Jeremy Kerley	1	0	---	---	---
DE Jeremy Beal	1	0	0.0	3	6
DE Donnie Johnson	0	1	0.5	20	29
S Asa Jackson	0	1	0.0	8	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB William Backstrom	1.0	1	16
ILB Kurt Walsh	1.0	0	16
DE Austin Tomei	0.0	1	18
OLB Renaldo Sims	0.0	1	18

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Ross Samuels	2.0	1	0	3	17
DT Lonnie Pehrson	1.5	1	1	0	26
DE Donnie Johnson	0.5	1	1	2	29
OLB Victor Wallace	0.0	0	1	1	35

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Lavonte David	4	1	0	25
S Robert Blanton	3	0	0	18
CB Bryant McNeil	2	0	1	26
CB Harris Friday	2	0	0	17
ILB Ross Donohue	2	0	0	16
CB Lonnie Denyer	2	0	0	23
ILB Kurt Walsh	1	0	0	16
OLB Renaldo Sims	1	0	0	18
OLB William Backstrom	1	0	0	16
CB Kelvin Vance	1	0	0	12
S Kevin Delgado	0	1	0	28

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Victor Wallace	3	0	35
S Artie Prestbye	3	0	26
ILB Kerry Adams	2	1	13
DT Lonnie Pehrson	2	0	26
ILB Vinny Mayes	2	0	25
CB Kendall Brady	2	0	13
S Colin Jones	2	0	29
CB Don Van Dyke	1	1	17
CB Prince Amukamara	1	1	34
CB T.J. Ward	1	0	25
ILB Dan Beckam	1	0	19
S Asa Jackson	0	2	12

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Johnnie Troutman	1	4	19	1	31
Mike Iupati	1	4	18	0	28
Shannon Weinke	1	2	18	1	26
Zachary Williams	1	2	5	0	10
Dwayne George	0	4	20	0	24
Sedrick Blake	0	2	17	1	30
Travis Corbett	0	1	22	1	31
Ricky Carpenter	0	1	10	0	12

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Pouncey	3	8	1	34	0	28
Jose Boyer	2	4	0	29	1	24
Curtis Price	1	4	0	31	0	25
John Moffitt	1	3	0	11	0	10
Charles Massey	1	2	0	19	0	11
Deron Golding	1	1	1	8	0	6
Ty Hatcher	1	1	0	23	0	19
Pete McWilliams	0	4	0	25	0	21
Marcus Ashe	0	2	0	26	1	21
Marcus Cannon	0	1	0	9	0	7

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Travis Payton	1	19
Dwayne George	1	15
Kevin Delgado	1	12
Bryant McNeil	1	11

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Deron Golding	2	15
Kendall Brady	1	22
Ty Hatcher	1	11
Reggie Feenstra	1	9

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kevin Delgado	---	---	34	28	12	74
Travis Payton	18	30	---	---	19	67
Bryant McNeil	---	---	29	26	11	66
Dwayne George	20	24	---	---	15	59
Lester Hillson	18	26	---	---	15	59
J.J. Sutton	23	35	---	---	---	58
Lonnie Denyer	---	---	26	23	9	58
Lavonte David	---	---	29	25	3	57
Johnnie Troutman	19	31	---	---	5	55
Lenny Castillo	17	24	---	---	13	54
Travis Corbett	22	31	---	---	---	53
Percy Press	---	---	27	21	3	51
Shannon Weinke	18	26	---	---	5	49
Sedrick Blake	17	30	---	---	---	47
Mike Iupati	18	28	---	---	---	46
Robert Blanton	---	---	23	18	3	44
Austin Tomei	---	---	23	18	2	43
Ross Donohue	---	---	22	16	4	42
Greg Rosenstiel	13	15	---	---	13	41
Harris Friday	---	---	20	17	3	40
Renaldo Sims	---	---	20	18	2	40
William Backstrom	---	---	21	16	2	39
Bruce Delgado	---	---	19	13	6	38
Kurt Walsh	---	---	20	16	2	38
Kelvin Vance	---	---	15	12	9	36
Norm Spencer	---	---	15	15	5	35
Donny Epperson	9	18	---	---	5	32
Sean Spence	---	---	9	8	14	31
Ricky Carpenter	10	12	---	---	7	29
Antonio Brown	5	14	---	---	8	27
Cory Christakes	8	16	---	---	1	25
Antoine Sellers	---	---	11	10	1	22
Zachary Williams	5	10	---	---	7	22
T.J. Barnes	5	7	---	---	7	19
Linval Joseph	---	---	7	7	---	14
Chester Buckley	---	---	4	1	9	14
Richmond Freitag	6	5	---	---	---	11
AJ Green	0	0	---	---	8	8
R.J. Lyons	0	0	---	---	6	6
Justin Branch	0	0	---	---	4	4
Damon Sim	1	3	---	---	---	4
Trent Carlisle	1	0	---	---	2	3
Archie Griffin	0	0	---	---	1	1
Omar McCrory	---	---	0	0	1	1
Dwayne Hogenmiller	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jason Slowey	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mike Pouncey	34	28	---	---	7	69
Jake Locker	34	28	---	---	---	62
Victor Wallace	---	---	21	35	4	60
Curtis Price	31	25	---	---	2	58
Jose Boyer	29	24	---	---	5	58
Prince Amukamara	---	---	20	34	1	55
Ty Hatcher	23	19	---	---	11	53
Charles Massey	19	11	---	---	21	51
T.J. Ward	---	---	20	25	5	50
Donnie Johnson	---	---	20	29	1	50
Julio Jones	25	20	---	---	4	49
Colin Jones	---	---	16	29	3	48
Marcus Ashe	26	21	---	---	---	47
Pete McWilliams	25	21	---	---	---	46
Lonnie Pehrson	---	---	13	26	4	43
Alonzo Lucas	15	15	---	---	13	43
Artie Prestbye	---	---	14	26	2	42
Kendall Brady	---	---	6	13	22	41
Vinny Mayes	---	---	13	25	2	40
Don Van Dyke	---	---	11	17	12	40
Dan Beckam	---	---	14	19	7	40
Nathan Hoover	19	21	---	---	---	40
Leo Durham	---	---	13	23	---	36
Roger Green	12	7	---	---	15	34
Ross Samuels	---	---	16	17	1	34
Kevin Shapiro	---	---	10	12	10	32
Reggie Feenstra	---	---	9	13	9	31
Jeremy Kerley	16	14	---	---	---	30
Deron Golding	8	6	---	---	15	29
John Moffitt	11	10	---	---	7	28
Jermaine Morris	15	12	---	---	---	27
Kerry Adams	---	---	10	13	4	27
Kenrick Ellis	---	---	13	11	---	24
Marcus Cannon	9	7	---	---	7	23
Asa Jackson	---	---	8	12	2	22
Dean Macklin	12	6	---	---	1	19
Terry Palmer	5	4	---	---	7	16
Dan Herron	2	3	---	---	11	16
Broderick Downs	---	---	3	0	10	13
Leon Dillow	4	6	---	---	---	10
Jeremy Beal	---	---	3	6	---	9
Cornelius Morris	0	0	---	---	8	8
Thomas Morstead	0	0	---	---	4	4
Van Upshaw	0	0	---	---	3	3
Mike Daniels	---	---	0	0	2	2
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	12	4.0
Middle	18	60	3.3
Right	1	-1	-1.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	38	2.9
Middle	5	25	5.0
Right	14	73	5.2
None	2	-3	-1.5

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.J. Sutton	31	20	1	0	0	5	3	6	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jake Locker	26	19	1	0	1	2	3	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	36	9.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	59	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	86	7.2
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	44	11.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	42	8.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	76	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	84	12.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cory Christakes	6	4	53	0	16
WR Lenny Castillo	6	4	76	1	24
RB Travis Payton	5	3	27	0	30
WR Donny Epperson	5	2	18	0	18
WR Antonio Brown	4	2	14	0	14
TE Lester Hillson	3	3	24	0	26
TE Greg Rosenstiel	2	2	13	0	15

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Julio Jones	5	3	0	29	0	20
FB Charles Massey	5	4	1	44	0	11
TE Ty Hatcher	3	2	0	18	0	19
WR Jeremy Kerley	3	1	0	15	0	14
WR Jermaine Morris	2	1	0	14	0	12
RB Nathan Hoover	2	2	0	15	0	21
RB Dean Macklin	2	2	0	33	1	6
WR Alonzo Lucas	2	2	0	18	0	15
WR Leon Dillow	1	1	0	8	0	6
WR Dan Herron	1	1	0	8	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
J.J. Sutton	1	7	7.00	6.00
Travis Payton	1	0	0.00	2.17

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jake Locker	2	6	3.00	1.60
Nathan Hoover	1	-2	-2.00	2.94

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.J. Sutton	2	1	8	4.00	7.26

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jake Locker	5	5	38	7.60	7.77

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Donny Epperson	2	1	8	4.00	3.60

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Julio Jones	1	1	11	11.00	5.80
RB Nathan Hoover	1	1	3	3.00	7.50
FB Charles Massey	1	1	8	8.00	8.80
WR Leon Dillow	1	1	8	8.00	8.00
WR Dan Herron	1	1	8	8.00	8.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Travis Payton	2	0
Richmond Freitag	1	0

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Nathan Hoover	2	0
Dean Macklin	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.J. Sutton	10	4	4

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jake Locker	7	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antonio Brown	3	1	1
RB Travis Payton	3	2	2
WR Cory Christakes	2	1	1
WR Donny Epperson	1	0	0
WR Lenny Castillo	1	0	0

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Ty Hatcher	2	2	1
WR Julio Jones	1	0	0
WR Jeremy Kerley	1	0	0
RB Nathan Hoover	1	1	0
RB Dean Macklin	1	1	1
WR Dan Herron	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 84,600 (86,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 29,400 (29,400)
End Zone 21,300 (21,300)
Mezzanine 12,300 (12,300)
Sideline Seats 18,800 (18,800)
Club Seats 500 (500)
Luxury Boxes 2,300 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	84,600 (86,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	29,400 (29,400)
End Zone	21,300 (21,300)
Mezzanine	12,300 (12,300)
Sideline Seats	18,800 (18,800)
Club Seats	500 (500)
Luxury Boxes	2,300 (3,700)