Week 8, 2035

played in Atlanta, GA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Detroit Lions	3	3	0	7	-	13
Atlanta Falcons	0	3	7	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:27 DET - Justin Branch 24 field goal
2Q: 13:24 ATL - John Potter 23 field goal
2Q: 06:50 DET - Justin Branch 36 field goal
3Q: 08:48 ATL - Albert Finley 1 run (John Potter extra point)
4Q: 08:24 DET - AJ Green 5 pass from Gilbert Brewer (Justin Branch extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:27 DET - Justin Branch 24 field goal
2Q: 13:24 ATL - John Potter 23 field goal
2Q: 06:50 DET - Justin Branch 36 field goal
3Q: 08:48 ATL - Albert Finley 1 run (John Potter extra point)
4Q: 08:24 DET - AJ Green 5 pass from Gilbert Brewer (Justin Branch extra point)

Team Statistics DET ATL
Record 3-4 4-4
First Downs 20 15
- by Rushing 5 6
- by Passing 13 8
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 301 289
- Offensive Plays 66 56
- Yards per Play 4.56 5.16
Net Rushing Yards 95 102
- Rushing Attempts 26 30
- Yards per Rush 3.65 3.40
Net Passing Yards 206 187
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 23 - 0 26 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 234 187
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/28 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 5.15 7.19
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.7 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/15 7/49
Punt Returns/Yards 4/50 2/1
Kick Returns/Yards 1/41 4/58
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 17
Time of Possession 31:21 28:39

Team Statistics	DET	ATL
Record	3-4	4-4
First Downs	20	15
- by Rushing	5	6
- by Passing	13	8
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	301	289
- Offensive Plays	66	56
- Yards per Play	4.56	5.16
Net Rushing Yards	95	102
- Rushing Attempts	26	30
- Yards per Rush	3.65	3.40
Net Passing Yards	206	187
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 23 - 0	26 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	234	187
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/28	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	5.15	7.19
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.7	5.8
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/15	7/49
Punt Returns/Yards	4/50	2/1
Kick Returns/Yards	1/41	4/58
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 36	OWN 17
Time of Possession	31:21	28:39

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:05	3:48	OWN 25	6	36	Punt
1	7:06	2:45	OWN 43	6	50	Field Goal
2	13:16	6:32	OWN 20	12	61	Field Goal
2	2:21	1:42	OWN 29	5	13	Punt
3	15:00	2:20	OWN 48	6	27	Downs
3	8:42	1:44	OWN 20	4	15	Punt
3	5:04	3:58	OWN 19	9	43	Punt
3	0:03	1:05	OWN 43	3	-6	Punt
4	11:27	1:52	OWN 20	4	28	Punt
4	9:26	1:13	OPP 10	3	10	Touchdown
4	3:03	3:03	OWN 39	9	47	Game

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:55	OWN 12	3	8	Punt
1	9:17	2:11	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
1	4:21	6:05	OWN 14	11	80	Field Goal
2	6:44	4:23	OWN 18	8	39	Punt
2	0:39	0:39	OWN 6	1	3	Half
3	12:40	3:58	OWN 25	7	75	Touchdown
3	6:58	1:54	OWN 28	3	6	Punt
3	1:06	1:03	OWN 4	3	0	Punt
4	13:58	2:31	OWN 16	6	22	Punt
4	9:35	0:09	OWN 20	1	4	Fumble
4	8:13	5:10	OWN 30	10	38	Missed FG

Game MVP: Gilbert Brewer, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Travis Payton	12	41	3.42	15	2
Brady Heath	9	29	3.22	12	1
Gilbert Brewer	3	9	3.00	6	0
Dwayne George	1	9	9.00	9	0
Roger Losman	1	7	7.00	7	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Albert Finley	22	68	3.09	10	1	1
John Gideon	6	22	3.67	6	0	0
Matthew Stafford	1	4	4.00	4	0	0
B.J. Conley	1	8	8.00	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gilbert Brewer	36	23	234	4/28	1	23	0	91.6

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matthew Stafford	26	14	187	0/0	0	39	0	76.9

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Tracy Schrader	9	11	77	8.56	21	22	0
WR AJ Green	5	9	57	11.40	18	22	1
TE Bruce Brizzolara	4	4	43	10.75	14	16	0
FB Dwayne George	2	3	23	11.50	17	23	0
RB Travis Payton	1	2	15	15.00	10	15	0
WR Roger Losman	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Cedric Allison	1	4	8	8.00	0	8	0
TE Damon Peterson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Gino Collier	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Leon Rodriguez	3	4	38	12.67	6	18
TE Coby Fleener	2	4	33	16.50	19	26
FB Junior Marsh	2	2	21	10.50	5	18
WR B.J. Conley	2	3	14	7.00	0	11
WR Carlton Incontro	2	6	31	15.50	8	20
RB Albert Finley	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
TE Lorenzo West	1	2	39	39.00	0	39
WR Mo Horton	1	3	8	8.00	2	8
WR Kerry Johns	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Gilbert Brewer	2	0	0
Austin Tomei	0	1	0
Travis Corbett	0	1	0
AJ Green	0	1	0
Lavonte David	0	0	1

Atlanta	Fumb	Force
Matthew Stafford	1	0
Lamar Sepulveda	0	1
Bernard Gardner	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gino James	6	256	42.7	35.8	52	3

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tony McGarrahan	6	309	51.5	39.8	63	3

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justin Branch	2/2	0/0	0/0	36	1/1

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Potter	1/2	0/1	0/0	23	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tracy Schrader	4	50	12.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kerry Johns	2	1	0.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brady Heath	1	41	41.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kerry Johns	2	30	15.0	0
Mo Horton	2	28	14.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Ross Donohue	6	3	23	18
S Kevin Delgado	5	0	30	26
CB Dustin Blake	4	3	23	18
OLB Lavonte David	3	2	25	23
S Zach May	3	2	28	21
DT Curtis Mason	3	0	12	11
OLB William Backstrom	2	5	29	24
DT Lance Evans	2	1	13	11
DE Austin Tomei	2	0	17	15
DE Bill Batchelder	2	0	16	20
OLB Renaldo Sims	2	0	4	6
ILB Sean Spence	2	0	17	16
DT Neal Wolfe	2	0	18	15
DE Omar Fields	2	0	14	6
S Sammy Foster	1	0	15	16
CB Clay Fletcher	1	0	20	17
S Robert Blanton	0	1	8	8
CB Dennis Meidinger	0	1	18	15

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Jake Humphries	8	2	0.0	22	34
CB Bernard Gardner	6	2	0.0	17	26
S Kris Leak	5	2	0.0	19	32
DE Lamar Sepulveda	4	2	1.0	19	22
DT Toby Sheldon	4	1	0.5	19	23
CB Grant Sutter	4	0	0.0	10	19
S Edgar McTyer	3	3	0.0	21	35
CB Kendall Brady	3	2	0.0	7	21
CB Reuben Lake	3	0	0.0	14	22
OLB Vincent Corson	3	0	0.0	9	6
OLB J.B. Wolf	2	1	0.0	7	8
CB Edgar Caniff	2	0	0.0	20	33
DT Erik Farley	1	2	1.0	15	35
DE Joey Sweeney	1	0	1.0	16	29
DE Tyrus Nesbit	1	1	0.5	15	19
S Irv Delvalle	1	1	0.0	10	13
G Donnell Staples	1	0	---	---	---
DT Aaron Cauthen	0	2	0.0	6	8
DT Luke Bernstein	0	1	0.0	12	5
ILB Desmond Carlson	0	1	0.0	21	36

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB William Backstrom	2	0	24
DE Omar Fields	1	0	6
OLB Lavonte David	0	1	23

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Joey Sweeney	1.0	0	2	1	29
DE Lamar Sepulveda	1.0	0	1	2	22
DT Erik Farley	1.0	0	0	1	35
DT Toby Sheldon	0.5	1	1	0	23
DE Tyrus Nesbit	0.5	0	0	1	19
ILB Desmond Carlson	0.0	0	1	0	36

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Kevin Delgado	3	1	26
CB Dustin Blake	3	1	18
S Zach May	2	1	21
ILB Ross Donohue	1	1	18
OLB Renaldo Sims	1	0	6
OLB William Backstrom	1	0	24
OLB Lavonte David	1	0	23
DT Neal Wolfe	1	0	15
CB Clay Fletcher	1	0	17
S Sammy Foster	0	1	16
CB Dennis Meidinger	0	1	15

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Bernard Gardner	5	0	26
CB Reuben Lake	3	0	22
OLB Jake Humphries	3	0	34
S Kris Leak	3	0	32
CB Edgar Caniff	2	1	33
CB Grant Sutter	2	1	19
S Irv Delvalle	2	0	13
OLB J.B. Wolf	1	1	8
CB Kendall Brady	1	0	21
S Edgar McTyer	1	0	35

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ricky Carpenter	3	7	25	0	33
Zachary Williams	1	6	23	2	38
Julio Koepke	1	5	23	0	37
Travis Corbett	1	1	21	1	33
Bill Harmon	1	1	4	0	9
Wendell Gaylor	0	2	25	1	40
Bruce Brizzolara	0	1	19	0	24

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
D.J. Coffey	3	5	1	21	24
Lorenzo West	2	3	0	11	11
Donald Andruzzi	2	3	0	12	5
Eddie Di Pardo	1	1	0	26	19
Jason Pinkston	1	1	0	9	13
Rondell Hernandez	0	8	0	23	20
Donnell Staples	0	3	0	26	23
Coby Fleener	0	2	0	22	14
Junior Marsh	0	2	0	19	15
Skip Hoover	0	1	0	25	16

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Kevin Delgado	2	15
Dwayne George	1	15
Sean Spence	1	13
Damon Peterson	1	10
Lavonte David	1	8

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Grant Sutter	1	17
John Gideon	1	15
Kendall Brady	1	14
Kris Leak	1	11
D.J. Coffey	1	7

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kevin Delgado	---	---	30	26	15	71
Zachary Williams	23	38	---	---	8	69
Tracy Schrader	24	36	---	---	6	66
Gilbert Brewer	26	40	---	---	---	66
Ricky Carpenter	25	33	---	---	7	65
Wendell Gaylor	25	40	---	---	---	65
Dwayne George	21	26	---	---	15	62
Julio Koepke	23	37	---	---	---	60
Bruce Brizzolara	19	24	---	---	15	58
Zach May	---	---	28	21	9	58
Lavonte David	---	---	25	23	8	56
William Backstrom	---	---	29	24	2	55
Travis Corbett	21	33	---	---	---	54
AJ Green	20	29	---	---	2	51
Travis Payton	16	25	---	---	10	51
Sammy Foster	---	---	15	16	17	48
Sean Spence	---	---	17	16	13	46
Dustin Blake	---	---	23	18	3	44
Ross Donohue	---	---	23	18	2	43
Neal Wolfe	---	---	18	15	6	39
Bill Batchelder	---	---	16	20	2	38
Clay Fletcher	---	---	20	17	---	37
Dennis Meidinger	---	---	18	15	2	35
Austin Tomei	---	---	17	15	2	34
Cedric Allison	8	22	---	---	---	30
Omar Fields	---	---	14	6	7	27
Phillip Hayes	8	10	---	---	8	26
Brady Heath	9	15	---	---	2	26
Damon Peterson	5	10	---	---	10	25
Lance Evans	---	---	13	11	---	24
Curtis Mason	---	---	12	11	1	24
Renaldo Sims	---	---	4	6	12	22
Roger Losman	4	9	---	---	9	22
Robert Blanton	---	---	8	8	1	17
Gino Collier	4	4	---	---	8	16
Bill Harmon	4	9	---	---	1	14
J.T. Forbes	0	0	---	---	11	11
Kelly Donaldson	1	0	---	---	8	9
Mike Cochrane	0	0	---	---	8	8
Justin Branch	0	0	---	---	6	6
Gino James	0	0	---	---	6	6
Seth Covington	---	---	0	0	6	6
Thomas Montgomery	0	0	---	---	3	3
J.J. Sutton	0	0	---	---	2	2
Julio Esparza	---	---	0	0	---	0
Bill Thomason	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kris Leak	---	---	19	32	11	62
Edgar McTyer	---	---	21	35	3	59
Desmond Carlson	---	---	21	36	2	59
Jake Humphries	---	---	22	34	2	58
Matthew Stafford	30	26	---	---	---	56
Edgar Caniff	---	---	20	33	2	55
Junior Marsh	19	15	---	---	20	54
Erik Farley	---	---	15	35	3	53
D.J. Coffey	21	24	---	---	7	52
Donnell Staples	26	23	---	---	---	49
Joey Sweeney	---	---	16	29	3	48
Toby Sheldon	---	---	19	23	6	48
Eddie Di Pardo	26	19	---	---	2	47
Grant Sutter	---	---	10	19	17	46
Lamar Sepulveda	---	---	19	22	4	45
Bernard Gardner	---	---	17	26	2	45
Carlton Incontro	24	20	---	---	---	44
Rondell Hernandez	23	20	---	---	---	43
Albert Finley	24	18	---	---	1	43
Kendall Brady	---	---	7	21	14	42
Skip Hoover	25	16	---	---	---	41
Tyrus Nesbit	---	---	15	19	4	38
Reuben Lake	---	---	14	22	2	38
Coby Fleener	22	14	---	---	---	36
Mo Horton	11	14	---	---	10	35
Irv Delvalle	---	---	10	13	10	33
B.J. Conley	18	12	---	---	1	31
John Gideon	10	6	---	---	15	31
Jason Pinkston	9	13	---	---	8	30
J.B. Wolf	---	---	7	8	13	28
Harold Lynch	8	10	---	---	7	25
Donald Andruzzi	12	5	---	---	8	25
Leon Rodriguez	6	10	---	---	7	23
Kennedy Pitman	2	5	---	---	15	22
Lorenzo West	11	11	---	---	---	22
Vincent Corson	---	---	9	6	7	22
Leslie Herndon	2	2	---	---	16	20
Kerry Johns	1	3	---	---	15	19
Luke Bernstein	---	---	12	5	---	17
Aaron Cauthen	---	---	6	8	1	15
Brock Cunningham	---	---	2	10	---	12
James-Michael Johnson	---	---	5	4	2	11
Tony McGarrahan	0	0	---	---	9	9
John Potter	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jared Leemans	0	0	---	---	2	2
Nolan Greer	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	22	3.1
Middle	15	62	4.1
Right	3	13	4.3
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	26	2.9
Middle	12	42	3.5
Right	9	34	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gilbert Brewer	36	23	4	2	2	3	5	5	0

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matthew Stafford	26	14	3	1	2	6	3	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	16	162	8.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	72	6.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	10	92	6.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	3	56	6.2
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	39	13.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tracy Schrader	11	9	0	77	1	36
WR AJ Green	9	5	1	57	2	29
TE Bruce Brizzolara	4	4	0	43	0	24
WR Cedric Allison	4	1	1	8	0	22
FB Dwayne George	3	2	0	23	1	26
RB Travis Payton	2	1	0	15	0	25
TE Damon Peterson	1	0	0	0	0	10
WR Roger Losman	1	1	0	11	0	9
TE Gino Collier	1	0	0	0	0	4

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Carlton Incontro	6	2	1	31	1	20
TE Coby Fleener	4	2	0	33	1	14
WR Leon Rodriguez	4	3	0	38	0	10
WR B.J. Conley	3	2	1	14	0	12
WR Mo Horton	3	1	0	8	0	14
FB Junior Marsh	2	2	0	21	0	15
TE Lorenzo West	2	1	0	39	1	11
WR Kerry Johns	1	0	0	0	0	3
RB Albert Finley	1	1	0	3	0	18

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Travis Payton	2	1	0.50	3.42
Gilbert Brewer	1	-2	-2.00	3.00

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Albert Finley	3	7	2.33	3.09
B.J. Conley	1	8	8.00	8.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gilbert Brewer	5	3	10	2.00	6.50

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Matthew Stafford	1	0	0	0.00	7.19

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tracy Schrader	2	1	5	2.50	7.00
FB Dwayne George	1	1	0	0.00	7.67
WR AJ Green	1	1	5	5.00	6.33
TE Gino Collier	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Carlton Incontro	1	0	0	0.00	5.17

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Brady Heath	1	0
Gilbert Brewer	1	0

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Albert Finley	4	1
John Gideon	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gilbert Brewer	10	6	4

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matthew Stafford	6	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tracy Schrader	4	4	2
WR AJ Green	2	1	1
WR Cedric Allison	2	0	0
RB Travis Payton	1	1	1
TE Gino Collier	1	0	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kerry Johns	1	0	0
TE Coby Fleener	1	0	0
TE Lorenzo West	1	0	0
WR B.J. Conley	1	0	0
WR Leon Rodriguez	1	1	1
WR Carlton Incontro	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,100 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 22,200 (22,200)
End Zone 16,000 (16,000)
Mezzanine 9,200 (9,200)
Sideline Seats 14,100 (14,100)
Club Seats 4,600 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes 4,000 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,100 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	22,200 (22,200)
End Zone	16,000 (16,000)
Mezzanine	9,200 (9,200)
Sideline Seats	14,100 (14,100)
Club Seats	4,600 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes	4,000 (5,000)