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National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 45, Detroit 28
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 7, 2012
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Tony Corrente
Attendance: 73038
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit 777728
New Orleans 010142145
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:58
Detroit TD New Orleans 0 - Detroit 7
Will Heller 10 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:01
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Detroit 7
Darren Sproles 2 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:11
Detroit TD New Orleans 7 - Detroit 14
Calvin Johnson 13 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
New Orleans FG New Orleans 10 - Detroit 14
John Kasay 24 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 13:09
New Orleans TD New Orleans 17 - Detroit 14
Devery Henderson 41 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:03
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Detroit 14
Jimmy Graham 3 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:08
Detroit TD New Orleans 24 - Detroit 21
Matthew Stafford 1 yd. run (Jason Hanson kick)
4th Quarter - 9:53
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - Detroit 21
Darren Sproles 17 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 7:29
New Orleans TD New Orleans 38 - Detroit 21
Robert Meachem 56 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 4:40
Detroit TD New Orleans 38 - Detroit 28
Calvin Johnson 12 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick)
4th Quarter - 3:36
New Orleans TD New Orleans 45 - Detroit 28
Pierre Thomas 1 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Detroit New Orleans
1st Downs 22 34
Rushing 2 12
Passing 20 20
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 7-10 7-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 3-4
Punts-Average 3-42.3 0-0.0
Return Yards 41 75
Punts-Returns 0-0 2-4
Kickoffs-Returns 2-41 2-54
Int-Returns 0-0 2-17
Penalties-Yards 7-64 3-18
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2
Time of Possession 22:24 37:36
Total Net Yards 412 626
Total Plays 53 81
Average Gain 7.8 7.7
Net Yards Rushing 32 167
Rushes 10 36
Average/Rush 3.2 4.6
Net Yards Passing 380 459
Comp-Att 28-43 33-43
Yards/Pass 8.8 10.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-7
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 4 6
Rushing 1 3
Passing 3 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 6-6
Field Goals 0-0 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 4-4-100% 4-6-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-4-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Detroit Lions (10-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Stafford 28/43 380 3 2
New Orleans Saints (14-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 33/43 466 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Smith 6 21 3.5 0 9
T. Young 1 8 8.0 0 8
N. Burleson 1 2 2.0 0 2
M. Stafford 2 1 0.5 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 8 66 8.2 1 31
D. Sproles 10 51 5.1 2 17
C. Ivory 13 47 3.6 0 19
D. Henderson 1 4 4.0 0 4
D. Brees 4 -1 -0.2 0 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Johnson 15 12 211 17.6 2 42
N. Burleson 5 4 50 12.5 0 21
B. Pettigrew 5 4 49 12.2 0 22
T. Young 10 4 33 8.2 0 15
K. Smith 4 2 20 10.0 0 13
W. Heller 1 1 10 10.0 1 10
T. Scheffler 3 1 7 7.0 0 7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 7 7 120 17.1 0 40
R. Meachem 8 4 111 27.8 1 56
D. Henderson 2 2 64 32.0 1 41
P. Thomas 6 6 55 9.2 0 14
J. Graham 11 7 55 7.9 1 14
D. Sproles 5 4 34 8.5 0 12
J. Collins 3 2 20 10.0 0 15
A. Arrington 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Greer 2 17 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Young 1.0 1.0
C. Avril 0.5 3.0
N. Suh 0.5 3.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK Ast
S. Tulloch 8 7
L. Delmas 7 3
J. Durant 6 3
A. Spievey 5 2
E. Wright 5 2
A. Berry 5 2
C. Williams 3 0
C. Houston 2 0
N. Fairley 2 0
D. Levy 1 0
A. Smith 1 0
S. Hill 1 0
W. Young 1 1
C. Avril 1 1
L. Jackson 0 2
K. Vanden Bosch 0 2
N. Suh 0 3
Tackles
  TK Ast
T. Porter 7 0
R. Harper 5 1
J. Vilma 4 1
M. Jenkins 4 1
J. Greer 4 3
I. Abdul-Quddus 2 0
S. Shanle 1 0
P. Robinson 1 0
W. Smith 1 0
S. Ellis 1 0
C. Jordan 0 1
A. Franklin 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
S. Tulloch 1.0
C. Williams 1.0
A. Berry 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
R. Harper 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Brees 1
M. Colston 1