Saints 45-28 Lions (8 Jan, 2012) Box Score

Detroit Lions

10-6, 5-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	7	7	7	7	28
NO	0	10	14	21	45

New Orleans Saints

13-3, 8-0 home

Detroit Passing


Matthew Stafford
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
28/43	380	8.8	3	2	0-0	87.5	97.0
28/43	380	8.8	3	2	0-0	--	97.0

New Orleans Passing


Drew Brees
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
33/43	466	10.8	3	0	2-7	91.6	134.4
33/43	459	10.8	3	0	2-7	--	134.4

Detroit Rushing


Kevin Smith
Titus Young
Nate Burleson
Matthew Stafford
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	21	3.5	0	9
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	2	2.0	0	2
2	1	0.5	1	1
10	32	3.2	1	9

New Orleans Rushing


Pierre Thomas
Darren Sproles
Chris Ivory
Devery Henderson
Drew Brees
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	66	8.3	1	31
10	51	5.1	2	17
13	47	3.6	0	19
1	4	4.0	0	4
4	-1	-0.3	0	2
36	167	4.6	3	31

Detroit Receiving


Calvin Johnson
Nate Burleson
Brandon Pettigrew
Titus Young
Kevin Smith
Will Heller
Tony Scheffler
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
12	211	17.6	2	42	15
4	50	12.5	0	21	5
4	49	12.3	0	22	5
4	33	8.3	0	15	10
2	20	10.0	0	13	4
1	10	10.0	1	10	1
1	7	7.0	0	7	3
28	380	13.6	3	42	43

New Orleans Receiving


Marques Colston
Robert Meachem
Devery Henderson
Jimmy Graham
Pierre Thomas
Darren Sproles
Jed Collins
Adrian Arrington
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
7	120	17.1	0	40	7
4	111	27.8	1	56	8
2	64	32.0	1	41	2
7	55	7.9	1	14	11
6	55	9.2	0	14	6
4	34	8.5	0	12	5
2	20	10.0	0	15	3
1	7	7.0	0	7	1
33	466	14.1	3	56	43

Detroit Fumbles


Justin Durant
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	2
0	0	2

New Orleans Fumbles


Drew Brees
Marques Colston
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
2	2	0

Detroit Defensive



Stephen Tulloch
Louis Delmas
Justin Durant
Eric Wright
Amari Spievey
Aaron Berry
Corey Williams
Ndamukong Suh
Chris Houston
DeAndre Levy
Nick Fairley
Willie Young
Cliff Avril
Kyle Vanden Bosch
Lawrence Jackson
Nate Burleson
John Wendling
Alphonso Smith
Don Juan Carey
Sammie Hill
Titus Young
Ricardo Silva
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
15	8	0	0	2	0	0
10	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	1	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	3	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0.5	0	0	2	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	1	0
2	1	1	0	0	1	0
2	1	0.5	0	0	1	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
82	54	2	0	6	0	0

New Orleans Defensive



Tracy Porter
Jabari Greer
Roman Harper
Jonathan Vilma
Malcolm Jenkins
Isa Abdul-Quddus
Scott Shanle
Will Smith
Sedrick Ellis
Ramon Humber
Patrick Robinson
Jonathon Amaya
Michael Higgins
Aubrayo Franklin
Cameron Jordan
Shaun Rogers
Junior Galette
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	4	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	1	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	1	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0
41	33	0	0	7	0	0

Detroit Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Detroit Interceptions

New Orleans Interceptions


Jabari Greer
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	17	0
2	17	0

Detroit Kick Returns


Stefan Logan
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	41	20.5	24	0
2	41	20.5	24	0

New Orleans Kick Returns


Darren Sproles
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	54	27.0	28	0
2	54	27.0	28	0

Detroit Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Detroit Punt Returns

New Orleans Punt Returns


Darren Sproles
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	4	2.0	4	0
2	4	2.0	4	0

Detroit Kicking


Jason Hanson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

New Orleans Kicking


John Kasay
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	24	6/6	9
1/1	100.0	24	6/6	9

Detroit Punting


Ben Graham
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	127	42.3	0	3	48
3	127	42.3	0	3	48

New Orleans Punting

	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
No New Orleans Punting

Caesars Superdome

1:00 AM, 8 January 2012

New Orleans, LA

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Detroit	12	5	.706	461	395
Green Bay	9	8	.529	383	350
Minnesota	7	10	.412	344	362
Chicago	7	10	.412	360	379

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Tampa Bay	9	8	.529	348	325
New Orleans	9	8	.529	402	327
Atlanta	7	10	.412	321	373
Carolina	2	15	.118	236	416

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