Sunday, September 7, 2008
Detroit Lions 21, Atlanta Falcons 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (0-1-0) | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Atlanta Falcons (1-0-0) | 21 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 34 |
| DET | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Michael Jenkins 62 yard pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 7 |
| ATL | Michael Turner 66 yard rush (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| ATL | Michael Turner 5 yard rush (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| 2nd | DET | Kevin Smith 3 yard rush (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 21 |
| DET | Roy E. Williams 21 yard pass from Jon Kitna (Jason Hanson kick) | 14 | 21 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Jason Elam 50 yard field goal | 14 | 24 |
| ATL | Jerious Norwood 10 yard rush (Jason Elam kick) | 14 | 31 | |
| DET | Casey Fitzsimmons 1 yard pass from Jon Kitna (Jason Hanson kick) | 21 | 31 | |
| 4th | ATL | Jason Elam 25 yard field goal | 21 | 34 |
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-70-1 | 42-318-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-33-262-2-1 | 9-13-161-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-16 | 1-5 |
| Net pass yards | 246 | 156 |
| Total yards | 316 | 474 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-30 | 7-68 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jon Kitna | DET | 24 | 33 | 262 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Calvin Johnson | DET | 7 | 107 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Smith | DET | 16 | 48 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Roy E. Williams | DET | 3 | 47 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Shaun McDonald | DET | 4 | 29 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Daniel Campbell | DET | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Rudi Johnson | DET | 3 | 14 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike Furrey | DET | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Michael Gaines | DET | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Casey Fitzsimmons | DET | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Michael Turner | ATL | 22 | 220 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jerious Norwood | ATL | 14 | 93 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Matt Ryan | ATL | 9 | 13 | 161 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Michael Jenkins | ATL | 1 | 62 | 1 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Roddy White | ATL | 2 | 54 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Ben Hartsock | ATL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Justin Peelle | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Harry Douglas | ATL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ovie Mughelli | ATL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mike Furrey | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||
| Jon Kitna | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Marcus Thomas | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
| Dewayne White | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| John Abraham | ATL | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Adam Jennings | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Lawyer Milloy | ATL | 1 | 38 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerious Norwood | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||
| Ben Wilkerson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||