Week 2, 1990

played in Detroit, MI

82 degrees, stormy, 25 mph wind

New England Patriots	0	6	3	0	-	9
Detroit Lions	6	0	0	0	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:03 DET - Matt Stover 52 field goal
1Q: 03:00 DET - Matt Stover 57 field goal
2Q: 14:05 NED - Mike Wood 46 field goal
2Q: 04:13 NED - Mike Wood 47 field goal
3Q: 09:47 NED - Mike Wood 32 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:03 DET - Matt Stover 52 field goal
1Q: 03:00 DET - Matt Stover 57 field goal
2Q: 14:05 NED - Mike Wood 46 field goal
2Q: 04:13 NED - Mike Wood 47 field goal
3Q: 09:47 NED - Mike Wood 32 field goal

Team Statistics NED DET
Record 1-1 1-1
First Downs 11 17
- by Rushing 5 4
- by Passing 5 13
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 190 320
- Offensive Plays 57 67
- Yards per Play 3.33 4.78
Net Rushing Yards 104 116
- Rushing Attempts 33 25
- Yards per Rush 3.15 4.64
Net Passing Yards 86 204
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 22 - 10 - 1 41 - 20 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 97 211
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 3.58 4.86
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/16 7/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 1/10 3/35
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 3/36
Kick Returns/Yards 2/58 4/70
Interception Ret./Yards 2/1 1/9
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 31
Time of Possession 30:07 29:53

Team Statistics	NED	DET
Record	1-1	1-1
First Downs	11	17
- by Rushing	5	4
- by Passing	5	13
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	190	320
- Offensive Plays	57	67
- Yards per Play	3.33	4.78
Net Rushing Yards	104	116
- Rushing Attempts	33	25
- Yards per Rush	3.15	4.64
Net Passing Yards	86	204
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	22 - 10 - 1	41 - 20 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	97	211
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	3.58	4.86
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/16	7/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	7.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	1/10	3/35
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	3/36
Kick Returns/Yards	2/58	4/70
Interception Ret./Yards	2/1	1/9
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 31
Time of Possession	30:07	29:53

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:31	4:26	OWN 20	9	23	Punt
1	4:57	0:31	OWN 31	1	8	Fumble
1	2:55	2:11	OWN 23	3	8	Punt
2	14:48	0:48	OPP 38	3	9	Field Goal
2	9:08	5:02	OWN 20	9	50	Field Goal
2	1:45	1:45	OWN 26	3	16	Half
3	15:00	5:18	OWN 41	12	44	Field Goal
3	2:11	0:11	OWN 34	1	0	Interception
3	0:19	2:34	OWN 10	5	27	Punt
4	9:35	1:55	OWN 2	3	5	Punt
4	7:11	4:31	OWN 48	6	13	Punt
4	0:54	0:37	OWN 41	3	2	Punt

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:29	OWN 38	4	10	Punt
1	9:05	4:08	OWN 4	8	61	Field Goal
1	4:26	1:31	OPP 34	3	-6	Field Goal
1	0:44	0:56	OWN 31	3	3	Interception
2	14:00	4:52	OWN 24	10	75	Interception
2	4:06	2:21	OWN 18	4	14	Punt
3	9:42	7:31	OWN 13	15	60	Missed FG
3	2:00	1:41	OPP 43	3	3	Punt
4	12:45	3:10	OWN 29	5	22	Punt
4	7:40	0:29	OPP 41	3	0	Missed FG
4	2:40	1:46	OWN 20	9	46	Missed FG
4	0:17	0:17	OWN 15	1	12	Game

Game MVP: Don Griffin, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Dalton Hilliard	18	65	3.61	19	2
Gordie Lockbaun	14	35	2.50	7	0
Gary Kubiak	1	4	4.00	4	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Marion Butts	18	81	4.50	17	3
Doug Flutie	2	28	14.00	29	1
Crash Davis	2	2	1.00	1	0
Tim Spencer	1	0	0.00	0	0
Quinn Early	1	3	3.00	3	0
Greg McMurtry	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gary Kubiak	22	10	97	2/11	0	32	1	39.4

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Doug Flutie	41	20	211	1/7	0	29	2	43.9

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Mike Wilson	3	5	49	16.33	0	32
RB Gordie Lockbaun	2	2	13	6.50	0	10
WR Bobby Jones	1	4	14	14.00	4	14
TE Lin Dawson	1	1	3	3.00	4	3
FB Stan Edwards	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
WR Jimmy Teal	1	3	8	8.00	0	8
TE Eric Green	1	4	11	11.00	0	11
WR Bill Brooks	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Don Beebe	4	7	25	6.25	0	15
TE Wesley Walls	4	8	60	15.00	8	29
RB Crash Davis	3	5	5	1.67	4	6
WR Carlos Carson	2	8	34	17.00	5	22
TE Mike Mularkey	2	4	20	10.00	3	17
WR Quinn Early	2	2	34	17.00	5	24
FB Tim Spencer	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
RB Marion Butts	1	1	19	19.00	16	19
WR Greg McMurtry	1	4	11	11.00	0	11
WR Phil McConkey	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Don Griffin	2	1	0.50	0

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Chris Spielman	1	9	9.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Gary Kubiak	1	0	0
Jimmy Teal	1	0	0
Eric Kattus	0	1	0
Ron Solt	0	0	1
Don Griffin	0	0	1

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Phil McConkey	1	1	0
Don Beebe	1	0	0
Ronnie Lott	0	1	0
Quinn Early	0	1	0
Keith Ferguson	0	0	1
James Williams	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Barker	6	276	46.0	36.7	53	3

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Russell Erxleben	4	171	42.8	37.8	52	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Wood	3/3	2/2	0/0	47	0/0

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Stover	2/5	2/5	2/4	57	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Phil McConkey	3	36	12.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kevin Clark	1	29	29.0	0
Dexter Carter	1	29	29.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
James Williams	3	53	17.7	0
Don Beebe	1	17	17.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Michael Jackson	5	2	0.0	10	10
S Ken Johnson	5	0	0.0	19	36
OLB James Francis	5	0	0.0	17	31
CB Anthony Taylor	4	0	0.0	17	28
ILB Dan Murray	4	0	0.0	18	28
S Michael Stewart	3	1	1.0	19	35
S Leander Knight	3	1	0.0	16	26
DE Donald Evans	3	0	0.0	17	33
DT Pete Koch	2	1	0.0	10	20
ILB Johnny Taylor	2	1	0.0	8	12
CB Don Griffin	2	1	0.0	18	32
DE Burt Grossman	2	1	0.0	20	23
CB Ray Crockett	2	0	0.0	12	30
ILB John Anderson	1	3	0.0	8	9
CB Toi Cook	1	1	0.0	22	37
DT John Randle	1	1	0.0	17	27
WR Mike Wilson	1	0	---	---	---
RB Dalton Hilliard	1	0	---	---	---
OLB David Griggs	1	0	0.0	10	15
DE Doug Barnett	0	1	0.0	11	24
CB Kevin Clark	0	1	0.0	6	6

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Fred Marion	6	1	0.0	25	22
ILB Chris Spielman	5	1	0.0	25	21
S Ronnie Lott	4	1	0.0	31	22
OLB Duane Bickett	4	1	0.0	29	21
DE Jacob Green	4	0	0.0	14	6
CB James Williams	4	0	0.0	32	23
DT Emanuel Weaver	3	1	0.0	25	16
DT Brian Sochia	3	1	0.0	15	15
S John Baylor	2	0	1.0	11	4
DT Jerome Sally	2	0	0.0	17	13
CB Anthony Parker	2	0	0.0	24	20
DE Keith Ferguson	1	1	1.0	23	15
CB Duane Galloway	1	2	0.0	24	18
DE Bruce Clark	1	1	0.0	16	13
CB Bobby Butler	1	1	0.0	5	5
WR Carlos Carson	1	0	---	---	---
QB Doug Flutie	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Kurt Cobain	1	0	0.0	15	6
ILB Niko Noga	0	2	0.0	10	6

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
S Michael Stewart	1.0	0	0	35
DE Doug Barnett	0.0	2	1	24
OLB David Griggs	0.0	1	0	15
DE Donald Evans	0.0	0	3	33
DE Burt Grossman	0.0	0	2	23
DT John Randle	0.0	0	1	27
OLB James Francis	0.0	0	1	31

Detroit	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Keith Ferguson	1.0	0	1	15
S John Baylor	1.0	0	0	4
DE Jason Buck	0.0	1	1	18
OLB Duane Bickett	0.0	0	1	21

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Leander Knight	3	1	0	26
CB Anthony Taylor	3	0	0	28
OLB James Francis	3	0	0	31
DT Pete Koch	2	0	0	20
S Michael Stewart	2	0	0	35
CB Don Griffin	1	0	2	32
OLB Michael Jackson	1	0	0	10
ILB Johnny Taylor	1	0	0	12
CB Toi Cook	1	0	0	37
ILB Dan Murray	1	0	0	28
S Ken Johnson	1	0	0	36
CB Ray Crockett	1	0	0	30
ILB John Anderson	0	1	0	9

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB James Williams	4	1	0	23
S Ronnie Lott	2	0	0	22
CB Duane Galloway	1	2	0	18
ILB Chris Spielman	1	1	1	21
CB Anthony Parker	1	1	0	20
S Fred Marion	1	0	0	22
OLB Duane Bickett	0	2	0	21

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Randy Dixon	3	8	1	30	0	22
Steve August	2	2	0	25	0	15
Ron McNair	1	5	0	24	1	15
Stan Edwards	1	5	0	21	0	16
Ron Solt	1	4	0	24	0	19
Larry Tearry	0	5	0	26	0	17
Lin Dawson	0	1	0	12	0	7
Eric Kattus	0	1	0	21	0	13
Eric Green	0	1	0	19	0	12
Gordie Lockbaun	0	0	0	14	1	9

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Anthony Munoz	3	5	20	1	36
Randy Grimes	1	4	24	0	39
Tim Spencer	1	4	15	0	17
Paul Jetton	1	3	22	0	37
Kirk Scrafford	1	3	22	0	39
Tom Newberry	0	3	14	0	20
Guy McIntyre	0	2	22	0	36

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Earnest Jackson	1	20
Lin Dawson	1	16
Carl Monroe	1	14
Eric Kattus	1	14
Toi Cook	1	14
Michael Jackson	1	8
Ron Solt	1	7

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Kurt Cobain	1	21
Ozzie Newsome	1	16

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Toi Cook	---	---	22	37	14	73
Anthony Taylor	---	---	17	28	17	62
Dan Murray	---	---	18	28	14	60
Ken Johnson	---	---	19	36	4	59
Michael Stewart	---	---	19	35	4	58
Gary Kubiak	33	24	---	---	---	57
Don Griffin	---	---	18	32	4	54
Donald Evans	---	---	17	33	4	54
Randy Dixon	30	22	---	---	---	52
James Francis	---	---	17	31	3	51
Ron Solt	24	19	---	---	7	50
Leander Knight	---	---	16	26	8	50
John Randle	---	---	17	27	5	49
Eric Kattus	21	13	---	---	14	48
Stan Edwards	21	16	---	---	10	47
Burt Grossman	---	---	20	23	3	46
Larry Tearry	26	17	---	---	2	45
Ray Crockett	---	---	12	30	2	44
Steve August	25	15	---	---	3	43
Doug Barnett	---	---	11	24	6	41
Don Maggs	16	16	---	---	9	41
Ron McNair	24	15	---	---	---	39
Mike Wilson	20	18	---	---	---	38
David Griggs	---	---	10	15	11	36
Lin Dawson	12	7	---	---	16	35
Pete Koch	---	---	10	20	5	35
Dalton Hilliard	19	15	---	---	---	34
Eric Green	19	12	---	---	3	34
Duval Love	13	9	---	---	9	31
Michael Jackson	---	---	10	10	8	28
Jimmy Teal	18	8	---	---	---	26
Johnny Taylor	---	---	8	12	4	24
Carl Monroe	3	6	---	---	14	23
Gordie Lockbaun	14	9	---	---	---	23
Bill Cherry	7	7	---	---	8	22
Bill Brooks	13	8	---	---	---	21
Earnest Jackson	0	0	---	---	20	20
Kevin Clark	---	---	6	6	8	20
John Anderson	---	---	8	9	2	19
Bobby Jones	4	8	---	---	4	16
Herbert Harris	1	0	---	---	11	12
Mike Wood	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bryan Barker	0	0	---	---	6	6
Taft Fox	0	0	---	---	3	3
Dexter Carter	0	0	---	---	3	3
Turk Schonert	0	0	---	---	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Randy Grimes	24	39	---	---	9	72
Kirk Scrafford	22	39	---	---	9	70
Doug Flutie	25	42	---	---	---	67
Paul Jetton	22	37	---	---	6	65
Anthony Parker	---	---	24	20	21	65
James Williams	---	---	32	23	9	64
Wesley Walls	23	33	---	---	6	62
Anthony Munoz	20	36	---	---	3	59
Ronnie Lott	---	---	31	22	5	58
Guy McIntyre	22	36	---	---	---	58
Duane Bickett	---	---	29	21	7	57
Chris Spielman	---	---	25	21	10	56
Fred Marion	---	---	25	22	3	50
Duane Galloway	---	---	24	18	3	45
Emanuel Weaver	---	---	25	16	3	44
Tom Newberry	14	20	---	---	9	43
Carlos Carson	13	28	---	---	1	42
Quinn Early	12	24	---	---	6	42
Kurt Cobain	---	---	15	6	21	42
Keith Ferguson	---	---	23	15	3	41
Jason Buck	---	---	19	18	4	41
Don Beebe	7	26	---	---	5	38
Marion Butts	21	16	---	---	---	37
Tim Spencer	15	17	---	---	4	36
Brian Sochia	---	---	15	15	5	35
Greg McMurtry	11	16	---	---	6	33
Jerome Sally	---	---	17	13	2	32
Ozzie Newsome	7	8	---	---	16	31
Crash Davis	4	26	---	---	---	30
Bruce Clark	---	---	16	13	---	29
Mike Mularkey	10	7	---	---	12	29
Jacob Green	---	---	14	6	7	27
Phil McConkey	1	8	---	---	17	26
James Brooks	0	0	---	---	22	22
Niko Noga	---	---	10	6	5	21
John Baylor	---	---	11	4	3	18
Ken Lanier	1	3	---	---	9	13
Bobby Butler	---	---	5	5	---	10
Larry Kubin	---	---	2	0	7	9
Mike Loyd	0	0	---	---	5	5
Matt Stover	0	0	---	---	5	5
Russell Erxleben	0	0	---	---	4	4
Uwe Von Schamann	0	0	---	---	3	3
Ron Hall	1	1	---	---	---	2
Ron Francis	---	---	1	0	---	1
Vinny Testaverde	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	37	3.4
Middle	19	71	3.7
Right	3	-4	-1.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	12	3.0
Middle	12	57	4.8
Right	9	47	5.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gary Kubiak	22	10	1	2	1	7	1	3	1

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Doug Flutie	41	20	3	1	5	2	8	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	3	1.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	3	10	1.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	52	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	32	16.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	20	3.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	4	28	3.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	9	110	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	53	8.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mike Wilson	5	3	0	49	1	18
WR Bobby Jones	4	1	1	14	0	8
TE Eric Green	4	1	0	11	0	12
WR Jimmy Teal	3	1	0	8	0	8
WR Bill Brooks	2	0	0	0	0	8
RB Gordie Lockbaun	2	2	0	13	0	9
TE Lin Dawson	1	1	0	3	0	7
FB Stan Edwards	1	1	0	-1	0	16

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Carlos Carson	8	2	2	34	1	28
TE Wesley Walls	8	4	1	60	1	33
WR Don Beebe	7	4	2	25	0	26
RB Crash Davis	5	3	0	5	0	26
TE Mike Mularkey	4	2	0	20	0	7
WR Greg McMurtry	4	1	0	11	0	16
WR Quinn Early	2	2	0	34	1	24
WR Phil McConkey	1	0	0	0	0	8
FB Tim Spencer	1	1	0	3	0	17
RB Marion Butts	1	1	0	19	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dalton Hilliard	1	2	2.00	3.61

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Marion Butts	1	1	1.00	4.50
Greg McMurtry	1	2	2.00	2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gary Kubiak	2	0	0	0.00	4.41

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Doug Flutie	2	1	8	4.00	5.15

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jimmy Teal	2	0	0	0.00	2.67

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Crash Davis	1	0	0	0.00	1.00
WR Don Beebe	1	1	8	8.00	3.57

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Dalton Hilliard	4	3
Gordie Lockbaun	3	1

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gary Kubiak	8	4	2

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Doug Flutie	16	9	7

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bobby Jones	3	1	1
TE Eric Green	2	1	1
WR Mike Wilson	1	1	0
FB Stan Edwards	1	1	0
WR Jimmy Teal	1	0	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Don Beebe	5	4	3
WR Carlos Carson	3	0	0
WR Greg McMurtry	3	1	1
TE Wesley Walls	2	2	2
TE Mike Mularkey	1	1	1
WR Phil McConkey	1	0	0
RB Crash Davis	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 61,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,100 (21,400)
End Zone 13,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	61,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,100 (21,400)
End Zone	13,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)