Week 2, 1998

played in New England, MA

59 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Detroit Lions	3	0	0	15	-	18
New England Patriots	14	7	10	3	-	34

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:46 DET - Chad Stephenson 29 field goal
1Q: 04:20 NED - Robert Holcombe 6 run (David Beckham extra point)
1Q: 01:01 NED - Mike Alstott 2 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
2Q: 06:51 NED - Robert Holcombe 1 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
3Q: 10:52 NED - Eric Moulds 13 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
3Q: 02:24 NED - David Beckham 32 field goal
4Q: 12:47 DET - Peter Boulware 91 interception return (Chad Stephenson extra point)
4Q: 05:20 NED - David Beckham 53 field goal
4Q: 02:00 DET - Michael Jackson 12 pass from Charlie Batch (Charlie Batch pass to Michael Jackson for conversion)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:46 DET - Chad Stephenson 29 field goal
1Q: 04:20 NED - Robert Holcombe 6 run (David Beckham extra point)
1Q: 01:01 NED - Mike Alstott 2 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
2Q: 06:51 NED - Robert Holcombe 1 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
3Q: 10:52 NED - Eric Moulds 13 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
3Q: 02:24 NED - David Beckham 32 field goal
4Q: 12:47 DET - Peter Boulware 91 interception return (Chad Stephenson extra point)
4Q: 05:20 NED - David Beckham 53 field goal
4Q: 02:00 DET - Michael Jackson 12 pass from Charlie Batch (Charlie Batch pass to Michael Jackson for conversion)

Team Statistics DET NED
Record 1-1 2-0
First Downs 15 23
- by Rushing 4 8
- by Passing 11 15
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 304 354
- Offensive Plays 57 67
- Yards per Play 5.33 5.28
Net Rushing Yards 88 132
- Rushing Attempts 24 36
- Yards per Rush 3.67 3.67
Net Passing Yards 216 222
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 20 - 1 30 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 238 230
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/22 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 6.55 7.16
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.4 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/41 3/25
Punt Returns/Yards 3/6 4/71
Kick Returns/Yards 2/35 2/44
Interception Ret./Yards 1/91 1/27
2pt Conversions 1/1 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 4/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 39
Time of Possession 26:23 33:37

Team Statistics	DET	NED
Record	1-1	2-0
First Downs	15	23
- by Rushing	4	8
- by Passing	11	15
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	304	354
- Offensive Plays	57	67
- Yards per Play	5.33	5.28
Net Rushing Yards	88	132
- Rushing Attempts	24	36
- Yards per Rush	3.67	3.67
Net Passing Yards	216	222
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 20 - 1	30 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	238	230
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/22	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	6.55	7.16
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.4	8.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/41	3/25
Punt Returns/Yards	3/6	4/71
Kick Returns/Yards	2/35	2/44
Interception Ret./Yards	1/91	1/27
2pt Conversions	1/1	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	4/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 20	OWN 39
Time of Possession	26:23	33:37

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:20	OWN 15	9	73	Field Goal
1	4:10	1:57	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
1	0:50	2:19	OWN 20	6	9	Punt
2	6:41	2:55	OWN 20	7	24	Punt
2	2:45	0:58	OWN 31	3	5	Punt
2	0:09	0:09	OWN 30	1	22	Half
3	10:43	4:17	OWN 12	6	22	Punt
3	5:04	0:49	OWN 6	2	14	Fumble
3	2:16	2:27	OWN 20	6	30	Interception
4	10:56	1:03	OWN 37	3	1	Punt
4	5:13	3:22	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
4	1:10	1:10	OWN 20	4	0	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:40	5:30	OWN 28	10	72	Touchdown
1	2:13	1:23	OWN 44	5	56	Touchdown
2	13:31	6:50	OWN 10	14	90	Touchdown
2	3:46	1:01	OWN 26	3	1	Punt
2	1:47	1:38	OWN 19	3	0	Punt
3	15:00	4:17	OWN 30	8	70	Touchdown
3	6:26	1:22	OPP 46	3	2	Punt
3	4:15	1:59	OPP 20	3	5	Field Goal
4	14:49	2:13	OPP 22	5	15	Interception
4	12:36	1:40	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	9:53	4:40	OWN 30	7	34	Field Goal
4	1:51	0:41	50	3	5	Punt

Game MVP: Don Majkowski, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Sedrick Shaw	13	35	2.69	10	1
Raymond Priester	7	30	4.29	13	1
Charlie Batch	2	24	12.00	17	1
Rodney Hampton	1	3	3.00	3	0
Kimble Anders	1	-4	-4.00	-4	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Robert Holcombe	20	88	4.40	15	2	1
John Miller	8	12	1.50	5	0	0
Mike Alstott	4	9	2.25	8	0	0
Don Majkowski	3	24	8.00	11	1	0
Bob Christian	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bill Musgrave	17	12	119	0/0	0	27	0	90.1
Charlie Batch	13	8	119	3/22	1	33	1	85.1

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Don Majkowski	27	20	219	1/8	3	32	0	134.6
Mike Cherry	3	2	11	0/0	0	7	1	33.3

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Nigea Carter	7	11	110	15.71	41	33	0
WR Michael Jackson	4	7	64	16.00	22	23	1
RB Sedrick Shaw	4	5	7	1.75	1	2	0
WR Logan Hardy	2	4	9	4.50	0	8	0
WR Willie Mays Hayes	1	1	9	9.00	0	9	0
TE Eric Green	1	1	12	12.00	0	12	0
TE Thurman Alston	1	1	27	27.00	3	27	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Robert Holcombe	8	10	101	12.63	59	32	1
WR Antonio Freeman	6	9	57	9.50	4	14	0
WR Eric Moulds	4	6	59	14.75	26	18	1
TE Jamie Asher	2	2	10	5.00	0	7	0
FB Mike Alstott	2	2	3	1.50	0	2	1
WR Charles Davenport	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Peter Boulware	1	91	91.00	1

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Je-rod Rozumek	1	27	27.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov
Charlie Batch	1	0
Raymond Priester	1	0
Hector Mathis	0	1

New England	Recov	Force
Chuck Johnson	1	0
John Randle	0	1
Allen Rossum	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chris Gardocki	6	291	48.5	36.7	61	4

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Barker	5	221	44.2	39.0	51	1

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chad Stephenson	1/1	0/0	0/0	29	1/1

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Beckham	2/2	1/1	1/1	53	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Danny Copeland	3	6	2.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	4	71	17.8	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jamel Williams	2	35	17.5	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	1	24	24.0	0
Evan Toomer	1	20	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Omar Stoutmire	10	0	0.0	33	31
ILB Al Smith	9	2	0.0	34	29
DT Bryant Yerger	5	0	0.0	18	13
DT Tim Dennis	3	2	1.0	18	18
CB Terry McDaniel	3	2	0.0	16	15
OLB Peter Boulware	3	2	0.0	13	15
S Greg Jackson	3	1	0.0	33	26
OLB Ray Farmer	3	0	0.0	19	16
DE Simeon Rice	3	0	0.0	12	11
OLB Bryan Cox	2	3	0.0	26	18
CB Terrell Buckley	2	1	0.0	30	27
CB Denard Walker	2	1	0.0	34	29
DE Billy Ray Cyrus	2	0	0.0	30	26
S Danny Copeland	1	0	0.0	8	4
DE Fernando Smith	1	0	0.0	20	17
DT Brenston Buckner	1	0	0.0	20	15
G Hector Mathis	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Ivan Bullock	1	0	0.0	2	2
CB Eric Warfield	1	0	0.0	6	4

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT John Randle	7	1	1.5	17	25
S Je-rod Rozumek	7	2	0.0	24	33
CB Allen Rossum	5	0	0.0	24	32
OLB Nickolas Fox	4	2	0.0	19	20
DT Tony Siragusa	4	1	0.0	14	15
CB Steve Isreal	3	1	0.0	7	18
S Greg Myers	3	1	0.0	17	29
DE Jeff Lageman	2	1	0.5	21	28
DE Ben Karpinski	2	0	0.5	15	20
ILB Ted Johnson	2	2	0.0	20	27
OLB Larry Izzo	2	0	0.0	6	13
CB Kevin Abrams	2	0	0.0	3	5
DE Paul Spicer	1	0	0.5	13	16
S Rodney Harrison	1	3	0.0	24	33
DT Chuck Johnson	1	0	0.0	10	16
ILB Ron Johnson	0	1	0.0	6	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Tim Dennis	1.0	0	0	0	18
DE Fernando Smith	0.0	0	2	0	17

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT John Randle	1.5	1	0	0	25
DE Jeff Lageman	0.5	0	1	1	28
DE Ben Karpinski	0.5	0	0	0	20
DE Paul Spicer	0.5	0	0	0	16
DT Tony Siragusa	0.0	0	1	0	15

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Omar Stoutmire	4	0	0	31
ILB Al Smith	3	0	0	29
S Greg Jackson	3	0	0	26
OLB Peter Boulware	2	1	1	15
OLB Ray Farmer	2	1	0	16
CB Terry McDaniel	2	0	0	15
OLB Bryan Cox	2	0	0	18
CB Denard Walker	1	1	0	29
CB Terrell Buckley	1	0	0	27
DE Simeon Rice	1	0	0	11
CB Eric Warfield	1	0	0	4

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Greg Myers	4	1	0	29
CB Allen Rossum	4	0	0	32
S Je-rod Rozumek	3	0	1	33
OLB Nickolas Fox	3	0	0	20
DT John Randle	2	0	0	25
DE Jeff Lageman	1	0	0	28
CB Steve Isreal	1	0	0	18
ILB Ted Johnson	1	0	0	27
CB Kevin Abrams	1	0	0	5
OLB Larry Izzo	0	1	0	13

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chester Karinen	2	6	23	1	31
Mark Fischer	1	5	23	0	29
Kirk Scrafford	1	4	23	0	30
Kimble Anders	0	2	12	0	10
Eric Green	0	1	19	0	27
Nathan Parks	0	1	24	0	29
Damien Deyo	0	1	12	0	9
Marcos Webb	0	1	1	0	5
Morris Jamison	0	1	1	0	7
Hector Mathis	0	0	23	1	30
Teddy Berlat	0	0	2	1	4

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Mandarich	7	11	3	35	0	31
Richmond Webb	3	5	0	35	1	30
Daquan Peterman	1	5	0	34	0	29
Brendan Stai	0	8	0	36	0	30
Mike Alstott	0	3	0	29	0	22
Jeff Dellenbach	0	1	0	2	0	2

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Willie Mays Hayes	5	16
Logan Hardy	1	7

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Larry Izzo	5	28

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Denard Walker	---	---	34	29	4	67
Omar Stoutmire	---	---	33	31	3	67
Al Smith	---	---	34	29	2	65
Sedrick Shaw	17	30	---	---	18	65
Greg Jackson	---	---	33	26	2	61
Nigea Carter	18	26	---	---	16	60
Hector Mathis	23	30	---	---	7	60
Terrell Buckley	---	---	30	27	2	59
Billy Ray Cyrus	---	---	30	26	3	59
Eric Green	19	27	---	---	10	56
Chester Karinen	23	31	---	---	---	54
Kirk Scrafford	23	30	---	---	---	53
Nathan Parks	24	29	---	---	---	53
Mark Fischer	23	29	---	---	---	52
Bryan Cox	---	---	26	18	5	49
Peter Boulware	---	---	13	15	20	48
Michael Jackson	18	25	---	---	4	47
Grant Wistrom	---	---	21	22	2	45
Terry McDaniel	---	---	16	15	12	43
Ray Farmer	---	---	19	16	4	39
Fernando Smith	---	---	20	17	1	38
Bill Musgrave	20	17	---	---	---	37
Tim Dennis	---	---	18	18	1	37
Brenston Buckner	---	---	20	15	1	36
Bryant Yerger	---	---	18	13	5	36
Danny Copeland	---	---	8	4	20	32
Logan Hardy	7	16	---	---	7	30
Kimble Anders	12	10	---	---	5	27
Simeon Rice	---	---	12	11	4	27
Raymond Priester	9	11	---	---	6	26
Damien Deyo	12	9	---	---	5	26
Willie Mays Hayes	2	6	---	---	16	24
Thurman Alston	1	3	---	---	18	22
Charlie Batch	4	16	---	---	---	20
Eric Warfield	---	---	6	4	9	19
Morris Jamison	1	7	---	---	7	15
Jamel Williams	---	---	3	3	7	13
Marcos Webb	1	5	---	---	7	13
Teddy Berlat	2	4	---	---	7	13
Ivan Bullock	---	---	2	2	8	12
Rodney Hampton	5	2	---	---	2	9
Chris Gardocki	0	0	---	---	7	7
Matt Landry	0	0	---	---	7	7
Clarence Love	---	---	0	0	6	6
Chad Stephenson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Leroy Wickert	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Robert Holcombe	27	29	---	---	18	74
Brendan Stai	36	30	---	---	7	73
Tony Mandarich	35	31	---	---	---	66
Richmond Webb	35	30	---	---	---	65
Daquan Peterman	34	29	---	---	---	63
Fred Miller	33	29	---	---	---	62
Antonio Freeman	32	29	---	---	---	61
Rodney Harrison	---	---	24	33	2	59
Mike Alstott	29	22	---	---	7	58
Je-rod Rozumek	---	---	24	33	---	57
Greg Myers	---	---	17	29	11	57
Allen Rossum	---	---	24	32	1	57
Jamie Asher	31	23	---	---	---	54
Don Majkowski	24	28	---	---	---	52
Jeff Lageman	---	---	21	28	1	50
Ted Johnson	---	---	20	27	1	48
Larry Izzo	---	---	6	13	28	47
Tom Carter	---	---	21	24	1	46
Steve Isreal	---	---	7	18	19	44
John Randle	---	---	17	25	1	43
Eric Moulds	13	17	---	---	10	40
Nickolas Fox	---	---	19	20	1	40
Keith Jackson	18	12	---	---	8	38
Ben Karpinski	---	---	15	20	1	36
Paul Spicer	---	---	13	16	6	35
Charles Davenport	8	13	---	---	11	32
Chuck Johnson	---	---	10	16	6	32
Tony Siragusa	---	---	14	15	1	30
Ed McCaffrey	5	4	---	---	17	26
Bob Christian	5	3	---	---	15	23
Evan Toomer	3	1	---	---	18	22
Bruce Ellerson	---	---	3	5	11	19
Mike Cherry	12	3	---	---	2	17
Ron Johnson	---	---	6	4	6	16
John Miller	9	2	---	---	4	15
Eric Bjornson	0	0	---	---	14	14
Tony Ramirez	3	2	---	---	7	12
Jeff Dellenbach	2	2	---	---	7	11
Glenn Rountree	2	2	---	---	7	11
David Beckham	0	0	---	---	9	9
Kevin Abrams	---	---	3	5	---	8
Tre Fuller	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bryan Barker	0	0	---	---	5	5
Desmond Grasso	---	---	0	0	3	3
Ron Rogers	---	---	0	0	2	2
Trot Nixon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	42	3.5
Middle	9	40	4.4
Right	3	6	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	11	2.8
Middle	29	116	4.0
Right	3	5	1.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bill Musgrave	17	12	2	0	2	1	1	0	0
Charlie Batch	13	8	3	0	2	1	1	1	1

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Don Majkowski	27	20	3	2	0	3	2	0	0
Mike Cherry	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	6	1.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	5	73	8.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	7	77	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	82	20.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	6	71	8.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	65	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	62	7.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	32	16.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Nigea Carter	11	7	2	110	2	26
WR Michael Jackson	7	4	0	64	2	25
RB Sedrick Shaw	5	4	1	7	0	30
WR Logan Hardy	4	2	1	9	0	16
WR Willie Mays Hayes	1	1	0	9	0	6
TE Eric Green	1	1	0	12	0	27
TE Thurman Alston	1	1	0	27	1	3

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Robert Holcombe	10	8	101	3	29
WR Antonio Freeman	9	6	57	0	29
WR Eric Moulds	6	4	59	0	17
TE Jamie Asher	2	2	10	0	23
FB Mike Alstott	2	2	3	0	22
WR Charles Davenport	1	0	0	0	13

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sedrick Shaw	1	-1	-1.00	2.69
Charlie Batch	1	7	7.00	12.00

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
John Miller	1	-1	-1.00	1.50
Robert Holcombe	1	6	6.00	4.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bill Musgrave	1	1	7	7.00	7.00
Charlie Batch	1	1	12	12.00	9.15

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Don Majkowski	10	7	56	5.60	8.11
Mike Cherry	1	0	0	0.00	3.67

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Michael Jackson	2	2	19	9.50	9.14

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Antonio Freeman	3	1	10	3.33	6.33
WR Eric Moulds	3	2	28	9.33	9.83
RB Robert Holcombe	3	2	13	4.33	10.10
TE Jamie Asher	1	1	3	3.00	5.00
FB Mike Alstott	1	1	2	2.00	1.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Raymond Priester	2	1

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Robert Holcombe	2	0
Don Majkowski	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bill Musgrave	7	5	2
Charlie Batch	4	2	2

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Don Majkowski	7	5	3
Mike Cherry	2	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Michael Jackson	5	3	2
WR Nigea Carter	5	3	2
WR Logan Hardy	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antonio Freeman	3	3	2
RB Robert Holcombe	3	3	1
WR Charles Davenport	1	0	0
TE Jamie Asher	1	1	1
WR Eric Moulds	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 61,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,200 (21,400)
End Zone 13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	61,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,200 (21,400)
End Zone	13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)