Week 8, 2005

played in Atlanta, GA

65 degrees, fair, calm

Detroit Lions	3	0	0	0	-	3
Atlanta Falcons	3	7	3	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:12 ATL - Derek Whaley 36 field goal
1Q: 05:15 DET - Dave Raymer 34 field goal
2Q: 10:47 ATL - Spencer George 44 run (Derek Whaley extra point)
3Q: 02:16 ATL - Derek Whaley 36 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:12 ATL - Derek Whaley 36 field goal
1Q: 05:15 DET - Dave Raymer 34 field goal
2Q: 10:47 ATL - Spencer George 44 run (Derek Whaley extra point)
3Q: 02:16 ATL - Derek Whaley 36 field goal

Team Statistics DET ATL
Record 3-4 6-2
First Downs 19 9
- by Rushing 7 5
- by Passing 11 4
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 257 203
- Offensive Plays 79 52
- Yards per Play 3.25 3.90
Net Rushing Yards 129 133
- Rushing Attempts 29 27
- Yards per Rush 4.45 4.93
Net Passing Yards 128 70
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 24 - 1 23 - 10 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 178 79
- Sacks/Yards Lost 9/50 2/9
- Yards per Pass Play 2.56 2.80
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/18 3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.1 6.1
4th Down Conversions 2/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 1/5 1/5
Punt Returns/Yards 4/38 3/28
Kick Returns/Yards 2/31 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 2/5 1/15
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 37
Time of Possession 35:04 24:56

Team Statistics	DET	ATL
Record	3-4	6-2
First Downs	19	9
- by Rushing	7	5
- by Passing	11	4
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	257	203
- Offensive Plays	79	52
- Yards per Play	3.25	3.90
Net Rushing Yards	129	133
- Rushing Attempts	29	27
- Yards per Rush	4.45	4.93
Net Passing Yards	128	70
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 24 - 1	23 - 10 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	178	79
- Sacks/Yards Lost	9/50	2/9
- Yards per Pass Play	2.56	2.80
Fumbles/Lost	2/2	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/18	3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.1	6.1
4th Down Conversions	2/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	1/5	1/5
Punt Returns/Yards	4/38	3/28
Kick Returns/Yards	2/31	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	2/5	1/15
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 37
Time of Possession	35:04	24:56

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:54	OWN 25	2	7	Fumble
1	12:06	5:19	OWN 25	8	33	Punt
1	6:35	1:26	OPP 17	3	0	Field Goal
1	3:09	5:17	OWN 15	9	53	Downs
2	10:25	1:24	OWN 18	3	0	Punt
2	7:47	2:32	OWN 15	7	36	Fumble
2	4:03	2:29	OWN 43	6	7	Punt
2	0:17	0:17	OWN 40	3	-9	Half
3	13:22	4:10	OWN 27	6	28	Punt
3	2:09	2:20	OWN 12	3	7	Punt
4	13:50	1:20	OWN 15	3	7	Punt
4	11:22	4:41	OWN 37	9	42	Missed FG
4	4:19	2:44	OWN 20	13	26	Interception
4	1:05	1:05	OWN 20	4	20	Game

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:06	2:00	OPP 32	5	13	Field Goal
1	6:47	0:12	OWN 20	1	-3	Fumble
1	5:09	2:00	OWN 25	3	3	Punt
2	12:52	2:27	OWN 32	4	68	Touchdown
2	9:01	1:14	OWN 38	3	6	Punt
2	5:15	1:12	OWN 49	3	5	Interception
2	1:34	1:17	OWN 20	6	28	Interception
3	15:00	1:38	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
3	9:12	7:03	OWN 7	12	74	Field Goal
4	14:49	0:59	OWN 47	3	-1	Punt
4	12:30	1:08	OWN 45	3	-2	Punt
4	6:41	2:22	OPP 44	3	1	Punt
4	1:35	0:30	OPP 49	3	9	Punt

Game MVP: Gavin Schneider, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Travis Henry	12	26	2.17	21	1
FB Ciatrick Fason	11	72	6.55	11	2
QB Cedric Rohde	6	31	5.17	11	1

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Spencer George	19	107	5.63	44	3	1
RB J.J. Johnson	4	14	3.50	9	0	0
WR Charles Johnson	2	-1	-0.50	2	0	0
QB Drew Brees	2	13	6.50	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cedric Rohde	41	24	178	9/50	0	24	1	58.8

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Drew Brees	23	10	79	2/9	0	18	2	16.4

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Nigea Carter	7	8	62	8.86	34	14
FB Ciatrick Fason	6	9	48	8.00	24	24
WR Eddie Kennison	5	11	40	8.00	14	15
TE Jay Riemersma	2	7	8	4.00	0	9
RB Travis Henry	2	2	14	7.00	0	8
WR Andre' Davis	2	3	6	3.00	0	3

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Peter Warrick	3	6	35	11.67	6	18
WR Charles Johnson	2	4	24	12.00	11	16
WR Antonio Nicas	2	5	12	6.00	3	9
WR Amir Montgomery	2	4	2	1.00	0	3
RB Spencer George	1	1	6	6.00	5	6
TE Erron Kinney	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
TE Chris Baker	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Samari Rolle	2	5	2.50	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Zeke Moreno	1	15	15.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Cedric Rohde	2	0	0
DE Corey Simon	0	1	0
OLB Julius Peppers	0	0	1

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Drew Brees	1	0	0
DE Lance Perea	0	1	0
DE Gavin Schneider	0	1	0
DE Derrick Burgess	0	0	1
DT Chris Cooper	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Donny Jones	6	249	41.5	33.5	48	2

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Flaherty	7	324	46.3	35.1	62	4

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dave Raymer	1/2	0/0	0/0	34	0/0

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Derek Whaley	2/2	0/0	0/0	36	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Kennison	4	38	9.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kevin Mathis	3	28	9.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ken Al-Rudaini	2	31	15.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jermaine Phillips	9	1	0.0	27	25
DE Patrick Kerney	5	2	1.0	27	25
ILB Keyaron Fox	5	1	0.0	26	21
OLB Julius Peppers	3	1	1.0	22	21
CB Chris Carr	3	1	0.0	24	21
DE Corey Simon	2	1	0.0	20	21
DT Montique Sharpe	2	1	0.0	14	8
S Sean Considine	2	1	0.0	25	24
CB Samari Rolle	2	0	0.0	14	13
CB Kevin Garrett	2	0	0.0	17	21
DT Anthony Adams	1	2	0.0	27	25
ILB Barrett Ruud	1	2	0.0	27	25
WR Eddie Kennison	1	0	---	---	---
S Cameron Dvorsky	1	0	0.0	3	3
OLB Rocky Boiman	0	1	0.0	16	13

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Donnie Abraham	10	0	1.0	23	33
S Matt Bowmen	8	7	0.0	29	45
CB Charles Woodson	8	0	0.0	23	41
OLB Zeke Moreno	6	2	0.5	29	50
OLB Ty Myers	5	3	0.0	26	41
DT Trevor Pryce	4	1	1.0	28	43
DE Derrick Burgess	4	1	0.5	12	19
DT Chris Cooper	3	1	1.0	22	40
DE Gavin Schneider	2	0	2.0	14	28
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	2	1	1.0	16	16
OLB Ian Gold	2	1	1.0	12	24
CB Kevin Mathis	2	1	0.0	12	30
S Terrence Kiel	2	1	0.0	9	24
TE Erron Kinney	2	0	---	---	---
DT Ryan Pickett	1	0	1.0	2	12
DE Lance Perea	1	1	0.0	28	33
S Tyrone Carter	1	1	0.0	21	38
CB Tom Knight	1	0	0.0	2	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Patrick Kerney	1.0	1	2	0	25
OLB Julius Peppers	1.0	0	2	2	21
DT Anthony Adams	0.0	0	1	0	25
CB Kevin Garrett	0.0	0	1	0	21
DE Corey Simon	0.0	0	0	1	21

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Gavin Schneider	2.0	0	0	0	28
DT Trevor Pryce	1.0	1	0	1	43
DT Chris Cooper	1.0	0	1	1	40
DT Ryan Pickett	1.0	0	0	1	12
CB Donnie Abraham	1.0	0	0	0	33
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	1.0	0	0	0	16
OLB Ian Gold	1.0	0	0	0	24
DE Derrick Burgess	0.5	0	1	0	19
OLB Zeke Moreno	0.5	0	0	0	50
DE Lance Perea	0.0	0	1	0	33

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Chris Carr	3	1	0	21
S Jermaine Phillips	2	0	0	25
CB Kevin Garrett	1	1	0	21
S Sean Considine	1	1	0	24
CB Samari Rolle	1	0	2	13
S Cameron Dvorsky	1	0	0	3
DT Montique Sharpe	1	0	0	8

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Charles Woodson	6	0	0	41
CB Donnie Abraham	5	0	0	33
OLB Ty Myers	4	0	0	41
OLB Zeke Moreno	2	2	1	50
S Matt Bowmen	2	1	0	45
S Terrence Kiel	2	0	0	24
CB Kevin Mathis	1	1	0	30
DE Lance Perea	1	0	0	33
CB Tom Knight	1	0	0	10
S Shaunard Harts	0	1	0	23

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Dominic Raiola	5	11	29	0	50
T Tyson Clabo	2	4	29	3	50
G Howie Young	1	2	29	4	50
C Van Hensley	1	2	29	2	50
TE Patrick Kyrouac	1	2	15	0	16
T Jordan Black	0	2	29	0	50

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Jason Anderson	2	4	0	27	1	25
T Chris Samuels	1	7	1	27	0	25
T Jeff Backus	1	5	0	27	0	25
FB George Irwin	1	1	0	10	0	1
G Cooper Carlisle	0	4	0	27	1	25
C Travis Claridge	0	4	0	27	0	25

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Marcus Bell	1	19
Patrick Kerney	1	10
Tyson Clabo	1	8

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Spencer George	2	15
Cooper Carlisle	2	9
George Irwin	1	21
Leland Wilke	1	21

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
WR Eddie Kennison	29	50	---	---	11	90
C Dominic Raiola	29	50	---	---	8	87
C Van Hensley	29	50	---	---	8	87
T Jordan Black	29	50	---	---	8	87
T Tyson Clabo	29	50	---	---	8	87
G Howie Young	29	50	---	---	8	87
QB Cedric Rohde	29	50	---	---	---	79
WR Nigea Carter	28	47	---	---	1	76
TE Jay Riemersma	27	41	---	---	1	69
DE Patrick Kerney	---	---	27	25	10	62
FB Ciatrick Fason	14	32	---	---	14	60
S Jermaine Phillips	---	---	27	25	3	55
DT Anthony Adams	---	---	27	25	2	54
ILB Barrett Ruud	---	---	27	25	2	54
CB Kevin Garrett	---	---	17	21	13	51
TE Patrick Kyrouac	15	16	---	---	20	51
S Sean Considine	---	---	25	24	2	51
ILB Keyaron Fox	---	---	26	21	2	49
CB Chris Carr	---	---	24	21	3	48
OLB Julius Peppers	---	---	22	21	2	45
WR Andre' Davis	13	30	---	---	---	43
DE Corey Simon	---	---	20	21	1	42
RB Travis Henry	15	18	---	---	---	33
OLB Rocky Boiman	---	---	16	13	1	30
DT Montique Sharpe	---	---	14	8	8	30
CB Samari Rolle	---	---	14	13	1	28
OLB Marcus Bell	---	---	1	1	19	21
WR Shaun Riley	1	5	---	---	14	20
S Cameron Dvorsky	---	---	3	3	12	18
TE Jamar Martin	1	1	---	---	15	17
CB Alexander Pierce	---	---	0	3	12	15
ILB Kendyll Pope	---	---	0	0	11	11
OLB Darryl Blackstock	---	---	7	4	---	11
TE Sheldon Jackson	1	8	---	---	---	9
WR Ken Al-Rudaini	1	2	---	---	6	9
C John Denny	0	0	---	---	8	8
DE Davis McMillan	---	---	0	1	7	8
P Donny Jones	0	0	---	---	6	6
K Dave Raymer	0	0	---	---	4	4
QB Bill Musgrave	0	0	---	---	2	2
T Chris Ruhman	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Gibran Hamdan	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Austin King	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Corey Jenkins	---	---	0	0	---	0
G Dylan Gandy	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Nate Karenina	---	---	0	0	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Ty Myers	---	---	26	41	21	88
OLB Zeke Moreno	---	---	29	50	2	81
S Matt Bowmen	---	---	29	45	2	76
S Tyrone Carter	---	---	21	38	14	73
DT Trevor Pryce	---	---	28	43	1	72
CB Charles Woodson	---	---	23	41	3	67
DT Chris Cooper	---	---	22	40	2	64
DE Lance Perea	---	---	28	33	2	63
G Jason Anderson	27	25	---	---	9	61
G Cooper Carlisle	27	25	---	---	9	61
T Chris Samuels	27	25	---	---	9	61
T Jeff Backus	27	25	---	---	9	61
CB Donnie Abraham	---	---	23	33	---	56
RB Spencer George	21	20	---	---	15	56
CB Kevin Mathis	---	---	12	30	13	55
WR Antonio Nicas	24	25	---	---	4	53
C Travis Claridge	27	25	---	---	---	52
QB Drew Brees	27	25	---	---	---	52
DE Gavin Schneider	---	---	14	28	2	44
S Terrence Kiel	---	---	9	24	10	43
WR Amir Montgomery	24	18	---	---	---	42
WR Charles Johnson	7	11	---	---	21	39
TE Erron Kinney	18	21	---	---	---	39
WR Peter Warrick	18	21	---	---	---	39
DE Derrick Burgess	---	---	12	19	6	37
OLB Ian Gold	---	---	12	24	---	36
S Shaunard Harts	---	---	11	23	---	34
FB George Irwin	10	1	---	---	21	32
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	---	---	16	16	---	32
TE Leland Wilke	1	0	---	---	21	22
CB Tom Knight	---	---	2	10	8	20
DT Ryan Pickett	---	---	2	12	1	15
TE Chris Baker	8	4	---	---	---	12
WR Marcus Robinson	0	3	---	---	6	9
RB J.J. Johnson	4	1	---	---	4	9
C Lonnie Paxton	0	0	---	---	9	9
DT Craig Terrill	---	---	0	0	8	8
P Mike Flaherty	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Derek Whaley	0	0	---	---	6	6
OLB Tom Blackwell	---	---	0	0	6	6
QB Adam Dunn	0	0	---	---	2	2
T L.J. Shelton	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Darnell Alford	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Leander Jordan	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Quincy Monk	---	---	0	0	---	0
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	9	3.0
Middle	23	115	5.0
Right	3	5	1.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	20	2.9
Middle	16	61	3.8
Right	4	52	13.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cedric Rohde	41	24	1	3	3	5	3	3	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Drew Brees	23	10	0	0	1	3	6	3	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	8	56	5.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	51	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	6	71	7.1
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	6	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	6	42	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	2	13	2.2
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	18	6.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Eddie Kennison	11	5	2	40	0	50
FB Ciatrick Fason	9	6	0	48	1	32
WR Nigea Carter	8	7	0	62	0	47
TE Jay Riemersma	7	2	1	8	0	41
WR Andre' Davis	3	2	0	6	0	30
RB Travis Henry	2	2	0	14	0	18

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Peter Warrick	6	3	1	35	21
WR Antonio Nicas	5	2	0	12	25
WR Charles Johnson	4	2	0	24	11
WR Amir Montgomery	4	2	0	2	18
TE Erron Kinney	2	0	0	0	21
RB Spencer George	1	1	0	6	20
TE Chris Baker	1	0	0	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Spencer George	1	1	1.00	5.63

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cedric Rohde	2	1	6	3.00	4.34

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Drew Brees	2	0	0	0.00	3.43

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jay Riemersma	1	0	0	0.00	1.14
RB Travis Henry	1	1	6	6.00	7.00

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Erron Kinney	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Peter Warrick	1	0	0	0.00	5.83

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
QB Cedric Rohde	3	1
FB Ciatrick Fason	1	0

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
RB Spencer George	2	0
QB Drew Brees	2	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cedric Rohde	12	6	2

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Drew Brees	8	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Nigea Carter	4	4	2
FB Ciatrick Fason	4	1	0
WR Eddie Kennison	2	0	0
TE Jay Riemersma	1	0	0
WR Andre' Davis	1	1	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antonio Nicas	3	2	1
TE Erron Kinney	2	0	0
WR Charles Johnson	1	0	0
TE Chris Baker	1	0	0
WR Amir Montgomery	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,300 (25,300)
End Zone 18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,300 (25,300)
End Zone	18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)