Conference Semifinals, 2034

played in Detroit, MI

30 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Washington Commanders	3	20	7	0	-	30
Detroit Lions	10	7	0	14	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:55 DET - Branden Kelly 2 run (Leo Salmon extra point)
1Q: 04:42 DET - Leo Salmon 21 field goal
1Q: 00:31 WAS - Eli Kennedy 46 field goal
2Q: 11:25 WAS - Eli Kennedy 20 field goal
2Q: 07:33 WAS - Eli Kennedy 26 field goal
2Q: 06:13 DET - Branden Kelly 40 run (Leo Salmon extra point)
2Q: 03:42 WAS - Benjamin Atkins 13 pass from Howard Blair (Eli Kennedy extra point)
2Q: 02:54 WAS - Jeremy Evans 50 fumble return (Eli Kennedy extra point)
3Q: 04:49 WAS - Kadarius Toney 19 pass from Howard Blair (Eli Kennedy extra point)
4Q: 12:01 DET - Carter Burgower 59 pass from Branden Kelly (Leo Salmon extra point)
4Q: 05:39 DET - Gavin Ford 17 run (Leo Salmon extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:55 DET - Branden Kelly 2 run (Leo Salmon extra point)
1Q: 04:42 DET - Leo Salmon 21 field goal
1Q: 00:31 WAS - Eli Kennedy 46 field goal
2Q: 11:25 WAS - Eli Kennedy 20 field goal
2Q: 07:33 WAS - Eli Kennedy 26 field goal
2Q: 06:13 DET - Branden Kelly 40 run (Leo Salmon extra point)
2Q: 03:42 WAS - Benjamin Atkins 13 pass from Howard Blair (Eli Kennedy extra point)
2Q: 02:54 WAS - Jeremy Evans 50 fumble return (Eli Kennedy extra point)
3Q: 04:49 WAS - Kadarius Toney 19 pass from Howard Blair (Eli Kennedy extra point)
4Q: 12:01 DET - Carter Burgower 59 pass from Branden Kelly (Leo Salmon extra point)
4Q: 05:39 DET - Gavin Ford 17 run (Leo Salmon extra point)

Team Statistics WAS DET
Record 9-9 14-3
First Downs 24 21
- by Rushing 3 9
- by Passing 18 9
- by Penalty 3 3
Total Net Yards 458 438
- Offensive Plays 73 60
- Yards per Play 6.27 7.30
Net Rushing Yards 73 147
- Rushing Attempts 25 26
- Yards per Rush 2.92 5.65
Net Passing Yards 385 291
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 43 - 28 - 0 33 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 411 298
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/26 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 8.02 8.56
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/16 2/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.6 5.3
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/1
Penalties/Yards 11/80 4/27
Punt Returns/Yards 2/15 3/40
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 31
Time of Possession 33:16 26:44

Team Statistics	WAS	DET
Record	9-9	14-3
First Downs	24	21
- by Rushing	3	9
- by Passing	18	9
- by Penalty	3	3
Total Net Yards	458	438
- Offensive Plays	73	60
- Yards per Play	6.27	7.30
Net Rushing Yards	73	147
- Rushing Attempts	25	26
- Yards per Rush	2.92	5.65
Net Passing Yards	385	291
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	43 - 28 - 0	33 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	411	298
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/26	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	8.02	8.56
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/16	2/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.6	5.3
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/1
Penalties/Yards	11/80	4/27
Punt Returns/Yards	2/15	3/40
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 20	OWN 31
Time of Possession	33:16	26:44

Drive Charts

Washington Commanders
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:28	OWN 23	4	22	Punt
1	8:45	1:19	OWN 25	3	-7	Punt
1	4:34	4:08	OWN 25	8	46	Field Goal
2	14:08	2:49	OWN 15	7	82	Field Goal
2	10:18	2:50	OWN 32	6	59	Field Goal
2	6:02	2:31	OWN 25	7	75	Touchdown
2	0:42	0:42	OWN 10	2	-8	Half
3	11:58	7:17	OWN 3	16	97	Touchdown
3	1:53	4:41	OWN 20	8	54	Fumble
4	11:44	2:23	OWN 25	7	-1	Punt
4	5:22	1:49	OWN 25	4	15	Punt
4	1:53	0:48	OWN 20	4	6	Downs

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:32	3:47	OWN 1	7	99	Touchdown
1	7:26	2:52	OPP 40	5	36	Field Goal
1	0:26	1:18	OWN 25	3	21	Interception
2	11:19	1:01	OWN 25	3	5	Punt
2	7:28	1:26	OWN 25	3	75	Touchdown
2	3:31	0:48	OWN 25	2	25	Fumble
2	2:43	2:01	OWN 25	5	16	Punt
3	15:00	3:02	OWN 25	6	14	Punt
3	4:41	2:48	OWN 25	5	22	Punt
4	12:12	0:28	OWN 26	4	74	Touchdown
4	9:21	3:59	OWN 36	10	64	Touchdown
4	3:33	1:40	OWN 35	5	14	Punt
4	1:05	1:05	OPP 26	3	8	Game

Game MVP: Howard Blair, Washington Commanders

Rushing Statistics

Washington	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Andy Mersky	21	71	3.38	16	2
QB Howard Blair	3	-2	-0.67	3	0
WR Dusty Blanchard	1	4	4.00	4	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Gavin Ford	16	78	4.88	19	4	1
QB Branden Kelly	10	69	6.90	40	1	2

Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Howard Blair	43	28	411	5/26	2	82	0	111.6

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Branden Kelly	33	20	298	1/7	1	59	1	87.7

Receiving Statistics

Washington	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kadarius Toney	8	13	117	14.63	44	24	1
WR Dusty Blanchard	5	6	161	32.20	113	82	0
RB Andy Mersky	3	5	28	9.33	23	18	0
WR Archie Brunsvold	3	6	36	12.00	30	25	0
TE Evan Douglas	3	3	22	7.33	13	15	0
RB Jeffery Child	2	2	16	8.00	2	9	0
TE Benjamin Atkins	2	5	17	8.50	10	13	1
FB Norm Firth	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Charlie Kolar	1	1	14	14.00	0	14	0
WR Ronald McMorris	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Amari Barton	8	13	126	15.75	49	36	0
WR Carter Burgower	4	6	94	23.50	53	59	1
RB Gavin Ford	3	3	26	8.67	11	19	0
TE R.J. Stefani	2	4	38	19.00	27	30	0
WR Joshua Reid	2	4	5	2.50	0	6	0
TE Kendrick Foley	1	1	9	9.00	3	9	0
WR Jerome Duffy	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Damien Sidney	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Washington	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Prophet Hampton	1	0	0.00	0

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Washington	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Howard Blair	1	0	0	0
OLB Jeremy Evans	0	1	0	1
CB Riley Jacobs	0	0	1	0

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
WR Amari Barton	1	0	0
DE Courtney Maloney	0	1	0
DT Harvey Kolb	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Washington	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Greg Jones	4	181	45.3	35.3	54	1

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Cedric Isola	5	264	52.8	41.8	58	2

Kicking Statistics

Washington	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Eli Kennedy	3/3	1/1	0/0	46	3/3

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Leo Salmon	1/1	0/0	0/0	21	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Washington	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brian Robinson	2	15	7.5	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Pete Aceves	3	40	13.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Washington	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronald McMorris	1	22	22.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Washington	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Shawn Settles	6	1	0.0	13	24
DE Bruce Delap	5	1	0.5	21	28
OLB Prophet Hampton	5	2	0.0	25	34
DE Eli Lane	4	1	0.5	24	31
S Jumbo Sonntag	4	0	0.0	22	29
CB Neil Tweedie	3	2	0.0	26	34
CB Riley Jacobs	3	2	0.0	23	30
ILB Geoff Walton	3	2	0.0	21	25
CB Kurt Phillips	2	1	0.0	10	21
DT Hardy Arcenaux	2	0	0.0	17	18
OLB Terrel Bernard	2	0	0.0	10	20
S Jimmie Satterlee	1	0	0.0	16	15

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Drake Wiggins	8	1	0.0	25	33
OLB Hingle McCringleberry	7	4	0.0	24	32
CB Pete Aceves	5	1	0.0	24	47
ILB Randy Sutter	5	0	0.0	14	34
CB Adrian Humphries	4	0	0.0	24	47
DT Harvey Kolb	3	0	1.5	14	24
DT Robert Bailey	3	2	1.0	14	26
DE Courtney Maloney	3	0	1.0	20	29
DT Kelly Flick	3	0	1.0	10	19
S Lukas Burroughs	3	3	0.0	24	44
S Chester Langford	3	1	0.0	24	48
DE Aidan Hutchinson	2	1	0.5	20	37
DT Wendell Grisso	2	1	0.0	13	27
OLB Monty Wilkes	1	0	0.0	1	16
S Jalen Pitre	1	0	0.0	1	4
CB Nate Millar	1	0	0.0	10	14
WR Carter Burgower	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Monty Rice	0	1	0.0	1	1
CB Harrison Cramer	0	1	0.0	0	15

Pass Rush Statistics

Washington	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Bruce Delap	0.5	2	0	28
DE Eli Lane	0.5	1	0	31
DE Wyatt Hubert	0.0	1	0	10
DT Hector Wiley	0.0	1	0	14
DT Heath Raines	0.0	1	0	2
OLB Todd Ruffin	0.0	0	1	16

Detroit	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Harvey Kolb	1.5	0	0	24
DE Courtney Maloney	1.0	0	1	29
DT Robert Bailey	1.0	0	1	26
DT Kelly Flick	1.0	0	1	19
DE Aidan Hutchinson	0.5	3	1	37
OLB Hingle McCringleberry	0.0	1	0	32

Pass Defense Statistics

Washington	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Prophet Hampton	5	0	1	34
CB Neil Tweedie	3	1	0	34
S Shawn Settles	3	1	0	24
CB Riley Jacobs	3	0	0	30
ILB Geoff Walton	3	0	0	25
CB Kurt Phillips	1	2	0	21
DE Bruce Delap	1	0	0	28
DE Eli Lane	1	0	0	31
CB Anthony Roberts	0	1	0	6

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Adrian Humphries	4	1	47
ILB Randy Sutter	4	0	34
CB Pete Aceves	3	2	47
OLB Drake Wiggins	3	1	33
OLB Hingle McCringleberry	3	0	32
S Lukas Burroughs	3	0	44
S Chester Langford	2	1	48
DE Courtney Maloney	1	1	29
S Jalen Pitre	1	1	4
OLB Monty Wilkes	1	0	16
DT Harvey Kolb	1	0	24
DT Robert Bailey	1	0	26
CB Nate Millar	1	0	14
CB Harrison Cramer	0	1	15

Blocking Statistics

Washington	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Allen Thomason	3	8	1	25	0	48
C Maurice Washington	1	6	0	25	3	48
G Quinn Jarvis	1	5	0	25	1	48
G Cameron Clark	1	2	0	10	0	25
T Dominique Stephenson	0	3	0	15	1	23
T Teddy Smith	0	1	0	25	0	48

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Charlie Porter	3	4	0	26	0	34
G Norman Johnston	3	4	0	26	0	34
FB Jamal Glover	1	1	1	11	0	6
G Ike Uffins	0	4	0	26	1	34
C Otis Kraemer	0	3	0	26	0	34

Special Teams Tackles

Washington	Tackles	STPlays
Benjamin Atkins	1	24
Todd Ruffin	1	23
Quinn Jarvis	1	7

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Les Murphy	1	23
Amari Barton	1	18
Gavin Ford	1	14

Participation

Washington	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Allen Thomason	25	48	---	---	7	80
T Teddy Smith	25	48	---	---	7	80
G Quinn Jarvis	25	48	---	---	7	80
QB Howard Blair	25	48	---	---	---	73
C Maurice Washington	25	48	---	---	---	73
RB Andy Mersky	25	34	---	---	11	70
WR Dusty Blanchard	15	30	---	---	21	66
WR Kadarius Toney	21	35	---	---	6	62
CB Neil Tweedie	---	---	26	34	1	61
OLB Prophet Hampton	---	---	25	34	1	60
TE Charlie Kolar	23	35	---	---	1	59
WR Archie Brunsvold	22	35	---	---	---	57
OLB Todd Ruffin	---	---	18	16	23	57
DE Bruce Delap	---	---	21	28	6	55
DE Eli Lane	---	---	24	31	---	55
CB Riley Jacobs	---	---	23	30	---	53
S Jumbo Sonntag	---	---	22	29	1	52
ILB Geoff Walton	---	---	21	25	---	46
OLB Rodolfo O'Neal	---	---	13	11	20	44
T Dominique Stephenson	15	23	---	---	5	43
TE Benjamin Atkins	3	13	---	---	24	40
S Shawn Settles	---	---	13	24	1	38
FB Norm Firth	4	13	---	---	21	38
G Cameron Clark	10	25	---	---	---	35
DT Hardy Arcenaux	---	---	17	18	---	35
OLB Terrel Bernard	---	---	10	20	3	33
RB Brian Robinson	0	7	---	---	25	32
S Jimmie Satterlee	---	---	16	15	---	31
CB Kurt Phillips	---	---	10	21	---	31
CB Anthony Roberts	---	---	4	6	19	29
TE Evan Douglas	10	18	---	---	---	28
DT Hector Wiley	---	---	8	14	---	22
DE Wyatt Hubert	---	---	8	10	1	19
S Carlos Ballard	---	---	0	0	18	18
RB Jeffery Child	0	14	---	---	---	14
WR Alfred Zeppelin	0	1	---	---	13	14
WR Ronald McMorris	2	5	---	---	6	13
K Eli Kennedy	0	0	---	---	10	10
DT Heath Raines	---	---	2	2	6	10
DE Todd Mills	---	---	4	4	1	9
OLB Jeremy Evans	---	---	1	2	5	8
C Dixon Conway	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Greg Jones	0	0	---	---	4	4
QB Elliot Schwartz	0	0	---	---	3	3
G Mercury Carlson	0	0	---	---	2	2
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Drake Wiggins	---	---	25	33	25	83
CB Pete Aceves	---	---	24	47	8	79
CB Adrian Humphries	---	---	24	47	5	76
S Chester Langford	---	---	24	48	3	75
RB Gavin Ford	26	34	---	---	14	74
WR Amari Barton	23	32	---	---	18	73
S Lukas Burroughs	---	---	24	44	1	69
G Ike Uffins	26	34	---	---	6	66
T Charlie Porter	26	34	---	---	6	66
T Burt Madison	26	34	---	---	6	66
G Norman Johnston	26	34	---	---	6	66
TE R.J. Stefani	25	30	---	---	7	62
QB Branden Kelly	26	34	---	---	---	60
C Otis Kraemer	26	34	---	---	---	60
DE Aidan Hutchinson	---	---	20	37	---	57
OLB Hingle McCringleberry	---	---	24	32	1	57
WR Carter Burgower	23	31	---	---	---	54
DE Courtney Maloney	---	---	20	29	3	52
ILB Randy Sutter	---	---	14	34	1	49
DT Wendell Grisso	---	---	13	27	6	46
OLB Monty Wilkes	---	---	1	16	24	41
DT Robert Bailey	---	---	14	26	1	41
WR Joshua Reid	7	19	---	---	14	40
DT Harvey Kolb	---	---	14	24	1	39
DE Arturo Morrison	---	---	8	18	7	33
CB Harrison Cramer	---	---	0	15	16	31
DT Kelly Flick	---	---	10	19	2	31
S Jalen Pitre	---	---	1	4	19	24
WR Damien Sidney	2	5	---	---	17	24
CB Nate Millar	---	---	10	14	---	24
TE Damon Flowers	0	0	---	---	23	23
RB Les Murphy	0	0	---	---	23	23
TE Kendrick Foley	12	10	---	---	---	22
FB Jamal Glover	11	6	---	---	---	17
DE Jerald Jeffrey	---	---	1	10	---	11
K Leo Salmon	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Cedric Isola	0	0	---	---	6	6
C George Poston	0	0	---	---	6	6
CB Jaquon Brisker	---	---	2	1	2	5
ILB Monty Rice	---	---	1	1	2	4
WR Jerome Duffy	1	3	---	---	---	4
DE David Ragland	---	---	1	2	---	3
QB Brendan Ocampo	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Trey Bardon	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Keith Sheff	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	-6	-3.0
Middle	12	22	1.8
Right	11	57	5.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	12	12.0
Middle	15	99	6.6
Right	8	38	4.8
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Howard Blair	43	28	5	1	2	8	4	4	0

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Branden Kelly	33	20	5	1	0	5	6	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	60	8.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	15	162	7.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	8	189	17.2
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	8	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	134	9.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	6	97	8.8
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	59	9.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Washington	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kadarius Toney	13	8	1	117	1	35
WR Dusty Blanchard	6	5	0	161	3	30
WR Archie Brunsvold	6	3	1	36	1	35
RB Andy Mersky	5	3	0	28	0	34
TE Benjamin Atkins	5	2	0	17	0	13
TE Evan Douglas	3	3	0	22	0	18
RB Jeffery Child	2	2	0	16	0	14
FB Norm Firth	1	1	0	0	0	13
TE Charlie Kolar	1	1	0	14	0	35
WR Ronald McMorris	1	0	0	0	0	5

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Amari Barton	13	8	126	2	32
WR Carter Burgower	6	4	94	2	31
TE R.J. Stefani	4	2	38	1	30
WR Joshua Reid	4	2	5	0	19
RB Gavin Ford	3	3	26	0	34
TE Kendrick Foley	1	1	9	0	10
WR Jerome Duffy	1	0	0	0	3
WR Damien Sidney	1	0	0	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Washington	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Andy Mersky	6	0	0.00	3.38

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Branden Kelly	3	0	0.00	6.90
RB Gavin Ford	1	17	17.00	4.88

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Howard Blair	6	4	44	7.33	9.56

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Branden Kelly	3	2	8	2.67	9.03

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Washington	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kadarius Toney	2	1	19	9.50	9.00
TE Benjamin Atkins	2	1	13	6.50	3.40
WR Dusty Blanchard	1	1	3	3.00	26.83
RB Jeffery Child	1	1	9	9.00	8.00

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Joshua Reid	1	1	6	6.00	1.25
WR Amari Barton	1	1	2	2.00	9.69
WR Carter Burgower	1	0	0	0.00	15.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Washington	Rushes	Conversions
RB Andy Mersky	1	0

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
RB Gavin Ford	2	0
QB Branden Kelly	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Comp	Conversions
Howard Blair	14	11	8

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Branden Kelly	6	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Washington	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kadarius Toney	6	5	4
WR Dusty Blanchard	2	2	2
RB Jeffery Child	2	2	1
TE Charlie Kolar	1	1	0
WR Ronald McMorris	1	0	0
RB Andy Mersky	1	1	1
WR Archie Brunsvold	1	0	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Amari Barton	3	2	2
WR Jerome Duffy	1	0	0
WR Joshua Reid	1	0	0
WR Carter Burgower	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,200 (21,400)
End Zone 15,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,200 (21,400)
End Zone	15,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)