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Week 16: Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons

December 17, 2006
70°
Georgia Dome (Atlanta, GA) Attendance: 52,624 (70%)
Detroit Lions 0 13 14 22 - 49
Atlanta Falcons 0 0 7 0 - 7

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Detroit Lions: 4-1-ATL 21 (15:00) 19-Mark Foley 39 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 73-David Nesmith was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. ATL 0 DET 3
(Qtr 2) Detroit Lions: 4-4-ATL 26 (8:59) 19-Mark Foley 45 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 0 DET 6
(Qtr 2) Detroit Lions: 3-9-ATL 9 (3:54) 2-Wilson Long pass complete to 49-Johnny Pierce for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Mark Foley. ATL 0 DET 13
(Qtr 3) Detroit Lions: 2-12-ATL 19 (10:56) 2-Wilson Long pass complete to 89-Larry Torres for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Mark Foley. ATL 0 DET 20
(Qtr 3) Detroit Lions: 2-2-ATL 2 (1:26) 2-Wilson Long pass complete to 88-Larry Boutin for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Mark Foley. ATL 0 DET 27
(Qtr 3) Atlanta Falcons: (1:24) 19-Mark Foley kicks 68 yards from DET 35 to ATL -3. 35-Robert Warfield for 103yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Fred Sumlin. ATL 7 DET 27
(Qtr 4) Detroit Lions: 4-1-ATL 28 (12:24) 19-Mark Foley 46 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 7 DET 30
(Qtr 4) Detroit Lions: 4-5-ATL 5 (6:09) 19-Mark Foley 23 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 64-Michael Isenberg was injured on the play. ATL 7 DET 33
(Qtr 4) Detroit Lions: 1-6-ATL 6 (3:52) 42-George Todd ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Mark Foley. ATL 7 DET 40
(Qtr 4) Detroit Lions: 2-11-ATL 6 (0:54) 7-Kenneth Cooke sacked at ATL -2 for -8 yards (78-Jamie Rios). Sack allowed by 57-Nick Benefield. SAFETY! (78-Jamie Rios) ATL 7 DET 42
(Qtr 4) Detroit Lions: (0:52) 4-Fred Sumlin kicks 65 yards from ATL 20 to DET 15. 48-Grady Johnson FUMBLES recovered by DET-48-Grady Johnson for 87 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Mark Foley. ATL 7 DET 49

Team Statistics

Atlanta Falcons Detroit Lions
First Downs 5 33
- Rushing 0 14
- Passing 4 13
- Penalty 1 6
Total Net Yards 58 496
- Offensive Plays 47 85
- Yards Per Play 1.23 5.84
Net Rushing Yards 24 238
- Rushing Attempts 11 39
- Yards Per Rush 2.18 6.10
Net Passing Yards 34 258
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 14 / 1 46 / 31 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 77 258
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 43 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 0.94 5.61
- Yards Per Completion 5.50 8.32
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 12 3 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.3 5.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 42 4 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 5 / 50
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 129 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 12
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 4 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 41
Time of Possession 22:38 36:49

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:40 OWN 25 5 30 Punt
1 8:26 1:26 OWN 10 3 5 Punt
1 5:38 2:12 OWN 11 6 15 Punt
2 14:57 0:51 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 12:36 1:42 OWN 7 3 -5 Punt
2 8:56 1:23 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 3:50 1:30 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 10:51 1:31 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 7:18 1:32 OWN 20 3 -8 Punt
3 1:08 3:47 OPP 25 7 -47 Field Goal
4 12:20 1:34 OWN 25 6 26 Downs
4 6:06 0:07 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
4 3:49 0:55 OWN 25 3 -12 Punt
4 1:19 0:28 OWN 7 2 -9 Safety

Detroit Lions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:20 2:53 OWN 10 6 29 Punt
1 7:01 1:22 OWN 37 3 8 Punt
1 3:26 3:29 OWN 31 7 48 Field Goal
2 14:07 1:30 OWN 30 3 6 Punt
2 10:54 1:59 OPP 48 5 22 Field Goal
2 7:33 3:43 OWN 39 7 61 Touchdown
2 2:20 2:20 OWN 23 11 71 Missed FG
3 15:00 4:09 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
3 9:20 2:02 OWN 29 6 27 Punt
3 5:46 4:23 OWN 44 9 56 Touchdown
4 10:46 4:40 OPP 49 7 44 Field Goal
4 5:59 2:10 OPP 16 4 16 Touchdown
4 2:54 1:35 OWN 42 3 9 Punt
4 0:34 0:34 OPP 25 2 -13 Game

Rushing Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jimmie McCullough 6 12 2.00 5 0 0
Rick Randolph 5 12 2.40 6 0 0

Detroit Lions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Johnny Pierce 15 101 6.73 15 5 0
Andre Moreno 15 100 6.67 22 5 0
George Todd 5 20 4.00 6 0 1
Grady Johnson 4 17 4.25 11 1 0

Passing Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Kenneth Cooke 19 11 66 4 / 33 0 15 1 42.87
Jose Thomas 12 3 11 1 / 10 0 11 0 39.58

Detroit Lions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Wilson Long 46 31 258 0 / 0 3 23 0 103.35

Receiving Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Daniel Lemon 1 15 15.00 15 0
Raleigh Dominguez 2 15 7.50 11 0
Jack Adcock 3 12 4.00 7 0
Charles White 1 11 11.00 11 0
Robert Warfield 1 9 9.00 9 0
Rick Randolph 3 7 2.33 4 0
Brendon Wallace 1 5 5.00 5 0
Edward Hogan 2 3 1.50 2 0

Detroit Lions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Larry Torres 7 80 11.43 23 1
Gilbert Houchins 4 35 8.75 18 0
Edward Jones 4 35 8.75 12 0
Daniel Stoneman 3 35 11.67 14 0
Josef Gonzales 7 33 4.71 8 0
Johnny Pierce 4 30 7.50 12 1
Grady Johnson 1 8 8.00 8 0
Larry Boutin 1 2 2.00 2 1

Blocking Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Nick Benefield 41 18 3 5
Leroy Adcock 45 13 2 2
Douglas Morrow 13 2 0 0
Hubert Cusumano 0 2 0 0
Mickey Brown 1 3 0 0
Grant Herman 0 2 0 0
Michael Mast 0 2 0 0
John Hansen 0 1 0 0
Keith Baden 0 2 0 0
Clifford Pigg 0 2 0 0
John Taber 0 2 0 0
Rick Randolph 2 0 0 0
Gerald Ruano 4 3 0 0
James Braga 0 2 0 0
James Hale 36 16 0 0
Jimmie McCullough 0 1 0 0
Robert Warfield 4 6 0 0
Raleigh Dominguez 0 2 0 0
Robert Crawford 6 2 0 0
Jack Adcock 0 3 0 1
Arturo James 46 16 0 0
Kenneth Gibson 46 11 0 0
Douglas Battle 4 6 0 0
Edward Hogan 11 11 0 0
Brendon Wallace 12 14 0 1
John Kelly 0 2 0 1

Detroit Lions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ernesto Schoen 57 36 0 1
Matthew Schmitz 0 3 0 0
Arthur Rodriguez 0 2 0 0
Jamie Rios 0 2 0 0
Leland Spicer 4 7 0 2
Laverne Workman 2 6 0 0
Brandon Barreto 4 14 0 2
Michael Isenberg 2 7 0 1
Grady Johnson 3 4 0 0
Hal Carter 0 3 0 1
Markus Drake 1 3 0 0
Arthur Stern 5 9 0 1
Alfred Wilson 0 3 0 0
Paul Valencia 0 2 0 0
Pablo Johnson 0 3 0 1
Ron Carvalho 0 4 0 0
Bob Romero 0 3 0 1
George Todd 17 23 0 0
Edward Jones 0 19 0 0
Ryan Villagomez 57 35 0 2
Larry Torres 11 24 0 2
David Nesmith 56 31 0 3
Christopher Randolph 54 27 0 1
Marvin Johnson 54 34 0 0
Gilbert Houchins 0 16 0 0
Josef Gonzales 0 16 0 2
Andre Moreno 8 3 0 0
Johnny Pierce 20 5 0 0
Jackie Hastings 15 14 0 0
Larry Boutin 15 17 0 0
Roger Smith 3 1 0 0
Daniel Stoneman 3 14 0 0
Kenneth Moore 10 12 0 0
Robert Hill 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Detroit Lions

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Daniel Stoneman 1 12 12.00 0

Fumble Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Detroit Lions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Grady Johnson 1 1 0 1

Punting

Atlanta Falcons

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Matthew Caudill 10 470 47.00 42.30 56 1

Detroit Lions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Gregory Bush 5 247 49.40 43.60 57 4

Kicking

Atlanta Falcons

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Fred Sumlin 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Detroit Lions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Mark Foley 4 / 5 2 / 2 0 / 0 46 5 / 5

Punt Return

Atlanta Falcons

Detroit Lions

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Grady Johnson 5 50 10.0 13 0

Kick Return

Atlanta Falcons

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Warfield 2 129 64.5 1

Detroit Lions

Defensive Stats