Regular Season Week 5: Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions
October 04, 2015 70° Pontiac Silverdome
Attendance: 51,072 (68%)
Atlanta Falcons 0 7 0 10 - 17
Detroit Lions 3 10 10 0 - 23
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Detroit Lions: 4-2-ATL 18 (2:29) 7-Gerald Tackett 35 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 3 ATL 0
(Qtr 2) Detroit Lions: 1-1-ATL 1 (5:05) 48-John Cooper ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gerald Tackett. DET 10 ATL 0
(Qtr 2) Detroit Lions: 4-1-ATL 4 (0:26) 7-Gerald Tackett 21 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 13 ATL 0
(Qtr 2) Atlanta Falcons: (0:24) 7-Gerald Tackett kicks 68 yards from DET 35 to ATL -3. 27-Benjamin Robbins for 104yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Rodney Lopez. DET 13 ATL 7
(Qtr 3) Detroit Lions: 4-1-ATL 31 (6:03) 7-Gerald Tackett 48 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 16 ATL 7
(Qtr 3) Detroit Lions: 2-1-ATL 22 (1:20) 1-Young Kanter pass complete to 86-Guy Wilkerson for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gerald Tackett. DET 23 ATL 7
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 2-4-DET 8 (11:11) 18-Brian Wu pass complete to 87-Dave Bayless for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Rodney Lopez. DET 23 ATL 14
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 4-10-DET 22 (5:52) 19-Rodney Lopez 40 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 23 ATL 17
Team Statistics
Detroit Lions Atlanta Falcons
First Downs 17 15
- Rushing 9 5
- Passing 7 10
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 391 263
- Offensive Plays 60 62
- Yards Per Play 6.52 4.24
Net Rushing Yards 162 93
- Rushing Attempts 27 22
- Yards Per Rush 6.00 4.23
Net Passing Yards 229 170
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 23 / 0 35 / 23 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 236 210
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 5 / 40
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.94 4.25
- Yards Per Completion 10.26 9.13
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 3 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 11 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 17
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 45 1 / 7
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 56 1 / 104
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 27
Time of Possession 29:22 30:22
Drive Charts
Detroit Lions
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:26 OWN 25 7 31 Punt
1 6:01 3:36 OWN 1 6 82 Field Goal
2 12:51 2:03 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
2 9:19 4:16 OWN 38 8 62 Touchdown
2 2:58 2:34 OWN 27 8 69 Field Goal
3 12:20 2:02 OWN 35 3 9 Punt
3 8:43 2:45 OWN 44 4 26 Field Goal
3 4:18 3:02 OWN 38 6 62 Touchdown
4 11:06 2:46 OWN 24 6 28 Punt
4 5:48 1:15 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 1:37 1:37 OPP 49 5 17 Game
Atlanta Falcons
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:34 5:32 OWN 5 9 30 Punt
1 2:26 4:35 OWN 25 10 28 Punt
2 10:48 1:30 OWN 33 3 21 Fumble
2 5:02 2:05 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 0:07 0:07 OPP 25 1 0 Half
3 15:00 2:40 OWN 25 4 7 Punt
3 10:19 1:35 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
3 5:59 1:40 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 1:16 5:10 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
4 8:20 2:32 OWN 20 8 58 Field Goal
4 4:33 2:56 OWN 21 9 35 Fumble
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Detroit Lions
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#37 Don Moore 16 78 4.88 14 4 0
#48 John Cooper 7 70 10.00 23 4 1
#22 Thomas Burgess 1 14 14.00 14 1 0
#1 Young Kanter 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#31 Zane Lang 6 37 6.17 9 0 0
#27 Benjamin Robbins 8 34 4.25 9 0 0
#42 Brian Alexander 7 20 2.86 8 0 0
#39 John Bryant 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Passing Stats
Detroit Lions
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#1 Young Kanter 32 23 236 1 / 7 1 58 0 103.13
Atlanta Falcons
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Brian Wu 34 23 210 5 / 40 1 38 0 94.00
#17 Joe Stephenson 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 39.58
Receiving Stats
Detroit Lions
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Andrew Thomas 5 101 20.20 58 0
#86 Guy Wilkerson 6 65 10.83 22 1
#14 Luis Johnson 3 23 7.67 15 0
#37 Don Moore 4 17 4.25 10 0
#84 James Richards 2 15 7.50 8 0
#88 Frank Neal 1 8 8.00 8 0
#85 Scott Gonzalez 1 6 6.00 6 0
#48 John Cooper 1 1 1.00 1 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Richard Suggs 4 67 16.75 38 0
#85 John Hawkins 4 40 10.00 24 0
#87 Dave Bayless 4 30 7.50 11 1
#27 Benjamin Robbins 2 23 11.50 18 0
#14 Tommy Cooper 1 18 18.00 18 0
#84 Mark Ng 1 11 11.00 11 0
#39 John Bryant 2 11 5.50 6 0
#42 Brian Alexander 4 8 2.00 3 0
#4 Edward Johnson 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Detroit Lions
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#66 William Dickerson 42 34 1 2
#78 Andrew Pearson 43 33 0 0
#60 Timothy McNeil 41 33 0 0
#72 Oscar Smith 30 18 0 0
#64 Dale Jewell 41 29 0 1
#83 Andrew Thomas 0 17 0 3
#48 John Cooper 7 8 0 1
#86 Guy Wilkerson 19 25 0 1
#22 Thomas Burgess 3 2 0 0
#84 James Richards 0 19 0 0
#14 Luis Johnson 0 13 0 0
#85 Scott Gonzalez 0 10 0 1
#71 Jose Grover 10 1 0 0
#61 Darren Garcia 10 1 0 0
#46 Freddie McMann 3 4 0 0
#37 Don Moore 14 5 0 0
#77 Oscar Wimberly 5 3 0 2
#88 Frank Neal 6 5 0 0
#55 Danny Bowman 5 0 0 0
#92 Thomas Tuthill 0 1 0 0
#97 Steve Piscitelli 0 6 0 0
#32 Joseph Horn 0 3 0 1
#53 Raul Dee 0 4 0 0
#42 Robert Horowitz 0 3 0 0
#93 Ivan Edelman 0 3 0 0
#38 Justin Aubry 0 1 0 0
#94 Jeffrey Gage 0 4 0 0
#98 Arthur Griggs 0 5 0 0
#95 Mark Dobbins 0 3 0 0
#28 Kirk Lemoine 0 3 0 0
#76 Eric Curtis 0 3 0 1
#90 Roger Landers 0 2 0 1
#29 Michael Smith 0 1 0 0
#70 Sam Sheffield 0 1 0 0
#36 Danny Lopez 0 1 0 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Kenneth Gibson 45 28 1 4
#51 Anthony Martinez 38 20 1 1
#63 Arturo James 16 5 1 1
#31 Zane Lang 13 5 1 1
#57 Nick Benefield 47 24 0 0
#79 Robert Barros 43 29 0 2
#42 Brian Alexander 4 2 0 0
#73 Joshua Cote 48 30 0 1
#84 Mark Ng 0 11 0 1
#83 Richard Suggs 9 21 0 1
#87 Dave Bayless 10 24 0 0
#85 John Hawkins 0 6 0 0
#14 Tommy Cooper 0 13 0 1
#39 John Bryant 11 10 0 2
#27 Benjamin Robbins 9 2 0 0
#40 Scott Norris 3 3 0 0
#66 Austin Jordan 10 3 0 0
#77 Steven White 5 0 0 0
#4 Edward Johnson 0 7 0 0
#37 Clinton Smith 0 2 0 0
#23 Daniel Parker 1 3 0 0
#36 Edward Schofield 0 2 0 1
#76 Thomas Vincent 0 1 0 0
#29 Leo Hitt 0 2 0 0
#52 John Kelly 0 1 0 0
#61 Roger Farley 0 1 0 0
#97 David Galvan 0 1 0 0
#98 Christopher Osborne 0 1 0 0
#95 Christian Wesley 0 1 0 0
#64 Robert Vaughn 2 0 0 0
#59 Larry Lyon 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Detroit Lions
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Atlanta Falcons
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Detroit Lions
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#37 Don Moore 1 0 0 0
#42 Robert Horowitz 0 1 1 0
#36 Danny Lopez 0 0 1 0
#68 Winston Billings 0 1 1 0
#48 John Cooper 0 1 0 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#31 Zane Lang 2 1 0 0
#18 Brian Wu 1 0 0 0
#29 Ryan Kinnison 0 0 1 0
Punting
Detroit Lions
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#17 Gregory Bush 5 247 49.40 39.00 60 1
Atlanta Falcons
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#5 Garrett Brady 6 300 50.00 39.67 64 1
Kicking
Detroit Lions
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Gerald Tackett 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 2 / 2
Atlanta Falcons
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#19 Rodney Lopez 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 40 2 / 2
Punt Return
Detroit Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#84 James Richards 4 45 11.3 15 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#27 Benjamin Robbins 1 7 7.0 7 0
Kick Return
Detroit Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#85 Scott Gonzalez 2 56 28.0 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#27 Benjamin Robbins 1 104 104.0 1
Defensive Stats
Detroit Lions
Name Tackles Sacks
#97 Steve Piscitelli 6 1
#36 Danny Lopez 5 0
#90 Roger Landers 5 0
#42 Robert Horowitz 4 0
#98 Arthur Griggs 4 0
#46 Freddie McMann 4 0
#29 Michael Smith 3 0
#38 Justin Aubry 3 0
#68 Winston Billings 2 2
#58 Bruce Forte 2 0
#70 Sam Sheffield 2 1
#95 Mark Dobbins 2 1
#53 Raul Dee 1 0
#93 Ivan Edelman 1 0
#28 Kirk Lemoine 1 0
#92 Thomas Tuthill 1 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Tackles Sacks
#31 Herbert Purvis 11 0
#23 Daniel Parker 8 0
#59 Larry Lyon 6 0
#40 Scott Norris 5 0
#36 Edward Schofield 5 0
#95 Christian Wesley 3 0
#37 Clinton Smith 2 0
#29 Ryan Kinnison 2 0
#52 John Kelly 1 1
#4 Edward Johnson 1 0
#97 David Galvan 1 0
#73 Joshua Cote 1 0
#51 Anthony Martinez 1 0
#72 Kevin Scott 1 0
#94 Wayne Trinkle 1 0
#63 Arturo James 1 0
#87 Dave Bayless 1 0
#45 Jack Disney 1 0
#76 Thomas Vincent 1 0
#65 Kenneth Gibson 1 0