Week 4, 2017

played in New Orleans, LA

79 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Detroit Lions	0	7	6	3	-	16
New Orleans Saints	3	0	3	6	-	12

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:14 NOS - Mason Crosby 34 field goal
2Q: 11:38 DET - Caden Peterson 7 run (Matt Prater extra point)
3Q: 11:28 NOS - Mason Crosby 41 field goal
3Q: 06:51 DET - Matt Prater 54 field goal
3Q: 00:14 DET - Matt Prater 51 field goal
4Q: 10:03 DET - Matt Prater 18 field goal
4Q: 06:10 NOS - Mark Ingram 80 punt return (Mason Crosby extra point failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:14 NOS - Mason Crosby 34 field goal
2Q: 11:38 DET - Caden Peterson 7 run (Matt Prater extra point)
3Q: 11:28 NOS - Mason Crosby 41 field goal
3Q: 06:51 DET - Matt Prater 54 field goal
3Q: 00:14 DET - Matt Prater 51 field goal
4Q: 10:03 DET - Matt Prater 18 field goal
4Q: 06:10 NOS - Mark Ingram 80 punt return (Mason Crosby extra point failed)

Team Statistics DET NOS
Record 3-1 2-2
First Downs 20 11
- by Rushing 8 3
- by Passing 11 6
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 296 162
- Offensive Plays 75 53
- Yards per Play 3.95 3.06
Net Rushing Yards 165 43
- Rushing Attempts 49 17
- Yards per Rush 3.37 2.53
Net Passing Yards 131 119
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 15 - 0 33 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 141 137
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/10 3/18
- Yards per Pass Play 5.04 3.31
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/18 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.1 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 8/49 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 2/26 2/95
Kick Returns/Yards 1/32 3/75
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 26
Time of Possession 38:43 21:17

Team Statistics	DET	NOS
Record	3-1	2-2
First Downs	20	11
- by Rushing	8	3
- by Passing	11	6
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	296	162
- Offensive Plays	75	53
- Yards per Play	3.95	3.06
Net Rushing Yards	165	43
- Rushing Attempts	49	17
- Yards per Rush	3.37	2.53
Net Passing Yards	131	119
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 15 - 0	33 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	141	137
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/10	3/18
- Yards per Pass Play	5.04	3.31
Fumbles/Lost	3/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/18	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.1	7.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	8/49	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	2/26	2/95
Kick Returns/Yards	1/32	3/75
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 26
Time of Possession	38:43	21:17

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:20	OWN 20	7	26	Punt
1	7:07	3:33	OWN 20	8	22	Punt
1	1:57	5:27	OWN 34	12	66	Touchdown
2	10:37	2:38	OWN 31	5	18	Punt
2	4:52	2:10	OWN 4	3	1	Punt
2	1:22	0:54	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
3	11:23	4:37	OWN 33	8	30	Field Goal
3	4:22	4:13	OWN 31	8	35	Field Goal
4	13:58	4:02	OPP 42	9	41	Field Goal
4	8:16	2:13	OWN 23	3	6	Punt
4	6:03	3:50	OWN 20	5	10	Punt
4	0:48	0:48	OWN 47	4	16	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:40	0:49	OWN 2	3	5	Punt
1	10:51	3:44	OPP 48	8	31	Field Goal
1	3:34	1:37	OWN 22	3	6	Punt
2	11:30	0:53	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
2	7:59	3:07	OWN 10	6	25	Punt
2	2:42	1:20	OWN 44	6	10	Punt
2	0:28	0:28	OWN 7	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	3:37	OWN 39	7	37	Field Goal
3	6:46	2:24	OWN 31	3	-1	Punt
3	0:09	1:11	OWN 23	3	25	Fumble
4	9:56	1:40	OWN 20	4	15	Punt
4	2:13	1:25	OWN 44	6	9	Downs

Game MVP: Ezekiel Ansah, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
George Winn	28	97	3.46	14	2	0
Garrett Gardner	10	40	4.00	7	0	0
Caden Peterson	10	28	2.80	11	1	1
Corey Fuller	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Mark Ingram	12	16	1.33	6	0
Stevan Ridley	3	18	6.00	10	1
Garrett Grayson	1	5	5.00	5	0
Nicky Alston	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Garrett Gardner	24	15	141	2/10	0	24	0	78.6

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Garrett Grayson	33	15	137	3/18	0	20	0	57.2

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Corey Fuller	4	5	52	13.00	15	18
WR Skip Samuels	4	7	45	11.25	11	18
WR Marques Colston	3	5	19	6.33	3	10
TE Nickolas Kendrick	3	5	1	0.33	0	3
TE Larry Donnell	1	1	24	24.00	14	24
RB George Winn	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Willie Snead	5	8	60	12.00	24	15
WR Andre Roberts	2	5	23	11.50	0	20
RB Mark Ingram	2	2	20	10.00	4	14
WR Brandin Cooks	2	9	8	4.00	0	5
WR Julian Lunsford	2	3	12	6.00	0	9
FB Nicky Alston	1	2	6	6.00	7	6
TE Lionel Elliott	1	3	8	8.00	0	8
RB Stevan Ridley	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Garrett Gardner	1	0	0
Jumbo Bowens	1	0	0
Caden Peterson	1	0	0
Marques Colston	0	1	0
Caraun Reid	0	1	0
Daryl Williams	0	1	0
Leonard Dancy	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mark Ingram	1	0	0
Kristopher Sherrod	0	1	1
Brandon Browner	0	0	1
Tom Johnson	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sam Martin	7	340	48.6	39.1	68	3

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Thomas Morstead	7	334	47.7	41.1	57	1

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Prater	3/3	2/2	2/2	54	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mason Crosby	2/2	1/1	0/0	41	0/1

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jumbo Bowens	2	26	13.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mark Ingram	2	95	47.5	1

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Skip Samuels	1	32	32.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mark Ingram	3	75	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Leonard Dancy	5	0	0.0	17	36
DE Dusty Davidson	4	1	0.0	16	35
DE Ezekiel Ansah	3	0	2.0	17	34
S James Ihedigbo	3	1	0.0	17	36
ILB Daren Bates	3	1	0.0	17	35
OLB Ramon Anastasiades	3	1	0.0	14	33
CB Alex Carter	3	0	0.0	16	30
CB Quandre Diggs	2	1	0.0	11	28
DT Gabe Wright	2	0	0.0	12	22
DE Scott Solomon	1	2	0.5	5	10
DT Caraun Reid	1	2	0.5	9	23
OLB Tahir Whitehead	1	1	0.0	5	4
CB Darius Slay	1	0	0.0	17	32
OLB Damien Wilson	1	0	0.0	3	3
ILB Terry Chamblin	1	0	0.0	0	1
ILB Jamie Weibel	1	0	0.0	1	5

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kenny Vaccaro	14	7	0.0	49	26
OLB Hau'oli Kikaha	11	0	0.0	48	23
S Jairus Byrd	6	0	1.0	49	26
ILB Zach Orr	5	2	0.0	49	26
DT Tyeler Davison	5	1	0.0	43	21
DT Jonathan Babineaux	4	1	1.0	34	18
CB Brandon Browner	4	2	0.0	47	23
CB Rickey Campbell	4	2	0.0	45	22
DE Cam Thomas	3	0	0.0	33	15
CB Delvin Breaux	2	3	0.0	24	19
OLB K.J. Wright	2	0	0.0	19	6
DE Donald Boyajian	2	0	0.0	16	11
DE Cameron Jordan	1	2	0.0	40	23
DT Tom Johnson	1	1	0.0	19	7
G Andrew Whitworth	1	0	---	---	---
DT Dave Hegamin	0	1	0.0	6	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ezekiel Ansah	2.0	1	3	3	34
DE Scott Solomon	0.5	0	0	0	10
DT Caraun Reid	0.5	0	0	0	23
DE Dusty Davidson	0.0	0	5	2	35
DT Dwight Lyon	0.0	0	1	0	15

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jonathan Babineaux	1.0	0	0	18
S Jairus Byrd	1.0	0	0	26
DE Cameron Jordan	0.0	2	1	23
OLB Hau'oli Kikaha	0.0	1	0	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S James Ihedigbo	3	1	36
OLB Ramon Anastasiades	2	1	33
ILB Daren Bates	2	0	35
CB Alex Carter	2	0	30
S Leonard Dancy	1	3	36
CB Darius Slay	1	1	32
DE Scott Solomon	1	0	10
OLB Damien Wilson	1	0	3
ILB Terry Chamblin	1	0	1
ILB Jamie Weibel	1	0	5

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Hau'oli Kikaha	5	1	23
S Kenny Vaccaro	4	2	26
CB Rickey Campbell	2	0	22
S Jairus Byrd	1	0	26
OLB K.J. Wright	1	0	6
CB Delvin Breaux	1	0	19
DT Tyeler Davison	1	0	21
ILB Zach Orr	0	1	26

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Laken Tomlinson	4	12	2	49	0	26
Casey Hockenhull	3	8	0	49	1	26
Larry Warford	2	6	0	49	0	26
Daryl Williams	2	5	0	49	0	26
Nickolas Kendrick	1	2	0	47	0	22
Cole Lyon	0	9	0	49	1	26

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Max Unger	1	5	17	0	36
Ron Gerhardt	1	4	17	1	36
Zachary Lyons	1	2	17	1	36
Zach Strief	0	4	17	0	36
Andrew Whitworth	0	1	17	1	36

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Manny Lawson	2	16
Skip Samuels	1	16
Jumbo Bowens	1	16
Ken Faine	1	6

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Nicky Alston	1	24
Kristopher Sherrod	1	9
Nate Barker	1	4

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Nickolas Kendrick	47	22	---	---	18	87
Larry Warford	49	26	---	---	10	85
Laken Tomlinson	49	26	---	---	10	85
Skip Samuels	45	24	---	---	16	85
Corey Fuller	43	23	---	---	12	78
Daryl Williams	49	26	---	---	---	75
Garrett Gardner	49	26	---	---	---	75
Casey Hockenhull	49	26	---	---	---	75
Cole Lyon	49	26	---	---	---	75
George Winn	36	17	---	---	16	69
Dusty Davidson	---	---	16	35	9	60
Quandre Diggs	---	---	11	28	18	57
James Ihedigbo	---	---	17	36	2	55
Daren Bates	---	---	17	35	3	55
Leonard Dancy	---	---	17	36	2	55
Darius Slay	---	---	17	32	5	54
Ezekiel Ansah	---	---	17	34	2	53
Ramon Anastasiades	---	---	14	33	2	49
Alex Carter	---	---	16	30	1	47
Marques Colston	24	13	---	---	6	43
Caden Peterson	13	9	---	---	18	40
Courtney Klosterman	23	11	---	---	5	39
Gabe Wright	---	---	12	22	1	35
Caraun Reid	---	---	9	23	2	34
Larry Donnell	10	11	---	---	12	33
Dwight Lyon	---	---	9	15	2	26
Damien Wilson	---	---	3	3	19	25
Jumbo Bowens	---	---	0	1	16	17
Manny Lawson	---	---	0	0	16	16
Cesar Lofton	---	---	1	6	9	16
Scott Solomon	---	---	5	10	---	15
Tahir Whitehead	---	---	5	4	6	15
Jamie Weibel	---	---	1	5	7	13
Riley Reiff	0	0	---	---	10	10
Sam Martin	0	0	---	---	10	10
Francisco Davidson	0	0	---	---	10	10
Marquis Filar	0	0	---	---	10	10
Terry Chamblin	---	---	0	1	8	9
Ken Faine	---	---	0	3	6	9
Matt Prater	0	0	---	---	8	8
Levi Marsh	---	---	0	4	1	5
James Jones	2	0	---	---	---	2
Wade Cichanski	2	0	---	---	---	2
T.J. Yates	0	0	---	---	---	0
Sean Mannion	0	0	---	---	---	0
Butch Castillo	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jairus Byrd	---	---	49	26	13	88
Kenny Vaccaro	---	---	49	26	7	82
Zach Orr	---	---	49	26	2	77
Hau'oli Kikaha	---	---	48	23	3	74
Brandon Browner	---	---	47	23	2	72
Rickey Campbell	---	---	45	22	2	69
Tyeler Davison	---	---	43	21	4	68
Cameron Jordan	---	---	40	23	3	66
Zach Strief	17	36	---	---	9	62
Delvin Breaux	---	---	24	19	19	62
Ron Gerhardt	17	36	---	---	9	62
Jonathan Babineaux	---	---	34	18	8	60
Julian Lunsford	13	27	---	---	16	56
Mark Ingram	14	30	---	---	10	54
Andrew Whitworth	17	36	---	---	---	53
Max Unger	17	36	---	---	---	53
Garrett Grayson	17	36	---	---	---	53
Zachary Lyons	17	36	---	---	---	53
Cam Thomas	---	---	33	15	4	52
Nicky Alston	8	18	---	---	24	50
Lionel Elliott	11	23	---	---	16	50
Brandin Cooks	15	30	---	---	---	45
Willie Snead	12	25	---	---	---	37
K.J. Wright	---	---	19	6	7	32
Donald Boyajian	---	---	16	11	5	32
Tom Johnson	---	---	19	7	2	28
Andre Roberts	4	12	---	---	11	27
Stevan Ridley	3	5	---	---	19	27
Stephone Anthony	---	---	6	4	17	27
Carter Terrell	---	---	4	4	15	23
Ellis Woodard	3	4	---	---	9	16
Dave Hegamin	---	---	6	5	5	16
Tyvon Branch	---	---	5	4	4	13
Brandon Fusco	0	0	---	---	9	9
Andrus Peat	0	0	---	---	9	9
Damian Swann	---	---	2	2	5	9
Kristopher Sherrod	0	0	---	---	9	9
Philip Wheeler	---	---	1	1	5	7
Thomas Morstead	0	0	---	---	7	7
Marc Wooden	0	0	---	---	7	7
Nate Barker	2	1	---	---	4	7
Mason Crosby	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jermaine Kearse	0	5	---	---	---	5
Darrin Myers	0	0	---	---	2	2
Colin Kaepernick	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bobby Richardson	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	33	2.4
Middle	25	103	4.1
Right	9	31	3.4
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	15	1.9
Middle	6	29	4.8
Right	3	-1	-0.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Garrett Gardner	24	15	1	0	2	4	3	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Garrett Grayson	33	15	1	0	2	6	9	5	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	12	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	11	85	6.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	44	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	15	7.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	8	56	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	4	46	3.3
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	20	2.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Skip Samuels	7	4	0	45	0	24
WR Marques Colston	5	3	1	19	0	13
WR Corey Fuller	5	4	1	52	0	23
TE Nickolas Kendrick	5	3	0	1	0	22
TE Larry Donnell	1	1	0	24	1	11
RB George Winn	1	0	0	0	0	17

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brandin Cooks	9	2	0	8	0	30
WR Willie Snead	8	5	0	60	0	25
WR Andre Roberts	5	2	1	23	1	12
TE Lionel Elliott	3	1	0	8	0	23
WR Julian Lunsford	3	2	0	12	0	27
RB Mark Ingram	2	2	0	20	0	30
FB Nicky Alston	2	1	1	6	0	18
RB Stevan Ridley	1	0	0	0	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
George Winn	5	8	1.60	3.46
Corey Fuller	1	0	0.00	0.00
Garrett Gardner	1	6	6.00	4.00
Caden Peterson	1	7	7.00	2.80

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Garrett Gardner	3	2	22	7.33	5.88

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Garrett Grayson	2	1	6	3.00	4.15

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Marques Colston	1	1	4	4.00	3.80
WR Skip Samuels	1	1	18	18.00	6.43
TE Nickolas Kendrick	1	0	0	0.00	0.20

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Andre Roberts	1	0	0	0.00	4.60
FB Nicky Alston	1	1	6	6.00	3.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
George Winn	4	1
Caden Peterson	3	2
Garrett Gardner	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Mark Ingram	4	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Garrett Gardner	9	6	5

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Garrett Grayson	10	3	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Marques Colston	3	2	2
WR Corey Fuller	2	1	1
TE Larry Donnell	1	1	1
RB George Winn	1	0	0
WR Skip Samuels	1	1	1
TE Nickolas Kendrick	1	1	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Andre Roberts	3	0	0
WR Brandin Cooks	3	0	0
RB Mark Ingram	1	1	1
RB Stevan Ridley	1	0	0
WR Willie Snead	1	1	1
WR Julian Lunsford	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 64,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,500 (21,400)
End Zone 12,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	64,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,500 (21,400)
End Zone	12,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)