Week 8, 2038

played in Atlanta, GA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Detroit Lions	3	17	0	3	-	23
Atlanta Falcons	0	3	0	7	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:17 DET - Phil Hosken 34 field goal
2Q: 08:14 DET - B.J. Copeland 2 pass from Grady Novotny (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 04:12 DET - Grady Novotny 10 run (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 02:00 DET - Phil Hosken 39 field goal
2Q: 00:03 ATL - Preston Burks 28 field goal
4Q: 07:02 ATL - Trent Crabtree 61 interception return (Preston Burks extra point)
4Q: 00:11 DET - Phil Hosken 34 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:17 DET - Phil Hosken 34 field goal
2Q: 08:14 DET - B.J. Copeland 2 pass from Grady Novotny (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 04:12 DET - Grady Novotny 10 run (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 02:00 DET - Phil Hosken 39 field goal
2Q: 00:03 ATL - Preston Burks 28 field goal
4Q: 07:02 ATL - Trent Crabtree 61 interception return (Preston Burks extra point)
4Q: 00:11 DET - Phil Hosken 34 field goal

Team Statistics DET ATL
Record 2-5 6-2
First Downs 20 9
- by Rushing 7 0
- by Passing 11 8
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 362 234
- Offensive Plays 70 53
- Yards per Play 5.17 4.42
Net Rushing Yards 164 24
- Rushing Attempts 37 14
- Yards per Rush 4.43 1.71
Net Passing Yards 198 210
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 24 - 1 36 - 18 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 205 221
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/7 3/11
- Yards per Pass Play 6.00 5.38
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/16 3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.9 9.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/25 6/26
Punt Returns/Yards 4/19 2/5
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 4/104
Interception Ret./Yards 2/35 1/61
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 23
Time of Possession 37:54 22:06

Team Statistics	DET	ATL
Record	2-5	6-2
First Downs	20	9
- by Rushing	7	0
- by Passing	11	8
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	362	234
- Offensive Plays	70	53
- Yards per Play	5.17	4.42
Net Rushing Yards	164	24
- Rushing Attempts	37	14
- Yards per Rush	4.43	1.71
Net Passing Yards	198	210
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 24 - 1	36 - 18 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	205	221
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/7	3/11
- Yards per Pass Play	6.00	5.38
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/16	3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.9	9.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/25	6/26
Punt Returns/Yards	4/19	2/5
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	4/104
Interception Ret./Yards	2/35	1/61
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 23
Time of Possession	37:54	22:06

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:45	2:27	OWN 20	5	17	Punt
1	8:55	5:44	OWN 17	10	66	Field Goal
1	0:23	1:10	OWN 46	3	6	Punt
2	12:56	4:50	OWN 28	10	72	Touchdown
2	5:24	1:22	OWN 39	3	61	Touchdown
2	3:07	1:13	OPP 28	3	6	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:12	OWN 20	3	21	Fumble
3	12:11	1:58	OWN 1	3	7	Punt
3	9:24	2:04	OWN 38	3	8	Punt
3	6:31	1:15	OPP 38	3	1	Punt
3	1:13	3:15	OWN 1	6	46	Punt
4	10:57	4:08	OWN 21	7	27	Interception
4	6:49	4:28	OWN 20	8	19	Punt
4	1:47	1:41	OPP 23	3	6	Field Goal

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:15	OWN 20	4	33	Punt
1	10:18	1:23	OWN 19	3	9	Punt
1	3:11	2:48	OWN 20	6	52	Interception
2	14:13	1:17	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
2	8:06	2:42	OWN 24	3	2	Punt
2	4:02	0:55	OWN 35	2	0	Fumble
2	1:54	1:54	OWN 30	8	59	Field Goal
3	13:48	1:37	OPP 41	3	-3	Punt
3	10:13	0:49	OWN 42	2	5	Interception
3	7:20	0:49	OWN 6	3	-1	Punt
3	5:16	4:03	OWN 2	8	46	Punt
4	12:58	2:01	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
4	2:21	0:34	OWN 11	5	12	Downs

Game MVP: Grady Novotny, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
B.J. Copeland	24	84	3.50	16	3	0
Grady Novotny	6	31	5.17	10	1	1
Kelly Sutton	6	51	8.50	36	1	0
Donald Loftus	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Tyler Joyner	6	-3	-0.50	3
Leland DeConcini	4	6	1.50	5
Mitchell Turnbull	3	20	6.67	7
Lamont Walek	1	1	1.00	1

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Grady Novotny	32	24	205	1/7	1	33	1	88.7

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mitchell Turnbull	36	18	221	3/11	0	33	2	46.2

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Earnest Cox	9	12	122	13.56	42	33	0
RB B.J. Copeland	7	7	19	2.71	6	10	1
WR Bubba Hernandez	3	5	12	4.00	2	5	0
TE Pete Sprouse	2	2	6	3.00	1	8	0
TE J.J. Burton	2	3	25	12.50	8	13	0
WR Jeff Diano	1	3	21	21.00	0	21	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Broderick Dunn	5	8	48	9.60	3	20
WR Tamarick Koonce	4	9	97	24.25	38	33
WR Jon Moss	3	8	22	7.33	0	8
RB Leland DeConcini	2	2	21	10.50	13	18
WR Alexander Jeffries	2	5	26	13.00	0	19
FB Max Pritchett	1	2	3	3.00	0	3
WR Ricky Duffy	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
TE Jon Henderson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Dean Chesser	1	28	28.00	0
S Howard Wallenbrock	1	7	7.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Trent Crabtree	1	61	61.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
B.J. Copeland	1	0	0
Kelly Sutton	1	0	0
Bubba Hernandez	0	1	0
Jose Miller	0	1	0
Nathan Madrid	0	0	1

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mitchell Turnbull	1	0	0
Eli Bech	0	1	0
Winfred Branham	0	0	1
Jerry Fishley	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gerald Strong	7	333	47.6	41.1	53	4

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
T.J. Flannery	8	380	47.5	42.6	58	4

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Phil Hosken	3/3	0/0	0/0	39	2/2

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Preston Burks	1/1	0/0	0/0	28	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jeff Diano	4	19	4.8	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Heath Goforth	2	5	2.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tamarick Koonce	3	75	25.0	0
Doug Fleming	1	29	29.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Devante Shelton	5	1	0.0	14	38
OLB Ramon Hergett	5	0	0.0	13	35
CB Daryl Oliver	4	2	0.0	13	37
S Howard Wallenbrock	4	2	0.0	10	31
S Marlon Writt	4	0	0.0	9	31
DE Nathan Madrid	3	1	1.5	12	22
CB Andrew Vlasak	3	0	0.0	6	30
DE Brad Cassaday	2	1	0.5	14	33
DT Leslie Morrison	2	0	0.0	13	39
OLB Billy Joe Shawver	1	0	1.0	3	4
S Oscar Cochrane	1	0	0.0	13	37
DT Jose Miller	1	0	0.0	7	11
OLB Rico Fredrickson	0	1	0.0	5	7

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jerry Fishley	15	2	0.0	37	33
ILB Al McConnell	10	3	0.0	37	33
ILB Darryl Wallace	8	0	0.0	17	9
OLB Trent Crabtree	7	1	0.0	35	31
DT Terrell McGowan	3	5	0.0	24	19
CB Miles Liddell	3	3	0.0	34	29
CB Lance Graham	3	0	0.0	36	31
OLB Eli Bech	2	1	0.5	15	8
S J.R. Minor	2	2	0.0	37	32
CB Nate Marx	2	1	0.0	14	18
OLB Colby Harper	2	1	0.0	7	4
DE Winfred Branham	2	0	0.0	29	28
OLB Jeffrey McKnight	1	1	0.0	19	21
WR Broderick Dunn	1	0	---	---	---
G Allen Buckner	1	0	---	---	---
TE Jon Henderson	1	0	---	---	---
DE Clay Horton	0	2	0.5	26	20

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Nathan Madrid	1.5	1	0	22
OLB Billy Joe Shawver	1.0	0	0	4
DE Brad Cassaday	0.5	2	0	33
DT Leslie Morrison	0.0	1	1	39
DE Deion Aschbacher	0.0	1	0	21
ILB Dean Chesser	0.0	1	0	29
CB Devante Shelton	0.0	1	0	38

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Eli Bech	0.5	0	8
DE Clay Horton	0.5	0	20
DE Winfred Branham	0.0	1	28
DT Terrell McGowan	0.0	1	19

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Daryl Oliver	4	0	0	37
CB Devante Shelton	3	2	0	38
S Marlon Writt	3	1	0	31
CB Andrew Vlasak	3	1	0	30
S Howard Wallenbrock	3	0	1	31
OLB Ramon Hergett	2	0	0	35
S Oscar Cochrane	0	1	0	37
DE Nathan Madrid	0	1	0	22
ILB Dean Chesser	0	0	1	29

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Jerry Fishley	5	1	0	33
ILB Al McConnell	3	0	0	33
CB Lance Graham	3	0	0	31
S J.R. Minor	2	1	0	32
OLB Trent Crabtree	2	0	1	31
ILB Darryl Wallace	2	0	0	9
CB Miles Liddell	2	0	0	29
OLB Colby Harper	2	0	0	4
CB Nate Marx	1	0	0	18
DT Gavin McKnight	1	0	0	17
OLB Jeffrey McKnight	1	0	0	21

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Buddy Andrews	3	4	37	0	33
Matt Andrews	1	8	37	0	33
Roy Peachey	1	5	37	1	33
Gabriel Thomason	1	3	31	0	20
Carlos Bell	0	7	37	0	33
Chuck Gandy	0	3	37	0	33
Pete Sprouse	0	1	9	0	13

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Phil Weathers	1	3	1	14	1	39
Graham Consing	1	2	0	14	0	39
Dana Garrett	0	2	0	14	1	39
Tyrell Prior	0	2	0	14	0	39
Allen Buckner	0	2	0	14	0	39
Leland DeConcini	0	0	0	7	1	20

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
B.J. Copeland	2	17
Rico Fredrickson	2	8
Jeff Diano	1	24
Billy Joe Shawver	1	15

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Max Pritchett	1	24
Doug Fleming	1	16
Cody Reid	1	16
Jonah Kell	1	9

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Carlos Bell	37	33	---	---	10	80
J.J. Burton	33	20	---	---	18	71
Matt Andrews	37	33	---	---	---	70
Roy Peachey	37	33	---	---	---	70
Buddy Andrews	37	33	---	---	---	70
Grady Novotny	37	33	---	---	---	70
Chuck Gandy	37	33	---	---	---	70
B.J. Copeland	30	22	---	---	17	69
Earnest Cox	27	32	---	---	8	67
Devante Shelton	---	---	14	38	10	62
Andrew Vlasak	---	---	6	30	24	60
Gabriel Thomason	31	20	---	---	9	60
Leslie Morrison	---	---	13	39	6	58
Daryl Oliver	---	---	13	37	2	52
Oscar Cochrane	---	---	13	37	1	51
Marlon Writt	---	---	9	31	9	49
Ramon Hergett	---	---	13	35	1	49
Brad Cassaday	---	---	14	33	1	48
Jeff Diano	9	13	---	---	24	46
Bubba Hernandez	23	18	---	---	2	43
Howard Wallenbrock	---	---	10	31	1	42
Dean Chesser	---	---	7	29	1	37
Nathan Madrid	---	---	12	22	2	36
Desmond Caldwell	11	10	---	---	14	35
Deion Aschbacher	---	---	2	21	8	31
Pete Sprouse	9	13	---	---	7	29
Donald Loftus	4	2	---	---	20	26
Billy Joe Shawver	---	---	3	4	15	22
Brady Hastings	---	---	1	4	16	21
Rico Fredrickson	---	---	5	7	8	20
Kelly Sutton	7	12	---	---	1	20
Jose Miller	---	---	7	11	---	18
Jorge Kemp	---	---	5	10	2	17
Everett Cloutier	---	---	7	10	---	17
Bennie McGregor	0	0	---	---	10	10
Jose Landers	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brant Eberhart	0	0	---	---	10	10
Jackie Delgado	0	0	---	---	10	10
Phil Hosken	0	0	---	---	9	9
Gerald Strong	0	0	---	---	7	7
Leslie Hildebrandt	1	3	---	---	1	5
Raymond Fields	0	0	---	---	3	3
Sammie Foster	0	0	---	---	---	0
Darren Powell	0	0	---	---	---	0
Steve Connor	0	0	---	---	---	0
Blake Borders	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Trent Crabtree	---	---	35	31	9	75
Al McConnell	---	---	37	33	3	73
Jerry Fishley	---	---	37	33	3	73
J.R. Minor	---	---	37	32	3	72
Lance Graham	---	---	36	31	3	70
Miles Liddell	---	---	34	29	3	66
Phil Weathers	14	39	---	---	9	62
Winfred Branham	---	---	29	28	2	59
Jon Moss	13	39	---	---	6	58
Mitchell Turnbull	14	39	---	---	---	53
Graham Consing	14	39	---	---	---	53
Tyrell Prior	14	39	---	---	---	53
Dana Garrett	14	39	---	---	---	53
Allen Buckner	14	39	---	---	---	53
Nate Marx	---	---	14	18	21	53
Terrell McGowan	---	---	24	19	10	53
Tamarick Koonce	9	26	---	---	15	50
Clay Horton	---	---	26	20	2	48
Jeffrey McKnight	---	---	19	21	4	44
Max Pritchett	6	12	---	---	24	42
Lamont Scouten	---	---	17	16	8	41
Broderick Dunn	9	26	---	---	---	35
Darryl Wallace	---	---	17	9	8	34
Alexander Jeffries	5	20	---	---	9	34
Gavin McKnight	---	---	15	17	1	33
Colby Harper	---	---	7	4	21	32
Leland DeConcini	7	20	---	---	3	30
Cody Reid	5	9	---	---	16	30
Jon Henderson	7	15	---	---	8	30
Lamont Walek	1	9	---	---	17	27
Eli Bech	---	---	15	8	2	25
Camden Robinson	---	---	3	5	15	23
Doug Fleming	---	---	1	3	16	20
Tyler Joyner	6	12	---	---	---	18
Heath Goforth	---	---	4	6	7	17
Harry Abe	0	0	---	---	9	9
Ricky Duffy	2	7	---	---	---	9
Travis Stewart	0	0	---	---	9	9
Raymond Durham	0	0	---	---	9	9
Jonah Kell	0	0	---	---	9	9
T.J. Flannery	0	0	---	---	8	8
Preston Burks	0	0	---	---	3	3
Arturo Kuszewski	---	---	0	0	1	1
Darrin Dodge	0	0	---	---	1	1
Juan Martinez	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dominic Osorio	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	54	6.8
Middle	16	98	6.1
Right	12	13	1.1
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	7	2.3
Middle	8	18	2.3
Right	3	-1	-0.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Grady Novotny	32	24	3	2	1	2	2	0	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mitchell Turnbull	36	18	4	1	2	6	7	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	-2	-0.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	13	136	9.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	2	35	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	36	18.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	5	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	8	77	9.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	6	80	5.7
Long (19+ Yds)	12	3	59	4.9

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Earnest Cox	12	9	1	122	2	32
RB B.J. Copeland	7	7	0	19	0	22
WR Bubba Hernandez	5	3	0	12	0	18
WR Jeff Diano	3	1	0	21	1	13
TE J.J. Burton	3	2	0	25	0	20
TE Pete Sprouse	2	2	0	6	0	13

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tamarick Koonce	9	4	0	97	3	26
WR Broderick Dunn	8	5	0	48	1	26
WR Jon Moss	8	3	0	22	0	39
WR Alexander Jeffries	5	2	1	26	0	20
FB Max Pritchett	2	1	0	3	0	12
RB Leland DeConcini	2	2	0	21	0	20
WR Ricky Duffy	1	1	0	4	0	7
TE Jon Henderson	1	0	1	0	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Grady Novotny	2	9	4.50	5.17
B.J. Copeland	1	3	3.00	3.50
Kelly Sutton	1	8	8.00	8.50

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Grady Novotny	5	4	7	1.40	6.41

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mitchell Turnbull	2	1	8	4.00	6.14

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB B.J. Copeland	3	3	-6	-2.00	2.71
WR Jeff Diano	1	0	0	0.00	7.00
TE J.J. Burton	1	1	13	13.00	8.33

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jon Moss	1	1	8	8.00	2.75
TE Jon Henderson	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
B.J. Copeland	2	0
Grady Novotny	1	0

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Mitchell Turnbull	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Grady Novotny	13	12	5

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mitchell Turnbull	9	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Earnest Cox	4	4	3
RB B.J. Copeland	4	4	1
WR Bubba Hernandez	3	3	1
TE Pete Sprouse	1	1	0
TE J.J. Burton	1	0	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tamarick Koonce	3	2	2
WR Broderick Dunn	2	1	1
WR Jon Moss	2	1	0
FB Max Pritchett	1	0	0
WR Alexander Jeffries	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 32,600 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 9,100 (22,200)
End Zone 6,500 (16,000)
Mezzanine 3,900 (9,200)
Sideline Seats 6,200 (14,100)
Club Seats 2,100 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes 4,800 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	32,600 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	9,100 (22,200)
End Zone	6,500 (16,000)
Mezzanine	3,900 (9,200)
Sideline Seats	6,200 (14,100)
Club Seats	2,100 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes	4,800 (5,000)