Wild Card Playoff Games, 2040

played in St. Louis, MO

68 degrees, fair, calm

Detroit Lions	3	17	7	0	-	27
St. Louis Rams	3	0	8	6	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:15 DET - Phil Hosken 29 field goal
1Q: 01:06 STL - Alfredo Sachs 22 field goal
2Q: 09:15 DET - Nick Graham 4 pass from Grady Novotny (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 04:53 DET - B.J. Copeland 12 pass from Grady Novotny (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 00:36 DET - Phil Hosken 53 field goal
3Q: 09:23 DET - B.J. Copeland 13 run (Phil Hosken extra point)
3Q: 04:16 STL - Douglas Tyler 2 run (Claude Wyatt pass to Marvin Evans for conversion)
4Q: 03:20 STL - Marvin Evans 16 pass from Claude Wyatt (Tyrell Messina run for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:15 DET - Phil Hosken 29 field goal
1Q: 01:06 STL - Alfredo Sachs 22 field goal
2Q: 09:15 DET - Nick Graham 4 pass from Grady Novotny (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 04:53 DET - B.J. Copeland 12 pass from Grady Novotny (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 00:36 DET - Phil Hosken 53 field goal
3Q: 09:23 DET - B.J. Copeland 13 run (Phil Hosken extra point)
3Q: 04:16 STL - Douglas Tyler 2 run (Claude Wyatt pass to Marvin Evans for conversion)
4Q: 03:20 STL - Marvin Evans 16 pass from Claude Wyatt (Tyrell Messina run for conversion failed)

Team Statistics DET STL
Record 12-5 8-9
First Downs 25 17
- by Rushing 8 3
- by Passing 13 14
- by Penalty 4 0
Total Net Yards 334 261
- Offensive Plays 71 59
- Yards per Play 4.70 4.42
Net Rushing Yards 101 48
- Rushing Attempts 30 14
- Yards per Rush 3.37 3.43
Net Passing Yards 233 213
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 40 - 28 - 0 41 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 246 239
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/13 4/26
- Yards per Pass Play 5.68 4.73
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 6.3
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/10 7/89
Punt Returns/Yards 2/40 2/1
Kick Returns/Yards 2/48 3/76
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 2/1
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 24
Time of Possession 34:19 25:41

Team Statistics	DET	STL
Record	12-5	8-9
First Downs	25	17
- by Rushing	8	3
- by Passing	13	14
- by Penalty	4	0
Total Net Yards	334	261
- Offensive Plays	71	59
- Yards per Play	4.70	4.42
Net Rushing Yards	101	48
- Rushing Attempts	30	14
- Yards per Rush	3.37	3.43
Net Passing Yards	233	213
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	40 - 28 - 0	41 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	246	239
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/13	4/26
- Yards per Pass Play	5.68	4.73
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	6.3
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/10	7/89
Punt Returns/Yards	2/40	2/1
Kick Returns/Yards	2/48	3/76
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	2/1
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 24
Time of Possession	34:19	25:41

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:52	OWN 28	9	60	Field Goal
1	1:00	1:15	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	12:57	3:53	OWN 26	10	74	Touchdown
2	7:31	2:44	OWN 25	7	75	Touchdown
2	3:04	2:34	OWN 24	6	40	Field Goal
3	12:43	3:26	OPP 43	7	43	Touchdown
3	4:07	5:43	OWN 20	11	30	Punt
4	12:49	0:39	OWN 47	3	5	Punt
4	9:44	3:37	OWN 23	9	43	Downs
4	3:13	3:13	OWN 35	8	24	Game

St. Louis Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:08	8:08	OWN 31	14	64	Field Goal
2	14:45	1:48	OWN 35	4	10	Punt
2	9:04	1:33	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
2	4:47	1:43	OWN 33	3	4	Punt
2	0:30	0:30	OWN 31	2	3	Half
3	15:00	2:17	OWN 10	3	2	Punt
3	9:17	5:10	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
4	13:24	0:35	OWN 19	3	0	Punt
4	12:10	2:26	OWN 10	6	24	Punt
4	6:07	2:54	OWN 34	8	66	Touchdown

Game MVP: Grady Novotny, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
B.J. Copeland	23	77	3.35	14	4	1
Grady Novotny	5	19	3.80	10	1	0
Zack Marvin	2	5	2.50	5	0	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Douglas Tyler	8	33	4.13	14	1	1
Tyrell Messina	4	7	1.75	7	0	0
Claude Wyatt	1	6	6.00	6	0	0
Marvin Evans	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Grady Novotny	40	28	246	1/13	2	32	0	102.7

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Claude Wyatt	41	22	239	4/26	1	35	0	79.1

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Nick Graham	9	9	90	10.00	14	28	1
RB B.J. Copeland	6	9	60	10.00	34	32	1
WR Earnest Cox	4	7	34	8.50	4	21	0
TE Aaron de los Santos	4	7	19	4.75	0	7	0
TE Vinny Clemons	2	3	-1	-0.50	0	0	0
WR Logan Hayes	2	2	41	20.50	32	29	0
WR Jeff Diano	1	3	3	3.00	0	3	0

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bryce Pedersen	8	14	82	10.25	30	25	0
WR Marvin Evans	5	8	41	8.20	1	16	1
WR Tommy Lane	5	7	50	10.00	2	16	0
WR Wesley Douglas	2	5	29	14.50	8	16	0
TE Darnell Camara	1	2	35	35.00	0	35	0
TE Tristan Bachofen	1	2	2	2.00	1	2	0
TE Phillip Sockanathan	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Douglas Tyler	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
B.J. Copeland	1	0	0
Chuck Gandy	0	1	0
Ramon Hergett	0	0	1

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Claude Wyatt	1	0	0
Nate Joseph	0	1	0
Malik Flitton	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gerald Strong	3	111	37.0	36.7	42	2

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Malcolm Kemp	6	268	44.7	38.0	52	1

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Phil Hosken	2/2	1/1	1/1	53	3/3

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Alfredo Sachs	1/1	0/0	0/0	22	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nicky Henderson	2	40	20.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marvin Evans	2	1	0.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nicky Henderson	1	24	24.0	0
Logan Hayes	1	24	24.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marvin Evans	3	76	25.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Riddick Lang	6	0	0.0	14	41
S Nicky Ortmeier	5	2	0.0	14	45
CB Devante Shelton	5	0	0.0	14	45
CB Stephen Davis	4	0	0.0	4	34
S Ken Greer	3	2	0.0	14	44
ILB Everett Cloutier	3	1	0.0	14	45
DE Nathan Madrid	3	0	0.0	6	20
OLB Ramon Hergett	2	1	1.0	13	41
OLB Gavin McNeil	2	1	0.5	13	34
OLB Rico Fredrickson	1	0	1.0	2	8
DT Cris Bush	1	2	0.5	8	24
DE Omar Thompson	1	0	0.5	10	27
CB Nicky Henderson	1	0	0.0	0	4
ILB Chance Bronson	1	0	0.0	10	10
DT Jorge Kemp	0	1	0.5	6	22

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Kerry Chapman	8	3	0.0	24	27
S Levon Koepke	8	2	0.0	30	41
ILB Darien Rasmussen	6	3	0.0	28	38
CB Glen Wellstone	6	2	0.0	30	41
S Brady Thomason	4	2	0.0	30	41
DE Malik Flitton	4	1	0.0	29	40
DT Ty Hazel	3	2	0.0	27	30
OLB Cory Morris	3	1	0.0	21	20
CB Jackie Bryant	3	1	0.0	28	37
DT Eric Sarfaty	2	0	1.0	2	12
DT Jorge Herndon	2	1	0.0	20	20
ILB Kurt Boone	1	1	0.0	4	9
DE Jonathan Stephens	1	0	0.0	19	20
ILB Larry Hidy	1	0	0.0	12	17
DT Archie Burns	1	0	0.0	13	26
DE Dexter Downs	0	1	0.0	10	16

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Ramon Hergett	1.0	1	2	2	41
OLB Rico Fredrickson	1.0	0	0	0	8
OLB Gavin McNeil	0.5	0	1	0	34
DT Cris Bush	0.5	0	0	1	24
DT Jorge Kemp	0.5	0	0	0	22
DE Omar Thompson	0.5	0	0	0	27
DE Kent Cox	0.0	1	0	0	18
DE Nathan Madrid	0.0	0	1	0	20
ILB Everett Cloutier	0.0	0	0	1	45

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Eric Sarfaty	1.0	0	0	0	12
DE Malik Flitton	0.0	1	2	2	40
DE Jonathan Stephens	0.0	0	3	0	20
DT Ty Hazel	0.0	0	1	0	30

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Riddick Lang	5	0	41
CB Devante Shelton	4	2	45
CB Stephen Davis	4	0	34
ILB Everett Cloutier	3	1	45
S Nicky Ortmeier	2	3	45
S Ken Greer	2	0	44
CB Nicky Henderson	1	0	4
DE Nathan Madrid	1	0	20

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Kerry Chapman	7	0	27
CB Glen Wellstone	6	0	41
CB Jackie Bryant	4	0	37
S Levon Koepke	3	0	41
S Brady Thomason	2	0	41
ILB Darien Rasmussen	2	0	38
ILB Larry Hidy	1	1	17
DT Eric Sarfaty	1	0	12
ILB Kurt Boone	1	0	9
CB Dustin Shore	1	0	12

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Leonardo Ebbitt	2	7	30	1	41
Buddy Andrews	2	5	30	0	41
Carlos Bell	1	6	30	0	41
Matt Andrews	1	4	30	0	41
Chuck Gandy	0	2	30	0	41
Gabriel Thomason	0	1	20	0	35

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Graham Consing	2	4	14	0	45
Dana Garrett	2	3	14	1	45
Victor McCurley	2	3	14	0	45
Aaron Graham	0	1	8	1	19
Nate Joseph	0	1	14	1	45
Monty Ross	0	1	14	0	45
Tristan Bachofen	0	0	3	1	10

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Nicky Ortmeier	2	7
Nicky Henderson	1	31
Steve Connor	1	5
Cary Caldwell	1	5

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Braden Arangure	1	16
Larry Hidy	1	14
Albert Hubinger	1	7
Randal Augustson	1	7

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Carlos Bell	30	41	---	---	5	76
Leonardo Ebbitt	30	41	---	---	5	76
B.J. Copeland	27	28	---	---	20	75
Matt Andrews	30	41	---	---	---	71
Buddy Andrews	30	41	---	---	---	71
Grady Novotny	30	41	---	---	---	71
Chuck Gandy	30	41	---	---	---	71
Aaron de los Santos	26	35	---	---	9	70
Devante Shelton	---	---	14	45	10	69
Nicky Ortmeier	---	---	14	45	7	66
Everett Cloutier	---	---	14	45	1	60
Gabriel Thomason	20	35	---	---	5	60
Ken Greer	---	---	14	44	1	59
Riddick Lang	---	---	14	41	1	56
Ramon Hergett	---	---	13	41	1	55
Gavin McNeil	---	---	13	34	1	48
Earnest Cox	18	27	---	---	---	45
Nick Graham	14	29	---	---	---	43
Omar Thompson	---	---	10	27	3	40
Vinny Clemons	14	11	---	---	15	40
Stephen Davis	---	---	4	34	---	38
Nicky Henderson	---	---	0	4	31	35
Logan Hayes	16	13	---	---	5	34
Rico Fredrickson	---	---	2	8	23	33
Cris Bush	---	---	8	24	1	33
Demetrius Forbes	---	---	8	25	---	33
Jeff Diano	7	9	---	---	15	31
Nathan Madrid	---	---	6	20	4	30
Kent Cox	---	---	4	18	7	29
Jorge Kemp	---	---	6	22	---	28
Ron Downs	---	---	0	8	19	27
Chance Bronson	---	---	10	10	1	21
Zack Marvin	3	13	---	---	1	17
Antowain Fries	5	3	---	---	7	15
Brody Curtis	0	2	---	---	13	15
Phil Hosken	0	0	---	---	8	8
Randall McIntyre	0	0	---	---	5	5
Steve Connor	0	0	---	---	5	5
Cary Caldwell	0	0	---	---	5	5
Gerald Strong	0	0	---	---	3	3
Wally Dunn	---	---	0	0	3	3
Raymond Fields	0	0	---	---	2	2
Preston Garcia	0	0	---	---	---	0
Justin Donaldson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Kenneth Williams	0	0	---	---	---	0
Kelly Pearson	---	---	0	0	---	0

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Levon Koepke	---	---	30	41	11	82
Glen Wellstone	---	---	30	41	5	76
Brady Thomason	---	---	30	41	2	73
Malik Flitton	---	---	29	40	2	71
Darien Rasmussen	---	---	28	38	2	68
Jackie Bryant	---	---	28	37	2	67
Graham Consing	14	45	---	---	7	66
Dana Garrett	14	45	---	---	7	66
Marvin Evans	12	40	---	---	13	65
Ty Hazel	---	---	27	30	3	60
Claude Wyatt	14	45	---	---	---	59
Monty Ross	14	45	---	---	---	59
Nate Joseph	14	45	---	---	---	59
Victor McCurley	14	45	---	---	---	59
Bryce Pedersen	14	43	---	---	---	57
Kerry Chapman	---	---	24	27	---	51
Douglas Tyler	10	23	---	---	12	45
Cory Morris	---	---	21	20	3	44
Jorge Herndon	---	---	20	20	4	44
Larry Hidy	---	---	12	17	14	43
Jonathan Stephens	---	---	19	20	2	41
Archie Burns	---	---	13	26	1	40
Tommy Lane	4	26	---	---	9	39
Phillip Sockanathan	6	15	---	---	17	38
Tyrell Messina	4	14	---	---	17	35
Aaron Graham	8	19	---	---	3	30
Dexter Downs	---	---	10	16	---	26
Kurt Boone	---	---	4	9	11	24
Wesley Douglas	0	13	---	---	9	22
Braden Arangure	---	---	2	4	16	22
Darnell Camara	7	14	---	---	---	21
Tristan Bachofen	3	10	---	---	8	21
Carl Joseph	2	8	---	---	8	18
Eric Sarfaty	---	---	2	12	2	16
Malcolm Foreman	---	---	0	0	15	15
Dustin Shore	---	---	1	12	2	15
Irving Rehberg	0	0	---	---	7	7
Albert Hubinger	0	0	---	---	7	7
Randal Augustson	0	0	---	---	7	7
Malcolm Kemp	0	0	---	---	6	6
Alfredo Sachs	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ezra Crotti	---	---	0	0	2	2
Cole Stevens	0	0	---	---	1	1
Kai Farmer	0	0	---	---	---	0
Steve Sughroue	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jerald Stephens	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	16	3.2
Middle	11	59	5.4
Right	12	28	2.3
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	25	6.3
Middle	3	12	4.0
Right	7	11	1.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Grady Novotny	40	28	4	2	2	1	6	2	0

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Claude Wyatt	41	22	2	2	5	6	4	4	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	60	12.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	26	19	108	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	78	8.7
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	12	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	78	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	8	95	5.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	54	13.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Nick Graham	9	9	0	90	1	29
RB B.J. Copeland	9	6	0	60	1	28
WR Earnest Cox	7	4	1	34	1	27
TE Aaron de los Santos	7	4	1	19	0	35
WR Jeff Diano	3	1	0	3	0	9
TE Vinny Clemons	3	2	0	-1	0	11
WR Logan Hayes	2	2	0	41	1	13

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bryce Pedersen	14	8	1	82	1	43
WR Marvin Evans	8	5	1	41	0	40
WR Tommy Lane	7	5	1	50	0	26
WR Wesley Douglas	5	2	2	29	0	13
TE Phillip Sockanathan	2	0	0	0	0	15
TE Darnell Camara	2	1	0	35	1	14
TE Tristan Bachofen	2	1	0	2	0	10
RB Douglas Tyler	1	0	0	0	0	23

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
B.J. Copeland	3	31	10.33	3.35

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Douglas Tyler	3	13	4.33	4.13
Tyrell Messina	1	0	0.00	1.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Grady Novotny	8	5	22	2.75	6.15

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Claude Wyatt	5	3	21	4.20	5.83

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB B.J. Copeland	4	3	13	3.25	6.67
WR Earnest Cox	2	1	5	2.50	4.86
WR Nick Graham	1	1	4	4.00	10.00
TE Aaron de los Santos	1	0	0	0.00	2.71

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Marvin Evans	3	2	19	6.33	5.13
TE Phillip Sockanathan	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
TE Tristan Bachofen	1	1	2	2.00	1.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

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

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Douglas Tyler	3	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Grady Novotny	10	6	4

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Claude Wyatt	10	7	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Nick Graham	4	4	3
WR Earnest Cox	3	1	0
WR Jeff Diano	1	0	0
RB B.J. Copeland	1	1	1
TE Aaron de los Santos	1	0	0

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bryce Pedersen	4	2	2
WR Tommy Lane	3	2	2
WR Wesley Douglas	2	2	2
WR Marvin Evans	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 32,000 (66,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 9,300 (20,400)
End Zone 7,000 (14,700)
Mezzanine 4,500 (8,500)
Sideline Seats 6,300 (13,000)
Club Seats 3,400 (6,300)
Luxury Boxes 1,500 (3,100)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	32,000 (66,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	9,300 (20,400)
End Zone	7,000 (14,700)
Mezzanine	4,500 (8,500)
Sideline Seats	6,300 (13,000)
Club Seats	3,400 (6,300)
Luxury Boxes	1,500 (3,100)