Week 8, 2020

played in Atlanta, GA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Detroit Lions	0	0	7	7	-	14
Atlanta Falcons	7	7	3	7	-	24

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:35 ATL - Everett Wiggins 16 pass from Tyrell Terrell (Robert Whiting extra point)
2Q: 00:43 ATL - Zach Huffman 2 run (Robert Whiting extra point)
3Q: 10:38 DET - Brock Houghtlin 5 run (Rusty Sheldon extra point)
3Q: 04:52 ATL - Robert Whiting 45 field goal
4Q: 12:42 DET - Broderick Hammond 12 pass from Pat White (Rusty Sheldon extra point)
4Q: 03:56 ATL - Zach Huffman 5 run (Robert Whiting extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:35 ATL - Everett Wiggins 16 pass from Tyrell Terrell (Robert Whiting extra point)
2Q: 00:43 ATL - Zach Huffman 2 run (Robert Whiting extra point)
3Q: 10:38 DET - Brock Houghtlin 5 run (Rusty Sheldon extra point)
3Q: 04:52 ATL - Robert Whiting 45 field goal
4Q: 12:42 DET - Broderick Hammond 12 pass from Pat White (Rusty Sheldon extra point)
4Q: 03:56 ATL - Zach Huffman 5 run (Robert Whiting extra point)

Team Statistics DET ATL
Record 3-4 4-4
First Downs 16 18
- by Rushing 3 6
- by Passing 13 12
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 282 342
- Offensive Plays 71 63
- Yards per Play 3.97 5.43
Net Rushing Yards 74 126
- Rushing Attempts 21 32
- Yards per Rush 3.52 3.94
Net Passing Yards 208 216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 43 - 25 - 0 30 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 245 223
- Sacks/Yards Lost 7/37 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 4.16 6.97
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/19 6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 6.1
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/32 6/48
Punt Returns/Yards 1/-2 5/34
Kick Returns/Yards 2/43 3/65
Interception Ret./Yards 1/1 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 34
Time of Possession 28:59 31:01

Team Statistics	DET	ATL
Record	3-4	4-4
First Downs	16	18
- by Rushing	3	6
- by Passing	13	12
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	282	342
- Offensive Plays	71	63
- Yards per Play	3.97	5.43
Net Rushing Yards	74	126
- Rushing Attempts	21	32
- Yards per Rush	3.52	3.94
Net Passing Yards	208	216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	43 - 25 - 0	30 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	245	223
- Sacks/Yards Lost	7/37	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	4.16	6.97
Fumbles/Lost	3/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/19	6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	6.1
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/32	6/48
Punt Returns/Yards	1/-2	5/34
Kick Returns/Yards	2/43	3/65
Interception Ret./Yards	1/1	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 19	OWN 34
Time of Possession	28:59	31:01

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:16	0:58	OWN 8	3	9	Punt
1	10:26	2:00	OWN 22	6	11	Punt
1	3:30	1:42	OWN 35	3	0	Punt
1	0:07	0:31	OWN 1	3	4	Punt
2	11:55	1:24	OWN 1	3	6	Punt
2	9:25	2:00	OWN 30	6	17	Punt
2	5:35	1:31	OWN 29	3	2	Punt
2	0:37	0:37	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	4:31	OWN 38	10	62	Touchdown
3	8:41	2:10	OWN 13	7	35	Fumble
3	4:47	7:12	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
4	10:27	1:40	OWN 19	3	9	Punt
4	3:46	2:51	OWN 20	11	39	Downs

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:44	OWN 23	3	8	Punt
1	12:18	1:52	OWN 37	3	1	Punt
1	8:26	4:56	OWN 26	9	74	Touchdown
1	1:48	1:41	OWN 38	3	3	Punt
2	14:36	2:41	OWN 42	5	15	Punt
2	10:31	1:06	OWN 49	4	11	Interception
2	7:25	1:50	OWN 16	3	4	Punt
2	4:04	3:27	OWN 19	11	81	Touchdown
3	10:29	1:48	OWN 36	3	6	Punt
3	6:31	1:44	OPP 48	4	20	Field Goal
4	12:35	2:08	OWN 40	3	6	Punt
4	8:47	5:01	OWN 26	9	74	Touchdown
4	0:55	0:55	OWN 41	3	6	Game

Game MVP: Zach Huffman, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Brock Houghtlin	12	46	3.83	9	1
Andre Brown	6	25	4.17	9	0
Pat White	3	3	1.00	3	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Zach Huffman	22	87	3.95	8	0	2
Lawrence Blake	7	36	5.14	10	1	0
Tyrell Terrell	3	3	1.00	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Pat White	43	25	245	7/37	1	24	0	82.0

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tyrell Terrell	30	22	223	1/7	1	28	1	91.4

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Broderick Hammond	8	9	94	11.75	17	22	1
WR Jordy Nelson	7	17	75	10.71	16	24	0
TE Cornelius Newnam	6	9	59	9.83	22	16	0
TE Roman Ensey	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
WR Howie Hutton	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
FB Damon Lebiedzinski	1	2	13	13.00	11	13	0
RB Brock Houghtlin	1	3	-3	-3.00	0	-3	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Everett Wiggins	5	6	61	12.20	19	17	1
TE Moe Looper	4	6	36	9.00	9	17	0
RB Zach Huffman	4	5	47	11.75	15	28	0
WR Shawn Hartman	4	5	20	5.00	0	7	0
WR Al Klone	3	3	52	17.33	13	25	0
WR Jamie Marx	2	2	7	3.50	0	7	0
TE Clifton Compton	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Lawrence Blake	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Justin Daniels	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Kris Eastridge	1	1	1.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov
Jordy Nelson	1	0
Pat White	1	0
Andre Brown	1	0
Anthony Collins	0	1
Broderick Hammond	0	1

Atlanta	Recov	Force
Shawn Crable	1	0
Thomas DeCoud	0	2
Barry Blackburn	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Riddick Garrod	8	368	46.0	41.8	59	3

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Corey Seder	7	325	46.4	46.7	58	5

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rusty Sheldon	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Robert Whiting	1/1	1/1	0/0	45	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Howie Hutton	1	-2	-2.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darrin Knight	3	15	5.0	0
Jamie Marx	2	19	9.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brock Houghtlin	2	43	21.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darrin Knight	2	46	23.0	0
Skip Goodwin	1	19	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB George McDade	10	0	0.0	32	30
CB Kris Eastridge	6	2	0.0	29	31
CB Jerald Madison	6	1	0.0	23	20
DE Rickey Nelson	4	3	1.0	28	30
DT Dave Thibodeau	4	0	0.0	27	29
S Eric McGuire	3	4	0.0	26	25
OLB Ethan Sheldon	3	1	0.0	29	31
ILB Clay Lane	3	0	0.0	1	3
S Glover Quin	2	3	0.0	29	29
DT Grady Coffey	2	1	0.0	9	7
OLB Stephen Nicholas	2	0	0.0	14	10
CB Derek Cox	2	0	0.0	26	30
S Norbert Emmons	1	1	0.0	12	3
DE Tyson Jackson	1	1	0.0	19	21
OLB Howie Bellis	1	0	0.0	3	0
DT Ike Whittenburg	0	1	0.0	25	28
DE Phillip Merling	0	1	0.0	13	10

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Shawn Crable	11	3	1.0	21	50
DE Jason Lynch	5	0	1.5	19	44
DE Chuck Ward	5	0	1.0	20	41
CB Brady Al Shawa	5	0	0.0	21	50
CB Ronnie Polidixon	5	0	0.0	18	46
S Thomas DeCoud	4	2	0.0	20	48
S Tom Zhao	4	2	0.0	20	50
DE Kirk Laws	2	1	1.5	9	24
S Russell Lentz	2	2	0.0	9	21
OLB Barry Blackburn	1	1	1.0	12	28
DE Kelvin Kinney	1	0	1.0	13	35
OLB Jason Phillips	1	2	0.0	21	50
TE Moe Looper	1	0	---	---	---
CB Calvin Borders	1	0	0.0	18	44
S Morris Iacuessa	1	0	0.0	1	2
DT Sedrick Blades	0	1	0.0	2	6
ILB Kent Kramer	0	1	0.0	1	2

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Rickey Nelson	1.0	0	1	0	30
S Glover Quin	0.0	0	1	0	29

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jason Lynch	1.5	1	1	7	44
DE Kirk Laws	1.5	0	0	0	24
DE Chuck Ward	1.0	0	1	3	41
OLB Shawn Crable	1.0	0	0	0	50
OLB Barry Blackburn	1.0	0	0	0	28
DE Kelvin Kinney	1.0	0	0	0	35
OLB Jason Phillips	0.0	0	2	0	50

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Kris Eastridge	5	0	1	31
CB Jerald Madison	5	0	0	20
OLB Ethan Sheldon	3	0	0	31
ILB George McDade	2	0	0	30
ILB Clay Lane	2	0	0	3
S Eric McGuire	2	0	0	25
S Glover Quin	1	2	0	29
CB Derek Cox	1	0	0	30
DE Rickey Nelson	1	0	0	30

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Shawn Crable	7	1	50
CB Ronnie Polidixon	4	1	46
S Thomas DeCoud	3	2	48
CB Brady Al Shawa	3	0	50
S Tom Zhao	3	0	50
CB Calvin Borders	1	0	44
ILB Justin Kirk	1	0	5
DE Chuck Ward	1	0	41
DE Jason Lynch	1	0	44
S Russell Lentz	1	0	21
OLB Barry Blackburn	0	1	28
OLB Jason Phillips	0	1	50

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Seth Olsen	2	3	21	3	44
Spencer Batteaux	2	2	17	0	42
Norbert Crane	1	4	18	2	44
Cornell Donovan	1	3	18	0	41
Roman Ensey	1	2	3	0	8
Jermichael Finley	1	1	2	0	6
Kirk Cash	0	1	3	0	9
Damon Lebiedzinski	0	1	13	0	24
Roger Owens	0	1	4	0	8
Nick Culhane	0	0	6	2	11

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Pollak	2	9	0	30	0	29
Kelly Fortier	2	5	1	28	0	26
Harvey Ancheta	2	4	1	20	0	22
Lester Allen	1	2	0	23	0	16
Daryn Colledge	1	1	0	9	0	5
Keith DiMillo	0	5	1	32	1	31
Roy England	0	2	0	6	0	7
Les Fincher	0	1	0	16	0	14

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Ronald McConnell	2	22
Howie Hutton	2	21
Jordy Nelson	2	4
Andre Brown	1	22
Michael McGlynn	1	8

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Justise Hairston	1	24
Moe Looper	1	15
Al Klone	1	15

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Cornelius Newnam	18	47	---	---	7	72
Pat White	21	50	---	---	---	71
Norbert Crane	18	44	---	---	5	67
Kris Eastridge	---	---	29	31	6	66
Seth Olsen	21	44	---	---	---	65
Jordy Nelson	18	42	---	---	4	64
George McDade	---	---	32	30	1	63
Ethan Sheldon	---	---	29	31	1	61
Brock Houghtlin	15	40	---	---	5	60
Cornell Donovan	18	41	---	---	---	59
Glover Quin	---	---	29	29	1	59
Rickey Nelson	---	---	28	30	1	59
Spencer Batteaux	17	42	---	---	---	59
Jerald Madison	---	---	23	20	15	58
Anthony Collins	15	39	---	---	3	57
Dave Thibodeau	---	---	27	29	---	56
Derek Cox	---	---	26	30	---	56
Ike Whittenburg	---	---	25	28	2	55
Broderick Hammond	14	40	---	---	---	54
Ronald McConnell	8	23	---	---	22	53
Eric McGuire	---	---	26	25	2	53
Damon Lebiedzinski	13	24	---	---	8	45
Tyson Jackson	---	---	19	21	---	40
Howie Hutton	8	9	---	---	21	38
Andre Brown	6	10	---	---	22	38
Stephen Nicholas	---	---	14	10	7	31
Phillip Merling	---	---	13	10	7	30
Nick Culhane	6	11	---	---	8	25
Norbert Emmons	---	---	12	3	9	24
Jermichael Finley	2	6	---	---	16	24
Roman Ensey	3	8	---	---	9	20
Kirk Cash	3	9	---	---	8	20
Roger Owens	4	8	---	---	8	20
Howie Bellis	---	---	3	0	17	20
Grady Coffey	---	---	9	7	1	17
Michael McGlynn	3	6	---	---	8	17
Eugene Fisher	0	1	---	---	10	11
Randal Tanner	---	---	2	3	6	11
Kelly Rose	---	---	4	1	5	10
Dana Fox	---	---	1	0	8	9
Riddick Garrod	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jermon Bushrod	0	6	---	---	---	6
Clay Lane	---	---	1	3	---	4
Rusty Sheldon	0	0	---	---	3	3
Charlie Frye	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Shawn Crable	---	---	21	50	19	90
Brady Al Shawa	---	---	21	50	10	81
Ronnie Polidixon	---	---	18	46	8	72
Jason Lynch	---	---	19	44	8	71
Jason Phillips	---	---	21	50	---	71
Keith DiMillo	32	31	---	---	8	71
Tom Zhao	---	---	20	50	---	70
Thomas DeCoud	---	---	20	48	1	69
Tyrell Terrell	32	31	---	---	---	63
Calvin Borders	---	---	18	44	---	62
Mike Pollak	30	29	---	---	3	62
Chuck Ward	---	---	20	41	---	61
Moe Looper	20	22	---	---	15	57
Lester Allen	23	16	---	---	16	55
Kelly Fortier	28	26	---	---	---	54
Luther Giba	23	26	---	---	---	49
Kelvin Kinney	---	---	13	35	---	48
Everett Wiggins	25	21	---	---	1	47
Zach Huffman	23	22	---	---	---	45
Les Fincher	16	14	---	---	13	43
Harvey Ancheta	20	22	---	---	---	42
Barry Blackburn	---	---	12	28	1	41
Kirk Laws	---	---	9	24	8	41
Shawn Hartman	18	20	---	---	---	38
Al Klone	10	12	---	---	15	37
Russell Lentz	---	---	9	21	5	35
Harold Cortez	12	9	---	---	8	29
Justin Daniels	4	7	---	---	14	25
Justise Hairston	0	0	---	---	24	24
Daryn Colledge	9	5	---	---	8	22
Roy England	6	7	---	---	8	21
Clifton Compton	7	5	---	---	8	20
Lawrence Blake	9	9	---	---	---	18
Jamie Marx	5	7	---	---	6	18
Morris Iacuessa	---	---	1	2	14	17
Justin Kirk	---	---	3	5	8	16
Skip Goodwin	---	---	3	4	6	13
Kent Kramer	---	---	1	2	7	10
Sedrick Blades	---	---	2	6	---	8
Corey Seder	0	0	---	---	7	7
Robert Whiting	0	0	---	---	6	6
Darrin Knight	---	---	0	0	5	5
Sam Cooper	---	---	0	0	3	3
Charles Stephens	0	0	---	---	1	1
Dan Orlovsky	0	0	---	---	---	0
Don Dotson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	12	6.0
Middle	15	58	3.9
Right	3	6	2.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	45	5.6
Middle	7	24	3.4
Right	15	59	3.9
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Pat White	43	25	2	5	2	6	4	10	0

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tyrell Terrell	30	22	3	2	1	2	2	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	23	3.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	7	56	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	11	142	8.9
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	24	4.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	19	9.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	13	72	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	6	107	11.9
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	25	25.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jordy Nelson	17	7	0	75	1	42
TE Cornelius Newnam	9	6	1	59	0	47
WR Broderick Hammond	9	8	0	94	1	40
RB Brock Houghtlin	3	1	0	-3	0	40
WR Howie Hutton	2	1	0	6	0	9
FB Damon Lebiedzinski	2	1	1	13	0	24
TE Roman Ensey	1	1	0	1	0	8

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Everett Wiggins	6	5	0	61	0	21
TE Moe Looper	6	4	0	36	0	22
RB Zach Huffman	5	4	0	47	1	22
WR Shawn Hartman	5	4	0	20	0	20
WR Al Klone	3	3	0	52	2	12
WR Jamie Marx	2	2	0	7	0	7
TE Clifton Compton	1	0	0	0	0	5
RB Lawrence Blake	1	0	0	0	0	9
WR Justin Daniels	1	0	1	0	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brock Houghtlin	2	4	2.00	3.83

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Zach Huffman	5	12	2.40	3.95
Lawrence Blake	1	2	2.00	5.14
Tyrell Terrell	1	5	5.00	1.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Pat White	2	2	28	14.00	5.70

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tyrell Terrell	2	2	22	11.00	7.43

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Cornelius Newnam	1	1	16	16.00	6.56
WR Broderick Hammond	1	1	12	12.00	10.44

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Everett Wiggins	2	2	22	11.00	10.17

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Andre Brown	1	1
Brock Houghtlin	1	0

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Zach Huffman	5	1
Tyrell Terrell	2	1
Lawrence Blake	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Pat White	17	11	8

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tyrell Terrell	6	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Cornelius Newnam	7	4	3
WR Broderick Hammond	5	4	3
WR Jordy Nelson	3	2	1
FB Damon Lebiedzinski	2	1	1

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Everett Wiggins	2	2	2
TE Moe Looper	1	1	0
RB Lawrence Blake	1	0	0
WR Shawn Hartman	1	1	1
WR Al Klone	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 52,900 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,700 (22,200)
End Zone 12,100 (16,000)
Mezzanine 7,000 (9,200)
Sideline Seats 9,800 (14,100)
Club Seats 3,200 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	52,900 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,700 (22,200)
End Zone	12,100 (16,000)
Mezzanine	7,000 (9,200)
Sideline Seats	9,800 (14,100)
Club Seats	3,200 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (5,000)