Lions 13-12 Saints (24 Dec, 2005) Box Score

Detroit Lions

5-10, 2-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	0	7	0	6	13
NO	0	3	6	3	12

New Orleans Saints

3-12, 1-7 home

Detroit Passing


Joey Harrington
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
17/30	210	7.0	0	1	1-2	64.6
17/30	208	7.0	0	1	1-2	64.6

New Orleans Passing


Todd Bouman
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
21/38	233	6.1	0	0	1-7	73.7
21/38	226	6.1	0	0	1-7	73.7

Detroit Rushing


Artose Pinner
Shawn Bryson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
20	57	2.9	17
4	14	3.5	8
24	71	3.0	17

New Orleans Rushing


Antowain Smith
Todd Bouman
Aaron Stecker
Donte' Stallworth
Anthony Thomas
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
13	33	2.5	7
3	6	2.0	6
7	5	0.7	4
1	3	3.0	3
1	0	0.0	0
25	47	1.9	7

Detroit Receiving


Roy Williams
Marcus Pollard
Artose Pinner
Mike Williams
Casey Fitzsimmons
Joey Harrington
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	111	27.8	49
6	44	7.3	12
4	31	7.8	23
1	21	21.0	21
1	7	7.0	7
1	-4	-4.0	-4
17	210	12.4	49

New Orleans Receiving


Zach Hilton
Joe Horn
Donte' Stallworth
Aaron Stecker
Mike Karney
Az-Zahir Hakim
Antowain Smith
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
7	83	11.9	22
6	70	11.7	18
2	47	23.5	32
2	13	6.5	10
1	8	8.0	8
1	7	7.0	7
2	5	2.5	3
21	233	11.1	32

Detroit Fumbles


Shaun Rogers
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

New Orleans Fumbles


Aaron Stecker
Todd Bouman
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
2	1	0

Detroit Defense



LeVar Woods
James Hall
James Davis
Bracy Walker
Wali Rainer
Jared DeVries
Dre' Bly
Shaun Rogers
R.W. McQuarters
Andre' Goodman
Cory Redding
Casey Fitzsimmons
Kenoy Kennedy
Matt Grootegoed
Shawn Bryson
Nick Harris
Kalimba Edwards
Sean McHugh
Shaun Cody
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	1	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	1
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
55	47	1	0	3	0	2

New Orleans Defense



Colby Bockwoldt
Terrence Melton
Ronald McKinnon
Fred Thomas
Dwight Smith
T.J. Slaughter
Charles Grant
Mike McKenzie
Fakhir Brown
Brian Young
Fred McAfee
Will Smith
Tony Bryant
Jason Craft
Steve Gleason
Mel Mitchell
Josh Bullocks
Willie Whitehead
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	2	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	46	1	0	5	0	0

Detroit Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Detroit Interceptions

New Orleans Interceptions


Fred Thomas
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Detroit Kick Returns


Eddie Drummond
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	150	30.0	48	0
5	150	30.0	48	0

New Orleans Kick Returns


Fred McAfee
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	53	17.7	29	0
3	53	17.7	29	0

Detroit Punt Returns


Eddie Drummond
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Az-Zahir Hakim
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	64	16.0	42	0
4	64	16.0	42	0

Detroit Kicking


Jason Hanson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	39	1/1	7
2/2	100.0	39	1/1	7

New Orleans Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/4	100.0	47	0/0	12
4/4	100.0	47	0/0	12

Detroit Punting


Nick Harris
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	279	46.5	0	4	55
6	279	46.5	0	4	55

New Orleans Punting


Mitch Berger
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	160	40.0	1	2	46
4	160	40.0	1	2	46

6:00 PM, 24 December 2005

Attendance: 63,747

Referees:
Larry Nemmers

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Detroit	13	2	.867	493	299
Minnesota	12	2	.857	369	252
Green Bay	10	4	.714	379	287
Chicago	4	11	.267	283	342

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Tampa Bay	8	6	.571	403	326
Atlanta	8	7	.533	327	349
New Orleans	5	9	.357	309	312
Carolina	4	11	.267	283	448

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