2008 NFL BOX SCORES - WEEK 1
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

  
NFL   FINAL                1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH  TOTAL
                           ---  ---  ---  ---  -----
      DETROIT                0   14    7    0   21
      ATLANTA               21    0   10    3   34     FINAL


SCORING SUMMARY


1ST QUARTER: 


 1:27 ATL - TD, MICHAEL JENKINS 62 YD PASS FROM MATT RYAN (JASON ELAM KICK). 
      Drive: 3 plays, 74 yards in 1:27. 
      Key plays: Turner 9-yard run to Atlanta 35. ATLANTA 7-0.
 7:27 ATL - TD, MICHAEL TURNER 66 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK). 
      Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards in 2:06. 
      Key plays: Ryan 8-yard pass to White on 3rd-and-4 to Atlanta 34 . 
      ATLANTA 14-0.
11:40 ATL - TD, MICHAEL TURNER 5 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK). 
      Drive: 6 plays, 67 yards in 3:11. 
      Key plays: Turner 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 44 ;  Norwood 
      17-yard run to Detroit 39; Turner 29-yard run plus 5-yard personal foul 
      penalty on Lions' D Smith to Detroit 5. ATLANTA 21-0.


2ND QUARTER: 


10:54 DET - TD, KEVIN SMITH 3 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK). 
      Drive: 12 plays, 59 yards in 6:56. 
      Key plays: Kitna 6-yard pass to McDonald on 3rd-and-6 to Atlanta 49;
      Kitna 21-yard pass to Campbell  to Atlanta 21; 5-yard illegal contact 
      penalty on Falcons' Grimes on 3rd-and-9 to Atlanta 4. ATLANTA 21-7.
14:44 DET - TD, ROY WILLIAMS 21 YD PASS FROM JON KITNA (JASON HANSON KICK). 
      Drive: 4 plays, 67 yards in 0:39. 
      Key plays: Kitna 38-yard pass to Johnson to Atlanta 21. ATLANTA 
      21-14.


3RD QUARTER: 


 5:15 ATL - FG, JASON ELAM 50 YD. 
      Drive: 5 plays, 17 yards in 2:25. 
      Key plays: Milloy 38-yard interception return to Detroit 49;  Turner
      10-yard run to Detroit 39. ATLANTA 24-14.
 9:03 ATL - TD, JERIOUS NORWOOD 10 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK). 
      Drive: 5 plays, 68 yards in 2:09. 
      Key plays: Norwood 13-yard run to Atlanta 40;  Ryan 46-yard pass to 
      White to Detroit 10. ATLANTA 31-14.
13:20 DET - TD, CASEY FITZSIMMONS 1 YD PASS FROM JON KITNA (JASON HANSON KICK). 
      Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards in 4:17. 
      Key plays: Kitna 12-yard pass to K Smith to Detroit 37;  K Smith 
      10-yard run to Atlanta 46; R Johnson 12-yard run to Atlanta 34; Kitna 
      12-yard pass to Furrey to Atlanta 22; 18-yard pass inteference penalty on 
      Falcons' Houston to Atlanta 1.
 ATLANTA 31-21.


4TH QUARTER: 


 4:37 ATL - FG, JASON ELAM 25 YD. 
      Drive: 12 plays, 73 yards in 6:17. 
      Key plays: Ryan 13-yard pass to Peelle to Atlanta 33; Turner 16-yard
      run to Atlanta 49;  Norwood 17-yard run to Detroit 34; Turner 11-yard run 
      to Detroit 43; ; Ryan 17-yard pass to Hartsock to Detroit 22; Turner 
      15-yard run to Detroit 7.
 ATLANTA 34-21.


DETROIT - ATLANTA Final Statistics


TEAM STATISTICS                                DETROIT        ATLANTA


FIRST DOWNS                                         21             23
  Rushing                                            4             17
  Passing                                           14              5
  Penalty                                            3              1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY                          2-9-22%        3-9-33%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY                          0-0-0%         0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS                                    308            474
  Total offensive plays                             57             56
  Average gain per play                            5.4            8.5
NET YARDS RUSHING                                   62            318
  Rushing attempts                                  21             42
  Average gain per rush                            3.0            7.6
  Tackles for loss-yards                          6-20            2-2
NET YARDS PASSING                                  246            156
  Times sacked: Number-Yards                      3-16            1-5
  Gross passing yards                              262            161
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED      33-24-1         13-9-0
  Avg gain per pass play                           6.8           11.1
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks          4-2-1          7-3-1
PUNTS: Number and Average                       6-42.5         3-38.3
  Had blocked                                        0              0
  Net punting average                             42.5           33.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs)        0             53
  Number-Yards: Punt Returns                       0-0           5-15
  Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns                  6-123           3-75
  Number-Yards: Interception Returns               0-0           1-38
PENALTIES: Number-Yards                           5-30           7-68
FUMBLES: Number-Lost                               1-0            0-0
TOUCHDOWNS                                           3              4
  Rushing                                            1              3
  Passing                                            2              1
  Interceptions                                      0              0
  Other (blocked kicks, etc.)                        0              0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts                        3-3            4-4
  Kicking: Made-Attempts                           3-3            4-4
  Passing: Made-Attempts                           0-0            0-0
  Rushing: Made-Attempts                           0-0            0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts                         0-0            2-2
  FGs - PATs had blocked                           0-0            0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY                           2-2-100%        2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY                         2-2-100%        2-3-67%
SAFETIES                                             0              0
TIME OF POSSESSION                               30:53          29:07



INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS


DETROIT                                 ATLANTA                                 


RUSHING             ATT YDS  AVG LG TD  RUSHING             ATT YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
K SMITH              16  48  3.0 10  1  M TURNER             22 220 10.0 66  2
R JOHNSON             3  14  4.7 12  0  J NORWOOD            14  93  6.6 17  1
J KITNA               2   0  0.0  8  0  H DOUGLAS             1   7  7.0  7  0
                                        M RYAN                5  -2 -0.4  2  0


PASSING             CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG  PASSING             CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
J KITNA             24-33-262  1  2 38  M RYAN               9-13-161  0  1 62


Sacked-Yards Lost: J KITNA 3-16.        Sacked-Yards Lost: M RYAN 1-5.


RECEIVING            NO YDS  AVG LG TD  RECEIVING            NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
C JOHNSON             7 107 15.3 38  0  R WHITE               2  54 27.0 46  0
K SMITH               4  32  8.0 12  0  J NORWOOD             2   6  3.0  3  0
S MCDONALD            4  29  7.3 11  0  M JENKINS             1  62 62.0 62  1
R WILLIAMS            3  47 15.7 21  1  B HARTSOCK            1  17 17.0 17  0
M FURREY              2  14  7.0 12  0  J PEELLE              1  13 13.0 13  0
M GAINES              2  11  5.5  6  0  M TURNER              1   6  6.0  6  0
D CAMPBELL            1  21 21.0 21  0  O MUGHELLI            1   3  3.0  3  0
C FITZSIMM            1   1  1.0  1  1


INTERCEPTIONS        NO YDS  AVG LG TD  INTERCEPTIONS        NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
                                        L MILLOY              1  38 38.0 38  0


PUNTING             NO YDS  AVG T I LG  PUNTING             NO YDS  AVG T I LG
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
N HARRIS             6 255 42.5 0 2 52  M KOENEN             3 115 38.3 0 0 51


T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20


PUNT RETURNS         NO YDS  AVG LG TD  PUNT RETURNS         NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
                                        A JENNINGS            5  15  3.0 10  0


KICKOFF RETURNS      NO YDS  AVG LG TD  KICKOFF RETURNS      NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
M THOMAS              4  93 23.3 27  0  J NORWOOD             2  65 32.5 34  0
M FURREY              2  30 15.0 16  0  B WILKERSON           1  10 10.0 10  0


KICKING              XP/XPA FG/FGA      KICKING              XP/XPA FG/FGA
----------------------------------      ----------------------------------
J HANSON              3/3    0/0        J ELAM                4/4    2/2  
                                        Dist.: 50 25                            


                                 O-D                                     O-D
FUMBLES              NO  LOST FF REC    FUMBLES              NO  LOST FF REC
------------------------------------    ------------------------------------
J KITNA               1    0   0 0-0


DEFENSE              TK SO AS SK-YD     DEFENSE              TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------    ------------------------------------
D SMITH               8  6  2  0-0      M BOLEY               7  6  1  0-0  
E SIMS                6  5  1  0-0      E COLEMAN             6  6  0  0-0  
J DIZON               5  3  2  0-0      B GRIMES              6  6  0  0-0  
G ALEXANDER           4  4  0  0-0      L MILLOY              5  5  0  0-0  
L BODDEN              4  3  1  0-0      J ABRAHAM             4  4  0  3-16 
J DEVRIES             3  3  0  0-0      G JACKSON             4  3  1  0-0  
P LENON               3  3  0  0-0      C LOFTON              4  2  2  0-0  
C REDDING             3  3  0  0-0      J BABINEAUX           3  3  0  0-0  
C DARBY               3  2  1  0-0      C HOUSTON             3  3  0  0-0  
R NECE                2  2  0  0-0      K BROOKING            3  2  1  0-0  
T FISHER              2  2  0  0-0      C JACKSON             2  2  0  0-0  
S CODY                2  2  0  0-0      C DAVIS               2  1  1  0-0  
D WHITE               2  1  1  1-5      K MOOREHEAD           1  1  0  0-0  
B KELLY               1  1  0  0-0  
A LEWIS               1  1  0  0-0  
D BULLOCKS            1  1  0  0-0  


Officials: Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Ruben Fowler, Head Linesman-Jim 
Mello, Line Judge-Tom Stephan, Field Judge-Duke Carroll, Side 
Judge-Tom Hill, Back Judge-Richard Reels.


   Time of Game: 2:49



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