Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Detroit 27, St. Louis 23
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 9, 2012
Where: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Donovan Briggans
Attendance: 62315
Final Scoring Summary
 
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St. Louis 31001023
Detroit 01031427
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 1:57
St. Louis FG Detroit 0 - St. Louis 3
Greg Zuerlein 48 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:26
Detroit TD Detroit 7 - St. Louis 3
Joique Bell 1 yd. run (Jason Hanson kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:35
St. Louis FG Detroit 7 - St. Louis 6
Greg Zuerlein 29 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:28
St. Louis TD Detroit 7 - St. Louis 13
Cortland Finnegan 31 yd. interception return (Greg Zuerlein kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:20
Detroit FG Detroit 10 - St. Louis 13
Jason Hanson 41 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:29
Detroit FG Detroit 13 - St. Louis 13
Jason Hanson 45 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:45
St. Louis TD Detroit 13 - St. Louis 20
Brandon Gibson 23 yd. pass from Sam Bradford (Greg Zuerlein kick)
4th Quarter - 7:19
Detroit TD Detroit 20 - St. Louis 20
Kevin Smith 5 yd. run (Jason Hanson kick)
4th Quarter - 1:55
St. Louis FG Detroit 20 - St. Louis 23
Greg Zuerlein 46 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:10
Detroit TD Detroit 27 - St. Louis 23
Kevin Smith 5 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  St. Louis Detroit
1st Downs 14 28
Rushing 4 5
Passing 10 23
Penalty 0 0
3rd Down Conversions 4-12 4-9
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 5-48.2 3-40.3
Return Yards 138 72
Punts-Returns 1-6 5-53
Kickoffs-Returns 1-25 2-19
Int - Returns 3-107 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-65 3-27
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Time of Possession 30:06 29:54
Total Net Yards 250 429
Total Plays 55 67
Average Gain 4.5 6.4
Net Yards Rushing 77 83
Rushes 26 18
Average/Rush 3.0 4.6
Net Yards Passing 173 346
Comp-Att 17-25 32-48
Yards/Pass 6.0 7.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-25 1-9
Had Intercepted 0 3
Touchdowns 2 3
Rushing 0 2
Passing 1 1
Other 1 0
Extra Points 2-2 3-3
Field Goals 3-3 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 0-1-0% 3-5-60%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 3-4-75%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
St. Louis Rams (0-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
S. Bradford 17/25 198 1 0
Detroit Lions (1-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Stafford 32/48 355 1 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Jackson 21 53 2.5 0 9
D. Richardson 2 20 10.0 0 11
S. Bradford 2 2 1.0 0 3
D. Amendola 1 2 2.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Smith 13 62 4.8 1 19
T. Young 1 11 11.0 0 11
N. Burleson 1 6 6.0 0 6
K. Williams 1 2 2.0 0 2
J. Bell 1 1 1.0 1 1
S. Logan 1 1 1.0 0 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Amendola 9 5 70 14.0 0 17
B. Gibson 5 4 51 12.8 1 23
S. Jackson 4 4 31 7.8 0 12
S. Smith 3 1 16 16.0 0 16
L. Kendricks 2 2 16 8.0 0 8
M. McNeill 1 1 10 10.0 0 10
R. Turner 0 0 4 0 0 4
C. Givens 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Johnson 7 6 111 18.5 0 51
B. Pettigrew 10 5 77 15.4 0 24
N. Burleson 8 6 69 11.5 0 21
T. Scheffler 8 5 30 6.0 0 10
K. Smith 6 4 29 7.2 1 9
W. Heller 2 2 19 9.5 0 14
T. Young 3 1 14 14.0 0 14
K. Williams 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
M. Stafford 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
S. Logan 1 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Dunbar 1 42 0
J. Jenkins 1 34 0
C. Finnegan 1 31 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. Quinn 1.0 9.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
N. Suh 1.0 12.0
C. Williams 1.0 8.0
N. Fairley 1.0 5.0
C. Avril 1.0 0.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
C. Finnegan 9 1
C. Dahl 7 0
Q. Mikell 6 2
J. Dunbar 5 1
J. Laurinaitis 5 4
J. Jenkins 4 2
R. Quinn 3 0
B. Fletcher 2 1
K. Langford 1 0
R. McIntosh 1 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Durant 7 5
E. Coleman 4 2
D. Levy 3 3
S. Tulloch 3 6
D. Florence 2 0
J. Lacey 2 0
S. Hill 2 0
N. Suh 2 0
K. Vanden Bosch 2 2
C. Williams 2 3
A. Spievey 1 0
B. Bentley 1 0
C. Avril 1 1
N. Fairley 1 1
J. Wendling 1 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Dunbar 2.0
C. Finnegan 1.0
R. Quinn 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Durant 2.0
N. Suh 2.0
N. Fairley 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Hekker 1
S. Bradford 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles