2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

GAME #11: LIONS 9, PATRIOTS 34
GILLETTE STADIUM, NOVEMBER 23, 2014
ATTENDANCE: 68,756
GAME #12: LIONS 34, BEARS 17
FORD FIELD, NOVEMBER 27, 2014
ATTENDANCE: 64,175
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT Final
DETROIT LIONS 3 3 0 3 - 9
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 7 17 3 7 - 34
FIRST QUARTER
LIONS Prater 48 yd. Field Goal
PATRIOTS Wright 4 yd. pass from T.Brady (Gostkowski kick)
SECOND QUARTER
LIONS Prater 20 yd. Field Goal
PATRIOTS Blount 3 yd. run (Gostkowski kick)
PATRIOTS Wright 8 yd. pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick)
PATRIOTS Gostkowski 35 yd. Field Goal
THIRD QUARTER
PATRIOTS Gostkowski 43 yd. Field Goal
FOURTH QUARTER
LIONS
PATRIOTS
Prater 49 yd. Field Goal
Blount 1 yd. run (Gostkowski kick)
LIONS PATRIOTS
First Downs 21 29
Total Net Yards 335 439
Net Yards Rushing 91 90
Net Yards Passing 244 349
(Att/Comp/Int) 46-18-1 53-38-1
Punts-Average 5-46.2 5-47.6
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Sacked-Yards 2-20 0-0
Penalties-Yards 9-54 11-84
Time of Possession 30:11 29:49
RUSHING
PATRIOTS: Blount 12-78 2 TD; Vereen 8-12
LIONS: Bell 19-48; Stafford 3-18; Tate 1-13; Riddick 2-12
PASSING
PATRIOTS: Brady 53-38, 349 2 TD 1 INT
LIONS: Stafford 46-18, 264 1 INT
RECEIVING
PATRIOTS: Edelman 11-89; LaFell 9-98; Vereen 8-48; Gronkowski
5-78; Wright 5-36 2 TD
LIONS: Tate 4-97; Johnson 4-58; Riddick 3-40; Ross 3-35; Ebron
2-23; Fuller 1-13; Bell 1- -2;
SUMMARY
For the first time this season the Detroit Lions dropped back to
back games following a 34-9 loss to the New England Patriots
in Week 12. The Lions jumped out to an early lead when K Matt
Prater converted on a 48-yard field goal to put Detroit up 3-0. New
England would respond when QB Tom Brady connected with TE
Tim Wright on a four-yard score to put the Patriots up 7-3. Detroit
would respond with another field goal by Prater with less than 14
minutes to play, bringing Detroit within one point. With the score
at 7-6 the Patriots would increase their lead when RB LeGarrette
Blount rushed from three yards out, making the score 14-6. Brady
and Wright would connect again in the second quarter giving New
England a 21-6 lead. Just before the half the Patriots increased
their lead as K Stephen Gostkowski naield a 35-yard field goal
as time expired putting the Patriots up 24-6. With less than six
minutes to play in the third Gostkowski would make another field
goal, this time from 43 yards to put New England up 27-6. Detroit
would add some points in the fourth when Prater hit his third field
goal of the day, this time a 49-yarder. With less than two minutes
to play the Patriots would add another score when Blount carried
it in from a yard out to seal the game, 34-9.
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT Final
CHICAGO BEARS 14 0 3 0 - 17
DETROIT LIONS 3 21 0 10 - 34
FIRST QUARTER
BEARS Jeffery 10 yd. pass from Cutler (Gould kick)
LIONS Prater 46 yd. Field Goal
BEARS Jeffery 6 yd. pass from Cutler (Gould kick)
SECOND QUARTER
LIONS Johnson 25 yd. pass from Stafford (Prater kick)
LIONS Bell 1 yd. run (Prater kick)
LIONS Johnson 6 yd. pass from Stafford (Prater kick)
THIRD QUARTER
BEARS Gould 35 yd. Field Goal
FOURTH QUARTER
LIONS Bell 1 yd. run (Prater kick)
LIONS Prater 40 yd. Field Goal
LIONS BEARS
First Downs 28 18
Total Net Yards 474 269
Net Yards Rushing 91 13
Net Yards Passing 383 256
(Att/Comp/Int) 45-34-0 48-31-2
Punts-Average 3-51.0 6-48.0
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Sacked-Yards 2-7 3-24
Penalties-Yards 5-38 5-41
Time of Possession 33:25 26:35
RUSHING
BEARS: Carey 2-8; Forte 5-6; Cutler 1- -1
LIONS: Bell 23-91 2 TD;
PASSING
BEARS: Cutler 48-31, 280 2 TD 2 INT
LIONS: Stafford 45-34, 390 2 TD
RECEIVING
BEARS: Jeffery 9-71 2 TD; Bennett 8-109; Forte 6-52; Marshall 6-42;
Carey 1-7; Perry 1- -1
LIONS: Johnson 11-146 2 TD; Tate 8-89; Riddick 6-54; Ebron 3-23;
Bell 2-16; Ross 1-31; Fuller 1-21; Fauria 1-8, Pettigrew 1-2
SUMMARY
In Week 13 vs. the Chicago Bears the Detroit Lions hosted their
75th Thanksgiving game. The Lions ended their two game losing
streak with a dominating 34-17 performance over the Bears.
Chicago would jump out to an early lead when QB Jay Cutler and
WR Alshon Jeffrey connected on a 10-yard pass to put the Bears
up 7-0. Detroit would respond with a score of their own when K
Matt Prater converted on a 46-yard field goal. Cutler and Jeffrey
hooked up for the second time of the day, this time on a six-yard
pass to put Chicago up 14-3. With less than 13 minutes to play in
the second quarter, QB Matthew Stafford found WR Calvin Johnson
on 4th-and-1 with less than four minutes to play, while Lions RB
Joique Bell then found the end zone for his first score of the day
to give Detroit the 17-14 lead. Detroit would not look back from
there. With less than a minute to go in the first half, Stafford and
Johnson would find the end zone again, this time on a six-yard
score to extend Detroit’s lead to 24-14 at the half. Chicago’s K
Robbie Gould chipped away at the Lions’ lead with a 35-yard field
goal in the third, which cut the deficit to seven, but the Lions
would answer back when Bell grabbed his second score of the
day. Prater capped off the scoring with a 40-yard field goal in the
fourth to give the Lions a 34-17 lead that they would hold on to.
With 146 receiving yards against Chicago, Johnson surpassed
10,000 career yards and became the first player in Lions history
with 10,000 yards.
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