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SAINTS <strong>2015</strong> SCHEDULE<br />

Sep. 13 at Arizona Cardinals<br />

Sep. 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers<br />

Sep. 27 at Carolina Panthers<br />

Oct. 4<br />

Dallas Cowboys<br />

Oct. 11 at Philadelphia Eagles<br />

Oct. 15<br />

Atlanta Falcons<br />

Oct. 25 at Indianapolis Colts<br />

Nov. 1<br />

New York Giants<br />

Nov. 8<br />

Tennessee Titans<br />

Nov. 15 at Washington Redskins<br />

Nov. 22<br />

BYE<br />

Nov. 29<br />

at Houston Texans<br />

Dec. 6<br />

Carolina Panthers<br />

Dec. 13 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers<br />

Dec. 21<br />

Detroit Lions<br />

Dec. 27 Jacksonville Jaguars<br />

Jan. 3<br />

at Atlanta Falcons<br />

2014 Results: 7-9<br />

<strong>LIONS</strong> SERIES RECORDS<br />

Rushing Attempts<br />

1 James Stewart 25 9/3/00<br />

2 Dexter Bussey 24 9/25/77<br />

3 Kevin Smith 24 12/21/08<br />

Rushing Yards<br />

1 Dexter Bussey 150 9/25/77<br />

2 Barry Sanders 113 9/21/97<br />

3 Kevin Smith 111 12/21/08<br />

Rushing Touchdowns<br />

1 Billy Sims 2 10/12/80<br />

Pass Attempts<br />

1 Matthew Stafford 44 12/4/11<br />

2t Scott Mitchell 43 9/14/97<br />

2t Matthew Stafford 43 1/7/12#<br />

Pass Completions<br />

1 Matthew Stafford 31 12/4/11<br />

2 Matthew Stafford 28 1/7/12#<br />

2t MR: Matthew Stafford 27 10/19/14<br />

Passing Yards<br />

1 Matthew Stafford 408 12/4/11<br />

2 Matthew Stafford 380 1/7/12#<br />

3 Greg Landry 310 11/14/76<br />

Touchdown Passes<br />

1 Matthew Stafford 3 1/7/12#<br />

3t MR: Matthew Stafford 2 10/19/14<br />

Passes Intercepted<br />

1t MR: Matthew Stafford 3 9/13/09<br />

Receptions<br />

1 Calvin Johnson 12 1/7/12#<br />

2 Herman Moore 11 9/21/97<br />

Receiving Yards<br />

1 Richard Johnson 248 12/3/89<br />

2 Calvin Johnson 211 1/7/12#<br />

3 Golden Tate 154 10/19/14<br />

Receiving Touchdowns<br />

1t Carl Bland 2 9/18/88<br />

1t Calvin Johnson 2 1/7/12#<br />

Interceptions<br />

1t Lem Barney 2 11/19/72<br />

1t James Hunter 2 10/21/79<br />

Points<br />

1 Jason Hanson 14 9/29/02<br />

2t Billy Sims 12 10/12/80<br />

2t Carl Bland 12 9/18/88<br />

2t Calvin Johnson 12 1/7/12#<br />

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS<br />

Touchdowns<br />

1t Billy Sims 2 10/12/80<br />

1t Carl Bland 2 9/18/88<br />

1t Calvin Johnson 2 1/7/12#<br />

Field Goals<br />

1 Jason Hanson 4 9/29/02<br />

Punts<br />

1 Jim Arnold 8 12/3/89<br />

Punt Returns<br />

1 Walter Stanley 7 12/3/89<br />

Punt Return Yards<br />

1 Desmond Howard 119 9/3/00<br />

Kickoff Returns<br />

1 Glyn Milburn 6 9/14/97<br />

2t Eddie Drummond 5 12/24/05<br />

2t Aaron Brown 5 9/13/09<br />

Kickoff Return Yards<br />

1 Aaron Brown 180 9/13/09<br />

2 Glyn Milburn 157 9/14/97<br />

Longest Plays<br />

Rush: Fred Scott 48t 10/12/80<br />

Pass: Gagliano-to-Johnson 75t 12/3/89<br />

KR: Aaron Brown 87 9/13/09<br />

Punt: Ben Graham 58 12/4/11<br />

PR: Desmond Howard 95t* 9/3/00<br />

Int: Corey Harris 49 9/29/02<br />

FG: Jason Hanson 47 9/21/97<br />

Jason Hanson 47 9/13/09<br />

# Postseason Game<br />

MR: several players, most recent<br />

RECORDS & RESULTS<br />

Overall................................ 10-11-1<br />

Home.................................................7-3-1<br />

Road..................................................3-8-0<br />

Ford Field.........................................2-1-0<br />

Mercedes-Benz Superdome........2-6-0<br />

Date Site Result<br />

11-24-68 DET T, 20-20<br />

11- 8-70 NO L, 17-19<br />

11-19-72 DET W, 27-14<br />

10-14-73 NO L, 13-20<br />

11- 3-74 DET W, 19-14<br />

11-14-76 NO L, 16-17<br />

9-25-77 DET W, 23-19<br />

10-21-79 NO L, 7-17<br />

10-12-80 DET W, 24-13<br />

9-18-88 DET L, 14-22<br />

12- 3-89 DET W, 21-14<br />

10-28-90 NO W, 27-10<br />

10- 4-92 DET L, 7-13<br />

9-19-93 NO L, 3-14<br />

9-14-97 NO L, 17-35<br />

9-3-00 NO W, 14-10<br />

9-29-02 DET W, 26-21<br />

12-14-05 SA W, 13-12<br />

12-21-08 DET L, 7-42<br />

9-13-09 NO L, 27-45<br />

12-4-11 NO L, 17-31<br />

10-19-14 DET W, 24-23<br />

Postseason................................ 0-1<br />

Road......................................................0-1<br />

Date Site Result<br />

1-7-12 NO L, 28-45<br />

Note: New Orleans split home games in<br />

2005 between San Antonio and Baton<br />

Rouge due to Hurricane Katrina.<br />

SERIES NOTES<br />

‣ ¾In the second game ever played<br />

at Ford Field, the Lions claimed<br />

a 26-21 win over New Orleans for<br />

the first win at the team’s new<br />

downtown Detroit home.<br />

‣ ¾The first game played between the<br />

Lions and Saints was a 20-20 tie<br />

on November 24, 1968 in Detroit.<br />

‣ ¾The home team has generally had<br />

the upper hand in the series with<br />

Detroit compiling a 6-3-1 mark at<br />

home (1-1 at Ford Field) while New<br />

Orleans has managed a 6-3 record<br />

at home (5-2 in the Superdome).<br />

‣ ¾In one of the NFL’s all-time<br />

amazing finishes, New Orleans K<br />

Tom Dempsey booted a 63-yard<br />

field goal as time expired to give<br />

the Saints a 19-17 victory in Tulane<br />

Stadium on November 8, 1970.<br />

Dempsey’s mighty boot stood<br />

alone as the longest field goal in<br />

NFL history until Denver’s Jason<br />

Elam tied the record on October<br />

25, 1998 vs. Jacksonville.<br />

‣ ¾The Lions’ Richard Johnson tallied<br />

248 yards receiving (second-in<br />

team history) on eight receptions<br />

and earned NFC Player of the Week<br />

honors in Detroit’s 21-14 win over<br />

the Saints on December 3, 1989.<br />

‣ ¾The Lions kicked off the 2000<br />

season by defeating the Saints 14-<br />

10 at the Superdome. The Lions’<br />

only touchdown of the game was<br />

courtesy of Desmond Howard’s<br />

franchise-record 95-yard punt<br />

return in the fourth quarter.<br />

‣ ¾K Jason Hanson nailed a 39-<br />

yard field goal as time expired in<br />

regulation that lifted the Lions to<br />

a 13-12 win over New Orleans in<br />

San Antonio December 14, 2005.<br />

The final drive was set up by a Roy<br />

Williams 40-yard grab on 4thand-17.<br />

Williams had four catches<br />

for 111 yards against the Saints,<br />

all in the fourth quarter.<br />

‣ ¾In the Lions’ first playoff game<br />

since 1999, QB Matthew Stafford<br />

set a single-game postseason<br />

franchise record with 380 yards<br />

passing, while WR Calvin Johnson<br />

posted franchise-bests in both<br />

receptions (12) and receiving yards<br />

(211) and tied a franchise record in<br />

receiving touchdowns (2) at New<br />

Orleans on January 7, 2012.<br />

‣ ¾The Lions beat the Saints 24-23<br />

in a dramatic comeback win in<br />

Week 7 in 2014 (10/19) as Stafford<br />

connected with WR Corey Fuller for<br />

a five-yard TD pass following a late<br />

interception from S. Glover Quin for<br />

the go-ahead score.<br />

<strong>DETROIT</strong> <strong>LIONS</strong><br />

COACHING & SERIES RECORDS

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