Week one day vs Lions.
| Detroit Lions at New York Giants |
| Jan 1, | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Detroit Lions (0-0) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 41 |
| New York Giants (0-0) | 10 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| DET | NYG |
| Total Offense | 393 | 312 |
| Rushing Yards | 146 | 55 |
| Passing Yards | 247 | 257 |
| First Downs | 16 | 15 |
| Punt Return Yards | 61 | 27 |
| Kick Return Yards | 40 | 74 |
| Total Yards | 494 | 413 |
| Turnovers | 2(+1) | 3(-1) |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 5-14(35%) | 9-18(50%) |
| 4th Down Conversion | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 1/2 | 1/0 |
| Penalties | 1-15 | 6-65 |
| Posession Time | 27:45 | 32:15 |
| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | DET | NYG |
| 11:35 | (NYG) Antrel Rolle returned fumble 52 yards(Walsh kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 6:21 | (DET) Neil Rackers 28 yard FG | 3 | 7 |
| 5:57 | (DET) Jahvid Best 38 yard run(Rackers kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 0:50 | (NYG) Blair Walsh 46 yard FG | 10 | 10 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | DET | NYG |
| 13:59 | (DET) Jeremy Shockey 21 yard pass from M. Stafford(Rackers kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 9:20 | (NYG) Blair Walsh 55 yard FG | 17 | 13 |
| 4:59 | (NYG) Blair Walsh 51 yard FG | 17 | 16 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | DET | NYG |
| 5:41 | (NYG) David Wilson 1 yard run(2 point conversion good) | 17 | 24 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | DET | NYG |
| 10:38 | (DET) Calvin Johnson 26 yard pass from M. Stafford(Rackers kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 6:48 | (DET) Calvin Johnson 71 yard pass from M. Stafford(Rackers kick) | 31 | 24 |
| 2:04 | (DET) Calvin Johnson 3 yard pass from M. Stafford(Rackers kick) | 38 | 24 |
| 0:17 | (DET) Neil Rackers 25 yard FG | 41 | 24 |
| Detroit Lions | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Matt Stafford | 22/36 | 279 | 4 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Jahvid Best | 26 | 112 | 4.3 | 1 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Jeremy Shockey | 6 | 73 | 12.1 | 1 | | Calvin Johnson | 4 | 101 | 25.2 | 3 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Stephen Tulloch | 11(3 for loss) | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Patrick Chung | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Angel Martinez | 7(2 for loss) | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Jason Jones | 6(2 for loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Suh | 2(2 for loss) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Cliff Avril | 1(1 for loss) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Neil Rackers | 2/2 | 5/5 | 11 | 29 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Nick Harris | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 0 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Jahvid Best | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Nate Burelson | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 |
| | New York Giants | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Eli Manning | 22/36 | 268 | 0 | 3 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | David Wilson | 20 | 39 | 1.9 | 1 | | Toby Gerhart | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Delanie Walker | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | | Hakeem Nicks | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 0 | | Nick Cobbs(rookie I talked about before, got injuried in 2nd half) | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | | Victor Cruz | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | | Ruben Randle | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Takoby Brown | 9(1 for loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Merk Herzlich | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Justin Tuck(1 FF) | 8(6 for loss) | 3 | 0 | 0 | | Jacquian Williams | 5(1 for loss, 1 FF) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Antrel Rolle | 2(1 FR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Blair Walsh | 3/3 | 1/1 | 10 | 56 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Steve Weatherford | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 0 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Javier Arenas | 3 | 74 | 24.6 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Javier Arenas | 3 | 27 | 9 | 0 |
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Offense sucked, defense kept us around a while until it imploded in the 4th quarter. Williams and cobbs are both out 4 weeks.