Sep 7, 2008 · 2008 WK 1 · Georgia Dome · dome
01/Box score
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Both sides
Both sides
DETROIT LIONS 21
PASSING
| Player | POS | C/ATT | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jon Kitna | QB | 24/33 | 262 | 7.9 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
RUSHING
| Player | POS | CAR | YDS | Y/C | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kevin Smith | RB | 16 | 48 | 3.00 | 1 |
| Rudi Johnson | RB | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 |
| Jon Kitna | QB | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
RECEIVING
| Player | POS | TGT | REC | YDS | Y/R | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Calvin Johnson | WR | 0 | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 0 |
| Kevin Smith | RB | 0 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 |
| Shaun McDonald | WR | 0 | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 |
 Roy Williams | WR | 0 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 1 |
 Mike Furrey | WR | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 |
 Michael Gaines | TE | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | TE | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Dan Campbell | TE | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 |
DEFENSE
| Player | POS | TKL | SOLO | SACK | TFL | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jordon Dizon | OLB | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Smith | SS | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ernie Sims | OLB | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalvin Pearson | FS | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chartric Darby | DT | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Cory Redding | DE | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared DeVries | DE | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lewis | OLB | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Paris Lenon | MLB | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Leigh Bodden | DB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewayne White | DE | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Shaun Cody | NT | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Nece | OLB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Gerald Alexander | DB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudi Johnson | RB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Kelly | CB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Daniel Bullocks | SS | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Travis Fisher | DB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
KICKING
| Player | POS | PTS |
|---|---|---|
 Jason Hanson | K | 3 |
Kicking points are complete; field-goal makes and attempts are present on 1,054 of 450,176 rows and are not shown.
ATLANTA FALCONS 34
PASSING
| Player | POS | C/ATT | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Matt Ryan | QB | 9/13 | 161 | 12.4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
RUSHING
| Player | POS | CAR | YDS | Y/C | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael Turner | RB | 22 | 220 | 10.00 | 2 |
 Jerious Norwood | RB | 14 | 93 | 6.64 | 1 |
| Matt Ryan | QB | 5 | -2 | -0.40 | 0 |
 Harry Douglas | WR | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 |
RECEIVING
| Player | POS | TGT | REC | YDS | Y/R | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerious Norwood | RB | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 |
 Roddy White | WR | 0 | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 |
| Michael Turner | RB | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
 Ovie Mughelli | FB | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
 Michael Jenkins | WR | 0 | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 1 |
 Ben Hartsock | TE | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 |
 Justin Peelle | TE | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 |
DEFENSE
| Player | POS | TKL | SOLO | SACK | TFL | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael Boley | LB | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Erik Coleman | SS | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Brent Grimes | CB | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 John Abraham | OLB | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Lawyer Milloy | SS | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jerious Norwood | RB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Jackson | DT | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Jonathan Babineaux | DT | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Curtis Lofton | MLB | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Keith Brooking | MLB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Chauncey Davis | DE | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Chevis Jackson | DB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Jennings | WR | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kindal Moorehead | DT | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Coy Wire | LB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Stephen Nicholas | OLB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Chris Houston | CB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
KICKING
| Player | POS | PTS |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Elam | K | 10 |
Kicking points are complete; field-goal makes and attempts are present on 1,054 of 450,176 rows and are not shown.
A player appears under a heading only if he recorded something there, so these tables are shorter than the roster that dressed. A dash is an absent figure rather than a recorded zero. Sacks carry a half, which is why that column shows a decimal, and the sack column in the passing table is times the passer was sacked, not sacks he made. There is no scoring summary or drive chart here: the play log carries no field position, no down and no distance, so a drive cannot be reconstructed and one is not guessed at. Where the play-type panel is missing, this fixture predates the play log, which begins in 2020. Where a box score is missing entirely, no per-player line was published for it.