7:00 PM ET, August 30, 2012
Ford Field, Detroit, MI
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | BUF | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 08:22 | Stevie Johnson 4 Yd Pass From Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell Kick) | 7 | 0 | |
| TD | 05:03 | Calvin Johnson 24 Yd Pass From Matthew Stafford (Jason Hanson Kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| TD | 04:25 | Mikel Leshoure 2 Yd Run (Jason Hanson Kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| TD | 00:54 | Shaun Hill 1 Yd Run (Jason Hanson Kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| TD | 00:13 | Jonte Green 23 Yd Interception Return (Jason Hanson Kick) | 7 | 28 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | BUF | DET | |||
| FG | 01:52 | Rian Lindell 30 Yd | 10 | 28 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | BUF | DET | |||
| TD | 10:35 | Johnny White 1 Yd Run (Rian Lindell Kick) | 17 | 28 | |
| TD | 07:01 | Dorin Dickerson 4 Yd Pass From Tyler Thigpen (Rian Lindell Kick) | 24 | 28 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | BUF | DET | |||
| FG | 14:10 | Jason Hanson 39 Yd | 24 | 31 | |
| TD | 13:53 | Marcus Easley 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Tyler Thigpen Pass To Marcus Easley For Two-Point Conversion) | 32 | 31 | |
| TD | 10:20 | Kellen Moore 1 Yd Run (Jason Hanson Kick) | 32 | 38 | |
Team Stat Comparison
BUF | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 26 | 24 |
Passing 1st downs | 15 | 14 |
Rushing 1st downs | 5 | 6 |
1st downs from Penalties | 6 | 4 |
3rd down efficiency | 2-8 | 5-14 |
4th down efficiency | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Total Plays | 62 | 70 |
| Total Yards | 298 | 389 |
| Yards per play | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| Total Drives | 13 | 13 |
| Passing | 221 | 291 |
Comp - Att | 23-36 | 20-35 |
Yards per pass | 6.1 | 8.3 |
Interceptions thrown | 3 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 1-4 | 1-3 |
| Rushing | 77 | 98 |
Rushing Attempts | 25 | 34 |
Yards per rush | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 3-4 | 3-4 |
| Penalties | 8-80 | 9-102 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 3 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 1 | 1 |
| Possession | 29:50 | 30:10 |
| Buffalo Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG | ||
| T. Thigpen | 18/30 | 186 | 6.2 | 1 | 2 | 1-4 | 61.3 | |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 5/5 | 39 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 138.8 | |
| T. Jackson | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 23/36 | 221 | 6.1 | 2 | 3 | 1-4 | -- | |
| Detroit Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG | ||
| K. Moore | 17/30 | 211 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 78.6 | |
| M. Stafford | 2/3 | 57 | 19.0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 149.3 | |
| S. Hill | 1/2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 95.8 | |
| Team | 20/35 | 291 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | -- | |
| Buffalo Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| C. Spiller | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| T. Choice | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| J. White | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 1 | 10 | |
| T. Thigpen | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Z. Brown | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| T. Jackson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| T. Graham | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 25 | 77 | 3.1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Detroit Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| M. Leshoure | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 1 | 10 | |
| K. Williams | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| J. Bell | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 0 | 9 | |
| K. Moore | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 1 | 7 | |
| S. Hill | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Team | 34 | 98 | 2.9 | 3 | 16 | |
| Buffalo Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| R. Martin | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 18 | 7 | |
| K. Aiken | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | |
| D. Dickerson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |
| N. Roosevelt | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| M. Easley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| S. Johnson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | 13 | 2 | |
| S. Chandler | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| T. Graham | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |
| D. Jones | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Z. Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| D. Hagan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |
| K. Brock | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| B. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| J. White | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 23 | 225 | 9.8 | 2 | 20 | 36 | |
| Detroit Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| R. Broyles | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | |
| J. Bell | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | 32 | 5 | |
| L. Long | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | |
| A. Wells | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| M. Leshoure | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | |
| C. Johnson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | |
| P. Edwards | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| M. Stovall | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
| A. Gottlieb | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Team | 20 | 294 | 14.7 | 1 | 33 | 35 | |
| Buffalo Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| B. Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| L. Long | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Langford | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Detroit Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| J. Green | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| J. Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Spievey | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 23 | 1 |
| Buffalo Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| D. Howell | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. White | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Saenz | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Morrison | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Rogers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Green | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Searcy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Bradham | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Carder | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Gilbert | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Carrington | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Barnett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Sheppard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Moore | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Eddins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Kelsay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. McKillop | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. McKelvin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Byrd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Roosevelt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 71 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| A. Palmer | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Miller | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Hogue | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Messina | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Smith | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Spievey | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Coleman | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Silva | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Whitehead | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Weaver | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Barnes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Robertson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Hill | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wendling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Green | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Lewis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Suh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Fairley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 63 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Detroit Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| N. Hughes | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Buffalo Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| N. Roosevelt | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Detroit Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| P. Edwards | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Buffalo Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| R. Lindell | 1/1 | 100.0 | 30 | 3/3 | 6 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 30 | 3/3 | 6 |
| Detroit Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| J. Hanson | 1/3 | 33.3 | 39 | 5/5 | 8 |
| Team | 1/3 | 33.3 | 39 | 5/5 | 8 |
| Buffalo Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| S. Powell | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 0 | 3 | 50 |
| B. Moorman | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Team | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 | 50 |
| Detroit Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| B. Graham | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| R. Donahue | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| Team | 5 | 203 | 40.6 | 0 | 1 | 49 |
Attendance: 55,972


