Week 1, 2008

played in New York, NY

72 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Detroit Silverbacks	3	10	3	10	-	26
New York Rooks	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:30 DET - Justin Lucas 41 field goal
2Q: 10:58 DET - Kris Rivera 2 run (Justin Lucas extra point)
2Q: 06:01 NYR - Mack Elliott 26 field goal
2Q: 01:40 DET - Justin Lucas 23 field goal
3Q: 07:14 DET - Justin Lucas 24 field goal
4Q: 12:32 DET - Justin Lucas 54 field goal
4Q: 08:50 DET - Kris Rivera 3 pass from Bert Lucas (Justin Lucas extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:30 DET - Justin Lucas 41 field goal
2Q: 10:58 DET - Kris Rivera 2 run (Justin Lucas extra point)
2Q: 06:01 NYR - Mack Elliott 26 field goal
2Q: 01:40 DET - Justin Lucas 23 field goal
3Q: 07:14 DET - Justin Lucas 24 field goal
4Q: 12:32 DET - Justin Lucas 54 field goal
4Q: 08:50 DET - Kris Rivera 3 pass from Bert Lucas (Justin Lucas extra point)

Team Statistics DET NYR
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 19 16
- by Rushing 9 3
- by Passing 10 10
- by Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 301 288
- Offensive Plays 69 69
- Yards per Play 4.36 4.17
Net Rushing Yards 135 66
- Rushing Attempts 40 14
- Yards per Rush 3.38 4.71
Net Passing Yards 166 222
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 16 - 2 51 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 171 243
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 4/21
- Yards per Pass Play 5.72 4.04
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 3/3
3rd Down Conversions 4/14 2/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.0 9.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/4
Penalties/Yards 7/55 4/40
Punt Returns/Yards 4/39 4/35
Kick Returns/Yards 1/37 4/69
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/3 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 42 OWN 23
Time of Possession 33:47 26:13

Team Statistics	DET	NYR
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	19	16
- by Rushing	9	3
- by Passing	10	10
- by Penalty	0	3
Total Net Yards	301	288
- Offensive Plays	69	69
- Yards per Play	4.36	4.17
Net Rushing Yards	135	66
- Rushing Attempts	40	14
- Yards per Rush	3.38	4.71
Net Passing Yards	166	222
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 16 - 2	51 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	171	243
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	4/21
- Yards per Pass Play	5.72	4.04
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	3/3
3rd Down Conversions	4/14	2/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.0	9.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/4
Penalties/Yards	7/55	4/40
Punt Returns/Yards	4/39	4/35
Kick Returns/Yards	1/37	4/69
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/3	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 42	OWN 23
Time of Possession	33:47	26:13

Drive Charts

Detroit Silverbacks
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:46	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
1	10:06	2:34	OWN 5	6	47	Punt
1	6:29	2:05	OPP 36	4	12	Field Goal
1	0:51	5:01	OWN 45	9	55	Touchdown
2	5:53	1:13	OPP 41	3	14	Interception
2	3:30	1:58	OPP 49	5	43	Field Goal
2	0:12	0:12	OWN 39	1	0	Interception
3	13:12	2:28	OWN 24	5	11	Punt
3	9:53	2:44	OPP 28	5	21	Field Goal
3	5:53	3:36	OWN 36	8	21	Punt
3	0:57	3:31	OWN 28	7	35	Field Goal
4	10:56	2:14	OPP 17	5	17	Touchdown
4	6:15	2:26	OWN 24	3	6	Punt
4	2:41	0:34	OPP 49	3	-2	Punt
4	0:18	0:18	OWN 33	2	-2	Game

New York Rooks
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:14	3:08	OWN 34	5	28	Punt
1	7:32	1:03	OWN 10	3	9	Punt
1	4:24	3:33	OWN 32	6	33	Fumble
2	10:50	4:57	OWN 20	11	71	Field Goal
2	4:40	1:10	OWN 16	3	-1	Punt
2	1:32	1:20	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
3	15:00	1:48	OWN 27	4	6	Punt
3	10:44	0:51	OWN 23	2	5	Fumble
3	7:09	1:16	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
3	2:17	1:20	OWN 15	4	14	Punt
4	12:26	1:30	OWN 23	2	1	Fumble
4	8:42	2:27	OWN 21	8	55	Downs
4	3:49	1:08	OWN 32	9	17	Downs
4	2:07	1:49	OWN 41	8	26	Downs

Game MVP: Kris Rivera, Detroit Silverbacks

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Kris Rivera	26	99	3.81	22	4	1
Winston Gunn	12	38	3.17	7	0	0
Bert Lucas	2	-2	-1.00	-1	0	0

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Dusty Evans	7	41	5.86	12	1
Ethan Farrell	5	16	3.20	8	0
Bryant Ellard	1	5	5.00	5	0
Danny Redden	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bert Lucas	22	13	116	0/0	1	14	2	50.5
Sammy Barker	6	3	55	1/5	0	32	0	81.9

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bryant Ellard	51	25	243	4/21	0	26	0	62.8

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Ellis Wheeler	7	9	105	15.00	11	32	0
RB Kris Rivera	4	5	22	5.50	10	10	1
WR Randal Ellison	2	2	18	9.00	4	9	0
WR Fred Skaggs	1	3	11	11.00	6	11	0
WR Dwayne Hodges	1	2	12	12.00	2	12	0
RB Winston Gunn	1	5	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Wesley Owens	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Butch Wolfe	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New York	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Dusty Evans	7	9	51	7.29	11	15
WR Ronald Coleman	3	10	31	10.33	0	17
TE Frank Lane	3	9	28	9.33	8	20
WR Timothy Barber	3	5	44	14.67	12	26
WR Dan Free	3	4	21	7.00	6	12
WR Scott Crane	3	9	42	14.00	7	24
RB Danny Redden	1	1	13	13.00	15	13
RB Ethan Farrell	1	1	2	2.00	0	2
FB Emmanuel Larner	1	2	11	11.00	9	11
WR Jose Shelley	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New York	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Cole McElroy	1	0	0.00	0
CB Anthony Blackwell	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Sammy Barker	1	0	0
Mack Long	0	1	2
Daniel Mason	0	1	0
Eddie Heurtin	0	1	0
Dave Ring	0	1	0
Juan Schultz	0	0	1

New York	Fumb	Force
Bryant Ellard	2	0
Ethan Farrell	1	0
Carlos Joyner	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Anthony Eyer	6	234	39.0	33.2	52	3

New York	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jay King	7	290	41.4	35.9	49	1

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justin Lucas	4/4	2/2	1/1	54	2/2

New York	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mack Elliott	1/1	0/0	0/0	26	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Clifton Martin	4	39	9.8	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dusty Evans	4	35	8.8	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wesley Owens	1	37	37.0	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronald Coleman	4	69	17.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Mack Long	6	0	1.5	8	28
S Deion Hoffman	6	1	0.0	14	55
CB Myron Gunn	5	0	1.0	14	54
DT Nolan Reilly	5	3	0.5	13	54
S Dave Ring	4	1	0.0	14	50
OLB Juan Schultz	3	2	1.0	14	55
ILB William Hutchins	3	3	0.0	13	30
CB Dave Newhart	3	2	0.0	13	50
CB Wally Matthews	3	0	0.0	14	54
WR Fred Skaggs	2	0	---	---	---
DE Ike Coles	2	0	0.0	14	54
DE Eddie Heurtin	1	0	0.0	14	54
S Glen Heath	1	0	0.0	6	28

New York	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Riddick Erickson	7	7	0.0	37	26
S Lenny Cheatham	6	0	0.0	29	22
ILB Carlos Joyner	5	1	1.0	35	26
DT Trevor Barber	4	3	0.0	30	23
CB Arnold Cochrane	4	2	0.0	38	29
OLB Cole McElroy	4	1	0.0	37	28
DT Todd Barthold	4	0	0.0	36	28
DT Jerry Greer	4	0	0.0	17	12
CB Anthony Blackwell	3	2	0.0	20	15
DE Les Tapley	3	1	0.0	37	28
OLB Edward Warren	2	2	0.0	23	14
CB Earnest Segovia	2	1	0.0	36	27
DE Gilbert Douglas	2	0	0.0	16	9
QB Bryant Ellard	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Donnie Perez	1	0	0.0	3	1
S Marvin Harp	1	0	0.0	7	7
DE Peter Nixon	1	0	0.0	25	18
WR Timothy Barber	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Mack Long	1.5	0	2	4	28
OLB Juan Schultz	1.0	0	1	1	55
CB Myron Gunn	1.0	0	0	0	54
DT Nolan Reilly	0.5	0	1	3	54
DE Ike Coles	0.0	1	3	4	54
DE Eddie Heurtin	0.0	0	3	5	54

New York	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
ILB Carlos Joyner	1.0	0	26
DE Les Tapley	0.0	2	28
DT Todd Barthold	0.0	2	28

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Myron Gunn	5	0	54
S Deion Hoffman	4	2	55
S Dave Ring	4	2	50
CB Dave Newhart	3	0	50
OLB Juan Schultz	2	1	55
CB Wally Matthews	2	1	54
ILB William Hutchins	2	0	30
DT Mack Long	1	0	28
DT Nolan Reilly	1	0	54
S Glen Heath	1	0	28
OLB Ricardo Givens	0	1	6

New York	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Arnold Cochrane	3	1	0	29
S Riddick Erickson	3	0	0	26
OLB Cole McElroy	2	1	1	28
CB Anthony Blackwell	2	1	1	15
DT Jerry Greer	2	0	0	12
DE Les Tapley	1	0	0	28
S Lenny Cheatham	1	0	0	22
DE Peter Nixon	1	0	0	18
OLB Edward Warren	1	0	0	14

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Antoine Barber	5	10	2	40	0	29
Daniel Mason	4	12	0	37	0	26
Bobby Cerda	3	6	0	32	1	20
Thurman Gomez	1	5	0	36	0	26
Glen Dodge	1	2	0	17	0	11
Johnny Fulcher	0	2	0	38	0	28
Lance Small	0	1	0	4	0	3

New York	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tom Cassidy	3	5	11	0	43
Andre Hermance	1	3	12	1	47
Jake Gaarder	1	2	12	1	48
Will Peters	1	2	14	0	53
Emmanuel Larner	1	1	6	0	24
Zack Harden	0	0	13	2	49

Special Teams Statistics

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Dave Newhart	2	15
Fred Skaggs	2	14
Bryant Beustring	1	23
Adrian Bensen	1	19
Glen Dodge	1	15
Vinny Ford	1	15
Blake Russell	0	26
Wesley Owens	0	16
Clifton Martin	0	15
Jim McIntyre	0	15
Justin Lucas	0	11
Butch Wolfe	0	11
Marco Mathes	0	10
Otis Walkley	0	10
Cornell Sanford	0	10
Eddie Heurtin	0	8
Cory Turnbull	0	8
Lance Small	0	8
Bobby Cerda	0	7
Anthony Eyer	0	6
Antoine Barber	0	5
Mack Long	0	5
Glen Heath	0	5
Ike Coles	0	4
Bert Lucas	0	4
Marty Carpenter	0	3
Ricardo Givens	0	2
Deion Hoffman	0	1
Nolan Reilly	0	1
Dave Ring	0	1
Myron Gunn	0	1
Juan Schultz	0	1
Wally Matthews	0	1
William Hutchins	0	1

New York	Tackles	STPlays
Emmanuel Larner	2	6
Marvin Harp	1	22
Roy Briggs	1	17
Anthony Blackwell	1	11
Rusty Brandon	0	21
Donnie Perez	0	20
Danny Redden	0	20
Timothy Barber	0	12
Albert Harlow	0	11
Ronald Coleman	0	10
Jose Shelley	0	10
Edward Warren	0	9
Ethan Farrell	0	9
Mitch Riley	0	8
Tom Cassidy	0	8
Matt Erickson	0	8
Will Peters	0	8
Jay King	0	8
Stanley Tudor	0	7
Dusty Evans	0	7
Arnold Cochrane	0	6
Jerry Greer	0	6
Carlos Joyner	0	5
Frank Lane	0	5
Mario Patton	0	5
Trevor Barber	0	5
Les Tapley	0	4
Riddick Erickson	0	4
Cole McElroy	0	4
Earnest Segovia	0	4
Stan Thurmond	0	3
Lenny Cheatham	0	3
Peter Nixon	0	3
Mack Elliott	0	3
Todd Barthold	0	3
Gilbert Douglas	0	1
Scott Crane	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	15	38	2.5
Middle	18	77	4.3
Right	5	22	4.4
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	36	6.0
Middle	7	26	3.7
Right	1	4	4.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bert Lucas	22	13	0	0	1	2	4	0	2
Sammy Barker	6	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	0

New York	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bryant Ellard	51	25	3	3	5	7	10	17	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	2	7	1.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	48	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	7	84	7.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	32	10.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	4	44	7.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	43	2.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	9	106	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	11	2	50	4.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Ellis Wheeler	9	7	1	105	1	24
RB Kris Rivera	5	4	0	22	0	15
RB Winston Gunn	5	1	1	3	0	14
WR Fred Skaggs	3	1	0	11	0	10
WR Randal Ellison	2	2	0	18	0	21
WR Dwayne Hodges	2	1	0	12	0	23
WR Wesley Owens	1	0	1	0	0	15
TE Butch Wolfe	1	0	0	0	0	4

New York	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ronald Coleman	10	3	2	31	0	39
TE Frank Lane	9	3	2	28	1	36
RB Dusty Evans	9	7	0	51	0	38
WR Scott Crane	9	3	1	42	1	36
WR Timothy Barber	5	3	0	44	1	32
WR Dan Free	4	3	0	21	0	36
FB Emmanuel Larner	2	1	0	11	0	24
RB Danny Redden	1	1	0	13	0	6
RB Ethan Farrell	1	1	0	2	0	11
WR Jose Shelley	1	0	0	0	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Kris Rivera	6	3	0.50	3.81
Winston Gunn	4	18	4.50	3.17

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bert Lucas	5	4	31	6.20	5.27

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bryant Ellard	3	1	8	2.67	4.76

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Kris Rivera	2	2	7	3.50	4.40
TE Ellis Wheeler	2	2	24	12.00	11.67
RB Winston Gunn	1	0	0	0.00	0.60

New York	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Frank Lane	1	0	0	0.00	3.11
RB Dusty Evans	1	1	8	8.00	5.67
FB Emmanuel Larner	1	0	0	0.00	5.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Winston Gunn	5	1

New York	Rushes	Conversions
Bryant Ellard	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bert Lucas	6	3	3
Sammy Barker	2	1	0

New York	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bryant Ellard	13	7	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Winston Gunn	3	0	0
TE Ellis Wheeler	2	2	1
WR Wesley Owens	1	0	0
WR Fred Skaggs	1	1	1
WR Dwayne Hodges	1	1	1

New York	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Scott Crane	4	0	0
RB Dusty Evans	3	3	1
TE Frank Lane	2	1	0
WR Dan Free	2	1	1
WR Ronald Coleman	1	1	0
RB Ethan Farrell	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,900 (21,400)
End Zone 12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,900 (21,400)
End Zone	12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (3,300)