Conference Semifinals, 2024

played in Atlanta, GA

44 degrees, rain, 4 mph wind

Detroit Lions	7	0	0	0	-	7
Atlanta Falcons	7	10	10	7	-	34

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:26 ATL - Broderick Cole 32 pass from Noah Moore (T.J. Rhyne extra point)
1Q: 04:58 DET - Irv Tejeda 13 run (Ernie Fletcher extra point)
2Q: 09:50 ATL - T.J. Rhyne 26 field goal
2Q: 07:55 ATL - Skip Lockwood 78 punt return (T.J. Rhyne extra point)
3Q: 07:44 ATL - Broderick Cole 1 pass from Noah Moore (T.J. Rhyne extra point)
3Q: 04:15 ATL - T.J. Rhyne 22 field goal
4Q: 13:28 ATL - Marty Kastilahn 11 pass from Noah Moore (T.J. Rhyne extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:26 ATL - Broderick Cole 32 pass from Noah Moore (T.J. Rhyne extra point)
1Q: 04:58 DET - Irv Tejeda 13 run (Ernie Fletcher extra point)
2Q: 09:50 ATL - T.J. Rhyne 26 field goal
2Q: 07:55 ATL - Skip Lockwood 78 punt return (T.J. Rhyne extra point)
3Q: 07:44 ATL - Broderick Cole 1 pass from Noah Moore (T.J. Rhyne extra point)
3Q: 04:15 ATL - T.J. Rhyne 22 field goal
4Q: 13:28 ATL - Marty Kastilahn 11 pass from Noah Moore (T.J. Rhyne extra point)

Team Statistics DET ATL
Record 10-7-1 13-4
First Downs 11 18
- by Rushing 2 4
- by Passing 9 13
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 236 389
- Offensive Plays 55 67
- Yards per Play 4.29 5.81
Net Rushing Yards 53 115
- Rushing Attempts 20 35
- Yards per Rush 2.65 3.29
Net Passing Yards 183 274
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 17 - 3 31 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 230 280
- Sacks/Yards Lost 7/47 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 5.23 8.56
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 8/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.2 8.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 8/58 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 2/1 6/119
Kick Returns/Yards 1/17 2/58
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 3/48
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 30
Time of Possession 27:49 32:11

Team Statistics	DET	ATL
Record	10-7-1	13-4
First Downs	11	18
- by Rushing	2	4
- by Passing	9	13
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	236	389
- Offensive Plays	55	67
- Yards per Play	4.29	5.81
Net Rushing Yards	53	115
- Rushing Attempts	20	35
- Yards per Rush	2.65	3.29
Net Passing Yards	183	274
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 17 - 3	31 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	230	280
- Sacks/Yards Lost	7/47	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	5.23	8.56
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	8/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.2	8.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	8/58	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	2/1	6/119
Kick Returns/Yards	1/17	2/58
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	3/48
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 30
Time of Possession	27:49	32:11

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:14	5:22	OWN 25	10	75	Touchdown
1	2:13	2:18	OWN 20	5	33	Punt
2	9:42	1:56	OWN 25	3	-2	Punt
2	7:46	1:39	OWN 25	3	4	Punt
2	5:19	1:17	OWN 21	3	5	Punt
2	2:12	1:35	OWN 36	6	41	Interception
3	15:00	3:11	OWN 23	5	12	Punt
3	7:35	0:54	OWN 25	3	0	Interception
3	4:08	2:12	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
4	13:18	2:05	OWN 25	4	22	Interception
4	9:06	1:10	OWN 11	3	-6	Punt
4	5:58	2:45	OWN 20	4	13	Punt
4	1:04	0:52	50	3	1	Punt

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:46	OWN 34	9	66	Touchdown
1	4:52	2:39	OWN 35	4	28	Punt
2	14:55	5:13	OWN 20	13	71	Field Goal
2	6:07	0:48	OWN 32	3	1	Punt
2	4:02	1:50	OWN 33	5	31	Downs
2	0:37	0:37	OWN 21	3	2	Half
3	11:49	4:14	OWN 30	10	70	Touchdown
3	6:41	2:33	OPP 43	4	38	Field Goal
3	1:56	3:38	OWN 25	7	75	Touchdown
4	11:13	2:07	OWN 48	3	-7	Punt
4	7:56	1:58	50	3	0	Punt
4	3:13	2:09	OWN 4	3	1	Punt
4	0:12	0:12	OWN 4	1	1	Game

Game MVP: Clay Greene, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Irv Tejeda	11	36	3.27	13	1	1
Alan Upshaw	7	7	1.00	4	0	0
Deron Heimulu	2	10	5.00	7	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Brandon Courage	23	111	4.83	25	4
Skip Lockwood	11	-2	-0.18	2	0
Noah Moore	1	6	6.00	6	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Deron Heimulu	21	15	185	4/25	0	47	2	58.7
Scottie Neff	7	2	45	3/22	0	30	1	14.3

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Noah Moore	31	18	280	1/6	3	49	0	120.3

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Calvin Smithson	7	10	109	15.57	34	30
WR Benjamin Franz	4	8	19	4.75	0	13
WR Timothy Downs	2	4	51	25.50	4	47
TE Drew Tetreault	2	3	40	20.00	0	20
RB Alan Upshaw	1	2	10	10.00	4	10
RB Horace McCreary	1	1	1	1.00	0	1

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Cesar Wasiak	5	6	56	11.20	22	37	0
WR Broderick Cole	3	10	36	12.00	22	32	2
FB Marty Kastilahn	3	3	31	10.33	7	11	1
TE Eli Snyder	3	4	76	25.33	48	49	0
TE Brayden Givens	2	4	38	19.00	21	24	0
WR Antonio VandenBelt	1	1	19	19.00	6	19	0
TE Chris Gordon	1	1	24	24.00	15	24	0
RB Brandon Courage	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Skip Lockwood	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Perry Jefferson	2	36	18.00	0
CB John Newcomb	1	12	12.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Deron Heimulu	1	0	0
Jumbo Hill	0	1	0
Roberto Gilman	0	0	1

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Brandon Courage	1	0	0
Broderick Cole	0	1	0
Vince Austin	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Nickolas McGee	9	453	50.3	37.4	63	3

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jackie Tate	5	223	44.6	36.4	50	1

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ernie Fletcher	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
T.J. Rhyne	2/2	0/0	0/0	26	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Calvin Smithson	2	1	0.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Skip Lockwood	6	119	19.8	1

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Irv Tejeda	1	17	17.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Skip Lockwood	2	58	29.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Al Foltz	10	1	0.0	35	32
OLB Maurice Kariger	6	2	0.0	20	25
ILB Chris Loomis	5	4	0.0	35	31
S Brant Jamison	5	2	0.0	35	31
DE Ronnie Smith	4	0	0.0	27	23
DT Salvador Terrell	3	1	0.5	24	26
OLB Conrad Woodbury	3	1	0.0	14	6
S Maxwell Grolsko	3	0	0.0	35	28
WR Benjamin Franz	3	0	---	---	---
DE Aidan Fitzgerald	2	0	0.5	21	27
DT Gerald Covington	2	1	0.0	11	6
DT Joey Van Pelt	2	1	0.0	16	9
CB Roberto Gilman	2	0	0.0	34	30
S Darrin Giles	2	0	0.0	27	26
DT Greg Torrence	1	0	0.0	19	27
CB Dwight Henson	0	1	0.0	6	7
DE Pedro Jazynka	0	1	0.0	3	4

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Clay Greene	7	1	4.0	20	34
OLB Vince Austin	5	4	2.5	20	35
OLB Thomas Pollard	5	4	0.0	20	28
S Alfredo Logan	4	3	0.0	16	25
ILB Zach Manning	4	2	0.0	19	34
CB John Newcomb	3	3	0.0	20	34
S Perry Jefferson	3	1	0.0	20	35
CB Spencer Hickman	3	0	0.0	11	19
S Ashton Cox	3	0	0.0	4	10
CB Rick Branch	2	1	0.0	20	35
DE Donnie Thompson	1	1	0.5	15	28
ILB Malik Swindal	1	0	0.0	7	14
OLB Shannon Floyd	1	0	0.0	4	14
DT Edwin Lyons	1	0	0.0	6	18
DT Emmett Nall	0	1	0.0	13	15

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Aidan Fitzgerald	0.5	1	1	1	27
DT Salvador Terrell	0.5	0	1	0	26
DT Greg Torrence	0.0	1	1	0	27
OLB Conrad Woodbury	0.0	0	2	0	6
DE Ronnie Smith	0.0	0	1	1	23

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Clay Greene	4.0	0	1	3	34
OLB Vince Austin	2.5	0	0	0	35
DE Donnie Thompson	0.5	1	2	0	28

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Al Foltz	4	2	32
OLB Maurice Kariger	4	0	25
ILB Chris Loomis	3	1	31
S Brant Jamison	3	0	31
DT Greg Torrence	1	0	27
CB Roberto Gilman	1	0	30
DT Salvador Terrell	1	0	26
S Darrin Giles	1	0	26

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Spencer Hickman	3	0	0	19
S Perry Jefferson	2	1	2	35
CB John Newcomb	2	1	1	34
ILB Zach Manning	2	1	0	34
OLB Vince Austin	2	0	0	35
S Alfredo Logan	2	0	0	25
OLB Thomas Pollard	2	0	0	28
OLB Shannon Floyd	1	0	0	14
DT Edwin Lyons	1	0	0	18

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Javier Creighton	1	6	20	1	35
Brayden Luce	1	4	20	2	35
Maurice Hakeem	1	3	20	2	35
Tom McIntyre	0	3	8	0	10
Byron Beyer	0	2	20	2	35

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Gus Barnes	2	9	35	0	32
Mo Manning	2	5	25	1	32
Mason Galloway	1	7	35	0	32
Harrison Ford	1	4	35	0	32
Max Tiessen	0	5	35	0	32
Sergio Bueno	0	3	10	0	0
Eli Snyder	0	1	24	0	28

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Irv Tejeda	2	18
Rondell Ayala	1	21
DeAndre Samuels	1	13
Brayden Luce	1	11
Maurice Hakeem	1	11
Cole Lester	1	9

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Brayden Givens	1	25
Bruce Becker	1	21
Eli Snyder	1	14

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Maurice Kariger	---	---	20	25	25	70
Al Foltz	---	---	35	32	2	69
Roberto Gilman	---	---	34	30	5	69
Maxwell Grolsko	---	---	35	28	6	69
Chris Loomis	---	---	35	31	2	68
Brant Jamison	---	---	35	31	2	68
Brayden Luce	20	35	---	---	11	66
Maurice Hakeem	20	35	---	---	11	66
Darrin Giles	---	---	27	26	12	65
Jumbo Hill	20	35	---	---	9	64
Byron Beyer	20	35	---	---	9	64
Calvin Smithson	20	35	---	---	7	62
Salvador Terrell	---	---	24	26	7	57
Benjamin Franz	15	28	---	---	14	57
Javier Creighton	20	35	---	---	---	55
Ronnie Smith	---	---	27	23	1	51
Aidan Fitzgerald	---	---	21	27	2	50
Irv Tejeda	11	21	---	---	18	50
Drew Tetreault	15	32	---	---	---	47
Greg Torrence	---	---	19	27	---	46
Deron Heimulu	16	25	---	---	---	41
Timothy Downs	14	26	---	---	---	40
Tom McIntyre	8	10	---	---	14	32
Charles Turman	---	---	20	8	3	31
Joey Van Pelt	---	---	16	9	2	27
Rondell Ayala	0	1	---	---	21	22
Conrad Woodbury	---	---	14	6	1	21
DeAndre Samuels	---	---	3	5	13	21
Alan Upshaw	8	4	---	---	7	19
Gerald Covington	---	---	11	6	---	17
Earnest Coles	6	7	---	---	2	15
Scottie Neff	4	10	---	---	---	14
Dwight Henson	---	---	6	7	---	13
Randy Preston	---	---	0	1	12	13
Pedro Jazynka	---	---	3	4	5	12
Xavier Arntson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Nickolas McGee	0	0	---	---	9	9
Horace McCreary	0	9	---	---	---	9
Daquan Sonntag	0	0	---	---	9	9
Cole Lester	0	0	---	---	9	9
Raul Maggard	0	0	---	---	7	7
Melvin Flowers	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bernard Peters	3	2	---	---	---	5
Ernie Fletcher	0	0	---	---	2	2
Earl Walton	0	0	---	---	---	0
Diego Sayre	---	---	0	0	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Broderick Cole	33	32	---	---	9	74
Harrison Ford	35	32	---	---	7	74
Rick Branch	---	---	20	35	18	73
Gus Barnes	35	32	---	---	3	70
Mason Galloway	35	32	---	---	---	67
Max Tiessen	35	32	---	---	---	67
Eli Snyder	24	28	---	---	14	66
Zach Manning	---	---	19	34	11	64
Noah Moore	31	32	---	---	---	63
Clay Greene	---	---	20	34	9	63
Vince Austin	---	---	20	35	5	60
Mo Manning	25	32	---	---	2	59
Perry Jefferson	---	---	20	35	---	55
Cesar Wasiak	28	27	---	---	---	55
John Newcomb	---	---	20	34	---	54
Skip Lockwood	12	24	---	---	18	54
Marty Kastilahn	15	13	---	---	25	53
Brayden Givens	9	16	---	---	25	50
Alfredo Logan	---	---	16	25	8	49
Thomas Pollard	---	---	20	28	---	48
Donnie Thompson	---	---	15	28	---	43
Luke Richardson	12	2	---	---	20	34
Brandon Courage	23	8	---	---	---	31
Spencer Hickman	---	---	11	19	---	30
Emmett Nall	---	---	13	15	---	28
Shannon Floyd	---	---	4	14	9	27
Edwin Lyons	---	---	6	18	---	24
Malik Swindal	---	---	7	14	---	21
Bruce Becker	---	---	0	0	21	21
Antonio VandenBelt	11	7	---	---	2	20
Chris Gordon	0	3	---	---	16	19
Lewis McKinley	---	---	1	1	16	18
Sergio Bueno	10	0	---	---	7	17
Ashton Cox	---	---	4	10	---	14
T.J. Rhyne	0	0	---	---	9	9
Mo Madison	---	---	3	5	---	8
Jackie Tate	0	0	---	---	7	7
Dwayne Lyon	0	0	---	---	7	7
Neil Lyons	0	0	---	---	7	7
Drew Garrett	4	0	---	---	---	4
Donnell Bradford	3	0	---	---	---	3
Ross Hall	3	0	---	---	---	3
Raymond Corbett	2	0	---	---	---	2
Weston Buhner	---	---	1	1	---	2
Deion Van Pelt	0	0	---	---	---	0
Joseph Weese	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	18	2.6
Middle	8	21	2.6
Right	5	14	2.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	54	3.9
Middle	11	25	2.3
Right	10	36	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Deron Heimulu	21	15	4	1	0	0	2	2	2
Scottie Neff	7	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Noah Moore	31	18	6	0	2	3	6	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	19	4.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	5	41	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	59	8.4
Long (19+ Yds)	9	4	111	12.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	7	2.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	8	84	5.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	9	189	17.2
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Calvin Smithson	10	7	109	2	35
WR Benjamin Franz	8	4	19	0	28
WR Timothy Downs	4	2	51	1	26
TE Drew Tetreault	3	2	40	2	32
RB Alan Upshaw	2	1	10	0	4
RB Horace McCreary	1	1	1	0	9

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Broderick Cole	10	3	1	36	1	32
WR Cesar Wasiak	6	5	0	56	1	27
TE Brayden Givens	4	2	0	38	1	16
TE Eli Snyder	4	3	1	76	2	28
FB Marty Kastilahn	3	3	0	31	0	13
WR Antonio VandenBelt	1	1	0	19	0	7
RB Brandon Courage	1	0	0	0	0	8
TE Chris Gordon	1	1	0	24	1	3
RB Skip Lockwood	1	0	0	0	0	24

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Irv Tejeda	1	13	13.00	3.27
Alan Upshaw	1	-4	-4.00	1.00

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brandon Courage	4	16	4.00	4.83
Skip Lockwood	1	-1	-1.00	-0.18

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Deron Heimulu	1	0	0	0.00	8.81

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Noah Moore	5	3	17	3.40	9.03

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Calvin Smithson	1	0	0	0.00	10.90

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Broderick Cole	1	1	1	1.00	3.60
FB Marty Kastilahn	1	1	11	11.00	10.33
WR Cesar Wasiak	1	1	5	5.00	9.33
RB Brandon Courage	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Skip Lockwood	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Skip Lockwood	3	0
Noah Moore	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Deron Heimulu	8	6	3
Scottie Neff	1	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Noah Moore	14	10	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Calvin Smithson	3	3	1
WR Timothy Downs	2	1	1
WR Benjamin Franz	2	1	1
RB Horace McCreary	1	1	0
TE Drew Tetreault	1	0	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Broderick Cole	6	3	3
WR Cesar Wasiak	2	2	0
TE Eli Snyder	2	2	2
FB Marty Kastilahn	1	1	1
WR Antonio VandenBelt	1	1	1
TE Chris Gordon	1	1	1
RB Skip Lockwood	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,600 (14,600)
End Zone 10,400 (10,400)
Mezzanine 6,000 (6,000)
Sideline Seats 9,200 (9,200)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,600 (14,600)
End Zone	10,400 (10,400)
Mezzanine	6,000 (6,000)
Sideline Seats	9,200 (9,200)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)