2014 · Week 1
New York Giants at Detroit Lions
Sep 8, 2014 · Ford Field · dome · fieldturf
Recap
Detroit Lions blew out New York Giants 35–14. ScoutIndex had favored Lions (55%) going in. Lions improve to 1-0; Giants fall to 0-1. Matthew Stafford paced the offense with 346 passing yards and 2 TDs; 2 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD. Lions out-gained the opponent 422–216 in total yards. Giants turned it over 2 times to Lions's 0.
Team stats
| NYG | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | First downs | 19 |
| 216 | Total yards | 422 |
| 163 | Passing yards | 346 |
| 53 | Rushing yards | 76 |
| 18/33 | Comp / Att | 22/32 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NYG
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Manning | 18/33 | 163 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rashad Jennings | 16 | 46 | 1 |
| Jerrel Jernigan | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Andre Williams | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Donnell | 5 | 8 | 56 | 1 |
| Rashad Jennings | 4 | 5 | 50 | 0 |
| Jerrel Jernigan | 4 | 7 | 25 | 0 |
| Victor Cruz | 2 | 6 | 24 | 0 |
| Andre Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Fells | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Rueben Randle | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Corey Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DET
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Stafford | 22/32 | 346 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Stafford | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Golden Tate | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Joique Bell | 15 | 51 | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| Theo Riddick | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Johnson | 7 | 11 | 164 | 2 |
| Golden Tate | 6 | 6 | 93 | 0 |
| Joique Bell | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 6 | 6 | 49 | 0 |
| Joseph Fauria | 1 | 3 | 26 | 0 |
| Brandon Pettigrew | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Ebron | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |