2017 · Week 1
Arizona Cardinals at Detroit Lions
Sep 10, 2017 · Ford Field · dome · fieldturf
Recap
Detroit Lions defeated Arizona Cardinals 35–23. ScoutIndex had favored Lions (54%) going in. Lions improve to 1-0; Cardinals fall to 0-1. Matthew Stafford paced the offense with 292 passing yards and 4 TDs; 14 rushing yards. Cardinals turned it over 4 times to Lions's 1.
Team stats
| ARI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 18 |
| 313 | Total yards | 374 |
| 268 | Passing yards | 292 |
| 45 | Rushing yards | 82 |
| 27/48 | Comp / Att | 29/41 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
ARI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Palmer | 27/48 | 268 | 1 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Palmer | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| David Johnson | 11 | 23 | 0 |
| John Brown | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Kerwynn Williams | 5 | 10 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Fitzgerald | 6 | 13 | 74 | 0 |
| David Johnson | 6 | 9 | 67 | 0 |
| J.J. Nelson | 5 | 6 | 43 | 1 |
| Andre Ellington | 2 | 3 | 35 | 0 |
| John Brown | 4 | 9 | 32 | 0 |
| Jermaine Gresham | 3 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Kerwynn Williams | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Troy Niklas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
DET
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Stafford | 29/41 | 292 | 4 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Stafford | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Golden Tate | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Ameer Abdullah | 15 | 30 | 0 |
| Theo Riddick | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Dwayne Washington | 6 | 22 | 0 |
| Kasey Redfern | 1 | 10 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Tate | 10 | 12 | 107 | 0 |
| Kenny Golladay | 4 | 7 | 69 | 2 |
| Marvin Jones | 2 | 2 | 37 | 1 |
| T.J. Jones | 2 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| Ameer Abdullah | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Theo Riddick | 6 | 7 | 27 | 1 |
| Eric Ebron | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 |