Scores and stats from WhatIfSports.com's NFL simulations
By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com
September 8th, 2009
WhatIfSports.com "played" the Week 1 - Detroit Lions vs. New Orleans Saints game 10,001 times. The New Orleans Saints win 78.0% of the time by an average score of 32.0-21.0. The stats in the boxscore below represent the average outcomes of those simulations.
To view stats and scores from every NFL game this week and learn more about how these simulations work, please visit our Week 1 NFL Scores page.
NFL Week 1 |
|---|
 | Lions
@
Saints
Sun., Sep. 13 |  |
NFC
Detroit
| | NFC
New Orleans
| | 21 | GAME PROJECTION (Sep. 8, 2009) | 32 |
|
| | |
| Win % |
22.0 |
Win % |
78.0 |
| Over/Under |
48.5 |
Spread |
-11.5 |
| Win % ATS |
53.3 |
Win % ATS |
46.7 |
| Over % |
61.3 |
Under % |
38.7 |
| First Downs |
18 |
First Downs |
22 |
| Rushing |
7 |
Rushing |
7 |
| Passing |
11 |
Passing |
14 |
| Penalty |
0 |
Penalty |
1 |
| 3rd Down Eff |
6/13 |
3rd Down Eff |
7/13 |
| 4th Down Eff |
0/1 |
4th Down Eff |
0/1 |
| Rushes-Yards |
32-135 |
Rushes-Yards |
29-121 |
| Avg Rush |
4 |
Avg Rush |
4 |
| Comp-Att-Int |
15-27-1 |
Comp-Att-Int |
22-33-1 |
| Passing Yards |
201 |
Passing Yards |
264 |
| Sacked-Yards |
2-10 |
Sacked-Yards |
2-12 |
| Fumbles-Lost |
1-0 |
Fumbles-Lost |
1-0 |
| Punts-Avg |
4-42 |
Punts-Avg |
3-40 |
| KR-Avg |
6-23 |
KR-Avg |
5-23 |
| PR-Avg |
3-11 |
PR-Avg |
4-12 |
| Penalties-Yards |
4-26 |
Penalties-Yards |
4-23 |
| Time of Possession |
28:32 |
Time of Possession |
31:58 |
| Rushing
| ATT |
YDS |
TD |
| Kevin Smith |
18.8 |
78.5 |
0.6 |
| Maurice Morris |
8.2 |
36.7 |
0.3 |
| Aaron Brown |
2.4 |
9.4 |
0.1 |
| Matthew Stafford |
1.1 |
1.9 |
0.0 |
|
| Rushing
| ATT |
YDS |
TD |
| Pierre Thomas |
13.5 |
65.6 |
0.8 |
| Reggie Bush |
11.2 |
44.7 |
0.4 |
| Mike Bell |
1.8 |
7.4 |
0.1 |
| Drew Brees |
2.0 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
|
| Receiving |
REC |
YDS |
TD |
| Calvin Johnson |
5.6 |
96.9 |
0.6 |
| Bryant Johnson |
2.4 |
37.5 |
0.3 |
| Dennis Northcutt |
2.3 |
28.2 |
0.2 |
| Kevin Smith |
2.6 |
24.3 |
0.2 |
| Brandon Pettigrew |
1.2 |
12.4 |
0.1 |
|
| Receiving |
REC |
YDS |
TD |
| Marques Colston |
5.8 |
88.1 |
0.7 |
| Lance Moore |
4.5 |
52.7 |
0.5 |
| Reggie Bush |
4.5 |
49.2 |
0.4 |
| Jeremy Shockey |
2.7 |
29.6 |
0.2 |
| Pierre Thomas |
1.8 |
19.0 |
0.2 |
| Robert Meachem |
1.1 |
18.5 |
0.2 |
| David Thomas |
1.0 |
9.4 |
0.1 |
|
| Passing |
YDS |
TD |
INT |
| Matthew Stafford |
211.1 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
|
| Passing |
YDS |
TD |
INT |
| Drew Brees |
275.6 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
|
| Field Goals |
Made |
Missed |
|---|
| Billy Cundiff |
1.4 |
0.4 |
|
| Field Goals |
Made |
Missed |
|---|
| John Carney |
1.5 |
0.2 |
|
Paul Bessire is the Product Manager of Content and Quantitative Analysis for WhatIfSports.com, a division of FOX Sports Interactive specializing in fantasy football simulation analysis and football sim games. With any comments, questions or topic suggestions, Paul can be reached at BtB@whatifsports.com. Thanks!
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