Detroit Lions Post-Game Notes 11/21

POST-GAME NOTES
LIONS SCORING PLAYS

  • Third Quarter: RB D’Andre Swift rushed for a 57-yard score with 1:55 left in the quarter to cut the score to 13-7. K Aldrick
    Rosas made the extra point.
  • Fourth Quarter: K Aldrick Rosas made a 43-yard field goal to cut the score to 13-10 with 9:07 left to play.
    TEAM NOTES
    The Lions…
  • Had their seventh different player record a rush of 20-or-more yards this season (FB Jason Cabinda). This is the most players
    they’ve had with a 20-yard rush since 1959.
  • Rushed for 160-or-more yards in consecutive road games for the first time in a single season since 1994.
    INDIVIDUAL NOTES
    QB TIM BOYLE
  • Made his first NFL start and completed 15-of-23 passes (65.2%) for 77 yards, zero touchdowns and two interceptions for a 34.1
    passer rating.
    FB JASON CABINDA
  • Recorded a career-long 21-yard carry in the first quarter. This marks the first 20-yard rush by a Lions fullback since FB Cory
    Schlesinger had a 20-yard rush vs. Dallas on Jan. 6, 2002.
    P JACK FOX
  • Punted six times for 280 yards (46.7 avg., 38.0 net), booming a long of 61 yards and pinning two punts inside of the 20-yard
    line.
  • Reached his 100th
    -career punt. Through 100-career punts, he averaged 49.0 gross yards and 43.9 net yards per punt, both the
    highest marks through a player’s first 100 punts in NFL history.
    TE T.J. HOCKENSON
  • Recorded six receptions for 51 yards (8.5 avg.), hauling in a long of 24 yards.
  • Reached 50 receptions on the season. He becomes the third tight end in franchise history to produce 50-or-more receptions in
    consecutive seasons.
    CB AMANI ORUWARIYE
  • Finished with five solo tackles, one pass defense and one interception.
  • Produced his fourth interception of the season, a single-season career high.
  • He now has seven-career interceptions through 35-career games played, joining CB Alphonso Smith (2010-11) as the only Lions
    since 1990 to do so.
  • He produced three interceptions against AFC North opponents this season, tied for the second-most a Lions player has had
    against AFC opponents in a season since the NFL re-aligned in 2002.
    CJ A.J. PARKER
  • Logged two tackles (one solo), one pass defense and the first interception of his career.
    RB D’ANDRE SWIFT
  • Recorded 14 rushes for 136 yards (9.7 avg.) and one touchdown. Added three receptions for zero yards.
  • Logged a career-long 57-yard touchdown rush in the third quarter. He became the first Lions player to produce a rushing and
    receiving touchdown of 50-or-more yards in a single season since RB Barry Sanders in 1997. His 57-yard touchdown rush is the
    longest by a Lion in a road game since Sanders in 1997.
  • Registered his fourth-straight road game with 100-or-more scrimmage yards. This ties the longest streak in franchise history by
    a running back since Barry Sanders over the 1996-97 seasons.
  • Became the fifth running back to produce 130-or-more rushing yards in consecutive games in franchise history.
  • Became the first Lions player to rush for 100-or-more yards in consecutive games since RB Kevin Jones in 2004.
  • Joined RB Billy Sims (1980) as the only players in team history to produce 500 rushing yards and 400 receiving yards through
    the first 10 games of a season.
  • His 9.7 rushing average is the highest in team history when attempting at least 14 rushes in a game since the merger.
  • Produced 40 scrimmage yards for the 16th
    -straight game. This is the longest streak of 40-or-more scrimmage yards by a Lions
    running back since RB Kevin Smith over the 2008-09 seasons.
  • Recorded three-or-more receptions for the 20th
    -straight game, tying WR Johnnie Morton for the fourth-longest streak in
    franchise history. It ranks as the longest streak by a running back in team history.