Sunday, September 21, 1997
| DET | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Saints | Andre Hastings 21 yard pass from Mario Bates (Doug Brien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Saints | Mario Bates 74 yard rush (Doug Brien kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| Saints | Daryl Hobbs 20 yard pass from Heath Shuler (Doug Brien kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| Lions | Barry Sanders 17 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| 3rd | Saints | Heath Shuler 5 yard rush (Doug Brien kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4th | Lions | Jason Hanson 47 yard field goal | 10 | 28 |
| Saints | Mario Bates 2 yard rush (Doug Brien kick) | 10 | 35 | |
| Lions | Herman Moore 5 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 35 |
| DET | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 19-118-0 | 36-172-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-43-253-2-3 | 16-22-223-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-16 | 2-10 |
| Net pass yards | 237 | 213 |
| Total yards | 355 | 385 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-50 | 8-62 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Barry Sanders | DET | 18 | 113 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | ||||||
| Scott Mitchell | DET | 24 | 43 | 253 | 2 | 3 | 38 | ||||||||
| Herman Moore | DET | 11 | 111 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Johnnie Morton | DET | 5 | 72 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Pete Chryplewicz | DET | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Tommie Boyd | DET | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | DET | 3 | 15 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Vardell | DET | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mario Bates | NOR | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 29 | 162 | 2 | 74 | ||||
| Heath Shuler | NOR | 15 | 21 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 5 | 74 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Eric Guliford | NOR | 3 | 43 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Randal Hill | NOR | 4 | 36 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Ray Zellars | NOR | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| John Farquhar | NOR | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Daryl Hobbs | NOR | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Troy Davis | NOR | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Luther Elliss | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Glyn Milburn | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Porcher | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Allen | NOR | 0.0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| La'Roi Glover | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Guliford | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Martin | NOR | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Newman | NOR | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Jason Hanson | DET | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Jett | DET | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 0 | ||||
| Doug Brien | NOR | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Royals | NOR | 2 | 110 | 55.0 | 0 | ||||