Passage: The Lions began their season down south, taking on the New Orleans Saints. The Saints struck first with just over 12 minutes left in the first quarter with a 9-yard TD catch by Marques Colston from Drew Brees. They made it 14-0 3 minutes later when Robert Meachem caught a 29-yard TD pass by Brees. The Lions got on the board with just over 5 minutes left in the first quarter with a 47-yard Jason Hanson field goal. They scored again just after the start of the second quarter when Kevin Smith ran in a TD from 4 yards out. The Saints responded 10 minutes later with 2 back to back touchdowns by Jeremy Shockey: from 1 yard and 15 yards respectively, putting the Saints up 28-10 at halftime. After the break, Lions QB Matthew Stafford ran a TD in himself from 1 yard out. The Saints responded a few minutes later with a 39-yard field goal by John Carney. The Lions countered with a 24-yard Jason Hanson field goal 3 minutes later. Less than 20 seconds later, the Saints' Devery Henderson caught a 58 TD-yard pass. The Lions responded when Louis Delmas picked up a Saints fumble and ran it back 65 yards for a TD. The only score of the 4th quarter was a 13-yard TD catch by Heath Evans of the Saints.With this loss, the Lions began 2009 0-1 which brought their losing streak to eighteen consecutive regular season games.
How many minutes approximately did it take for the Saints to score? How many more touchdowns did Jeremy Shocky catch compared to Marques Colston? How many more yards was Drew Bree's longest touchdown compared to his shortest? How many passing touchdowns went over 40 yards? How many points did The Lions have at the end of the first quarter? How many points did The Lions score in the fourth quarter? How many points did the Saints lead by at halftime? How many points were scored in the first half? How many rushing touchdowns were scored in the game? How many touchdown passes over 10 yards were completed in the game? How many yards was the longest TD of the first quarter? How many yards was the longest field goal of the second half? How many yards was the longest field goal? Which player caught the most TD passes in the first half? Which player scored the last touchdown of the game? Which players scored touchdowns of 40 yards or more? Which team scored first in the second half? Which team scored more touchdowns in the first quarter? Who caught the longest touchdown reception of the game? Who threw more touchdown passes, Brees or Stafford?