NFL: DETROIT (3-1) at WASHINGTON (2-1) <h3>Lions seek first 4-1 start in 16 years</h3> Detroit (3-1) at Washington (2-1) Sunday 1:00 pm EDT LANDOVER, Maryland (Ticker) - The Detroit Lions seek their first4-1 start in 16 years Sunday when they visit the WashingtonRedskins. The last time the Lions won four of their first five games wasin 1991, when they advanced to the NFC championship game wherethey lost at Washington. Detroit also enters this contest attempting to surpass its wintotal from all of last season. "Luck is turning our way," Lions star wide receiver Roy Williamssaid. "We're a 3-1 ballclub and not a lot of teams can saythat." Last Sunday, the Lions scored a league-record 34 fourth-quarterpoints en route to a 37-27 victory over the Chicago Bears. JonKitna went an efficient 20-of-24 for 247 yards and twotouchdowns. This is the second time the Lions are facing an NFC East time onthe road this season. Two weeks ago, they surrendered 536total yards in a 56-21 debacle at Philadelphia. The Lions also enter this contest attempting to reverse historysince they are 0-17 all-time at Washington. Also off to a bit of a surprising start, the Redskins enter thiscontest off their bye week. Two weeks ago, the Redskins were blanked in the second half in a24-17 home loss to the New York Giants. The Redskins had builta 17-3 halftime lead. Washington is seeking its first 3-1 start since 2005.
Re: NFL: DETROIT (3-1) at WASHINGTON (2-1) This should be very exciting. Both teams have surprised fans by starting off their season strong. I think the Redskins need to come back from the disaster against New York and get the W against Detroit who's defense let up 50+ points against the Eagles 2 weeks ago.</p>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 0 14:55 LEFT, 1ST QTR WAS BALL ON WAS 23 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 0 7:45 LEFT, 1ST QTR DET BALL ON DET 10 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 0 5:08 LEFT, 1ST QTR WAS BALL ON WAS 36 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 0 3:22 LEFT, 1ST QTR DET BALL ON DET 17 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 0 1:01 LEFT, 1ST QTR WAS BALL ON WAS 20 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
Re: NFL: DETROIT (3-1) at WASHINGTON (2-1) Our pass rush has been great so far. Andre Carter has been manhandling the mismatches and he'll only give Kitna a hard time in the pocket, if they don't send out help on the left side. The is the way they need to play the entire season to put ourselves in the top 5 rank in defense once again.</p>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DETROIT 0 0 WASHINGTON 0 0 END, 1ST QTR</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL TD WAS CHRIS COOLEY 7 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK) DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 7 8:17 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 7 8:17 LEFT, 2ND QTR DET BALL ON DET 20 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 7 5:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR WAS BALL ON WAS 17 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL TD WAS MIKE SELLERS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK) DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 14 1:56 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 14 1:48 LEFT, 2ND QTR DET BALL ON DET 41 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 14 1:39 LEFT, 2ND QTR WAS BALL ON DET 41 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 14 1:39 LEFT, 2ND QTR DET BALL ON DET 42 YD LINE 2ND AND 8</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL DETROIT 0 WASHINGTON 14 0:15 LEFT, 2ND QTR DET BALL ON DET 34 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DETROIT 0 0 0 WASHINGTON 0 14 14 HALFTIME SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: WAS - TD, CHRIS COOLEY 7 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK), 6:43. Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards in 7:44. Key plays: Campbell 4-yard pass to Sellers on 3rd-and-2 to Washington 32; Campbell 16-yard pass to Randle El to Washington 48; Campbell 9-yard pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-6 to Detroit 39; Cooley 16-yard pass to Randle El to Detroit 25; Portis 11-yard run to Detroit 14. WASHINGTON 7-0 WAS - TD, MIKE SELLERS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK), 13:04. Drive: 7 plays, 83 yards in 3:59. Key plays: Portis 13-yard run to Washington 30; Campbell 24-yard pass to Sellers to Detroit 46; J Campbell 37-yard pass to Randle El on 4th-and-2 to Detroit 1. WASHINGTON 14-0</div>
NFL: DETROIT at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DETROIT 0 0 0 WASHINGTON 0 14 14 HALFTIME SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: 6:43 WAS - TD, C Cooley 7 Yd Pass From J Campbell (S Suisham Kick). Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards in 7:44. Key plays: Campbell 4-yard pass to Sellers on 3rd-and-2 to Washington 32; Campbell 16-yard pass to Randle El to Washington 48; Campbell 9-yard pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-6 to Detroit 39; Cooley 16-yard pass to Randle El to Detroit 25; Portis 11-yard run to Detroit 14. Washington 7-0. 13:04 WAS - TD, M Sellers 1 Yd Run (S Suisham Kick). Drive: 7 plays, 83 yards in 3:59. Key plays: Portis 13-yard run to Washington 30; Campbell 24-yard pass to Sellers to Detroit 46; J Campbell 37-yard pass to Randle El on 4th-and-2 to Detroit 1. Washington 14-0. Detroit - Washington End 2nd Qtr Statistics TEAM STATISTICS Detroit Washington FIRST DOWNS 4 15 Rushing 1 7 Passing 2 8 Penalty 1 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-4-0% 4-8-50% TOTAL NET YARDS 41 236 Total offensive plays 19 41 Average gain per play 2.2 5.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 17 65 Rushing attempts 6 22 Average gain per rush 2.8 3.0 NET YARDS PASSING 24 171 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-9 0-0 Gross passing yards 33 171 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 11-5-0 19-16-0 Avg gain per pass play 1.8 9.0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-47.5 3-34.0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 0-0 1-15 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-0 3-0 TOUCHDOWNS 0 2 Rushing 0 1 Passing 0 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 7:46 22:14 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Detroit Washington RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T BELL 4 15 3.8 9 0 C PORTIS 12 39 3.3 13 0 J KITNA 2 2 1.0 2 0 L BETTS 7 20 2.9 8 0 M SELLERS 2 6 3.0 5 1 J CAMPBELL 1 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J KITNA 5-11- 33 0 0 14 J CAMPBELL 16-19-171 0 1 37 Sacked-Yards Lost: J KITNA 2-9. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M FURREY 1 14 14.0 14 0 A RANDLE E 7 100 14.3 37 0 R WILLIAMS 1 12 12.0 12 0 C COOLEY 3 17 5.7 9 1 C JOHNSON 1 3 3.0 3 0 M SELLERS 2 28 14.0 24 0 S MCHUGH 1 3 3.0 3 0 L BETTS 2 8 4.0 6 0 A CASON 1 1 1.0 1 0 C PORTIS 1 11 11.0 11 0 J THRASH 1 7 7.0 7 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S SUISHAM 2/2 0/0</div>
