Prater ranks 3rd in NFL history with 47 field goals converted from 50+ yards.
He is 47-of-62 from 50+ yards, good for a 75.8 conversion rate, 2nd-best in NFL history.
QB Matthew Stafford connects with WR Danny Amendola for a 47-yard TD.
This marks the longest TD pass the Lions have had in a Week 1 game since Stafford connected with WR Calvin Johnson for a 67-yard score vs. NYG in Week 1 of the 2014 season.
This also marks the longest TD of WR Danny Amendola's career.
QB Matthew Stafford is playing in his 142nd career game today.
He currently has 38,644 passing yds., the most any NFL player has had thru 142 games.
He passed QB Brett Favre (38,627) for the 7th-most passing yds. thru a player's 1st 11 seasons in NFL history.
95-yard touchdown drive was the team's longest touchdown drive since Nov. 27, 2014 vs. Chicago (95 yards).
CB Darius Slay's 2nd quarter pass defenses brings him to 92 total pass defenses in his career, which leads the League since 2013.
The Lions recorded 8 PDs in the first half, trailing only the 10 PDs they had in the 1st half against Green Bay on Sept. 28, 1997 for the most in franchise history.
TE T.J. Hockenson and WR Danny Amendola each have 70+ yards in their Lions
debuts.
The last time two Lions players had 70+ receiving yards in their Lions debut was on Oct. 4, 1987 (Eric Truvillion and Darrell Grymes).
LB Devon Kennard recorded 3.0 sacks in the 1st half.
He becomes the first LB in franchise history to notch 3.0 sacks in the first half of a game.
The last Lions player to log 3.0 sacks in the 1st half of a game was DE Tracy Scroggins on 11/23/97.
LB Jahlani Tavai notched his 1st career sack today.
He becomes the 5th Lions player to notch a sack in his NFL debut. He's the 1st Lions player to do so since DT Ndamukong Suh in 2010 and 1st Lions LB to do so since 1987.
The Lions have 4 sacks today, their most in a Week 1 game since totaling 4 sacks against vs. the Rams on Sept. 9, 2012.
TE T.J. Hockenson (@TheeHOCK8) has topped the 100-yard mark in his NFL debut.
He is only the 2nd player in franchise history to top 100 yards in his debut, joining WR Earl McCullouch, who had 132 yards in his debut at Dallas on Sept. 15, 1968.
TE T.J. Hockenson has set an NFL record for receiving yards in a tight end's first game with 124 yards, passing 49ers TE Monty Stickles' previous record of 123 receiving yards, which he set on Sept. 25, 1960.
QB Matthew Stafford produced his 19th career game with 300+ passing yds. & 3 TDs, tied for the 13th-most in NFL history.
This ties Hall of Fame QB Dan Marino for the 5th-most 300-yard games a QB has had through career game No. 142.
DB Tracy Walker becomes 1-of-6 safeties in Lions history to record at least 25 tackles & 2 INTs in his first 2 seasons.
DB Tracy Walker is the only Lions DB since 2014 to have at least seven tackles, two pass defenses, & one interception in a game.
In their Lions debuts, TE TJ Hockenson and WR DannyAmendola each topped 100 receiving yds.
The last time in NFLhistory that 2 teammates each topped 100 yds. in their franchise debuts was on Sept. 11, 1960, when Tony Teresa and Jack Larscheid did so for the Raiders.
LB DevonKennard leads the NFL with 3.0 sacks following Week 1.
He became the first Lions LB since Antonio London in 1995 to have a 3.0-sack game.
Since joining Detroit in 2018, Kennard has 10.0 sacks for 86.0 yards, the 4th-most sack yards by a LB in that span.
In his Lions debut, CB Rashann Melvin became the 1st CB in team history to produce at least 8 solo tackles & 3 PDs in the same game since CB Todd Lyght did so at Arizona on Dec. 8, 2002.
His 3 PDs are tied for the most in the NFL following Week 1.
Dating back to last season, Lions QB Matthew Stafford has thrown 161 consecutive passes without an interception, the longest active streak in the NFL.
This also marks the 6th time he's had a streak of 150+ pass attempts without an interception.
