WITH THE WIN
The Lions improved to 8-4 on the season with the team’s 28-13 win at New Orleans and claimed the team’s seventh victory in the past eight games. This marks the best eight-game stretch in a season since 1995 when Detroit won the final seven games that year and finished with a 7-1 record over the final eight games.Detroit’s 15-point victory at New Orleans represents the Lions’ largest win on the road since winning 31-14 at Jacksonville on November 4, 2012. The win was also the Lions’ largest on the road against New Orleans since claiming a 27-10 win against the Saints on October 28, 1990.

8+ Wins in 1st 12 Games: By compiling an 8-4 record through 12 games, this marks the second time in three seasons under Head Coach Jim Caldwell that the Lions have won 8 out the team’s first 12 games of the season. He joins Buddy Parker (9 in in 1952 and 10 in 1953) as the only coaches in team history to notch 8+ wins during the season’s first 12 games at least twice in their first three years as Lions head coach. Caldwell led the Lions to an 8-4 record through 12 games in 2014.

Wins vs. Non-Divisional Opponent: By winning at New Orleans, the Lions earned victories against the Saints in three consecutive seasons to mark the first three-game win streak in consecutive seasons over a non-divisional opponent since defeating the Arizona Cardinals from 2004-06 (vs. Ari 42-24, 9/7/03; vs. Ari 26-12, 12/5/04; vs. Ari 29-21, 11/13/05). This was the first three-game win streak against a non-divisional opponent in three-straight years with at least two of those games occurring on the road since the team defeated the Atlanta Falcons from 1987-89 (at Atl 30-13, 12/27/87; vs. Atl 31-17, 9/4/88; at Atl 31-24, 12/24/89).

TEAM DEFENSE
By holding the New Orleans Saints, who entered the game averaging 30.4 points per game, to 13 points on Sunday, Detroit has now held opponents to 20 points or less in six-straight games (17 vs. Was 10/23; 20 at Hou 10/30; 16 at Min 11/6; 19 vs. Jax 11/20; 13 vs. Min 11/24; 13 at NO 12/4). This marks the first time the Lions allowed 20 points or less in six-straight games since the final six weeks of the 1991 season (Weeks 12-17).

20 Points or Less Allowed: Under Coach Caldwell and Defensive Coordinator Teryl Austin, the Lions have held opponents to 20 points or less in 25 of the team’s 44 games played since the beginning of the 2014 season.

Since Week 7, the Lions have allowed only 16.3 points per game, and have limited opponents to 13 points in each of the past two games (13 vs. Min 11/24; 13 at NO 12/4).

PASS DEFENSE
The Lions pass defense factored significantly into the team’s 28-13 win over the Saints. Defensively, Detroit registered 3 interceptions (S Glover Quin, S Tavon Wilson and S Miles Killebrew) in a game for the first since grabbing three picks at Chicago (1/2/16) in the 2015 season finale.

Detroit registered a season-high eight team pass defenses, which was the highest by the Lions defense in a game since they knocked down nine passes at New Orleans last season (12/21/15). In the past two years, the Lions have collected 17 pass defenses in two games against the Saints.

The Lions did not allow a passing touchdown by the Saints in the team’s win, snapping Saints QB Drew Brees’ NFL record 60-game streak with a touchdown pass at home.

Safeties Picks:  All three interceptions by Detroit in the win over the Saints were registered by safeties (Quin, Wilson and Killebrew). The Lions’ three picks by safeties are the most in a single game in the NFL this season. Overall, the Lions’ safeties have recorded seven interceptions this year.

Close-Out Interceptions: S Miles Killebrew’s interception on the final play of the game was the Lions’ fifth interception this season in the final two-minutes of the fourth quarter, which leads the NFL this season and are the most by the Lions since they registered five such interceptions in 1991. Killebrew’s interception also marked the third game in a row that the Lions intercepted a pass in the final two minutes of the game.

RUSH DEFENSE
The Lions defense held the New Orleans Saints to 50 rushing yards, which marks the lowest single-game total allowed by the Lions this season.

Since the beginning of the 2014 season, Detroit has held opponents to under 100 rushing yards in 26 out of 44 games (59.1 pct), which is the second-highest total in the NFL.

The 50 yards yielded against the Saints marked the eighth time since 2014 that the Lions allowed 50 rushing yards or less in a game, which is tied with Denver and Seattle for the most such games over the past three seasons.

LS DON MUHLBACH
By playing at New Orleans, LS Don Mulhbach surpassed T Jeff Backus (191) for the fourth-most games played in Detroit Lions history. Thus far in 13 seasons, Muhlbach has tallied 192 career games.

K MATT PRATER
In the 28-13 win at New Orleans, K Matt Prater set a single-game career high with five successful field goal attempts, including field goals of 27, 29, 32, 27 and 52 yards. He finished the game 5-for-5.

Prater became the first Lions kicker to make 5 field goals in a game since K Jason Hanson went 5-for-5 against Green Bay on November 27, 2003.

This was also the seventh time in Prater’s career that he has made 4+ field goals in a single game and the second time he has accomplished this since joining the Lions in 2014.

50-Yard Field Goals: With a 52-yard field goal at New Orleans, Prater joined Hanson (8 in 2009, 5 in 2011) as the only kickers in team history to make 5+ 50-yard field goals in a single season twice (5 in 2015) in their careers, and he became the first kicker in team history to make 5+ 50-yard field goals in consecutive seasons. His 52-yard field goal was his 34th 50-yarder of his career.

Career High Points Scored: Prater made 5 field goals and 1 PAT as he accumulated a single-game career high of 16 points. Previously, Prater scored 15 points vs. Tennessee on December 8, 2013 and at Dallas on October 6, 2013 while with Denver. Prater scored the most kicking points (16) by a Lions kicker since K David Akers scored 16 vs. Chicago on September 29, 2013.

QB MATTHEW STAFFORD
At New Orleans, QB Matthew Stafford led the Lions to a 28-13 win over the Saints as he completed 30-of-42 passes (71.4 pct) for 341 yards and 2 touchdowns with a passer rating of 111.3.

Franchise Record for Consecutive Completions: Over the span of three drives in the first and second quarter, QB Matthew Stafford set a new franchise record by completing 13 consecutive pass attempts. Stafford broke the previous record set by QB Jon Kitna (12, at Ari 11/19/06).

Career High Rushing Yards: On his first rushing attempt of the game, Stafford scrambled for nine yards and set a new single-season career high for rushing yards in a season. With three attempts for 22 yards, he now has 178 yards on 30 attempts (5.9 avg) this season. He has outgained his previous career high of 156 gained in 2015 (44 att, 3.6 avg.)

3,000 Passing Yards: With 341 passing yards against the Saints, Stafford surpassed 3,000 passing yards on the year. With 3,224 yards through 12 games, he has now thrown for 3,000+ yards for the sixth-straight season (2011-16).

1st Half Accuracy: Stafford completed 19 of 23 passes (82.6 pct) in the first half against the Saints. It was the eighth time in his career that he has compiled a completion percentage of 80+-percent in the first half of a game. His 82.6 completion percentage in the first half was the third highest of his career.

Two-Year Totals Against New Orleans: Stafford has led the Lions to victories at New Orleans in each of the past two seasons. In those two games against the Saints, he completed 52-of-67 passes (77.6 pct) for 595 yards, five touchdowns and a passer rating of 128.5.

WR GOLDEN TATE
WR Golden Tate provided offensive firepower in the Lions’ win over the Saints as he caught eight passes for 145 yards and scored on a 66-yard touchdown. His 66-yarder came with 11:38 to go in the fourth quarter on 3^rd-and-10 just after the Saints scored a touchdown to narrow the score to 19-13.

Tate’s 145 yards marked the 10^th 100-yard game of his career and seventh with the Lions. His 145 yards was the fourth-highest single-game total of his career and the second-highest in 2016.

5,000 Career Yards: With 145 yards at New Orleans, Tate has now reached 5,000 career receiving yards. In 102 games, Tate has tallied 5,101 receiving yards.

Tate vs. New Orleans: Over the past three seasons, Tate has recorded 24 receptions for 334 yards (14.3 yds per reception; 111.3 yds per game) and four touchdowns in three games against the Saints.

RB THEO RIDDICK
RB Theo Riddick scored on a one-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter at New Orleans and set a new career single-season high for receiving touchdowns. Riddick has caught five touchdowns this season and surpassed his previous career high (4) originally set in 2014.

By reaching five receiving touchdowns in 2016, Riddick became the first Lions running back since FB James Jones (5) in 1984 to record 5+ receiving touchdowns in a season and just the sixth Lions running back in team history to record 5+ receiving touchdowns in a single-season.

By catching one touchdown at New Orleans, Riddick tied RB Howard Cassady (12, 1958-60) for the third-most touchdown receptions by a Lions running back over a three-year span.

Receptions by Lions RBs:
Riddick hauled in five receptions against the Saints and became the first Lions running back in team history to catch 130+ passes over a two-year span. Over the past two seasons, Riddick has hauled in 133 passes.

S GLOVER QUIN
S Glover Quin helped guide the Lions pass defense in the team’s win at New Orleans. Quin registered his second interception of the season with a remarkable pick along the Saints sideline midway through the third quarter.

Quin now has 13 interceptions over the past three seasons and 16 since joining the Lions in 2013. His pick against the Saints was his 21^st career interception.

In the game, Quin totaled five tackles, one interception and two pass defenses. This was his third career game with 5+ tackles, one interception and 2+ pass defenses.

S TAVON WILSON
S Tavon Wilson grabbed the Lions’ second interception of game at New Orleans when he tipped a Saints pass to himself and collected the interception in the fourth quarter. His interception was the second of the season, which is the second-most he has collected in a single season during his career (4, 2012).

S MILES KILLEBREW
Rookie S Miles Killebrew recorded the first interception of his career when he picked off a Saints pass in the end zone on the final play of the game. Killebrew’s interception was the first by a Lions rookie safety since S Louis Delmas picked off a pass against the Arizona Cardinals on December 20, 2009 during his rookie season.

CB NEVIN LAWSON
CB Nevin Lawson tied a career single-game high with seven total tackles (six solo) at New Orleans (12/4). His seven tackles against the Saints also marked a single-game high for him this season.

DT A’SHAWN ROBINSON
Rookie DT A’Shawn Robinson knocked down his sixth pass of the season against the Saints. His six pass defenses are the most by a rookie defensive lineman since Giants DE Jason Pierre-Paul had six in 2010. Robinson’s sox batted passes are also the most by a rookie defensive tackle since Jaguars DT John Henderson registered six in 2002.