PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
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Year-BY-Year resuLts<br />
<strong>Detroit</strong>lions.com<br />
Media.<strong>Detroit</strong>lions.com<br />
1980<br />
Record: 9-7, 2nd nFc central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/7 W 41-20 at los angeles 64,892<br />
9/14 W 29-7 at Green Bay (Mil) 53,099<br />
9/21 W 20-7 st. louis 80,027<br />
9/28 W 27-7 Minnesota 80,291*<br />
10/5 l 28-43 at atlanta 57,625<br />
10/12 W 24-13 New Orleans 78,147*<br />
10/19 l 7-24 at Chicago 58,508<br />
10/26 l 17-20 at Kansas City 59,391<br />
11/2 W 17-13 san Francisco 78,845*<br />
11/9 l 0-34 at Minnesota 46,264<br />
11/16 l 9-10 Baltimore 77,677*<br />
11/23 W 24-10 at tampa Bay 64,976<br />
11/27 l 17-23ot Chicago 75,397*<br />
12/7 l 23-24 at st. louis 46,966<br />
12/14 W 27-14 tampa Bay 77,098*<br />
12/21 W 24-3 Green Bay 75,111*<br />
* silverdome sellout<br />
Usual Starters<br />
Offense<br />
Wr 87 Fred scott<br />
lt 76 Karl Baldischwiler<br />
lG 61 Homer elias<br />
C 65 amas Fowler<br />
rG 73 russ Bolinger<br />
rt 70 Keith Dorney<br />
te 81 David Hill<br />
Wr 39 leonard thompson<br />
QB 16 Gary Danielson<br />
rB 20 Billy sims<br />
rB 24 Dexter Bussey<br />
Defense<br />
le 75 Dave Pureifory<br />
lt 79 William Gay<br />
rt 64 John Mendenhall<br />
re 60 al Baker<br />
llB 59 Charlie Weaver<br />
MlB 57 Ken Fantetti<br />
rlB 52 stan White<br />
lCB 27 Wayne smith<br />
rCB 28 James Hunter<br />
Fs 23 ray Oldham<br />
ss 40 Jimmy allen<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: al Baker (De), eddie Murray (K), Billy sims (rB)<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 308 265<br />
rushing 143 100<br />
Passing 143 143<br />
Penalty 22 22<br />
3rd Down: Made/att 106/237 84/223<br />
3rd Down Pct. 44.7 37.7<br />
Total net Yards 5540 4533<br />
avg. Per Game 346.3 283.3<br />
Total Plays 1040 955<br />
avg. Per Play 5.3 4.7<br />
net Yards Rushing 2599 1599<br />
avg. Per Game 162.4 99.9<br />
total rushes 572 449<br />
net Yards Passing 2941 2934<br />
avg. Per Game 183.8 183.4<br />
sacked/Yards lost 45/346 44/300<br />
Gross Yards 3287 3234<br />
att./Completions 423/248 462/256<br />
Completion Pct. 58.6 55.4<br />
Had Intercepted 12 23<br />
Punts/Average 73/41.6 93/41.6<br />
Penalties/Yards 104/844 98/815<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 40/19 20/11<br />
Touchdowns 36 32<br />
rushing 21 9<br />
Passing 13 14<br />
returns 2 9<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
lions 40 93 59 142 0 334<br />
Opponents 61 98 36 71 6 272<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts<br />
Murray 0 0 0 0 35/36 27/42 0 116<br />
sims 16 13 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 96<br />
scott 5 1 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
Bussey 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
l. thompson 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
r. Williams 3 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
Danielson 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
King 2 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Hill 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Oldham 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Cole 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 36 21 13 2 35/36 27/42 1 334<br />
Opponents 32 9 14 9 30/31 16/21 - 272<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
sims 313 1303 4.2 52 13<br />
Bussey 145 720 5.0 40 3<br />
Danielson 48 232 4.8 33 2<br />
Kane 31 125 4.0 22 0<br />
scott 5 86 17.2 48t 1<br />
l. thompson 6 61 10.2 30 0<br />
King 18 57 3.2 8 1<br />
r. Williams 2 17 8.5 11t 1<br />
robinson 3 2 0.7 4 0<br />
J. thompson 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 572 2599 4.5 52 21<br />
Opponents 449 1599 3.6 21 9<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
scott 53 834 15.7 43t 4<br />
sims 51 621 12.2 87t 3<br />
Hill 39 424 10.9 29 1<br />
Bussey 39 364 9.3 30 0<br />
l. thompson 19 511 26.9 79t 3<br />
King 19 184 9.7 29 1<br />
J. thompson 11 137 12.5 19 0<br />
r. Williams 10 146 14.6 22t 1<br />
Kane 5 26 5.2 9 0<br />
Friede 1 21 21.0 21 0<br />
Callicutt 1 19 19.0 19 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 248 3287 13.3 87t 13<br />
Opponents 256 3234 12.6 67t 14<br />
Passing Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
Danielson 417 244 3223 58.5 7.73 13 3.1 11 2.6 87t 44/338 82.6<br />
Komlo 4 2 26 50.0 6.50 0 0.0 1 25.0 20 0/0 -33.3<br />
skladany 2 2 38 100.0 19.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 164.6<br />
r. Williams 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1/8 0.0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 423 248 3287 58.6 7.77 13 3.1 12 2.8 87t 45/346 82.0<br />
Opponents 462 256 3234 55.4 7.00 14 3.0 23 5.0 67 44/300 66.8<br />
interceptions int Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
allen 6 38 6.3 23 0<br />
Hunter 6 20 3.3 13 0<br />
Oldham 3 39 13.0 29t 1<br />
White 2 22 11.0 15 0<br />
smith 1 23 23.0 23 0<br />
W. Williams 1 19 19.0 19 0<br />
Fantetti 1 10 10.0 10 0<br />
Baker 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Bradley 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Weaver 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 23 168 7.3 29t 1<br />
Opponents 12 173 14.4 67t 1<br />
Punting Pnt Yds Avg in Lg B<br />
skladany 72 3036 42.2 16 67 1<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 73 3036 41.8 16 67 1<br />
Opponents 93 3865 41.6 16 56 0<br />
Punt Returns PR Fc Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
r. Williams 27 4 259 9.6 53 0<br />
arnold 28 6 204 7.3 19 0<br />
Callicutt 1 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 56 10 463 8.3 53 0<br />
Opponents 38 8 300 7.9 57t 1<br />
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
Kane 23 495 21.5 62 0<br />
Callicutt 16 301 18.8 31 0<br />
r. Williams 9 228 25.3 91t 1<br />
arnold 9 145 16.1 33 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 57 1169 20.5 91t 1<br />
Opponents 64 1289 20.1 101t 3<br />
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+<br />
Murray 0/1 9/9 10/13 7/15 1/4<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 0/1 9/9 10/13 7/15 1/4<br />
Opponents 1/1 7/8 4/6 3/4 1/2<br />
nFL Standings<br />
nFc central W L T Pct. Pts OP<br />
Minnesota 9 7 0 .563 317 308<br />
DetrOIt 9 7 0 .563 334 272<br />
Chicago 7 9 0 .438 304 264<br />
tampa Bay 5 10 1 .344 271 341<br />
Green Bay 5 10 1 .344 231 371<br />
nFc east<br />
Philadelphia 12 4 0 .750 384 222<br />
Dallas 12 4 0 .750 454 311<br />
Washington 6 10 0 .375 261 293<br />
st. louis 5 11 0 .313 299 350<br />
NY Giants 4 12 0 .250 249 425<br />
nFc West<br />
atlanta 12 4 0 .750 405 272<br />
los angeles 11 5 0 .688 424 289<br />
san Francisco 6 10 0 .375 320 415<br />
New Orleans 1 15 0 .063 291 487<br />
AFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Cleveland 11 5 0 .688 357 310<br />
Houston 11 5 0 .688 295 251<br />
Pittsburgh 9 7 0 .563 352 313<br />
Cincinnati 6 10 0 .375 244 312<br />
AFc east<br />
Buffalo 11 5 0 .688 320 260<br />
New england 10 6 0 .625 441 325<br />
Miami 8 8 0 .500 266 305<br />
Baltimore 7 9 0 .438 355 387<br />
NY Jets 4 12 0 .250 302 395<br />
AFc West<br />
san Diego 11 5 0 .688 418 327<br />
Oakland 11 5 0 .688 364 306<br />
Kansas City 8 8 0 .500 319 336<br />
Denver 8 8 0 .500 310 323<br />
seattle 4 12 0 .250 291 408<br />
Dal defeated la, 24-13, in NFC wild card. Phi defeated Min, 31-16, and Dal defeated atl, 30-27, in NFC<br />
playoffs. Phi defeated Dal, 20-7, for NFC title. Oak defeated Hou, 27-7, in aFC wild card. sD defeated Buf,<br />
20-14, and Oak defeated Cle, 14-12, in aFC playoffs. Oak defeated sD, 34-27, for aFC title. Oak defeated<br />
Phi, 27-10, for NFl title in sB XV.<br />
in 1980: The U.S. Olympic hockey team stuns the sports world, capturing the gold medal at Lake<br />
Placid.
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