AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS - Detroit Lions Mediaroom
AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS - Detroit Lions Mediaroom
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1981<br />
Record: 8-8, 2nd nFc central<br />
Date W/L Score Opponent Att<br />
9/6 W 24-17 san Francisco 62,123<br />
9/13 l 23-28 at san Diego 51,624<br />
9/20 l 24-26 at Minnesota 45,350<br />
9/27 W 16-0 Oakland 77,919*<br />
10/4 l 10-28 at tampa Bay 71,733<br />
10/11 l 21-27 at Denver 74,816<br />
10/19 W 48-17 Chicago 71,273<br />
10/25 W 31-27 Green Bay 76,063*<br />
11/1 l 13-20 at los angeles 61,814<br />
11/8 l 31-33 at Washington 52,096<br />
11/15 W 27-24 Dallas 79,694*<br />
11/22 W 23-7 at Chicago 50,082<br />
11/26 W 27-10 Kansas City 76,735*<br />
12/6 l 17-31 at Green Bay 54,481<br />
12/12 W 45-7 Minnesota 79,428*<br />
12/20 l 17-20 tampa Bay 80,444*<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 17 eric Hipple<br />
rB 20 Billy sims<br />
rB 24 Dexter Bussey<br />
Defense<br />
le 75 Dave Pureifory<br />
lt 79 William Gay<br />
rt 78 Doug english<br />
re 60 al Baker<br />
llB 53 Garry Cobb<br />
MlB 57 Ken Fantetti<br />
rlB 52 stan White<br />
lCB 27 Wayne smith<br />
rCB 28 James Hunter<br />
Fs 35 Jimmy allen<br />
ss 23 ray Oldham<br />
Pro Bowl Selections: Doug english (Dt), Billy sims (rB), tom skladany (P)<br />
Team Statistics Det Opp<br />
Total First Downs 340 279<br />
rushing 167 93<br />
Passing 150 158<br />
Penalty 23 28<br />
3rd Down: Made/att 84/214 77/210<br />
3rd Down Pct. 39.3 36.7<br />
Possession Avg. 31:35 28:25<br />
Total net Yards 5933 4846<br />
avg. Per Game 370.8 302.9<br />
Total Plays 1076 991<br />
avg. Per Play 5.5 4.9<br />
net Yards Rushing 2795 1623<br />
avg. Per Game 174.7 101.4<br />
total rushes 596 469<br />
net Yards Passing 3138 3223<br />
avg. Per Game 196.1 201.4<br />
sacked/Yards lost 44/337 47/373<br />
Gross Yards 3475 3596<br />
att./Completions 436/228 475/261<br />
Completion Pct. 52.3 54.9<br />
Had Intercepted 23 24<br />
Punts/Average 64/43.5 81/42.9<br />
Penalties/Yards 111/990 95/872<br />
Fumbles/Ball Lost 41/20 29/15<br />
Touchdowns 46 38<br />
rushing 26 14<br />
Passing 18 22<br />
returns 2 2<br />
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts<br />
lions 81 139 68 109 - 397<br />
Opponents 72 106 39 105 - 322<br />
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt P<strong>AT</strong> FG S Pts<br />
Murray 0 0 0 0 46/46 25/35 0 121<br />
sims 15 13 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 90<br />
Hipple 7 7 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 42<br />
scott 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30<br />
Hill 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
l. thompson 4 1 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 24<br />
Kane 3 2 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 18<br />
Danielson 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12<br />
Hall 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
King 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Martin 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Nichols 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
Porter 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
V. thompson 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 46 26 18 2 46/46 25/35 0 397<br />
Opponents 38 14 22 2 37/38 19/22 0 322<br />
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
sims 296 1437 4.9 51 13<br />
Bussey 105 446 4.2 23 0<br />
Kane 77 332 4.3 20 2<br />
V. thompson 35 211 6.0 30 1<br />
Hipple 41 168 4.1 18 7<br />
l. thompson 10 75 7.5 21 1<br />
Nichols 3 50 16.7 30 0<br />
King 7 25 3.6 7 0<br />
scott 7 25 3.6 10 0<br />
Danielson 9 23 2.6 11t 2<br />
Komlo 6 3 0.5 5 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 596 2795 4.7 51 26<br />
Opponents 469 1623 3.5 69t 14<br />
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
scott 53 1022 19.3 48 5<br />
Hill 33 462 14.0 34 4<br />
l. thompson 30 550 18.3 94t 3<br />
sims 28 451 16.1 81t 2<br />
King 20 211 10.6 41 1<br />
Kane 18 187 10.4 40 1<br />
Bussey 18 92 5.1 16 0<br />
Nichols 10 222 22.2 59 1<br />
Year-BY-Year resuLts<br />
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Norris 8 132 16.5 34 0<br />
V. thompson 4 40 10.0 17 0<br />
Porter 3 63 21.0 27t 1<br />
Callicutt 2 24 12.0 16 0<br />
Cobb 1 19 19.0 19 0<br />
<strong>Lions</strong> 228 3475 15.2 94t 18<br />
Opponents 261 3596 13.8 95t 22<br />
Passing<br />
Hipple<br />
Danielson<br />
Komlo<br />
skladany<br />
scott<br />
<strong>Lions</strong><br />
Opponents<br />
Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int%<br />
279 140 2358 50.2 8.45 14 5.0 15 5.4<br />
96 56 784 58.3 8.17 3 3.1 5 5.2<br />
57 29 290 50.9 5.09 1 1.8 3 5.3<br />
3 3 43 100.0 14.33 0 0.0 0 0.0<br />
1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0<br />
436 228 3475 52.3 7.97 18 4.1 23 5.3<br />
475 261 3596 54.9 7.57 22 4.6 24 5.1<br />
Lg Sk/Y Rtg<br />
94t 27/208 73.3<br />
45 12/84 73.4<br />
46 5/45 49.6<br />
19 0/0 145.1<br />
0 0/0 2.1<br />
94t 44/337 70.5<br />
95t 47/373 73.8<br />
interceptions<br />
allen<br />
White<br />
Cobb<br />
Fantetti<br />
Hall<br />
Oldham<br />
Baker<br />
Bradley<br />
Gray<br />
Hunter<br />
<strong>Lions</strong><br />
Opponents<br />
int<br />
9<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
24<br />
23<br />
Yds<br />
123<br />
37<br />
32<br />
18<br />
60<br />
10<br />
9<br />
0<br />
0<br />
-3<br />
285<br />
274<br />
Avg<br />
13.7<br />
9.3<br />
10.7<br />
9.0<br />
60.0<br />
10.0<br />
9.0<br />
0.0<br />
0.0<br />
-3.0<br />
11.9<br />
11.9<br />
Lg<br />
34<br />
16<br />
17<br />
17<br />
60t<br />
10<br />
9<br />
0<br />
0<br />
-3<br />
60t<br />
92t<br />
TD<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
Punting<br />
skladany<br />
<strong>Lions</strong><br />
Opponents<br />
Pnt<br />
64<br />
64<br />
81<br />
Yds<br />
2784<br />
2784<br />
3471<br />
Avg<br />
43.5<br />
43.5<br />
42.9<br />
in<br />
21<br />
21<br />
16<br />
Lg<br />
74<br />
74<br />
73<br />
Punt Returns<br />
Martin<br />
Porter<br />
<strong>Lions</strong><br />
Opponents<br />
PR<br />
52<br />
0<br />
52<br />
39<br />
Fc<br />
8<br />
1<br />
9<br />
6<br />
Yds<br />
450<br />
0<br />
450<br />
299<br />
Avg<br />
8.7<br />
-<br />
8.7<br />
7.7<br />
Lg<br />
45t<br />
0<br />
45t<br />
39<br />
TD<br />
1<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
Kickoff Returns<br />
Hall<br />
Martin<br />
Nichols<br />
King<br />
Callicutt<br />
Harrell<br />
lee<br />
<strong>Lions</strong><br />
Opponents<br />
KR<br />
25<br />
25<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
61<br />
70<br />
Yds<br />
525<br />
509<br />
74<br />
33<br />
23<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1164<br />
1257<br />
Avg<br />
21.0<br />
20.4<br />
18.5<br />
11.0<br />
11.5<br />
0.0<br />
0.0<br />
19.1<br />
18.0<br />
Lg<br />
36<br />
34<br />
26<br />
14<br />
12<br />
0<br />
0<br />
36<br />
45<br />
TD<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Field Goals<br />
Murray<br />
<strong>Lions</strong><br />
Opponents<br />
1-19<br />
1/1<br />
1/1<br />
0/0<br />
20-29<br />
5/5<br />
5/5<br />
8/9<br />
30-39<br />
9/14<br />
9/14<br />
7/9<br />
40-49<br />
7/11<br />
7/11<br />
4/5<br />
50+<br />
3/4<br />
3/4<br />
0/0<br />
nFL Standings<br />
nFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
tampa Bay 9 7 0 .563 315 268<br />
DetrOIt 8 8 0 .500 397 322<br />
Green Bay 8 8 0 .500 324 361<br />
Minnesota 7 9 0 .438 325 369<br />
Chicago 6 10 0 .375 253 324<br />
nFc east<br />
Dallas 12 4 0 .750 367 277<br />
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 368 221<br />
NY Giants 9 7 0 .563 285 257<br />
Washington 8 8 0 .500 347 349<br />
st. louis 7 9 0 .438 315 408<br />
nFc West<br />
san Francisco 13 3 0 .813 357 250<br />
atlanta 7 9 0 .438 426 355<br />
los angeles 6 10 0 .375 303 351<br />
New Orleans 4 12 0 .250 207 278<br />
AFc central W L T Pct Pts OP<br />
Cincinnati 12 4 0 .750 421 304<br />
Pittsburgh 8 8 0 .500 356 297<br />
Houston 7 9 0 .438 281 355<br />
Cleveland 5 11 0 .313 276 375<br />
AFc east<br />
Miami 11 4 1 .719 345 275<br />
NY Jets 10 5 1 .656 355 287<br />
Buffalo 10 6 0 .625 311 276<br />
Baltimore 2 14 0 .125 259 533<br />
New england 2 14 0 .125 322 370<br />
AFc West<br />
san Diego 10 6 0 .625 478 390<br />
Denver 10 6 0 .625 321 289<br />
Kansas City 9 7 0 .563 343 290<br />
Oakland 7 9 0 .438 273 343<br />
seattle 6 10 0 .375 322 388<br />
NYG defeated Phi, 27-21, in NFC wild card. Dal defeated tB, 36-0, and sF defeated NYG, 38-24, in NFC<br />
playoffs. sF defeated Dal, 28-27, for NFC title. Buf defeated NYJ, 31-27, in aFC wild card. sD defeated Mia,<br />
41-38, and Cin defeated Buf, 28-21, in aFC playoffs. Cin defeated sD, 27-7, for aFC title. sF defeated Cin,<br />
26-21, for NFl title in sB XVI.<br />
in 1981: U.S.-Iran agreement frees 52 hostages held in Teheran since 1979.
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