2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1980
Record: 9-7, 2nd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/7 W 41-20 at Los Angeles 64,892
9/14 W 29-7 at Green Bay (Mil) 53,099
9/21 W 20-7 St. Louis 80,027
9/28 W 27-7 Minnesota 80,291*
10/5 L 28-43 at Atlanta 57,625
10/12 W 24-13 New Orleans 78,147*
10/19 L 7-24 at Chicago 58,508
10/26 L 17-20 at Kansas City 59,391
11/2 W 17-13 San Francisco 78,845*
11/9 L 0-34 at Minnesota 46,264
11/16 L 9-10 Baltimore 77,677*
11/23 W 24-10 at Tampa Bay 64,976
11/27 L 17-23 (ot) Chicago 75,397*
12/7 L 23-24 at St. Louis 46,966
12/14 W 27-14 Tampa Bay 77,098*
12/21 W 24-3 Green Bay 75,111*
* Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
WR 87 Fred Scott
LT 76 Karl Baldischwiler
LG 61 Homer Elias
C 65 Amas Fowler
RG 73 Russ Bolinger
RT 70 Keith Dorney
TE 81 David Hill
WR 39 Leonard Thompson
QB 16 Gary Danielson
RB 20 Billy Sims
RB 24 Dexter Bussey
Defense
LE 75 Dave Pureifory
LT 79 William Gay
RT 64 John Mendenhall
RE 60 Al Baker
LLB 59 Charlie Weaver
MLB 57 Ken Fantetti
RLB 52 Stan White
LCB 27 Wayne Smith
RCB 28 James Hunter
FS 23 Ray Oldham
SS 40 Jimmy Allen
Pro Bowl Selections: Al Baker (DE), Eddie Murray (K), Billy Sims (RB)
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 308 265
Rushing 143 100
Passing 143 143
Penalty 22 22
3rd Down: Made/Att 106/237 84/223
3rd Down Pct. 44.7 37.7
Total Net Yards 5540 4533
Avg. Per Game 346.3 283.3
Total Plays 1040 955
Avg. Per Play 5.3 4.7
Net Yards Rushing 2599 1599
Avg. Per Game 162.4 99.9
Total Rushes 572 449
Net Yards Passing 2941 2934
Avg. Per Game 183.8 183.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 45/346 44/300
Gross Yards 3287 3234
Att./Completions 423/248 462/256
Completion Pct. 58.6 55.4
Had Intercepted 12 23
Punts/Average 73/41.6 93/41.6
Penalties/Yards 104/844 98/815
Fumbles/Ball Lost 40/19 20/11
Touchdowns 36 32
Rushing 21 9
Passing 13 14
Returns 2 9
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 40 93 59 142 0 334
Opponents 61 98 36 71 6 272
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Murray 0 0 0 0 35/36 27/42 0 116
Sims 16 13 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 96
Scott 5 1 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Bussey 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
L. Thompson 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
R. Williams 3 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Danielson 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
King 2 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Hill 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Oldham 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Cole 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2
Lions 36 21 13 2 35/36 27/42 1 334
Opponents 32 9 14 9 30/31 16/21 - 272
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Sims 313 1303 4.2 52 13
Bussey 145 720 5.0 40 3
Danielson 48 232 4.8 33 2
Kane 31 125 4.0 22 0
Scott 5 86 17.2 48t 1
L. Thompson 6 61 10.2 30 0
King 18 57 3.2 8 1
R. Williams 2 17 8.5 11t 1
Robinson 3 2 0.7 4 0
J. Thompson 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0
Lions 572 2599 4.5 52 21
Opponents 449 1599 3.6 21 9
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Scott 53 834 15.7 43t 4
Sims 51 621 12.2 87t 3
Hill 39 424 10.9 29 1
Bussey 39 364 9.3 30 0
L. Thompson 19 511 26.9 79t 3
King 19 184 9.7 29 1
J. Thompson 11 137 12.5 19 0
R. Williams 10 146 14.6 22t 1
Kane 5 26 5.2 9 0
Friede 1 21 21.0 21 0
Callicutt 1 19 19.0 19 0
Lions 248 3287 13.3 87t 13
Opponents 256 3234 12.6 67t 14
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Danielson 417 244 3223 58.5 7.73 13 3.1 11 2.6 87t 44/338 82.6
Komlo 4 2 26 50.0 6.50 0 0.0 1 25.0 20 0/0 -33.3
Skladany 2 2 38 100.0 19.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 164.6
R. Williams 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1/8 0.0
Lions 423 248 3287 58.6 7.77 13 3.1 12 2.8 87t 45/346 82.0
Opponents 462 256 3234 55.4 7.00 14 3.0 23 5.0 67 44/300 66.8
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Allen 6 38 6.3 23 0
Hunter 6 20 3.3 13 0
Oldham 3 39 13.0 29t 1
White 2 22 11.0 15 0
Smith 1 23 23.0 23 0
W. Williams 1 19 19.0 19 0
Fantetti 1 10 10.0 10 0
Baker 1 0 0.0 0 0
Bradley 1 0 0.0 0 0
Weaver 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0
Lions 23 168 7.3 29t 1
Opponents 12 173 14.4 67t 1
Punting Pnt Yds Avg In Lg B
Skladany 72 3036 42.2 16 67 1
Lions 73 3036 41.8 16 67 1
Opponents 93 3865 41.6 16 56 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
R. Williams 27 4 259 9.6 53 0
Arnold 28 6 204 7.3 19 0
Callicutt 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 56 10 463 8.3 53 0
Opponents 38 8 300 7.9 57t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Kane 23 495 21.5 62 0
Callicutt 16 301 18.8 31 0
R. Williams 9 228 25.3 91t 1
Arnold 9 145 16.1 33 0
Lions 57 1169 20.5 91t 1
Opponents 64 1289 20.1 101t 3
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 0/1 9/9 10/13 7/15 1/4
Lions 0/1 9/9 10/13 7/15 1/4
Opponents 1/1 7/8 4/6 3/4 1/2
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct. Pts OP
Minnesota 9 7 0 .563 317 308
DETROIT 9 7 0 .563 334 272
Chicago 7 9 0 .438 304 264
Tampa Bay 5 10 1 .344 271 341
Green Bay 5 10 1 .344 231 371
NFC East
Philadelphia 12 4 0 .750 384 222
Dallas 12 4 0 .750 454 311
Washington 6 10 0 .375 261 293
St. Louis 5 11 0 .313 299 350
NY Giants 4 12 0 .250 249 425
NFC West
Atlanta 12 4 0 .750 405 272
Los Angeles 11 5 0 .688 424 289
San Francisco 6 10 0 .375 320 415
New Orleans 1 15 0 .063 291 487
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Cleveland 11 5 0 .688 357 310
Houston 11 5 0 .688 295 251
Pittsburgh 9 7 0 .563 352 313
Cincinnati 6 10 0 .375 244 312
AFC East
Buffalo 11 5 0 .688 320 260
New England 10 6 0 .625 441 325
Miami 8 8 0 .500 266 305
Baltimore 7 9 0 .438 355 387
NY Jets 4 12 0 .250 302 395
AFC West
San Diego 11 5 0 .688 418 327
Oakland 11 5 0 .688 364 306
Kansas City 8 8 0 .500 319 336
Denver 8 8 0 .500 310 323
Seattle 4 12 0 .250 291 408
Dal defeated LA, 24-13, in NFC wild card. Phi defeated Min, 31-16, and Dal defeated Atl, 30-27, in NFC
playoffs. Phi defeated Dal, 20-7, for NFC title. Oak defeated Hou, 27-7, in AFC wild card. SD defeated Buf,
20-14, and Oak defeated Cle, 14-12, in AFC playoffs. Oak defeated SD, 34-27, for AFC title. Oak defeated
Phi, 27-10, for NFL title in SB XV.
IN 1980: The U.S. Olympic hockey team stuns the sports world, capturing the gold medal at Lake
Placid.
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