2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1981
Record: 8-8, 2nd NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/6 W 24-17 San Francisco 62,123
9/13 L 23-28 at San Diego 51,624
9/20 L 24-26 at Minnesota 45,350
9/27 W 16-0 Oakland 77,919*
10/4 L 10-28 at Tampa Bay 71,733
10/11 L 21-27 at Denver 74,816
10/19 W 48-17 Chicago 71,273
10/25 W 31-27 Green Bay 76,063*
11/1 L 13-20 at Los Angeles 61,814
11/8 L 31-33 at Washington 52,096
11/15 W 27-24 Dallas 79,694*
11/22 W 23-7 at Chicago 50,082
11/26 W 27-10 Kansas City 76,735*
12/6 L 17-31 at Green Bay 54,481
12/12 W 45-7 Minnesota 79,428*
12/20 L 17-20 Tampa Bay 80,444*
* Silverdome sellout
Usual Starters
Offense
Defense
WR 87 Fred Scott
LE 75 Dave Pureifory
LT 76 Karl Baldischwiler
LT 79 William Gay
LG 61 Homer Elias
RT 78 Doug English
C 65 Amas Fowler
RE 60 Al Baker
RG 73 Russ Bolinger
LLB 53 Garry Cobb
RT 70 Keith Dorney
MLB 57 Ken Fantetti
TE 81 David Hill
RLB 52 Stan White
WR 39 Leonard Thompson
QB 17 Eric Hipple
LCB 27 Wayne Smith
RCB 28 James Hunter
RB 20 Billy Sims
FS 35 Jimmy Allen
RB 24 Dexter Bussey
SS 23 Ray Oldham
Pro Bowl Selections: Doug English (DT), Billy Sims (RB), Tom Skladany (P)
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 340 279
Rushing 167 93
Passing 150 158
Penalty 23 28
3rd Down: Made/Att 84/214 77/210
3rd Down Pct. 39.3 36.7
Possession Avg. 31:35 28:25
Total Net Yards 5933 4846
Avg. Per Game 370.8 302.9
Total Plays 1076 991
Avg. Per Play 5.5 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 2795 1623
Avg. Per Game 174.7 101.4
Total Rushes 596 469
Net Yards Passing 3138 3223
Avg. Per Game 196.1 201.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 44/337 47/373
Gross Yards 3475 3596
Att./Completions 436/228 475/261
Completion Pct. 52.3 54.9
Had Intercepted 23 24
Punts/Average 64/43.5 81/42.9
Penalties/Yards 111/990 95/872
Fumbles/Ball Lost 41/20 29/15
Touchdowns 46 38
Rushing 26 14
Passing 18 22
Returns 2 2
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 81 139 68 109 - 397
Opponents 72 106 39 105 - 322
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Murray 0 0 0 0 46/46 25/35 0 121
Sims 15 13 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 90
Hipple 7 7 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 42
Scott 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Hill 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
L. Thompson 4 1 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Kane 3 2 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Danielson 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Hall 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
King 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Martin 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Nichols 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Porter 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
V. Thompson 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 46 26 18 2 46/46 25/35 0 397
Opponents 38 14 22 2 37/38 19/22 0 322
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Sims 296 1437 4.9 51 13
Bussey 105 446 4.2 23 0
Kane 77 332 4.3 20 2
V. Thompson 35 211 6.0 30 1
Hipple 41 168 4.1 18 7
L. Thompson 10 75 7.5 21 1
Nichols 3 50 16.7 30 0
King 7 25 3.6 7 0
Scott 7 25 3.6 10 0
Danielson 9 23 2.6 11t 2
Komlo 6 3 0.5 5 0
Lions 596 2795 4.7 51 26
Opponents 469 1623 3.5 69t 14
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Scott 53 1022 19.3 48 5
Hill 33 462 14.0 34 4
L. Thompson 30 550 18.3 94t 3
Sims 28 451 16.1 81t 2
King 20 211 10.6 41 1
Kane 18 187 10.4 40 1
Bussey 18 92 5.1 16 0
Nichols 10 222 22.2 59 1
Norris 8 132 16.5 34 0
V. Thompson 4 40 10.0 17 0
Porter 3 63 21.0 27t 1
Callicutt 2 24 12.0 16 0
Cobb 1 19 19.0 19 0
Lions 228 3475 15.2 94t 18
Opponents 261 3596 13.8 95t 22
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Hipple 279 140 2358 50.2 8.45 14 5.0 15 5.4 94t 27/208 73.3
Danielson 96 56 784 58.3 8.17 3 3.1 5 5.2 45 12/84 73.4
Komlo 57 29 290 50.9 5.09 1 1.8 3 5.3 46 5/45 49.6
Skladany 3 3 43 100.0 14.33 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 0/0 145.1
Scott 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 2.1
Lions 436 228 3475 52.3 7.97 18 4.1 23 5.3 94t 44/337 70.5
Opponents 475 261 3596 54.9 7.57 22 4.6 24 5.1 95t 47/373 73.8
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Allen 9 123 13.7 34 0
White 4 37 9.3 16 0
Cobb 3 32 10.7 17 0
Fantetti 2 18 9.0 17 0
Hall 1 60 60.0 60t 1
Oldham 1 10 10.0 10 0
Baker 1 9 9.0 9 0
Bradley 1 0 0.0 0 0
Gray 1 0 0.0 0 0
Hunter 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0
Lions 24 285 11.9 60t 1
Opponents 23 274 11.9 92t 1
Punting Pnt Yds Avg In Lg
Skladany 64 2784 43.5 21 74
Lions 64 2784 43.5 21 74
Opponents 81 3471 42.9 16 73
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Martin 52 8 450 8.7 45t 1
Porter 0 1 0 - 0 0
Lions 52 9 450 8.7 45t 1
Opponents 39 6 299 7.7 39 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Hall 25 525 21.0 36 0
Martin 25 509 20.4 34 0
Nichols 4 74 18.5 26 0
King 3 33 11.0 14 0
Callicutt 2 23 11.5 12 0
Harrell 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lee 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 61 1164 19.1 36 0
Opponents 70 1257 18.0 45 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 1/1 5/5 9/14 7/11 3/4
Lions 1/1 5/5 9/14 7/11 3/4
Opponents 0/0 8/9 7/9 4/5 0/0
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Tampa Bay 9 7 0 .563 315 268
DETROIT 8 8 0 .500 397 322
Green Bay 8 8 0 .500 324 361
Minnesota 7 9 0 .438 325 369
Chicago 6 10 0 .375 253 324
NFC East
Dallas 12 4 0 .750 367 277
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 368 221
NY Giants 9 7 0 .563 285 257
Washington 8 8 0 .500 347 349
St. Louis 7 9 0 .438 315 408
NFC West
San Francisco 13 3 0 .813 357 250
Atlanta 7 9 0 .438 426 355
Los Angeles 6 10 0 .375 303 351
New Orleans 4 12 0 .250 207 278
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Cincinnati 12 4 0 .750 421 304
Pittsburgh 8 8 0 .500 356 297
Houston 7 9 0 .438 281 355
Cleveland 5 11 0 .313 276 375
AFC East
Miami 11 4 1 .719 345 275
NY Jets 10 5 1 .656 355 287
Buffalo 10 6 0 .625 311 276
Baltimore 2 14 0 .125 259 533
New England 2 14 0 .125 322 370
AFC West
San Diego 10 6 0 .625 478 390
Denver 10 6 0 .625 321 289
Kansas City 9 7 0 .563 343 290
Oakland 7 9 0 .438 273 343
Seattle 6 10 0 .375 322 388
NYG defeated Phi, 27-21, in NFC wild card. Dal defeated TB, 36-0, and SF defeated NYG, 38-24, in NFC
playoffs. SF defeated Dal, 28-27, for NFC title. Buf defeated NYJ, 31-27, in AFC wild card. SD defeated Mia,
41-38, and Cin defeated Buf, 28-21, in AFC playoffs. Cin defeated SD, 27-7, for AFC title. SF defeated Cin,
26-21, for NFL title in SB XVI.
IN 1981: U.S.-Iran agreement frees 52 hostages held in Teheran since 1979.
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