| Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1980 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 57652 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 66 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 28 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 43 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 43 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Frank Reed 16 blocked punt recovery (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Buddy Curry 30 opponents fumble recovery (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 26 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Alfred Jenkins 43 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Joel Williams 42 opponents fumble recovery (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 33 FG | 3 | 34 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 32 FG | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Safety, Gary Danielson tackled in end zone by Joel Williams | 6 | 36 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Freddie Scott 43 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | William Andrews 11 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Leonard Thompson 79 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 20 | 43 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Safety, Reggie Smith tackled in end zone by Eddie Cole | 26 | 43 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Freddie Scott 6 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick failed) | 26 | 43 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 25 | 0 |
| DET | Billy Sims | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Lynn Cain | 21 | 102 | 4.9 | 13 | 0 |
| ATL | William Andrews | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 15 | 1 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 36 | 23 | 63.9 | 1 | 348 | 9.7 | 79t | 3 | 5 | 50 | 111.8 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 2 | 183 | 8.3 | 43t | 1 | 2 | 9 | 55.7 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 43t | 2 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 79t | 1 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 16 | 0 |
| DET | David Hill | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Billy Sims | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 1 | 0 |
| ATL | Junior Miller | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 34 | 0 |
| ATL | Alfred Jenkins | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 43t | 1 |
| ATL | Wallace Francis | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 |
| ATL | William Andrews | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Walt Williams | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DET | Ray Oldham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Tom Pridemore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Tom Skladany | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 54 | 1 |
| ATL | John James | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | John Arnold | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| ATL | Reggie Smith | 3 | 2 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | John Arnold | 7 | 124 | 17.7 | 33 | 0 |
| DET | Ken Callicutt | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 31 | 0 |
| ATL | Reggie Smith | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | Bubba Baker | 1.0 |
| DET | Ken Fantetti | 1.0 |
| ATL | Wilson Faumuina | 1.5 |
| ATL | Joel Williams | 1.5 |
| ATL | Al Richardson | 1.0 |
| ATL | Don Smith | 1.0 |
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