| Detroit Lions at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 11, 1981 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74509 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 79 F Humidty: 15% Wind: 25 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Denver Broncos | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Steve Watson 95 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Fred Steinfort 24 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Billy Sims 48 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Billy Sims 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Steve Watson 40 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Alvin Hall 60 interception return (Eddie Murray kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Fred Steinfort 24 FG | 21 | 20 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Rick Parros 15 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 21 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 28 | 185 | 6.6 | 48t | 2 |
| Dexter Bussey | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jeff Komlo | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Parros | 20 | 77 | 3.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 1 | 72 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 31.2 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 1 | 283 | 15.7 | 95t | 3 | 2 | 17 | 130.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mark Nichols | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 95t | 2 |
| Haven Moses | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Swenson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 6 | 299 | 49.8 | 64 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 3 | 165 | 55.0 | 65 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Mike Harden | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 2.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Bob Swenson | 1.0 |
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