1980 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 2nd place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 9-7-0 .563 |
| Head Coach: Monte Clark |
| Maxie Baughan | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
| John Brunner | Offensive Backs |
| Don Doll | Special Assignments |
| Fred Hoaglin | Offensive Line |
| Joe Madden | Special Teams |
| Floyd Peters | Defensive Line |
| Mel Phillips | Defensive Backs |
| Bob Schnelker | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| Larry Seiple | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/10/1980 | A | Miami Dolphins | 7-17 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 41345 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1980 | H | Buffalo Bills | 24-17 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 48881 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1980 | H | New Orleans Saints | 40-17 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 46931 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1980 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 15-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 40288 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1980 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 41-20 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 64892 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1980 | A | Green Bay Packers | 29-7 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 53099 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1980 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-7 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 80027 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1980 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 27-7 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 80219 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1980 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 28-43 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 57652 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1980 | H | New Orleans Saints | 24-13 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 78147 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1980 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 58508 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1980 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-20 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 59391 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1980 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-13 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 78845 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1980 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 0-34 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46264 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1980 | H | Baltimore Colts | 9-10 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 77677 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1980 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24-10 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 64976 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1980 | H | Chicago Bears | 17-23 | L | OT | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 75397 |
| Sun | 12/7/1980 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 23-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 46966 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1980 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 27-14 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 77098 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1980 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-3 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 75111 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jimmy Allen | 40 | FS | 6-2 | 194 | 28 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; UCLA | 15 | 15 |
| John Arnold | 47 | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | Wyoming | 10 | 0 |
| Bubba Baker | 60 | RDE | 6-6 | 275 | 24 | Colorado State | 15 | 15 |
| Karl Baldischwiler | 76 | LOT | 6-5 | 270 | 24 | Oklahoma | 16 | 16 |
| Russ Bolinger | 73 | ROG-LOG | 6-5 | 255 | 26 | UC Riverside; Long Beach State | 16 | 15 |
| Luther Bradley | 27 | SS | 6-2 | 194 | 25 | Notre Dame | 8 | 4 |
| Dexter Bussey | 24 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Oklahoma; Texas-Arlington | 16 | 16 |
| Ken Callicutt | 31 | RB | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | Clemson | 13 | 0 |
| Garry Cobb | 63 | LB | 6-2 | 231 | 23 | Southern California | 16 | 0 |
| Eddie Cole | 50 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Mississippi | 13 | 0 |
| Curley Culp | 77 | LDT | 6-1 | 265 | 34 | Arizona State | 3 | 2 |
| Gary Danielson | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | Purdue | 16 | 16 |
| Chris Dieterich | 72 | ROT | 6-3 | 275 | 22 | North Carolina State | 8 | 3 |
| Keith Dorney | 70 | ROT | 6-5 | 285 | 23 | Penn State | 9 | 8 |
| Homer Elias | 61 | LOG-ROT | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Tennessee State | 14 | 13 |
| Ken Fantetti | 57 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Wyoming | 16 | 16 |
| Amos Fowler | 65 | C | 6-3 | 253 | 24 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 12 |
| Mike Friede | 86 | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Garden City CC; Indiana | 4 | 0 |
| William Gay | 79 | LDT-RDT-RDE | 6-5 | 260 | 25 | San Diego CC; Southern California | 16 | 9 |
| Tommie Ginn | 66 | C-LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 255 | 22 | Arkansas | 14 | 5 |
| James Harrell | 51 | LB | 6-1 | 222 | 23 | Florida | 5 | 0 |
| David Hill | 81 | TE | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 16 | 16 |
| Eric Hipple | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 211 | 23 | Utah State | 15 | 0 |
| Vern Holland | 72 | OT | 6-5 | 267 | 32 | Tennessee State | 2 | 0 |
| James Hunter | 28 | RCB | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Grambling State | 16 | 16 |
| Rick Kane | 32 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Oregon; San Jose State | 16 | 0 |
| Horace King | 25 | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 27 | Georgia | 16 | 0 |
| Jeff Komlo | 19 | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Delaware | 4 | 0 |
| Burton Lawless | 68 | LOG | 6-4 | 255 | 27 | Florida | 9 | 5 |
| Eddie Lewis | 48 | FS | 6-0 | 175 | 27 | Kansas | 14 | 1 |
| Alva Liles | 63 | DT | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | Boise State | 1 | 0 |
| Derrel Luce | 58 | LB | 6-3 | 224 | 28 | Baylor | 9 | 0 |
| Mike McCoy | 63 | DT | 6-5 | 275 | 32 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 |
| Prentice McCray | 34 | S | 6-1 | 185 | 29 | Arizona State | 7 | 0 |
| John Mendenhall | 64 | RDT | 6-1 | 255 | 32 | Grambling State | 15 | 12 |
| John Mohring | 62 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Long Island-Post | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Murray | 3 | K | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Tulane | 16 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 80 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 23 | Georgia | 16 | 1 |
| Ray Oldham | 23 | SS | 5-11 | 192 | 29 | Middle Tennessee State | 16 | 12 |
| Willie Parker | 62 | C | 6-3 | 245 | 32 | Wharton County JC; North Texas | 4 | 1 |
| Wally Pesuit | 67 | C | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | Kentucky | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 75 | LDE | 6-1 | 255 | 31 | Eastern Michigan | 16 | 16 |
| Bo Robinson | 36 | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 87 | WR | 6-2 | 175 | 28 | Amherst | 16 | 16 |
| Dave Simmons | 63 | LB | 6-4 | 218 | 23 | North Carolina | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 20 | RB | 5-11 | 212 | 25 | Oklahoma | 16 | 16 |
| Tom Skladany | 15 | P | 5-11 | 192 | 25 | Ohio State | 16 | 0 |
| Wayne Smith | 35 | LCB | 6-0 | 170 | 23 | Wisconsin-La Crosse; Loop JC; Purdue | 16 | 8 |
| Jesse Thompson | 84 | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | California | 11 | 2 |
| Leonard Thompson | 39 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State | 16 | 12 |
| Tom Tuinei | 71 | RDT | 6-4 | 251 | 22 | Hawaii | 12 | 2 |
| Tom Turnure | 55 | C | 6-4 | 253 | 23 | Washington | 3 | 0 |
| Rod Walters | 67 | OG | 6-3 | 258 | 26 | Iowa | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 59 | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | Arizona Western JC; Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Stan White | 52 | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 31 | Ohio State | 16 | 16 |
| Mike Whited | 74 | ROT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Pacific | 16 | 2 |
| Ray Williams | 30 | WR | 5-9 | 170 | 22 | Washington State | 6 | 1 |
| Walt Williams | 21 | LCB | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Ashland; New Mexico State | 16 | 8 |
| John Woodcock | 77 | LDT | 6-3 | 257 | 26 | New Mexico; Hawaii | 8 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Billy Sims | RB | Oklahoma |
| 3 | 57 | Tom Turnure | C | Washington |
| 3 | 62 | Mike Friede | WR | Indiana |
| 4 | 85 | Eric Hipple | QB | Utah State |
| 5 | 111 | Mark Streeter | DB | Arizona |
| 5 | 120 | Tommie Ginn | G | Arkansas |
| 6 | 140 | Chris Dieterich | T | North Carolina State |
| 7 | 166 | Eddie Murray | K | Tulane |
| 9 | 222 | DeWayne Jett | WR | Hawaii |
| 9 | 223 | Tom Tuinei | DT | Hawaii |
| 10 | 251 | Donnie Henderson | DB | Utah State |
| 11 | 278 | Wayne Smith | DB | Purdue |
| 12 | 307 | Ray Williams | KR | Washington State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 93 | 59 | 142 | 0 | 334 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 98 | 36 | 71 | 6 | 272 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 308 | 143 | 143 | 22 | 106/237 44.7% | / % | 104 | 844 | |
| Opponents Totals | 265 | 100 | 143 | 22 | 84/223 37.7% | / % | 98 | 815 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Murray | 0 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 27 | 42 | 64.3 | 0 | 116 |
| Billy Sims | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||
| Freddie Scott | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ray Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gary Danielson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Horace King | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Oldham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 36 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 27 | 42 | 64.3 | 1 | 334 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 16 | 21 | 76.2 | 1 | 272 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Murray | 27 | 42 | 64.3 | 3 | 52 | 0/1 | 9/9 | 10/13 | 7/15 | 1/4 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 42 | 64.3 | 3 | 52 | 0/1 | 9/9 | 10/13 | 7/15 | 1/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 21 | 76.2 | 1/1 | 7/8 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 1/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Sims | 313 | 1303 | 4.2 | 52 | 13 |
| Dexter Bussey | 145 | 720 | 5.0 | 40 | 3 |
| Gary Danielson | 48 | 232 | 4.8 | 33 | 2 |
| Rick Kane | 31 | 125 | 4.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 48t | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Horace King | 18 | 57 | 3.2 | 8 | 1 |
| Ray Williams | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11t | 1 |
| Bo Robinson | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Jesse Thompson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 572 | 2599 | 4.5 | 52 | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 449 | 1599 | 3.6 | 21 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Danielson | 417 | 244 | 244 | 162 | 3223 | 7.7 | 13.2 | 87t | 13 | 3.1 | 11 | 2.6 | 44 | 338 | 2885 | 82.4 |
| Tom Skladany | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 118.8 |
| Jeff Komlo | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 31.3 |
| Ray Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -8 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 423 | 248 | 248 | 163 | 3287 | 7.8 | 13.3 | 87t | 13 | 3.1 | 12 | 2.8 | 45 | 346 | 2941 | 81.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 462 | 256 | 256 | 183 | 3234 | 7.0 | 12.6 | 67t | 14 | 3.0 | 23 | 5.0 | 44 | 300 | 2934 | 66.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Scott | 53 | 834 | 15.7 | 43t | 4 |
| Billy Sims | 51 | 621 | 12.2 | 87t | 3 |
| David Hill | 39 | 424 | 10.9 | 29 | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 39 | 364 | 9.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 19 | 511 | 26.9 | 79t | 3 |
| Horace King | 19 | 184 | 9.7 | 29 | 1 |
| Jesse Thompson | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ray Williams | 10 | 146 | 14.6 | 22t | 1 |
| Rick Kane | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Friede | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 248 | 3287 | 13.3 | 87t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 256 | 3234 | 12.6 | 67t | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Allen | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 23 | 0 |
| James Hunter | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Ray Oldham | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Stan White | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Wayne Smith | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ken Fantetti | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bubba Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luther Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 168 | 7.3 | 29t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 173 | 14.4 | 67t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Skladany | 72 | 3036 | 42.2 | 67 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 300 | 2576 | 35.3 |
| Team Totals | 73 | 3036 | 41.6 | 67 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 300 | 2576 | 35.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 93 | 3865 | 41.6 | 56 | 0 | 16 | 463 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Williams | 27 | 4 | 259 | 9.6 | 53 | 0 |
| John Arnold | 28 | 6 | 204 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 56 | 10 | 463 | 8.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 8 | 300 | 7.9 | 57t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Kane | 23 | 495 | 21.5 | 62 | 0 | |
| Ken Callicutt | 16 | 301 | 18.8 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ray Williams | 9 | 228 | 25.3 | 91t | 1 | |
| John Arnold | 9 | 145 | 16.1 | 33 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 57 | 1169 | 20.5 | 91t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 1289 | 20.1 | 101t | 3 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Bubba Baker | 17.0 | |
| Dave Pureifory | 6.5 | |
| John Woodcock | 4.0 | |
| John Mendenhall | 4.0 | |
| Jimmy Allen | 2.0 | |
| William Gay | 2.0 | |
| James Hunter | 2.0 | |
| Ray Oldham | 1.0 | |
| Charlie Weaver | 1.0 | |
| Mike McCoy | 1.0 | |
| Stan White | 1.0 | |
| Ken Fantetti | 1.0 | |
| Wayne Smith | 0.5 | |
| (Unknown) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 44.0 | 300.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 45.0 | 346.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bubba Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Bolinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Callicutt | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Cole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |
| Chris Dieterich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amos Fowler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Kane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrel Luce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McCoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Oldham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Billy Sims | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -17 | 0 | |
| Wayne Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Weaver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Woodcock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 29 | -9 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 3 |
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