1980 Detroit Lions (NFL)

2nd place National Football Conference Central Division 9-7-0 .563

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.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
40	Jimmy Allen	FS	6-2	194	28	Los Angeles Pierce JC; UCLA	15	15
47	John Arnold	WR	5-10	170	25	Wyoming	10	0
60	Bubba Baker	RDE	6-6	275	24	Colorado State	15	15
76	Karl Baldischwiler	LOT	6-5	270	24	Oklahoma	16	16
73	Russ Bolinger	ROG-LOG	6-5	255	26	UC Riverside; Long Beach State	16	15
27	Luther Bradley	SS	6-2	194	25	Notre Dame	8	4
24	Dexter Bussey	RB	6-1	205	28	Oklahoma; Texas-Arlington	16	16
31	Ken Callicutt	RB	6-1	191	25	Clemson	13	0
63	Garry Cobb	LB	6-2	231	23	Southern California	16	0
50	Eddie Cole	LB	6-2	235	24	Mississippi	13	0
77	Curley Culp	LDT	6-1	265	34	Arizona State	3	2
16	Gary Danielson	QB	6-2	195	29	Purdue	16	16
72	Chris Dieterich	ROT	6-3	275	22	North Carolina State	8	3
70	Keith Dorney	ROT	6-5	285	23	Penn State	9	8
61	Homer Elias	LOG-ROT	6-3	255	25	Tennessee State	14	13
57	Ken Fantetti	MLB	6-2	230	23	Wyoming	16	16
65	Amos Fowler	C	6-3	253	24	Southern Mississippi	13	12
86	Mike Friede	WR	6-3	205	23	Garden City CC; Indiana	4	0
79	William Gay	LDT-RDT-RDE	6-5	260	25	San Diego CC; Southern California	16	9
66	Tommie Ginn	C-LOG-ROG	6-3	255	22	Arkansas	14	5
51	James Harrell	LB	6-1	222	23	Florida	5	0
81	David Hill	TE	6-2	240	26	Texas A&M-Kingsville	16	16
17	Eric Hipple	QB	6-2	211	23	Utah State	15	0
72	Vern Holland	OT	6-5	267	32	Tennessee State	2	0
28	James Hunter	RCB	6-2	195	26	Grambling State	16	16
32	Rick Kane	RB	6-0	200	26	Oregon; San Jose State	16	0
25	Horace King	RB	5-10	205	27	Georgia	16	0
19	Jeff Komlo	QB	6-2	200	24	Delaware	4	0
68	Burton Lawless	LOG	6-4	255	27	Florida	9	5
48	Eddie Lewis	FS	6-0	175	27	Kansas	14	1
63	Alva Liles	DT	6-2	260	24	Boise State	1	0
58	Derrel Luce	LB	6-3	224	28	Baylor	9	0
63	Mike McCoy	DT	6-5	275	32	Notre Dame	4	0
34	Prentice McCray	S	6-1	185	29	Arizona State	7	0
64	John Mendenhall	RDT	6-1	255	32	Grambling State	15	12
62	John Mohring	LB	6-3	230	24	Long Island-Post	1	0
3	Eddie Murray	K	5-11	188	24	Tulane	16	0
80	Ulysses Norris	TE	6-4	232	23	Georgia	16	1
23	Ray Oldham	SS	5-11	192	29	Middle Tennessee State	16	12
62	Willie Parker	C	6-3	245	32	Wharton County JC; North Texas	4	1
67	Wally Pesuit	C	6-4	255	26	Kentucky	1	0
75	Dave Pureifory	LDE	6-1	255	31	Eastern Michigan	16	16
36	Bo Robinson	RB	6-2	230	24	West Texas A&M	14	0
87	Freddie Scott	WR	6-2	175	28	Amherst	16	16
63	Dave Simmons	LB	6-4	218	23	North Carolina	1	0
20	Billy Sims	RB	5-11	212	25	Oklahoma	16	16
15	Tom Skladany	P	5-11	192	25	Ohio State	16	0
35	Wayne Smith	LCB	6-0	170	23	Wisconsin-La Crosse; Loop JC; Purdue	16	8
84	Jesse Thompson	WR	6-1	185	24	California	11	2
39	Leonard Thompson	WR	5-11	190	28	Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State	16	12
71	Tom Tuinei	RDT	6-4	251	22	Hawaii	12	2
55	Tom Turnure	C	6-4	253	23	Washington	3	0
67	Rod Walters	OG	6-3	258	26	Iowa	2	0
59	Charlie Weaver	LLB	6-2	225	31	Arizona Western JC; Southern California	16	16
52	Stan White	RLB	6-1	224	31	Ohio State	16	16
74	Mike Whited	ROT	6-4	250	22	Pacific	16	2
30	Ray Williams	WR	5-9	170	22	Washington State	6	1
21	Walt Williams	LCB	6-1	185	26	Ashland; New Mexico State	16	8
77	John Woodcock	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
Team Totals	40	93	59	142	0
Opponents Totals	61	98	36	71	6

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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Eddie Murray	27	42	64.3	0/1	9/9	10/13	7/15	1/4
Team Totals	27	42	64.3	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	58.5	162	3223	7.7	13.2	87t	13	3.1	11	2.6	44	338	2885	82.4
Tom Skladany	2	2	100.0	0	38	19.0	19.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	38	118.8
Jeff Komlo	4	2	50.0	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		1	8	-8
Team Totals	423	248	58.6	163	3287	7.8	13.3	87t	13	3.1	12	2.8	45	346	2941	81.7
Opponents Totals	462	256	55.4	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	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