| Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1972 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 54418 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 45 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Steve Owens 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Greg Landry 1 run (Mickey Zofko kick) | 0 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer |
| 84 | WR | Jim Seymour |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 74 | ROT | Bob Asher |
| 82 | TE | Earl Thomas |
| 10 | QB | Bobby Douglass |
| 35 | RB | Jim Harrison |
| 22 | RB | Cyril Pinder |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Tony McGee |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 67 | RDT | Bill Line |
| 87 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 31 | RLB | Ross Brupbacher |
| 32 | LCB | Charlie Ford |
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 18 | RS | Jerry Moore |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Taylor |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 68 | LOG | Frank Gallagher |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 70 | LDT | Larry Woods |
| 73 | RDT | Bob Bell |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 44 | RS | Dick LeBeau |
| 46 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Douglass | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| Don Shy | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Harrison | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Earl Thomas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Parsons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Greg Landry | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 1 | |
| Steve Owens | 24 | 62 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Altie Taylor | 14 | 58 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 55 | 4.6 | 0 | 49.0 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 4 | 142 | 6.5 | 0 | 34.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Don Shy | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Seymour | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Earl Thomas | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Joe Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ford | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 6 | 224 | 37.3 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Craig Clemons | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mickey Zofko | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Detroit Lions | |
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