| Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 15, 1979 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 57376 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Tom Birney 27 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jeff Komlo 9 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Tom Birney 25 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Tom Birney 47 FG | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Eric Torkelson 1 run (Steve Wagner pass failed) | 15 | 7 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Tom Birney 41 FG | 18 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Dexter Bussey 4 run (run failed) | 18 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | James Lofton |
| 89 | WR | Aundra Thompson |
| 79 | LOT | Mark Koncar |
| 57 | LOG | Derrel Gofourth |
| 54 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 69 | ROG | Leotis Harris |
| 63 | ROT | Greg Koch |
| 82 | TE | Paul Coffman |
| 10 | QB | Lynn Dickey |
| 30 | HB | Ricky Patton |
| 26 | FB | Eric Torkelson |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mike Butler |
| 63 | LDT | Terry Jones |
| 99 | RDT | Charles Johnson |
| 90 | RDE | Ezra Johnson |
| 52 | LLB | Gary Weaver |
| 50 | MLB | Rich Wingo |
| 53 | RLB | Mike Douglass |
| 38 | LCB | Estus Hood |
| 46 | SS | Steve Luke |
| 24 | FS | Johnnie Gray |
| 29 | RCB | Mike McCoy |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 67 | C | Wally Pesuit |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 80 | TE | Ulysses Norris |
| 19 | QB | Jeff Komlo |
| 32 | HB | Rick Kane |
| 36 | FB | Bo Robinson |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 71 | LDT | Dave Gallagher |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 55 | LLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 51 | RLB | James Harrell |
| 28 | LCB | James Hunter |
| 46 | SS | Jimmy Stewart |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Ricky Patton | 19 | 99 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Eric Torkelson | 13 | 53 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| Walt Landers | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Wagner | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 10 | 64 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| Bo Robinson | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Rick Kane | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Jeff Komlo | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 0 | 131 | 5.5 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 63.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Scott Hunter | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 84 | 5.3 | 0 | 6 | 62 | 65.6 | |
| Jeff Komlo | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 1 | 58 | 4.5 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 20.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| James Lofton | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Coffman | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Ron Cassidy | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Aundra Thompson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Landers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Eric Torkelson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Bo Robinson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| David Hill | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Johnnie Gray | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| David Beverly | 4 | 190 | 47.5 | 52 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Johnnie Gray | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 4 | 0 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Mike McCoy | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 5 | 160 | 32.0 | 69 | 0 | |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |
| Mike Butler | 2.0 |
| Terry Jones | 2.0 |
| Steve Luke | 1.0 |
| Ezra Johnson | 1.0 |
| Rich Wingo | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 2.0 |
| Doug English | 2.0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
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