| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 19, 1980 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 58508 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 49 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Vince Evans 1 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 18 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roland Harper 4 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 34 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | James Scott 64 pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 66 | LOG | Tommie Ginn |
| 62 | C | Willie Parker |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Whited |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 20 | RB | Billy Sims |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 77 | LDT | John Woodcock |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 21 | LCB | Walt Williams |
| 23 | SS | Ray Oldham |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Brian Baschnagel |
| 89 | WR | James Scott |
| 64 | LOT | Ted Albrecht |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 52 | C | Dan Neal |
| 69 | ROG | Revie Sorey |
| 70 | ROT | Dennis Lick |
| 81 | TE | Robin Earl |
| 8 | QB | Vince Evans |
| 34 | HB | Walter Payton |
| 35 | FB | Roland Harper |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Dan Hampton |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 82 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 73 | RDE | Mike Hartenstine |
| 58 | LLB | Jerry Muckensturm |
| 54 | MLB | Tom Hicks |
| 59 | RLB | Gary Campbell |
| 44 | LCB | Terry Schmidt |
| 45 | SS | Gary Fencik |
| 46 | FS | Doug Plank |
| 48 | RCB | Allan Ellis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 27 | 101 | 3.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 7 | 1 |
| Vince Evans | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Matt Suhey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 0 | 203 | 7.5 | 34t | 1 | 3 | 27 | 92.1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Vince Evans | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 1 | 172 | 21.5 | 64t | 1 | 1 | 1 | 106.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 30 | 0 |
| David Hill | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Jesse Thompson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| James Scott | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 64t | 1 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rickey Watts | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Lenny Walterscheid | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Callicutt | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Dave Williams | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Chicago Bears |
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