| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 2, 1980 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 78845 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 41 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | James Owens 101 kickoff return (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 32 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 36 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 39 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Gary Danielson 8 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 13 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | James Owens |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 80 | TE | Eason Ramson |
| 86 | TE | Charle Young |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 47 | RB | Don Woods |
| 49 | FB | Earl Cooper |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Jim Stuckey |
| 78 | LDT | Archie Reese |
| 75 | RDT | Ted Vincent |
| 74 | RDE | Jimmy Webb |
| 59 | LLB | Willie Harper |
| 55 | MLB | Scott Hilton |
| 52 | RLB | Bobby Leopold |
| 28 | LCB | Charles Cornelius |
| 33 | SS | Ricky Churchman |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 44 | RCB | Charles Johnson |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 68 | LOG | Burton Lawless |
| 66 | C | Tommie Ginn |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 61 | ROT | Homer Elias |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 20 | RB | Billy Sims |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 79 | LDT | William Gay |
| 71 | RDT | Tom Tuinei |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 35 | LCB | Wayne Smith |
| 23 | SS | Ray Oldham |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Don Woods | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 9 | 74 | 8.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 17 | 37 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 8t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 1 | 146 | 4.7 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 48.6 |
| Joe Montana | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 51 | 4.6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 66.9 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 32 | 23 | 71.9 | 2 | 263 | 8.2 | 41t | 1 | 3 | 17 | 80.6 |
| Tom Skladany | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dwight Clark | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Woods | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Charle Young | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 11 | 96 | 8.7 | 41t | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 24 | 0 |
| David Hill | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jesse Thompson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ricky Churchman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Hunter | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Miller | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 44 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dwight Hicks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 3 | 1 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ricky Patton | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| James Owens | 1 | 101 | 101.0 | 101t | 1 | |
| Ernie Hughes | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Callicutt | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Archie Reese | 1.0 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 1.0 |
| Jim Stuckey | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Jimmy Allen | 1.0 |
| Bubba Baker | 1.0 |
| James Hunter | 1.0 |
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