| Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 21, 1980 Location: Pontiac, MI Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 75111 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Freddie Scott 8 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 41 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jan Stenerud 33 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Dexter Bussey 8 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | James Lofton |
| 89 | WR | Aundra Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 57 | LOG | Derrel Gofourth |
| 54 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 69 | ROG | Leotis Harris |
| 62 | ROT | Greg Koch |
| 82 | TE | Paul Coffman |
| 12 | QB | Lynn Dickey |
| 40 | RB | Eddie Lee Ivery |
| 31 | FB | Gerry Ellis |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mike Butler |
| 99 | NT | Charles Johnson |
| 78 | RDE | Casey Merrill |
| 51 | LOLB | Jim Gueno |
| 60 | LILB | Kurt Allerman |
| 70 | RILB | Paul Rudzinski |
| 53 | ROLB | Mike Douglass |
| 22 | LCB | Mark Lee |
| 46 | SS | Steve Luke |
| 24 | FS | Johnnie Gray |
| 29 | RCB | Mike McCoy |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 30 | WR | Ray Williams |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 20 | RB | Billy Sims |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 77 | LDT | Curley Culp |
| 79 | RDT | William Gay |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 35 | LCB | Wayne Smith |
| 23 | SS | Ray Oldham |
| 48 | FS | Eddie Lewis |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terdell Middleton | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Vickey Ray Anderson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Barty Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gerry Ellis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 8 | 68 | 8.5 | 34 | 1 |
| Billy Sims | 18 | 54 | 3.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Bo Robinson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Horace King | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 1 | 121 | 6.1 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 52.3 |
| David Whitehurst | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 11 | 1.6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.3 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 2 | 219 | 8.4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 72.4 | |
| Jeff Komlo | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Fred Nixon | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 32 | 0 |
| James Lofton | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Gerry Ellis | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Vickey Ray Anderson | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Coffman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Billy Sims | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 23 | 0 |
| David Hill | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Horace King | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Williams | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Johnnie Gray | 0 | ||||
| Mike Jolly | 0 | ||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Stan White | 0 | ||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| David Beverly | 7 | 276 | 39.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Fred Nixon | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ray Williams | 6 | 1 | 53 | 8.8 | 18 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Fred Nixon | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ray Williams | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |
| Mike Butler | 2.0 |
| Brian Cabral | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 3.0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
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