| Detroit Lions at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 13, 1981 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 51624 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 78 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 23 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Muncie 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 18 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Gary Danielson 11 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 37 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Kellen Winslow 7 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 12 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Muncie 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 30 FG | 23 | 21 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Cappelletti 2 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 23 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 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 |
| 20 | HB | Billy Sims |
| 24 | FB | Dexter Bussey |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 62 | LDT | Curtis Green |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 44 | LCB | Wayne Smith |
| 23 | SS | Ray Oldham |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 87 | WR | Dwight Scales |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 46 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| 25 | FB | John Cappelletti |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 60 | RDE | Don Reese |
| 57 | LLB | Linden King |
| 59 | MLB | Cliff Thrift |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 47 | SS | Frank Duncan |
| 43 | FS | Bob Gregor |
| 29 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 23 | 98 | 4.3 | 24 | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 11t | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Horace King | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 11 | 2 |
| Dan Fouts | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 1 | 213 | 8.2 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 77.9 |
| Tom Skladany | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 25 | 18 | 72.0 | 1 | 316 | 12.6 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 110.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 7 | 166 | 23.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Eric Sievers | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Dwight Scales | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 24 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Frank Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 39 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| George Roberts | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Robbie Martin | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| James Brooks | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 39 | 0 | |
| Pete Shaw | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Clarence Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Leroy Jones | 2.0 |
| Louie Kelcher | 1.0 |
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