| Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 25, 1981 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 76063 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Eric Hipple 6 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | James Lofton 75 pass from Lynn Dickey (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jan Stenerud 27 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 37 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | David Hill 1 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jan Stenerud 39 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Rick Kane 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Gerry Ellis 46 pass from David Whitehurst (Jan Stenerud kick) | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Gerry Ellis 1 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 27 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eric Hipple 5 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 27 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | John Jefferson |
| 80 | WR | James Lofton |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 57 | LOG | Derrel Gofourth |
| 54 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 69 | ROG | Leotis Harris |
| 68 | ROT | Greg Koch |
| 82 | TE | Paul Coffman |
| 12 | QB | Lynn Dickey |
| 25 | HB | Harlan Huckleby |
| 31 | FB | Gerry Ellis |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mike Butler |
| 63 | NT | Terry Jones |
| 78 | RDE | Casey Merrill |
| 59 | LOLB | John Anderson |
| 50 | LILB | Rich Wingo |
| 52 | RILB | George Cumby |
| 53 | ROLB | Mike Douglass |
| 22 | LCB | Mark Lee |
| 24 | SS | Johnnie Gray |
| 23 | FS | Maurice Harvey |
| 29 | RCB | Mike McCoy |
| 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 |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 32 | HB | Rick Kane |
| 24 | FB | Dexter Bussey |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 71 | LDT | Steve Furness |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 44 | LCB | Wayne Smith |
| 23 | SS | Ray Oldham |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 26 | RCB | Hector Gray |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Gerry Ellis | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 11 | 1 |
| David Whitehurst | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Harlan Huckleby | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rick Kane | 21 | 80 | 3.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Vince Thompson | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 9 | 2 |
| Dexter Bussey | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| David Whitehurst | 36 | 20 | 55.6 | 1 | 243 | 6.8 | 46t | 1 | 3 | 33 | 74.2 |
| Lynn Dickey | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 97 | 13.9 | 75t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 141.4 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 36 | 20 | 55.6 | 1 | 271 | 7.5 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 77.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Gerry Ellis | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 46t | 1 |
| Harlan Huckleby | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Coffman | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 26 | 0 |
| James Lofton | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 75t | 1 |
| John Jefferson | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Cassidy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 27 | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Horace King | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Vince Thompson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Maurice Harvey | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ken Fantetti | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Ray Stachowicz | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Mark Lee | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Mark Lee | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Gray | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Robbie Martin | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |
| Ezra Johnson | 2.5 |
| Mike Douglass | 1.0 |
| Mike Butler | 0.5 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Wayne Smith | 1.0 |
| Curtis Green | 1.0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
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