| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: November 1, 1981 Location: Anaheim, CA |
| Venue: Anaheim Stadium Attendance: 61814 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 91 F Humidty: 12% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Wendell Tyler 69 run (Frank Corral kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | David Hill 14 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 49 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 45 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Wendell Tyler 1 run (Frank Corral kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Frank Corral 42 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Frank Corral 31 FG | 13 | 20 |
| 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 |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 20 | HB | Billy Sims |
| 24 | FB | Dexter Bussey |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 79 | LDT | William Gay |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 62 | RDE | Curtis Green |
| 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 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Preston Dennard |
| 80 | WR | Billy Waddy |
| 78 | LOT | Jackie Slater |
| 72 | LOG | Kent Hill |
| 61 | C | Rich Saul |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis Harrah |
| 56 | ROT | Doug Smith |
| 84 | TE | Walt Arnold |
| 11 | QB | Pat Haden |
| 26 | HB | Wendell Tyler |
| 32 | FB | Cullen Bryant |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 79 | LDT | Mike Fanning |
| 71 | RDT | Reggie Doss |
| 76 | RDE | Cody Jones |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Youngblood |
| 55 | MLB | Carl Ekern |
| 52 | RLB | George Andrews |
| 47 | LCB | LeRoy Irvin |
| 20 | SS | Johnnie Johnson |
| 21 | FS | Nolan Cromwell |
| 49 | RCB | Rod Perry |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Vince Thompson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | -2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Wendell Tyler | 16 | 136 | 8.5 | 69t | 2 |
| Jewerl Thomas | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Guman | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Preston Dennard | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 25 | 7 | 28.0 | 2 | 193 | 7.7 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 39.2 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Jeff Rutledge | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 1 | 145 | 12.1 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 80.2 |
| Pat Haden | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 41 | 3.7 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 17.6 |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 34 | 1 |
| Horace King | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Preston Dennard | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 64 | 0 |
| Walt Arnold | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Wendell Tyler | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Waddy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Guman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| LeRoy Irvin | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Frank Corral | 5 | 203 | 40.6 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| LeRoy Irvin | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Robbie Martin | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Drew Hill | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Greg Meisner | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Dave Pureifory | 2.0 |
| Doug English | 1.5 |
| Curtis Green | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 0.5 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |
| Joe Harris | 2.0 |
| Jack Youngblood | 1.0 |
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