| Cleveland Browns at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 11, 1983 Location: Pontiac, MI Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 60095 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 80 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ricky Feacher 42 pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 6 pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Ulysses Norris 5 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 43 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 15 pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dave Logan 22 pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Ulysses Norris 15 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 28 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Safety, Brian Sipe tackled in end zone by Doug English | 28 | 26 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 25 FG | 31 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Ricky Feacher |
| 89 | WR | Bobby Jones |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 81 | TE | Harry Holt |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 45 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 99 | RDE | Keith Baldwin |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 52 | LILB | Dick Ambrose |
| 50 | RILB | Tom Cousineau |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 47 | LCB | Larry Braziel |
| 49 | SS | Clinton Burrell |
| 21 | FS | Mike Whitwell |
| 40 | RCB | Rod Perry |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Mark Nichols |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Dieterich |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 67 | ROG | Don Greco |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 80 | TE | Ulysses Norris |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 20 | HB | Billy Sims |
| 20 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 62 | LDE | Curtis Green |
| 73 | LDT | Mike Dawson |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 59 | RLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 21 | LS | Demetrious Johnson |
| 35 | RS | Alvin Hall |
| 43 | RCB | Al Latimer |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 30:17 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6/12 | 0/0 | 16 | 140 | 1 | 1 |
| DET | 29:43 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 4/11 | 0/1 | 11 | 89 | 3 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 24 | 137 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 160 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 11 | 0 |
| James Jones | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 106 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 0 | 234 | 8.1 | 42t | 4 | 2 | 12 | 127.0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 0 | 234 | 8.1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 127.0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 2 | 233 | 9.3 | 80t | 2 | 3 | 30 | 84.2 |
| Gary Danielson | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 1 | 126 | 7.4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77.1 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 25 | 59.5 | 3 | 359 | 8.5 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 81.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dwight Walker | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 42t | 1 |
| Harry Holt | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Dave Logan | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22t | 1 |
| Mike Pruitt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Willis Adams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 234 | 13.0 | 4 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leonard Thompson | 8 | 179 | 22.4 | 80t | 1 |
| Ulysses Norris | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 16 | 2 |
| Billy Sims | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| James Jones | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 359 | 14.4 | 3 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Whitwell | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Rod Perry | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Hanford Dixon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||
| Jeff Gossett | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | ||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||
| Mike Black | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dwight Walker | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 66 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 3 | 0 | 67 | 22.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 4 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Robbie Martin | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 0 | 96 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Tom Cousineau | 2.0 |
| Clay Matthews | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |