| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: October 2, 1983 Location: Anaheim, CA |
| Venue: Anaheim Stadium Attendance: 49403 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 77 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 51 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Eric Dickerson 8 run (Chuck Nelson kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Eric Dickerson 1 run (Chuck Nelson kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Ulysses Norris 5 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Eric Dickerson 4 run (Chuck Nelson kick) | 10 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Mark Nichols |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Dieterich |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 67 | ROG | Don Greco |
| 71 | ROT | Rich Strenger |
| 80 | TE | Ulysses Norris |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 24 | HB | Dexter Bussey |
| 20 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 62 | LDE | Curtis Green |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Fanning |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 59 | RLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 33 | LS | Bill Graham |
| 35 | RS | Alvin Hall |
| 43 | RCB | Al Latimer |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Preston Dennard |
| 84 | WR | George Farmer |
| 62 | LOT | Bill Bain |
| 72 | LOG | Kent Hill |
| 56 | C | Doug Smith |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis Harrah |
| 78 | ROT | Jackie Slater |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 16 | QB | Vince Ferragamo |
| 29 | RB | Eric Dickerson |
| 44 | FB | Mike Guman |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 69 | NT | Greg Meisner |
| 71 | RDE | Reggie Doss |
| 58 | LOLB | Mel Owens |
| 50 | LILB | Jim Collins |
| 55 | RILB | Carl Ekern |
| 52 | ROLB | George Andrews |
| 26 | LCB | Eric Harris |
| 21 | SS | Nolan Cromwell |
| 20 | FS | Johnnie Johnson |
| 47 | RCB | LeRoy Irvin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Eric Dickerson | 30 | 199 | 6.6 | 20 | 3 |
| Barry Redden | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Guman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 41 | 19 | 46.3 | 1 | 202 | 4.9 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 59.2 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Vince Ferragamo | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 1 | 140 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 68.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ulysses Norris | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Mark Nichols | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| James Jones | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Mike Barber | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Eric Dickerson | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Preston Dennard | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| David Hill | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| George Farmer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Barry Redden | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Guman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Henry Ellard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bobby Watkins | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 6 | 275 | 45.8 | 54 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| John Misko | 5 | 187 | 37.4 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| LeRoy Irvin | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Jenkins | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Alvin Hall | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Mike Guman | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Barry Redden | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| Curtis Green | 1.0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |
| Mel Owens | 1.0 |
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