| Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 9, 1983 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 67738 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | James Jones 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 29 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | James Jones 13 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 18 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Eddie Lee Ivery 2 pass from Lynn Dickey (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | James Jones 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 37 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Harlan Huckleby 1 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 14 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | John Jefferson |
| 80 | WR | James Lofton |
| 67 | LOT | Karl Swanke |
| 61 | LOG | Dave Drechsler |
| 54 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 69 | ROG | Leotis Harris |
| 68 | ROT | Greg Koch |
| 82 | TE | Paul Coffman |
| 12 | QB | Lynn Dickey |
| 40 | HB | Eddie Lee Ivery |
| 31 | FB | Gerry Ellis |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Byron Braggs |
| 75 | NT | Rich Turner |
| 90 | RDE | Ezra Johnson |
| 59 | LOLB | John Anderson |
| 50 | LILB | Rich Wingo |
| 52 | RILB | George Cumby |
| 53 | ROLB | Mike Douglass |
| 22 | LCB | Mark Lee |
| 24 | SS | Johnnie Gray |
| 37 | FS | Mark Murphy |
| 29 | RCB | Mike McCoy |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 84 | TE | Rob Rubick |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Gerry Ellis | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 19 | 0 |
| James Lofton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Harlan Huckleby | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Jessie Clark | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 12 | 70 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
| James Jones | 19 | 64 | 3.4 | 13t | 3 |
| Rick Kane | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Vince Thompson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | 37 | 21 | 56.8 | 2 | 214 | 5.8 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 60.0 |
| Gerry Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 0 | 235 | 8.1 | 37t | 2 | 1 | 10 | 119.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Paul Coffman | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Gerry Ellis | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 30 | 0 |
| James Lofton | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 4 | 1 |
| John Jefferson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jessie Clark | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Harlan Huckleby | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Meade | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leonard Thompson | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 37t | 2 |
| Mark Nichols | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Rob Rubick | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| James Jones | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Garry Cobb | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Fantetti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Bucky Scribner | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 3 | 144 | 48.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Phil Epps | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Jenkins | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Harlan Huckleby | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 23 | 0 | |
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ken Jenkins | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |
| Ezra Johnson | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 2.0 |
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