| Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1983 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: RFK Stadium Attendance: 43189 |
| Weather: Rain Temp: 58 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Art Monk 13 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Reggie Evans 2 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 37 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Joe Washington 8 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Reggie Evans 2 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 13 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 22 FG | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Reggie Evans 1 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Ulysses Norris 2 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 38 |
| 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 |
| 20 | HB | Billy Sims |
| 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 |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Alvin Garrett |
| 81 | WR | Art Monk |
| 66 | LOT | Joe Jacoby |
| 68 | LOG | Russ Grimm |
| 53 | C | Jeff Bostic |
| 73 | ROG | Mark May |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 88 | TE | Rick Walker |
| 85 | TE | Don Warren |
| 7 | QB | Joe Theismann |
| 25 | RB | Joe Washington |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Todd Liebenstein |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 77 | RDT | Darryl Grant |
| 72 | RDE | Dexter Manley |
| 55 | LLB | Mel Kaufman |
| 52 | MLB | Neal Olkewicz |
| 57 | RLB | Rich Milot |
| 28 | LCB | Darrell Green |
| 48 | SS | Ken Coffey |
| 29 | FS | Mark Murphy |
| 32 | RCB | Vernon Dean |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 13t | 1 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Joe Washington | 22 | 147 | 6.7 | 41 | 0 |
| Otis Wonsley | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeff Hayes | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Theismann | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Reggie Evans | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 5 | 3 |
| Bob Holly | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 1 | 104 | 6.1 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 61.9 |
| Eric Hipple | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 1 | 37 | 2.2 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 15.1 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 0 | 247 | 10.7 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 130.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 41 | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Nick Giaquinto | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Alvin Garrett | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 84 | 0 |
| Art Monk | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Joe Washington | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Don Warren | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Vernon Dean | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mark Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 7 | 299 | 42.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jeff Hayes | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Jenkins | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Darrell Green | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ken Jenkins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Alvin Garrett | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Joe Washington | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Reggie Evans | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Washington Redskins | |
| Dexter Manley | 2.5 |
| Mark Murphy | 1.0 |
| Perry Brooks | 0.5 |
| Dave Butz | 0.5 |
| Tony McGee | 0.5 |
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