| Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 24, 1983 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 77724 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 17 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 27 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Ulysses Norris 13 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 38 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Ulysses Norris 4 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Robbie Martin 81 punt return (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 38 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jeff Chadwick 5 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Greg Hawthorne |
| 85 | WR | Calvin Sweeney |
| 66 | LOT | Ted Petersen |
| 73 | LOG | Craig Wolfley |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 55 | ROG | Rick Donnalley |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 18 | QB | Cliff Stoudt |
| 34 | RB | Walter Abercrombie |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | John Goodman |
| 67 | NT | Gary Dunn |
| 65 | RDE | Tom Beasley |
| 57 | LOLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 58 | LILB | Jack Lambert |
| 51 | RILB | Loren Toews |
| 56 | ROLB | Robin Cole |
| 49 | LCB | Dwayne Woodruff |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 22 | FS | Rick Woods |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 89 | WR | Mark Nichols |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Dieterich |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 64 | ROG | Larry Lee |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 80 | TE | Ulysses Norris |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 20 | HB | Billy Sims |
| 38 | FB | Vince Thompson |
| Defense | ||
| 62 | LDE | Curtis Green |
| 79 | LDT | William Gay |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 66 | RDE | Mike Cofer |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 59 | RLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 33 | LS | Bill Graham |
| 35 | RS | Alvin Hall |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Pollard | 12 | 82 | 6.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Henry Odom | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 26 | 106 | 4.1 | 30 | 2 |
| Vince Thompson | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Cliff Stoudt | 25 | 9 | 36.0 | 4 | 83 | 3.3 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6.3 |
| Mark Malone | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 16 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 0 | 153 | 8.5 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 120.8 |
| Gary Danielson | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 5t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Pollard | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Gregg Garrity | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jeff Chadwick | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Ulysses Norris | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 20 | 2 |
| Billy Sims | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Vince Thompson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bruce McNorton | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Barnes | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70 | 0 |
| Ken Fantetti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 7 | 300 | 42.9 | 53 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 5 | 179 | 35.8 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rick Woods | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 6 | 140 | 23.3 | 81t | 1 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Henry Odom | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tim Harris | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Jenkins | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Harvey Clayton | 1.0 |
| Gary Dunn | 1.0 |
| Jack Lambert | 1.0 |
| Keith Willis | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Garry Cobb | 1.0 |
| Jimmy Williams | 1.0 |
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