| Kansas City Chiefs at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 26, 1987 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 43820 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jonathan Hayes 7 pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Paul Coffman 13 pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Karl Bernard 11 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Nick Lowery 52 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Herman Heard 2 run (Nick Lowery kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 48 FG | 24 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 37 FG | 24 | 13 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Nick Lowery 54 FG | 27 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Gary Ellerson 10 pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 27 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Carlos Carson |
| 82 | WR | Stephone Paige |
| 76 | LOT | John Alt |
| 77 | LOG | Rich Baldinger |
| 58 | C | Tom Baugh |
| 62 | ROG | Mark Adickes |
| 75 | ROT | Irv Eatman |
| 80 | TE | Mark Keel |
| 9 | QB | Bill Kenney |
| 35 | HB | Christian Okoye |
| 44 | FB | Herman Heard |
| Defense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Art Still |
| 63 | NT | Bill Maas |
| 99 | RDE | Mike Bell |
| 55 | LOLB | Louis Cooper |
| 96 | LILB | Aaron Pearson |
| 56 | RILB | Dino Hackett |
| 54 | ROLB | Timmy Cofield |
| 29 | LCB | Albert Lewis |
| 34 | SS | Lloyd Burruss |
| 20 | FS | Deron Cherry |
| 24 | RCB | J.C. Pearson |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 82 | WR | Pete Mandley |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 53 | LOG | Kevin Glover |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 70 | ROG | Keith Dorney |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 84 | TE | Rob Rubick |
| 16 | QB | Chuck Long |
| 25 | RB | Karl Bernard |
| 24 | FB | Gary Ellerson |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Eric Williams |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 77 | RDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 51 | LILB | Shelton Robinson |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 34 | SS | James Griffin |
| 45 | FS | Raphel Cherry |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Herman Heard | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 16 | 1 |
| Christian Okoye | 14 | 58 | 4.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul Palmer | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Kenney | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Carlos Carson | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Karl Bernard | 20 | 99 | 5.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Gary Ellerson | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Chuck Long | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Bill Kenney | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 1 | 246 | 9.5 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 108.8 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chuck Long | 41 | 21 | 51.2 | 0 | 206 | 5.0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Carlos Carson | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Stephone Paige | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Christian Okoye | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Jonathan Hayes | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Paul Palmer | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Paul Coffman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jeff Chadwick | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Karl Bernard | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Butch Woolfolk | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Ellerson | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 10t | 1 |
| Pete Mandley | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Rob Rubick | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Lee | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Vyto Kab | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bruce McNorton | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Kelly Goodburn | 3 | 147 | 49.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 4 | 177 | 44.3 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Michael Clemons | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Paul Palmer | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Larry Moriarty | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Michael Clemons | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Gary Lee | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Carl Bland | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Detroit Lions | |
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