| Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 15, 1981 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 79694 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Drew Pearson 10 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 43 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Drew Pearson 12 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Billy Sims 3 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Mark Nichols 6 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 37 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Jay Saldi 14 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Billy Sims 81 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 47 FG | 24 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Dupree | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Danny White | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| James Jones | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 23 | 119 | 5.2 | 12 | 1 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 2 | 244 | 8.1 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 97.1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 1 | 264 | 11.5 | 81t | 2 | 5 | 52 | 107.9 |
| Tom Skladany | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Springs | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 17 | 2 |
| Billy Joe Dupree | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 1 | 81 | 81.0 | 81t | 1 |
| Garry Cobb | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Breunig | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Garry Cobb | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bubba Baker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Ron Fellows | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 33 | 0 | |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Mark Nichols | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Charlie Waters | 2.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| John Dutton | 1.0 |
| Ed Jones | 0.5 |
| Harvey Martin | 0.5 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Garry Cobb | 0.5 |
| Doug English | 0.5 |
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