1983 Detroit Lions (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/5/1983	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17	21	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	40258
Sat	8/13/1983	A	Kansas City Chiefs	17	13	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	32885
Sat	8/20/1983	H	Buffalo Bills	16	17	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	41815
Sat	8/27/1983	H	Cincinnati Bengals	34	7	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	41992
Sun	9/4/1983	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	11	0	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	62154
Sun	9/11/1983	H	Cleveland Browns	26	31	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	60095
Sun	9/18/1983	H	Atlanta Falcons	14	30	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	54622
Sun	9/25/1983	A	Minnesota Vikings	17	20	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	58254
Sun	10/2/1983	A	Los Angeles Rams	10	21	L		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	49403
Sun	10/9/1983	H	Green Bay Packers	38	14	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	67738
Sun	10/16/1983	H	Chicago Bears	31	17	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	66709
Sun	10/23/1983	A	Washington Redskins	17	38	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	43189
Sun	10/30/1983	A	Chicago Bears	38	17	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	58764
Mon	11/7/1983	H	New York Giants	15	9	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	68985
Sun	11/13/1983	A	Houston Oilers	17	27	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	40660
Sun	11/20/1983	A	Green Bay Packers	23	20	W	OT	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	50050
Thu	11/24/1983	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	45	3	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	77724
Mon	12/5/1983	H	Minnesota Vikings	13	3	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	79169
Sun	12/11/1983	A	Cincinnati Bengals	9	17	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	45728
Sun	12/18/1983	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	20	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	78392
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/31/1983	A	San Francisco 49ers	23	24	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	58286

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Roosevelt Barnes	54	LLB	6-2	226	25	Purdue	16	1
Mike Black	11	P	6-2	197	22	Arizona State	16	0
Dexter Bussey	24	HB	6-1	205	31	Oklahoma; Texas-Arlington	15	3
James Caver	41	WR-S	5-9	175	23	Missouri	2	0
Jeff Chadwick	89	WR	6-3	190	23	Grand Valley State	16	4
Garry Cobb	53	LLB	6-2	231	26	Southern California	15	15
Mike Cofer	66	RDE	6-5	245	23	Tennessee	16	6
August Curley	50	LB	6-3	222	23	Southern California	10	0
Gary Danielson	16	QB	6-2	195	32	Purdue	10	0
Mike Dawson	73	LDT	6-3	262	30	Arizona	16	7
Chris Dieterich	72	LOT	6-3	275	25	North Carolina State	16	16
Steve Doig	58	LB	6-2	240	23	New Hampshire	9	0
Keith Dorney	70	ROT	6-5	285	26	Penn State	13	12
Homer Elias	61	LOG	6-3	255	28	Tennessee State	14	14
Doug English	78	RDT	6-5	256	30	Texas	15	15
Mike Fanning	74	LDT-RDT	6-6	255	30	Notre Dame	14	5
Ken Fantetti	57	MLB	6-2	230	26	Wyoming	16	16
Amos Fowler	65	C	6-3	253	27	Southern Mississippi	16	4
William Gay	79	RDE-LDT	6-5	260	28	San Diego CC; Southern California	15	15
Bill Graham	33	LS	5-11	191	24	Texas	14	14
Hector Gray	26	CB	6-1	190	26	Florida State	1	0
Don Greco	67	ROG	6-3	260	24	Western Illinois	12	12
Curtis Green	62	LDE	6-3	267	26	Alabama State	16	16
Alvin Hall	35	RS	5-10	193	25	Miami (Ohio)	16	16
James Harrell	51	LB	6-1	222	26	Florida	16	0
Maurice Harvey	23	S	5-10	189	27	Ball State	9	0
Eric Hipple	17	QB	6-2	211	26	Utah State	16	16
Ken Jenkins	31	RB	5-8	184	24	Bucknell	12	0
Demetrious Johnson	21	LS	5-11	190	22	Missouri	14	2
James Jones	20	FB	6-2	230	22	Florida	14	14
Rick Kane	32	RB	6-0	200	29	Oregon; San Jose State	14	0
Horace King	25	HB	5-10	205	30	Georgia	16	1
Al Latimer	43	RCB	5-11	172	26	Ferrum JC; Clemson	8	8
Larry Lee	64	ROG-LOG	6-2	263	24	UCLA	16	6
Robbie Martin	83	WR	5-8	187	25	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	10	0
Reese McCall	81	TE	6-6	238	27	Auburn	16	4
Bruce McNorton	29	RCB	5-11	175	24	Georgetown (Kentucky)	16	8
Martin Moss	63	DT	6-4	252	25	UCLA	15	0
Steve Mott	52	C	6-3	270	22	Alabama	13	12
Eddie Murray	3	K	5-11	188	27	Tulane	16	0
Mark Nichols	89	WR	6-2	208	24	Bakersfield CC; San Jose State	16	12
Ulysses Norris	80	TE	6-4	232	26	Georgia	15	15
Rob Rubick	84	TE	6-3	234	23	Grand Valley State	16	1
Freddie Scott	87	WR	6-2	175	31	Amherst	15	0
Billy Sims	20	HB	5-11	212	28	Oklahoma	13	12
Rich Strenger	71	ROT	6-7	285	23	Michigan	16	4
Leonard Thompson	39	WR	5-11	190	31	Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State	13	12
Vince Thompson	38	FB	6-0	230	26	Villanova	10	2
Tom Turnure	55	C	6-4	253	26	Washington	16	0
Danny Wagoner	34	CB-S	5-10	180	24	Kansas	14	0
Bobby Watkins	27	LCB	5-10	184	23	Texas State	16	16
Jimmy Williams	59	RLB	6-3	230	23	Nebraska	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	13	James Jones	RB	Florida
2	40	Rich Strenger	T	Michigan
3	67	Mike Cofer	DE	Tennessee
4	94	August Curley	LB	Southern California
5	115	Demetrious Johnson	DB	Missouri
5	121	Steve Mott	C	Alabama
6	154	Todd Brown	WR	Nebraska
7	181	Mike Black	P	Arizona State
8	208	Bill Stapleton	DB	Washington
10	261	Dave Laube	G	Penn State
11	287	Ben Tate	RB	North Carolina Central
12	321	Jim Lane	C	Idaho State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	73	109	88	74	3	347
Opponents Totals	54	122	37	73	0	286

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:08	315	136	156	23	97/224 43.3%	/ %	118	988
Opponents Totals	29:52	324	133	161	30	80/213 37.6%	/ %	117	1062

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Eddie Murray	0	38	38	100.0	25	32	78.1	0	113
James Jones	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Ulysses Norris	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Billy Sims	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Jeff Chadwick	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Leonard Thompson	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Eric Hipple	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Dexter Bussey	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Robbie Martin	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mark Nichols	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rob Rubick	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Freddie Scott	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Vince Thompson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Doug English	0	0	0		0	0		2	4
Mike Fanning	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	38	38	38	100.0	25	32	78.1	3	347
Opponents Totals	33	32	33	97.0	18	26	69.2	1	286

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Eddie Murray	25	32	78.1	0	54	0/0	6/6	13/15	3/7	3/4
Team Totals	25	32	78.1	0	54	0/0	6/6	13/15	3/7	3/4
Opponents Totals	18	26	69.2			0/0	9/10	4/6	4/8	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Sims	220	1040	4.7	41	7
James Jones	135	475	3.5	18	6
Dexter Bussey	57	249	4.4	26	0
Eric Hipple	41	171	4.2	27	3
Vince Thompson	40	138	3.5	10	1
Leonard Thompson	4	72	18.0	40t	1
Rick Kane	4	19	4.8	9	0
Mark Nichols	1	13	13.0	13	0
Gary Danielson	6	8	1.3	8	0
Horace King	3	6	2.0	4	0
Mike Black	2	-10	-5.0	0	0
Team Totals	513	2181	4.3	41	18
Opponents Totals	503	2104	4.2	42	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Eric Hipple	387	204	52.7	165	2577	6.7	12.6	80t	12	3.1	18	4.7	37	274	2303	64.7
Gary Danielson	113	59	52.2	50	720	6.4	12.2	54	7	6.2	4	3.5	8	68	652	78.0
James Jones	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Mike Black	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	503	263	52.3	217	3297	6.6	12.5	80t	19	3.8	23	4.6	45	342	2955	66.5
Opponents Totals	515	297	57.7	196	3401	6.6	11.5	84	21	4.1	22	4.3	43	289	3112	73.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Jones	46	467	10.2	46	1
Billy Sims	42	419	10.0	54	0
Leonard Thompson	41	752	18.3	80t	3
Jeff Chadwick	40	617	15.4	45	4
Mark Nichols	29	437	15.1	46t	1
Ulysses Norris	26	291	11.2	41	7
Rob Rubick	10	81	8.1	15	1
Horace King	9	76	8.4	14	0
Dexter Bussey	8	49	6.1	14t	1
Freddie Scott	5	71	14.2	25	1
Vince Thompson	4	16	4.0	8	0
Rick Kane	2	15	7.5	9	0
Reese McCall	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	263	3297	12.5	80t	19
Opponents Totals	297	3401	11.5	84	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Bruce McNorton	7	30	4.3	15
Bobby Watkins	4	48	12.0	31
Garry Cobb	4	19	4.8	13
Roosevelt Barnes	2	70	35.0	70
Alvin Hall	2	18	9.0	18
Ken Fantetti	2	0	0.0	0
Al Latimer	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	22	185	8.4	70
Opponents Totals	23	241	10.5	31

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Black	71	2911	41.0	60	1	9	17	302	2429	33.7
Team Totals	72	2911	40.4	60	1	9	17	302	2429	33.7
Opponents Totals	79	3167	40.1	64	2	9	14	522	2465	31.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Jenkins	23	1	230	10.0	43	0
Robbie Martin	15	3	183	12.2	81t	1
Alvin Hall	8	4	109	13.6	66	0
Al Latimer	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	46	9	522	11.3	81t	1
Opponents Totals	39	4	302	7.7	33	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Alvin Hall	23	0	492	21.4	32
Ken Jenkins	22	0	459	20.9	30
Robbie Martin	8	0	140	17.5	51
James Caver	4	0	71	17.8	33
Horace King	1	0	11	11.0	11
Larry Lee	1	0	11	11.0	11
August Curley	1	0	7	7.0	7
Ulysses Norris	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	61	0	1191	19.5	51
Opponents Totals	71		1146	16.1	49

SACKS	NO	YDS
William Gay	13.5
Doug English	13.0
Curtis Green	4.5
Mike Cofer	4.5
Jimmy Williams	1.0
James Harrell	1.0
Ken Fantetti	1.0
Mike Fanning	1.0
Mike Dawson	1.0
Garry Cobb	1.0
Roosevelt Barnes	1.0
Martin Moss	0.5
Team Totals	43.0	289.0
Opponents Totals	45.0	342.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Roosevelt Barnes	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mike Black	1		0	0	0	0
Dexter Bussey	1		0	0	0	0
James Caver	1		0	0	0	0
Garry Cobb	0	0	0	2	2	0
Mike Cofer	0	0	0	1	1	0
Gary Danielson	2		1	0	1	0
Chris Dieterich	0	0	1	0	1	0
Homer Elias	0	0	1	0	1	0
Ken Fantetti	0	0	0	1	1	0
William Gay	0	0	0	1	1	11
Bill Graham	0	0	0	3	3	0
Don Greco	0	0	1	0	1	0
Alvin Hall	1		0	2	2	0
Eric Hipple	12		6	0	6	0
Ken Jenkins	2		1	0	1	0
Demetrious Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0
James Jones	4		1	0	1	0
Horace King	0	0	1	0	1	0
Robbie Martin	3		1	0	1	0
Steve Mott	1		0	0	0	0
Mark Nichols	2		0	0	0	0
Ulysses Norris	0	0	1	0	1	0
Freddie Scott	1		0	0	0	0
Billy Sims	6		4	0	4	0
Leonard Thompson	2		1	0	1	0
Vince Thompson	1		0	0	0	0
Bobby Watkins	1		1	2	3	6
Jimmy Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team Totals	41	20	21	15	36	17
Opponents Totals	33	15	18	16	34

Don Doll	Special Assignments
Fred Hoaglin	Offensive Line
Bill Johnson	Offensive Backs
Eddie Khayat	Defensive Line
Joe Madden	Special Teams
Ted Marchibroda	Offensive Coordinator
Mel Phillips	Defensive Backs
Larry Seiple	Receivers