| Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 24, 1971 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 54418 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 60 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Don Shy 21 run (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 49 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Farmer 54 pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Ron Jessie 102 kickoff return (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Larry Walton 16 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Wallace 15 pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 29 FG | 21 | 23 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bobby Douglass 1 run (Mac Percival kick) | 28 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer |
| 45 | WR | Dick Gordon |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 72 | ROG | Jim Cadile |
| 73 | ROT | Steve Wright |
| 89 | TE | Bob Wallace |
| 10 | QB | Bobby Douglass |
| 33 | RB | Jim Grabowski |
| 24 | RB | Don Shy |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Willie Holman |
| 67 | LDT | George Seals |
| 76 | RDT | Bill Staley |
| 87 | RDE | Ed O'Bradovich |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 31 | RLB | Ross Brupbacher |
| 32 | LCB | Charlie Ford |
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 44 | RS | Garry Lyle |
| 29 | RCB | Bob Jeter |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 68 | ROG | Frank Gallagher |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| 87 | WR | Craig Cotton |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Evey |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 45 | LCB | Bobby Ray Williams |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Don Shy | 18 | 99 | 5.5 | 21t | 1 |
| Cyril Pinder | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Jim Grabowski | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Douglass | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Steve Owens | 16 | 81 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Greg Landry | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 0 | 160 | 7.6 | 54t | 2 | 1 | 5 | 125.1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 2 | 173 | 6.7 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 45.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| George Farmer | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 54t | 1 | ||||||
| Don Shy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Dick Gordon | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Wallace | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15t | 1 | ||||||
| Cyril Pinder | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Shy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Grabowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Altie Taylor | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Walton | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 1 | ||||||
| Charlie Sanders | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| Chuck Hughes | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | ||||||
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Owens | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jimmy Gunn | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Jeter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 49 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 3 | 154 | 51.3 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Larry Walton | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Cecil Turner | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Ron Smith | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 122 | 61.0 | 102t | 1 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
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