| Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 31, 1976 Location: Pontiac, MI Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 74582 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 34 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Ray Jarvis 74 pass from Greg Landry (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Chester Marcol 39 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Lawrence Gaines 26 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Ray Jarvis 13 pass from Greg Landry (Benny Ricardo kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Chester Marcol 37 FG | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 39 FG | 6 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Steve Odom |
| 85 | WR | Ken Payne |
| 79 | LOT | Mark Koncar |
| 61 | LOG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 51 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 68 | ROG | Gale Gillingham |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Himes |
| 81 | TE | Rich McGeorge |
| 10 | QB | Lynn Dickey |
| 33 | RB | Barty Smith |
| 26 | RB | Eric Torkelson |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Clarence Williams |
| 76 | LDT | Mike McCoy |
| 74 | RDT | Dave Roller |
| 87 | RDE | Alden Roche |
| 52 | LLB | Gary Weaver |
| 58 | MLB | Don Hansen |
| 53 | RLB | Fred Carr |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 46 | LS | Steve Luke |
| 24 | RS | Johnnie Gray |
| 45 | RCB | Perry Smith |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 71 | LOT | Craig Hertwig |
| 73 | LOG | Russ Bolinger |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 38 | RB | Lawrence Gaines |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 83 | LDT | Jim Mitchell |
| 74 | RDT | Larry Hand |
| 70 | RDE | Billy Howard |
| 55 | LLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 28 | RS | James Hunter |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Barty Smith | 14 | 67 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Eric Torkelson | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| John Brockington | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 20 | 93 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Lawrence Gaines | 17 | 88 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| Andy Bolton | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 2 | 93 | 3.7 | 0 | 17.6 | |||
| Carlos Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 104.2 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 0 | 211 | 11.1 | 2 | 136.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Rich McGeorge | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | |||||||
| Steve Odom | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | |||||||
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| Eric Torkelson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| John Brockington | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Barty Smith | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Ray Jarvis | 6 | 163 | 27.2 | 2 | |||||||
| David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Lawrence Gaines | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |||||||
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Walton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| David Hill | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Johnnie Gray | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Hunter | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| David Beverly | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Johnnie Gray | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie West | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hyland | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Mike McCoy | 0 | 65 | 0 | |||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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