| Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1978 Location: Milwaukee, WI |
| Venue: County Stadium Attendance: 54601 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 61 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Green Bay PackersGB | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Barty Smith 1 run (Chester Marcol kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | David Whitehurst 1 run (Chester Marcol kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Aundra Thompson 43 pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Luther Blue 12 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Terdell Middleton 76 run (Chester Marcol kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Aundra Thompson 19 pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Freddie Scott 42 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Luther Blue |
| 47 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 54 | C | Larry Tearry |
| 62 | ROG | Lynn Boden |
| 74 | ROT | Brad Oates |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 25 | FB | Horace King |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 77 | LDT | John Woodcock |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 55 | MLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 21 | LCB | Walt Williams |
| 33 | SS | Bruce Rhodes |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | James Lofton |
| 43 | WR | Aundra Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 57 | LOG | Derrel Gofourth |
| 54 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 71 | ROG | Mel Jackson |
| 68 | ROT | Greg Koch |
| 81 | TE | Rich McGeorge |
| 17 | QB | David Whitehurst |
| 34 | HB | Terdell Middleton |
| 33 | FB | Barty Smith |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mike Butler |
| 74 | LDT | Dave Roller |
| 75 | RDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 78 | RDE | Ezra Johnson |
| 52 | LLB | Gary Weaver |
| 55 | MLB | Mike Hunt |
| 60 | RLB | John Anderson |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 46 | SS | Steve Luke |
| 24 | FS | Johnnie Gray |
| 29 | RCB | Mike McCoy |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Horace King | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Terdell Middleton | 11 | 148 | 13.5 | 76t | 1 |
| Nate Simpson | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Barty Smith | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 6 | 1 |
| Jim Culbreath | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| David Whitehurst | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 1 | 113 | 6.6 | 42t | 2 | 2 | 11 | 83.7 |
| Greg Landry | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | 38 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 84.4 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| David Whitehurst | 18 | 14 | 77.8 | 2 | 230 | 12.8 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 116.2 |
| David Beverly | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| James Lofton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 42t | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jesse Thompson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| David Hill | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Horace King | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Luther Blue | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Barty Smith | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Aundra Thompson | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 49 | 2 |
| Terdell Middleton | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Rich McGeorge | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| James Lofton | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Torkelson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jim Culbreath | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Paul Naumoff | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed O'Neil | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Johnnie Gray | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 7 | 296 | 42.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| David Beverly | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jesse Thompson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Luther Blue | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Terdell Middleton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Barty Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Green Bay Packers | |
| Ezra Johnson | 3.0 |
| Gary Weaver | 2.0 |
| John Anderson | 1.0 |
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