| San Diego Chargers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1978 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 54031 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Detroit Lions | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Jesse Thompson 2 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Lydell Mitchell 55 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 22 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Lawrence Gaines 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Dexter Bussey 18 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Jesse Thompson 6 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Charlie Joiner 25 pass from James Harris (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 14 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Lydell Mitchell | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 14 | 0 |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| SD | Clarence Williams | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| SD | James Harris | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 18 | 91 | 5.1 | 30 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 35 | 0 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 35 | 0 |
| DET | Lawrence Gaines | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 9 | 1 |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SD | James Harris | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 132 | 8.3 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 72.9 |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 3 | 118 | 8.4 | 55t | 1 | 3 | 14 | 51.2 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 32 | 22 | 68.8 | 1 | 210 | 6.6 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 104.9 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Charlie Joiner | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 31 | 1 |
| SD | Bob Klein | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| SD | Don Woods | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| SD | Lydell Mitchell | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55t | 1 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 18t | 1 |
| DET | Horace King | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | David Hill | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6t | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Linden King | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Jimmy Allen | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| DET | Bruce Rhodes | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DET | Charlie Weaver | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SD | Jeff West | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 39 | 0 |
| DET | Tom Skladany | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Artie Owens | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 2 | 0 | 45 | 22.5 | 35 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Artie Owens | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 77 | 0 |
| SD | Rickey Anderson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| SD | Mike Fuller | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| SD | Rick Middleton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| DET | Nat Terry | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Blue | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| SD | Charles DeJurnett | 1.0 |
| SD | Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| DET | Bubba Baker | 4.0 |
| DET | John Woodcock | 2.0 |
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