| 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 ChargersSD | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jesse Thompson 2 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lydell Mitchell 55 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 22 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Lawrence Gaines 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Dexter Bussey 18 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jesse Thompson 6 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Charlie Joiner 25 pass from James Harris (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 14 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 85 | WR | Artie Owens |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 53 | C | Ralph Perretta |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 84 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 40 | RB | Clarence Williams |
| 41 | FB | Bo Matthews |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 73 | LDT | Charles DeJurnett |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 71 | RDE | Fred Dean |
| 57 | LLB | Rick Middleton |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 48 | LCB | Jerome Dove |
| 42 | SS | Mike Fuller |
| 44 | FS | Pete Shaw |
| 45 | RCB | Hal Stringert |
| 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 |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 25 | FB | Horace King |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 77 | LDT | John Woodcock |
| 72 | RDT | Bill Cooke |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 55 | MLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 21 | LCB | Walt Williams |
| 29 | SS | Mike Burns |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lydell Mitchell | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Hank Bauer | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| James Harris | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 18 | 91 | 5.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Horace King | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| James Harris | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 132 | 8.3 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 72.9 |
| Dan Fouts | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 3 | 118 | 8.4 | 55t | 1 | 3 | 14 | 51.2 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 32 | 22 | 68.8 | 1 | 210 | 6.6 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 104.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Bob Klein | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Hank Bauer | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Woods | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 18t | 1 |
| Horace King | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| David Hill | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Jesse Thompson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6t | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Linden King | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Bruce Rhodes | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Artie Owens | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jesse Thompson | 2 | 0 | 45 | 22.5 | 35 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Artie Owens | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 77 | 0 | |
| Rickey Anderson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Rick Middleton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jesse Thompson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Nat Terry | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Luther Blue | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Charles DeJurnett | 1.0 |
| Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 4.0 |
| John Woodcock | 2.0 |
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