| Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1979 Location: Milwaukee, WI |
| Venue: County Stadium Attendance: 53950 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 57 F Humidty: 36% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Green Bay Packers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 33 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Walt Williams 36 interception return (Benny Ricardo kick failed) | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers | David Whitehurst 1 run (Chester Marcol kick) | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers | Chester Marcol 32 FG | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers | Paul Coffman 13 pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Leonard Thompson 38 pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 16 | 17 |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers | Walt Landers 55 pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 16 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Bo Robinson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Komlo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Swider | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Nate Simpson | 19 | 121 | 6.4 | 0 | |
| Steve Atkins | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Eric Torkelson | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Walt Landers | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| David Whitehurst | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 1 | 191 | 7.1 | 38t | 1 | 4 | 37 | 71.7 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| David Whitehurst | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 1 | 132 | 7.8 | 55t | 2 | 3 | 23 | 93.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 1 | |
| Gene Washington | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| David Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bo Robinson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Eric Torkelson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Coffman | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| Walt Landers | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 1 | |
| Steve Atkins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Walt Williams | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Mike Douglass | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Swider | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| David Beverly | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Ellis | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Callicutt | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 17 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Howard Sampson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 1.0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 1.0 |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |
| Terry Jones | 2.0 |
| Mike Butler | 1.0 |
| Bob Barber | 1.0 |
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