| St. Louis Cardinals at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1980 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 80027 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 25 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Horace King 13 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Mel Gray 63 pass from Jim Hart (Steve Little kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 13 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 34 FG | 7 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 65 | LOT | Brad Oates |
| 71 | LOG | Joe Bostic |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 54 | ROG | Tom Banks |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 87 | TE | Doug Marsh |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | FB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 73 | NT | Mike Dawson |
| 78 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 56 | LILB | Tim Kearney |
| 55 | RILB | Eric Williams |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 44 | LCB | Tim Collier |
| 25 | SS | Roy Green |
| 37 | FS | Ken Greene |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 20 | RB | Billy Sims |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 77 | LDT | John Woodcock |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 21 | LCB | Walt Williams |
| 27 | SS | Luther Bradley |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 15 | 71 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 25 | 95 | 3.8 | 13t | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Rick Kane | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Horace King | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 1 | 275 | 7.6 | 63t | 1 | 5 | 33 | 82.5 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 157 | 6.5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 84.9 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 10 | 128 | 12.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 63t | 1 |
| Ottis Anderson | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Marsh | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Billy Sims | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Friede | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| David Hill | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Stan White | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Larry Swider | 6 | 275 | 45.8 | 53 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 4 | 174 | 43.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 4 | 0 | 41 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Randy Love | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Ron Yankowski | 2.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| John Woodcock | 2.0 |
| John Mendenhall | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
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