| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 6, 1981 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 62123 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 25 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 39 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 29 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ricky Patton 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Horace King 17 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Freddie Solomon 21 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 61 | LOT | Dan Audick |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 86 | TE | Charle Young |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 32 | RB | Ricky Patton |
| 49 | FB | Earl Cooper |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jim Stuckey |
| 78 | NT | Archie Reese |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 59 | LOLB | Willie Harper |
| 57 | LILB | Dan Bunz |
| 64 | RILB | Jack Reynolds |
| 58 | ROLB | Keena Turner |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lott |
| 27 | SS | Carlton Williamson |
| 32 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Wright |
| 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 |
| 20 | HB | Billy Sims |
| 38 | FB | Vince Thompson |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 74 | LDT | Joe Ehrmann |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 44 | LCB | Wayne Smith |
| 23 | SS | Ray Oldham |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ricky Patton | 15 | 72 | 4.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Walt Easley | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 21 | 59 | 2.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Vince Thompson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Horace King | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 28 | 18 | 64.3 | 1 | 195 | 7.0 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 81.7 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 1 | 196 | 7.3 | 39t | 2 | 4 | 28 | 91.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Freddie Solomon | 8 | 94 | 11.8 | 21t | 1 |
| Dwight Clark | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Charle Young | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 39t | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Horace King | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jack Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Miller | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dwight Hicks | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Arrington Jones | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ricky Patton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Horace King | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| Alvin Hall | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 2.0 |
| Milt McColl | 1.0 |
| Willie Harper | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 2.0 |
| Curtis Green | 1.0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
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