| Oakland Raiders at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 27, 1981 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 77919 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland RaidersOAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | OAK | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 36 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 39 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 3 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 39 FG | 0 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Morris Bradshaw |
| 78 | LOT | Art Shell |
| 63 | LOG | Gene Upshaw |
| 50 | C | Dave Dalby |
| 65 | ROG | Mickey Marvin |
| 70 | ROT | Henry Lawrence |
| 88 | TE | Raymond Chester |
| 84 | TE | Derrick Ramsey |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 31 | RB | Derrick Jensen |
| 33 | RB | Kenny King |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | John Matuszak |
| 68 | MG | Johnny Robinson |
| 73 | RDE | Dave Browning |
| 83 | LOLB | Ted Hendricks |
| 57 | LILB | Randy McClanahan |
| 55 | RILB | Matt Millen |
| 53 | ROLB | Rod Martin |
| 37 | LCB | Lester Hayes |
| 23 | SS | Odis McKinney |
| 44 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 35 | RCB | Dwayne O'Steen |
| 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 |
| 24 | FB | Dexter Bussey |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 79 | LDT | William Gay |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Derrick Jensen | 19 | 65 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Kenny King | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Arthur Whittington | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 21 | 133 | 6.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 12 | 48 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 1 | 102 | 4.9 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 46.1 |
| Ray Guy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 65 | 4.1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 60.7 |
| Gary Danielson | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 2 | 36 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2.5 |
| Tom Skladany | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Cliff Branch | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Raymond Chester | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Derrick Jensen | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Morris Bradshaw | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Odis McKinney | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lester Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Ray Guy | 7 | 389 | 55.6 | 66 | 0 |
| Chris Bahr | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 5 | 237 | 47.4 | 74 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Ira Matthews | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Ira Matthews | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Malcolm Barnwell | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| Todd Christensen | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |
| Odis McKinney | 1.0 |
| Cedrick Hardman | 1.0 |
| Rod Martin | 1.0 |
| Matt Millen | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Dave Pureifory | 2.5 |
| Bubba Baker | 2.0 |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 0.5 |
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