| Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 15, 1981 Location: Pontiac, MI Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 79694 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 10 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 43 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 12 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 3 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Mark Nichols 6 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 37 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Jay Saldi 14 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 81 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 47 FG | 24 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 65 | ROG | Kurt Petersen |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe Dupree |
| 87 | TE | Jay Saldi |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 20 | FB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 32 | RCB | Dennis Thurman |
| 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 |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 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 |
| 26 | RCB | Hector Gray |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Dupree | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Danny White | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| James Jones | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 23 | 119 | 5.2 | 12 | 1 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 2 | 244 | 8.1 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 97.1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 1 | 264 | 11.5 | 81t | 2 | 5 | 52 | 107.9 |
| Tom Skladany | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Springs | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 17 | 2 |
| Billy Joe Dupree | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 1 | 81 | 81.0 | 81t | 1 |
| Garry Cobb | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Breunig | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Garry Cobb | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bubba Baker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 51 | 0 | ||||||
| Danny White | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 2 | 244 | 8.1 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 97.1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tom Skladany | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 47 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Skladany | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Ron Fellows | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 33 | 0 | |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Mark Nichols | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Charlie Waters | 2.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| John Dutton | 1.0 |
| Ed Jones | 0.5 |
| Harvey Martin | 0.5 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Garry Cobb | 0.5 |
| Doug English | 0.5 |
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