| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: November 22, 1981 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 50082 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 27 F Humidty: 92% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 24 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 23 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 49 FG | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Todd Bell 92 interception return (John Roveto kick) | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eric Hipple 5 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 16 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Rick Kane 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 23 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 80 | TE | Ulysses Norris |
| 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 |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Brian Baschnagel |
| 80 | WR | Rickey Watts |
| 64 | LOT | Ted Albrecht |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 52 | C | Dan Neal |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 78 | ROT | Keith Van Horne |
| 81 | TE | Robin Earl |
| 8 | QB | Vince Evans |
| 34 | HB | Walter Payton |
| 26 | FB | Matt Suhey |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Dan Hampton |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 82 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 90 | RDE | Al Harris |
| 55 | LLB | Otis Wilson |
| 50 | MLB | Mike Singletary |
| 59 | RLB | Gary Campbell |
| 44 | LCB | Terry Schmidt |
| 45 | SS | Gary Fencik |
| 46 | FS | Doug Plank |
| 20 | RCB | Reuben Henderson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 22 | 117 | 5.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 18 | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Vince Thompson | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 13 | 37 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Matt Suhey | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 29 | 10 | 34.5 | 1 | 145 | 5.0 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 37.3 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Vince Evans | 19 | 4 | 21.1 | 2 | 21 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 0.0 |
| Bob Avellini | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 20 | 2.0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Bob Parsons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Matt Suhey | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Rickey Watts | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Garry Cobb | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Stan White | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| James Hunter | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Todd Bell | 1 | 92 | 92.0 | 92t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 6 | 265 | 44.2 | 56 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 11 | 418 | 38.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Jeff Fisher | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Emery Moorehead | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| Jeff Fisher | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Marcus Anderson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 2.0 |
| Steve Furness | 2.0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.5 |
| Bubba Baker | 1.5 |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Gary Fencik | 1.0 |
| Dan Hampton | 1.0 |
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