| Kansas City Chiefs at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 26, 1981 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 76735 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | David Hill 10 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Billy Jackson 4 run (Nick Lowery kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 34 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Freddie Scott 40 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Nick Lowery 33 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 46 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 4 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Stan Rome |
| 86 | WR | J.T. Smith |
| 60 | LOT | Matt Herkenhoff |
| 66 | LOG | Brad Budde |
| 58 | C | Jack Rudnay |
| 65 | ROG | Tom Condon |
| 77 | ROT | Charlie Getty |
| 84 | TE | Al Dixon |
| 9 | QB | Bill Kenney |
| 37 | HB | Joe Delaney |
| 48 | FB | James Hadnot |
| Defense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Art Still |
| 61 | NT | Don Parrish |
| 99 | RDE | Mike Bell |
| 52 | LOLB | Tom Howard |
| 57 | LILB | Jerry Blanton |
| 59 | RILB | Gary Spani |
| 50 | ROLB | Cal Peterson |
| 24 | LCB | Gary Green |
| 34 | SS | Lloyd Burruss |
| 26 | FS | Gary Barbaro |
| 44 | RCB | Eric Harris |
| 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 |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Joe Delaney | 17 | 77 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Steve Fuller | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| James Hadnot | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Jackson | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 20 | 64 | 3.2 | 10 | 1 |
| Vince Thompson | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Steve Fuller | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 0 | 131 | 7.7 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 83.2 |
| Bill Kenney | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 38 | 4.8 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 24.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 0 | 132 | 6.0 | 40t | 2 | 3 | 18 | 95.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| J.T. Smith | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Stan Rome | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 |
| James Hadnot | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Delaney | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| James Murphy | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Al Dixon | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 40t | 1 |
| Mark Nichols | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| David Hill | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Stan White | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 5 | 187 | 37.4 | 43 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| J.T. Smith | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| James Murphy | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Deron Cherry | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mark Nichols | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Robbie Martin | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Mike Bell | 1.0 |
| Dino Mangiero | 1.0 |
| Jerry Blanton | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 1.5 |
| William Gay | 1.5 |
| Stan White | 1.0 |
| Bubba Baker | 0.5 |
| Dave Pureifory | 0.5 |
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