| Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 18, 1983 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 54622 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 3 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 30 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Mick Luckhurst 28 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Alfred Jackson 54 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ben Young 11 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | James Jones 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Alfred Jackson 36 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Rob Rubick 6 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Mick Luckhurst 42 FG | 27 | 14 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Mick Luckhurst 45 FG | 30 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Alfred Jackson |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 68 | LOG | R.C. Thielemann |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 61 | ROG | John Scully |
| 66 | ROT | Warren Bryant |
| 48 | TE | Ben Young |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 31 | FB | William Andrews |
| 80 | HBK | Junior Miller |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jeff Yeates |
| 63 | LDT | Mike Zele |
| 65 | RDT | Don Smith |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 56 | LLB | Al Richardson |
| 54 | MLB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 50 | RLB | Buddy Curry |
| 23 | LCB | Bobby Butler |
| 27 | LS | Tom Pridemore |
| 36 | RS | Bob Glazebrook |
| 37 | RCB | Kenny Johnson |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Mark Nichols |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Dieterich |
| 64 | LOG | Larry Lee |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 67 | ROG | Don Greco |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | Reese McCall |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 20 | HB | Billy Sims |
| 20 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 62 | LDE | Curtis Green |
| 73 | LDT | Mike Dawson |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 54 | LLB | Roosevelt Barnes |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 59 | RLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 33 | LS | Bill Graham |
| 35 | RS | Alvin Hall |
| 43 | RCB | Al Latimer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| William Andrews | 32 | 150 | 4.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Lynn Cain | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Junior Miller | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Eric Hipple | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 34 | 24 | 70.6 | 0 | 366 | 10.8 | 54t | 3 | 4 | 16 | 135.2 |
| William Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 1 | 139 | 6.3 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 70.1 |
| Eric Hipple | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 0 | 115 | 6.1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 79.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alfred Jackson | 5 | 123 | 24.6 | 54t | 2 |
| Billy Johnson | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Alfred Jenkins | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 |
| William Andrews | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Ben Young | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Lynn Cain | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Junior Miller | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Stacey Bailey | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Horace King | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rob Rubick | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Reese McCall | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Tom Pridemore | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ralph Giacomarro | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 12 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Richard Williams | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Kenny Johnson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| James Caver | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Alvin Hall | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| August Curley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Buddy Curry | 1.0 |
| Don Smith | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 2.0 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| James Harrell | 1.0 |
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