| Detroit Lions at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 13, 1983 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 40660 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Florian Kempf 47 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 35 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Mike McCloskey 13 pass from Oliver Luck (Florian Kempf kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | James Jones 3 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Chris Dressel 13 pass from Oliver Luck (Florian Kempf kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Larry Moriarty 4 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Florian Kempf 21 FG | 17 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Mark Nichols |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Dieterich |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 64 | ROG | Larry Lee |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 80 | TE | Ulysses Norris |
| 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 |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 59 | RLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 33 | LS | Bill Graham |
| 35 | RS | Alvin Hall |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 83 | WR | Tim Smith |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 63 | LOG | Mike Munchak |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 74 | ROG | Bruce Matthews |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 88 | TE | Chris Dressel |
| 89 | TE | Mike McCloskey |
| 10 | QB | Oliver Luck |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Bob Hamm |
| 67 | MG | Mike Stensrud |
| 75 | RDE | Jesse Baker |
| 53 | LOLB | Avon Riley |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 56 | RILB | Robert Abraham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 24 | LCB | Steve Brown |
| 25 | SS | Keith Bostic |
| 36 | FS | Carter Hartwig |
| 20 | RCB | Willie Tullis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 20 | 105 | 5.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Eric Hipple | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| James Jones | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Vince Thompson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 28 | 107 | 3.8 | 42 | 0 |
| Oliver Luck | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Moriarty | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 3 | 213 | 7.3 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 42.0 |
| Gary Danielson | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 18 | 2.6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 50.3 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Oliver Luck | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 1 | 189 | 7.3 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 99.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| James Jones | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Renfro | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Chris Dressel | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13t | 1 |
| Tim Smith | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike McCloskey | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13t | 1 |
| Walt Arnold | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Roosevelt Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Tullis | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Kay | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Keith Bostic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John James | 3 | 103 | 34.3 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Jenkins | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 27 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Steve Brown | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Chris Dressel | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Robert Abraham | 1.0 |
| Jerome Foster | 1.0 |
| Malcolm Taylor | 1.0 |
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