| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 2, 1984 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 56782 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Carl Monroe 5 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 39 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Wendell Tyler 2 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 43 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | James Jones 2 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 42 FG | 17 | 20 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 53 FG | 20 | 20 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Wendell Tyler 9 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 27 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 49 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 27 | 27 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 22 FG | 30 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 77 | LOT | Bubba Paris |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 26 | RB | Wendell Tyler |
| 33 | FB | Roger Craig |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Jeff Stover |
| 78 | NT | Manu Tuiasosopo |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 57 | LOLB | Dan Bunz |
| 50 | LILB | Riki Ellison |
| 64 | RILB | Jack Reynolds |
| 58 | ROLB | Keena Turner |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lott |
| 27 | SS | Carlton Williamson |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Wright |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Mark Nichols |
| 71 | LOT | Rich Strenger |
| 72 | LOG | Chris Dieterich |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 67 | ROG | Don Greco |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 87 | TE | David Lewis |
| 81 | TE | Reese McCall |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 20 | RB | Billy Sims |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | William Gay |
| 76 | LDT | Eric Williams |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 66 | RDE | Mike Cofer |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 58 | MLB | Steve Doig |
| 59 | RLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 33 | LS | Bill Graham |
| 35 | RS | Alvin Hall |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Wendell Tyler | 16 | 87 | 5.4 | 14 | 2 |
| Bill Ring | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Roger Craig | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Carl Monroe | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 18 | 1 |
| James Jones | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ken Jenkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 0 | 188 | 7.5 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 100.1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 24 | 17 | 70.8 | 0 | 177 | 7.4 | 49t | 2 | 1 | 8 | 119.6 |
| James Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Freddie Solomon | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Roger Craig | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Russ Francis | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Dwight Clark | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Renaldo Nehemiah | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Wendell Tyler | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Carl Monroe | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 49t | 1 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| David Lewis | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Orosz | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dana McLemore | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 55 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Carl Monroe | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Bill Ring | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Dana McLemore | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ken Jenkins | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Dwaine Board | 1.0 |
| Manu Tuiasosopo | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 1.0 |
| Curtis Green | 1.0 |
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