| New York Jets at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1991 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 69304 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Barry Sanders 14 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Barry Sanders 51 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Blair Thomas 6 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Erik McMillan 57 interception return (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Willie Green 73 pass from Erik Kramer (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 43 FG | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 22 FG | 17 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 37 FG | 17 | 27 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Tracy Hayworth 28 opponents fumble recovery (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 25 FG | 20 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Rob Moore |
| 88 | WR | Al Toon |
| 69 | LOT | Jeff Criswell |
| 79 | LOG | Mike Haight |
| 53 | C | Jim Sweeney |
| 67 | ROG | Dwayne White |
| 75 | ROT | Irv Eatman |
| 80 | TE | Mark Boyer |
| 7 | QB | Ken O'Brien |
| 32 | RB | Blair Thomas |
| 30 | FB | Brad Baxter |
| Defense | ||
| 97 | LDE | Marvin Washington |
| 94 | LDT | Scott Mersereau |
| 90 | RDT | Dennis Byrd |
| 56 | RDE | Jeff Lageman |
| 57 | LLB | Mo Lewis |
| 59 | MLB | Kyle Clifton |
| 43 | LCB | Mike Brim |
| 48 | SS | Brian Washington |
| 31 | FS | Lonnie Young |
| 40 | RCB | James Hasty |
| 22 | NB | Erik McMillan |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Robert Clark |
| 81 | WR | Mike Farr |
| 23 | WR | Willie Green |
| 80 | WR | Brett Perriman |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Eric Andolsek |
| 53 | C | Kevin Glover |
| 67 | ROG | Ken Dallafior |
| 64 | ROT | Eric Sanders |
| 12 | QB | Erik Kramer |
| 20 | RB | Barry Sanders |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Marc Spindler |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 90 | RDE | Dan Owens |
| 58 | LOLB | George Jamison |
| 54 | LILB | Chris Spielman |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 99 | ROLB | Tracy Hayworth |
| 39 | LCB | Ray Crockett |
| 35 | SS | William White |
| 36 | FS | Bennie Blades |
| 24 | RCB | Mel Jenkins |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Brad Baxter | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken O'Brien | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Blair Thomas | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 6t | 1 |
| Freeman McNeil | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Hector | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 20 | 114 | 5.7 | 51t | 2 |
| Brett Perriman | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Erik Kramer | 7 | -11 | -1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Ken O'Brien | 36 | 19 | 52.8 | 2 | 173 | 4.8 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 42.9 |
| Al Toon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Erik Kramer | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 1 | 235 | 7.6 | 73t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Al Toon | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Rob Moore | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Terance Mathis | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken O'Brien | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Dale Dawkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mark Boyer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Robert Clark | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Willie Green | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 73t | 1 |
| Barry Sanders | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Brett Perriman | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Farr | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Erik McMillan | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| George Jamison | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Terry Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Louie Aguiar | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Terance Mathis | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||
| Louie Aguiar | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Eddie Murray | 7 | 385 | 55.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Johnny Hector | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 53 | 0 | |
| A.B. Brown | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Chris Dressel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jeff Campbell | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| D.J. Dozier | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Jeff Hunter | 1.0 |
| George Jamison | 1.0 |
| Mel Jenkins | 1.0 |
| Dan Owens | 1.0 |
| Tracy Hayworth | 0.5 |
| Marc Spindler | 0.5 |
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