1981 Detroit Lions roster and stats

1981 Detroit Lions: 8-8-0
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Home record: 7-1-0 (235 points scored, 122 allowed) Road record: 1-7-0 (162 points scored, 200 allowed) Head Coach: Monte Clark 397 points scored (4th of 28 teams), 322 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 228 436 3,138 (17) 6.54 18 23 596 2,795 ( 1) 4.7 26 5,933 ( 3) 43 Defense: 261 475 3,223 (13) 6.17 22 24 469 1,623 ( 1) 3.5 14 4,846 ( 4) 39

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Tom Skladany P 16 6'0 195 26 4 Ohio State 3 Eddie Murray K 16 5'10 165 25 2 Tulane 16 Gary Danielson QB 6 6'2 195 30 5 Purdue 17 Eric Hipple QB 16 6'2 196 24 2 Utah State 19 Jeff Komlo QB 3 6'2 200 25 3 Delaware 20 Billy Sims RB 14 6'0 212 26 2 Oklahoma 24 Dexter Bussey RB 16 6'1 210 29 8 Texas-Arlington 25 Horace King RB 16 5'10 210 28 7 Georgia 26 Hector Gray DB 16 6'1 197 24 1 Florida State 27 Luther Bradley DB 16 6'2 195 26 4 Notre Dame 28 James Hunter DB 12 6'3 195 27 6 Grambling 31 Ken Callicutt RB 16 6'0 190 26 4 Clemson 32 Rick Kane RB 16 5'11 200 26 5 San Jose State 35 Alvin Hall DB 16 5'10 193 23 R Miami (Ohio) 35 Jimmy Allen DB 15 6'2 195 29 8 UCLA 38 Vince Thompson RB 13 6'0 230 24 1 Villanova 39 Leonard Thompson WR 16 5'10 190 29 7 Oklahoma State 42 Ray Oldham DB 16 6'0 192 30 9 Middle Tennessee State 44 Wayne Smith DB 16 6'0 170 24 2 Purdue 45 Jeff Delaney DB 5 6'0 195 24 2 Pittsburgh 50 Terry Tautolo LB 11 6'2 235 27 6 UCLA 51 James Harrell LB 16 6'1 215 24 3 Florida 52 Stan White LB 16 6'1 225 32 10 Ohio State 53 Garry Cobb LB 16 6'2 210 24 3 Southern California 55 Tom Turnure C 16 6'4 243 24 2 Washington 57 Ken Fantetti LB 16 6'2 230 24 3 Wyoming 59 Charlie Weaver LB 7 6'2 225 32 11 Southern California 60 Al Baker DE 11 6'6 250 24 4 Colorado State 61 Homer Elias OG 16 6'3 255 26 4 Tennessee State 62 Curtis Green DE 14 6'3 256 24 R Alabama State 63 Edgar Fields DT 2 6'2 255 27 5 Texas A&M 64 Larry Lee OG 16 6'2 274 22 R UCLA 65 Amos Fowler C 16 6'3 250 25 4 Southern Mississippi 66 Tommie Ginn OG 13 6'3 255 23 2 Arkansas 71 Keith Dorney OT 16 6'5 265 23 3 Penn State 71 Steve Furness DT 9 6'4 255 30 10 Rhode Island 72 Chris Dieterich OT 7 6'3 269 23 2 North Carolina State 73 Russ Bolinger OG 16 6'5 255 27 5 Long Beach State 74 Joe Ehrmann DT 4 6'5 250 32 9 Syracuse 75 Dave Pureifory DE 15 6'1 255 32 10 Eastern Michigan 76 Karl Baldischwiler OT 16 6'5 265 25 4 Oklahoma 77 Curley Culp DT 2 6'1 265 35 14 Arizona State 78 Doug English DT 16 6'5 255 28 6 Texas 79 William Gay DE 16 6'5 250 26 4 Southern California 80 Ulysses Norris TE 12 6'4 225 24 3 Georgia 81 David Hill TE 15 6'2 230 27 6 Texas A&I 82 Bob Niziolek TE 4 6'4 220 23 R Colorado 83 Robbie Martin WR 16 5'8 179 22 R Cal Poly-S.L.O. 86 Mark Nichols WR 12 6'2 213 22 R San Jose State 87 Freddie Scott WR 16 6'2 175 29 8 Amherst 89 Tracy Porter WR 12 6'1 196 22 R Louisiana State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Eric Hipple 279 140 50.2 2,358 8.45 16.8 14 5.0 15 5.4 27 208 73.4 Gary Danielson 96 56 58.3 784 8.17 14.0 3 3.1 5 5.2 12 84 73.4 Jeff Komlo 57 29 50.9 290 5.09 10.0 1 1.8 3 5.3 5 45 49.6 Tom Skladany 3 3 100.0 43 14.33 14.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Freddie Scott 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Freddie Scott          53  1,022   19.3    5
David Hill             33    462   14.0    4
Leonard Thompson       30    550   18.3    3
Billy Sims             28    451   16.1    2
Horace King            20    211   10.6    1
Rick Kane              18    187   10.4    1
Dexter Bussey          18     92    5.1    0
Mark Nichols           10    222   22.2    1
Ulysses Norris          8    132   16.5    0
Vince Thompson          4     40   10.0    0
Tracy Porter            3     63   21.0    1
Ken Callicutt           2     24   12.0    0
Garry Cobb              1     19   19.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Billy Sims            296  1,437    4.9   13
Dexter Bussey         105    446    4.2    0
Rick Kane              77    332    4.3    2
Vince Thompson         35    211    6.0    1
Eric Hipple            41    168    4.1    7
Leonard Thompson       10     75    7.5    1
Mark Nichols            3     50   16.7    0
Horace King             7     25    3.6    0
Freddie Scott           7     25    3.6    0
Gary Danielson          9     23    2.6    2
Jeff Komlo              6      3    0.5    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Alvin Hall             25    525   21.0    0
Robbie Martin          25    509   20.4    0
Mark Nichols            4     74   18.5    0
Horace King             3     33   11.0    0
Ken Callicutt           2     23   11.5    0
James Harrell           1      0    0.0    0
Larry Lee               1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Robbie Martin          52    450    8.7    8    1
Tracy Porter            0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom Skladany 64 2,784 43.5 5 21 0 39 299 37.3 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Eddie Murray 1/1 5/5 9/14 7/11 3/4 25/35 46/46 121 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jimmy Allen 9 123 0 Al Baker 9.0 1 9 0 Luther Bradley 1 0 0 Garry Cobb 2.5 3 32 0 Doug English 9.0 Ken Fantetti 2 18 0 Steve Furness 3.0 William Gay 7.0 Hector Gray 1 0 0 Curtis Green 3.0 Alvin Hall 1 60 1 James Hunter 1 -3 0 Ray Oldham 1 10 0 Dave Pureifory 11.5 Wayne Smith 1.0 Stan White 1.0 4 37 0

1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 16 WR Mark Nichols 76 San Jose State 2 46 DE Curtis Green 123 Alabama State 3 72 OG Don Greco 45 Western Illinois 4 99 WR Tracy Porter 52 LSU 5 129 OG Larry Lee 96 UCLA 6 155 DB Sam Johnson Maryland 7 182 OT Lee Spivey SMU 8 211 TE Bob Niziolek 4 Colorado 9 238 DB Hugh Jernigan Arkansas 9 240 DB Dave Martin 7 Villanova [pick acquired from NE] 10 264 LB Andy Cannavino Michigan 11 294 DB Willie Jackson Mississippi State

Traded draft picks: #12 to DEN (Mandel Robinson)

Transactions:

05-15-1981	Jets claimed Tim Moon on waivers
07-13-1981	traded Detroit's #9 pick in the 1982 draft to Dolphins for Steve Towle
08-12-1981	traded Bill Searcey to Dolphins for Miami's #12 pick in the 1982 draft
08-17-1981	traded Lee Spivey to Redskins for a conditional #12 pick in the 1982 draft
09-15-1981	traded John Woodcock to Chargers for San Diego's #12 pick in the 1982 draft
09-22-1981	signed Steve Furness from Buccaneers as a free agent

1981 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/06/81    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 24-17       1-0-0
09/13/81    at San Diego Chargers      L 23-28       1-1-0
09/20/81    at Minnesota Vikings       L 24-26       1-2-0
09/27/81    vs Oakland Raiders         W 16-0        2-2-0
10/04/81    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 10-28       2-3-0
10/11/81    at Denver Broncos          L 21-27       2-4-0
10/19/81    vs Chicago Bears           W 48-17       3-4-0
10/25/81    vs Green Bay Packers       W 31-27       4-4-0
11/01/81    at Los Angeles Rams        L 13-20       4-5-0
11/08/81    at Washington Redskins     L 31-33       4-6-0
11/15/81    vs Dallas Cowboys          W 27-24       5-6-0
11/22/81    at Chicago Bears           W 23-7        6-6-0
11/26/81    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 27-10       7-6-0
12/06/81    at Green Bay Packers       L 17-31       7-7-0
12/12/81    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 45-7        8-7-0
12/20/81    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 17-20       8-8-0

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