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 |
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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