Monday October 16, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

All NFL game summaries for 10/16/1972:



After trailing 17-0, the Packers scored at the end of an 82-yard march on a 34-yard field goal by Chester Marcol, and an 80-yard punt return by Ken Ellis to pull within 20-17 of Detroit. Then a 15-yard TD pass from Scott Hunter to Leland Glass and Marcol's conversion climaxed an 84-yard march and provided the victory with 1:54 remaining. The win gave Green Bay possession of first place in the NFC Central Division.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE128.2  (18)123.2  (24)251.5  (22)5
DEFENSE133.8  (14)123.2  (5)257.0  (8)11
OFFENSE164.5  (6)143.2  (15)307.8  (12)9
DEFENSE173.5  (23)110.5  (4)284.0  (16)6

Line: Lions by 6

Team1234F
Green Bay Packers (4-1-0)0710724
Detroit Lions (3-2-0)7103323

( 0- 7) DET Greg Landry 2 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) ( 0-10) DET Errol Mann 12 yard field goal ( 0-17) DET Altie Taylor 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) ( 7-17) GB Scott Hunter 1 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick) ( 7-20) DET Errol Mann 45 yard field goal (10-20) GB Chester Marcol 34 yard field goal (17-20) GB Ken Ellis 80 yard punt return (Chester Marcol kick) (17-23) DET Errol Mann 51 yard field goal (24-23) GB Leland Glass 15 yard pass from Scott Hunter (Chester Marcol kick)
                     GB              DET
First Downs:         16              18
Rushes-yards:        35-125          36-146
Yards/rush:          3.6             4.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-18-149-1     9-19-105-2
Sacked-yards:        1-9             3-22
Net pass yards:      140             83
Net yards/pass:      7.4             3.8
Total net yards:     265             229
Total plays:         54 (64% run)    58 (62% run)  
Yards/play:          4.9             3.9
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             1-0
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     4-26            2-21

Attendance: 54,418

Passing:
GB: Scott Hunter, 11 of 18 for 149 yards and 1 TD (1 int) DET: Greg Landry, 9 of 19 for 105 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
GB: MacArthur Lane, 21 for 89 yards; John Brockington, 11 for 41 yards; Scott Hunter, 3 for -5 yards and 1 TD DET: Altie Taylor, 20 for 90 yards and 1 TD; Steve Owens, 10 for 25 yards; Greg Landry, 6 for 31 yards and 1 TD
Receiving:
GB: Jon Staggers, 4 for 41 yards; John Brockington, 3 for 23 yards; MacArthur Lane, 2 for 49 yards; Carroll Dale, 1 for 21 yards; Leland Glass, 1 for 15 yards and 1 TD DET: Ron Jessie, 3 for 51 yards; Altie Taylor, 3 for 25 yards; Craig Cotton, 2 for 24 yards; Steve Owens, 1 for 5 yards
Kick returns:
GB: Bob Hudson, 5 for 91 yards; Jon Staggers, 1 for 19 yards DET: Ron Jessie, 2 for 37 yards
Punt returns:
GB: Ken Ellis, 1 for 80 yards and 1 TD DET: Lem Barney, 1 for 3 yards
Interceptions:
GB: Jim Hill, 2 for 21 yards DET: Lem Barney, 1 for 3 yards
Punting:
GB: Ron Widby, 3 for 87 yards DET: Herman Weaver, 1 for 46 yards
Field Goals:
GB: Chester Marcol, 1/2 DET: Errol Mann, 3/4


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