NFL game summary for 10/01/1978:

David Whitehurst passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Packers over the Lions. Green Bay took a 21-10 halftime lead on one-yard touchdown runs by Whitehurst and Barty Smith and a 43-yard pass from Whitehurst to Aundra Thompson. After a Detroit touchdown in the third quarter, Terdell Middleton scored on a 76-yard touchdown run, the longest by a Packers back in 14 years. Green Bay's offense gained 482 yards, its best effort since 1975.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Detroit Lions	OFFENSE	126.5  (17)	77.5  (26)	204.0  (26)	5
	DEFENSE	148.2  (15)	74.8  (1)	223.0  (4)	9
Green Bay Packers	OFFENSE	149.5  (11)	78.2  (25)	227.8  (25)	7
	DEFENSE	155.2  (18)	140.2  (10)	295.5  (15)	17

Line: Packers by 5

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Detroit Lions (1-4-0)	0	0	7	7	14
Green Bay Packers (4-1-0)	7	14	7	7	35

( 0- 7) GB  Barty Smith 1 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick)
( 0-14) GB  David Whitehurst 1 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick)
( 0-21) GB  Aundra Thompson 43 yard pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick)
( 7-21) DET Luther Blue 12 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)
( 7-28) GB  Terdell Middleton 76 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick)
( 7-35) GB  Aundra Thompson 19 yard pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick)
(14-35) DET Freddie Scott 42 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)

                     DET             GB
First Downs:         14              16
Rushes-yards:        31-126          32-221
Yards/rush:          4.1             6.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-25-151-1     15-20-261-2
Sacked-yards:        6-50            0-0
Net pass yards:      101             261
Net yards/pass:      3.3             13.1
Total net yards:     227             482
Total plays:         62 (50% run)    52 (61% run)  
Yards/play:          3.7             9.3
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             3-2
Turnovers:           1               4
Penalties-yards:     9-73            11-92

Attendance: 54,601

Passing:
DET: Gary Danielson, 8 of 17 for 113 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); Greg Landry, 6 of 8 for 38 yards
GB: David Whitehurst, 14 of 18 for 230 yards and 2 TDs (2 int); James Lofton, 0 of 1 for 0 yards; David Beverly, 1 of 1 for 31 yards

Rushing:
DET: Dexter Bussey, 14 for 59 yards; Horace King, 11 for 43 yards; Rick Kane, 3 for 6 yards; Gary Danielson, 2 for 14 yards; Lawrence Gaines, 1 for 4 yards
GB: Terdell Middleton, 11 for 148 yards and 1 TD; Barty Smith, 9 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Nate Simpson, 7 for 27 yards; Jim Culbreath, 2 for 5 yards; David Whitehurst, 2 for 2 yards and 1 TD; James Lofton, 1 for 15 yards

Receiving:
DET: Freddie Scott, 3 for 58 yards and 1 TD; Dexter Bussey, 3 for 24 yards; Jesse Thompson, 2 for 20 yards; David Hill, 2 for 19 yards; Horace King, 2 for 9 yards; Luther Blue, 1 for 12 yards and 1 TD; Rick Kane, 1 for 9 yards
GB: Barty Smith, 4 for 35 yards; Aundra Thompson, 3 for 111 yards and 2 TDs; Terdell Middleton, 2 for 38 yards; Rich McGeorge, 2 for 19 yards; James Lofton, 2 for 14 yards; Eric Torkelson, 1 for 31 yards; Jim Culbreath, 1 for 13 yards

Kick returns:
DET: Jesse Thompson, 2 for 43 yards; Luther Blue, 2 for 30 yards; Leonard Thompson, 1 for 14 yards
GB: Steve Odom, 1 for 39 yards; Terdell Middleton, 1 for 22 yards; Barty Smith, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
GB: Steve Odom, 6 for 66 yards

Interceptions:
DET: Paul Naumoff, 1 for 12 yards; Ed O'Neil, 1 for 6 yards
GB: Johnnie Gray, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
DET: Tom Skladany, 7 for 296 yards
GB: David Beverly, 2 for 41 yards

Field Goals:
GB: Chester Marcol, 0/1

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