NFL game summary for 11/19/1978:

Mark van Eeghen, the AFC's leading rusher in 1977, registered three touchdowns for the first time in his career and rushed for 98 yards on 25 carries as Oakland overcame a 14-13 halftime deficit to remain in a first place tie with Denver in the AFC West. Van Eeghen scored on two short touchdown runs and recovered wide receiver Cliff Branch's fumble in the end zone for a third score. The Lions scored two touchdowns within a five-minute span in the second quarter -- a 42-yard pass from Gary Danielson to Freddie Scott and one-yard run by Horace King.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Detroit Lions	OFFENSE	143.0  (15)	124.4  (26)	267.4  (24)	19
	DEFENSE	137.2  (12)	143.0  (6)	280.2  (6)	28
Oakland Raiders	OFFENSE	139.8  (17)	168.6  (11)	308.5  (10)	27
	DEFENSE	149.5  (17)	157.5  (13)	307.1  (17)	26

Line: Raiders by 7

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Detroit Lions (4-8-0)	0	14	3	0	17
Oakland Raiders (8-4-0)	6	7	14	2	29

( 0- 6) OAK Mark van Eeghen 1 yard rush (kick failed)
( 0-13) OAK Mark van Eeghen 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)
( 7-13) DET Freddie Scott 42 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)
(14-13) DET Horace King 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick)
(14-20) OAK Mark van Eeghen 0 yard fumble return (Errol Mann kick)
(14-27) OAK Dave Casper 2 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick)
(17-27) DET Benny Ricardo 30 yard field goal
(17-29) OAK Safety, Gary Danielson tackled in end zone by Phil Villapiano

                     DET             OAK
First Downs:         18              24
Rushes-yards:        29-120          46-161
Yards/rush:          4.1             3.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     18-31-234-2     13-22-149-0
Sacked-yards:        3-26            3-30
Net pass yards:      208             119
Net yards/pass:      6.1             4.8
Total net yards:     328             280
Total plays:         63 (46% run)    71 (64% run)  
Yards/play:          5.2             3.9
Fumbles-lost:        4-2             5-1
Turnovers:           4               1
Penalties-yards:     12-75           11-115

Attendance: 44,517

Passing:
DET: Gary Danielson, 18 of 31 for 234 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
OAK: Ken Stabler, 13 of 22 for 149 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
DET: Horace King, 10 for 37 yards and 1 TD; Dexter Bussey, 10 for 32 yards; Gary Danielson, 4 for 2 yards; Rick Kane, 2 for 3 yards; Freddie Scott, 1 for 36 yards; Luther Blue, 1 for 6 yards; Lawrence Gaines, 1 for 4 yards
OAK: Mark van Eeghen, 25 for 98 yards and 2 TDs; Arthur Whittington, 15 for 44 yards; Harold Hart, 3 for 20 yards; Ken Stabler, 2 for 0 yards; David Humm, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
DET: Freddie Scott, 4 for 88 yards and 1 TD; David Hill, 4 for 40 yards; Horace King, 4 for 23 yards; Dexter Bussey, 3 for 24 yards; Leonard Thompson, 2 for 41 yards; Luther Blue, 1 for 18 yards
OAK: Dave Casper, 5 for 65 yards and 1 TD; Morris Bradshaw, 3 for 34 yards; Raymond Chester, 2 for 27 yards; Cliff Branch, 2 for 22 yards; Harold Hart, 1 for 1 yard

Kick returns:
DET: Rick Kane, 3 for 48 yards
OAK: Arthur Whittington, 2 for 32 yards; Derrick Ramsey, 1 for 23 yards; Harold Hart, 1 for 18 yards; Neal Colzie, 1 for 15 yards

Punt returns:
DET: Freddie Scott, 3 for 26 yards; Luther Blue, 1 for 7 yards
OAK: Neal Colzie, 3 for 23 yards

Interceptions:
OAK: Charlie Phillips, 1 for 23 yards; Jack Tatum, 1 for 2 yards

Punting:
DET: Tom Skladany, 4 for 158 yards
OAK: Ray Guy, 7 for 293 yards

Field Goals:
DET: Benny Ricardo, 1/1

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