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Sunday December 7, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/07/1980:



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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Detroit LionsOFFENSE174.6  (1)169.3  (23)343.9  (8)26
DEFENSE103.5  (5)196.8  (14)300.4  (8)28
St. Louis CardinalsOFFENSE138.8  (8)194.6  (15)333.4  (11)30
DEFENSE127.4  (15)206.8  (19)334.2  (18)30

Line: Cardinals by 2

Team1234F
Detroit Lions (7-7-0)01310023
St. Louis Cardinals (5-9-0)7701024

( 0- 7) STL Doug Marsh 6 yard pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick)
( 3- 7) DET Eddie Murray 40 yard field goal
( 3-14) STL Wayne Morris 3 yard pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick)
(10-14) DET Billy Sims 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick)
(13-14) DET Eddie Murray 24 yard field goal
(16-14) DET Eddie Murray 26 yard field goal
(23-14) DET Leonard Thompson 37 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick)
(23-17) STL Neil O'Donoghue 25 yard field goal
(23-24) STL Roy Green 57 yard punt return (Neil O'Donoghue kick)
                     DET             STL
First Downs:         16              14
Rushes-yards:        36-121          42-126
Yards/rush:          3.4             3.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-28-201-1     12-22-99-1
Sacked-yards:        2-18            0-0
Net pass yards:      183             99
Net yards/pass:      6.1             4.5
Total net yards:     304             225
Total plays:         66 (54% run)    64 (65% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             3.5
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     3-20            11-101

Attendance: 46,966
Passing:
DET: Gary Danielson, 15 of 28 for 201 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
STL: Jim Hart, 12 of 22 for 99 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)

Rushing:
DET: Billy Sims, 20 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Dexter Bussey, 12 for 69 yards; Gary Danielson, 3 for 3 yards; Ray Williams, 1 for 6 yards
STL: Ottis Anderson, 28 for 68 yards; Wayne Morris, 7 for 36 yards; Theotis Brown, 3 for 17 yards; Willard Harrell, 3 for 6 yards; Jim Hart, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
DET: Billy Sims, 4 for 37 yards; Ray Williams, 3 for 51 yards; Leonard Thompson, 2 for 84 yards and 1 TD; David Hill, 2 for 20 yards; Freddie Scott, 2 for 8 yards; Dexter Bussey, 1 for 7 yards; Horace King, 1 for -6 yards
STL: Ottis Anderson, 4 for 32 yards; Theotis Brown, 3 for 30 yards; Pat Tilley, 1 for 13 yards; Dave Stief, 1 for 10 yards; Doug Marsh, 1 for 6 yards and 1 TD; Mel Gray, 1 for 5 yards; Wayne Morris, 1 for 3 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
DET: Ray Williams, 4 for 76 yards; Rick Kane, 1 for 22 yards
STL: Roy Green, 2 for 58 yards; Willard Harrell, 2 for 40 yards; Ken Stone, 1 for 13 yards; Randy Clark, 1 for 11 yards

Punt returns:
DET: Ray Williams, 4 for 23 yards
STL: Roy Green, 7 for 92 yards

Interceptions:
DET: Al Baker, 1 for 0 yards
STL: Carl Allen, 1 for 29 yards

Punting:
DET: Tom Skladany, 7 for 312 yards
STL: Larry Swider, 8 for 349 yards

Field Goals:
DET: Eddie Murray, 3/3
STL: Neil O'Donoghue, 1/1




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