1979 Detroit Lions 3-13 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 Detroit 41 86 47 33 0 207 Opponent 40 126 86 76 0 328 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 207 328 0-1 7 @Tampa Bay 31 86ø 10-20 First Downs 262 281 1-1 14 Washington 0 70ø Rush 101 106 1-2 17 @New York (A) 20 64ø 30-40 Pass 144 166 1-3 14 Atlanta 20 70ø Pen 17 9 1-4 21 Minnesota 24 70ø Penalties 86 85 1-5 13 @New England 17 49ø 0-10 Yards 574 585 2-5 28 @Green Bay 26 60ø 0-10 2-6 14 @New Orleans 35 70ø Rushing Att 457 520 3-6 40 Buffalo 17 70ø Yards 1926 2158 3-7 20 @Chicago 37 42ø 10-20 Ave 4.2 4.2 3-8 3 Tampa Bay 27 70ø TD 10 15 3-9 0 @Minnesota 7 41ø 0-5 3-10 3 Chicago 24 70ø Passing Att 482 430 3-11 7 @Philadelphia 20 53ø 0-10 Comp 233 250 3-12 3 Miami 17 70ø % 48.3 58.1 3-13 3 Green Bay 6 70ø Int 26 17 % 5.4 4.0 TD 14 23 % 2.9 5.3 Yards 2892 3086 Sacked 59 44 Punt Return 55 51 Yards 327 410 Ave 5.9 8.0 Kick Return 70 51 Yards 1359 935 Ave 19.4 18.3 Punts 84 79 Yards 3229 3122 Ave 38.4 39.5 FG Att 22 25 Made 9 13 % 40.9 52.0 Third Downs 229 230 Made 80 106 % 34.9 46.1 Fourth Downs 24 19 Made 11 11 % 45.8 57.9 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 34 20 Lost 16 11 Turnovers 42 28 Net Offense 4395 4941 Per Play 4.4 5.0 1979 Detroit Lions Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Bussey 163 738 4.5 12 39 38 3 Scott 65 5 1052 16.2 13 45 48 5 Kane 104 391 3.8 7 24 12 4 Hill 51 5 632 12.4 4 41 35 4 Robinson, 101 356 3.5 4 16 29 3 Thompson 28 3 430 15.4 3 19 53 2 King, H. 40 211 5.3 7 11 23 0 Bussey 17 0 119 7.0 0 7 13 0 Komlo 25 102 4.1 0 4 8 0 Robinson 15 3 126 8.4 0 5 13 0 Thompson, 7 62 8.9 4 3 16 0 Washington 15 3 170 11.3 0 9 20 3 Scott, F. 7 61 8.7 4 4 19 0 King 13 3 94 7.2 0 5 11 0 Gaines 5 10 2.0 0 0 5 0 Blue 12 1 105 8.8 0 6 17 0 Hunter, S. 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Kane 10 3 102 10.2 0 4 20 0 Callicutt 2 3 1.5 0 0 2 0 Norris 4 1 37 9.3 0 2 15 0 Reed, J. 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Callicutt 2 0 16 8.0 0 1 9 0 Swider 1 -11-11.0 0 0 0 0 Arnold 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 457 1926 4.2 38 101 38 10 233 27 2892 12.4 20 144 53 14 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Komlo 413 211 51.1 2632 12.5 53 49 20 26 6.3 49 14 3.4 56.3 Reed, J. 20 7 35.0 76 10.9 22 1 0 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 47.1 Hunter, S. 49 15 30.6 184 12.3 21 7 0 0 0.0 6 0 0.0 43.2 482 233 48.3 2892 12.4 53 57 20 26 5.4 59 14 2.9 54.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Ricardo 26 24 92.3 22 9 40.9 11.1 0.0 42 51 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Skladany 8 285 47 0 0 3 4 2 35.4 35.6 Swider 76 2944 49 2 0 23 47 408 32.8 38.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Thompson, 6 146 24.3 29 0 Arnold 19 2 130 6.8 15 0 Leonard, T 3 61 20.3 31 0 Thompson, 24 5 165 6.9 17 0 Kane 24 475 19.8 36 0 Ellis, K. 12 0 32 2.7 7 0 Arnold 10 197 19.7 26 0 55 7 327 5.9 17 0 Callicutt 27 480 17.8 32 0 Tearry 1 0 0.0 0 0 70 1359 19.4 36 0 Fumbles Komlo 14 Bussey 4 King, H. 2 Callicut 2 Ellis, K 1 Leonard, 1 Thompson 4 Kane 2 Robinson 2 Scott, F 1 Reed, J. 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec English 8 Pureifor 13 English 15 Allen, J 7 Baker, A 4 Hill, D. 3 Weaver 7 Baker, A 11 Baker, A 14 Baker, A 6 English 3 Dorney 3 Pureifor 7 English 8 Pureifor 7 Williams 5 Pureifor 2 Scott, F 2 Fantetti 5 Gallaghe 3 Fantetti 5 Jones, D 5 Bradley, 2 Baldisch 2 Baker, A 5 Gay 2 Gallaghe 5 Fantetti 4 Hunter, 2 Thompson 2 O'Neil 2 Gay 4 Hunter, 3 Lewis, E 1 Hunter, 2 Elam 2 Brooks, 4 English 2 Allen, J 1 Allen, J 2 Allen, J 2 Allen, J 2 Bradley, 2 Franks 1 Tearry 2 Gallaghe 2 Williams 2 Cole 1 Williams 1 Gallaghe 2 Brooks, 2 Weaver 2 O'Neil 1 Brooks, 1 Callicut 1 Cobb 1 Cole 1 Weaver 1 Parkin 1 Pureifor 1 Gay 1 Gallaghe 1 Stewart 1 Fantetti 1 Pureifor 1 Kane 1 Parkin 1 Elias 1 Franks 1 Bolinger 1 English 1 Fowler 1 Tackles Bradley, 100 English 67 Weaver 34 Ellis, K 13 Patterso 10 Elam 7 Allen, J 88 Brooks, 59 O'Neil 18 Cole 13 Stewart 10 Leonard, 6 Baker, A 85 Pureifor 58 Jones, D 17 Lewis, E 12 Jackson, 9 Sanders, 3 Fantetti 75 Williams 49 Gay 16 Cobb 11 Franks 8 Hunter, 68 Gallaghe 38 Parkin 15 Harrell 11 Washingt 8 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Hunter, J 5 41 8.2 26 0 Allen, J. 5 0 0.0 0 0 Bradley, 4 9 2.3 4 0 Williams, 2 84 42.0 59 1 Weaver 1 20 20.0 20 0 17 154 9.1 59 1 1979 Detroit Lions Coach: Monte Clark Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Komlo, Jeff 5 B 1 3 QB Golsteyn, Jerry 2 B 1 3 QB Hunter, Scott 4 B 1 3 QB Reed, Joe 2 B 1 3 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Bussey, Dexter 2 1 5 144 625 38 4.3 2 15 102 22 6.8 RB Kane, Rick 2 1 5 94 332 26 3.5 1 9 104 36 11.6 KR RB Robinson, Bo 2 1 4 87 302 29 3.5 2 14 118 14 8.4 KR RB King, Horace 2 1 5 39 160 23 4.1 3 18 150 30 8.3 KR RB Gaines, Lawrence 2 1 5 23 55 6 2.4 0 0 0 0 0.0 RB Callicutt, Ken 2 1 5 3 6 10 2.0 1 2 16 11 8.0 RET WR Scott, Freddie 0 0 4 6 21 18 3.5 9 62 929 50 15.0 WR Thompson, Leonard 0 0 4 5 24 16 4.8 4 24 451 82 18.8 RET WR Washington, Gene 0 0 5 1 24 24 24.0 2 14 192 29 13.7 WR Blue, Luther 0 0 2 1 -8 -8 -8.0 2 8 102 26 12.8 KR WR Arnold, John 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 RET WR Woods, Robert 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 RET TE Hill, David 4 2 5 1 15 15 15.0 6 47 569 40 12.1 TE Norris, Ulysses 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 4 43 34 10.8 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Tearry, Larry 5 5 3 C Franks, Dennis 4 4 4 LS C Chandler, Karl 3 3 1 G Bolinger, Russ 6 6 5 G Elias, Homer 6 6 4 G Fowler, Amos 4 4 3 T Dorney, Keith 5 5 5 T Baldischwiler, Karl 5 5 5 C-G Pesuit, Wally 4 4 5 PR C-T Morrison, Don 4 4 4 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT English, Doug 8 8 0 3 5 6 0 DT Gallagher, Dave 5 5 0 2 3 3 0 DT Elam, Cleveland 4 4 0 1 2 1 0 DE Baker, Al 9 6 0 8 5 16 0 DE Pureifory, Dave 5 4 0 4 4 8 0 DE Gay, William 4 3 0 3 4 6 0 KR DE Sanders, Ken 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 ILB Fantetti, Ken 5 4 2 0 5 0 0 KR ILB O'Neil, Ed 4 3 1 1 5 1 0 OLB Weaver, Charlie 5 5 1 2 2 2 1 LB Brooks, Jon 4 4 1 0 4 0 0 LB Harrell, James 4 4 1 0 2 0 0 LB Washington, Dave 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 LB Cobb, Garry 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 LB Cole, Eddie 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 CB Bradley, Luther 7 0 7 0 5 0 4 CB Williams, Walt 5 0 5 0 3 0 2 S Allen, Jimmy 7 2 5 0 5 0 4 S Hunter, James 7 2 5 0 4 0 3 DB Ellis, Ken 4 1 3 0 3 0 0 PR DB Jones, Doug 4 1 3 0 3 0 0 DB Parkin, Dave 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 DB Lewis, Eddie 3 1 2 0 4 0 0 PR DB Leonard,Tony 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 RET DB Jackson, Ernie 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 DB Patterson, Don 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 DB Stewart, Jimmy 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 Special Teams P Skladany, Tom K Ricardo, Benny P Swider, Larry