| Detroit Lions at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1978 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 39200 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 34 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 22 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Steve Jones 10 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 19 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Otis 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | David Hill 15 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Dave Stief 53 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Luther Blue |
| 47 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 54 | C | Larry Tearry |
| 62 | ROG | Lynn Boden |
| 74 | ROT | Brad Oates |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 25 | FB | Horace King |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 77 | LDT | John Woodcock |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 52 | LLB | Dave Washington |
| 55 | MLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 21 | LCB | Walt Williams |
| 29 | SS | Mike Burns |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Dave Stief |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 62 | LOT | Keith Wortman |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 87 | TE | Al Chandler |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 34 | HB | Steve Jones |
| 35 | FB | Jim Otis |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 83 | NT | Mike Dawson |
| 63 | RDE | John Zook |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 55 | LILB | Eric Williams |
| 56 | RILB | Tim Kearney |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 37 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rick Kane | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Gary Danielson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| David Hill | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Jones | 14 | 78 | 5.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Jim Otis | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Willard Harrell | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 5 | 152 | 5.4 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 44.6 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 1 | 161 | 6.7 | 53t | 1 | 1 | 10 | 68.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rick Kane | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 |
| David Hill | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Luther Blue | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Jones | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 53t | 1 |
| Pat Tilley | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Perry Smith | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tim Kearney | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Carl Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 52 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mike Wood | 7 | 253 | 36.1 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tony Leonard | 6 | 0 | 55 | 9.2 | 24 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gordon Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Rick Kane | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gordon Bell | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Tim Kearney | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Ed O'Neil | 1.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Mike Dawson | 1.0 |
| John Zook | 1.0 |
| Bob Pollard | 1.0 |
| Mark Arneson | 1.0 |
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