| Detroit Lions at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 1980 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 46966 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 69 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Doug Marsh 6 pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 40 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 3 pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 24 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 26 FG | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 37 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 23 | 14 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 25 FG | 23 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Roy Green 57 punt return (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 23 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 72 | ROT | Chris Dieterich |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 80 | TE | Ulysses Norris |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 20 | RB | Billy Sims |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 79 | LDT | William Gay |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 35 | LCB | Wayne Smith |
| 23 | SS | Ray Oldham |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 66 | LOT | George Collins |
| 60 | LOG | Barney Cotton |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Bostic |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 87 | TE | Doug Marsh |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | FB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 69 | NT | Rush Brown |
| 78 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 56 | LILB | Tim Kearney |
| 59 | RILB | Calvin Favron |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 38 | SS | Lee Nelson |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 20 | 43 | 2.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Ray Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 28 | 68 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 1 | 201 | 7.2 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 73.7 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 1 | 99 | 4.5 | 19 | 2 | 00 | 77.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Ray Williams | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 47 | 1 |
| David Hill | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Doug Marsh | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bubba Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Allen | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 7 | 312 | 44.6 | 54 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Larry Swider | 8 | 349 | 43.6 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ray Williams | 4 | 2 | 23 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 7 | 0 | 92 | 13.1 | 57t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ray Williams | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ken Stone | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Randy Clark | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Curtis Greer | 2.0 |
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