| Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: November 8, 1981 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: RFK Stadium Attendance: 52096 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 65 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Joe Washington 7 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 21 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Freddie Scott 36 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eric Hipple 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 33 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Art Monk 6 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 28 FG | 21 | 23 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 13 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 28 | 23 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Joe Washington 12 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 28 | 30 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 50 FG | 31 | 30 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 44 FG | 31 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 20 | HB | Billy Sims |
| 24 | FB | Dexter Bussey |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 79 | LDT | William Gay |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 44 | LCB | Wayne Smith |
| 23 | SS | Ray Oldham |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 26 | RCB | Hector Gray |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Art Monk |
| 80 | WR | Virgil Seay |
| 66 | LOT | Joe Jacoby |
| 68 | LOG | Russ Grimm |
| 53 | C | Jeff Bostic |
| 64 | ROG | Ron Saul |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 88 | TE | Rick Walker |
| 85 | TE | Don Warren |
| 7 | QB | Joe Theismann |
| 25 | HB | Joe Washington |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Karl Lorch |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 69 | RDT | Perry Brooks |
| 76 | RDE | Mat Mendenhall |
| 51 | LLB | Monte Coleman |
| 52 | MLB | Neal Olkewicz |
| 55 | RLB | Mel Kaufman |
| 24 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 23 | SS | Tony Peters |
| 29 | FS | Mark Murphy |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Lavender |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 21 | 159 | 7.6 | 51 | 2 |
| Dexter Bussey | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Vince Thompson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Joe Washington | 27 | 144 | 5.3 | 14 | 2 |
| John Riggins | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Theismann | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 3 | 282 | 12.8 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 82.8 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 2 | 287 | 9.3 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 75.6 |
| Joe Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 36t | 1 |
| Billy Sims | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| David Hill | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Virgil Seay | 8 | 145 | 18.1 | 60 | 0 |
| Terry Metcalf | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Art Monk | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Joe Washington | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Warren | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jeff Bostic | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Luther Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mark Murphy | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Peters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Connell | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Nelms | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 27 | 0 | |
| Robbie Martin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Nelms | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Jackson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Pete Cronan | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Garry Cobb | 2.0 |
| Washington Redskins | |
| Dave Butz | 1.0 |
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