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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions - September 3rd, 1978
Green Bay Packers 13 at Detroit Lions 7
Sunday, September 3, 1978
Green Bay Packers 13, Detroit Lions 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers (1-0-0) | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Detroit Lions (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Scoring
| GNB | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | GNB | Chester Marcol 41 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| GNB | Chester Marcol 23 yard field goal | 6 | 0 | |
| 3rd | GNB | Barty Smith 1 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick) | 13 | 0 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey 5 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 13 | 7 |
Team Stats
| GNB | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 11 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 55-181-1 | 26-82-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 3-9-31-0-0 | 10-19-116-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 8-76 |
| Net pass yards | 31 | 40 |
| Total yards | 212 | 122 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-40 | 9-31 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terdell Middleton | GNB | 28 | 91 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Barty Smith | GNB | 18 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Aundra Thompson | GNB | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| David Whitehurst | GNB | 3 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Nate Simpson | GNB | 5 | 14 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| James Lofton | GNB | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Greg Landry | DET | 10 | 19 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| David Hill | DET | 5 | 64 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 13 | 51 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Horace King | DET | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Luther Blue | DET | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| John Anderson | GNB | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnnie Gray | GNB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Odom | GNB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Luther Blue | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jesse Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||