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Detroit Lions 14 at Green Bay Packers 35

Sunday, October 1, 1978

Detroit Lions 14, Green Bay Packers 35

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Detroit Lions (1-4-0)007714
Green Bay Packers (4-1-0)7147735

Scoring

DETGNB
1stGNBBarty Smith 1 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick)07
2ndGNBDavid Whitehurst 1 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick)014
GNBAundra Thompson 43 yard pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick)021
3rdDETLuther Blue 12 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)721
GNBTerdell Middleton 76 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick)728
4thGNBAundra Thompson 19 yard pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick)735
DETFreddie Scott 42 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)1435

Team Stats

DETGNB
First downs1416
Rush-yards-TDs31-126-032-221-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT14-25-151-2-115-20-261-2-2
Sacked-yards6-500-0
Net pass yards101261
Total yards227482
Fumbles-lost0-03-2
Turnovers14
Penalties-yards9-7311-92

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Dexter Bussey DET 14 59 0 17 3 24 0 11
Gary Danielson DET 8 17 113 2 1 42 2 14 0 0
Freddie Scott DET 3 58 1 42
Horace King DET 11 43 0 20 2 9 0 7
Jesse Thompson DET 2 20 0 10
David Hill DET 2 19 0 14
Greg Landry DET 6 8 38 0 0 0
Rick Kane DET 3 6 0 9 1 9 0 9
Luther Blue DET 1 12 1 12
Lawrence Gaines DET 1 4 0 4
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Terdell Middleton GNB 11 148 1 76 2 38 0 19
David Whitehurst GNB 14 18 230 2 2 49 2 2 1 1
Aundra Thompson GNB 3 111 2 49
Barty Smith GNB 9 24 1 6 4 35 0 14
Eric Torkelson GNB 1 31 0 31
James Lofton GNB 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 15 2 14 0 9
Nate Simpson GNB 7 27 0 11
Rich McGeorge GNB 2 19 0 17
Jim Culbreath GNB 2 5 0 4 1 13 0 13
David Beverly GNB 1 1 31 0 0 31

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Luther Blue DET 0 0 0 0 2 30 15.0 0 0
Paul Naumoff DET 1 12 0 0
Ed O'Neil DET 1 6 0 0
Jesse Thompson DET 0 0 0 0 2 43 21.5 0 0
Leonard Thompson DET 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Johnnie Gray GNB 1 0 0 0
Terdell Middleton GNB 0 0 0 0 1 22 22.0 0 0
Steve Odom GNB 0 0 0 0 1 39 39.0 0 0 6 66 11.0 0 0
Barty Smith GNB 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0