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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at New England Patriots - October 7th, 1979
Detroit Lions 17 at New England Patriots 24
Sunday, October 7, 1979
Detroit Lions 17, New England Patriots 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (1-5-0) | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| New England Patriots (4-2-0) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
Scoring
| DET | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | NWE | Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NWE | Don Calhoun 2 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| DET | Benny Ricardo 26 yard field goal | 3 | 14 | |
| 3rd | DET | Scott Hunter 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 10 | 14 |
| DET | William Gay 0 yard fumble return (Benny Ricardo kick) | 17 | 14 | |
| 4th | NWE | Don Calhoun 6 yard pass from Tom Owen (John Smith kick) | 17 | 21 |
| NWE | John Smith 29 yard field goal | 17 | 24 |
Team Stats
| DET | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 9 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-55-1 | 45-140-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-24-173-0-2 | 11-23-154-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 5-43 |
| Net pass yards | 156 | 111 |
| Total yards | 211 | 251 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-107 | 12-84 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 2 | 98 | 0 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Scott Hunter | DET | 6 | 16 | 155 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 13 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| David Hill | DET | 3 | 35 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Luther Blue | DET | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Jeff Komlo | DET | 2 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bo Robinson | DET | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 20 | 93 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 3 | 59 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 20 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Tom Owen | NWE | 7 | 13 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 2 | 36 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 3 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Ken Callicutt | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Fantetti | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Weaver | DET | 1 | 17 | 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 | |||
| Allan Clark | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Fox | NWE | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||