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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers - October 14th, 1979
Detroit Lions 16 at Green Bay Packers 24
Sunday, October 14, 1979
Detroit Lions 16, Green Bay Packers 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (1-6-0) | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| Green Bay Packers (3-4-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Scoring
| DET | GNB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | DET | Benny Ricardo 33 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Walt Williams 36 yard interception return (kick failed) | 9 | 0 | |
| GNB | David Whitehurst 1 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick) | 9 | 7 | |
| GNB | Chester Marcol 32 yard field goal | 9 | 10 | |
| 3rd | GNB | Paul Coffman 13 yard pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 9 | 17 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson 38 yard pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 16 | 17 | |
| 4th | GNB | Walter Landers 55 yard pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 16 | 24 |
Team Stats
| DET | GNB | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-93-0 | 42-189-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-27-191-1-1 | 9-17-132-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-37 | 3-23 |
| Net pass yards | 154 | 109 |
| Total yards | 247 | 298 |
| Fumbles-lost | 6-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-86 | 13-68 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jeff Komlo | DET | 14 | 27 | 191 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 17 | 73 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 38 | ||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 5 | 63 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Gene A. Washington | DET | 2 | 34 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Bo Robinson | DET | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Horace King | DET | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| David Hill | DET | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Larry Swider | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 3 | -2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Nate Simpson | GNB | 19 | 121 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| David Whitehurst | GNB | 9 | 17 | 132 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Walter Landers | GNB | 4 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 55 | ||||||
| Eric Torkelson | GNB | 4 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Steve Atkins | GNB | 11 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Paul Coffman | GNB | 3 | 34 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
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 | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Ellis | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Walt Williams | DET | 1 | 36 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Mike Douglass | GNB | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Odom | GNB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Howard Sampson | GNB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||