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Green Bay Packers 18 at Detroit Lions 13
Saturday, December 15, 1979
Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome (dome), Start Time: 4:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers (5-11-0) | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| Detroit Lions (2-14-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Scoring
| GNB | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Packers | Tom Birney 27 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Lions | Jeff Komlo 9 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| Packers | Tom Birney 25 yard field goal | 6 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Packers | Tom Birney 47 yard field goal | 9 | 7 |
| 3rd | Packers | Eric Torkelson 1 yard rush (pass failed) | 15 | 7 |
| Packers | Tom Birney 41 yard field goal | 18 | 7 | |
| 4th | Lions | Dexter Bussey 4 yard rush (kick failed) | 18 | 13 |
Team Stats
| GNB | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 44-195-1 | 28-156-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-24-131-0-0 | 13-29-142-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-39 | 7-70 |
| Net pass yards | 92 | 72 |
| Total yards | 287 | 228 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-44 | 1-10 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ricky Patton | GNB | 19 | 99 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Lynn Dickey | GNB | 11 | 24 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||
| Eric Torkelson | GNB | 13 | 53 | 1 | 9 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
| James Lofton | GNB | 3 | 48 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Walter Landers | GNB | 6 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Paul Coffman | GNB | 2 | 26 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Ron Cassidy | GNB | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Aundra Thompson | GNB | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Steve Wagner | GNB | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Terdell Middleton | GNB | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Freddie Scott | DET | 5 | 80 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 10 | 64 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Bo Robinson | DET | 10 | 45 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Jeff Komlo | DET | 5 | 13 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Scott Hunter | DET | 8 | 16 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 6 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Gene A. Washington | DET | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| David Hill | DET | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Johnnie Gray | GNB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike C. McCoy | GNB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 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 | |||
| John Arnold | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 160 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Callicutt | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| David Beverly | GNB | 4 | 190 | 47.5 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Birney | GNB | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Tom Skladany | DET | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 0 | ||||