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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Denver Broncos - October 11th, 1981
Detroit Lions 21 at Denver Broncos 27
Sunday, October 11, 1981
Detroit Lions 21, Denver Broncos 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (2-4-0) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Denver Broncos (5-1-0) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
Scoring
| DET | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Steve Watson 95 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DEN | Fred Steinfort 24 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| DET | Billy Sims 48 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| 2nd | DET | Billy Sims 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 10 |
| DEN | Steve Watson 40 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 14 | 17 | |
| DET | Alvin Hall 60 yard interception return (Eddie Murray kick) | 21 | 17 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Fred Steinfort 24 yard field goal | 21 | 20 |
| 4th | DEN | Rick Parros 15 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 21 | 27 |
Team Stats
| DET | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 49-262-2 | 37-135-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 7-16-72-0-1 | 13-18-283-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 63 | 266 |
| Total yards | 325 | 401 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-121 | 4-25 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Sims | DET | 28 | 185 | 2 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 12 | 49 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Jeff Komlo | DET | 7 | 16 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Mark Nichols | DET | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Watson | DEN | 5 | 182 | 2 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 13 | 18 | 283 | 3 | 1 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rick Parros | DEN | 20 | 77 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 4 | 56 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 9 | 41 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 2 | 20 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tony Reed | DEN | 4 | -4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
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 | |||
| Alvin Hall | DET | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robbie Martin | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 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 | |||
| Mike Harden | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wade Manning | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Swenson | DEN | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||