| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (2-1-0) | 3 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 30 |
| Detroit Lions (1-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Pontiac Silverdome (dome) |
| Start Time | 1:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 72 degrees, no wind |
| Vegas Line | Detroit Lions -3.0 |
| Over/Under | 38.5 (over) |
| ATL | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Falcons | Mick Luckhurst 28 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Falcons | Alfred Jackson 54 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 10 | 0 |
| Falcons | Ben Young 11 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 17 | 0 | |
| Lions | James R. Jones 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| Falcons | Alfred Jackson 36 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 24 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Lions | Rob Rubick 6 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4th | Falcons | Mick Luckhurst 42 yard field goal | 27 | 14 |
| Falcons | Mick Luckhurst 45 yard field goal | 30 | 14 |
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 43-185-0 | 11-45-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-35-366-3-0 | 24-41-254-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-16 | 3-19 |
| Net pass yards | 350 | 235 |
| Total yards | 535 | 280 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-87 | 1-5 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| William Andrews | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 150 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 14 |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 24 | 34 | 366 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 5 | 123 | 2 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 4 | 62 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Stacey Bailey | ATL | 1 | 53 | 0 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Cain | ATL | 9 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 4 | 45 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Ben Young | ATL | 2 | 23 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Junior Miller | ATL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| James R. Jones | DET | 8 | 36 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 12 | 22 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eric Hipple | DET | 12 | 19 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 2 | 44 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 2 | 40 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Chadwick | DET | 3 | 33 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 4 | 30 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Billy Sims | DET | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Rob Rubick | DET | 3 | 18 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Reese McCall | DET | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Buddy Curry | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kenny Johnson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Merrow | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Pridemore | ATL | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don L. Smith | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Richard Williams | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 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 | |||
| Jim Caver | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| August Curley | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Doug English | DET | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| William Gay | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Alvin Hall | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Harrell | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Ralph Giacomarro | ATL | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 0 | ||||
| Mick Luckhurst | ATL | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Mike Black | DET | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 0 | ||||