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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers - December 31st, 1983
Detroit Lions 23 at San Francisco 49ers 24
Saturday, December 31, 1983
Detroit Lions 23, San Francisco 49ers 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (9-8-0) | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 23 |
| San Francisco 49ers (11-6-0) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
Scoring
| DET | SFO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Eddie Murray 37 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| SFO | Roger Craig 1 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | SFO | Wendell Tyler 1 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) | 3 | 14 |
| DET | Eddie Murray 21 yard field goal | 6 | 14 | |
| DET | Eddie Murray 54 yard field goal | 9 | 14 | |
| 3rd | SFO | Ray Wersching 19 yard field goal | 9 | 17 |
| 4th | DET | Billy Sims 11 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 16 | 17 |
| DET | Billy Sims 3 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 23 | 17 | |
| SFO | Freddie Solomon 14 yard pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 23 | 24 |
Team Stats
| DET | SFO | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-188-2 | 27-103-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-38-236-0-5 | 18-31-201-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-12 | 2-13 |
| Net pass yards | 224 | 188 |
| Total yards | 412 | 291 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-63 | 5-25 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Sims | DET | 20 | 114 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 24 | 38 | 236 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| James R. Jones | DET | 10 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Jeff Chadwick | DET | 5 | 58 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 3 | 29 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Ulysses Norris | DET | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Montana | SFO | 18 | 31 | 201 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Wendell Tyler | SFO | 17 | 74 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Russ Francis | SFO | 4 | 75 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Roger Craig | SFO | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Dwight Clark | SFO | 7 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Wilson | SFO | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Solomon | SFO | 2 | 16 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Moore | SFO | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Eason Ramson | SFO | 1 | 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 | |||
| Garry Cobb | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Doug English | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| William Graham | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Curtis Green | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Alvin Hall | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Ken Jenkins | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| James R. Jones | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robbie Martin | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bobby Watkins | DET | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Randy Cross | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Dean | SFO | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Riki Ellison | SFO | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Dwight Hicks | SFO | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Pete Kugler | SFO | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie Lott | SFO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dana McLemore | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | |||||||||
| Jeff Moore | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 29 | |||||||||
| Keena Turner | SFO | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
Detroit Lions Starting Lineup
| Gary Danielson | QB |
| Billy Sims | RB |
| James R. Jones | FB |
| Mark Nichols | WR |
| Leonard Thompson | WR |
| Ulysses Norris | TE |
| Chris Dieterich | LT |
| Homer Elias | LG |
| Steve Mott | C |
| Don Greco | RG |
| Keith Dorney | RT |
| Curtis Green | LDE |
| William Gay | LDT |
| Doug English | RDT |
| Mike L. Cofer | RDE |
| Garry Cobb | LLB |
| Ken Fantetti | MLB |
| Jimmy Williams | RLB |
| Bobby Watkins | LCB |
| Bruce McNorton | RCB |
| Alvin Hall | SS |
| William Graham | FS |
San Francisco 49ers Starting Lineup
| Joe Montana | QB |
| Wendell Tyler | RB |
| Roger Craig | FB |
| Freddie Solomon | WR |
| Mike Wilson | WR |
| Russ Francis | TE |
| Bubba Paris | LT |
| John Ayers | LG |
| Fred Quillan | C |
| Randy Cross | RG |
| Keith Fahnhorst | RT |
| Jim Stuckey | DE |
| Pete Kugler | NT |
| Dwaine Board | RDE |
| Willie Harper | LOLB |
| Riki Ellison | LILB |
| Jack Reynolds | RILB |
| Keena Turner | ROLB |
| Ronnie Lott | LCB |
| Eric Wright | RCB |
| Carlton Williamson | SS |
| Dwight Hicks | FS |