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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons - September 9th, 1984
Detroit Lions 27 at Atlanta Falcons 24
Sunday, September 9, 1984
Detroit Lions 27, Atlanta Falcons 24 (OT)| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (1-1-0) | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Atlanta Falcons (1-1-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Scoring
| DET | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Billy Sims 9 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 0 |
| DET | Eddie Murray 46 yard field goal | 10 | 0 | |
| 2nd | DET | David Lewis 11 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 0 |
| ATL | Gerald Riggs 1 yard rush (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| ATL | Mick Luckhurst 51 yard field goal | 17 | 10 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Billy Johnson 45 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 17 | 17 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson 11 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 24 | 17 | |
| 4th | ATL | Stacey Bailey 29 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 24 | 24 |
| OT | DET | Eddie Murray 48 yard field goal | 27 | 24 |
Team Stats
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 28 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-208-1 | 25-91-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-32-250-2-0 | 24-28-299-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 241 | 289 |
| Total yards | 449 | 380 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-74 | 10-71 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Sims | DET | 23 | 140 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 21 | 32 | 250 | 2 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| James R. Jones | DET | 15 | 50 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| David Lewis | DET | 4 | 68 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Mark Nichols | DET | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 3 | 35 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Chadwick | DET | 3 | 35 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Ken Jenkins | DET | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Rob Rubick | DET | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 24 | 28 | 299 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 8 | 116 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Riggs | ATL | 19 | 78 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 6 | 63 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Cox | ATL | 5 | 58 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Stacey Bailey | ATL | 3 | 43 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Cain | ATL | 5 | 15 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Benson | ATL | 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 | |||
| William Gay | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Jenkins | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robbie Martin | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 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 | |||
| William Curran | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| David Frye | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||