Eric Ellsworth Hipple
Position: QB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 196 lbs.
Throws: Right
Born: September 16, 1957 in Lubbock, TX
College: Utah St. (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 4th round (85th overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 38 (2477th overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1940 to 2012.
Career Passing Touchdown Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Tm | Opp | Result | Quarter | Dist | Scorer/Receiver | Score Before | Score After | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1981 | 7 | 1981-10-19 | DET | CHI | W 48-17 | 2 | 2 | Rick Kane | Lead 17-14 | Lead 24-14 | |
| 2 | 1981 | 7 | 1981-10-19 | DET | CHI | W 48-17 | 3 | 10 | David Hill | Lead 27-14 | Lead 34-14 | |
| 3 | 1981 | 7 | 1981-10-19 | DET | CHI | W 48-17 | 4 | 44 | Freddie Scott | Lead 34-17 | Lead 41-17 | |
| 4 | 1981 | 7 | 1981-10-19 | DET | CHI | W 48-17 | 4 | 94 | Leonard Thompson | Lead 41-17 | Lead 48-17 | |
| 5 | 1981 | 8 | 1981-10-25 | DET | GNB | W 31-27 | 2 | 1 | David Hill | Tied 10-10 | Lead 17-10* | |
| 6 | 1981 | 9 | 1981-11-01 | DET | @ | RAM | L 13-20 | 1 | 14 | David Hill | Trail 0-7 | Tied 7-7 |
| 7 | 1981 | 10 | 1981-11-08 | DET | @ | WAS | L 31-33 | 1 | 36 | Freddie Scott | Trail 0-10 | Trail 7-10 |
| 8 | 1981 | 11 | 1981-11-15 | DET | DAL | W 27-24 | 3 | 6 | Mark Nichols | Trail 7-17 | Trail 14-17 | |
| 9 | 1981 | 11 | 1981-11-15 | DET | DAL | W 27-24 | 4 | 81 | Billy Sims | Trail 17-24 | Tied 24-24 | |
| 10 | 1981 | 13 | 1981-11-26 | DET | KAN | W 27-10 | 1 | 10 | David Hill | Tied 0-0 | Lead 7-0* | |
| 11 | 1981 | 13 | 1981-11-26 | DET | KAN | W 27-10 | 2 | 40 | Freddie Scott | Lead 10-7 | Lead 17-7 | |
| 12 | 1981 | 15 | 1981-12-12 | DET | MIN | W 45-7 | 2 | 7 | Freddie Scott | Lead 17-7 | Lead 24-7 | |
| 13 | 1981 | 15 | 1981-12-12 | DET | MIN | W 45-7 | 2 | 10 | Leonard Thompson | Lead 24-7 | Lead 31-7 | |
| 14 | 1981 | 16 | 1981-12-20 | DET | TAM | L 17-20 | 4 | 8 | Leonard Thompson | Trail 10-20 | Trail 17-20 | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Tm | Opp | Result | Quarter | Dist | Scorer/Receiver | Score Before | Score After | |
| 15 | 1982 | 1 | 1982-09-12 | DET | CHI | W 17-10 | 1 | 5 | David Hill | Tied 0-0 | Lead 7-0* | |
| 16 | 1982 | 3 | 1982-11-21 | DET | @ | CHI | L 17-20 | 1 | 1 | Mark Nichols | Trail 0-3 | Lead 7-3* |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Tm | Opp | Result | Quarter | Dist | Scorer/Receiver | Score Before | Score After | |
| 17 | 1983 | 2 | 1983-09-11 | DET | CLE | L 26-31 | 1 | 80 | Leonard Thompson | Tied 0-0 | Lead 7-0* | |
| 18 | 1983 | 2 | 1983-09-11 | DET | CLE | L 26-31 | 2 | 5 | Ulysses Norris | Trail 7-14 | Tied 14-14 | |
| 19 | 1983 | 4 | 1983-09-25 | DET | @ | MIN | L 17-20 | 2 | 41 | Mark Nichols | Trail 0-17 | Trail 7-17 |
| 20 | 1983 | 5 | 1983-10-02 | DET | @ | RAM | L 10-21 | 2 | 5 | Ulysses Norris | Trail 3-14 | Trail 10-14 |
| 21 | 1983 | 6 | 1983-10-09 | DET | GNB | W 38-14 | 2 | 18 | Leonard Thompson | Lead 17-0 | Lead 24-0 | |
| 22 | 1983 | 6 | 1983-10-09 | DET | GNB | W 38-14 | 4 | 37 | Leonard Thompson | Lead 31-7 | Lead 38-7 | |
| 23 | 1983 | 7 | 1983-10-16 | DET | CHI | W 31-17 | 2 | 14 | Dexter Bussey | Lead 7-0 | Lead 14-0 | |
| 24 | 1983 | 9 | 1983-10-30 | DET | @ | CHI | W 38-17 | 1 | 21 | Jeff Chadwick | Lead 7-0 | Lead 14-0 |
| 25 | 1983 | 12 | 1983-11-20 | DET | @ | GNB | W 23-20 | 4 | 9 | Freddie Scott | Trail 13-20 | Tied 20-20 |
| 26 | 1983 | 13 | 1983-11-24 | DET | PIT | W 45-3 | 1 | 13 | Ulysses Norris | Lead 10-0 | Lead 17-0 | |
| 27 | 1983 | 13 | 1983-11-24 | DET | PIT | W 45-3 | 2 | 4 | Ulysses Norris | Lead 17-3 | Lead 24-3 | |
| 28 | 1983 | 14 | 1983-12-05 | DET | MIN | W 13-2 | 2 | 10 | Jeff Chadwick | Lead 3-0 | Lead 10-0 | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Tm | Opp | Result | Quarter | Dist | Scorer/Receiver | Score Before | Score After | |
| 29 | 1984 | 16 | 1984-12-16 | DET | CHI | L 13-30 | 4 | 4 | James R. Jones | Trail 6-30 | Trail 13-30 | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Tm | Opp | Result | Quarter | Dist | Scorer/Receiver | Score Before | Score After | |
| 30 | 1985 | 1 | 1985-09-08 | DET | @ | ATL | W 28-27 | 2 | 8 | James R. Jones | Trail 0-14 | Trail 7-14 |
| 31 | 1985 | 1 | 1985-09-08 | DET | @ | ATL | W 28-27 | 2 | 15 | Jeff Chadwick | Trail 7-14 | Tied 14-14 |
| 32 | 1985 | 1 | 1985-09-08 | DET | @ | ATL | W 28-27 | 3 | 9 | Jeff Chadwick | Trail 14-21 | Tied 21-21 |
| 33 | 1985 | 2 | 1985-09-15 | DET | DAL | W 26-21 | 1 | 21 | Jeff Chadwick | Lead 3-0 | Lead 10-0 | |
| 34 | 1985 | 4 | 1985-09-29 | DET | TAM | W 30-9 | 2 | 4 | Mark Nichols | Trail 3-6 | Lead 10-6* | |
| 35 | 1985 | 4 | 1985-09-29 | DET | TAM | W 30-9 | 4 | 9 | Mark Nichols | Lead 16-9 | Lead 23-9 | |
| 36 | 1985 | 8 | 1985-10-27 | DET | MIA | W 31-21 | 1 | 6 | James R. Jones | Tied 0-0 | Lead 7-0* | |
| 37 | 1985 | 8 | 1985-10-27 | DET | MIA | W 31-21 | 2 | 28 | Leonard Thompson | Lead 10-7 | Lead 17-7 | |
| 38 | 1985 | 8 | 1985-10-27 | DET | MIA | W 31-21 | 2 | 30 | Mark Nichols | Lead 17-14 | Lead 24-14 | |
| 39 | 1985 | 11 | 1985-11-17 | DET | MIN | W 41-21 | 1 | 5 | James R. Jones | Tied 0-0 | Lead 7-0* | |
| 40 | 1985 | 11 | 1985-11-17 | DET | MIN | W 41-21 | 2 | 4 | David Lewis | Lead 17-0 | Lead 24-0 | |
| 41 | 1985 | 11 | 1985-11-17 | DET | MIN | W 41-21 | 2 | 3 | David Lewis | Lead 24-0 | Lead 31-0 | |
| 42 | 1985 | 13 | 1985-11-28 | DET | NYJ | W 31-20 | 2 | 25 | Leonard Thompson | Lead 3-0 | Lead 10-0 | |
| 43 | 1985 | 13 | 1985-11-28 | DET | NYJ | W 31-20 | 2 | 38 | Mark Nichols | Lead 10-3 | Lead 17-3 | |
| 44 | 1985 | 13 | 1985-11-28 | DET | NYJ | W 31-20 | 3 | 8 | Leonard Thompson | Lead 17-3 | Lead 24-3 | |
| 45 | 1985 | 13 | 1985-11-28 | DET | NYJ | W 31-20 | 4 | 44 | Leonard Thompson | Lead 24-13 | Lead 31-13 | |
| 46 | 1985 | 16 | 1985-12-22 | DET | CHI | L 17-37 | 3 | 2 | David Lewis | Trail 3-16 | Trail 10-16 | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Tm | Opp | Result | Quarter | Dist | Scorer/Receiver | Score Before | Score After | |
| 47 | 1986 | 4 | 1986-09-28 | DET | @ | CLE | L 21-24 | 2 | 3 | Leonard Thompson | Trail 0-7 | Tied 7-7 |
| 48 | 1986 | 4 | 1986-09-28 | DET | @ | CLE | L 21-24 | 4 | 6 | James R. Jones | Trail 7-14 | Tied 14-14 |
| 49 | 1986 | 4 | 1986-09-28 | DET | @ | CLE | L 21-24 | 4 | 3 | Carl Bland | Trail 14-24 | Trail 21-24 |
| 50 | 1986 | 5 | 1986-10-05 | DET | HOU | W 24-13 | 2 | 18 | Herman Hunter | Lead 14-10 | Lead 21-10 | |
| 51 | 1986 | 6 | 1986-10-12 | DET | @ | GNB | W 21-14 | 4 | 2 | David Lewis | Lead 14-7 | Lead 21-7 |
| 52 | 1986 | 7 | 1986-10-19 | DET | @ | RAM | L 10-14 | 4 | 9 | Jeff Chadwick | Trail 3-14 | Trail 10-14 |
| 53 | 1986 | 9 | 1986-11-02 | DET | CIN | L 17-24 | 1 | 36 | Leonard Thompson | Tied 0-0 | Lead 7-0* | |
| 54 | 1986 | 9 | 1986-11-02 | DET | CIN | L 17-24 | 4 | 5 | Jimmie Giles | Trail 10-17 | Tied 17-17 | |
| 55 | 1986 | 10 | 1986-11-09 | DET | MIN | L 10-24 | 3 | 10 | Jimmie Giles | Trail 0-10 | Trail 7-10 |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Tm | Opp | Result | Quarter | Dist | Scorer/Receiver | Score Before | Score After | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1982 | 10 | 1983-01-08 | DET | @ | WAS | L 7-31 | 3 | 15 | David Hill | Trail 0-31 | Trail 7-31 |