Detroit Lions at New England Patriots - October 7th, 1979
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 | |
| New England Patriots | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | DET | NWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Patriots | Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| Patriots | Don Calhoun 2 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 0 | 14 | ||
| Lions | Benny Ricardo 26 yard field goal | 3 | 14 | ||
| 3 | Lions | Scott Hunter 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| Lions | William Gay defensive fumble recovery in end zone (Benny Ricardo kick) | 17 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Patriots | Don Calhoun 6 yard pass from Tom Owen (John Smith kick) | 17 | 21 | |
| Patriots | John Smith 29 yard field goal | 17 | 24 |
Game Info
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Scott Hunter | DET | 6 | 16 | 155 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 82 | 47.7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Jeff Komlo | DET | 2 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 13 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Bo Robinson | DET | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Luther Blue | DET | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 5 | 2 | 98 | 0 | 82 | |||||||||||||
| David Hill | DET | 7 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Gene Washington | DET | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tom Owen | NWE | 7 | 13 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 32 | 98.6 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | |||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 3 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 11.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 118.7 | |||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 20 | 93 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 20 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 6 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 32 | |||||||||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 6 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 28 | |||||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | |||||||||||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Patriots Starters
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