Detroit Lions at Denver Broncos - October 11th, 1981
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Denver Broncos | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | DET | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broncos | Steve Watson 95 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| Broncos | Fred Steinfort 24 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | ||
| Lions | Billy Sims 48 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 10 | ||
| 2 | Lions | Billy Sims 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| Broncos | Steve Watson 40 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 14 | 17 | ||
| Lions | Alvin Hall 60 yard interception return (Eddie Murray kick) | 21 | 17 | ||
| 3 | Broncos | Fred Steinfort 24 yard field goal | 21 | 20 | |
| 4 | Broncos | Rick Parros 15 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 21 | 27 |
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 | |
| Jeff Komlo | DET | 7 | 16 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 31.2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Billy Sims | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 185 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 49 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Mark Nichols | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Horace King | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Craig Morton | DEN | 13 | 18 | 283 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 95 | 130.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Reed | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Rick Parros | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 77 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 182 | 2 | 95 | |||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 23 | |||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | |||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Broncos Starters
Lions Starters
Full Play-By-Play
- Play-by-Play for this game courtesy of Aaron Schatz and Jeremy Snyder
