DET 17 @ NE 24 - 1979 NFL

1979 Week 6

Detroit LionsDET

17-24

New England PatriotsNE

Sun, October 7, 1979 · 1:00PM · Schaefer Stadium

Surface: astroturfLine: New England Patriots -13.0O/U: 40.0 (over)

DET: Monte Clark · NE: Ron Erhardt

DET

Team Stats

1st Downs

27-55

Rushing

45-140

8-24-173

Passing

11-23-154

211

Scoring

2nd Quarter

Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (John Smith kick)

Don Calhoun 2 yard rush (John Smith kick)

Benny Ricardo 26 yard field goal

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DET
Passing
Scott Hunter	6/16	155	0	1	2	47.7
Jeff Komlo	2/8	18	0	1	0	0.0
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Scott Hunter	2	3	1	2	0
Jeff Komlo	1	6	0	6	0
Dexter Bussey	13	34	0	6	0
Bo Robinson	5	10	0	4	0
Lawrence Gaines	2	6	0	3	0
Rick Kane	2	3	0	2	0
Horace King	1	1	0	1	0
Luther Blue	1	-8	0	-8	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Dexter Bussey	1	1	10	0	10
Bo Robinson	2
Luther Blue	5	2	30	0	16
Leonard Thompson	5	2	98	0	82
David Hill	7	3	35	0	17
Gene Washington	2
NE
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Tom Owen	7/13	81	1	0	2	98.6
Steve Grogan	3/9	45	0	1	3	11.1
Don Westbrook	1/1	28	0	0	0	118.7
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Tom Owen	1	-1	0	-1	0
Steve Grogan	2	3	0	3	0
Sam Cunningham	20	93	1	17	0
Don Calhoun	20	41	1	4	0
Mosi Tatupu	2	4	0	4	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Sam Cunningham	5	4	31	0	14
Don Calhoun	3	1	6	1	6
Harold Jackson	6	3	59	0	32
Russ Francis	6	2	36	0	28
Stanley Morgan	1	1	22	0	22

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DET
Charlie Weaver			0	1			0	0
Al Baker			0				1
William Gay			0					1
NE
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Tim Fox			0	1			0	0
Mike Haynes			0	1			0	0
Allan Clark			0	0			1	0
Steve Grogan			0	0			0	1
Rick Sanford			0					1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DET
Benny Ricardo	2/2	1/1	0	0	-	-
Larry Swider	-	-	8	272	34.0	-
NE
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
John Smith	3/3	1/3	0	0	-	-
Eddie Hare	-	-	7	269	38.4	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DET
Leonard Thompson	2	18	0	2	25	0
Ken Callicutt	1	31	0	0	0	0
Ken Fantetti	1	17	0	0	0	0
NE
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Stanley Morgan	0	0	0	3	7	0
Allan Clark	2	34	0	0	0	0
Don Westbrook	2	26	0	0	0	0

DET

Expected Points Added

-7.0Total7.0

-21.7Off Total-15.5

-17.3Off Pass-5.5

-6.2Off Rush-10.0

15.5Def Total21.7

5.5Def Pass17.3

10.0Def Rush6.2

-3.0

Starting Lineups

DET

QBJeff Komlo

RBDexter Bussey

FBBo Robinson

WRGene Washington

WRLuther Blue

TEDavid Hill

LTKarl Baldischwiler

LGHomer Elias

CLarry Tearry

RGRuss Bolinger

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