SD 14 @ DET 31 - 1978 NFL

1978 Week 8

San Diego ChargersSD

14-31

Detroit LionsDET

Sun, October 22, 1978 · 2:00PM · Pontiac Silverdome

Surface: astroturfRoof: domeLine: San Diego Chargers -6.5

SD: Don Coryell · DET: Monte Clark

Team Stats

DET

1st Downs

20-89

Rushing

39-273

13-30-250

Passing

22-32-210

304

Scoring

1st Quarter

Jesse Thompson 2 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)

Lydell Mitchell 55 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick)

Benny Ricardo 22 yard field goal

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
SD
Passing
James Harris	8/16	132	1	1	3	72.9
Dan Fouts	5/14	118	1	3	3	51.2
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
James Harris	1	6	0	6	0
Lydell Mitchell	9	53	0	14	0
Hank Bauer	6	15	0	8	0
Clarence Williams	4	15	0	7	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Artie Owens	3	0	0	0	0
Lydell Mitchell	4	1	55	1	55
Hank Bauer	4	2	15	0	8
Charlie Joiner	8	5	110	1	31
Bob Klein	3	3	57	0	24
Don Woods	3	2	13	0	11
Jerome Dove	1
Greg McCrary	1
Bo Matthews	1
DET
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Gary Danielson	22/32	210	3	1	2	104.9
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Gary Danielson	3	36	0	25	0
Dexter Bussey	18	91	0	30	0
Horace King	8	90	0	35	0
Freddie Scott	1	28	0	28	0
Lawrence Gaines	9	28	1	9	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Luther Blue	2	0	0	0	0
Dexter Bussey	7	6	61	1	18
Horace King	8	6	55	0	23
Freddie Scott	5	3	48	0	20
David Hill	4	3	29	0	12
Rick Kane	2	2	9	0	16
Jesse Thompson	4	2	8	2	6

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
SD
Linden King			0	1			0	0
Rick Middleton			0	0			0	1
Leroy Jones			0				1
Woodrow Lowe			0				1
DET
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Jimmy Allen			0	2			0	0
Bruce Rhodes			0	1			0	0
Charlie Weaver			0	1			0	1
Dexter Bussey			0	0			0	1
Lawrence Gaines			0	0			0	1
Al Baker			0				2
Dan Gray			0					1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
SD
Rolf Benirschke	2/2	-	0	0	-	-
Jeff West	-	-	3	114	38.0	-
DET
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Benny Ricardo	4/4	1/4	0	0	-	-
Tom Skladany	-	-	2	84	42.0	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
SD
Artie Owens	3	127	0	1	20	0
Rickey Anderson	1	21	0	0	0	0
Mike Fuller	1	14	0	0	0	0
Rick Middleton	1	5	0	0	0	0
DET
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Jesse Thompson	1	31	0	2	45	0
Luther Blue	1	22	0	0	0	0
Nat Terry	1	26	0	0	0	0

Expected Points Added

DET

-18.3Total18.3

-15.3Off Total15.5

-13.4Off Pass7.2

-0.7Off Rush4.0

-15.5Def Total15.3

-7.2Def Pass13.4

-4.0Def Rush0.7

9.7

Starting Lineups

QBDan Fouts

RBClarence Williams

FBBo Matthews

WRCharlie Joiner

WRArtie Owens

TEBob Klein

LTBilly Shields

LGDoug Wilkerson

CRalph Perretta

RGEd White

RTRuss Washington

LAC at DET, 1978 NFL game