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Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions

September 18, 1983
Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Atlanta FalconsAtlanta (2-1)	3	21	0	6	30
Detroit LionsDetroit (1-2)	0	7	7	0	14

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter			Atl	Det
Atl	9:39	FG Mick Luckhurst 28	3	0
2nd Quarter			Atl	Det
Atl	0:52	Alfred Jackson 54 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst Kick)	10	0
Atl	6:27	Ben Young 11 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst Kick)	17	0
Det	10:58	James Jones 1 run (Eddie Murray Kick)	17	7
Atl	14:06	Alfred Jackson 36 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst Kick)	24	7
3rd Quarter			Atl	Det
Det	14:44	Rob Rubick 6 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray Kick)	24	14
4th Quarter			Atl	Det
Atl	3:22	FG Mick Luckhurst 42	27	14
Atl	14:48	FG Mick Luckhurst 45	30	14

Team Stats

	AtlantaAtl	DetroitDet
First downs	26	18
Rushing	10	3
Passing	16	15
Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	535	280
Net Yards Rushing	185	45
Rushing Plays	43	11
Average Gain	4.3	4.1
Net Yards Passing	350	235
Att - Comp - Int	35-24-0	41-24-1
Sacked - Yds Lost	4-16	3-19
Gross Yards Passing	366	254
Avg. Yds/Att	10.5	6.2

	AtlantaAtl	DetroitDet
Punts - Average	2-40.0	5-46.0
Had Blocked	0	0
Punt Returns	4-31	1-13
Kickoff Returns	3-46	5-69
Interception Returns	1-25	0-0
Penalties - Yards	10-87	1-5
Fumbles - Lost	1-0	2-1
Field Goals	3-4	0-0
Third Downs	14-20-70%	7-12-58%
Total Plays	82	55
Average Gain	6.5	5.1
Time of Possession	40:19	19:41

Passing

Atlanta FalconsAtlanta	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Steve BartkowskiS. Bartkowski	34	24	366	10.8	3	0	54t	4	16	135.2
William AndrewsW. Andrews	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6

Detroit LionsDetroit	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Gary DanielsonG. Danielson	22	12	139	6.3	1	1	25	1	6	70.1
Eric HippleE. Hipple	19	12	115	6.1	0	0	25	2	13	79.9

Rushing

Atlanta FalconsAtlanta	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
William AndrewsW. Andrews	32	150	4.69	23	0
Lynn CainL. Cain	9	34	3.78	10	0
Junior MillerJ. Miller	1	2	2.00	2	0
Steve BartkowskiS. Bartkowski	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Detroit LionsDetroit	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
James JonesJ. Jones	8	36	4.50	18	1
Eric HippleE. Hipple	1	5	5.00	5	0
Billy SimsB. Sims	2	4	2.00	2	0

Receiving

Atlanta FalconsAtlanta	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Alfred JacksonA. Jackson	5	123	24.60	54t	2
William AndrewsW. Andrews	4	34	8.50	14	0
Alfred JenkinsA. Jenkins	4	45	11.25	18	0
Billy JohnsonB. Johnson	4	62	15.50	22	0
Lynn CainL. Cain	2	13	6.50	7	0
Junior MillerJ. Miller	2	13	6.50	7	0
Ben YoungB. Young	2	23	11.50	12	1
Stacey BaileyS. Bailey	1	53	53.00	53	0

Detroit LionsDetroit	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
James JonesJ. Jones	5	58	11.60	24	0
Horace KingH. King	4	30	7.50	11	0
Billy SimsB. Sims	4	25	6.25	12	0
Jeff ChadwickJ. Chadwick	3	33	11.00	15	0
Rob RubickR. Rubick	3	18	6.00	8	1
Freddie ScottF. Scott	2	40	20.00	25	0
Leonard ThompsonL. Thompson	2	44	22.00	25	0
Reese McCallR. McCall	1	6	6.00	6	0

Kickoff Returns

Atlanta FalconsAtlanta	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Richard WilliamsR. Williams	2	28	14.00	0	20	0
Kenny JohnsonK. Johnson	1	18	18.00	0	18	0

Detroit LionsDetroit	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
James CaverJ. Caver	2	34	17.00	0	33	0
Alvin HallA. Hall	2	28	14.00	0	28	0
August CurleyA. Curley	1	7	7.00	0	7	0

Punt Returns

Atlanta FalconsAtlanta	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Billy JohnsonB. Johnson	4	31	7.75	0	12	0

Detroit LionsDetroit	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Alvin HallA. Hall	1	13	13.00	0	13	0

Punting

Atlanta FalconsAtlanta	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Ralph GiacomarroR. Giacomarro	2	80	40.0	43	0	1	13

Detroit LionsDetroit	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Mike BlackM. Black	5	230	46.0	60	0	4	31

Kicking

Atlanta FalconsAtlanta	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Mick LuckhurstM. Luckhurst	3/3	3/4	0/0	1/1	0/1	2/2	0/0	45	32	12

Detroit LionsDetroit	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Eddie MurrayE. Murray	2/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	--	2

Defense

Atlanta FalconsAtlanta	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Tom PridemoreT. Pridemore	1	25	25.00	25	0	0.0
Buddy CurryB. Curry	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
Jeff MerrowJ. Merrow	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
Don SmithD. Smith	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

Detroit LionsDetroit	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Doug EnglishD. English	0	0	0.00	0	0	2.0
William GayW. Gay	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
James HarrellJ. Harrell	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

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