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Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams

October 2, 1983
Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, CA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Detroit LionsDetroit (1-4)	3	7	0	0	10
Los Angeles RamsLA Rams (3-2)	0	14	0	7	21

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter			Det	LA
Det	6:12	FG Eddie Murray 51	3	0
2nd Quarter			Det	LA
LA	6:31	Eric Dickerson 8 run (Chuck Nelson Kick)	3	7
LA	11:29	Eric Dickerson 1 run (Chuck Nelson Kick)	3	14
Det	14:31	Ulysses Norris 5 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray Kick)	10	14
4th Quarter			Det	LA
LA	8:35	Eric Dickerson 4 run (Chuck Nelson Kick)	10	21

Team Stats

	DetroitDet	LA RamsLA
First downs	17	23
Rushing	3	17
Passing	12	5
Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	265	355
Net Yards Rushing	65	239
Rushing Plays	24	40
Average Gain	2.7	6.0
Net Yards Passing	200	116
Att - Comp - Int	41-19-1	20-14-1
Sacked - Yds Lost	1-2	2-24
Gross Yards Passing	202	140
Avg. Yds/Att	4.9	7.0

	DetroitDet	LA RamsLA
Punts - Average	6-45.8	5-37.4
Had Blocked	0	0
Punt Returns	2-5	5-49
Kickoff Returns	4-73	2-41
Interception Returns	1-13	1-2
Penalties - Yards	4-40	8-80
Fumbles - Lost	1-0	2-1
Field Goals	1-1	0-0
Third Downs	5-14-35%	3-8-37%
Total Plays	66	62
Average Gain	4.0	5.7
Time of Possession	26:36	33:24

Passing

Detroit LionsDetroit	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Eric HippleE. Hipple	41	19	202	4.9	1	1	22	1	2	59.2

Los Angeles RamsLA Rams	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Vince FerragamoV. Ferragamo	20	14	140	7.0	0	1	18	2	24	68.8

Rushing

Detroit LionsDetroit	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
James JonesJ. Jones	12	43	3.58	9	0
Dexter BusseyD. Bussey	10	20	2.00	7	0
Eric HippleE. Hipple	1	1	1.00	1	0
Rick KaneR. Kane	1	1	1.00	1	0

Los Angeles RamsLA Rams	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Eric DickersonE. Dickerson	30	199	6.63	20	3
Barry ReddenB. Redden	9	40	4.44	14	0
Mike GumanM. Guman	1	0	0.00	0	0

Receiving

Detroit LionsDetroit	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Ulysses NorrisU. Norris	5	40	8.00	17	1
Mark NicholsM. Nichols	4	64	16.00	22	0
Leonard ThompsonL. Thompson	3	43	14.33	17	0
Jeff ChadwickJ. Chadwick	2	24	12.00	14	0
James JonesJ. Jones	2	7	3.50	6	0
Rick KaneR. Kane	2	15	7.50	9	0
Horace KingH. King	1	9	9.00	9	0

Los Angeles RamsLA Rams	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Mike BarberM. Barber	3	40	13.33	18	0
Eric DickersonE. Dickerson	3	21	7.00	13	0
Preston DennardP. Dennard	2	24	12.00	13	0
David HillD. Hill	2	24	12.00	16	0
Henry EllardH. Ellard	1	5	5.00	5	0
George FarmerG. Farmer	1	9	9.00	9	0
Mike GumanM. Guman	1	8	8.00	8	0
Barry ReddenB. Redden	1	9	9.00	9	0

Kickoff Returns

Detroit LionsDetroit	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Alvin HallA. Hall	2	36	18.00	0	25	0
Ken JenkinsK. Jenkins	2	37	18.50	0	21	0

Los Angeles RamsLA Rams	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Mike GumanM. Guman	1	21	21.00	0	21	0
Barry ReddenB. Redden	1	20	20.00	0	20	0

Punt Returns

Detroit LionsDetroit	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Alvin HallA. Hall	2	5	2.50	1	5	0

Los Angeles RamsLA Rams	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
LeRoy IrvinL. Irvin	5	49	9.80	0	20	0

Punting

Detroit LionsDetroit	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Mike BlackM. Black	6	275	45.8	54	0	5	49

Los Angeles RamsLA Rams	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
John MiskoJ. Misko	5	187	37.4	42	0	2	5

Kicking

Detroit LionsDetroit	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Eddie MurrayE. Murray	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	51	--	4

Los Angeles RamsLA Rams	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Chuck NelsonC. Nelson	3/3	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	--	3

Defense

Detroit LionsDetroit	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Bobby WatkinsB. Watkins	1	13	13.00	13	0	0.0
Doug EnglishD. English	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
Curtis GreenC. Green	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

Los Angeles RamsLA Rams	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Nolan CromwellN. Cromwell	1	2	2.00	2	0	0.0
Mel OwensM. Owens	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

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Sunday, October 2, 1983

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Baltimore	7	7	10	10	34
Cincinnati	10	14	7	0	31

Colts/Bengals Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Dallas	3	10	14	10	37
Minnesota	7	17	0	0	24

Cowboys/Vikings Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Denver	0	0	7	7	14
Chicago	14	10	0	7	31

Broncos/Bears Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Houston	0	3	7	0	10
Pittsburgh	0	7	0	10	17

Oilers/Steelers Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
LA Raiders	0	7	14	14	35
Washington	7	10	3	17	37

Raiders/Redskins Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Philadelphia	14	7	0	7	28
Atlanta	0	7	7	10	24

Eagles/Falcons Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
San Francisco	7	10	13	3	33
New England	6	0	0	7	13

49ers/Patriots Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Tampa Bay	0	7	0	7	14
Green Bay	14	35	0	6	55

Buccaneers/Packers Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Seattle	3	0	7	14	24
Cleveland	0	3	0	6	9

Seahawks/Browns Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
San Diego	13	14	7	7	41
NY Giants	0	17	7	10	34

Chargers/Giants Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Detroit	3	7	0	0	10
LA Rams	0	14	0	7	21

Lions/Rams Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Miami	0	0	0	7	7
New Orleans	0	7	10	0	17

Dolphins/Saints Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
St. Louis	7	0	0	7	14
Kansas City	14	0	3	21	38

Cardinals/Chiefs Box Score

Monday, October 3, 1983

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
NY Jets	0	7	10	17	34
Buffalo	0	0	0	10	10

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