1981 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Monte Clark (8-8)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1981 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Monte Clark (8-8)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1981 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Detroit piled up points with 397 points, while the defense allowed 322. Billy Sims rushed for a team-leading 1,437 yards for the Lions.
Eric Hipple threw for 2,358 yards. Freddie Scott hauled in 53 balls for 1,022 yards.
Jimmy Allen picked off 9 opponent throws.
Monte Clark coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Eric Hipple | 279 | 140 | 50.2 | 2358 | 8.5 | 14 | 5.0 | 15 | 5.4 | 94 | 27 | 208 | 73.4 | Gary Danielson | 96 | 56 | 58.3 | 784 | 8.2 | 3 | 3.1 | 5 | 5.2 | 45 | 12 | 84 | 73.4 | Jeff Komlo | 57 | 29 | 50.9 | 290 | 5.1 | 1 | 1.8 | 3 | 5.3 | 46 | 5 | 45 | 49.6 | Tom Skladany | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Freddie Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 436 | 228 | 52.3 | 3475 | 8.0 | 18 | 4.1 | 23 | 5.3 | 94 | 44 | 337 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Sims | 296 | 1437 | 4.9 | 51 | 13 | Dexter Bussey | 105 | 446 | 4.2 | 23 | 0 | Rick Kane | 77 | 332 | 4.3 | 20 | 2 | Vince Thompson | 35 | 211 | 6.0 | 30 | 1 | Eric Hipple | 41 | 168 | 4.1 | 18 | 7 | Leonard Thompson | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 21 | 1 | Mark Nichols | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 30 | 0 | Horace King | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 | Freddie Scott | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 | Gary Danielson | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 11 | 2 | Jeff Komlo | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 596 | 2795 | 4.7 | 51 | 26 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Freddie Scott | 53 | 1022 | 19.3 | 48 | 5 | David Hill | 33 | 462 | 14.0 | 34 | 4 | Leonard Thompson | 30 | 550 | 18.3 | 94 | 3 | Billy Sims | 28 | 451 | 16.1 | 81 | 2 | Horace King | 21 | 217 | 10.3 | 41 | 1 | Dexter Bussey | 18 | 92 | 5.1 | 16 | 0 | Rick Kane | 17 | 181 | 10.6 | 40 | 1 | Mark Nichols | 10 | 222 | 22.2 | 59 | 1 | Ulysses Norris | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 34 | 0 | Vince Thompson | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 | Tracy Porter | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 27 | 1 | Ken Callicutt | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 | Garry Cobb | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 228 | 3475 | 15.2 | 94 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Eddie Murray | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 35 | 25 | 71.4 | 121 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 35 | 25 | 71.4 | 121 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Tom Skladany | 64 | 2784 | 43.5 | 74 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 64 | 2784 | 43.5 | 74 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Alvin Hall | 25 | 525 | 21.0 | 36 | 0 | Robbie Martin | 25 | 509 | 20.4 | 34 | 0 | Mark Nichols | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 26 | 0 | Horace King | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | Ken Callicutt | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 | James Harrell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 61 | 1164 | 19.1 | 36 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jimmy Allen | 9 | 123 | 13.7 | 34 | 0 | Stan White | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 16 | 0 | Garry Cobb | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 | Ken Fantetti | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 | Alvin Hall | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 1 | Ray Oldham | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Al Baker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Hector Gray | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Luther Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | James Hunter | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 286 | 11.9 | 60 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Eric Hipple | 14 | 4 | -10 | 0 | 0 | Billy Sims | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Garry Cobb | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug English | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Homer Elias | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Robbie Martin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Komlo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Russ Bolinger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Amos Fowler | 0 | 2 | -10 | 0 | 0 | Ken Fantetti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | William Gay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Smith | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Stan White | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | James Hunter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leonard Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Luther Bradley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Curtis Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Callicutt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Dorney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alvin Hall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Danielson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Nichols | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Kane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dexter Bussey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Eddie Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 46 | 0 | 121 | Billy Sims | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Eric Hipple | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Freddie Scott | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | David Hill | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Leonard Thompson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Rick Kane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Gary Danielson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Mark Nichols | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tracy Porter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Horace King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Robbie Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Vince Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Alvin Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 26 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 397 |
