1980 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Monte Clark (9-7)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1980 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Monte Clark (9-7)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1980 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Detroit chalked up 334 points, while the solid defense allowed 272. Billy Sims rushed for a team-leading 1,303 yards for the Lions.
Gary Danielson led the charge, throwing for 3,223 yards. Freddie Scott topped pass catchers, hauling in 53 balls for 834 yards, while Billy Sims provided receiving help, too.
Jimmy Allen and James Hunter each seized 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Danielson | 417 | 244 | 58.5 | 3223 | 7.7 | 13 | 3.1 | 11 | 2.6 | 87 | 44 | 338 | 82.4 |
| Tom Skladany | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Jeff Komlo | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 |
| Ray Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||
| Totals | 423 | 248 | 58.6 | 3287 | 7.8 | 13 | 3.1 | 12 | 2.8 | 87 | 45 | 346 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Sims | 313 | 1303 | 4.2 | 52 | 13 |
| Dexter Bussey | 145 | 720 | 5.0 | 40 | 3 |
| Gary Danielson | 48 | 232 | 4.8 | 33 | 2 |
| Rick Kane | 31 | 125 | 4.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 48 | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Horace King | 18 | 57 | 3.2 | 8 | 1 |
| Ray Williams | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Bo Robinson | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Jesse Thompson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 572 | 2599 | 4.5 | 52 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Scott | 53 | 834 | 15.7 | 43 | 4 |
| Billy Sims | 51 | 621 | 12.2 | 87 | 3 |
| David Hill | 39 | 424 | 10.9 | 29 | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 39 | 364 | 9.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 19 | 511 | 26.9 | 79 | 3 |
| Horace King | 19 | 184 | 9.7 | 29 | 1 |
| Jesse Thompson | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ray Williams | 10 | 146 | 14.6 | 22 | 1 |
| Rick Kane | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Friede | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 248 | 3287 | 13.3 | 87 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Skladany | 72 | 3036 | 42.2 | 67 |
| Totals | 72 | 3036 | 42.2 | 67 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Williams | 27 | 259 | 9.6 | 53 | 0 |
| John Arnold | 28 | 204 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 463 | 8.3 | 53 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Kane | 23 | 495 | 21.5 | 62 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 16 | 301 | 18.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Ray Williams | 9 | 228 | 25.3 | 91 | 1 |
| John Arnold | 9 | 145 | 16.1 | 33 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 1169 | 20.5 | 91 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Allen | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 23 | 0 |
| James Hunter | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Ray Oldham | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Stan White | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Wayne Smith | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ken Fantetti | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luther Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 168 | 7.3 | 29 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Danielson | 11 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |||
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Ken Callicutt | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Weaver | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Smith | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Oldham | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ulysses Norris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Amos Fowler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Bolinger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Woodcock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Baker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Sims | 12 | 1 | -17 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Cole | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrel Luce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Dieterich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McCoy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan White | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Kane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Horace King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 40 | 29 | -9 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Eddie Murray | 27 | 35 | 0 | 116 | ||||||||||
| Billy Sims | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||||||
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Ray Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Horace King | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ray Oldham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Eddie Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 21 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 334 |
