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Week 16: Arizona Cardinals at Detroit Lions

December 19, 1976
70°
Pontiac Silverdome (Detroit, MI) Attendance: 52,419 (70%)
Arizona Cardinals 0 0 3 3 - 6
Detroit Lions 7 6 7 7 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Detroit Lions: 1-10-ARZ 20 (7:31) 16-Laurence Rhynes pass complete to 18-Andrew Hayden for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Brent Mercier. DET 7 ARZ 0
(Qtr 2) Detroit Lions: 4-7-ARZ 26 (10:10) 8-Brent Mercier 43 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 10 ARZ 0
(Qtr 2) Detroit Lions: 2-9-ARZ 11 (0:02) 8-Brent Mercier 28 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 13 ARZ 0
(Qtr 3) Arizona Cardinals: 4-5-DET 27 (10:17) 9-Barry Cochran 45 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 13 ARZ 3
(Qtr 3) Detroit Lions: 2-3-ARZ 6 (2:06) 16-Laurence Rhynes ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Brent Mercier. DET 20 ARZ 3
(Qtr 4) Detroit Lions: 2-7-ARZ 12 (13:27) 16-Laurence Rhynes pass complete to 88-James Charboneau for 12 yards. Nice adjustment by 88-James Charboneau to catch that ball. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Brent Mercier. DET 27 ARZ 3
(Qtr 4) Arizona Cardinals: 4-13-DET 13 (2:31) 9-Barry Cochran 31 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 27 ARZ 6

Team Statistics

Detroit Lions Arizona Cardinals
First Downs 14 10
- Rushing 6 2
- Passing 8 8
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 389 164
- Offensive Plays 69 60
- Yards Per Play 5.64 2.73
Net Rushing Yards 155 58
- Rushing Attempts 38 25
- Yards Per Rush 4.08 2.32
Net Passing Yards 234 106
- Att/Comp/Int 29 / 16 / 0 29 / 15 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 249 152
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 15 6 / 46
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.55 3.03
- Yards Per Completion 15.56 10.13
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 17 2 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.8 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 36 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 29 2 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 23
Time of Possession 32:40 27:18

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:35 2:24 OWN 41 6 16 Punt
1 9:00 1:35 OWN 35 5 65 Touchdown
1 5:49 1:32 OWN 46 3 9 Punt
1 2:01 2:47 OWN 41 5 20 Punt
2 12:10 2:03 OWN 30 4 44 Field Goal
2 8:32 1:35 OWN 40 3 -6 Punt
2 2:44 2:44 OWN 18 8 71 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:58 OWN 25 3 -16 Punt
3 10:13 3:02 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
3 4:42 2:41 OPP 31 5 31 Touchdown
3 1:45 3:22 OWN 31 7 69 Touchdown
4 11:37 4:14 OWN 7 6 14 Punt
4 6:29 2:03 OWN 17 3 4 Punt
4 2:28 0:47 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
4 0:53 0:53 OPP 16 3 -1 Game

Arizona Cardinals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:25 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
1 11:12 2:12 OWN 13 3 6 Punt
1 7:24 1:36 OWN 25 3 -12 Punt
1 4:16 2:15 OWN 4 3 9 Punt
2 14:14 2:04 OWN 11 3 7 Punt
2 10:07 1:34 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
2 6:57 4:13 OWN 18 6 25 Punt
3 14:02 3:49 OWN 46 6 27 Field Goal
3 7:11 2:29 OWN 20 5 10 Fumble
3 2:01 0:15 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 13:23 1:46 OWN 25 6 25 Punt
4 7:23 0:54 OWN 32 3 5 Punt
4 4:26 1:58 OWN 40 9 46 Field Goal
4 1:42 0:48 OWN 16 4 8 Fumble

Rushing Stats

Detroit Lions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Brian Kees 20 76 3.80 16 3 0
Edward Takahashi 13 62 4.77 12 2 0
Eric White 1 8 8.00 8 0 0
Laurence Rhynes 3 6 2.00 6 0 1
David Holmes 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

Arizona Cardinals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John McMahon 19 54 2.84 11 2 0
Christopher Motter 5 2 0.40 6 0 0
Matthew Deleon 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Lions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Laurence Rhynes 29 16 249 2 / 15 2 41 0 106.82

Arizona Cardinals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ryan Cunningham 29 15 152 6 / 46 0 25 0 67.03

Receiving Stats

Detroit Lions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Charboneau 4 71 17.75 28 1
Edward Takahashi 3 59 19.67 41 0
Brian Kees 3 42 14.00 33 0
Andrew Hayden 2 24 12.00 20 1
Eric White 2 23 11.50 22 0
Michael Bass 1 21 21.00 21 0
James Coca 1 9 9.00 9 0

Arizona Cardinals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jorge Goforth 4 39 9.75 15 0
Matthew Deleon 1 25 25.00 25 0
Jason Bolden 3 22 7.33 11 0
John McMahon 2 19 9.50 19 0
Jerome Gagnon 1 18 18.00 18 0
Jason Woodard 2 15 7.50 11 0
Christopher Motter 1 9 9.00 9 0
Kevin Alexis 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Lions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Terry Dunn 42 38 1 2
Eric White 2 13 0 1
Michael Bass 0 4 0 0
Amado Brunson 0 1 0 0
Christopher Pitcher 0 2 0 1
Stephen Snider 0 1 0 0
Norman Deaton 0 1 0 0
Carlos Chapman 1 0 0 0
Timmy Bray 1 3 0 0
Bennie Cambridge 0 1 0 0
Mose Rodgers 0 3 0 0
Willie Spence 0 4 0 0
Robert Boddie 0 1 0 0
Jamal Simmons 0 3 0 0
Micheal Ho 0 1 0 0
Leonard Adams 9 10 0 0
Eric Young 18 3 0 0
Edward Takahashi 15 1 0 0
Andrew Hayden 5 14 0 0
Ronald Powell 12 1 0 0
Brian Kees 6 3 0 0
James Charboneau 0 18 0 1
William Stack 36 38 0 4
Scott Marion 30 35 0 2
James Coca 0 22 0 1
Charles Manuel 13 36 0 2
Teodoro Robins 44 39 0 1
David Holmes 7 28 0 2
Donald Patterson 49 33 0 1
Travis Stacks 0 2 0 0
Alvin Foss 0 4 0 0
Johnnie Gonzalas 1 4 0 2
Christopher Appleby 0 1 0 0

Arizona Cardinals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael McCay 44 25 3 5
Christopher Wade 45 29 2 1
Terry Mullins 33 30 1 2
Kevin Alexis 2 21 0 1
Richard Long 0 2 0 0
Derrick Porter 0 2 0 1
Ralph Gordon 8 0 0 0
Jonathan Roberts 0 1 0 0
Jason Bolden 0 5 0 0
Jorge Goforth 0 6 0 0
Jason Woodard 0 5 0 1
John Smith 4 4 0 0
Roger Mullinax 2 18 0 1
Christopher Motter 5 3 0 1
John McMahon 4 2 0 0
Scott Fudge 12 0 0 0
Joe McManus 5 1 0 0
Tyler Theisen 10 3 0 0
Ryan Maiorano 10 4 0 0
Jerome Gagnon 6 16 0 4
Matthew Deleon 10 25 0 0
Jackie Boyd 43 29 0 1
Jake Noel 41 27 0 1
Peter Ireland 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Lions

Arizona Cardinals

Fumble Stats

Detroit Lions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Brian Kees 1 0 0 0
Micheal Ho 0 1 0 0
Alvin Foss 0 0 1 0
Joshua Oldham 0 0 1 0
Shawn Riffle 0 1 0 0
Laurence Rhynes 0 1 0 0

Arizona Cardinals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John McMahon 1 0 0 0
Ryan Cunningham 1 0 0 0

Punting

Detroit Lions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Felton Hitz 9 387 43.00 40.33 58 5

Arizona Cardinals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Maston 10 466 46.60 44.00 56 3

Kicking

Detroit Lions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Brent Mercier 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 3 / 3

Arizona Cardinals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Barry Cochran 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 0 / 0

Punt Return

Detroit Lions

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Donnie Barrett 4 29 7.3 10 0

Arizona Cardinals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Rodriguez 2 2 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

Detroit Lions

Arizona Cardinals

Defensive Stats