Box Score

1988 Detroit 23, 1988 Los Angeles NFC 19
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1988 Detroit	3	6	0	14	0	23
1988 Los Angeles NFC	7	3	3	6	0	19

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Team	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	10:29	1988 Los Angeles NFC	R.Delpino 4 yd. run (M.Lansford kick)	7-0 LAN
1	3:23	1988 Detroit	E.Murray 21 yd. field goal	7-3 LAN
2	5:04	1988 Los Angeles NFC	M.Lansford 43 yd. field goal	10-3 LAN
2	0:37	1988 Detroit	E.Murray 31 yd. field goal	10-6 LAN
2	0:00	1988 Detroit	E.Murray 49 yd. field goal	10-9 LAN
3	5:00	1988 Los Angeles NFC	M.Lansford 35 yd. field goal	13-9 LAN
4	8:46	1988 Detroit	G.James 2 yd. run (E.Murray kick)	16-13 DEN
4	7:10	1988 Los Angeles NFC	A.Cox 45 yd. pass from J.Everett (kick failed)	19-16 LAN
4	0:01	1988 Detroit	P.Mandley 12 yd. pass from C.Long (E.Murray kick)	23-19 DEN

Other Highlights
Qtr	Clock	Team	Event	Player	Yards
1	12:53	1988 Los Angeles NFC	Return	Henry Ellard	60
1	9:14	1988 Detroit	QBSack	Kevin Greene	-6
1	2:48	1988 Los Angeles NFC	Fumble	Greg Bell
1	1:01	1988 Detroit	Missed Field Goal	Eddie Murray	49
2	8:04	1988 Detroit	QBSack	Kevin Greene	-9
2	0:01	1988 Los Angeles NFC	QBSack Fumble	Eric M. Williams	-12
3	7:45	1988 Los Angeles NFC	QBSack	Keith Ferguson	-5
3	2:29	1988 Detroit	QBSack	Mike Wilcher	-3
3	2:11	1988 Detroit	QBSack	Gary Jeter	-12
3	0:16	1988 Los Angeles NFC	Fumble	Gaston Green
4	1:45	1988 Los Angeles NFC	Missed Field Goal	Mike Lansford	39
4	1:00	1988 Detroit	Pass	Carl Bland	32

Team Statistics
	1988 Detroit	1988 Los Angeles NFC
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	5-14-2-21	7-11-0-18
Third Down Efficiency	4-14-29%	7-13-54%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	20-28-71%	10-14-71%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	311-63-4.9	312-57-5.5
Total Net Yards Rushing	63	123
Total Rushes	23	29
Average Per Rush	2.7	4.2
Passes Completed/Attempted	21/36 (58.3%)	17/26 (65.4%)
Net Yards Passing	248	189
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.7	7.9
Sacked/Yards Lost	4/30	2/17
Punts/Average	6/47.3	3/41.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/15	6/94
Kickoffs/Returns	2/34	3/54
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/55	4/34
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/0	5/3
Time of Possession	34 mins 19 secs	25 mins 41 secs
Average Drive Start	DEN 29	LAN 35

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1988 Detroit
Chuck Long	36	21	278	58.3	7.7	1	2.8	0	0	32	4/30	92.1
1988 Los Angeles NFC
Jim Everett	26	17	206	65.4	7.9	1	3.8	0	0	45	2/17	102.4

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1988 Detroit
Tony Paige	14	56	4.0	15	0	0	0/0
Garry James	7	6	0.9	5	1	0	0/0
Chuck Long	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0
James R. Jones	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	1/0
1988 Los Angeles NFC
Greg Bell	13	35	2.7	15	0	0	1/1
Robert Delpino	8	52	6.5	13	1	0	2/0
Gaston Green	5	26	5.2	13	0	0	1/1
Charles White	2	1	0.5	1	0	0	0/0
Jim Everett	1	9	9.0	9	0	0	1/1

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1988 Detroit
Garry James	6	79	13.2	27	0	0
Pete Mandley	4	56	14.0	23	1	0
Gary Lee	4	20	5.0	6	0	0
James R. Jones	2	36	18.0	29	0	0
Tony Paige	2	29	14.5	15	0	0
Pat Carter	2	26	13.0	15	0	0
Carl Bland	1	32	32.0	32	0	0
1988 Los Angeles NFC
Robert Delpino	4	39	9.8	12	0	0
Pete Holohan	4	55	13.8	23	0	0
Henry Ellard	3	34	11.3	15	0	0
Aaron Cox	3	64	21.3	45	1	0
Gaston Green	2	6	3.0	5	0	0
Greg Bell	1	8	8.0	8	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1988 Detroit
Eddie Murray	0/0	1/1	1/1	1/2	0/0	3/4	75.0
1988 Los Angeles NFC
Mike Lansford	0/0	0/0	1/2	1/1	0/0	2/3	66.7

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1988 Detroit
Jim Arnold	6	47.3	31.7	0	3	56	0
1988 Los Angeles NFC
Dale Hatcher	3	41.7	30.0	1	1	59	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1988 Detroit
Gary Lee	2	34	17.0	21	0
1988 Los Angeles NFC
Ron Brown	2	36	18.0	19	0
Gaston Green	1	18	18.0	18	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1988 Detroit
Pete Mandley	2	0	15	7.5	15	0
1988 Los Angeles NFC
Henry Ellard	4	0	83	20.8	60	0
Clifford Hicks	2	0	11	5.5	7	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1988 Detroit
Chris Spielman	8	0	0
Jerry Ball	7	0	0
Jerry Holmes	6	0	0
Mike L. Cofer	6	0	2
Bruce McNorton	4	0	0
Devon Mitchell	4	0	0
Dennis Gibson	4	0	0
George Jamison	3	0	0
Bennie Blades	1	0	0
Keith Ferguson	1	1	0
Eric M. Williams	1	1	1
Bobby L. Watkins	1	0	0
Harvey Salem	0	0	1
1988 Los Angeles NFC
Kevin Greene	8	2	0
Alvin Wright	7	0	0
Carl Ekern	6	0	0
LeRoy Irvin	6	0	0
Mike Wilcher	4	1	0
Jerry Gray	4	0	0
Mark Jerue	3	0	0
Johnnie Johnson	3	0	0
Shawn Miller	2	0	0
Mickey Sutton	1	0	0
Michael Stewart	1	0	0
Gary Jeter	1	1	0
Duval Love	0	0	1
Doug C. Smith	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1988 Detroit
1988 Los Angeles NFC

Game Story
The hometown crowd went home dejected after watching their team blow a fourth quarter lead as the visiting team from Detroit beat Los Angeles NFC by the score of 23 to 19. Chuck Long threw 36 times for 278 yards with a touchdown. Tony Paige ran the ball 14 times for 56 yards. Detroit won the air battle out-passing Los Angeles NFC 278 to 206 yards. They had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 34:19. Los Angeles NFC was on top at the half 10 to 9. Los Angeles NFC out-rushed Detroit 123 to 63 yards.

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