1991 Playoffs - Divisional Round - Game 4
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Philadelphia Eagles (11-6)
vs.
Detroit Lions (11-5)
Game Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 0 mph
Temp: 78 Degrees
Team Injuries
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Philadelphia Eagles
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LG - Mike Schad - 86 Ovr - Torn Shoulder - Will Play (Probable)
Detroit Lions
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RT - Michael Henson - 72 Ovr - Partially Torn PCL - Will Not Play (Season)
SS - Herb Welch - 74 Ovr - Upper Arm Fracture - Will Not Play (Season)
Drive Summary
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1st Quarter
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Drive 1-
Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (6:21)
Drive 2-
Eagles- Eric Allen - FUMBLE - (FR:K.McCants, 3 yd rtrn) - Phi 12yd ln - (6:15)
Drive 3-
Lions - E.Kramer to W.Clark - 1yd TD Rec - Score: 7-0 Det - (4:30)
Drive 4-
Eagles- Anthony Toney - 75yd TD Run - Score: 7-7 Tie - (4:16)
Drive 5-
Lions - Barry Sanders - 68yd TD Run - Score: 14-7 Det - (4:04)
Drive 6-
Eagles- Jeff Feagles - Punt - (2:11)
Drive 7-
Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (1:03)
Drive 8-
Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (0:00)
2nd Quarter
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Drive 1-
Lions - Mel Gray - FUMBLE - (FF:B.Smith, FR:B.Hager, 4yd rtrn) - Det 12yd ln - (10:46)
Drive 2-
Eagles - Anthony Toney - 6yd TD Run - Score: 14-14 Tie - (10:11)
Drive 3-
Lions - Erik Kramer - INTERCEPTED (J.Small, 5yd rtrn) - Phi 28yd ln - (5:40)
Drive 4-
Eagles - Roger Ruzek - 41yd FG Att - Good - Score: 17-14 Phi - (2:11)
Drive 5-
Lions - E.Kramer to W.Green - 9yd TD Rec - Score: 21-17 Det - (1:00)
Drive 6-
Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (0:48)
Drive 7-
Lions - Erik Kramer - INTERCEPTED (B.Smith, 30yd rtrn) - Det 26yd ln - (0:32)
Drive 8-
Eagles - Randall Cunningham - INTERCEPTED (G.Jamison, 2yd rtrn) Det 19yd ln - (0:14)
Drive 9-
Lions - Det - 22yd Ln - End Half
3rd Quarter
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Drive 1-
Eagles - Keith Jackson - FUMBLE - (FF:M.Cofer, FR:W.White, 0 yd rtrn) - Det 11yd ln - (6:21)
Drive 2-
Lions - Jim Arnold - punt - (4:08)
Drive 3-
Eagles - R.Cunningham to M.Quick - 8yd TD Rec - Score: 24-21 Phi - (0:00)
4th Quarter
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Drive 1-
Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (8:48)
Drive 2-
Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (5:24)
Drive 3-
Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (3:08)
Drive 4-
Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (1:56)
Drive 5-
Lions - Eddie Murray - 48yd FG Att - Good - Score: 24-24 Tie - (0:13)
Drive 6-
Eagles - Phi 21yd Ln - End Half
Overtime
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Drive 1-
Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (9:55)
Drive 2-
Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (7:26)
Drive 3-
Lions - Eddie Murray - 52yd FG Att - Good - Score: 27-24 Det - (3:52)
Game Summary: Last year's Super Bowl Champion Phialdelphia Eagles went to Detroit this week to attempt to continue their road to a repeat. The 11-5 Detroit Lions have recently struggled with a quarterback shift from Rodney Peete to Erik Kramer, who seems to be playing well for the Lions team as Sanders carries the offense on his back. Who will be victorious in the final divisional playoff game of the 1991 NFL Playoffs?
The first quarter started off on the wrong foot for the Eagles as cornerback Eric Allen muffed a punt return. Lions linebacker, Keith McCants managed to pick it up and give the Lions great field position at the 12 yard line. From there Erik Kramer managed to playaction and hit Willie Clark on a 1 yard touchdown catch for the first score of the night. However the Eagles managed to make up for their mistake on their very next offensive play. Anthony Toney, who always seems to shine in the playoffs, broke free on a 75 yard touchdown scamper that tied the game up at 7 a piece. Then a few plays later Barry Sanders did not want to be outperformed as he juked his way to a 68 yard touchdown follow up to put the Lions up 14 to 7 in only a 12 second time span.
In the second quarter the Lions emulated the Eagles beginning with Mel Gray fumbling while returning a punt. The resulting fumble was recovered by Hager and eventually led to another Anthony Toney touchdown run on the ensuing drive tying the game back up at 14 a piece. Erik Kramer then tossed his first interception of the night to Jesse Small. Small's turnover would lead to a 41 yard Roger Ruzek field goal to make it 17-14 Eagles. Kramer was quick to forget his mistake as he drove the Lions downfield and capped it off with a 9 yard touchdown toss to Willie Green giving the Lions the lead 21, 17. However Erik Kramer had a bad case of dejavu on his next drive as he threw his 2nd interception, this time to B.Smith who returned it 30 yards giving the Eagles short field position. Yet the Eagles were unable to capitalize on the field position as Randall Cunningham ended up throwing his first interception to Lions linebacker George Jamison.
In the third quarter Eagles tight end Keith Jackson fumbled a caught pass after being hit stiffly by Michael Cofer. William White recovered for the Lions delaying the Eagles scoring. The delay however only lasted one drive as Randall Cunningham ended up throwing a touchdown pass to Mike Quick to make it a 24-21 Eagles game, retaking the lead at the end of the 3rd quarter.
A defensive struggled in the 4th quarter saw both the Eagles and the Lions trading punts back and forth before the Lions managed to have Eddie Murray kick a 48 yard field goal to tie the game up in the final 13 seconds of the game, sending into overtime.
In Overtime the Lions won the toss but were unable to use their momentum to score on the opening drive. A tough decision saw them have Jim Arnold punt it away, but luckily the Lions defense was able to stuff the Eagles. The Eagles were forced to punt when their offense could just barely not penetrate into field goal territory. On the final drive Kramer got the Lions close enough to let Eddie Murray knock in a 52 yard field goal and give the Detroit Lions the 27-24 victory with only 3:52 left in overtime.
Game Box Score
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Code:
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Eagles 7 10 7 0 0 21
Lions 14 7 0 3 3 24
Individual Player Statistics
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***For some reason the stats are incorrect and are only mid-way through the 1st quarter. I don't remember if i had to save and finish watching this game at another point for some reason but the stat log doesn't show up correctly, but here's what was there.***
Philadelphia Eagles
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Individual Stats: Eagles
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
No stats.
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Anthony Toney 2 74 37.0 75 1 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
No stats.
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Roger Ruzek 0 0 0 0 1 1 100 0 2 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
No stats.
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Eric Allen 2 31 15.5 0 17
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Eric Allen 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Clyde Simmons 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ben Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Eric Allen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Kenny Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Andre Waters 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jessie Small 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Reggie White 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Merton Hanks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Wes Hopkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Golic 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Byron Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Keith Byars 1 0
Detroit Lions
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Individual Stats: Lions
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Erik Kramer 2 3 9 66 3.0 1 1 0 9 109.7
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Barry Sanders 10 84 8.3 68 1 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Kerry Cash 1 9 9.0 9 0 0 1
Robert Clark 1 0 0.0 0 1 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Eddie Murray 0 0 0 0 2 2 100 0 2 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Jim Arnold 1 47 47.0 47 0 1 0
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Mel Gray 2 50 25.0 0 25
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Mel Gray 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Bennie Blades 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dennis Gibson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
George Jamison 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Keith McCants 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Lomas Brown 1 0
Ken Dallafior 0 1
Player of the Game
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Lions - HB - Barry Sanders - 15+ Atts - 130+ Yds - 1 TD
Game Pictures
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Left: Erik Kramer hits Willie Clark for the first touchdown of the game on this 1 yard strike with 4:30 left in the 1st quarter.
Right: Anthony Toney helsp the Eagles answer right back as he pounds his way to a 75 yard touchdown run that would tie the game up.
Left: Barry Sanders wouldn't be outdone as he follows up Toney's 75 yarder with his own 68 yard variant of the run. The score would put the Lions right back in the lead 14 to 7.
Right: In the beginning of the 2nd quarter Mel Gray tries to retrieve a punt but is demolished by Ben Smith. Gray would fumbled the football and Hager would recover for the Eagles.
Left: Anthony Toney capitalizes on the fumble by finding his way into the endzone from 6 yards out to tie the game at 14 a piece.
Right: Erik Kramer is intercepted by Eagles middle linebacker, Jesse Small mid-way through the 2nd quarter.
Left: Roger Ruzek kicks this 41 yard field goal to put them back up 17 to 14.
Right: Erik Kramer throws a 9 yard bullet to Willie Green to once again turn the tides making it 21-17 Detroit with 1:00 left in the first half.
Left: Preventing any last-minute scoring in the remaining time of the first half, Ben Smith intercepts this Erik Kramer pass and returns it 30 yards deep into Detroit territory.
Right: However George Jamison had the same idea as Ben Smith as Randall Cunningham is picked off while attempting to score in the final 30 seconds of the first half for the Eagles.
Left: Keith Jackson takes a tough hit from multiple Lions but Michael Cofer was the one who got a hand in and jettisoned the ball out of Jackson's hands before he touched the ground. Lions saftey William White would recover it.
Right: Randall Cunningham manages to drive his Eagles down field and end it with this touchdown pass to Mike Quick making it 24-21 Eagles at the end of the 3rd quarter.
Left: Eddie Murray shows his clutch ability when he hits this 48 yard field goal with only 13 seconds left in the game to keep the Lions alive by tying it up at 24 a piece. The game would be sent into overtime.
Right: In overtime Eddie Murray proved that lightning strikes twice as he hits this 52 yard field goal with only 3:52 left in overtime to give the Lions the 27 to 24 lead, and send them to the NFC Championship game.
Game Notes
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-Once again the cpu makes Anthony Toney jesus during the playoffs for some reason. But I still left the sliders as is.
