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1958 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-7-1, 5th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Wilson (4-7-1)

Points For: 261 (21.8/g) 5th of 12

Points Against: 276 (23.0/g) 7th of 12

Expected W-L: 5.6-6.4

SRS: 1.05 (6th of 12), SOS: 2.30

Defensive Coordinator: Buster Ramsey

Other Notable Asst.: Bob Dove (Ends Coach)

Stadium: Briggs Stadium

Partial Owner/President/General Manager: Edwin Anderson

Partial Owner: Lyle Fife

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	261	3229	683	4.7	33	19	195	141	319	1869	20	14	5.9	95	364	1360	9	3.7	89	52	513	11
Opp. Stats	276	3837	727	5.3	38	16	199	167	320	2117	15	22	6.6	95	407	1720	19	4.2	94	52	458	10
Lg Rank Offense	5	12			4	7	10		9	7	3	3	10		8	11	10	11
Lg Rank Defense	7	7			6	8	4		5	7	5	4	7		9	6	10	7

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 28		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Baltimore Colts	15	28	12	182	109	73	4	26	416	250	166	1
2	Sun	October 5		boxscore	T		0-1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	13	13	13	278	245	33	4	15	287	173	114	4
3	Sun	October 12		boxscore	L		0-2-1		Los Angeles Rams	28	42	26	436	206	230	5	14	347	142	205	3
4	Sun	October 19		boxscore	L		0-3-1		Baltimore Colts	14	40	14	220	141	79	3	25	535	219	316	2
5	Sun	October 26		boxscore	W		1-3-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	41	24	21	322	170	152	5	14	273	225	48	7
6	Sun	November 2		boxscore	L		1-4-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	21	24	12	171	41	130	2	15	411	177	234	6
7	Sun	November 9		boxscore	W		2-4-1	@	Cleveland Browns	30	10	18	337	246	91		13	247	118	129	1
8	Sun	November 16		boxscore	W		3-4-1		San Francisco 49ers	35	21	23	446	293	153	1	22	295	217	78	2
9	Sun	November 23		boxscore	L		3-5-1		Chicago Bears	7	20	13	171	104	67		15	307	169	138	1
10	Thu	November 27		boxscore	W		4-5-1		Green Bay Packers	24	14	15	198	104	94	3	14	242	138	104	3
11	Sun	December 7		boxscore	L		4-6-1		New York Giants	17	19	13	154	14	140	4	13	251	135	116	3
12	Sun	December 14		boxscore	L		4-7-1	@	Chicago Bears	16	21	15	314	196	118	2	13	226	154	72	5

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Tobin Rote	30	QB	12	10	4-6-1	118	257	45.9	1678	14	5.4	10	3.9	65	6.5	5.9	14.2	139.8	69.5	231	0	0
2	Earl Morrall	24	QB	9	1		9	32	28.1	188	4	12.5	2	6.3	66	5.9	5.6	20.9	20.9	65.1	31	0	0
3	Bobby Layne	32	QB	2	1	0-1-0	12	26	46.2	171	1	3.8	2	7.7		6.6	3.9	14.3	85.5	48.7	22	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3
4	Gene Gedman	26	FB	11	8		2	3	66.7	111	1	33.3	0	0.0	81	37.0	43.7	55.5	10.1	149.3		0	0
5	Yale Lary	28	SS	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			12	12	4-7-1	141	319	44.2	1869	20	6.3	14	4.4	81	6.7	6.0	15.2	155.8	69.6	284	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Howard Cassady	24	RH	10	8	45	198	0	33	4.4	19.8	4.5	23	406	17.7	7	81	2.3	40.6	68	8.9	604	7	3
2	Dave Middleton	25	LE/RE	12	11	2	1	0	2	0.5	0.1	0.2	29	506	17.4	3	46	2.4	42.2	31	16.4	507	3	0
3	Jim Doran	31	LE	9	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	495	22.5	4	65	2.4	55.0	22	22.5	495	4	0
4	Jim Gibbons	22	RE	12	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	367	14.7	2	35	2.1	30.6	25	14.7	367	2	0
5	Tobin Rote	30	QB	12	10	77	351	3	27	4.6	29.3	6.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	77	4.6	351	3	7
6	Gene Gedman	26	FB	11	8	92	209	4	17	2.3	19.0	8.4	14	106	7.6	3	24	1.3	9.6	106	3.0	315	7	3
7	John Henry Johnson	29	FB	9	8	56	254	0	19	4.5	28.2	6.2	7	60	8.6	0	18	0.8	6.7	63	5.0	314	0	3
8	Ken Webb	23	LH	12	7	56	172	2	22	3.1	14.3	4.7	11	85	7.7	1	34	0.9	7.1	67	3.8	257	3	3
9	Dan Lewis	22	HB	11	1	25	131	0	20	5.2	11.9	2.3	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.1	1.1	26	5.5	143	0	5
10	Perry Richards	24	E	3	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	90	12.9	0	30	2.3	30.0	7	12.9	90	0	0
11	Earl Morrall	24	QB	9	1	7	41	0	18	5.9	4.6	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	5.9	41	0	0
12	Tom Rychlec	24	E	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	21	10.5	0	33	0.2	1.8	2	10.5	21	0	0
13	Yale Lary	28	SS	12	12	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	3	PB,AP-1
14	Bobby Layne	32	QB	2	1	3	1	0	4	0.3	0.5	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	0.3	1	0	2	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3
	Team Totals			12	12	364	1360	9	33	3.7	113.3	30.3	141	2148	15.2	20	81	11.8	179.0	505	6.9	3508	29	29

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Charlie Ane	27	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Terry Barr	23	RDH	12	12	3	62	0	40	2	2	5	0	0.0	0
3	Jim David	31	LDH	12	12	3	12	0	7	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Yale Lary	28	SS	12	12	3	70	0	31	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Bob Long	24	LLB	12	12	2	28	0	25	1	2	5	0	0.0	0
6	Joe Schmidt	26	MLB	12	12	6	69	0	25	2	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
7	Harley Sewell	27	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	Stan Campbell	28	RG	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Tobin Rote	30	QB	12	10	0	0	0	0	7	3	-6	0	0.0	0
10	Gil Mains	29	RDT	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	18	0	0.0	0
11	Howard Cassady	24	RH	10	8	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Jack Christiansen	30	FS	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Gene Gedman	26	FB	11	8	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	John Henry Johnson	29	FB	9	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Alex Karras	23	LDT	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	0	0.0	0
16	Ken Webb	23	LH	12	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Gary Lowe	24	DB	12	4	2	25	0	25	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
18	Doug Hogland	27	G	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
19	Bobby Layne	32	QB	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3
20	Dan Lewis	22	HB	11	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Wayne Walker	22	LB	12	1	1	33	1	33	0	1	34	1	0.0	0
22	Tom Rychlec	24	E	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Dave Whitsell	22	DB	12	0	1	29	0	29	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	22	328	1	40	36	33	66	1	0.0	0

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