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1961 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-5-1, 2nd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Wilson (8-5-1)

Points For: 270 (19.3/g) 11th of 14

Points Against: 258 (18.4/g) 3rd of 14

Expected W-L: 7.4-6.6

SRS: 3.31 (5th of 14), SOS: 2.45

Defensive Coordinator: Don Shula

Other Notable Asst.: Ray McLean (Backfield Coach)

Stadium: Tiger Stadium

General Manager: Edwin Anderson

President/Chairman of the Board of Directors: William Clay Ford Sr.

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	270	4412	837	5.3	42	15	233	186	398	2544	14	27	6.4	122	439	1868	16	4.3	96	69	678	15
Opp. Stats	258	3938	797	4.9	41	12	222	203	385	2418	11	29	6.3	121	412	1520	14	3.7	89	39	381	12
Lg Rank Offense	11	9			9	7	12		6	7	12	10	9		7	8	5	9
Lg Rank Defense	3	3			7	12	4		8	6	1	2	6		4	2	9	2

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 17		boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	17	13	15	266	138	128	1	17	294	162	132	2
2	Sun	September 24		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Baltimore Colts	16	15	15	248	64	184	4	7	186	103	83	4
3	Sun	October 1		boxscore	L		2-1		San Francisco 49ers	0	49	16	291	236	55	6	23	317	139	178	2
4	Sun	October 8		boxscore	L		2-2		Chicago Bears	17	31	13	339	174	165	4	15	454	281	173	2
5	Sun	October 15		boxscore	W		3-2		Los Angeles Rams	14	13	14	311	159	152	4	11	244	164	80	3
6	Sun	October 22		boxscore	L		3-3		Baltimore Colts	14	17	11	208	132	76	1	18	313	225	88	4
7	Sun	October 29		boxscore	W		4-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	28	10	23	409	241	168		18	258	149	109	2
8	Sun	November 5		boxscore	T		4-3-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	20	22	402	265	137	3	14	326	213	113	2
9	Sun	November 12		boxscore	W		5-3-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	45	14	16	372	171	201	1	21	214	179	35	4
10	Sun	November 19		boxscore	W		6-3-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	37	10	20	351	179	172	3	8	126	57	69	3
11	Thu	November 23		boxscore	L		6-4-1		Green Bay Packers	9	17	18	279	172	107	5	13	277	151	126	2
12	Sun	December 3		boxscore	W		7-4-1	@	Chicago Bears	16	15	17	245	172	73	4	12	193	66	127	3
13	Sun	December 10		boxscore	W		8-4-1		Minnesota Vikings	13	7	15	295	175	120	4	18	251	135	116	6
14	Sun	December 17		boxscore	L		8-5-1		Philadelphia Eagles	24	27	18	396	266	130	2	27	485	394	91	2

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	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jim Ninowski	25	QB	13	8	4-3-1	117	247	47.4	1921	7	2.8	18	7.3	84	7.8	5.1	16.4	147.8	53.0	21	212	7.84	6.38	3.9	0	0
2	Earl Morrall	27	QB	13	6	4-2-0	69	150	46.0	909	7	4.7	9	6.0	61	6.1	4.3	13.2	69.9	56.2	10	74	6.25	5.22	3.6	2	2
3	Howard Cassady	27	HB	14	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	8-5-1	186	398	46.7	2544	14	3.5	27	6.8	84	7.1	4.8	15.2	181.7	54.1	31	286	7.24	6.39	4.04	2	2

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	Nick Pietrosante	24	FB	14	14	201	841	5	42	4.2	60.1	14.4	26	315	12.1	0	76	1.9	22.5	227	5.1	1156	5	7	PB
2	Gail Cogdill	24	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	45	956	21.2	6	84	3.2	68.3	45	21.2	956	6	0
3	Terry Barr	26	FL	14	14	6	-8	0	9	-1.3	-0.6	0.4	40	630	15.8	6	61	2.9	45.0	46	13.5	622	6	0
4	Dan Lewis	25	HB	13	11	110	451	4	27	4.1	34.7	8.5	8	118	14.8	0	22	0.6	9.1	118	4.8	569	4	4
5	Jim Gibbons	25	RE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	45	566	12.6	1	36	3.2	40.4	45	12.6	566	1	0	PB
6	Jim Ninowski	25	QB	13	8	33	238	5	40	7.2	18.3	2.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	33	7.2	238	5	4
7	Howard Cassady	27	HB	14	1	31	131	1	14	4.2	9.4	2.2	5	45	9.0	1	26	0.4	3.2	36	4.9	176	2	2
8	Johnny Olszewski	31	FB	14	1	30	109	0	15	3.6	7.8	2.1	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.1	1.0	31	4.0	123	0	0
9	Glenn Davis	27	WR	8	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	115	12.8	0	19	1.1	14.4	9	12.8	115	0	1
10	Earl Morrall	27	QB	13	6	20	86	0	25	4.3	6.6	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	20	4.3	86	0	6
11	Pat Studstill	23	P	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	54	10.8	0	25	0.4	3.9	5	10.8	54	0	0
12	Yale Lary	31	FS	14	14	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	14.0	14	0	0	PB
13	Ken Webb	26	FB	11	0	7	6	1	3	0.9	0.5	0.6	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.6	8	1.6	13	1	1
14	Sam Williams	30	DE	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	0.8	1	10.0	10	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	439	1868	16	42	4.3	133.4	31.4	186	2830	15.2	14	84	13.3	202.1	625	7.5	4698	30	25

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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	Roger Brown	24	RDT	14	14	1	10	0	10	0	3	29	0	12.0	0
2	Jim Gibbons	25	RE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Bill Glass	26	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	0
4	Alex Karras	26	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11.5	0	PB,AP-1
5	Yale Lary	31	FS	14	14	6	95	0	42	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Gary Lowe	27	SS	14	14	5	16	0	11	0	2	0	0	0.0	1
7	Darris McCord	28	LDE	14	14	1	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
8	Nick Pietrosante	24	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Joe Schmidt	29	MLB	14	14	4	38	1	26	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	PB,AP-1
10	Bob Scholtz	24	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Harley Sewell	30	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Wayne Walker	25	RLB	14	14	2	16	0	12	0	2	10	0	3.0	0
13	Dick LeBeau	24	RCB	14	13	3	45	0	33	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Carl Brettschneider	30	LLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	0
15	Night Train Lane	33	LCB	12	12	6	73	0	32	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
16	Dan Lewis	25	HB	13	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Jim Ninowski	25	QB	13	8	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Earl Morrall	27	QB	13	6	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0.0	0
19	Glenn Davis	27	WR	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Max Messner	23	LB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
21	Howard Cassady	27	HB	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bruce Maher	24	RCB	12	1	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ken Webb	26	FB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Sam Williams	30	DE	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	29	312	1	42	25	22	39	0	53.0	1

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