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1963 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-8-1, 4th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Wilson (5-8-1)

Points For: 326 (23.3/g) 5th of 14

Points Against: 265 (18.9/g) 4th of 14

Expected W-L: 8.7-5.3

SRS: 3.74 (6th of 14), SOS: -0.62

Other Notable Asst.: Don Doll (Defensive Backs) and Ray McLean (Backfield Coach)

Stadium: Tiger Stadium

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Edwin Anderson

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	326	4324	854	5.1	40	14	230	202	406	2723	26	26	6.2	124	415	1601	11	3.9	91	60	531	15
Opp. Stats	265	3761	828	4.5	35	11	194	183	378	2197	17	24	5.2	109	405	1564	12	3.9	74	57	624	11
Lg Rank Offense	5	8			11	5	10		5	6	4	12	8		9	10	10	8
Lg Rank Defense	4	4			8	11	2		6	5	5	5	4		1	2	4	3

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	Sat	September 14		boxscore	W		1-0	@	Los Angeles Rams	23	2	13	210	111	99	3	9	228	138	90	4
2	Sun	September 22		boxscore	L		1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	10	31	7	147	80	67	4	15	316	112	204	4
3	Sun	September 29		boxscore	L		1-2		Chicago Bears	21	37	10	278	238	40	4	22	307	203	104	2
4	Sun	October 6		boxscore	W		2-2		San Francisco 49ers	26	3	10	231	119	112	3	7	61	-10	71	1
5	Sun	October 13		boxscore	L		2-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	14	17	16	359	254	105	3	10	236	63	173	3
6	Sun	October 20		boxscore	L		2-4		Baltimore Colts	21	25	12	161	70	91	2	14	256	113	143	1
7	Sun	October 27		boxscore	W		3-4		Minnesota Vikings	28	10	21	419	203	216	3	10	166	80	86
8	Sun	November 3		boxscore	W		4-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	45	7	27	509	308	201	3	9	133	66	67	4
9	Sun	November 10		boxscore	L		4-5	@	Baltimore Colts	21	24	21	330	257	73		24	474	351	123	3
10	Sun	November 17		boxscore	L		4-6		Los Angeles Rams	21	28	19	375	288	87	4	14	343	269	74	1
11	Sun	November 24		boxscore	L		4-7	@	Minnesota Vikings	31	34	19	361	242	119	6	17	351	214	137	5
12	Thu	November 28		boxscore	T		4-7-1		Green Bay Packers	13	13	16	276	188	88		15	294	263	31
13	Sun	December 8		boxscore	W		5-7-1		Cleveland Browns	38	10	23	447	271	176	2	12	275	115	160	5
14	Sun	December 15		boxscore	L		5-8-1	@	Chicago Bears	14	24	16	221	94	127	3	16	321	220	101	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	Earl Morrall	29	QB	14	10	4-5-1	174	328	53.0	2621	24	7.3	14	4.3	75	8.0	7.5	15.1	187.2	86.2	29	243	8.12	6.66	6.2	1	0
2	Milt Plum	28	QB	10	4	1-3-0	27	77	35.1	339	2	2.6	12	15.6	39	4.4	-2.1	12.6	33.9	18.7	4	31	4.94	3.80	-2.4	0	0
3	Nick Pietrosante	26	FB	11	11		1	1	100.0	37	0	0.0	0	0.0	37	37.0	37.0	37.0	3.4	118.7	0	0	0.00	37.00	37.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	5-8-1	202	406	49.8	2723	26	6.4	26	6.4	75	7.4	5.8	14.8	194.5	69.0	33	274	7.52	6.20	4.72	1	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	Terry Barr	28	FL	14	14	1	9	0	9	9.0	0.6	0.1	66	1086	16.5	13	75	4.7	77.6	67	16.3	1095	13	4	PB,AP-2
2	Gail Cogdill	26	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	48	945	19.7	10	70	3.4	67.5	48	19.7	945	10	1	PB,AP-2
3	Dan Lewis	27	HB	14	11	133	528	2	27	4.0	37.7	9.5	15	115	7.7	0	30	1.1	8.2	148	4.3	643	2	2
4	Nick Pietrosante	26	FB	11	11	112	418	5	22	3.7	38.0	10.2	16	173	10.8	0	24	1.5	15.7	128	4.6	591	5	4
5	Tom Watkins	26	HB	13	5	97	423	2	32	4.4	32.5	7.5	16	168	10.5	1	32	1.2	12.9	113	5.2	591	3	4
6	Jim Gibbons	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	32	412	12.9	1	32	2.3	29.4	32	12.9	412	1	0
7	Earl Morrall	29	QB	14	10	26	105	1	18	4.0	7.5	1.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	26	4.0	105	1	5
8	Dick Compton	23	SE	13	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	41	20.5	0	22	0.2	3.2	2	20.5	41	0	1
9	Ollie Matson	33	FB	8	0	13	20	0	9	1.5	2.5	1.6	2	20	10.0	0	17	0.3	2.5	15	2.7	40	0	0
10	Larry Ferguson	23	HB	7	1	13	23	0	5	1.8	3.3	1.9	2	8	4.0	0	7	0.3	1.1	15	2.1	31	0	2
11	Tom Hall	23	FS	14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	29	9.7	1	23	0.2	2.1	3	9.7	29	1	2
12	Yale Lary	33	FS	10	10	1	26	0	26	26.0	2.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	26.0	26	0	0	AP-2
13	Milt Plum	28	QB	10	4	9	26	0	13	2.9	2.6	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	2.9	26	0	0
14	Nick Ryder	22	FB	10	0	10	23	1	12	2.3	2.3	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	2.3	23	1	1
	Team Totals			14	14	415	1601	11	32	3.9	114.4	29.6	202	2997	14.8	26	75	14.4	214.1	617	7.5	4598	37	26

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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	Terry Barr	28	FL	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
2	Roger Brown	26	RDT	14	14	1	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	5.5	0	PB,AP-1
3	Gail Cogdill	26	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Jim Gibbons	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0.0	0
5	John Gordy	28	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Dick LeBeau	26	RCB	14	14	5	158	1	70	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Floyd Peters	27	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
8	Sam Williams	32	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.5	0
9	Wayne Walker	27	RLB	14	13	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	PB
10	Night Train Lane	35	LCB	14	12	5	70	0	33	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
11	Darris McCord	30	LDE	13	12	1	5	0	5	0	1	0	1	5.5	0
12	Dan Lewis	27	HB	14	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bruce Maher	26	SS	14	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1
14	Nick Pietrosante	26	FB	11	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Yale Lary	33	FS	10	10	2	21	1	21	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
16	Earl Morrall	29	QB	14	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Joe Schmidt	31	MLB	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	PB
18	Lucien Reeberg	21	RT	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
19	Max Messner	25	LLB	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
20	Tom Watkins	26	HB	13	5	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ernie Clark	26	LB	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6.5	0
22	Dennis Gaubatz	23	MLB	14	4	1	55	0	55	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
23	Tom Hall	23	FS	14	4	3	45	0	36	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bob Scholtz	26	RT	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Carl Brettschneider	32	LLB	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
26	Gary Lowe	29	DB	3	3	2	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
27	Larry Vargo	24	DB	14	2	1	42	1	42	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Larry Ferguson	23	HB	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Mike Bundra	24	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Dick Compton	23	SE	13	0	1	23	0	23	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
31	Nick Ryder	22	FB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	24	470	3	70	26	23	3	1	41.0	1

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