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1965 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-7-1, 6th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Harry Gilmer (6-7-1)

Points For: 257 (18.4/g) 12th of 14

Points Against: 295 (21.1/g) 5th of 14

Expected W-L: 5.9-8.1

SRS: 3.97 (6th of 14), SOS: 6.69

Other Notable Asst.: John North (Receivers)

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	257	3303	853	3.9	41	15	204	170	374	1834	14	26	4.6	93	453	1469	16	3.2	93	77	767	18
Opp. Stats	295	3557	802	4.4	46	20	210	190	344	2097	21	26	5.3	104	409	1460	9	3.6	84	61	637	22
Lg Rank Offense	12	14			11	6	12		7	14	13	12	14		4	11	5	13
Lg Rank Defense	5	1			2	3	2		2	2	6	3	2		4	3	1	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	Sun	September 19		boxscore	W		1-0		Los Angeles Rams	20	0	14	324	228	96	2	9	119	54	65	4
2	Sun	September 26		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Minnesota Vikings	31	29	18	224	148	76	1	15	286	129	157	3
3	Sun	October 3		boxscore	W		3-0		Washington Redskins	14	10	10	118	13	105	6	11	196	119	77	8
4	Sun	October 10		boxscore	L		3-1	@	Baltimore Colts	7	31	14	155	89	66	4	17	363	294	69	2
5	Sun	October 17		boxscore	L		3-2		Green Bay Packers	21	31	18	296	165	131	3	17	374	291	83	1
6	Sun	October 24		boxscore	L		3-3	@	Chicago Bears	10	38	14	260	138	122	5	16	290	148	142	2
7	Sun	October 31		boxscore	W		4-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	31	7	16	343	227	116	2	18	303	223	80	9
8	Sun	November 7		boxscore	W		5-3	@	Green Bay Packers	12	7	12	180	52	128	4	8	68	-2	70	3
9	Sun	November 14		boxscore	L		5-4		San Francisco 49ers	21	27	17	193	104	89	3	18	324	197	127	3
10	Sun	November 21		boxscore	L		5-5		Chicago Bears	10	17	11	184	118	66	3	14	230	29	201	1
11	Thu	November 25		boxscore	T		5-5-1		Baltimore Colts	24	24	17	264	77	187	1	22	280	154	126	3
12	Sun	December 5		boxscore	L		5-6-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	17	16	300	155	145	1	20	357	209	148	1
13	Sun	December 12		boxscore	L		5-7-1		Minnesota Vikings	7	29	8	135	106	29	4	15	274	199	75	2
14	Sun	December 19		boxscore	W		6-7-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	35	28	19	327	214	113	2	10	93	53	40	4

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	Milt Plum	30	QB	14	11	4-6-1	143	308	46.4	1710	12	3.9	19	6.2	55	5.6	3.6	12.0	122.1	51.2	22	213	6.67	4.54	2.7	1	2
2	George Izo	28	QB	6	3	2-1-0	24	59	40.7	357	2	3.4	6	10.2	61	6.1	2.2	14.9	59.5	32.9	3	29	4.84	5.29	1.6	0	1
3	Tom Myers	22	QB	1	0		3	5	60.0	16	0	0.0	1	20.0	8	3.2	-5.8	5.3	16.0	25.8	1	7	16.67	1.50	-6.0	0	0
4	Bobby Felts	23	HB	7	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
5	Amos Marsh	26	HB	13	9		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0	AP CPoY-5
	Team Totals			14	14	6-7-1	170	374	45.5	1834	14	3.7	26	7.0	61	5.6	3.2	12.3	131.0	46.7	26	249	6.50	4.59	2.36	1	3

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	Amos Marsh	26	HB	13	9	131	495	6	62	3.8	38.1	10.1	17	159	9.4	2	48	1.3	12.2	148	4.4	654	8	4	AP CPoY-5
2	Nick Pietrosante	28	FB	14	8	107	374	1	12	3.5	26.7	7.6	18	163	9.1	0	54	1.3	11.6	125	4.3	537	1	3
3	Joe Don Looney	23	HB	9	9	114	356	5	35	3.1	39.6	12.7	12	109	9.1	1	47	1.3	12.1	126	3.7	465	6	7
4	Terry Barr	30	FL	7	7	1	-12	0	-12	-12.0	-1.7	0.1	24	433	18.0	3	61	3.4	61.9	25	16.8	421	3	0
5	Pat Studstill	27	FL/LE	14	12	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	28	389	13.9	3	55	2.0	27.8	29	13.3	385	3	0	PB
6	Gail Cogdill	28	LE	9	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	247	12.4	0	33	2.2	27.4	20	12.4	247	0	0
7	Ron Kramer	30	TE	14	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	206	11.4	1	23	1.3	14.7	18	11.4	206	1	0
8	Tom Watkins	28	HB	11	1	29	95	0	12	3.3	8.6	2.6	5	53	10.6	0	28	0.5	4.8	34	4.4	148	0	3
9	John Henderson	22	WR	12	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	140	17.5	1	31	0.7	11.7	8	17.5	140	1	0
10	Tom Nowatzke	23	FB	14	1	27	73	1	14	2.7	5.2	1.9	5	45	9.0	1	22	0.4	3.2	32	3.7	118	2	1
11	Jim Gibbons	29	TE	13	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	111	9.3	2	24	0.9	8.5	12	9.3	111	2	0
12	Bobby Felts	23	HB	7	0	20	58	0	6	2.9	8.3	2.9	3	28	9.3	0	17	0.4	4.0	23	3.7	86	0	1
13	Milt Plum	30	QB	14	11	21	37	3	15	1.8	2.6	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	21	1.8	37	3	5
14	Daryl Sanders	24	LT	14	14	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
15	George Izo	28	QB	6	3	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.8	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-5.0	-5	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	453	1469	16	62	3.2	104.9	32.4	170	2083	12.3	14	61	12.1	148.8	623	5.7	3552	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	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	0	11.5	1	PB,AP-2
2	John Gordy	30	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Alex Karras	30	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Dick LeBeau	28	LCB	14	14	7	84	1	30	0	2	23	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Bruce Maher	28	SS	14	14	4	76	0	35	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Darris McCord	32	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2.5	0
7	Daryl Sanders	24	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	0
8	Joe Schmidt	33	MLB	14	14	4	42	0	14	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
9	Wayne Walker	29	RLB	14	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0	PB,AP-1
10	Sam Williams	34	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.5	0
11	Milt Plum	30	QB	14	11	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ron Kramer	30	TE	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Wayne Rasmussen	23	FS	14	10	5	122	2	50	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Ernie Clark	28	LLB	14	9	1	7	0	7	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
15	Joe Don Looney	23	HB	9	9	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0
16	Amos Marsh	26	HB	13	9	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP CPoY-5
17	Bobby Thompson	26	RCB	11	9	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Tom Vaughn	22	FS	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Nick Pietrosante	28	FB	14	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	John Gonzaga	32	LG	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Wally Hilgenberg	23	LB	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
22	George Izo	28	QB	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Night Train Lane	37	CB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	John Henderson	22	WR	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Larry Hand	25	DE	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.0	0
26	Jimmy Hill	37	DB	4	1	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Mike Lucci	26	LB	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
28	Tom Nowatzke	23	FB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Tom Watkins	28	HB	11	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	13	0	0.0	0
30	Bobby Felts	23	HB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
31	Jerry Rush	23	DT	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
32	Bobby Smith	27	DB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	26	343	3	50	27	32	50	0	48.0	1

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