1963 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 4th place Western Conference 5-8-1 .385 |
| Head Coach: George Wilson |
| Les Bingaman | Defensive Line |
| Don Doll | Defensive Backs/Linebackers |
| Aldo Forte | Offensive Line |
| Ray McLean | Offensive Backs |
| Bob Nussbaumer | Coaches Assistant |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1963 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 37248 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1963 | N | New York Giants | 21-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83218 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1963 | N | St. Louis Cardinals | 22-17 | W | Omaha, NE | Rosenblatt Stadium | 14400 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1963 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-22 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 23781 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 17-27 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 71218 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1963 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 23-2 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49342 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-31 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 45912 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1963 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-37 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 55400 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1963 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 26-3 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 44088 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 14-17 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 27264 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | H | Baltimore Colts | 21-25 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 51901 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 28-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 44509 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 45-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33511 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1963 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-24 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 59758 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 21-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 44951 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1963 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 31-34 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 28763 | |
| Thu | 11/28/1963 | H | Green Bay Packers | 13-13 | T | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54016 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | H | Cleveland Browns | 38-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 51382 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1963 | A | Chicago Bears | 14-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45317 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 41 | Terry Barr | FL-DB | 6-0 | 189 | 28 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 57 | Carl Brettschneider | LLB-RLB | 6-1 | 223 | 32 | Iowa State | 5 | 3 |
| 76 | Roger Brown | RDT | 6-5 | 298 | 26 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Mike Bundra | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 258 | 24 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| 40 | Howard Cassady | HB | 5-10 | 183 | 29 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | Ernie Clark | LLB-RLB-LDE | 6-1 | 222 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 5 |
| 89 | Gail Cogdill | SE-DB | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Washington State | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Dick Compton | TE-SE | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | McMurry | 13 | 0 |
| 46 | Larry Ferguson | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Iowa | 7 | 1 |
| 53 | Dennis Gaubatz | MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 4 |
| 80 | Jim Gibbons | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| 79 | John Gonzaga | LOG-ROT | 6-3 | 247 | 30 | none | 14 | 7 |
| 75 | John Gordy | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 28 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Al Greer | FL | 6-3 | 197 | 23 | Jackson State | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Tom Hall | RS-LCB-SE | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Minnesota | 14 | 4 |
| 81 | Dick Lane | LCB | 6-1 | 194 | 34 | Western Nebraska CC | 12 | 12 |
| 77 | Danny LaRose | LOG | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Missouri | 9 | 8 |
| 28 | Yale Lary | RS-P | 6-0 | 187 | 33 | Texas A&M | 10 | 10 |
| 44 | Dick LeBeau | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | Monte Lee | LLB-RLB | 6-4 | 221 | 25 | Texas | 8 | 0 |
| 45 | Danny Lewis | HB-FB | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | Wisconsin | 14 | 11 |
| 43 | Gary Lowe | LS | 5-11 | 196 | 29 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Bruce Maher | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 11 |
| 30 | Ollie Matson | FB-HB-DB | 6-2 | 210 | 33 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 8 | 0 |
| 78 | Darris McCord | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 30 | Tennessee | 13 | 12 |
| 54 | Max Messner | LLB-RLB | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Cincinnati | 14 | 7 |
| 14 | Earl Morrall | QB-P | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 10 |
| 72 | Floyd Peters | LDT | 6-3 | 254 | 27 | San Francisco State | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | Nick Pietrosante | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| 16 | Milt Plum | QB-K | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Penn State | 10 | 4 |
| 61 | Lucien Reeberg | ROT-LOG | 6-4 | 290 | 21 | Hampton | 14 | 7 |
| 34 | Nick Ryder | FB | 6-0 | 207 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 0 |
| 70 | Daryl Sanders | LOT | 6-5 | 248 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Joe Schmidt | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 31 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 |
| 50 | Bob Scholtz | ROT-C | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Notre Dame | 9 | 6 |
| 83 | Jim Simon | LDE-RDE-LDT | 6-5 | 235 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 2 |
| 85 | Larry Vargo | LS-TE-SE | 6-3 | 212 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 2 |
| 55 | Wayne Walker | RLB-K | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Idaho | 14 | 13 |
| 23 | Tommy Watkins | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | East Los Angeles JC; Iowa State | 13 | 5 |
| 51 | Bob Whitlow | C | 6-1 | 236 | 27 | Compton JC; Arizona | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Sam Williams | RDE | 6-5 | 235 | 32 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 12 | Daryl Sanders | T | Ohio State |
| 2 | 27 | Roy Williams | T | Pacific |
| 4 | 55 | Chuck Walton | G | Iowa State |
| 6 | 83 | Don King | HB | Syracuse |
| 7 | 96 | John Gamble | G | Pacific |
| 8 | 111 | Dennis Gaubatz | LB | Louisiana State |
| 9 | 124 | Kenny Dill | LB | Mississippi |
| 10 | 139 | Nick Ryder | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 11 | 152 | Karl Kassulke | B | Drake |
| 12 | 167 | Tommy Janik | B | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 13 | 180 | Ernie Clark | LB | Michigan State |
| 14 | 195 | Pete O'brien | T | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 15 | 208 | Jim Simon | E-LB | Miami (Florida) |
| 16 | 223 | Charlie Johnson | T | Villanova |
| 17 | 236 | Gene Frantz | B | Brigham Young |
| 18 | 251 | Al Greer | E | Jackson State |
| 19 | 264 | Lucien Reeberg | T | Hampton |
| 20 | 279 | Gordon Scarborough | B | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 45 | 103 | 81 | 97 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 89 | 46 | 70 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 230 | 91 | 124 | 15 | / % | / % | 60 | 531 | |
| Opponents Totals | 194 | 74 | 109 | 11 | / % | / % | 57 | 624 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Barr | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Gail Cogdill | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 0 | 56 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tommy Watkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Milt Plum | 0 | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Danny Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Darris McCord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nick Ryder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Vargo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Maher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 42 | 42 | 42 | 100.0 | 10 | 26 | 38.5 | 1 | 326 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 2 | 265 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Walker | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 0 | 46 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 3/6 | 2/9 | 0/2 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 20 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 26 | 38.5 | 0 | 46 | 1/1 | 4/5 | 3/7 | 2/9 | 0/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 5/ | 3/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Lewis | 133 | 528 | 4.0 | 27 | 2 |
| Tommy Watkins | 97 | 423 | 4.4 | 32 | 2 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 112 | 418 | 3.7 | 22 | 5 |
| Earl Morrall | 26 | 105 | 4.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Nick Ryder | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Larry Ferguson | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 415 | 1601 | 3.9 | 32 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 405 | 1564 | 3.9 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Morrall | 328 | 174 | 53.0 | 140 | 2621 | 8.0 | 15.1 | 75t | 24 | 7.3 | 14 | 4.3 | 29 | 243 | 2378 | 86.2 |
| Milt Plum | 77 | 27 | 35.1 | 38 | 339 | 4.4 | 12.6 | 39 | 2 | 2.6 | 12 | 15.6 | 4 | 31 | 308 | 18.7 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 37 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 406 | 202 | 49.8 | 178 | 2997 | 7.4 | 14.8 | 75t | 26 | 6.4 | 26 | 6.4 | 33 | 274 | 2723 | 69.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 378 | 183 | 48.4 | 171 | 2597 | 6.9 | 14.2 | 17 | 4.5 | 24 | 6.3 | 45 | 400 | 2197 | 59.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Barr | 66 | 1086 | 16.5 | 75t | 13 |
| Gail Cogdill | 48 | 945 | 19.7 | 70t | 10 |
| Jim Gibbons | 32 | 412 | 12.9 | 32t | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 16 | 173 | 10.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 16 | 168 | 10.5 | 32 | 1 |
| Danny Lewis | 15 | 115 | 7.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 23t | 1 |
| Dick Compton | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Larry Ferguson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 202 | 2997 | 14.8 | 75t | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 183 | 2597 | 14.2 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Gaubatz | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Larry Vargo | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42t | 1 |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dick LeBeau | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 70t | 1 |
| Roger Brown | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Darris McCord | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Bruce Maher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21t | 1 |
| Gary Lowe | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 470 | 19.6 | 70t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 393 | 15.1 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Lary | 35 | 1713 | 48.9 | 73 | 0 | |||||
| Earl Morrall | 29 | 1143 | 39.4 | 55 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Compton | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 44 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 66 | 2941 | 44.6 | 73 | 0 | 319 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 3775 | 45.5 | 635 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Watkins | 32 | 12 | 399 | 12.5 | 90t | 1 |
| Larry Ferguson | 11 | 0 | 108 | 9.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 10 | 2 | 107 | 10.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bruce Maher | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 57 | 14 | 635 | 11.1 | 90t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 319 | 11.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Watkins | 21 | 447 | 21.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Larry Ferguson | 9 | 231 | 25.7 | 49 | 0 | |
| Tom Hall | 6 | 143 | 23.8 | 29 | 0 | |
| Ollie Matson | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Nick Ryder | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ernie Clark | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Larry Vargo | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 949 | 21.1 | 49 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1206 | 21.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Barr | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Bundra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Gaubatz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| John Gordy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Lane | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Maher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darris McCord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Earl Morrall | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Pietrosante | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lucien Reeberg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Ryder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Scholtz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 0 |
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