1967 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 3rd place Western Conference Central Division 5-7-2 .417 |
| Head Coach: Joe Schmidt |
| Jimmy David | Defense |
| Chuck Knox | Offensive Line |
| Jim Martin | Defensive Line |
| Bill McPeak | Offense |
| John North | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1967 | A | Denver Broncos | 7-13 | L | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 21228 | |
| Mon | 8/14/1967 | H | Buffalo Bills | 19-17 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 43503 | |
| Sun | 8/20/1967 | A | San Diego Chargers | 38-17 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 45988 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1967 | H | Baltimore Colts | 5-14 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 39766 | |
| Fri | 9/8/1967 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 21-7 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 18083 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1967 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-17 | T | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1967 | H | Cleveland Browns | 31-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 57383 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1967 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 28-38 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 43821 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1967 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 57877 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1967 | A | Chicago Bears | 3-14 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46024 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 24-3 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 50601 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1967 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 45-3 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 37990 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1967 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 55606 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 10-10 | T | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 40032 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1967 | A | Baltimore Colts | 7-41 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1967 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 7-31 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54389 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1967 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 47713 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1967 | A | New York Giants | 30-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 63011 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1967 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 14-3 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 44874 | |
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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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 20 | Lem Barney | LCB | 6-1 | 189 | 22 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Mike Bass | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Charlie Bradshaw | ROT | 6-6 | 255 | 31 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| 59 | Ernie Clark | LLB | 6-1 | 222 | 30 | Michigan State | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Gail Cogdill | SE | 6-2 | 200 | 30 | Washington State | 12 | 6 |
| 52 | Bill Cottrell | LOT | 6-3 | 262 | 23 | Delaware Valley | 14 | 10 |
| 24 | Mel Farr | HB-FB | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | UCLA | 13 | 12 |
| 45 | Bobby Felts | HB | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Florida A&M | 14 | 0 |
| 54 | Ed Flanagan | C | 6-3 | 246 | 23 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 68 | Frank Gallagher | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | North Carolina | 13 | 0 |
| 80 | Jim Gibbons | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 31 | Iowa | 14 | 4 |
| 57 | Ron Goovert | MLB | 5-11 | 225 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 |
| 75 | John Gordy | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 32 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Larry Hand | RDE | 6-5 | 247 | 27 | Appalachian State | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | John Henderson | FL | 6-3 | 191 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 5 |
| 85 | Lew Kamanu | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Weber State; Wenatchee Valley JC; Weber State | 9 | 0 |
| 71 | Alex Karras | LDT | 6-2 | 248 | 32 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Bob Kowalkowski | LOG | 6-3 | 243 | 24 | Virginia | 14 | 0 |
| 88 | Ron Kramer | TE | 6-3 | 234 | 32 | Michigan | 11 | 10 |
| 44 | Dick LeBeau | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Mike Lucci | MLB | 6-2 | 233 | 28 | Pittsburgh; Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| 21 | Bruce Maher | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 30 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Bill Malinchak | SE-FL | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Indiana | 14 | 11 |
| 31 | Amos Marsh | HB | 6-0 | 218 | 28 | Oregon State | 14 | 7 |
| 86 | John McCambridge | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Northwestern | 6 | 0 |
| 78 | Darris McCord | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 34 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Mike Melinkovich | RDT | 6-4 | 243 | 25 | Washington; Grays Harbor JC | 7 | 0 |
| 70 | Denis Moore | LOT | 6-5 | 247 | 23 | Southern California | 5 | 0 |
| 58 | Paul Naumoff | LLB | 6-1 | 218 | 22 | Tennessee | 14 | 2 |
| 35 | Tom Nowatzke | FB | 6-3 | 229 | 25 | Indiana | 14 | 9 |
| 16 | Milt Plum | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 32 | Penn State | 9 | 6 |
| 47 | Wayne Rasmussen | RS | 6-2 | 179 | 25 | South Dakota State | 10 | 0 |
| 82 | Jerry Rush | RDT | 6-4 | 265 | 25 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 73 | Roger Shoals | OT | 6-4 | 256 | 29 | Maryland | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | Pat Studstill | FL-P | 6-1 | 176 | 29 | Houston | 7 | 6 |
| 14 | Karl Sweetan | QB | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | Texas A&M; Navarro JC; Wake Forest | 10 | 8 |
| 27 | Bobby Thompson | LCB | 5-10 | 179 | 28 | Compton JC; Arizona | 12 | 14 |
| 48 | Tommy Vaughn | RS | 5-11 | 192 | 24 | Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Wayne Walker | RLB-K | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | Idaho | 14 | 14 |
| 63 | Chuck Walton | LOG | 6-3 | 253 | 26 | Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| 23 | Tommy Watkins | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | East Los Angeles JC; Iowa State | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | Mike Weger | LS | 6-2 | 193 | 22 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Randy Winkler | LOT | 6-5 | 257 | 24 | Tarleton State | 8 | 0 |
| 1 | Garo Yepremian | K | 5-8 | 172 | 23 | none | 8 | 0 |
| 85 | Jerry Zawadzkas | TE | 6-4 | 220 | 21 | Columbia | 2 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Brad Hubbert | HB | Arizona |
| 1 | 7 | Mel Farr | HB | UCLA |
| 2 | 34 | Lem Barney | DB | Jackson State |
| 3 | 60 | Paul Naumoff | LB | Tennessee |
| 4 | 88 | Lew Kamanu | DE | Weber State |
| 6 | 141 | Tim Jones | QB | Weber State |
| 6 | 144 | John McCambridge | DE | Northwestern |
| 7 | 166 | Ted Tuinstra | T | Iowa State |
| 9 | 218 | Mike Weger | DB | Bowling Green State |
| 10 | 245 | Jerry Hayhoe | G | Southern California |
| 11 | 270 | Ray Shirey | T | Arizona State |
| 12 | 297 | Eric Watts | DB | San Jose State |
| 13 | 322 | Lamar Wright | G | Georgia Tech |
| 14 | 349 | Cleveland Robinson | DE | South Carolina State |
| 15 | 374 | Sam Burke | DB | Georgia Tech |
| 16 | 401 | Jerry Zawadzkas | TE | Columbia |
| 17 | 426 | Ken Ramsey | DT | Northwestern |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 58 | 73 | 42 | 87 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 102 | 40 | 82 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 215 | 104 | 92 | 19 | / % | / % | 65 | 712 | |
| Opponents Totals | 205 | 98 | 85 | 22 | / % | / % | 73 | 822 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Farr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Tom Nowatzke | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Tommy Watkins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Garo Yepremian | 0 | 22 | 23 | 95.7 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 28 |
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 0 | 26 |
| Bill Malinchak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Lem Barney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Amos Marsh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Larry Hand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pat Studstill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Lucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Karl Sweetan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Maher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 7 | 21 | 33.3 | 1 | 260 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 12 | 29 | 41.4 | 0 | 259 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Walker | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 2 | 47 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 1/6 | 0/2 |
| Garo Yepremian | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 1 | 33 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 21 | 33.3 | 3 | 47 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/7 | 1/8 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 29 | 41.4 | 3/ | 3/ | 5/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Farr | 206 | 860 | 4.2 | 57 | 3 |
| Tommy Watkins | 106 | 361 | 3.4 | 28 | 4 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 70 | 288 | 4.1 | 15 | 4 |
| Amos Marsh | 58 | 229 | 3.9 | 25 | 2 |
| Karl Sweetan | 17 | 93 | 5.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Bobby Felts | 10 | 66 | 6.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Ed Flanagan | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| Milt Plum | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 473 | 1907 | 4.0 | 57 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 471 | 1795 | 3.8 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Plum | 172 | 86 | 50.0 | 78 | 925 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 43 | 4 | 2.3 | 8 | 4.7 | 8 | 84 | 841 | 54.5 |
| Karl Sweetan | 177 | 74 | 41.8 | 92 | 901 | 5.1 | 12.2 | 52t | 10 | 5.6 | 11 | 6.2 | 16 | 111 | 790 | 51.1 |
| Mel Farr | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 351 | 160 | 45.6 | 172 | 1826 | 5.2 | 11.4 | 52t | 14 | 4.0 | 19 | 5.4 | 24 | 195 | 1631 | 52.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 312 | 143 | 45.8 | 146 | 2089 | 6.7 | 14.6 | 11 | 3.5 | 23 | 7.4 | 39 | 356 | 1733 | 49.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Farr | 39 | 317 | 8.1 | 31 | 3 |
| Bill Malinchak | 26 | 397 | 15.3 | 43 | 4 |
| Gail Cogdill | 21 | 322 | 15.3 | 52t | 1 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 21 | 145 | 6.9 | 25t | 2 |
| John Henderson | 13 | 144 | 11.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 10 | 162 | 16.2 | 37t | 2 |
| Jim Gibbons | 10 | 107 | 10.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 27 | 1 |
| Amos Marsh | 7 | 103 | 14.7 | 35t | 1 |
| Ron Kramer | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Chuck Walton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 160 | 1826 | 11.4 | 52t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 143 | 2089 | 14.6 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 10 | 232 | 23.2 | 71t | 3 |
| Dick LeBeau | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Lucci | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 31t | 1 |
| Bruce Maher | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Hand | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4t | 2 |
| Darris McCord | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ernie Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 343 | 14.9 | 71t | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 235 | 12.4 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 47 | 1757 | 37.4 | 55 | 0 | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 36 | 1602 | 44.5 | 78 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 83 | 3359 | 40.5 | 78 | 0 | 323 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 3101 | 39.3 | 97 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Watkins | 15 | 3 | 57 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 9 | 5 | 20 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Lem Barney | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Felts | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 20 | 97 | 2.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 323 | 8.5 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Vaughn | 16 | 446 | 27.9 | 60 | 0 | |
| Tommy Watkins | 20 | 411 | 20.6 | 44 | 0 | |
| Lem Barney | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 50 | 0 | |
| Ron Goovert | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Mike Weger | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jerry Zawadzkas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 1145 | 22.9 | 60 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 959 | 22.3 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | |
| Ernie Clark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Felts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Karras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick LeBeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darris McCord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Plum | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karl Sweetan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Walton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| Mike Weger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 2 |
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