1950 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 4th place • National Conference • 6-6-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Bo McMillin |
| Aldo Forte | Line |
| Buddy Parker | Backfield |
| George Wilson | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/19/1950 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26338 | |
| Fri | 8/25/1950 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-35 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 23670 | |
| Wed | 8/30/1950 | N | Washington Redskins | 24-28 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 50000 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1950 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-49 | L | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 29000 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1950 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 24-16 | W | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 15000 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1950 | A | Green Bay Packers | 45-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 20285 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1950 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 18707 | |
| Fri | 9/29/1950 | A | New York Yanks | 21-44 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 11096 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1950 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 17337 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1950 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 28-30 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 32589 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1950 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 27-28 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 26252 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1950 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 24-65 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 27475 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1950 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-35 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 30410 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1950 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 17752 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1950 | H | New York Yanks | 49-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 30206 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1950 | A | Baltimore Colts | 45-21 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 12059 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1950 | A | Chicago Bears | 3-6 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 34604 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Les Bingaman | 65 | MG | 6-3 | 272 | 24 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| Cloyce Box | 80 | LOE | 6-4 | 220 | 27 | West Texas A&M | 11 | 11 |
| Howie Brown | 64 | ROG-LOG | 5-11 | 220 | 28 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| Chet Bulger | 71 | LOT | 6-3 | 239 | 33 | Auburn | 12 | 7 |
| Jim Cain | 88 | RDE | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| Gus Cifelli | 70 | ROT | 6-4 | 244 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
| Ollie Cline | 30 | FB-ROH | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Ohio State | 10 | 9 |
| Lou Creekmur | 76 | LOG | 6-4 | 246 | 23 | William & Mary | 12 | 9 |
| Don Doll | 44 | LDH | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Fred Enke | 24 | QB-FB | 6-1 | 201 | 26 | Arizona | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Flanagan | 74 | LOG-C | 6-0 | 216 | 24 | Ohio State | 5 | 0 |
| John Greene | 81 | ROE-LOE | 6-0 | 210 | 30 | Michigan | 12 | 3 |
| Rex Grossman | 81 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Indiana | 3 | 0 |
| Barney Hafen | 84 | LDE | 6-2 | 196 | 29 | Dixie JC; Utah | 12 | 11 |
| Leon Hart | 82 | ROE-LDE-LLB | 6-5 | 257 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 14 | ROH-FB | 5-11 | 194 | 25 | Indiana; Navy | 10 | 9 |
| Floyd Jaszewski | 72 | OT | 6-4 | 230 | 23 | Minnesota | 11 | 9 |
| Jerry Krall | 17 | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Ohio State | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 22 | QB-K | 6-1 | 201 | 24 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| Jac Lininger | 57 | MLB-C | 5-11 | 217 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Dante Magnani | 16 | ROH | 5-10 | 182 | 33 | St. Mary's (California) | 8 | 0 |
| Lloyd McDermott | 74 | ROG | 6-1 | 240 | 25 | Kentucky | 2 | 1 |
| Thurman McGraw | 73 | LDT | 6-5 | 235 | 23 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| Don Panciera | 28 | S | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Boston College; San Francisco | 1 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 33 | LLB-FB | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Notre Dame | 8 | 8 |
| Lindy Pearson | 42 | LOH | 6-0 | 198 | 21 | Oklahoma | 10 | 1 |
| John Prchlik | 75 | RDT | 6-4 | 234 | 25 | Yale | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Rifenburg | 89 | LOE | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Michigan | 12 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 12 | RDH-LDH-ROH | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Louisiana State | 4 | 3 |
| Bill Schroll | 36 | RLB-FB | 6-0 | 214 | 24 | Louisiana State | 11 | 10 |
| Clarence Self | 11 | S-ROH | 5-8 | 181 | 25 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Simmons | 53 | C | 6-4 | 236 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 11 | 7 |
| Bob Smith | 40 | RDH | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | Tulsa; Iowa | 12 | 9 |
| Joe Soboleski | 60 | ROG-LOG | 6-0 | 213 | 24 | Michigan | 11 | 4 |
| Wally Triplett | 18 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 173 | 24 | Penn State | 7 | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 37 | LOH-K | 5-11 | 173 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 11 |
| Joe Watson | 51 | C-LLB-RLB | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Rice | 7 | 4 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Bonus | 1 | Leon Hart | E | Notre Dame |
| 1 | 4 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | B | Indiana; Navy |
| 1 | 5 | Joe Watson | C | Rice |
| 2 | 17 | Lou Creekmur | T | William & Mary |
| 2 | 27 | Thurman McGraw | T | Colorado State |
| 3 | 30 | Bob Jensen | E | Iowa State |
| 3 | 31 | Art Murakowski | B | Northwestern |
| 4 | 44 | Ernie Keily | G | Texas-El Paso |
| 4 | 47 | Bill Kay | T | Iowa |
| 5 | 57 | Hal Fitkin | B | Dartmouth |
| 5 | 60 | Dick Rifenburg | E | Michigan |
| 6 | 70 | Floyd Jaszewski | T | Minnesota |
| 6 | 75 | Joyce Pipkin | B | Arkansas |
| 7 | 83 | Bill Leverman | B | St. Edward's |
| 7 | 88 | George Benigni | E | Georgetown (DC) |
| 8 | 96 | Ralph McAllister | B | Minnesota |
| 8 | 103 | Jerry Morrical | T | Indiana |
| 9 | 109 | Ed Wood | G | Detroit Mercy |
| 9 | 116 | Warren Huey | E | Michigan State |
| 10 | 122 | Red Malcolm | B | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 10 | 131 | Ray Coates | B | Louisiana State |
| 11 | 135 | Jack Wilson | T | Ohio State |
| 12 | 148 | Bucky Walters | T | Brown |
| 13 | 161 | Jim Ryan | B | San Francisco |
| 14 | 174 | Cliff Squires | C | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 15 | 187 | Tom Worthington | B | Northwestern |
| 16 | 200 | Jerry Greiner | C | Detroit Mercy |
| 17 | 213 | Connie Callahan | B | Morningside |
| 18 | 226 | Don Stansauk | T | Denver |
| 19 | 239 | Gus Cifelli | T | Notre Dame |
| 20 | 252 | Fred Davis | E | Maryland |
| 21 | 265 | George Brewer | B | Oklahoma |
| 22 | 278 | Jim Tate | T | Purdue |
| 23 | 291 | Irv Heller | T | Boston University |
| 24 | 304 | Jim McDowell | G | William & Mary |
| 25 | 317 | Gene Glick | B | Michigan State |
| 26 | 330 | Bobby Lee | B | Texas |
| 27 | 343 | Elbert Johnson | E | Texas Tech |
| 28 | 356 | Johnny Karras | B | Illinois |
| 29 | 369 | Russ Steger | B | Illinois |
| 30 | 382 | Rube DeRoin | C | Oklahoma State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 36 | 82 | 99 | 104 | 321 |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 76 | 96 | 62 | 285 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 209 | 92 | 98 | 19 | / % | / % | 86 | 804 | |
| Opponents Totals | 200 | 70 | 113 | 17 | / % | / % | 86 | 803 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 11 | 38 | 41 | 92.7 | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 0 | 128 |
| Cloyce Box | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Bobby Layne | 4 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| John Greene | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ollie Cline | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lindy Pearson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Wally Triplett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Cain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Doll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leon Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Rifenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clarence Self | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 43 | 39 | 43 | 90.7 | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 0 | 321 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 37 | 39 | 94.9 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 1 | 285 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 0 | 47 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 0 | 47 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 84 | 471 | 5.6 | 96t | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 83 | 386 | 4.7 | 30t | 5 |
| Bobby Layne | 56 | 250 | 4.5 | 30 | 4 |
| Ollie Cline | 69 | 227 | 3.3 | 41t | 2 |
| Wally Triplett | 14 | 92 | 6.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Lindy Pearson | 31 | 82 | 2.6 | 11 | 2 |
| John Panelli | 32 | 82 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Clarence Self | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Schroll | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Krall | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 389 | 1626 | 4.2 | 96t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 399 | 1367 | 3.4 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 336 | 152 | 45.2 | 166 | 2323 | 6.9 | 15.3 | 82t | 16 | 4.8 | 18 | 5.4 | 354 | 1969 | 62.1 | |
| Fred Enke | 53 | 22 | 41.5 | 24 | 424 | 8.0 | 19.3 | 46t | 5 | 9.4 | 7 | 13.2 | 14 | 410 | 61.9 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 19 | 4.8 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 46.9 |
| Doak Walker | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 6 | 6 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39.6 |
| Lindy Pearson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 403 | 176 | 43.7 | 198 | 2772 | 6.9 | 15.8 | 82t | 22 | 5.5 | 29 | 7.2 | 368 | 2404 | 55.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 381 | 191 | 50.1 | 159 | 2580 | 6.8 | 13.5 | 67t | 23 | 6.0 | 31 | 8.1 | 270 | 2310 | 58.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloyce Box | 50 | 1009 | 20.2 | 82t | 11 |
| Doak Walker | 35 | 534 | 15.3 | 43 | 6 |
| Leon Hart | 31 | 505 | 16.3 | 66t | 1 |
| John Greene | 22 | 368 | 16.7 | 46t | 2 |
| Dick Rifenburg | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 19t | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 41t | 1 |
| Ollie Cline | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Jerry Krall | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 41 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Clarence Self | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Cain | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lindy Pearson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 176 | 2772 | 15.8 | 82t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 191 | 2580 | 13.5 | 67t | 23 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Doll | 12 | 163 | 13.6 | 38 | 1 |
| Bob Smith | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 41 | 1 |
| Clarence Self | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 56t | 1 |
| Jac Lininger | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Schroll | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Joe Watson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Thurman McGraw | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Panciera | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 480 | 15.5 | 56t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 372 | 12.8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Smith | 32 | 1310 | 40.9 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Doak Walker | 32 | 1278 | 39.9 | 61 | 1 | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 68 | 2735 | 40.2 | 61 | 1 | 529 | 32.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 3166 | 43.4 | 389 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Self | 12 | 129 | 10.8 | 29 | 0 | |
| Wally Triplett | 11 | 94 | 8.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Doak Walker | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 29 | 0 | |
| Don Doll | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jerry Krall | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Lindy Pearson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Fred Enke | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 389 | 10.8 | 29 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 529 | 11.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 10 | 225 | 22.5 | 48 | 0 | |
| Wally Triplett | 8 | 411 | 51.4 | 97t | 1 | |
| Lindy Pearson | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 29 | 0 | |
| Clarence Self | 6 | 155 | 25.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| Don Doll | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| John Panelli | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Rex Grossman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Fred Enke | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jim Cain | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Howie Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 1067 | 26.7 | 97t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1218 | 22.6 | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Bingaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Gus Cifelli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Doll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |
| John Greene | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Barney Hafen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Jaszewski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Krall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Layne | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Lininger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thurman McGraw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindy Pearson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bill Schroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Clarence Self | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Simmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |
| Doak Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Watson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 96 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 0 |
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