1954 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Conference • 9-2-1 .818 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Buddy Parker |
| Paul Christman | Offensive Backs |
| Aldo Forte | Line |
| Buster Ramsey | Defense |
| George Wilson | Offense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/13/1954 | A | College All-Stars | 31-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 93740 | |
| Thu | 8/19/1954 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 45600 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1954 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 34380 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1954 | N | New York Giants | 28-13 | W | Norman, OK | Memorial Stadium | 25000 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1954 | N | Cleveland Browns | 56-31 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 43000 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1954 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 42-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1954 | H | Chicago Bears | 48-23 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 52343 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1954 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 21-3 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55008 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1954 | H | Baltimore Colts | 35-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 48272 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1954 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 31-37 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 58891 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1954 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 27-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 74315 | |
| Sat | 11/6/1954 | A | Baltimore Colts | 27-3 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 25287 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1954 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 48-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 58431 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1954 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 20767 | |
| Thu | 11/25/1954 | H | Green Bay Packers | 28-24 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55532 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1954 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-13 | T | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 54939 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1954 | A | Chicago Bears | 24-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 37240 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1954 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 34168 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/26/1954 | A | Cleveland Browns | 10-56 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 43827 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Charlie Ane | 50 | ROT | 6-2 | 260 | 23 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Les Bingaman | 65 | MG | 6-3 | 272 | 28 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Bowman | 33 | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| Cloyce Box | 80 | ROE-LOH | 6-4 | 220 | 31 | West Texas A&M | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Cain | 88 | RDE | 6-1 | 202 | 27 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| Lew Carpenter | 34 | ROH | 6-2 | 209 | 22 | Arkansas | 10 | 6 |
| Jack Christiansen | 24 | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Colorado State | 12 | 11 |
| Lou Creekmur | 76 | LOT-ROG-MG | 6-4 | 246 | 27 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| Jimmy David | 25 | LDH | 5-10 | 178 | 27 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| Dorne Dibble | 87 | LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Michigan State | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Doran | 83 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 201 | 27 | Iowa State | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Dove | 78 | LDE | 6-1 | 222 | 33 | Notre Dame | 12 | 7 |
| Tom Dublinski | 49 | QB | 6-2 | 197 | 24 | Utah | 12 | 3 |
| Sonny Gandee | 85 | LDE | 6-0 | 216 | 25 | Ohio State | 11 | 5 |
| Jug Girard | 23 | ROE-ROH-P | 5-11 | 176 | 27 | Wisconsin | 12 | 2 |
| Leon Hart | 82 | ROE-LOE | 6-5 | 257 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 10 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 14 | ROH | 5-11 | 194 | 29 | Indiana; Navy | 11 | 6 |
| Carl Karilivacz | 21 | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | Syracuse | 11 | 11 |
| Dick Kercher | 43 | DB-LOH | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Tulsa | 5 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 22 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 28 | Texas | 12 | 9 |
| Gil Mains | 72 | LDT-RDT | 6-2 | 243 | 25 | Murray State | 12 | 6 |
| Jim Martin | 62 | ROG-LOG-K | 6-2 | 227 | 30 | Notre Dame | 12 | 5 |
| Thurman McGraw | 73 | LOT-LDT | 6-5 | 235 | 27 | Colorado State | 4 | 3 |
| Andy Miketa | 52 | C | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | North Carolina | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Miller | 74 | RDT | 6-3 | 242 | 25 | Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| Gerry Perry | 70 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 237 | 24 | Pepperdine; Compton JC; California | 11 | 5 |
| Joe Schmidt | 56 | LLB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Harley Sewell | 66 | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Texas | 12 | 11 |
| Bob Smith | 40 | LOH-HB | 6-1 | 198 | 29 | Tulsa; Iowa | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 36 | FB | 6-0 | 204 | 25 | Texas A&M | 8 | 0 |
| Dick Stanfel | 63 | ROG | 6-3 | 236 | 27 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 6 | 5 |
| Bill Stits | 20 | RDH | 6-0 | 194 | 23 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 53 | RLB-C | 6-0 | 215 | 25 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| Hal Turner | 84 | LDE | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Tennessee State | 3 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 37 | LOH-K-RS | 5-11 | 173 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Dick Chapman | T | Rice |
| 2 | 25 | Jim Neal | C | Michigan State |
| 3 | 37 | Bill Bowman | B | William & Mary |
| 4 | 44 | Bill Stits | B | UCLA |
| 4 | 49 | Howard McCants | E | Washington State |
| 5 | 61 | George Parozzo | T | William & Mary |
| 6 | 63 | Pence Dacus | B | Texas State |
| 6 | 73 | Dick Kercher | B | Tulsa |
| 7 | 85 | Jack Cross | B | Utah |
| 8 | 97 | Milt Davis | B | UCLA |
| 9 | 109 | Bob Lawson | B | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
| 10 | 121 | Jack Carroll | E | Holy Cross |
| 11 | 133 | Milt Schwenk | T | Washington State |
| 12 | 145 | Bob Hartman | Oregon State | |
| 13 | 157 | Jim Swierczek | B | Marshall |
| 14 | 169 | Ray Novak | B | Nebraska |
| 15 | 181 | Kirk Hinderlider | E | Colorado State |
| 16 | 193 | Bob Chuoke | T | Houston |
| 17 | 205 | Rick Kaser | B | Toledo |
| 18 | 217 | Norm Hayes | T | Idaho |
| 19 | 229 | Buster Graves | T | Arkansas |
| 20 | 241 | Jim Durrant | G | Utah |
| 21 | 253 | Jack Kistler | B | Duke |
| 22 | 265 | Dewey Brundage | E | Brigham Young |
| 23 | 277 | Jack Shanafelt | T | Pennsylvania |
| 24 | 289 | Bobby Burrows | G | Duke |
| 25 | 301 | Richie Woit | B | Arkansas State |
| 26 | 313 | Jim George | T | Syracuse |
| 27 | 325 | Dick Rzeszut | C | Benedictine (Kansas) |
| 28 | 337 | Ad Rutschman | C | Linfield |
| 29 | 349 | Mel Bertrand | C | Idaho |
| 30 | 360 | Ellis Horton | B | Eureka |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 89 | 93 | 108 | 337 |
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 45 | 46 | 23 | 189 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 236 | 91 | 134 | 11 | / % | / % | 75 | 689 | |
| Opponents Totals | 199 | 85 | 99 | 15 | / % | / % | 53 | 489 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 5 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 0 | 106 |
| Jug Girard | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dorne Dibble | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bill Bowman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Lew Carpenter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Doran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tom Dublinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leon Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carl Karilivacz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harley Sewell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 0 | 337 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 0 | 189 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 2 | 36 | 2/5 | 4/4 | 5/6 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Jim Martin | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 44 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 2 | 44 | 2/6 | 4/4 | 5/7 | 1/6 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 5/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lew Carpenter | 104 | 476 | 4.6 | 60t | 3 |
| Bill Bowman | 96 | 397 | 4.1 | 61 | 2 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 94 | 242 | 2.6 | 35 | 2 |
| Doak Walker | 32 | 240 | 7.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 30 | 119 | 4.0 | 34 | 2 |
| Tom Dublinski | 21 | 76 | 3.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Jug Girard | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Kercher | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 393 | 1608 | 4.1 | 61 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 397 | 1520 | 3.8 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dublinski | 138 | 77 | 55.8 | 54 | 1073 | 7.8 | 13.9 | 66t | 8 | 5.8 | 7 | 5.1 | 56 | 1017 | 79.2 | |
| Bobby Layne | 246 | 135 | 54.9 | 99 | 1818 | 7.4 | 13.5 | 55 | 14 | 5.7 | 12 | 4.9 | 86 | 1732 | 77.3 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 3 | 81 | 11.6 | 27.0 | 66t | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 86.0 |
| Doak Walker | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 5 | -5 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 395 | 215 | 54.4 | 159 | 2972 | 7.5 | 13.8 | 66 | 25 | 6.3 | 21 | 5.3 | 147 | 2825 | 77.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 357 | 150 | 42.0 | 177 | 2390 | 6.7 | 15.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 8.4 | 164 | 2226 | 30.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorne Dibble | 46 | 768 | 16.7 | 45t | 6 | 0 | |||
| Bill Bowman | 34 | 288 | 8.5 | 66t | 2 | 1 | |||
| Doak Walker | 32 | 564 | 17.6 | 66t | 3 | ||||
| Jug Girard | 27 | 421 | 15.6 | 41t | 7 | 0 | |||
| Leon Hart | 24 | 377 | 15.7 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 20 | 153 | 7.7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lew Carpenter | 16 | 145 | 9.1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jim Doran | 10 | 203 | 20.3 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Cloyce Box | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 215 | 2972 | 13.8 | 66t | 25 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 150 | 2390 | 15.9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Christiansen | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 30t | 1 |
| Jimmy David | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Sonny Gandee | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Carl Karilivacz | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 30t | 1 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 372 | 12.4 | 33 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 187 | 8.9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 63 | 2585 | 41.0 | 65 | 0 | 67 | ||||
| Team Totals | 63 | 2585 | 41.0 | 65 | 0 | 67 | 40.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2554 | 39.3 | 364 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Christiansen | 23 | 225 | 9.8 | 61t | 1 | |
| Jug Girard | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 | |
| Doak Walker | 4 | 117 | 29.3 | 70t | 1 | |
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 364 | 9.8 | 70t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 67 | 2.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 12 | 248 | 20.7 | 34 | 0 | |
| Doak Walker | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 38 | 0 | |
| Bill Bowman | 6 | 178 | 29.7 | 100t | 1 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 27 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Gil Mains | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Harley Sewell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 822 | 21.1 | 100t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 1257 | 20.6 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Ane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Les Bingaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Cain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Creekmur | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy David | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Dove | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Dublinski | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Gandee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Karilivacz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gil Mains | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Miketa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harley Sewell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Bill Stits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 126 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 0 |
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