1958 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
5th place • Western Conference • 4-7-1 .364 |
Head Coach: George Wilson |
Red Cochran | Backfield |
Bob Dove | Ends |
Aldo Forte | Line |
Bob Nussbaumer | Coaches Assistant |
Buster Ramsey | Defense |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 8/15/1958 | A | College All-Stars | 19-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 70000 | |
Fri | 8/22/1958 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 36662 | |
Fri | 8/29/1958 | H | New York Giants | 26-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 33090 | |
Fri | 9/5/1958 | N | Chicago Bears | 17-24 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 40000 | |
Sat | 9/13/1958 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-31 | L | Norman, OK | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | 61000 | |
Sat | 9/20/1958 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-41 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 35543 | |
Sun | 9/28/1958 | A | Baltimore Colts | 15-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 48377 | |
Sun | 10/5/1958 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-13 | T | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 32053 | |
Sun | 10/12/1958 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 28-42 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55648 | |
Sun | 10/19/1958 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-40 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55190 | |
Sun | 10/26/1958 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 41-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 81703 | |
Sun | 11/2/1958 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59213 | |
Sun | 11/9/1958 | A | Cleveland Browns | 30-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75563 | |
Sun | 11/16/1958 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 35-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 54253 | |
Sun | 11/23/1958 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-20 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55280 | |
Thu | 11/27/1958 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 50971 | |
Sun | 12/7/1958 | H | New York Giants | 17-19 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 50115 | |
Sun | 12/14/1958 | A | Chicago Bears | 16-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 38346 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Charlie Ane | 50 | C | 6-2 | 260 | 27 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
Terry Barr | 41 | RDH | 6-0 | 189 | 23 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
Stan Campbell | 67 | ROG | 6-0 | 226 | 28 | Iowa State | 12 | 10 |
Howard Cassady | 40 | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 183 | 24 | Ohio State | 10 | 8 |
Jack Christiansen | 24 | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Colorado State | 8 | 8 |
Lou Creekmur | 76 | LOT | 6-4 | 246 | 31 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
Gene Cronin | 85 | RDE-RDT | 6-2 | 229 | 25 | Sacramento CC; Pacific | 12 | 12 |
Jimmy David | 25 | LDH | 5-10 | 178 | 31 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
Jim Doran | 83 | LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 201 | 31 | Iowa State | 9 | 8 |
Gene Gedman | 26 | LOH-FB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Indiana | 11 | 8 |
Jim Gibbons | 87 | ROE | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Iowa | 12 | 8 |
Bill Glass | 53 | C-RDT | 6-5 | 252 | 23 | Baylor | 11 | 1 |
Doug Hogland | 64 | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 239 | 27 | Oregon State | 9 | 2 |
John Henry Johnson | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | St. Mary's (California); Arizona State | 10 | 8 |
Alex Karras | 71 | LDT | 6-2 | 248 | 23 | Iowa | 12 | 8 |
Karl Koepfer | 60 | OG | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 1 | 0 |
Yale Lary | 28 | RS-P | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
Bobby Layne | 22 | QB-K | 6-1 | 201 | 32 | Texas | 2 | 1 |
Danny Lewis | 45 | ROH-LOH | 6-1 | 199 | 22 | Wisconsin | 11 | 1 |
Bob Long | 86 | LLB-RDE-RLB | 6-3 | 232 | 24 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
Gary Lowe | 43 | LS | 5-11 | 196 | 24 | Michigan State | 12 | 4 |
Gil Mains | 72 | RDT | 6-2 | 243 | 29 | Murray State | 10 | 9 |
Jim Martin | 47 | K | 6-2 | 227 | 34 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
Darris McCord | 78 | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
Dave Middleton | 84 | ROH-ROE-LOE | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | Auburn | 12 | 11 |
Bob Miller | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 242 | 29 | Virginia | 10 | 4 |
Earl Morrall | 14 | QB-P | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Michigan State | 9 | 1 |
Gerry Perry | 79 | RDT-LDE-K | 6-4 | 237 | 28 | Pepperdine; Compton JC; California | 8 | 1 |
Perry Richards | 87 | LOE | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 3 | 1 |
Tobin Rote | 18 | QB | 6-3 | 211 | 30 | Rice | 12 | 10 |
Ken Russell | 73 | ROT | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Bowling Green State | 12 | 12 |
Tom Rychlec | 81 | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | American International | 12 | 0 |
Joe Schmidt | 56 | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
Harley Sewell | 66 | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
Wayne Walker | 55 | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Idaho | 12 | 1 |
Ken Webb | 34 | LOH-FB | 5-11 | 207 | 23 | Presbyterian | 12 | 6 |
Dave Whitsell | 23 | DB | 6-0 | 189 | 22 | Indiana | 12 | 0 |
Roger Zatkoff | 57 | RLB | 6-2 | 216 | 27 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 10 | Alex Karras | T | Iowa |
4 | 45 | Wayne Walker | LB | Idaho |
6 | 73 | Danny Lewis | B | Wisconsin |
7 | 83 | Ralph Pfeifer | B | Kansas State |
7 | 85 | Hal Outten | T | Virginia |
8 | 92 | Karl Koepfer | G | Bowling Green State |
8 | 97 | Phil Blazer | T | North Carolina |
9 | 103 | Jim Loftin | B | Alabama |
9 | 109 | Ben Paolucci | T | Wayne State (Michigan) |
10 | 121 | Elliot Schaubach | T | William & Mary |
11 | 133 | Claude Chaney | B | Dayton |
12 | 145 | Hal Boutte | E | San Jose State |
13 | 157 | Barry Maroney | B | Cincinnati |
14 | 169 | Ken Webb | B | Presbyterian |
15 | 179 | John Scheldrup | E | Iowa State |
15 | 181 | Jerry Mohlman | B | Benedictine (Kansas) |
16 | 193 | Gordon Ringquist | T | Central Michigan |
17 | 205 | Walt Gurasich | G | Southern California |
18 | 212 | Billy Austin | C | Auburn |
18 | 217 | Larry Carrier | B | Kansas |
19 | 229 | Dave Bottos | B | Murray State |
20 | 241 | Bill Curry | T | Western Kentucky |
21 | 253 | Jim Wagstaff | B | Idaho State |
22 | 265 | Buddy Nidiffer | E | South Carolina |
23 | 277 | Frank Destino | B | South Carolina |
24 | 289 | Dave Whitsell | B | Indiana |
25 | 301 | Jimmy Cook | B | Auburn |
26 | 313 | Joe Bruce | T | Middle Tennessee State |
27 | 325 | Don Agers | T | Missouri-Rolla |
28 | 337 | Jack Pitt | E | South Carolina |
29 | 349 | Henry Herzog | B | Kentucky |
30 | 360 | Tommy Bronson | B | Tennessee |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 44 | 108 | 65 | 44 | 261 |
Opponents Totals | 41 | 89 | 42 | 104 | 276 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 195 | 89 | 95 | 11 | / % | / % | 52 | 513 | |
Opponents Totals | 199 | 94 | 95 | 10 | / % | / % | 52 | 458 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Martin | 0 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 7 | 19 | 36.8 | 0 | 49 |
Howard Cassady | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Gene Gedman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Jim Doran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Dave Middleton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Tobin Rote | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Ken Webb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Gerry Perry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 |
Jim Gibbons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Wayne Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bobby Layne | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 33 | 30 | 33 | 90.9 | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 0 | 261 |
Opponents Totals | 36 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 276 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Martin | 7 | 19 | 36.8 | 4 | 48 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 4/6 | 2/7 | 0/0 |
Gerry Perry | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Team Totals | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 4 | 48 | 4/6 | 1/4 | 4/6 | 2/7 | 0/0 |
Opponents Totals | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 6/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tobin Rote | 77 | 351 | 4.6 | 27 | 3 |
John Henry Johnson | 56 | 254 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
Gene Gedman | 92 | 209 | 2.3 | 17 | 4 |
Howard Cassady | 45 | 198 | 4.4 | 33 | 0 |
Ken Webb | 56 | 172 | 3.1 | 22 | 2 |
Danny Lewis | 25 | 131 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 |
Earl Morrall | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 18 | 0 |
Yale Lary | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Dave Middleton | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
Bobby Layne | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 364 | 1360 | 3.7 | 33 | 9 |
Opponents Totals | 407 | 1720 | 4.2 | 19 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tobin Rote | 257 | 118 | 45.9 | 129 | 1678 | 6.5 | 14.2 | 65t | 14 | 5.4 | 10 | 3.9 | 226 | 1452 | 69.5 | |
Bobby Layne | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 12 | 171 | 6.6 | 14.3 | 1 | 3.8 | 2 | 7.7 | 22 | 149 | 48.7 | ||
Earl Morrall | 32 | 9 | 28.1 | 21 | 188 | 5.9 | 20.9 | 66 | 4 | 12.5 | 2 | 6.3 | 31 | 157 | 65.1 | |
Gene Gedman | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 111 | 37.0 | 55.5 | 81t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 149.3 |
Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 319 | 141 | 44.2 | 164 | 2148 | 6.7 | 15.2 | 81t | 20 | 6.3 | 14 | 4.4 | 279 | 1869 | 69.6 | |
Opponents Totals | 320 | 167 | 52.2 | 131 | 2255 | 7.0 | 13.5 | 15 | 4.7 | 22 | 6.9 | 138 | 2117 | 61.9 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Middleton | 29 | 506 | 17.4 | 46 | 3 |
Jim Gibbons | 25 | 367 | 14.7 | 35t | 2 |
Howard Cassady | 23 | 406 | 17.7 | 81t | 7 |
Jim Doran | 22 | 495 | 22.5 | 65t | 4 |
Gene Gedman | 14 | 106 | 7.6 | 24t | 3 |
Ken Webb | 11 | 85 | 7.7 | 34 | 1 |
Perry Richards | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 30 | 0 |
John Henry Johnson | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 18 | 0 |
Tom Rychlec | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 23 | 0 |
Danny Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Team Totals | 141 | 2148 | 15.2 | 81t | 20 |
Opponents Totals | 167 | 2255 | 13.5 | 15 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Schmidt | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 25 | 0 |
Yale Lary | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 31 | 0 |
Terry Barr | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 40 | 0 |
Jimmy David | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
Bob Long | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
Gary Lowe | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
Wayne Walker | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
Dave Whitsell | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 22 | 328 | 14.9 | 40 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 14 | 193 | 13.8 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yale Lary | 59 | 2524 | 42.8 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
Earl Morrall | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |||||
Team Totals | 60 | 2549 | 42.5 | 62 | 1 | 151 | 40.0 | |||
Opponents Totals | 55 | 2213 | 40.2 | 223 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yale Lary | 27 | 196 | 7.3 | 71t | 1 | |
Terry Barr | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 22 | 0 | |
Howard Cassady | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 41 | 223 | 5.4 | 71t | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 44 | 151 | 3.4 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Webb | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 | |
Gene Gedman | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 27 | 0 | |
Howard Cassady | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 39 | 0 | |
Danny Lewis | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 | |
Terry Barr | 4 | 197 | 49.3 | 86Lt | 1 | |
Dave Whitsell | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | |
Lou Creekmur | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 | |
Alex Karras | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
Dave Middleton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
Jim Gibbons | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
Tom Rychlec | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 39 | 839 | 21.5 | 86t | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 683 | 20.7 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Ane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Barr | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
Stan Campbell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Howard Cassady | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jimmy David | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Gedman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Hogland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
John Henry Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alex Karras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
Yale Lary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Layne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny Lewis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Long | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
Gary Lowe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Gil Mains | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
Earl Morrall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tobin Rote | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 | |
Tom Rychlec | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Schmidt | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Harley Sewell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
Ken Webb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Whitsell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 36 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 66 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 0 |
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