1961 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
2nd place • Western Conference • 8-5-1 .615 |
Head Coach: George Wilson |
Les Bingaman | Defensive Line |
Aldo Forte | Offensive Line |
Ray McLean | Offensive Backs |
Bob Nussbaumer | Coaches Assistant |
Don Shula | Defense-Linebackers/Defensive Backs |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 8/11/1961 | H | Cleveland Browns | 35-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 25605 | |
Wed | 8/16/1961 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 13723 | |
Fri | 8/25/1961 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-23 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 22011 | |
Fri | 9/1/1961 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 12621 | |
Sat | 9/9/1961 | A | Cleveland Browns | 35-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 41374 | |
Sun | 9/17/1961 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-13 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 44307 | |
Sun | 9/24/1961 | A | Baltimore Colts | 16-15 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 54259 | |
Sun | 10/1/1961 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 0-49 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 53155 | |
Sun | 10/8/1961 | H | Chicago Bears | 17-31 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 50521 | |
Sun | 10/15/1961 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-13 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 45873 | |
Sun | 10/22/1961 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-17 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 53016 | |
Sun | 10/29/1961 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 28-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49123 | |
Sun | 11/5/1961 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 20-20 | T | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 56878 | |
Sun | 11/12/1961 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 45-14 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 20230 | |
Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 37-10 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 32296 | |
Thu | 11/23/1961 | H | Green Bay Packers | 9-17 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 55662 | |
Sun | 12/3/1961 | A | Chicago Bears | 16-15 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47394 | |
Sun | 12/10/1961 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 13-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 42655 | |
Sun | 12/17/1961 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 44231 | |
Sat | 1/6/1962 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 38-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 25612 |
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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1/6/1962 | Philadelphia Eagles | Playoff Bowl |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Terry Barr | 41 | FL-LS | 6-0 | 189 | 26 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
Carl Brettschneider | 57 | LLB | 6-1 | 223 | 30 | Iowa State | 12 | 12 |
Roger Brown | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 298 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
Howard Cassady | 40 | HB-FL | 5-10 | 183 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
Gail Cogdill | 89 | SE-SB | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Washington State | 14 | 14 |
Glenn Davis | 87 | SE | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Ohio State | 8 | 2 |
Jim Gibbons | 80 | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
Bill Glass | 53 | RDE | 6-5 | 252 | 26 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
John Gonzaga | 79 | LOT | 6-3 | 247 | 28 | none | 13 | 11 |
John Gordy | 75 | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 26 | Tennessee | 14 | 13 |
Alex Karras | 71 | LDT | 6-2 | 248 | 26 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
Dick Lane | 81 | LCB | 6-1 | 194 | 32 | Western Nebraska CC | 14 | 14 |
Danny LaRose | 77 | ROT | 6-5 | 250 | 22 | Missouri | 14 | 11 |
Yale Lary | 28 | RS-P | 6-0 | 187 | 31 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
Dick LeBeau | 44 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 13 |
Danny Lewis | 45 | HB | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | Wisconsin | 13 | 11 |
Gary Lowe | 43 | LS | 5-11 | 196 | 27 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
Bruce Maher | 21 | RCB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 1 |
Gil Mains | 72 | DT | 6-2 | 243 | 32 | Murray State | 3 | 0 |
Jim Martin | 47 | K | 6-2 | 227 | 37 | Notre Dame | 13 | 0 |
Willie McClung | 70 | ROT | 6-2 | 250 | 31 | Florida A&M | 3 | 3 |
Darris McCord | 78 | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
Max Messner | 54 | LLB-RLB-MLB | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Cincinnati | 14 | 2 |
Dick Mills | 67 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
Earl Morrall | 14 | QB-P | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Michigan State | 13 | 6 |
Jim Ninowski | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 206 | 25 | Michigan State | 13 | 8 |
Johnny Olszewski | 0 | HB-FB | 5-11 | 200 | 31 | California | 14 | 1 |
Nick Pietrosante | 33 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
Joe Schmidt | 56 | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 29 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
Bob Scholtz | 50 | C | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
Harley Sewell | 66 | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 30 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
Ollie Spencer | 73 | LOT-ROG-C | 6-2 | 245 | 30 | Kansas | 13 | 4 |
Jim Steffen | 20 | LLB-RLB-DB | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Santa Ana JC; UCLA | 8 | 0 |
Pat Studstill | 25 | FL-P | 6-1 | 176 | 23 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
Wayne Walker | 55 | RLB-K | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Idaho | 14 | 14 |
Paul Ward | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 247 | 24 | Whitworth | 8 | 0 |
Ken Webb | 34 | FB | 5-11 | 207 | 26 | Presbyterian | 11 | 0 |
Bob Whitlow | 61 | LOG | 6-1 | 236 | 25 | Compton JC; Arizona | 6 | 0 |
Sam Williams | 88 | RDE-LDE | 6-5 | 235 | 30 | Michigan State | 12 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
2 | 23 | Danny Larose | E | Missouri |
3 | 34 | Dick Mills | T | Pittsburgh |
3 | 38 | Houston Antwine | G | Southern Illinois |
4 | 51 | Ronnie Hartline | FB | Oklahoma |
5 | 66 | Earl Faison | E | Indiana |
5 | 70 | Ron Puckett | T | Los Angeles State |
8 | 107 | Larry Muff | E | Benedictine (Kansas) |
9 | 122 | Bob Brooks | FB | Ohio University |
10 | 135 | Errol Linden | E | Houston |
11 | 150 | Larry Vargo | E | Detroit Mercy |
12 | 163 | Tom Rodgers | B | Kentucky |
13 | 178 | Paul Hodge | LB | Pittsburgh |
14 | 191 | Charley Bowers | HB | Northern Arizona |
15 | 206 | Mike Lauber | E | Wisconsin-River Falls |
16 | 219 | Gus Krantz | T | Northern Michigan |
17 | 234 | Tom Goode | LB | Mississippi State |
18 | 247 | John Gregor | T | Montana |
19 | 262 | Gene Valesano | B | Northern Michigan |
20 | 275 | Tom Lewis | B | Lake Forest |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 36 | 78 | 88 | 68 | 270 |
Opponents Totals | 50 | 57 | 64 | 87 | 258 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 233 | 96 | 122 | 15 | / % | / % | 69 | 678 | |
Opponents Totals | 222 | 89 | 121 | 12 | / % | / % | 39 | 381 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Martin | 0 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 0 | 70 |
Terry Barr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Gail Cogdill | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Jim Ninowski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Nick Pietrosante | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Danny Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Howard Cassady | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Jim Gibbons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Joe Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Pat Studstill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Wayne Walker | 0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Ken Webb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Gary Lowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 32 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 15 | 33 | 45.5 | 1 | 270 |
Opponents Totals | 28 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 1 | 258 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Martin | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 6 | 49 | 4/4 | 4/8 | 3/7 | 4/8 | 0/3 |
Wayne Walker | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | |
Team Totals | 15 | 33 | 45.5 | 6 | 49 | 4/4 | 4/9 | 3/7 | 4/10 | 0/3 |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 9/ | 3/ | 4/ | 3/ | 1/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Pietrosante | 201 | 841 | 4.2 | 42 | 5 |
Danny Lewis | 110 | 451 | 4.1 | 27 | 4 |
Jim Ninowski | 33 | 238 | 7.2 | 40t | 5 |
Howard Cassady | 31 | 131 | 4.2 | 14 | 1 |
Johnny Olszewski | 30 | 109 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
Earl Morrall | 20 | 86 | 4.3 | 25 | 0 |
Yale Lary | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Ken Webb | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 3 | 1 |
Terry Barr | 6 | -8 | -1.3 | 9 | 0 |
Team Totals | 439 | 1868 | 4.3 | 42 | 16 |
Opponents Totals | 412 | 1520 | 3.7 | 14 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Ninowski | 247 | 117 | 47.4 | 112 | 1921 | 7.8 | 16.4 | 84t | 7 | 2.8 | 18 | 7.3 | 212 | 1709 | 53.0 | |
Earl Morrall | 150 | 69 | 46.0 | 72 | 909 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 61t | 7 | 4.7 | 9 | 6.0 | 74 | 835 | 56.2 | |
Howard Cassady | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 398 | 186 | 46.7 | 185 | 2830 | 7.1 | 15.2 | 84t | 14 | 3.5 | 27 | 6.8 | 286 | 2544 | 54.1 | |
Opponents Totals | 385 | 203 | 52.7 | 153 | 2744 | 7.1 | 13.5 | 98t | 11 | 2.9 | 29 | 7.5 | 326 | 2418 | 53.9 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gail Cogdill | 45 | 956 | 21.2 | 84t | 6 |
Jim Gibbons | 45 | 566 | 12.6 | 36 | 1 |
Terry Barr | 40 | 630 | 15.8 | 61t | 6 |
Nick Pietrosante | 26 | 315 | 12.1 | 76 | 0 |
Glenn Davis | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 19 | 0 |
Danny Lewis | 8 | 118 | 14.8 | 22 | 0 |
Pat Studstill | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 25 | 0 |
Howard Cassady | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 26 | 1 |
Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Sam Williams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Ken Webb | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 186 | 2830 | 15.2 | 84t | 14 |
Opponents Totals | 203 | 2744 | 13.5 | 11 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yale Lary | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 42 | 0 |
Dick Lane | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 32 | 0 |
Gary Lowe | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
Joe Schmidt | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 26 | 1 |
Dick LeBeau | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 33 | 0 |
Wayne Walker | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
Darris McCord | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Roger Brown | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Bruce Maher | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Team Totals | 29 | 312 | 10.8 | 42 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 314 | 11.6 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yale Lary | 52 | 2519 | 48.4 | 71 | 0 | 9 | 39.9 | |||
Earl Morrall | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 43 | 0 | |||||
Pat Studstill | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |||||
Team Totals | 56 | 2664 | 47.6 | 71 | 0 | 273 | 42.7 | |||
Opponents Totals | 67 | 2880 | 43.0 | 357 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Cassady | 16 | 9 | 159 | 9.9 | 21 | 0 |
Jim Steffen | 11 | 0 | 95 | 8.6 | 45 | 0 |
Pat Studstill | 8 | 4 | 75 | 9.4 | 26 | 0 |
Yale Lary | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Jim Gibbons | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Dick Lane | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 38 | 15 | 357 | 9.4 | 45 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 273 | 13.0 | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Studstill | 16 | 448 | 28.0 | 100t | 1 | |
Jim Steffen | 19 | 435 | 22.9 | 36 | 0 | |
Howard Cassady | 9 | 127 | 14.1 | 23 | 0 | |
Johnny Olszewski | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 23 | 0 | |
Bruce Maher | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
Sam Williams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
Ken Webb | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 50 | 1097 | 21.9 | 100t | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 49 | 1184 | 24.2 | 105t | 2 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Brettschneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Roger Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 0 |
Howard Cassady | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Glenn Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gibbons | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Glass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Karras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dick LeBeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Lowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Morrall | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Ninowski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Nick Pietrosante | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Scholtz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Harley Sewell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Ken Webb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 25 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0 |
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