| Baltimore Colts at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 16, 1954 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 48272 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 43 F Humidty: 89% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Lew Carpenter 5 run (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jug Girard 5 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Dorne Dibble 45 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Dorne Dibble 6 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jug Girard 41 pass from Tom Dublinski (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Lloyd Colteryahn |
| 74 | LOT | Ken Jackson |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 50 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 72 | ROT | Jack Little |
| 82 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 19 | QB | Cotton Davidson |
| 26 | LOH | Royce Womble |
| 22 | ROH | Buddy Young |
| 38 | FB | Zollie Toth |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 66 | MG | Charley Robinson |
| 77 | RDT | Tom Finnin |
| 76 | RDE | Don Joyce |
| 65 | LLB | Bill Pellington |
| 67 | RLB | Doug Eggers |
| 23 | LDH | Carl Taseff |
| 21 | LS | Tom Keane |
| 40 | RS | Bob Leberman |
| 25 | RDH | Don Shula |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Leon Hart |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 52 | C | Andy Miketa |
| 62 | ROG | Jim Martin |
| 50 | ROT | Charlie Ane |
| 87 | ROE | Dorne Dibble |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 34 | ROH | Lew Carpenter |
| 33 | FB | Bill Bowman |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Sonny Gandee |
| 70 | LDT | Gerry Perry |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 21 | RS | Carl Karilivacz |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAL | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | / | / | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1 | |
| DET | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | / | / | 8 | 78 | 1 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Royce Womble | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Cotton Davidson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Huzvar | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 155 | 3.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lew Carpenter | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 7 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Dublinski | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 37 | 1.3 | 7 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 2 | 58 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | |
| Team Totals | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 2 | 58 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tom Dublinski | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 1 | 213 | 10.1 | 41t | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | |
| Bobby Layne | 13 | 10 | 76.9 | 0 | 133 | 10.2 | 45t | 3 | 11 | 148.4 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 22 | 62.9 | 1 | 346 | 9.9 | 45t | 4 | 11 | 121.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Danny Edwards | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 41t | 2 |
| Leon Hart | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 45t | 2 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 346 | 15.7 | 45t | 4 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bob Leberman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Stits | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 8 | 288 | 36.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 288 | 36.0 | 47 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 7 | 276 | 39.4 | 50 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 276 | 39.4 | 50 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Bill Pellington | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Chuck McMillan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 35 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Doak Walker | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |