1960 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 2nd place Western Conference 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: George Wilson |
| Les Bingaman | Defensive Line |
| Aldo Forte | Line |
| Ray McLean | Offensive Backs |
| Bob Nussbaumer | Coaches Assistant |
| Don Shula | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/14/1960 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 24620 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1960 | N | St. Louis Cardinals | 24-21 | W | Toledo, OH | Glass Bowl | 8036 | |
| Thu | 8/25/1960 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 29026 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1960 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-40 | L | Norman, OK | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | 32500 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1960 | A | New York Giants | 16-16 | T | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 50120 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1960 | A | Cleveland Browns | 10-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 25911 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1960 | A | Green Bay Packers | 9-28 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 32150 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1960 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 10-14 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 49825 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1960 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 38065 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1960 | H | Baltimore Colts | 30-17 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 53854 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1960 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 35-48 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 53295 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1960 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 24-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 48447 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1960 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 12-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 54019 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1960 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 42267 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1960 | H | Green Bay Packers | 23-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 54123 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1960 | A | Baltimore Colts | 20-15 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57808 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1960 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 23-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 43272 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1960 | H | Chicago Bears | 36-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 51017 | |
| Sat | 1/7/1961 | N | Cleveland Browns | 17-16 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 34981 | |
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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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 67 | Grady Alderman | LOG | 6-2 | 242 | 22 | Detroit Mercy | 11 | 0 |
| 41 | Terry Barr | HB | 6-0 | 189 | 25 | Michigan | 12 | 3 |
| 57 | Carl Brettschneider | LLB | 6-1 | 223 | 29 | Iowa State | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Roger Brown | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 298 | 23 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 12 | 12 |
| 40 | Howard Cassady | FL | 5-10 | 183 | 26 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Gail Cogdill | SE | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | Washington State | 12 | 11 |
| 87 | Glenn Davis | SE | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Ohio State | 7 | 0 |
| 80 | Jim Gibbons | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Iowa | 12 | 11 |
| 53 | Bill Glass | RDE | 6-5 | 252 | 25 | Baylor | 12 | 12 |
| 75 | John Gordy | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 25 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| 60 | Bob Grottkau | ROG | 6-4 | 228 | 23 | Oregon | 10 | 0 |
| 88 | Steve Junker | TE-SE | 6-3 | 217 | 25 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 1 |
| 71 | Alex Karras | LDT-LDE | 6-2 | 248 | 25 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | Dick Lane | LCB | 6-1 | 194 | 31 | Western Nebraska CC | 12 | 10 |
| 28 | Yale Lary | RS-P | 6-0 | 187 | 30 | Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Dick LeBeau | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | Danny Lewis | HB | 6-1 | 199 | 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 7 |
| 43 | Gary Lowe | LS | 5-11 | 196 | 26 | Michigan State | 11 | 10 |
| 21 | Bruce Maher | LCB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 2 |
| 72 | Gil Mains | RDT | 6-2 | 243 | 31 | Murray State | 12 | 0 |
| 47 | Jim Martin | K-RLB | 6-2 | 227 | 36 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 |
| 70 | Willie McClung | ROT | 6-2 | 250 | 30 | Florida A&M | 12 | 11 |
| 78 | Darris McCord | LDE-ROT | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Max Messner | RLB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Dave Middleton | SE-HB | 6-1 | 194 | 27 | Auburn | 11 | 2 |
| 14 | Earl Morrall | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Michigan State | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | Jim Ninowski | QB | 6-1 | 206 | 24 | Michigan State | 11 | 10 |
| 33 | Nick Pietrosante | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| 18 | Warren Rabb | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | Louisiana State | 9 | 0 |
| 56 | Joe Schmidt | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 |
| 50 | Bob Scholtz | C | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| 66 | Harley Sewell | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 29 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 73 | Ollie Spencer | LOT-C | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| 20 | Jim Steffen | RCB | 6-0 | 196 | 24 | Santa Ana JC; UCLA | 12 | 0 |
| 55 | Wayne Walker | RLB-MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Idaho | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Jim Weatherall | LOT-RDT | 6-4 | 245 | 31 | Oklahoma | 12 | 1 |
| 34 | Ken Webb | HB-FB | 5-11 | 207 | 25 | Presbyterian | 12 | 2 |
| 23 | Dave Whitsell | LS | 6-0 | 189 | 24 | Indiana | 12 | 2 |
| 85 | Sam Williams | RDE | 6-5 | 235 | 29 | Michigan State | 12 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Johnny Robinson | HB | Louisiana State |
| 2 | 15 | Warren Rabb | QB | Louisiana State |
| 3 | 27 | Bob Scholtz | C | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 39 | Jim Andreotti | C | Northwestern |
| 4 | 42 | Roger Brown | T | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 6 | 63 | Gail Cogdill | E | Washington State |
| 7 | 75 | Jim Norton | E | Idaho |
| 9 | 99 | Max Messner | T | Cincinnati |
| 10 | 111 | Grady Alderman | T | Detroit Mercy |
| 10 | 117 | Jim O'Brien | T | Boston College |
| 11 | 123 | Ted Aucreman | E | Indiana |
| 12 | 135 | Dave Ross | E | Los Angeles State |
| 13 | 147 | Pete Tunney | HB | Occidental |
| 14 | 159 | Jim Glasgow | T | Jacksonville State |
| 15 | 171 | Darrell Harper | HB | Michigan |
| 16 | 183 | Steve Rasso | B | Cincinnati |
| 17 | 195 | Bobby Hudson | E | Louisiana Tech |
| 18 | 207 | Frank Walton | HB | John Carroll |
| 19 | 219 | Gene Prebola | E | Boston University |
| 20 | 231 | Dean Look | QB | Michigan State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 86 | 48 | 64 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 72 | 17 | 91 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 192 | 89 | 88 | 15 | / % | / % | 68 | 726 | |
| Opponents Totals | 204 | 87 | 94 | 23 | / % | / % | 60 | 637 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Martin | 0 | 26 | 28 | 92.9 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0 | 65 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Jim Ninowski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Terry Barr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Gibbons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Danny Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Schmidt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ken Webb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Maher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 28 | 26 | 28 | 92.9 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 3 | 239 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 1 | 212 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Martin | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 2 | 52 | 2/4 | 3/3 | 3/5 | 3/8 | 2/4 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 2 | 52 | 2/4 | 3/3 | 3/5 | 3/8 | 2/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Pietrosante | 161 | 872 | 5.4 | 57 | 8 |
| Danny Lewis | 92 | 438 | 4.8 | 74t | 1 |
| Ken Webb | 59 | 166 | 2.8 | 17 | 2 |
| Jim Ninowski | 32 | 81 | 2.5 | 14 | 5 |
| Terry Barr | 17 | 74 | 4.4 | 19t | 1 |
| Earl Morrall | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Howard Cassady | 17 | 28 | 1.6 | 10 | 1 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 392 | 1714 | 4.4 | 74t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 360 | 1348 | 3.7 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Ninowski | 283 | 134 | 134 | 131 | 1599 | 5.7 | 11.9 | 55 | 2 | 0.7 | 18 | 6.4 | 283 | 1316 | 40.9 | |
| Earl Morrall | 49 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 423 | 8.6 | 13.2 | 65t | 4 | 8.2 | 3 | 6.1 | 55 | 368 | 94.2 | |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 333 | 166 | 166 | 146 | 2022 | 6.1 | 12.2 | 65t | 6 | 1.8 | 21 | 6.3 | 344 | 1678 | 48.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 354 | 175 | 175 | 160 | 2275 | 6.4 | 13.0 | 17 | 4.8 | 19 | 5.4 | 226 | 2049 | 63.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gibbons | 51 | 604 | 11.8 | 65t | 2 |
| Gail Cogdill | 43 | 642 | 14.9 | 63 | 1 |
| Howard Cassady | 20 | 238 | 11.9 | 40t | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 13 | 129 | 9.9 | 28 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 12 | 192 | 16.0 | 55t | 1 |
| Ken Webb | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Steve Junker | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 11 | 1 |
| Glenn Davis | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 166 | 2022 | 12.2 | 65t | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 175 | 2275 | 13.0 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Lane | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 80t | 1 |
| Dick LeBeau | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Gary Lowe | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Max Messner | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bruce Maher | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 365 | 19.2 | 80t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 314 | 15.0 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Lary | 64 | 2802 | 43.8 | 63 | 2 | 296 | ||||
| Team Totals | 64 | 2802 | 43.8 | 63 | 2 | 296 | 39.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 2689 | 39.0 | 227 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Barr | 14 | 104 | 7.4 | 39 | 0 | |
| Jim Steffen | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 29 | 0 | |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bruce Maher | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 227 | 7.3 | 39 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 296 | 8.7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Maher | 10 | 214 | 21.4 | 35 | 0 | |
| Danny Lewis | 10 | 202 | 20.2 | 26 | 0 | |
| Jim Steffen | 8 | 225 | 28.1 | 55 | 0 | |
| Howard Cassady | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ken Webb | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 14 | 0 | |
| Nick Pietrosante | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Dick LeBeau | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 916 | 21.3 | 55 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 979 | 21.8 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Brettschneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Roger Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Glass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Lowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Maher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McClung | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Ninowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Pietrosante | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |
| Joe Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 13 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0 |
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