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1951 Detroit Lions (NFL)

2nd place National Conference 7-4-1 .636

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Head Coach: Buddy Parker

Earl Brown	Assistant Coach
Aldo Forte	Assistant Coach
George Wilson	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/24/1951	N	New York Giants	31-21	W		Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	56000
Mon	8/27/1951	N	Philadelphia Eagles	17-17	T		Shreveport, LA	Independence Stadium	17000
Fri	8/31/1951	N	Washington Redskins	7-10	L		Amarillo, TX	Sandie Stadium	12000
Tue	9/4/1951	H	Cleveland Browns	21-20	W		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	35165
Sat	9/15/1951	N	Chicago Cardinals	21-7	W		San Antonio, TX	Alamo Stadium	19510
Fri	9/21/1951	N	New York Yanks	28-14	W		Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	48000
Sun	9/30/1951	H	Washington Redskins	35-17	W		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	28900
Mon	10/8/1951	A	New York Yanks	37-10	W		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	24194
Sun	10/14/1951	H	Los Angeles Rams	21-27	L		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	50567
Sun	10/21/1951	H	New York Yanks	24-24	T		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	21807
Sun	10/28/1951	H	Chicago Bears	23-28	L		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	34778
Sun	11/4/1951	A	Green Bay Packers	24-17	W		Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	18165
Sun	11/11/1951	A	Chicago Bears	41-28	W		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	43709
Sun	11/18/1951	A	Philadelphia Eagles	28-10	W		Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	25350
Thu	11/22/1951	H	Green Bay Packers	52-35	W		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	32247
Sun	12/2/1951	H	San Francisco 49ers	10-20	L		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	45757
Sun	12/9/1951	A	Los Angeles Rams	24-22	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	52937
Sun	12/16/1951	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-21	L		San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	26465

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
10/8/1951	New York Yanks	Moved from New York, NY

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
51	Vince Banonis	C-LB	6-1	230	30	Detroit Mercy	12	0
85	Ed Berrang	LDE-RDE	6-2	205	29	Villanova	10	10
65	Les Bingaman	C-MG	6-3	272	25	Illinois	8	8
19	Jack Christiansen	S	6-1	190	23	Colorado State	12	12
70	Gus Cifelli	ROT	6-4	244	25	Notre Dame	12	12
30	Ollie Cline	FB	6-0	200	26	Ohio State	12	0
76	Lou Creekmur	LOG	6-4	246	24	William & Mary	12	12
16	Pete D'Alonzo	FB	5-10	210	22	Villanova	12	1
84	Dorne Dibble	LOE-LDH	6-2	195	22	Michigan State	12	7
44	Don Doll	S	5-10	185	25	Southern California	12	12
83	Jim Doran	RDE-ROE	6-2	201	24	Iowa State	12	9
24	Fred Enke	QB	6-1	201	27	Arizona	12	0
74	Dick Flanagan	LLB-ROG	6-0	216	25	Ohio State	12	9
67	Barry French	ROG-ROT	6-0	225	29	Purdue	12	0
34	Pat Harder	FB-K	5-11	203	29	Wisconsin	12	11
82	Leon Hart	ROE-RDE	6-5	257	23	Notre Dame	12	12
12	Jimmy Hill	LDH-S	6-0	188	22	Tennessee	12	2
14	Bob Hoernschemeyer	ROH	5-11	194	26	Indiana; Navy	11	11
72	Floyd Jaszewski	LOT-LDT	6-4	230	24	Minnesota	12	8
22	Bobby Layne	QB	6-1	201	25	Texas	12	12
55	Jac Lininger	LLB	5-11	217	24	Ohio State	12	3
89	Jim Martin	LOT-LDE	6-2	227	27	Notre Dame	12	12
73	Thurman McGraw	LDT	6-5	235	24	Colorado State	9	9
63	Bob Momsen	MG	6-2	225	22	Ohio State	12	0
35	Art Murakowski	DB	5-11	195	26	Northwestern	12	0
42	Lindy Pearson	ROH-LOH	6-0	198	22	Oklahoma	12	1
75	John Prchlik	RDT	6-4	234	26	Yale	12	12
64	Dan Rogas	ROG	6-1	228	25	Tulane	12	8
11	Clarence Self	LDH-S	5-8	181	26	Wisconsin	12	6
40	Bob Smith	P-DH	6-1	198	26	Tulsa; Iowa	12	12
88	Bill Swiacki	LOE	6-2	195	29	Holy Cross; Columbia	12	5
53	LaVern Torgeson	RLB-CB	6-0	215	22	Washington State	12	12
37	Doak Walker	LOH-K	5-11	173	24	Southern Methodist	12	12
60	Bruce Womack	LOG	6-3	210	22	West Texas A&M	3	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	19	Dick Stanfel	G	San Francisco
3	33	Dorne Dibble	E	Michigan State
4	44	Pete D'Alonzo	B	Villanova
5	55	Jim Doran	E	Iowa State
5	58	LaVern Torgeson	C	Washington State
6	69	Jack Christiansen	B	Colorado State
7	80	Bob Momsen	T	Ohio State
8	91	Dick Raklovits	B	Illinois
10	117	Jim Shoaf	G	Louisiana State
11	128	Frankie Anderson	E	Oklahoma
13	153	Wayne Siegert	T	Illinois
14	164	Lee Wittmer	T	Detroit Mercy
15	178	Jimmy Hill	B	Tennessee
16	189	Ted Geremsky	E	Pittsburgh
17	200	Darrel Meisenheimer	B	Oklahoma State
18	214	Eddie Wolgast	B	Arizona
19	225	Gordy Hansen	T	Washington State
20	236	Harry Gibbons	B	South Dakota State
21	250	King Block	B	Idaho
22	261	Dan Foldberg	E	Army
23	272	Dick Gabriel	B	Lehigh
24	286	George Buksar	B	San Francisco
25	297	Dick Harris	C	Texas
26	308	Frank Kazmierski	C	West Virginia
27	322	Harry Allis	E	Michigan
28	333	Dick Peot	T	South Dakota State
29	344	Bruce Womack	G	West Texas A&M
30	358	Ron Horwath	B	Detroit Mercy

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	40	110	105	81
Opponents Totals	59	72	59	69

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		231	109	105	17	/ %	/ %	80	746
Opponents Totals		235	102	107	26	/ %	/ %	81	656

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Doak Walker	6	43	44	97.7	6	12	50.0	0	97
Leon Hart	12	0	0		0	0		0	72
Pat Harder	8	0	0		3	5	60.0	0	57
Dorne Dibble	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Bob Hoernschemeyer	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Jack Christiansen	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jim Doran	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bobby Layne	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Prchlik	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	44	43	44	97.7	9	17	52.9	1	336
Opponents Totals	32	31	32	96.9	12	22	54.5	0	259

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Pat Harder	3	5	60.0	1/	0/	1/	1/	0/
Doak Walker	6	12	50.0	4/	2/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	9	17	52.9	5/	2/	1/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	12	22	54.5	2/	4/	4/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Hoernschemeyer	132	678	5.1	85t	2
Pat Harder	101	380	3.8	28	6
Doak Walker	79	356	4.5	34	2
Bobby Layne	61	290	4.8	36	1
Lindy Pearson	22	88	4.0	25	0
Jim Doran	2	23	11.5	7	0
Ollie Cline	3	15	5.0	10	0
Pete D'Alonzo	2	11	5.5	7	0
Fred Enke	4	6	1.5	4	0
Leon Hart	4	-6	-1.5	3	0
Team Totals	410	1841	4.5	85t	11
Opponents Totals	454	1509	3.3		13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bobby Layne	332	152	45.8	157	2403	7.2	15.8	63	26	7.8	23	6.9		153	2250	67.6
Bob Hoernschemeyer	4	2	50.0	2	46	11.5	23.0	30t	2	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	46	131.3
Doak Walker	5	2	40.0	3	29	5.8	14.5	22t	1	20.0	0	0.0	0	0	29	99.2
Fred Enke	9	2	22.2	6	22	2.4	11.0	12	0	0.0	1	11.1	0	0	22	0.0
Pat Harder	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	351	158	45.0	169	2500	7.1	15.8	63	29	8.3	24	6.8		153	2347	68.3
Opponents Totals	374	181	48.4	178	2608	7.0	14.4		18	4.8	15	4.0		253	2355	70.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Leon Hart	35	544	15.5	33t	12
Dorne Dibble	30	613	20.4	47	6
Bob Hoernschemeyer	23	263	11.4	48	3
Doak Walker	22	421	19.1	63	4
Pat Harder	17	193	11.4	26	2
Bill Swiacki	16	188	11.8	24	0
Jim Doran	10	225	22.5	48	2
Lindy Pearson	5	43	8.6	14	0
Jim Martin	0	10		10L	0
Team Totals	158	2500	15.8	63	29
Opponents Totals	181	2608	14.4		18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Smith	3	70	23.3	42	0
Jack Christiansen	2	53	26.5	53	0
Leon Hart	2	22	11.0	20	0
Dick Flanagan	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jim Doran	1	38	38.0	38	0
Dorne Dibble	1	26	26.0	26	0
Ed Berrang	1	14	14.0	14	0
Vince Banonis	1	12	12.0	12	0
Don Doll	1	0	0.0	0	0
LaVern Torgeson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	15	235	15.7	53	0
Opponents Totals	24	277	11.5		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Bob Smith	49	2082	42.5	73	1
Doak Walker	9	316	35.1	50	0
Team Totals	58	2398	41.3	73	1			386		34.7
Opponents Totals	56	2335	41.7					483

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jack Christiansen	18		343	19.1	89t	4
Doak Walker	7		85	12.1	19	0
Don Doll	5		39	7.8	14	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	2		16	8.0	6	0
Team Totals	32		483	15.1	89t	4
Opponents Totals	33		386	11.7		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Doak Walker	15		408	27.2	63	0
Jack Christiansen	11		270	24.5	45	0
Don Doll	9		220	24.4	35	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	3		78	26.0	41	0
Ollie Cline	3		48	16.0	22	0
Pat Harder	1		14	14.0	14	0
John Prchlik	1		12	12.0	12	0
Barry French	1		3	3.0	3	0
Art Murakowski	1		0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	45		1053	23.4	63	0
Opponents Totals	58		1328	22.9		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ed Berrang	0	0	0	3	3	3	0
Les Bingaman	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jack Christiansen	1		0	1	1	52	0
Pete D'Alonzo	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dorne Dibble	0	0	1	1	2	9	0
Don Doll	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Doran	1		1	0	1	0	0
Pat Harder	4		1	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Hill	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	3		2	0	2	0	0
Floyd Jaszewski	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bobby Layne	8		2	0	2	0	0
Jim Martin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Thurman McGraw	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Momsen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lindy Pearson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	0	0	0	2	2	11	0
Doak Walker	1		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	19	9	10	16	26	75	0
Opponents Totals	22	16	6	9	15		0

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