1955 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 6th place Western Conference 3-9-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Buddy Parker |
| Paul Christman | Quarterbacks/Offensive Backs |
| Aldo Forte | Line |
| Buster Ramsey | Defense |
| George Wilson | Offense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/19/1955 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 8-14 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 48000 | |
| Wed | 8/24/1955 | N | Washington Redskins | 17-14 | W | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | 23000 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1955 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 17-16 | W | St. Louis, MO | Public High School Stadium | 12261 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1955 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-0 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 26402 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1955 | A | Cleveland Browns | 19-3 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 29581 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1955 | H | New York Giants | 27-17 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 34487 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1955 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-20 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 22217 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1955 | A | Baltimore Colts | 13-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 40030 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1955 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 10-17 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 54836 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1955 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 50179 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1955 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 13-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 68690 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1955 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-38 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 44831 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1955 | H | Baltimore Colts | 24-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 53874 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1955 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31-28 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 34441 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1955 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 53610 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1955 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 51685 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1955 | A | Chicago Bears | 20-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 39388 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1955 | H | New York Giants | 19-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 45929 | |
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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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 50 | Charlie Ane | C-ROT | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 10 |
| 62 | George Atkins | ROG-LOG | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Auburn | 12 | 7 |
| 64 | Bud Brooks | OG | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Arkansas | 1 | 1 |
| 88 | Jim Cain | RDE | 6-1 | 202 | 28 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| 67 | Stan Campbell | LOG | 6-0 | 226 | 25 | Iowa State | 7 | 0 |
| 34 | Lew Carpenter | FB-ROH | 6-2 | 209 | 23 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Jack Christiansen | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Colorado State | 9 | 9 |
| 76 | Lou Creekmur | MG-OT-ROG | 6-4 | 246 | 28 | William & Mary | 12 | 7 |
| 57 | Leon Cunningham | RLB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | South Carolina | 8 | 3 |
| 25 | Jimmy David | LDH | 5-10 | 178 | 28 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| 87 | Dorne Dibble | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Michigan State | 8 | 7 |
| 83 | Jim Doran | LOE | 6-2 | 201 | 28 | Iowa State | 10 | 9 |
| 48 | Dom Fucci | DH-P | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Kentucky | 12 | 0 |
| 85 | Sonny Gandee | LDE-RLB | 6-0 | 216 | 26 | Ohio State | 12 | 8 |
| 12 | Harry Gilmer | QB | 6-0 | 169 | 29 | Alabama | 7 | 2 |
| 23 | Jug Girard | LOH-ROH-LOE-P | 5-11 | 176 | 28 | Wisconsin | 12 | 6 |
| 82 | Leon Hart | FB-LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 257 | 27 | Notre Dame | 11 | 7 |
| 14 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | ROH-LOH-FB | 5-11 | 194 | 30 | Indiana; Navy | 6 | 2 |
| 89 | Walt Jenkins | RDE-LDE | 6-1 | 223 | 25 | Wayne State (Michigan) | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Carl Karilivacz | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 25 | Syracuse | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Bobby Layne | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 29 | Texas | 12 | 10 |
| 86 | Bob Long | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 232 | 21 | UCLA | 10 | 3 |
| 72 | Gil Mains | LDT-RDT | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Murray State | 12 | 6 |
| 61 | Jim Martin | RLB-K | 6-2 | 227 | 31 | Notre Dame | 9 | 7 |
| 78 | Darris McCord | LDT-ROT-RDT-LOT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Tennessee | 12 | 11 |
| 28 | Dave Middleton | ROE-ROH | 6-1 | 194 | 22 | Auburn | 12 | 11 |
| 52 | Andy Miketa | C | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | North Carolina | 12 | 7 |
| 74 | Bob Miller | RDT | 6-3 | 242 | 26 | Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| 68 | Jim Ricca | MG | 6-4 | 270 | 28 | Georgetown (DC) | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | Lee Riley | LS | 6-1 | 192 | 23 | St. Bonaventure; Detroit Mercy | 12 | 3 |
| 60 | Jim Salsbury | MG-ROT-ROG | 6-1 | 233 | 23 | UCLA | 12 | 11 |
| 56 | Joe Schmidt | LLB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| 66 | Harley Sewell | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Texas | 12 | 10 |
| 63 | Dick Stanfel | LOT-ROG | 6-3 | 236 | 28 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 9 | 9 |
| 20 | Bill Stits | RDH-ROH | 6-0 | 194 | 24 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 54 | Ted Topor | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Michigan | 6 | 0 |
| 37 | Doak Walker | LOH-K-P | 5-11 | 173 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 7 |
| 48 | Richie Woit | ROH | 5-8 | 175 | 24 | Arkansas State | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Walt Yowarsky | LDE | 6-2 | 234 | 27 | Kentucky | 2 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 12 | Dave Middleton | B | Auburn |
| 2 | 24 | Jim Salsbury | G | UCLA |
| 3 | 36 | Darris McCord | T | Tennessee |
| 4 | 39 | Gordon Malloy | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 3 | 48 | Lee Riley | B | Detroit Mercy |
| 5 | 60 | Bud Brooks | G | Arkansas |
| 6 | 72 | Elijah Childers | T | Prairie View A&M |
| 7 | 84 | Bert Zagers | B | Michigan State |
| 8 | 90 | Leon Cunningham | C | South Carolina |
| 8 | 96 | Bill Walker | E | Maryland |
| 8 | 97 | Lamoine Holland | E | Rice |
| 9 | 108 | Walt Jenkins | T | Wayne State (Michigan) |
| 10 | 120 | Tom Gastall | B | Boston University |
| 11 | 132 | Herb McDermott | T | Iowa State |
| 12 | 144 | Dick Goist | B | Cincinnati |
| 13 | 156 | Don Henderson | T | Utah |
| 14 | 168 | Jerry Gajda | B | Benedictine (Kansas) |
| 15 | 180 | George Atkins | G | Auburn |
| 16 | 192 | Alan Marr | E | Bradley |
| 17 | 204 | Don Daly | B | Eastern Kentucky |
| 18 | 216 | Pat Oleksiak | B | Tennessee |
| 19 | 228 | Bob Muller | C | Eastern Kentucky |
| 20 | 240 | Fred Mahaffey | B | Denver |
| 21 | 252 | Jim Walters | T | Mississippi |
| 22 | 264 | George Albrecht | B | Maryland |
| 23 | 276 | George Galuska | B | Wyoming |
| 24 | 288 | Bob Flacke | G | Holy Cross |
| 25 | 300 | Dick Miller | T | Illinois |
| 26 | 312 | Duncan McDonald | B | Michigan |
| 27 | 324 | Mike Troka | B | Trinity (Connecticut) |
| 28 | 336 | Harry Lovell | G | South Carolina |
| 29 | 348 | Bill Dearing | B | Florida |
| 30 | 359 | Charlie Hatch | E | Utah State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 88 | 43 | 59 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 87 | 52 | 77 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 224 | 88 | 119 | 17 | / % | / % | 51 | 526 | |
| Opponents Totals | 217 | 95 | 110 | 12 | / % | / % | 62 | 544 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 7 | 27 | 29 | 93.1 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 96 |
| Lew Carpenter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Dave Middleton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dorne Dibble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Doran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sonny Gandee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leon Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gil Mains | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Stits | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 27 | 29 | 93.1 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 1 | 230 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 8 | 23 | 34.8 | 0 | 275 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 41 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Jim Martin | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 0 | 41 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 2/6 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 23 | 34.8 | 2/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lew Carpenter | 137 | 543 | 4.0 | 49t | 6 |
| Dave Middleton | 59 | 201 | 3.4 | 16 | 2 |
| Bill Stits | 46 | 165 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 35 | 159 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 31 | 111 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 36 | 109 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 23 | 95 | 4.1 | 51 | 2 |
| Harry Gilmer | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 392 | 1477 | 3.8 | 51 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 449 | 1851 | 4.1 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 270 | 143 | 143 | 110 | 1830 | 6.8 | 12.8 | 77t | 11 | 4.1 | 17 | 6.3 | 72 | 1758 | 61.8 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 122 | 58 | 58 | 60 | 633 | 5.2 | 10.9 | 34t | 2 | 1.6 | 4 | 3.3 | 60 | 573 | 55.1 | |
| Bill Stits | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 41 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 158.3 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 79.2 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Doak Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 400 | 204 | 204 | 174 | 2542 | 6.4 | 12.5 | 77t | 15 | 3.8 | 22 | 5.5 | 132 | 2410 | 60.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 304 | 163 | 163 | 126 | 2304 | 7.6 | 14.1 | 18 | 5.9 | 15 | 4.9 | 140 | 2164 | 77.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Middleton | 44 | 663 | 15.1 | 77t | 3 |
| Lew Carpenter | 44 | 312 | 7.1 | 34t | 2 |
| Jim Doran | 38 | 552 | 14.5 | 38t | 2 |
| Jug Girard | 23 | 301 | 13.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 22 | 428 | 19.5 | 70t | 5 |
| Dorne Dibble | 14 | 179 | 12.8 | 44t | 2 |
| Leon Hart | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 204 | 2542 | 12.5 | 77t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 163 | 2304 | 14.1 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Christiansen | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Jimmy David | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7t | 1 |
| Lee Riley | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Carl Karilivacz | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Ricca | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 224 | 14.9 | 33 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 306 | 13.9 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 56 | 2310 | 41.3 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| Doak Walker | 9 | 362 | 40.2 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Dom Fucci | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 55 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 67 | 2744 | 41.0 | 65 | 0 | 152 | 38.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2436 | 40.6 | 224 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Riley | 14 | 107 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 12 | 87 | 7.3 | 42 | 0 | |
| Jug Girard | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 | |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jimmy David | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Karilivacz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 224 | 5.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 152 | 3.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Middleton | 11 | 188 | 17.1 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 7 | 169 | 24.1 | 35 | 0 | |
| Jug Girard | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 31 | 0 | |
| Lee Riley | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 30 | 0 | |
| Leon Hart | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Jim Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Leon Cunningham | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Ted Topor | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Richie Woit | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Sonny Gandee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 839 | 18.6 | 35 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 942 | 21.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Atkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 0 | |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Gandee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 1 |
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Earl Girard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Hart | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Layne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gil Mains | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Darris McCord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Lee Riley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 0 |
| Harley Sewell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Stanfel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richie Woit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 19 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 118 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 24 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 1 |
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