1958 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 5th place Western Conference 4-7-1 .364 |
| Head Coach: George Wilson |
| Red Cochran | Backfield |
| Bob Dove | Ends |
| Aldo Forte | Line |
| Bob Nussbaumer | Coaches Assistant |
| Buster Ramsey | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/15/1958 | A | College All-Stars | 19-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 70000 | |
| Fri | 8/22/1958 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 36662 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1958 | H | New York Giants | 26-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 33090 | |
| Fri | 9/5/1958 | N | Chicago Bears | 17-24 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 40000 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1958 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-31 | L | Norman, OK | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | 61000 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1958 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-41 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 35543 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1958 | A | Baltimore Colts | 15-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 48377 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1958 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-13 | T | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 32053 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1958 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 28-42 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55648 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1958 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-40 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55190 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1958 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 41-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 81703 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1958 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59213 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1958 | A | Cleveland Browns | 30-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75563 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1958 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 35-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 54253 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1958 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-20 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55280 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1958 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 50971 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1958 | H | New York Giants | 17-19 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 50115 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1958 | A | Chicago Bears | 16-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 38346 | |
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 | 6-2 | 260 | 27 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 41 | Terry Barr | RDH | 6-0 | 189 | 23 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 67 | Stan Campbell | ROG | 6-0 | 226 | 28 | Iowa State | 12 | 10 |
| 40 | Howard Cassady | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 183 | 24 | Ohio State | 10 | 8 |
| 24 | Jack Christiansen | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Colorado State | 8 | 8 |
| 76 | Lou Creekmur | LOT | 6-4 | 246 | 31 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| 85 | Gene Cronin | RDE-RDT | 6-2 | 229 | 25 | Sacramento CC; Pacific | 12 | 12 |
| 25 | Jimmy David | LDH | 5-10 | 178 | 31 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| 83 | Jim Doran | LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 201 | 31 | Iowa State | 9 | 8 |
| 26 | Gene Gedman | LOH-FB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Indiana | 11 | 8 |
| 87 | Jim Gibbons | ROE | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Iowa | 12 | 8 |
| 53 | Bill Glass | C-RDT | 6-5 | 252 | 23 | Baylor | 11 | 1 |
| 64 | Doug Hogland | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 239 | 27 | Oregon State | 9 | 2 |
| 35 | John Henry Johnson | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | St. Mary's (California); Arizona State | 10 | 8 |
| 71 | Alex Karras | LDT | 6-2 | 248 | 23 | Iowa | 12 | 8 |
| 60 | Karl Koepfer | OG | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Yale Lary | RS-P | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Bobby Layne | QB-K | 6-1 | 201 | 32 | Texas | 2 | 1 |
| 45 | Danny Lewis | ROH-LOH | 6-1 | 199 | 22 | Wisconsin | 11 | 1 |
| 86 | Bob Long | LLB-RDE-RLB | 6-3 | 232 | 24 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 43 | Gary Lowe | LS | 5-11 | 196 | 24 | Michigan State | 12 | 4 |
| 72 | Gil Mains | RDT | 6-2 | 243 | 29 | Murray State | 10 | 9 |
| 47 | Jim Martin | K | 6-2 | 227 | 34 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
| 78 | Darris McCord | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Dave Middleton | ROH-ROE-LOE | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | Auburn | 12 | 11 |
| 74 | Bob Miller | LDT | 6-3 | 242 | 29 | Virginia | 10 | 4 |
| 14 | Earl Morrall | QB-P | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Michigan State | 9 | 1 |
| 79 | Gerry Perry | RDT-LDE-K | 6-4 | 237 | 28 | Pepperdine; Compton JC; California | 8 | 1 |
| 87 | Perry Richards | LOE | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | Tobin Rote | QB | 6-3 | 211 | 30 | Rice | 12 | 10 |
| 73 | Ken Russell | ROT | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Bowling Green State | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | Tom Rychlec | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | American International | 12 | 0 |
| 56 | Joe Schmidt | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| 66 | Harley Sewell | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | Wayne Walker | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Idaho | 12 | 1 |
| 34 | Ken Webb | LOH-FB | 5-11 | 207 | 23 | Presbyterian | 12 | 6 |
| 23 | Dave Whitsell | DB | 6-0 | 189 | 22 | Indiana | 12 | 0 |
| 57 | Roger Zatkoff | RLB | 6-2 | 216 | 27 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Alex Karras | T | Iowa |
| 4 | 45 | Wayne Walker | LB | Idaho |
| 6 | 73 | Danny Lewis | B | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 83 | Ralph Pfeifer | B | Kansas State |
| 7 | 85 | Hal Outten | T | Virginia |
| 8 | 92 | Karl Koepfer | G | Bowling Green State |
| 8 | 97 | Phil Blazer | T | North Carolina |
| 9 | 103 | Jim Loftin | B | Alabama |
| 9 | 109 | Ben Paolucci | T | Wayne State (Michigan) |
| 10 | 121 | Elliot Schaubach | T | William & Mary |
| 11 | 133 | Claude Chaney | B | Dayton |
| 12 | 145 | Hal Boutte | E | San Jose State |
| 13 | 157 | Barry Maroney | B | Cincinnati |
| 14 | 169 | Ken Webb | B | Presbyterian |
| 15 | 179 | John Scheldrup | E | Iowa State |
| 15 | 181 | Jerry Mohlman | B | Benedictine (Kansas) |
| 16 | 193 | Gordon Ringquist | T | Central Michigan |
| 17 | 205 | Walt Gurasich | G | Southern California |
| 18 | 212 | Billy Austin | C | Auburn |
| 18 | 217 | Larry Carrier | B | Kansas |
| 19 | 229 | Dave Bottos | B | Murray State |
| 20 | 241 | Bill Curry | T | Western Kentucky |
| 21 | 253 | Jim Wagstaff | B | Idaho State |
| 22 | 265 | Buddy Nidiffer | E | South Carolina |
| 23 | 277 | Frank Destino | B | South Carolina |
| 24 | 289 | Dave Whitsell | B | Indiana |
| 25 | 301 | Jimmy Cook | B | Auburn |
| 26 | 313 | Joe Bruce | T | Middle Tennessee State |
| 27 | 325 | Don Agers | T | Missouri-Rolla |
| 28 | 337 | Jack Pitt | E | South Carolina |
| 29 | 349 | Henry Herzog | B | Kentucky |
| 30 | 360 | Tommy Bronson | B | Tennessee |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 108 | 65 | 44 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 89 | 42 | 104 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 195 | 89 | 95 | 11 | / % | / % | 52 | 513 | |
| Opponents Totals | 199 | 94 | 95 | 10 | / % | / % | 52 | 458 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Martin | 0 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 7 | 19 | 36.8 | 0 | 49 |
| Howard Cassady | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Gene Gedman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Jim Doran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dave Middleton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tobin Rote | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ken Webb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gerry Perry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Jim Gibbons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Wayne Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Layne | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 30 | 33 | 90.9 | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 0 | 261 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 276 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Martin | 7 | 19 | 36.8 | 4 | 48 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 4/6 | 2/7 | 0/0 |
| Gerry Perry | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 4 | 48 | 4/6 | 1/4 | 4/6 | 2/7 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 6/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 77 | 351 | 4.6 | 27 | 3 |
| John Henry Johnson | 56 | 254 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 92 | 209 | 2.3 | 17 | 4 |
| Howard Cassady | 45 | 198 | 4.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 56 | 172 | 3.1 | 22 | 2 |
| Danny Lewis | 25 | 131 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 364 | 1360 | 3.7 | 33 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 407 | 1720 | 4.2 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 257 | 118 | 118 | 129 | 1678 | 6.5 | 14.2 | 65t | 14 | 5.4 | 10 | 3.9 | 226 | 1452 | 69.5 | |
| Bobby Layne | 26 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 171 | 6.6 | 14.3 | 1 | 3.8 | 2 | 7.7 | 22 | 149 | 48.7 | ||
| Earl Morrall | 32 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 188 | 5.9 | 20.9 | 66 | 4 | 12.5 | 2 | 6.3 | 31 | 157 | 65.1 | |
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 111 | 37.0 | 55.5 | 81t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 149.3 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 319 | 141 | 141 | 164 | 2148 | 6.7 | 15.2 | 81t | 20 | 6.3 | 14 | 4.4 | 279 | 1869 | 69.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 320 | 167 | 167 | 131 | 2255 | 7.0 | 13.5 | 15 | 4.7 | 22 | 6.9 | 138 | 2117 | 61.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Middleton | 29 | 506 | 17.4 | 46 | 3 |
| Jim Gibbons | 25 | 367 | 14.7 | 35t | 2 |
| Howard Cassady | 23 | 406 | 17.7 | 81t | 7 |
| Jim Doran | 22 | 495 | 22.5 | 65t | 4 |
| Gene Gedman | 14 | 106 | 7.6 | 24t | 3 |
| Ken Webb | 11 | 85 | 7.7 | 34 | 1 |
| Perry Richards | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 30 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Rychlec | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 141 | 2148 | 15.2 | 81t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 167 | 2255 | 13.5 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Schmidt | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Jimmy David | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Long | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Gary Lowe | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 328 | 14.9 | 40 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 193 | 13.8 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Lary | 59 | 2524 | 42.8 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2549 | 42.5 | 62 | 1 | 151 | 40.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 2213 | 40.2 | 223 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Lary | 27 | 196 | 7.3 | 71t | 1 | |
| Terry Barr | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 22 | 0 | |
| Howard Cassady | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 223 | 5.4 | 71t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 151 | 3.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Webb | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Gene Gedman | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Howard Cassady | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Danny Lewis | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 4 | 197 | 49.3 | 86t | 1 | |
| Dave Whitsell | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Lou Creekmur | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Alex Karras | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tom Rychlec | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 839 | 21.5 | 86t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 683 | 20.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Ane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Stan Campbell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy David | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Hogland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Karras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Lewis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Long | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Gary Lowe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gil Mains | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tobin Rote | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 | |
| Tom Rychlec | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harley Sewell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| Ken Webb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 66 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 0 |
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