1962 Detroit Lions (NFL)

2nd place Western Conference 11-3-0 .786

Les Bingaman	Defensive Line
Aldo Forte	Offensive Line
Ray McLean	Offensive Backs
Bob Nussbaumer	Coaches Assistant
Don Shula	Defense

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/11/1962	H	Cleveland Browns	14-17	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	34241
Sat	8/18/1962	N	Dallas Cowboys	35-24	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	77683
Mon	8/27/1962	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	26-20	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	23246
Sat	9/1/1962	N	St. Louis Cardinals	19-14	W	Omaha, NE	Rosenblatt Stadium	13519
Fri	9/7/1962	A	St. Louis Cardinals	14-0	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	32429
Sun	9/16/1962	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	45-7	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	46641
Sun	9/23/1962	H	San Francisco 49ers	45-24	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	51032
Sun	9/30/1962	A	Baltimore Colts	29-20	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	57966
Sun	10/7/1962	A	Green Bay Packers	7-9	L	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	38669
Sun	10/14/1962	H	Los Angeles Rams	13-10	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	53714
Sun	10/21/1962	A	New York Giants	14-17	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62856
Sun	10/28/1962	H	Chicago Bears	11-3	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	53432
Sun	11/4/1962	A	Los Angeles Rams	12-3	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	44241
Sun	11/11/1962	A	San Francisco 49ers	38-24	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	43449
Sun	11/18/1962	A	Minnesota Vikings	17-6	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	31257
Thu	11/22/1962	H	Green Bay Packers	26-14	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	57598
Sun	12/2/1962	H	Baltimore Colts	21-14	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	52012
Sun	12/9/1962	H	Minnesota Vikings	37-23	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	42256
Sun	12/16/1962	A	Chicago Bears	0-3	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	44948
Sun	1/6/1963	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-10	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	36284

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
8/18/1962	Dallas Cowboys	Doubleheader
1/6/1963	Pittsburgh Steelers	Playoff Bowl

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
41	Terry Barr	FL	6-0	189	27	Michigan	6	5
57	Carl Brettschneider	LLB	6-1	223	31	Iowa State	14	14
76	Roger Brown	RDT	6-5	298	25	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
74	Mike Bundra	LDT-RDT	6-3	258	23	Bakersfield CC; Southern California	12	0
89	Gail Cogdill	SE	6-2	200	25	Washington State	14	14
20	Dick Compton	HB	6-1	195	22	McMurry	10	0
80	Jim Gibbons	TE	6-2	220	26	Iowa	14	14
79	John Gonzaga	LOT	6-3	247	29	none	14	6
75	John Gordy	ROG-LOG	6-3	248	27	Tennessee	14	14
86	Tom Hall	SE-TE	6-2	195	22	Minnesota	13	0
82	Harlon Hill	SE	6-3	199	30	North Alabama	7	0
71	Alex Karras	LDT	6-2	248	27	Iowa	14	14
81	Dick Lane	LCB	6-1	194	33	Western Nebraska CC	14	14
77	Danny LaRose	ROT	6-5	250	23	Missouri	14	14
28	Yale Lary	RS-P	6-0	187	32	Texas A&M	14	14
44	Dick LeBeau	RCB	6-0	185	25	Ohio State	14	14
45	Danny Lewis	HB	6-1	199	26	Wisconsin	12	8
52	Dave Lloyd	RDE-RLB	6-3	247	26	Texas Tech; Georgia	14	1
64	John Lomakoski	ROT	6-4	250	22	Western Michigan	3	0
43	Gary Lowe	LS	5-11	196	28	Michigan State	13	13
21	Bruce Maher	LS	5-11	190	25	Detroit Mercy	14	1
78	Darris McCord	LDE	6-4	250	29	Tennessee	14	14
54	Max Messner	LLB	6-3	225	24	Cincinnati	14	0
67	Dick Mills	ROG-LOG	6-3	240	23	Pittsburgh	8	1
14	Earl Morrall	QB	6-2	205	28	Michigan State	14	0
33	Nick Pietrosante	FB	6-2	225	25	Notre Dame	13	11
16	Milt Plum	QB	6-1	205	27	Penn State	14	14
56	Joe Schmidt	MLB	6-1	220	30	Pittsburgh	14	14
50	Bob Scholtz	LOT-C	6-4	250	25	Notre Dame	14	8
66	Harley Sewell	LOG	6-1	230	31	Texas	13	13
25	Pat Studstill	FL	6-1	176	24	Houston	14	9
84	Leo Sugar	RDE	6-1	214	33	Purdue	6	1
85	Larry Vargo	TE	6-3	212	23	Detroit Mercy	9	1
55	Wayne Walker	RLB-K	6-2	225	26	Idaho	14	14
73	Paul Ward	LOT-LOG	6-3	247	25	Whitworth	6	0
23	Tommy Watkins	HB	6-1	195	25	East Los Angeles JC; Iowa State	13	6
34	Ken Webb	FB	5-11	207	27	Presbyterian	14	3
51	Bob Whitlow	C	6-1	236	26	Compton JC; Arizona	14	14
88	Sam Williams	RDE-LDE	6-5	235	31	Michigan State	13	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	10	John Hadl	B	Kansas
2	24	Eddie Wilson	QB	Arizona
3	38	Bobby Thompson	HB	Arizona
4	48	John Lomakoski	T	Western Michigan
4	52	Larry Ferguson	B	Iowa
5	66	Danny Birdwell	C	Houston
6	80	Mike Bundra	T	Southern California
7	94	Tom Hall	E	Minnesota
8	108	Murdoch Hooper	T	Houston
8	109	Frank Imperiale	G	Southern Illinois
9	122	Todd Grant	C	Michigan
10	136	Jerry Archer	C	Pittsburg State
11	150	Karl Anderson	T	Bowling Green State
12	164	Gale Sprute	C	Winona State
13	178	Sherlock Knight	T	Central State (Ohio)
14	192	Jim Davidson	B	Maryland
15	206	Dick Broadbent	E	Delaware
16	220	Tom Sestak	E	McNeese State
17	234	Rucker Wickline	C	Marshall
18	248	Joe Zuger	QB	Arizona State
19	262	Jim Bernhardt	T	Linfield
20	276	Bob Brown	E	Michigan

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	68	112	70	65
Opponents Totals	48	36	33	60

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		243	103	124	16	/ %	/ %	62	624
Opponents Totals		180	62	105	13	/ %	/ %	51	527

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Wayne Walker	0	37	37	100.0	9	22	40.9	0	64
Gail Cogdill	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Danny Lewis	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Nick Pietrosante	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Pat Studstill	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Milt Plum	1	0	0		5	12	41.7	0	21
Terry Barr	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Tommy Watkins	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jim Gibbons	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Dick LeBeau	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Sam Williams	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Earl Morrall	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ken Webb	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Roger Brown	0	0	0		0	0		2	4
Alex Karras	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Darris McCord	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	38	37	38	97.4	14	34	41.2	4	315
Opponents Totals	19	19	19	100.0	14	25	56.0	1	177

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Milt Plum	5	12	41.7	0/	1/	2/	2/	0/
Wayne Walker	9	22	40.9	2/	1/	3/	3/	0/
Team Totals	14	34	41.2	2/	2/	5/	5/	0/
Opponents Totals	14	25	56.0	8/	1/	3/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Danny Lewis	120	488	4.1	64t	6
Tommy Watkins	113	485	4.3	60	3
Nick Pietrosante	134	445	3.3	22t	2
Ken Webb	70	267	3.8	25	1
Milt Plum	29	170	5.9	45t	1
Earl Morrall	17	65	3.8	29	1
Bruce Maher	3	8	2.7	7	0
Dick Compton	1	3	3.0	3	0
Gail Cogdill	1	2	2.0	2	0
Pat Studstill	1	-11	-11.0	-11	0
Team Totals	489	1922	3.9	64t	14
Opponents Totals	353	1231	3.5		6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Milt Plum	325	179	55.1	126	2378	7.3	13.3	80t	15	4.6	20	6.2	211	2167	68.2
Earl Morrall	52	32	61.5	16	449	8.6	14.0	53	4	7.7	4	7.7	35	414	82.9
Yale Lary	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Danny Lewis	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	379	211	55.7	144	2827	7.5	13.4	80t	19	5.0	24	6.3	246	2581	69.9
Opponents Totals	367	187	51.0	156	2441	6.7	13.1		11	3.0	24	6.5	455	1986	55.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gail Cogdill	53	991	18.7	72	7
Pat Studstill	36	479	13.3	51	4
Jim Gibbons	33	318	9.6	22	2
Nick Pietrosante	26	251	9.7	26	2
Terry Barr	25	425	17.0	80t	3
Danny Lewis	16	158	9.9	34	1
Tommy Watkins	12	85	7.1	29	0
Ken Webb	10	120	12.0	53	0
Team Totals	211	2827	13.4	80t	19
Opponents Totals	187	2441	13.1		11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Yale Lary	8	51	6.4	32	0
Dick LeBeau	4	67	16.8	31t	1
Dick Lane	4	16	4.0	13	0
Gary Lowe	2	20	10.0	20	0
Carl Brettschneider	2	15	7.5	11	0
Wayne Walker	1	47	47.0	47	0
Alex Karras	1	28	28.0	28	0
Sam Williams	1	22	22.0	22t	1
Joe Schmidt	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	24	269	11.2	47	2
Opponents Totals	24	352	14.7		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Yale Lary	52	2354	45.3	68	1
Earl Morrall	1	48	48.0	48	0
Team Totals	53	2402	45.3	68	1	326
Opponents Totals	70	3085	44.1			502

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Pat Studstill	29	7	457	15.8	44
Tommy Watkins	8	4	42	5.3	20
Bruce Maher	2	0	3	1.5	3
Team Totals	39	11	502	12.9	44
Opponents Totals	31		326	10.5

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Tommy Watkins	17	452	26.6	40
Pat Studstill	20	511	25.6	59
Bruce Maher	7	141	20.1	35
Tom Hall	1	16	16.0	16
Gail Cogdill	1	4	4.0	4
Team Totals	46	1124	24.4	59
Opponents Totals	55	1379	25.1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Carl Brettschneider	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Roger Brown	0	0	0	3	3	4	0
Mike Bundra	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gail Cogdill	2		1	0	1	7	1
Alex Karras	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Lane	1		0	1	1	15	0
Danny LaRose	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Yale Lary	0	0	0	3	3	38	0
Dick LeBeau	0	0	0	1	1	26	1
Danny Lewis	5		1	0	1	0	0
Gary Lowe	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bruce Maher	1		0	0	0	0	0
Darris McCord	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Earl Morrall	1		0	0	0	0	0
Nick Pietrosante	3		0	0	0	0	0
Milt Plum	2		1	0	1	0	0
Joe Schmidt	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Pat Studstill	2		3	0	3	0	0
Wayne Walker	1		0	1	1	0	0
Paul Ward	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tommy Watkins	5		2	0	2	0	0
Ken Webb	3		0	0	0	0	0
Sam Williams	0	0	0	2	2	6	1
Team Totals	26	18	8	23	31	96	3
Opponents Totals	34	23	11	18	29		1