1962 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • 11-3-0 .786 |
| Head Coach: George Wilson |
| 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.
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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/18/1962 | Dallas Cowboys | Doubleheader |
| 1/6/1963 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Playoff Bowl |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Terry Barr | 41 | FL | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | Michigan | 6 | 5 |
| Carl Brettschneider | 57 | LLB | 6-1 | 223 | 31 | Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| Roger Brown | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 298 | 25 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Bundra | 74 | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 258 | 23 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 12 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 89 | SE | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Washington State | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Compton | 20 | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | McMurry | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 80 | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| John Gonzaga | 79 | LOT | 6-3 | 247 | 29 | none | 14 | 6 |
| John Gordy | 75 | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 27 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Hall | 86 | SE-TE | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Minnesota | 13 | 0 |
| Harlon Hill | 82 | SE | 6-3 | 199 | 30 | North Alabama | 7 | 0 |
| Alex Karras | 71 | LDT | 6-2 | 248 | 27 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Lane | 81 | LCB | 6-1 | 194 | 33 | Western Nebraska CC | 14 | 14 |
| Danny LaRose | 77 | ROT | 6-5 | 250 | 23 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Yale Lary | 28 | RS-P | 6-0 | 187 | 32 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Dick LeBeau | 44 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Danny Lewis | 45 | HB | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | Wisconsin | 12 | 8 |
| Dave Lloyd | 52 | RDE-RLB | 6-3 | 247 | 26 | Texas Tech; Georgia | 14 | 1 |
| John Lomakoski | 64 | ROT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Western Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Lowe | 43 | LS | 5-11 | 196 | 28 | Michigan State | 13 | 13 |
| Bruce Maher | 21 | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 1 |
| Darris McCord | 78 | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 29 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Max Messner | 54 | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Mills | 67 | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 33 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Notre Dame | 13 | 11 |
| Milt Plum | 16 | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Schmidt | 56 | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Scholtz | 50 | LOT-C | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 8 |
| Harley Sewell | 66 | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 31 | Texas | 13 | 13 |
| Pat Studstill | 25 | FL | 6-1 | 176 | 24 | Houston | 14 | 9 |
| Leo Sugar | 84 | RDE | 6-1 | 214 | 33 | Purdue | 6 | 1 |
| Larry Vargo | 85 | TE | 6-3 | 212 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 55 | RLB-K | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Idaho | 14 | 14 |
| Paul Ward | 73 | LOT-LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 25 | Whitworth | 6 | 1 |
| Tommy Watkins | 23 | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | East Los Angeles JC; Iowa State | 13 | 6 |
| Ken Webb | 34 | FB | 5-11 | 207 | 27 | Presbyterian | 14 | 3 |
| Bob Whitlow | 51 | C | 6-1 | 236 | 26 | Compton JC; Arizona | 14 | 14 |
| Sam Williams | 88 | 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 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 68 | 112 | 70 | 65 | 315 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 36 | 33 | 60 | 177 |
| 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 | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Walker | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 4 | 44 | 2/2 | 1/6 | 3/6 | 3/7 | 0/1 |
| Milt Plum | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 3 | 47 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/6 | 2/3 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 34 | 41.2 | 7 | 47 | 2/2 | 2/8 | 5/12 | 5/10 | 0/2 |
| 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% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Plum | 325 | 179 | 179 | 126 | 2378 | 7.3 | 13.3 | 80t | 15 | 4.6 | 20 | 6.2 | 211 | 2167 | 68.2 | |
| Earl Morrall | 52 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 449 | 8.6 | 14.0 | 53 | 4 | 7.7 | 4 | 7.7 | 35 | 414 | 82.9 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 379 | 211 | 211 | 144 | 2827 | 7.5 | 13.4 | 80t | 19 | 5.0 | 24 | 6.3 | 246 | 2581 | 69.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 367 | 187 | 187 | 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 | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 29 | 7 | 457 | 15.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 8 | 4 | 42 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Bruce Maher | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 11 | 502 | 12.9 | 44 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 326 | 10.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Watkins | 17 | 452 | 26.6 | 40 | 0 | |
| Pat Studstill | 20 | 511 | 25.6 | 59 | 0 | |
| Bruce Maher | 7 | 141 | 20.1 | 35 | 0 | |
| Tom Hall | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 46 | 1124 | 24.4 | 59 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1379 | 25.1 | 0 |
| 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 La Rose | 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 |
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