1964 Detroit Lions (NFL)

4th place Western Conference 7-5-2 .583

Les Bingaman	Defensive Line
Aldo Forte	Offensive Line
Sonny Grandelius	Offensive Backs
Bob Nussbaumer	Offensive Ends

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/8/1964	N	Washington Redskins	28-27	W	Charlotte, NC	Memorial Stadium	18763
Fri	8/14/1964	H	Baltimore Colts	28-28	T	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	46582
Sun	8/23/1964	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-13	W	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	30045
Fri	8/28/1964	H	Cleveland Browns	14-35	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	36946
Sat	9/5/1964	N	New York Giants	24-10	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83736	Doubleheader
Sun	9/13/1964	A	San Francisco 49ers	26-17	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	33204
Sat	9/19/1964	A	Los Angeles Rams	17-17	T	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	52001
Mon	9/28/1964	H	Green Bay Packers	10-14	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	59203
Sun	10/4/1964	H	New York Giants	26-3	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	54836
Sun	10/11/1964	A	Minnesota Vikings	24-20	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	40840
Sun	10/18/1964	A	Chicago Bears	10-0	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	47547
Sun	10/25/1964	H	Baltimore Colts	0-34	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	57814
Sun	11/1/1964	H	Los Angeles Rams	37-17	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	52064
Sun	11/8/1964	A	Green Bay Packers	7-30	L	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	42327
Sun	11/15/1964	A	Cleveland Browns	21-37	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83064
Sun	11/22/1964	H	Minnesota Vikings	23-23	T	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	48291
Thu	11/26/1964	H	Chicago Bears	24-27	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	52231
Sun	12/6/1964	A	Baltimore Colts	31-14	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60213
Sun	12/13/1964	H	San Francisco 49ers	24-7	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	41854

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
41	Terry Barr	FL	6-0	189	29	Michigan	14	14
30	Pat Batten	FB	6-2	225	23	Drake; Hardin-Simmons	3	0
76	Roger Brown	RDT	6-5	298	27	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
59	Ernie Clark	LLB	6-1	222	27	Michigan State	14	11
89	Gail Cogdill	SE	6-2	200	27	Washington State	11	11
20	Dick Compton	RCB-HB	6-1	195	24	McMurry	12	0
53	Dennis Gaubatz	LLB-MLB	6-2	225	24	Louisiana State	14	12
80	Jim Gibbons	TE	6-2	220	28	Iowa	14	14
10	Sonny Gibbs	QB	6-7	230	25	Texas Christian	2	0
79	John Gonzaga	LOG	6-3	247	31	none	14	14
75	John Gordy	ROG	6-3	248	29	Tennessee	14	14
67	Wally Hilgenberg	ROG	6-2	230	22	Iowa	14	0
71	Alex Karras	LDT	6-2	248	29	Iowa	14	13
65	Roger LaLonde	LDT-RDT	6-3	255	22	Muskingum	14	1
81	Dick Lane	LS-RS	6-1	194	35	Western Nebraska CC	7	1
28	Yale Lary	RS-P	6-0	187	34	Texas A&M	14	14
44	Dick LeBeau	RCB	6-0	185	27	Ohio State	14	14
52	Monte Lee	RLB	6-4	221	26	Texas	14	1
45	Danny Lewis	HB-FL	6-1	199	28	Wisconsin	11	7
43	Gary Lowe	LS	5-11	196	30	Michigan State	13	1
21	Bruce Maher	LS	5-11	190	27	Detroit Mercy	14	12
78	Darris McCord	LDE	6-4	250	31	Tennessee	14	14
39	Hugh McElhenny	FB	6-1	197	36	Compton JC; Washington	8	0
84	Hugh McInnis	TE	6-3	219	26	Southern Mississippi	14	0
14	Earl Morrall	QB	6-2	205	30	Michigan State	6	3
33	Nick Pietrosante	FB	6-2	225	27	Notre Dame	14	14
16	Milt Plum	QB	6-1	205	29	Penn State	12	11
86	Bill Quinlan	RDE-LDE	6-3	248	32	Michigan State	12	1
47	Wayne Rasmussen	RS	6-2	179	22	South Dakota State	11	0
34	Nick Ryder	FB	6-0	207	23	Miami (Florida)	14	0
70	Daryl Sanders	LOT	6-5	248	23	Ohio State	14	14
56	Joe Schmidt	MLB	6-1	220	32	Pittsburgh	9	5
50	Bob Scholtz	C	6-4	250	27	Notre Dame	11	1
66	Jim Simon	ROT-C-LOG	6-5	235	24	Miami (Florida)	14	7
72	J.D. Smith	ROT	6-5	250	28	Rice	7	7
25	Pat Studstill	SE-FL	6-1	176	26	Houston	14	3
27	Bobby Thompson	LCB	5-10	179	25	Compton JC; Arizona	14	14
55	Wayne Walker	RLB-K	6-2	225	28	Idaho	14	13
23	Tommy Watkins	HB	6-1	195	27	East Los Angeles JC; Iowa State	14	7
87	Warren Wells	SE	6-1	191	22	Texas Southern	9	0
51	Bob Whitlow	C	6-1	236	28	Compton JC; Arizona	12	11
88	Sam Williams	RDE	6-5	235	33	Michigan State	14	13

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	5	Pete Beathard	QB	Southern California
2	20	Matt Snorton	E	Michigan State
3	30	Pat Batten	HB	Hardin-Simmons
3	33	Gerry Philbin	T	Buffalo
4	48	Wally Hilgenberg	G	Iowa
5	61	Benny Nelson	HB	Alabama
6	76	John Hilton	E	Richmond
7	89	Bill Parcells	T	Wichita State
9	117	Wayne Rasmussen	HB	South Dakota State
10	132	Larry Hand	T	Appalachian State
10	134	Glenn Holton	HB	West Virginia
11	145	Don Hyne	T	Baldwin-Wallace
12	160	Warren Wells	E	Texas Southern
13	173	John Miller	T	Idaho State
14	188	Doug Bickle	E	Hillsdale
15	201	Roger LaLonde	T	Muskingum
16	216	Alan Robinson	HB	Brigham Young
17	229	Joe Provenzano	T	Kansas State
18	244	Willis Langley	T	Louisiana State
19	257	Bruce Zellmer	HB	Winona State
20	272	Steve Barilla	T	Wichita State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	64	113	34	69
Opponents Totals	48	106	77	29

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		221	87	115	19	/ %	/ %	75	674
Opponents Totals		241	92	128	21	/ %	/ %	83	805

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Wayne Walker	0	32	34	94.1	14	25	56.0	0	74
Terry Barr	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Jim Gibbons	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Nick Pietrosante	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Tommy Watkins	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Gail Cogdill	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Danny Lewis	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Milt Plum	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Nick Ryder	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Pat Studstill	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Sam Williams	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dennis Gaubatz	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	34	32	34	94.1	14	25	56.0	1	280
Opponents Totals	29	29	29	100.0	19	38	50.0	0	260

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Wayne Walker	14	25	56.0	1/	5/	3/	5/	0/
Team Totals	14	25	56.0	1/	5/	3/	5/	0/
Opponents Totals	19	38	50.0	2/	4/	6/	7/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Nick Pietrosante	147	536	3.6	21	4
Danny Lewis	122	463	3.8	28	1
Tommy Watkins	80	218	2.7	15	1
Earl Morrall	10	70	7.0	25	0
Hugh McElhenny	22	48	2.2	14	0
Terry Barr	2	31	15.5	19	0
Milt Plum	12	28	2.3	18	1
Yale Lary	2	11	5.5	9	0
Nick Ryder	11	11	1.0	7	0
Dick Compton	3	2	0.7	4	0
Gail Cogdill	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	412	1414	3.4	28	7
Opponents Totals	429	1638	3.8		10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Milt Plum	287	154	53.7	118	2241	7.8	14.6	92t	18	6.3	15	5.2	27	235	2006	78.5
Earl Morrall	91	50	54.9	38	588	6.5	11.8	48	4	4.4	3	3.3	10	97	491	75.7
Tommy Watkins	1	1	100.0	0	58	58.0	58.0	58t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	58	158.3
Sonny Gibbs	3	1	33.3	1	3	1.0	3.0	3	0	0.0	1	33.3	0	0	3	2.8
Terry Barr	1	0	0.0	1	0	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	0	39.6
Gary Lowe	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Nick Pietrosante	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	386	206	53.4	159	2890	7.5	14.0	92t	23	6.0	21	5.4	37	332	2558	74.9
Opponents Totals	406	226	55.7	158	2906	7.2	12.9		14	3.4	22	5.4	50	482	2424	67.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Terry Barr	57	1030	18.1	58t	9
Gail Cogdill	45	665	14.8	57	2
Jim Gibbons	45	605	13.4	82t	8
Nick Pietrosante	19	152	8.0	20	0
Danny Lewis	11	129	11.7	92t	1
Tommy Watkins	10	125	12.5	37	1
Pat Studstill	7	102	14.6	27	1
Hugh McElhenny	5	16	3.2	27	0
Nick Ryder	4	30	7.5	23t	1
Warren Wells	2	21	10.5	13	0
Hugh McInnis	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	206	2890	14.0	92t	23
Opponents Totals	226	2906	12.9		14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Yale Lary	6	101	16.8	30	0
Dick LeBeau	5	45	9.0	18	0
Bobby Thompson	3	45	15.0	24	0
Bruce Maher	2	28	14.0	28	0
Alex Karras	2	7	3.5	5	0
Dennis Gaubatz	1	16	16.0	16	0
Wayne Walker	1	14	14.0	14	0
Dick Lane	1	11	11.0	11	0
Bill Quinlan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	22	267	12.1	30	0
Opponents Totals	21	247	11.8		3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NET
Yale Lary	67	3099	46.3	74	0	12		39.0
Earl Morrall	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	68	3107	45.7	74	0		243
Opponents Totals	66	2902	44.0				411

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Watkins	16	6	238	14.9	68t	2
Pat Studstill	17	4	137	8.1	36	0
Bobby Thompson	1	1	27	27.0	27	0
Hugh McElhenny	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Bruce Maher	0	0	9		9L	0
Team Totals	35	11	411	11.7	68t	2
Opponents Totals	33		243	7.4		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Pat Studstill	29	708	24.4	53
Tommy Watkins	16	368	23.0	57
Hugh McElhenny	3	72	24.0	27
Nick Ryder	2	37	18.5	21
Ernie Clark	2	29	14.5	21
Monte Lee	1	25	25.0	25
Bobby Thompson	1	24	24.0	24
Wayne Rasmussen	1	20	20.0	20
Wally Hilgenberg	1	2	2.0	2
Jim Simon	1	0	0.0	0
Dick Compton	0	42		42L
Team Totals	57	1327	23.3	57
Opponents Totals	48	1052	21.9

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Terry Barr	1		1	0	1	0	0
Ernie Clark	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gail Cogdill	2		1	0	1	1	1
John Gonzaga	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Gordy	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Alex Karras	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Yale Lary	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Danny Lewis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Lowe	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Maher	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Darris McCord	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Earl Morrall	3		0	0	0	0	0
Nick Pietrosante	4		2	0	2	0	0
Milt Plum	4		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Schmidt	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
J.D. Smith	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Pat Studstill	3		0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Walker	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tommy Watkins	4		2	0	2	3	0
Sam Williams	0	0	0	2	2	4	1
Team Totals	23	13	10	8	18	13	2
Opponents Totals	29	8	21	13	34		2