1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)

6th place Western Conference 6-7-1 .462

Carl Brettschneider	Defensive Line
Aldo Forte	Offensive Line
John North	Offensive Backs
Ray Renfro	Offensive Ends
Carl Taseff	Linebackers/Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/15/1965	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-20	L	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	25383
Fri	8/20/1965	H	Baltimore Colts	3-23	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	48085
Sun	8/29/1965	H	Cleveland Browns	14-28	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	28803
Sat	9/4/1965	N	New York Giants	25-21	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83118
Sun	9/12/1965	N	Washington Redskins	3-20	L	Canton, OH	Fawcett Stadium	13000
Sun	9/19/1965	H	Los Angeles Rams	20-0	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	46941
Sun	9/26/1965	A	Minnesota Vikings	31-29	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46826
Sun	10/3/1965	H	Washington Redskins	14-10	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	52627
Sun	10/10/1965	A	Baltimore Colts	7-31	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60238
Sun	10/17/1965	H	Green Bay Packers	21-31	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	56712
Sun	10/24/1965	A	Chicago Bears	10-38	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	45658
Sun	10/31/1965	A	Los Angeles Rams	31-7	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	35187
Sun	11/7/1965	A	Green Bay Packers	12-7	W	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	50852
Sun	11/14/1965	H	San Francisco 49ers	21-27	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	54534
Sun	11/21/1965	H	Chicago Bears	10-17	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	51499
Thu	11/25/1965	H	Baltimore Colts	24-24	T	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	55036
Sun	12/5/1965	A	San Francisco 49ers	14-17	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	38463
Sun	12/12/1965	H	Minnesota Vikings	7-29	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	45420
Sun	12/19/1965	A	Philadelphia Eagles	35-28	W	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	56718

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
9/4/1965	New York Giants	Doubleheader

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
41	Terry Barr	FL	6-0	189	30	Michigan	7	7
76	Roger Brown	RDT	6-5	298	28	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
59	Ernie Clark	LLB	6-1	222	28	Michigan State	14	10
89	Gail Cogdill	SE	6-2	200	28	Washington State	9	7
45	Bobby Felts	FB	6-2	205	23	Florida A&M	7	0
54	Ed Flanagan	C	6-3	246	21	Purdue	14	14
80	Jim Gibbons	TE	6-2	220	29	Iowa	13	4
79	John Gonzaga	LOG	6-3	247	32	none	10	5
75	John Gordy	ROG	6-3	248	30	Tennessee	14	13
74	Larry Hand	LDE-RDE	6-5	247	25	Appalachian State	14	0
87	John Henderson	SE	6-3	191	22	Michigan	12	2
67	Wally Hilgenberg	LLB	6-2	230	23	Iowa	13	4
43	Jimmy Hill	RCB	6-2	192	37	Sam Houston State	4	0
15	George Izo	QB	6-3	218	28	Notre Dame	6	3
71	Alex Karras	LDT	6-2	248	30	Iowa	14	14
62	Ted Karras	LOG-ROG	6-1	240	31	Indiana	12	10
46	Jim Kearney	CB	6-2	205	22	Prairie View A&M	7	0
83	Ron Kramer	TE	6-3	234	30	Michigan	14	10
81	Dick Lane	CB	6-1	194	36	Western Nebraska CC	7	0
44	Dick LeBeau	RCB	6-0	185	28	Ohio State	14	14
32	Joe Don Looney	HB	6-1	230	23	Texas; Texas Christian; Cameron JC; Oklahoma	9	9
53	Mike Lucci	LLB	6-2	233	26	Pittsburgh; Tennessee	11	0
21	Bruce Maher	LS-LCB	5-11	190	28	Detroit Mercy	14	14
31	Amos Marsh	FB-HB	6-0	218	26	Oregon State	13	9
78	Darris McCord	LDE	6-4	250	32	Tennessee	14	14
18	Tom Myers	QB	6-0	188	22	Northwestern	1	0
35	Tom Nowatzke	FB	6-3	229	23	Indiana	14	1
33	Nick Pietrosante	FB	6-2	225	28	Notre Dame	14	8
16	Milt Plum	QB	6-1	205	30	Penn State	14	11
47	Wayne Rasmussen	RS	6-2	179	23	South Dakota State	14	10
82	Jerry Rush	RDT	6-4	265	23	Michigan State	11	0
70	Daryl Sanders	LOT	6-5	248	24	Ohio State	14	14
56	Joe Schmidt	MLB	6-1	220	33	Pittsburgh	14	14
73	Roger Shoals	ROT	6-4	256	27	Maryland	14	11
66	Jim Simon	ROT-LOT	6-5	235	25	Miami (Florida)	14	3
43	Bobby Smith	DB	6-0	193	27	Compton JC; UCLA	6	0
25	Pat Studstill	FL-SE-P	6-1	176	27	Houston	14	12
27	Bobby Thompson	LCB	5-10	179	26	Compton JC; Arizona	11	9
48	Tommy Vaughn	RS	5-11	192	22	Iowa State	14	9
55	Wayne Walker	RLB-K	6-2	225	29	Idaho	14	14
23	Tommy Watkins	HB	6-1	195	28	East Los Angeles JC; Iowa State	11	1
51	Bob Whitlow	C	6-1	236	29	Compton JC; Arizona	9	0
88	Sam Williams	RDE	6-5	235	34	Michigan State	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	11	Tom Nowatzke	FB	Indiana
2	25	Jerry Rush	T	Michigan State
3	39	Fred Biletnikoff	FL	Florida State
4	46	Tom Myers	QB	Northwestern
5	57	Tommy Vaughn	B	Iowa State
5	64	Ed Flanagan	C	Purdue
5	67	John Flynn	C	Oklahoma
6	81	Earl Hawkins	B	Emory & Henry
7	92	Greg Kent	T	Utah
7	95	Bob Kowalkowski	G	Virginia
8	109	Larry Harbin	B	Appalachian State
9	123	Bruce McLenna	B	Hillsdale
10	137	Frank Pennie	T	Florida State
11	151	Jim Kearney	B	Prairie View A&M
12	165	Jim Moore	LB	North Texas
13	179	Jack Jacobson	B	Oklahoma State
14	193	Larry Brown	B	Oklahoma
15	207	Wallace Dickey	E	Texas State
16	221	John Smith	T	Maryland-Eastern Shore
17	235	Sonny Odom	HB	Duke
18	249	Karl Sweetan	QB	Wake Forest
19	263	Preston Love	B	Nebraska
20	277	George Wilson	QB	Xavier (Ohio)

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	66	83	38	70
Opponents Totals	62	92	68	73

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		204	93	93	18	/ %	/ %	77	767
Opponents Totals		210	84	104	22	/ %	/ %	61	637

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Wayne Walker	0	33	33	100.0	8	22	36.4	0	57
Amos Marsh	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Joe Don Looney	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Terry Barr	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Milt Plum	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Pat Studstill	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jim Gibbons	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tom Nowatzke	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Wayne Rasmussen	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
John Henderson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ron Kramer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dick LeBeau	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Nick Pietrosante	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Roger Brown	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	33	33	33	100.0	8	22	36.4	1	257
Opponents Totals	36	36	36	100.0	13	22	59.1	2	295

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Wayne Walker	8	22	36.4	3/	0/	4/	1/	0/
Team Totals	8	22	36.4	3/	0/	4/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	13	22	59.1	3/	3/	4/	3/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Amos Marsh	131	495	3.8	62t	6
Nick Pietrosante	107	374	3.5	12	1
Joe Don Looney	114	356	3.1	35	5
Tommy Watkins	29	95	3.3	12	0
Tom Nowatzke	27	73	2.7	14	1
Bobby Felts	20	58	2.9	6	0
Milt Plum	21	37	1.8	15	3
Daryl Sanders	1	2	2.0	2	0
Pat Studstill	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
George Izo	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Terry Barr	1	-12	-12.0	-12	0
Team Totals	453	1469	3.2	62t	16
Opponents Totals	409	1460	3.6		9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Milt Plum	308	143	46.4	146	1710	5.6	12.0	55t	12	3.9	19	6.2	22	213	1497	51.2
George Izo	59	24	40.7	29	357	6.1	14.9	61t	2	3.4	6	10.2	3	29	328	32.9
Tom Myers	5	3	60.0	1	16	3.2	5.3	8	0	0.0	1	20.0	1	7	9	25.8
Bobby Felts	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Amos Marsh	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	374	170	45.5	178	2083	5.6	12.3	61t	14	3.7	26	7.0	26	249	1834	46.7
Opponents Totals	344	190	55.2	128	2508	7.3	13.2		21	6.1	26	7.6	49	411	2097	67.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pat Studstill	28	389	13.9	55	3
Terry Barr	24	433	18.0	61t	3
Gail Cogdill	20	247	12.4	33	0
Ron Kramer	18	206	11.4	23	1
Nick Pietrosante	18	163	9.1	54	0
Amos Marsh	17	159	9.4	48t	2
Jim Gibbons	12	111	9.3	24	2
Joe Don Looney	12	109	9.1	47t	1
John Henderson	8	140	17.5	31t	1
Tommy Watkins	5	53	10.6	28	0
Tom Nowatzke	5	45	9.0	22t	1
Bobby Felts	3	28	9.3	17	0
Team Totals	170	2083	12.3	61t	14
Opponents Totals	190	2508	13.2		21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick LeBeau	7	84	12.0	30t	1
Wayne Rasmussen	5	122	24.4	50t	2
Bruce Maher	4	76	19.0	35	0
Joe Schmidt	4	42	10.5	14	0
Bobby Thompson	2	3	1.5	2	0
Wayne Walker	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jimmy Hill	1	9	9.0	9	0
Ernie Clark	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	26	343	13.2	50t	3
Opponents Totals	26	515	19.8		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Pat Studstill	78	3335	42.8	69	0	318
Team Totals	78	3335	42.8	69	0	318
Opponents Totals	74	3175	42.9			358

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Watkins	23	11	234	10.2	41	0
Pat Studstill	5	6	47	9.4	17	0
Bobby Felts	3	1	27	9.0	27	0
Tommy Vaughn	2	1	50	25.0	42	0
Bobby Smith	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	34	19	358	10.5	42	0
Opponents Totals	39		318	8.2		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Tommy Watkins	17	584	34.4	94
Tommy Vaughn	13	316	24.3	41
Pat Studstill	10	257	25.7	42
Bobby Felts	8	229	28.6	55
Tom Nowatzke	2	12	6.0	12
Bobby Smith	1	18	18.0	18
Mike Lucci	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	52	1416	27.2	94
Opponents Totals	43	858	20.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Roger Brown	0	0	0	4	4	10	0
Ernie Clark	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Felts	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Gonzaga	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Gordy	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Larry Hand	0	0	1	2	3	0	0
John Henderson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wally Hilgenberg	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
George Izo	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ron Kramer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Lane	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dick LeBeau	0	0	0	2	2	23	0
Joe Don Looney	7		3	0	3	0	0
Mike Lucci	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Amos Marsh	4		0	0	0	0	0
Darris McCord	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Tom Nowatzke	1		0	1	1	0	0
Nick Pietrosante	3		0	0	0	0	0
Milt Plum	5		0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Rasmussen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Daryl Sanders	0	0	4	0	4	0	0
Bobby Smith	2		0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Vaughn	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tommy Watkins	3		1	1	2	13	0
Sam Williams	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	27	15	12	20	32	50	0
Opponents Totals	33	20	13	15	28		3