| Detroit Lions at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: November 6, 1954 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 25287 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 34 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Bert Rechichar 34 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Harley Sewell EZ opponents fumble recovery (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 14 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Bowman 13 run (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 23 FG | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Hoernschemeyer 7 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 27 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Dorne Dibble |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 52 | C | Andy Miketa |
| 63 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 50 | ROT | Charlie Ane |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 33 | FB | Bill Bowman |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Sonny Gandee |
| 72 | LDT | Gil Mains |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 21 | RS | Carl Karilivacz |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Lloyd Colteryahn |
| 74 | LOT | Ken Jackson |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 50 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 72 | ROT | Jack Little |
| 82 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 18 | QB | Gary Kerkorian |
| 20 | LOH | George Taliaferro |
| 26 | ROH | Royce Womble |
| 38 | FB | Zollie Toth |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 73 | MG | Joe Campanella |
| 77 | RDT | Tom Finnin |
| 76 | RDE | Don Joyce |
| 61 | LLB | Dick Barwegen |
| 65 | RLB | Bill Pellington |
| 23 | LDH | Carl Taseff |
| 21 | LS | Tom Keane |
| 44 | RS | Bert Rechichar |
| 25 | RDH | Don Shula |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 13t | 1 |
| Lew Carpenter | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Kercher | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Dublinski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Kerkorian | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| John Huzvar | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 28 | 18 | 64.3 | 1 | 246 | 8.8 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 89.3 | |
| Tom Dublinski | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 6 | 0.7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 39.6 | |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 1 | 32 | 2.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | |
| Gary Kerkorian | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 52 | 4.3 | 31 | 0 | 54 | 13.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dorne Dibble | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Danny Edwards | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Lloyd Colteryahn | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 6 | 188 | 31.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 8 | 297 | 37.1 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jug Girard | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| George Taliaferro | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Charley Robinson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bob Langas | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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