1961 Detroit Lions 7-7 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Detroit 37 134 72 66 0 309 Opponent 62 106 48 62 0 278 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 309 278 1-0 14 @Green Bay 13 First Downs 263 224 1-1 14 @Baltimore 27 Rush 123 79 1-2 20 San Francisco 23 Pass 125 134 2-2 35 Chicago 13 Pen 15 11 3-2 34 Los Angeles 14 Penalties 94 87 3-3 17 Baltimore 29 Yards 848 686 3-4 21 @Los Angeles 27 3-5 20 @San Francisco 21 Rushing Att 492 480 4-5 24 @St. Louis 6 Yards 2160 1910 5-5 30 @Minnesota 20 Ave 4.4 4.0 5-6 14 Green Bay 48 TD 20 11 5-7 14 @Chicago 17 6-7 24 Minnesota 3 Passing Att 394 395 7-7 28 Philadelphia 17 Comp 182 202 % 46.2 51.1 Int 21 26 % 5.3 6.6 TD 16 17 % 4.1 4.3 Yards 2676 2853 Sacked 24 20 Punt Return 16 28 Yards 133 154 Ave 8.3 5.5 Kick Return 35 64 Yards 767 1429 Ave 21.9 22.3 Punts 75 67 Yards 3577 2804 Ave 47.7 41.9 FG Att 25 39 Made 10 25 % 40.0 64.1 Third Downs 188 181 Made 57 51 % 30.3 28.2 Fourth Downs 14 7 Made 8 4 % 57.1 57.1 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 20 27 Lost 11 12 Turnovers 32 38 Net Offense 4678 4635 Per Play 5.1 5.2 1961 Detroit Lions Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Pietrosant 231 1039 4.5 24 55 35 12 Gibbons 47 7 643 13.7 5 34 37 1 Lewis 121 476 3.9 12 31 27 3 Cogdill 46 6 813 17.7 12 31 55 7 Ninowski 40 312 7.8 12 14 40 2 Barr 33 7 539 16.3 4 28 56 3 Cassidy 36 165 4.6 6 12 14 2 Pietrosant 29 0 335 11.6 3 15 31 3 Olszewski 36 125 3.5 1 7 20 1 Davis 10 1 116 11.6 1 5 35 1 Morrall 18 39 2.2 0 1 7 0 Lewis 9 1 119 13.2 1 7 31 1 Barr 7 3 0.4 1 2 10 0 Studstill 4 1 40 10.0 0 3 14 0 Webb 3 1 0.3 0 1 3 0 Cassidy 4 0 71 17.8 1 2 42 0 492 2160 4.4 56 123 40 20 182 24 2676 14.7 27125 56 16 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Ninowski 273 124 45.4 1848 14.9 56 20 20 13 4.8 18 10 3.7 60.5 Morrall 121 58 47.9 828 14.3 55 15 7 8 6.6 6 6 5.0 59.5 394 182 46.2 2676 14.7 56 35 27 21 5.3 24 16 4.1 60.2 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Martin 40 39 97.5 25 10 40.0 11.1 0.0 42 69 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Lary 75 3577 62 14 0 20 28 154 41.9 47.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Studstill 29 658 22.7 101 1 Cassidy 16 32 133 8.3 16 0 Olszewski 1 20 20.0 20 0 16 32 133 8.3 16 0 Cassidy 5 89 17.8 27 0 Barr 1 0 0.0 0 0 35 767 21.9 101 1 Fumbles Pietrosa 7 Morrall 5 Lewis 3 Cassidy 2 Ninowski 2 Studstil 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Karras 8 Karras 21 Schmidt 19 Lary 16 Karras 5 Scholtz 2 McCord 4 McCord 12 Walker 12 Lane 11 Messner 3 Gordy 2 Walker 3 Brown 4 McCord 9 LeBeau 9 LeBeau 3 Brown 2 Brown 3 Schmidt 2 Glass 8 Lowe 9 Spencer 3 Glass 2 Glass 2 Walker 1 Brown 8 Karras 6 Schmidt 3 Lowe 2 Spencer 8 Glass 2 Glass 2 Spencer 2 Karras 6 Brown 2 Brown 2 LaRose 1 Lary 2 Schmidt 2 Studstil 2 Schmidt 1 LaRose 2 Barr 1 Lane 1 Studstil 1 Lowe 2 Maher 1 Lary 1 Messner 1 Messner 1 McCord 1 Walker 1 LeBeau 1 Lowe 1 Olszewsk 1 Lane 1 McCord 1 Karras 1 Tackles Schmidt 110 Walker 61 Studstil 53 Maher 33 Brown 29 Mains 21 Lane 109 Karras 60 McCord 46 Messner 32 Glass 28 LaRose 3 Lary 68 LeBeau 57 Lowe 42 Bretschn 32 Spencer 25 Barr 3 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Lane 6 83 13.8 29 0 Lary 6 105 17.5 40 1 Schmidt 4 44 11.0 21 1 LeBeau 4 59 14.8 30 0 Lowe 3 20 6.7 10 0 Walker 2 16 8.0 11 0 Maher 1 0 0.0 0 0 26 327 12.6 40 2 1961 Detroit Lions Coach:George Wilson Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Ninowski, Jim 4 B 2 3 HLD QB Morrall, Earl 4 B 2 3 P Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Lewis, Danny 0 0 4 B 3 3 RB Pietrosante, Nick 2 0 5 B 4 3 RB Cassady, Hopalong 0 0 5 B 2 3 RET RB Olszewski, Johnny Oh 1 0 5 B 2 3 KR RB Webb, Ken 0 0 4 B 2 3 WR Barr, Terry 0 0 5 B 2 3 WR Studstill, Pat 0 0 5 O 2 3 ALL GUN WR Cogdill, Gail 0 0 5 O 2 3 WR Davis, Glenn 0 0 3 O 2 3 TE Gibbons, Jim 1 1 5 O 2 3 TE Williams, Sam 0 0 4 O 1 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Sewell, Harley 8 8 5 T LaRose, Dan 5 5 5 C Scholtz, Bob 7 8 5 LS C Walker, Wayne 4 4 5 K-P G-T Gonzaga, John 6 6 4 G-T Gordy, John 6 6 5 G-T Glass, Bill 3 3 5 G-T Spencer, Ollie 5 5 4 G-T McClung, Willie 2 2 2 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Brown, Roger 7 5 0 2 5 DT Spencer, Ollie 6 6 0 0 4 DT Karras, Alex 8 5 0 3 5 DL LaRose, Dan 5 4 0 1 5 DL McCord, Darris 7 5 0 2 5 DL Glass, Bill 5 5 0 0 5 DL Mains, Gil 2 2 0 0 2 DE Williams, Sam 2 2 0 0 4 ILB Schmidt, Joe 10 7 1 2 5 LB Walker, Wayne 8 6 1 1 5 K-P LB Bretscheider, Carl 3 2 1 0 4 LB Martin, Jim 2 2 0 0 4 K-P OLB Messner, Max 3 2 1 0 5 DB Barr, Terry 5 0 5 0 5 DB Studstill, Pat 2 0 2 0 5 ALL GUN DB LeBeau, Dick 5 0 5 0 5 DB Lowe, Gary 7 0 7 0 5 DB Lane, Night Train 10 0 10 0 5 DB Lary, Yale 9 0 9 0 5 P DB Maher, Bruce 5 0 5 0 4 GUN Special Teams