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1950 Detroit Lions

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Record: 6-6-0, Finished 4th in NFL National Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 321 points (26.8/g), 3rd of 13 in the NFL.
 Allowed 285 points (23.8/g), 6th.
 Differential of 36 points (3.0/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 6.8-5.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.7/g), 3rd.

Coached by Bo McMillin (6-6-0)

1950 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 17 box W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 45 7 14 304 266 38 1 11 164 86 78 8
2 Sun September 24 box W 2-0 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 7 24 372 107 265 5 8 176 122 54 2
3 Fri September 29 box L 2-1 @ New York Yanks 21 44 14 267 179 88 3 16 359 264 95 3
4 Sun October 8 box W 3-1 San Francisco 49ers 24 7 12 297 205 92 2 14 200 141 59 5
5 Sun October 15 box L 3-2 Los Angeles Rams 28 30 12 262 204 58 4 23 422 354 68 6
6 Sun October 22 box L 3-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 27 28 17 327 189 138 4 18 295 105 190 4
7 Sun October 29 box L 3-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 65 11 213 148 65 7 20 494 427 67 1
8 Sun November 5 box L 3-5 Chicago Bears 21 35 24 467 374 93 3 25 455 131 324 3
9 Sun November 19 box W 4-5 Green Bay Packers 24 21 19 376 241 135 6 16 309 184 125 5
10 Thu November 23 box W 5-5 New York Yanks 49 14 25 591 214 377 3 18 441 356 85 6
11 Sun December 3 box W 6-5 @ Baltimore Colts 45 21 24 565 372 193 6 17 311 224 87 7
12 Sun December 10 box L 6-6 @ Chicago Bears 3 6 13 250 166 84 3 14 280 145 135 5

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 321 4030 838 4.8 209 176 403 2404 22 29 5.4 98 389 1626 14 4.2 92 47 18 19
Team Defense 285 3677 814 4.5 330 191 381 2310 23 31 5.6 113 399 1367 13 3.4 200 55 24 17
Lg Rank Offense 3 4 5 3 3 3 9 8 11 11 7 8 9 7
Lg Rank Defense 6 6 10 11 10 10 2 8 3 1 6 2 1 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Bobby Layne 24 QB 12 12 152 336 45.2 2323 16 4.8 18 5.4 82 6.9 5.0 15.3 193.6 62.1
Fred Enke 26 12 0 22 53 41.5 424 5 9.4 7 13.2 46 8.0 3.0 19.3 35.3 61.9
Doak Walker*+ 23 LH 12 0 1 7 14.3 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.9 0.9 6.0 0.5 39.6
Bob Hoernschemeyer 25 RH 10 0 1 4 25.0 19 1 25.0 1 25.0 19 4.8 -4.0 19.0 1.9 46.9
Lindy Pearson 21 11 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 24.9 12 176 403 43.7 2772 22 5.5 29 7.2 82 6.9 4.2 15.8 231.0 55.4
Opp Total 12 191 381 50.1 2310 23 6.0 31 8.1 6.1 3.0 12.1 192.5 55.3 34 270 5.6 2.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Bob Hoernschemeyer 25 RH 10 0 84 471 1 96 5.6 47.1 8.4 8 78 9.8 1 41 0.8 7.8 549 2 1
Doak Walker*+ 23 LH 12 0 83 386 5 30 4.7 32.2 6.9 35 534 15.3 6 43 2.9 44.5 920 11 3
Ollie Cline 25 FB 10 0 69 227 2 41 3.3 22.7 6.9 7 18 2.6 0 25 0.7 1.8 245 2 7
Bobby Layne 24 QB 12 12 56 250 4 30 4.5 20.8 4.7 250 4 13
John Panelli 24 LLB 8 0 32 82 0 14 2.6 10.3 4.0 2 9 4.5 0 7 0.3 1.1 91 0 1
Lindy Pearson 21 11 0 31 82 2 11 2.6 7.5 2.8 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.4 86 2 2
Wally Triplett 24 7 0 14 92 0 14 6.6 13.1 2.0 6 70 11.7 0 18 0.9 10.0 162 0 1
Fred Enke 26 12 0 9 16 0 16 1.8 1.3 0.8 16 0 3
Gerry Krall 23 7 0 3 0 0 6 0.0 0.0 0.4 2 61 30.5 0 41 0.3 8.7 61 0 1
Clarence Self 25 S 12 0 3 9 0 6 3.0 0.8 0.3 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.0 21 0 1
Dante Magnani 33 7 0 3 7 0 5 2.3 1.0 0.4 7 0 0
Dan Sandifer 23 5 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.6 0.2 3 0 0
Bill Schroll 24 RLB 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Cloyce Box* 27 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 50 1009 20.2 11 82 4.2 84.1 1009 11 0
Leon Hart 22 RE/LDE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 505 16.3 1 66 2.6 42.1 505 1 1
John Greene 30 re 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 368 16.7 2 46 1.8 30.7 368 2 0
Dick Rifenburg 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 96 9.6 1 19 0.8 8.0 96 1 0
Jim Cain 23 RDE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.7 8 0 0
Team Total 24.9 12 389 1626 14 96 4.2 135.5 32.4 176 2772 15.8 22 82 14.7 231.0 4398 36 35
Opp Total 12 399 1367 13 3.4 113.9 33.3 191 2310 12.1 23 15.9 192.5 3677 36 35

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Wally Triplett 24 7 0 11 94 0 19 8.5 8 411 1 97 51.4 667
Clarence Self 25 S 12 0 12 129 0 29 10.8 6 155 0 35 25.8 305
Doak Walker*+ 23 LH 12 0 5 77 0 29 15.4 10 225 0 48 22.5 1222
Lindy Pearson 21 11 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 7 120 0 29 17.1 212
Don Doll* 24 LDH 11 0 5 71 0 20 14.2 2 52 0 31 26.0 123
Fred Enke 26 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 1 11 0 11 11.0 30
John Panelli 24 LLB 8 0 2 48 0 25 24.0 139
Howie Brown 28 RG 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jim Cain 23 RDE 12 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 18
Ollie Cline 25 FB 10 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 265
Rex Grossman 26 4 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Gerry Krall 23 7 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 70
Team Total 24.9 12 36 389 0 29 10.8 40 1067 1 97 26.7 5854
Opp Total 12 45 0 54 1218 2 22.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Doak Walker*+ 23 LH 12 0 18 8 44.4% 41 38 92.7% 32 1278 61 1 39.9
Bob Smith 25 RDH 12 0 32 1310 60 0 40.9
Bob Hoernschemeyer 25 RH 10 0 4 147 42 0 36.8
Bobby Layne 24 QB 12 12 2 1 50.0%
Team Total 24.9 12 18 8 44.4% 43 39 90.7% 68 2735 61 1 40.2
Opp Total 12 11 4 36.4% 39 37 94.9% 73 3117 42.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Les Bingaman 24 MG 12 0 0 2 0 0
Cloyce Box* 27 LE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Howie Brown 28 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Cain 23 RDE 12 0 0 2 2 1
Gus Cifelli 24 RT 12 0 0 1 3 0
Ollie Cline 25 FB 10 0 7 1 0 0
Don Doll* 24 LDH 11 0 12 163 1 38 0 1 0 0
Fred Enke 26 12 0 3 4 -2 0
John Greene 30 re 12 0 0 1 1 1
Barney Hafen 29 12 0 0 4 6 0
Leon Hart 22 RE/LDE 12 0 1 2 15 0
Bob Hoernschemeyer 25 RH 10 0 1 0 0 0
Floyd Jaszewski 23 12 0 0 1 0 0
Gerry Krall 23 7 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Layne 24 QB 12 12 13 5 0 0
Jack Lininger 23 MLB 12 0 3 20 0 15 1 0 0 0
Thurman McGraw* 23 LDT 12 0 1 4 0 4 0 5 0 0
Don Panciera 23 4 0 1 1 0 1
John Panelli 24 LLB 8 0 1 1 0 0
Lindy Pearson 21 11 0 2 2 3 0
Dan Sandifer 23 5 0 2 27 0 27
Bill Schroll 24 RLB 12 0 2 8 0 7 0 1 17 0
Clarence Self 25 S 12 0 3 84 1 56 1 0 0 0
Jack Simmons 26 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Smith 25 RDH 12 0 5 128 1 41 0 3 30 0
Wally Triplett 24 7 0 1 1 18 1
Doak Walker*+ 23 LH 12 0 1 40 0 40 3 0 0 0
Joe Watson 25 8 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 1 0
Team Total 24.9 12 31 480 3 56 35 41 94 3
Opp Total 12 46 35 11 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Doak Walker*+ 23 LH 12 0 5 6 38 8 128
Cloyce Box* 27 LE 12 0 11 66
Bobby Layne 24 QB 12 12 4 1 25
John Greene 30 re 12 0 2 1 18
Ollie Cline 25 FB 10 0 2 12
Bob Hoernschemeyer 25 RH 10 0 1 1 12
Lindy Pearson 21 11 0 2 12
Wally Triplett 24 7 0 1 1 12
Jim Cain 23 RDE 12 0 1 6
Don Doll* 24 LDH 11 0 1 6
Leon Hart 22 RE/LDE 12 0 1 6
Dick Rifenburg 24 12 0 1 6
Clarence Self 25 S 12 0 1 6
Bob Smith 25 RDH 12 0 1 6
Team Total 24.9 12 14 22 1 3 3 39 8 321
Opp Total 12 13 23 2 37 4 1 285