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1951 Detroit Lions

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Record: 7-4-1, Finished 2nd in NFL National Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 336 points (28.0/g), 2nd of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 259 points (21.6/g), 5th.
 Differential of 77 points (6.4/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 7.8-4.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.2/g), 7th.

Coached by Buddy Parker (7-4-1)

1951 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 30 box W 1-0 Washington Redskins 35 17 30 515 310 205 1 18 286 99 187
2 Mon October 8 box W 2-0 New York Yanks 37 10 16 307 148 159 1 18 258 151 107 3
3 Sun October 14 box L 2-1 Los Angeles Rams 21 27 14 197 70 127 4 20 422 272 150 3
4 Sun October 21 box T 2-1-1 New York Yanks 24 24 24 407 326 81 2 19 242 178 64 1
5 Sun October 28 box L 2-2-1 Chicago Bears 23 28 19 418 299 119 4 17 384 243 141 2
6 Sun November 4 box W 3-2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 24 17 16 347 151 196 4 18 255 213 42 3
7 Sun November 11 box W 4-2-1 @ Chicago Bears 41 28 24 436 259 177 2 21 377 283 94 6
8 Sun November 18 box W 5-2-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 28 10 20 403 161 242 4 20 225 123 102 5
9 Thu November 22 box W 6-2-1 Green Bay Packers 52 35 19 478 306 172 1 20 458 279 179 4
10 Sun December 2 box L 6-3-1 San Francisco 49ers 10 20 11 180 102 78 4 20 358 158 200 2
11 Sun December 9 box W 7-3-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 22 19 254 91 163 2 27 403 247 156
12 Sun December 16 box L 7-4-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 17 21 19 331 209 122 4 17 265 178 87 2

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 336 4188 780 5.4 231 158 351 2347 29 24 6.3 105 410 1841 11 4.5 109 33 9 17
Team Defense 259 3864 860 4.5 235 181 374 2355 18 15 5.8 107 454 1509 13 3.3 102 31 16 26
Lg Rank Offense 2 3 4 4 3 1 5 2 10 6 9 3 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 5 7 9 11 11 8 12 8 5 3 5 2 11 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. 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%
22 Bobby Layne* 25 QB 12 12 7-4-1 152 332 45.8 2403 26 7.8 23 6.9 63 7.2 5.7 15.8 200.3 67.6
24 Fred Enke 27 12 0 2 9 22.2 22 0 0.0 1 11.1 12 2.4 -2.6 11.0 1.8 0.0
37 Doak Walker*+ 24 LH 12 0 2 5 40.0 29 1 20.0 0 0.0 22 5.8 9.8 14.5 2.4 99.2
14 Bob Hoernschemeyer* 26 RH 11 0 2 4 50.0 46 2 50.0 0 0.0 30 11.5 21.5 23.0 4.2 131.2
34 Pat Harder 29 FB 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.0 12 7-4-1 158 351 45.0 2500 29 8.3 24 6.8 63 7.1 5.7 15.8 208.3 68.3
Opp Total 12 181 374 48.4 2608 18 4.8 15 4.0 7.0 6.1 14.4 217.3 70.8 32 253 5.8 5.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
14 Bob Hoernschemeyer* 26 RH 11 0 132 678 2 85 5.1 61.6 12.0 23 263 11.4 3 48 2.1 23.9 941 5 3
34 Pat Harder 29 FB 12 0 101 380 6 28 3.8 31.7 8.4 17 193 11.4 2 26 1.4 16.1 573 8 4
37 Doak Walker*+ 24 LH 12 0 79 356 2 34 4.5 29.7 6.6 22 421 19.1 4 63 1.8 35.1 777 6 1
22 Bobby Layne* 25 QB 12 12 61 290 1 36 4.8 24.2 5.1 290 1 8
42 Lindy Pearson 22 12 0 22 88 0 25 4.0 7.3 1.8 5 43 8.6 0 14 0.4 3.6 131 0 1
82 Leon Hart*+ 23 RE 12 0 4 -6 0 3 -1.5 -0.5 0.3 35 544 15.5 12 33 2.9 45.3 538 12 0
24 Fred Enke 27 12 0 4 6 0 4 1.5 0.5 0.3 6 0 0
30 Ollie Cline 26 12 0 3 15 0 10 5.0 1.3 0.3 15 0 0
83 Jim Doran 24 LDE 12 0 2 23 0 25 11.5 1.9 0.2 10 225 22.5 2 48 0.8 18.8 248 2 1
16 Pete D'Alonzo 22 12 0 2 11 0 7 5.5 0.9 0.2 11 0 0
84 Dorne Dibble 22 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 613 20.4 6 47 2.5 51.1 613 6 0
88 Bill Swiacki 29 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 188 11.8 0 24 1.3 15.7 188 0 0
Team Total 25.0 12 410 1841 11 85 4.5 153.4 34.2 158 2500 15.8 29 63 13.2 208.3 4341 40 19
Opp Total 12 454 1509 13 3.3 125.8 37.8 181 2355 13.0 18 15.1 196.3 3864 31 22

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
19 Jack Christiansen 23 S 12 0 18 343 4 89 19.1 11 270 0 45 24.5 613
37 Doak Walker*+ 24 LH 12 0 7 85 0 19 12.1 15 408 0 63 27.2 1270
44 Don Doll* 25 LDH 12 0 5 39 0 14 7.8 9 220 0 35 24.4 259
14 Bob Hoernschemeyer* 26 RH 11 0 2 16 0 11 8.0 3 78 0 41 26.0 1035
30 Ollie Cline 26 12 0 3 48 0 22 16.0 63
67 Barry French 29 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
34 Pat Harder 29 FB 12 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 587
35 Art Murakowski 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
75 John Prchlik 26 RDT 12 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Team Total 25.0 12 32 483 4 89 15.1 45 1053 0 63 23.4 5877
Opp Total 12 33 1 58 1328 0 22.9

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
37 Doak Walker*+ 24 LH 12 0 12 6 50.0% 44 43 97.7% 9 316 50 0 35.1
40 Bob Smith 26 RDH 12 0 49 2082 73 1 42.5
34 Pat Harder 29 FB 12 0 5 3 60.0%
Team Total 25.0 12 17 9 52.9% 44 43 97.7% 58 2398 73 1 41.3
Opp Total 12 22 12 54.5% 32 31 96.9% 56 2335 41.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
51 Vince Banonis 30 12 0 1 12 0 12
85 Ed Berrang 29 RDE 10 0 1 14 0 14 0 3 3 0
65 Les Bingaman*+ 25 MG/c 6 0 0 1 0 0
19 Jack Christiansen 23 S 12 0 2 53 0 53 1 1 52 0
16 Pete D'Alonzo 22 12 0 0 1 0 0
84 Dorne Dibble 22 LE 12 0 1 26 0 26 0 2 9 0
44 Don Doll* 25 LDH 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
83 Jim Doran 24 LDE 12 0 1 38 0 38 1 1 0 0
74 Dick Flanagan 25 LLB 12 0 2 0 0 0
34 Pat Harder 29 FB 12 0 4 1 0 0
82 Leon Hart*+ 23 RE 12 0 2 22 0 20
12 Jim Hill 22 12 0 0 1 0 0
14 Bob Hoernschemeyer* 26 RH 11 0 3 2 0 0
72 Floyd Jaszewski 24 LDT 12 0 0 2 0 0
22 Bobby Layne* 25 QB 12 12 8 2 0 0
89 Jim Martin 27 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
73 Thurman McGraw 24 8 0 0 1 0 0
63 Bob Momsen 22 MLB 12 0 0 1 0 0
42 Lindy Pearson 22 12 0 1 0 0 0
40 Bob Smith 26 RDH 12 0 3 70 0 42 0 2 11 0
53 LaVern Torgeson 22 C/RLB 12 0 1 0 0 0
37 Doak Walker*+ 24 LH 12 0 1 2 0 0
Team Total 25.0 12 15 235 0 53 19 26 75 0 1
Opp Total 12 19 22 6

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
37 Doak Walker*+ 24 LH 12 0 2 4 6 43 6 97
82 Leon Hart*+ 23 RE 12 0 12 12 72
34 Pat Harder 29 FB 12 0 6 2 8 3 57
84 Dorne Dibble 22 LE 12 0 6 6 36
14 Bob Hoernschemeyer* 26 RH 11 0 2 3 5 30
19 Jack Christiansen 23 S 12 0 4 4 24
83 Jim Doran 24 LDE 12 0 2 2 12
22 Bobby Layne* 25 QB 12 12 1 1 6
75 John Prchlik 26 RDT 12 0 1 2
Team Total 25.0 12 11 29 4 44 43 9 1 336
Opp Total 12 13 18 1 31 12 259