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1955 Detroit Lions

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Record: 3-9-0, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 230 points (19.2/g), 8th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 275 points (22.9/g), 9th.
 Differential of -45 points (-3.8/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 4.7-7.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.2/g), 8th.

Coached by Buddy Parker (3-9-0)

1955 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 25 box L 0-1 @ Green Bay Packers 17 20 16 311 140 171 2 18 294 122 172 4
2 Sat October 1 box L 0-2 @ Baltimore Colts 13 28 18 321 279 42 3 19 344 106 238 2
3 Sun October 9 box L 0-3 Los Angeles Rams 10 17 26 370 280 90 6 18 284 129 155 3
4 Sun October 16 box L 0-4 San Francisco 49ers 24 27 13 200 47 153 3 15 430 316 114 6
5 Sun October 23 box L 0-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 13 24 20 349 219 130 5 19 436 274 162 3
6 Sun October 30 box L 0-6 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 38 25 401 286 115 3 26 438 189 249 5
7 Sat November 5 box W 1-6 Baltimore Colts 24 14 22 365 187 178 4 15 237 173 64 1
8 Sun November 13 box W 2-6 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 31 28 12 234 169 65 2 26 451 367 84 5
9 Sun November 20 box L 2-7 Chicago Bears 14 24 14 370 309 61 2 21 422 264 158
10 Thu November 24 box W 3-7 Green Bay Packers 24 10 19 282 92 190 6 11 228 120 108 7
11 Sun December 4 box L 3-8 @ Chicago Bears 20 21 20 370 163 207 3 12 203 7 196 2
12 Sun December 11 box L 3-9 New York Giants 19 24 19 314 239 75 2 17 248 97 151 1

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 230 3887 809 4.8 224 204 400 2410 15 22 5.8 119 392 1477 11 3.8 88 41 19 17
Team Defense 275 4015 771 5.2 339 163 304 2164 18 15 6.7 110 449 1851 16 4.1 217 39 24 12
Lg Rank Offense 8 4 3 1 2 7 6 2 11 10 9 9 5 8
Lg Rank Defense 9 10 7 4 10 10 11 12 7 7 8 9 6 1

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 29 QB 12 10 143 270 53.0 1830 11 4.1 17 6.3 77 6.8 4.4 12.8 152.5 61.8
Harry Gilmer 29 qb 8 2 58 122 47.5 633 2 1.6 4 3.3 34 5.2 3.9 10.9 79.1 55.1
Doak Walker* 28 LH 12 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Bob Hoernschemeyer 30 rh 5 0 1 2 50.0 17 1 50.0 1 50.0 17 8.5 -9.0 17.0 3.4 79.2
Bill Stits 24 RDH 12 0 2 2 100.0 62 1 50.0 0 0.0 41 31.0 36.0 31.0 5.2 158.3
Jug Girard 28 RE 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.8 12 204 400 51.0 2542 15 3.8 22 5.5 77 6.4 4.3 12.5 211.8 60.6
Opp Total 12 163 304 53.6 2164 18 5.9 15 4.9 7.1 5.5 13.3 180.3 75.6 18 140 6.7 4.7

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
Lew Carpenter 23 FB 12 0 137 543 6 49 4.0 45.3 11.4 44 312 7.1 2 34 3.7 26.0 855 8 6
Dave Middleton 22 RH 12 0 59 201 2 16 3.4 16.8 4.9 44 663 15.1 3 77 3.7 55.3 864 5 0
Bill Stits 24 RDH 12 0 46 165 0 15 3.6 13.8 3.8 5 17 3.4 0 14 0.4 1.4 182 0 4
Bob Hoernschemeyer 30 rh 5 0 36 109 1 10 3.0 21.8 7.2 5 36 7.2 0 15 1.0 7.2 145 1 1
Leon Hart 27 11 0 35 159 0 21 4.5 14.5 3.2 9 54 6.0 1 14 0.8 4.9 213 1 2
Bobby Layne 29 QB 12 10 31 111 0 19 3.6 9.3 2.6 111 0 4
Doak Walker* 28 LH 12 0 23 95 2 51 4.1 7.9 1.9 22 428 19.5 5 70 1.8 35.7 523 7 1
Harry Gilmer 29 qb 8 2 15 67 0 19 4.5 8.4 1.9 67 0 2
Jug Girard 28 RE 12 0 10 27 0 10 2.7 2.3 0.8 23 301 13.1 0 34 1.9 25.1 328 0 2
Jim Doran 28 LE 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 552 14.5 2 38 3.8 55.2 552 2 2
Dorne Dibble 26 le 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 179 12.8 2 44 1.8 22.4 179 2 0
Team Total 25.8 12 392 1477 11 51 3.8 123.1 32.7 204 2542 12.5 15 77 17.0 211.8 4019 26 28
Opp Total 12 449 1851 16 4.1 154.3 37.4 163 2164 13.3 18 13.6 180.3 4015 34 33

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
Jack Christiansen*+ 27 LS 9 0 12 87 0 42 7.3 7 169 0 35 24.1 256
Lee Riley 23 RET 12 0 14 107 0 20 7.6 5 111 0 30 22.2 218
Jug Girard 28 RE 12 0 9 25 0 7 2.8 7 117 0 29 16.7 470
Dave Middleton 22 RH 12 0 11 188 0 25 17.1 1052
Lew Carpenter 23 FB 12 0 4 78 0 24 19.5 933
Leon Hart 27 11 0 4 86 0 25 21.5 299
Doak Walker* 28 LH 12 0 2 5 0 5 2.5 1 24 0 24 24.0 552
Joe Schmidt*+ 23 RLB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Leon Cunningham 24 8 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Jim David* 28 LDH 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Sonny Gandee 26 LDE 12 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Carl Karilivacz 25 RS 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jim Martin 31 LLB 9 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Bill Stits 24 RDH 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 182
Ted Topor 25 6 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Richie Woit 24 1 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 25.8 12 41 224 0 42 5.5 45 839 0 35 18.6 5082
Opp Total 12 42 0 44 942 0 21.4

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
Jug Girard 28 RE 12 0 56 2310 65 0 41.3
Doak Walker* 28 LH 12 0 16 9 56.3% 29 27 93.1% 9 362 59 0 40.2
Dom Fucci 27 12 0 2 72 55 0 36.0
Jim Martin 31 LLB 9 0 1 0.0%
Team Total 25.8 12 17 9 52.9% 29 27 93.1% 67 2744 65 0 41.0
Opp Total 12 23 8 34.8% 36 35 97.2% 60 2436 40.6

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
George Atkins 23 rg 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Cain 28 RDE 12 0 0 2 0 0
Lew Carpenter 23 FB 12 0 6 0 0 0
Jack Christiansen*+ 27 LS 9 0 3 49 0 29 2 2 36 0
Jim David* 28 LDH 12 0 3 44 0 28
Jim Doran 28 LE 10 0 2 0 0 0
Sonny Gandee 26 LDE 12 0 0 3 46 1
Harry Gilmer 29 qb 8 2 2 1 6 0
Jug Girard 28 RE 12 0 2 1 0 0
Leon Hart 27 11 0 2 2 0 0
Bob Hoernschemeyer 30 rh 5 0 1 0 0 0
Carl Karilivacz 25 RS 12 0 2 33 0 23
Bobby Layne 29 QB 12 10 4 0 0 0
Bob W. Long 21 10 0 0 2 0 0 1
Gil Mains 26 12 0 0 1 0 1
Darris McCord 22 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Middleton 22 RH 12 0 0 1 6 0
Bob Miller 26 RDT/rt 12 0 0 2 7 0
Jim Ricca 28 MG 6 0 1 33 0 33 0 1 0 0
Lee Riley 23 RET 12 0 2 38 0 23 1 0 0 0
Joe Schmidt*+ 23 RLB 12 0 0 8 17 0
Harley Sewell 24 LG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Stanfel* 28 RG 9 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Stits 24 RDH 12 0 3 7 1 7 4 3 0 0
Doak Walker* 28 LH 12 0 1 20 0 20 1 1 0 0
Richie Woit 24 1 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 15 224 1 33 28 34 118 2 1
Opp Total 12 17 33 9

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* 28 LH 12 0 2 5 27 9 96
Lew Carpenter 23 FB 12 0 6 2 48
Dave Middleton 22 RH 12 0 2 3 30
Dorne Dibble 26 le 8 0 2 12
Jim Doran 28 LE 10 0 2 12
Sonny Gandee 26 LDE 12 0 1 6
Leon Hart 27 11 0 1 6
Bob Hoernschemeyer 30 rh 5 0 1 6
Gil Mains 26 12 0 1 6
Bill Stits 24 RDH 12 0 1 6
Bob W. Long 21 10 0 1 2
Team Total 25.8 12 11 15 2 1 27 9 1 230
Opp Total 12 16 18 35 8 275