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1958 Detroit Lions

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Record: 4-7-1, Finished 5th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 261 points (21.8/g), 5th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 276 points (23.0/g), 7th.
 Differential of -15 points (-1.2/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 5.6-6.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 4th.

Coached by George Wilson (4-7-1)

1958 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 28 box L 0-1 @ Baltimore Colts 15 28 12 182 109 73 4 26 416 250 166 1
2 Sun October 5 box T 0-1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 13 13 13 278 245 33 4 15 287 173 114 4
3 Sun October 12 box L 0-2-1 Los Angeles Rams 28 42 26 436 206 230 5 14 347 142 205 3
4 Sun October 19 box L 0-3-1 Baltimore Colts 14 40 14 220 141 79 3 25 535 219 316 2
5 Sun October 26 box W 1-3-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 41 24 21 322 170 152 5 14 273 225 48 7
6 Sun November 2 box L 1-4-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 24 12 171 41 130 2 15 411 177 234 6
7 Sun November 9 box W 2-4-1 @ Cleveland Browns 30 10 18 337 246 91 13 247 118 129 1
8 Sun November 16 box W 3-4-1 San Francisco 49ers 35 21 23 446 293 153 1 22 295 217 78 2
9 Sun November 23 box L 3-5-1 Chicago Bears 7 20 13 171 104 67 15 307 169 138 1
10 Thu November 27 box W 4-5-1 Green Bay Packers 24 14 15 198 104 94 3 14 242 138 104 3
11 Sun December 7 box L 4-6-1 New York Giants 17 19 13 154 14 140 4 13 251 135 116 3
12 Sun December 14 box L 4-7-1 @ Chicago Bears 16 21 15 314 196 118 2 13 226 154 72 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 261 3229 718 4.5 195 141 319 1869 20 14 5.3 95 364 1360 9 3.7 89 33 19 11
Team Defense 276 3837 744 5.2 304 167 320 2117 15 22 6.3 95 407 1720 19 4.2 199 38 16 10
Lg Rank Offense 5 12 10 9 7 3 3 11 8 11 10 11 4 7
Lg Rank Defense 7 7 3 5 7 5 4 7 9 6 10 7 6 8

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%
Tobin Rote 30 QB 12 11 118 257 45.9 1678 14 5.4 10 3.9 65 6.5 5.3 14.2 139.8 69.5
Earl Morrall 24 9 0 9 32 28.1 188 4 12.5 2 6.3 66 5.9 4.3 20.9 20.9 65.1
Bobby Layne* 32 2 1 12 26 46.2 171 1 3.8 2 7.7 0 6.6 3.5 14.3 85.5 48.7
Gene Gedman 26 lh 11 0 2 3 66.7 111 1 33.3 0 0.0 81 37.0 40.3 55.5 10.1 149.3
Yale Lary*+ 28 LS 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.2 12 141 319 44.2 2148 20 6.3 14 4.4 81 6.7 5.4 15.2 179.0 69.6
Opp Total 12 167 320 52.2 2117 15 4.7 22 6.9 6.6 4.0 12.7 176.4 60.1 17 138 6.3 3.4

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
Gene Gedman 26 lh 11 0 92 209 4 17 2.3 19.0 8.4 14 106 7.6 3 24 1.3 9.6 315 7 3
Tobin Rote 30 QB 12 11 77 351 3 27 4.6 29.3 6.4 351 3 7
Ken Webb 23 LH 12 0 56 172 2 22 3.1 14.3 4.7 11 85 7.7 1 34 0.9 7.1 257 3 3
John Henry Johnson 29 FB 9 0 56 254 0 19 4.5 28.2 6.2 7 60 8.6 0 18 0.8 6.7 314 0 3
Howard Cassady 24 RH 10 0 45 198 0 33 4.4 19.8 4.5 23 406 17.7 7 81 2.3 40.6 604 7 3
Dan Lewis 22 11 0 25 131 0 20 5.2 11.9 2.3 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.1 143 0 5
Earl Morrall 24 9 0 7 41 0 40 5.9 4.6 0.8 41 0 0
Bobby Layne* 32 2 1 3 1 0 4 0.3 0.5 1.5 1 0 2
Dave Middleton 25 rh 12 0 2 1 0 2 0.5 0.1 0.2 29 506 17.4 3 46 2.4 42.2 507 3 0
Yale Lary*+ 28 LS 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 2 0 3
Jim Gibbons 22 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 367 14.7 2 35 2.1 30.6 367 2 0
Jim Doran 31 LE 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 495 22.5 4 65 2.4 55.0 495 4 0
Perry Richards 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 90 12.9 0 30 2.3 30.0 90 0 0
Tom Rychlec 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 21 10.5 0 33 0.2 1.8 21 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 364 1360 9 40 3.7 113.3 30.3 141 2148 15.2 20 81 11.8 179.0 3508 29 36
Opp Total 12 407 1720 19 4.2 143.3 33.9 167 2117 12.7 15 13.9 176.4 3837 34 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Yale Lary*+ 28 LS 12 0 27 196 1 71 7.3 198
Terry Barr 23 RDH 12 0 11 23 0 22 2.1 4 197 1 86 49.3 220
Howard Cassady 24 RH 10 0 3 4 0 4 1.3 6 126 0 39 21.0 734
Gene Gedman 26 lh 11 0 7 131 0 27 18.7 446
Ken Webb 23 LH 12 0 7 154 0 29 22.0 411
Dan Lewis 22 11 0 6 110 0 28 18.3 253
Dave Whitsell 22 12 0 3 63 0 23 21.0 63
Lou Creekmur 31 LT 12 0 2 23 0 17 11.5 23
Jim Gibbons 22 RE 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 371
Alex Karras 23 LDT 12 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Dave Middleton 25 rh 12 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 522
Tom Rychlec 24 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 21
Team Total 26.2 12 41 223 1 71 5.4 39 839 1 86 21.5 4570
Opp Total 12 44 0 33 683 0 20.7

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
Yale Lary*+ 28 LS 12 0 59 2524 62 1 42.8
Jim Martin 34 K 12 0 19 7 36.8% 28 28 100.0%
Gerry Perry 28 12 0 4 4 100.0% 1 1 100.0%
Bobby Layne* 32 2 1 3 1 33.3%
Earl Morrall 24 9 0 1 25 25 0 25.0
Team Total 26.2 12 23 11 47.8% 32 30 93.8% 60 2549 62 1 42.5
Opp Total 12 19 8 42.1% 35 34 97.1% 55 2211 40.2

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
Charlie Ane* 27 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Terry Barr 23 RDH 12 0 3 62 0 40 2 2 5 0
Stan Campbell 28 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Howard Cassady 24 RH 10 0 3 1 0 0
Jack Christiansen 30 RS 10 0 1 0 0 0
Jim David* 31 LDH 12 0 3 12 0 7 1 2 0 0
Gene Gedman 26 lh 11 0 3 1 0 0
Doug Hogland 27 10 0 0 2 0 0
John Henry Johnson 29 FB 9 0 3 0 0 0
Alex Karras 23 LDT 12 0 0 1 3 0
Yale Lary*+ 28 LS 12 0 3 70 0 31 3 1 0 0
Bobby Layne* 32 2 1 2 1 0 0
Dan Lewis 22 11 0 5 0 0 0
Bob W. Long 24 LLB 12 0 2 28 0 25 1 2 5 0
Gary Lowe 24 12 0 2 25 0 25 0 2 0 0
Gil Mains 29 RDT 12 0 0 3 18 0
Tobin Rote 30 QB 12 11 7 3 -6 0
Tom Rychlec 24 12 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Schmidt*+ 26 MLB 12 0 6 69 0 25 2 3 0 0
Harley Sewell* 27 LG 12 0 0 2 0 0
Wayne H. Walker 22 12 0 1 33 1 33 0 1 34 1
Ken Webb 23 LH 12 0 3 0 0 0
Dave Whitsell 22 12 0 1 29 0 29 1 1 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 22 328 1 40 36 31 59 1
Opp Total 12 35 27 11 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jim Martin 34 K 12 0 28 7 49
Howard Cassady 24 RH 10 0 7 42
Gene Gedman 26 lh 11 0 4 3 42
Jim Doran 31 LE 9 0 4 24
Dave Middleton 25 rh 12 0 3 18
Tobin Rote 30 QB 12 11 3 18
Ken Webb 23 LH 12 0 2 1 18
Gerry Perry 28 12 0 1 4 13
Jim Gibbons 22 RE 12 0 2 12
Wayne H. Walker 22 12 0 1 1 12
Terry Barr 23 RDH 12 0 1 6
Yale Lary*+ 28 LS 12 0 1 6
Bobby Layne* 32 2 1 1 1
Team Total 26.2 12 9 20 1 1 1 1 30 11 261
Opp Total 12 19 15 34 8 1 276