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1962 Detroit Lions

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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 315 points (22.5/g), 5th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 177 points (12.6/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 138 points (9.9/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 11.2-2.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 2nd.

Coached by George Wilson (11-3-0)

1962 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 16 box W 1-0 Pittsburgh Steelers 45 7 26 395 236 159 10 173 129 44 2
2 Sun September 23 box W 2-0 San Francisco 49ers 45 24 22 424 250 174 16 342 267 75 4
3 Sun September 30 box W 3-0 @ Baltimore Colts 29 20 14 416 260 156 4 14 258 174 84 4
4 Sun October 7 box L 3-1 @ Green Bay Packers 7 9 12 199 92 107 1 20 319 190 129 4
5 Sun October 14 box W 4-1 Los Angeles Rams 13 10 21 332 132 200 1 8 186 26 160 1
6 Sun October 21 box L 4-2 @ New York Giants 14 17 16 278 187 91 3 13 191 124 67 2
7 Sun October 28 box W 5-2 Chicago Bears 11 3 13 188 109 79 3 8 75 15 60 1
8 Sun November 4 box W 6-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 12 3 15 289 150 139 5 9 124 102 22 2
9 Sun November 11 box W 7-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 38 24 21 437 257 180 2 18 288 226 62 2
10 Sun November 18 box W 8-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 17 6 18 358 223 135 3 13 180 107 73 3
11 Thu November 22 box W 9-2 Green Bay Packers 26 14 14 304 147 157 5 11 122 49 73 5
12 Sun December 2 box W 10-2 Baltimore Colts 21 14 22 333 229 104 3 16 270 227 43 3
13 Sun December 9 box W 11-2 Minnesota Vikings 37 23 16 325 180 145 6 15 371 168 203 10
14 Sun December 16 box L 11-3 @ Chicago Bears 0 3 13 225 129 96 6 9 318 182 136 4

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 315 4503 899 5.0 243 211 379 2581 19 24 6.3 124 489 1922 14 3.9 103 42 18 16
Team Defense 177 3217 777 4.1 298 187 367 1986 11 24 4.7 105 353 1231 6 3.5 180 47 23 13
Lg Rank Offense 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 3 4 8 10 8 10
Lg Rank Defense 2 1 2 6 3 2 7 2 1 1 2 1 3 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Milt Plum 27 QB 14 14 179 325 55.1 2378 15 4.6 20 6.2 80 7.3 5.0 13.3 169.9 68.2
Earl Morrall 28 14 0 32 52 61.5 449 4 7.7 4 7.7 53 8.6 5.9 14.0 32.1 82.9
Yale Lary*+ 32 RS 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Dan Lewis 26 LH 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.6 14 211 379 55.7 2827 19 5.0 24 6.3 80 7.5 5.1 13.4 201.9 69.9
Opp Total 14 187 367 51.0 1986 11 3.0 24 6.5 5.4 2.8 10.6 141.9 49.8 57 455 4.7 1.3

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
Nick Pietrosante 25 FB 13 0 134 445 2 22 3.3 34.2 10.3 26 251 9.7 2 26 2.0 19.3 696 4 3
Dan Lewis 26 LH 12 0 120 488 6 64 4.1 40.7 10.0 16 158 9.9 1 34 1.3 13.2 646 7 5
Tom Watkins 25 13 0 113 485 3 60 4.3 37.3 8.7 12 85 7.1 0 29 0.9 6.5 570 3 5
Ken Webb 27 14 0 70 267 1 25 3.8 19.1 5.0 10 120 12.0 0 53 0.7 8.6 387 1 3
Milt Plum 27 QB 14 14 29 170 1 45 5.9 12.1 2.1 170 1 2
Earl Morrall 28 14 0 17 65 1 29 3.8 4.6 1.2 65 1 1
Bruce Maher 25 14 0 3 8 0 7 2.7 0.6 0.2 8 0 1
Gail Cogdill* 25 SE 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 53 991 18.7 7 72 3.8 70.8 993 7 2
Pat Studstill 24 RH 14 0 1 -11 0 -11 -11.0 -0.8 0.1 36 479 13.3 4 51 2.6 34.2 468 4 2
Dick Compton 22 10 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 0.1 3 0 0
Jim Gibbons 26 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 318 9.6 2 22 2.4 22.7 318 2 0
Terry Barr 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 425 17.0 3 80 4.2 70.8 425 3 0
Team Total 26.6 14 489 1922 14 64 3.9 137.3 34.9 211 2827 13.4 19 80 15.1 201.9 4749 33 26
Opp Total 14 353 1231 6 3.5 87.9 25.2 187 1986 10.6 11 13.4 141.9 3217 17 34

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
Pat Studstill 24 RH 14 0 29 457 0 44 15.8 20 511 0 59 25.6 1436
Tom Watkins 25 13 0 8 42 0 20 5.3 17 452 0 40 26.6 1064
Bruce Maher 25 14 0 2 3 0 3 1.5 7 141 0 35 20.1 152
Gail Cogdill* 25 SE 14 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 997
Tom Hall 22 13 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Team Total 26.6 14 39 502 0 44 12.9 46 1124 0 59 24.4 6375
Opp Total 14 31 0 55 1379 0 25.1

Kicking & Punting

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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
Wayne H. Walker 26 RLB 14 0 22 9 40.9% 37 37 100.0%
Yale Lary*+ 32 RS 14 0 52 2354 68 1 45.3
Milt Plum 27 QB 14 14 12 5 41.7%
Earl Morrall 28 14 0 1 48 48 0 48.0
Team Total 26.6 14 34 14 41.2% 37 37 100.0% 53 2402 68 1 45.3
Opp Total 14 25 14 56.0% 19 19 100.0% 70 3087 44.1

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
Carl Brettschneider 31 LLB 14 0 2 15 0 11 0 3 0 0
Roger Brown*+ 25 RDT 14 0 0 3 4 0 2
Mike Bundra 23 12 0 0 1 0 0
Gail Cogdill* 25 SE 14 0 2 1 7 1
Alex Karras* 27 LDT 14 0 1 28 0 28 0 1 0 0 1
Night Train Lane*+ 35 LCB 14 0 4 16 0 13 1 1 15 0
Dan LaRose 23 RT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Yale Lary*+ 32 RS 14 0 8 51 0 32 0 3 38 0
Dick LeBeau 25 RCB 14 0 4 67 1 31 0 1 26 1
Dan Lewis 26 LH 12 0 5 1 0 0
Gary Lowe 28 LS 13 0 2 20 0 20 0 2 0 0
Bruce Maher 25 14 0 1 0 0 0
Darris McCord 29 LDE 14 0 0 2 0 0 1
Earl Morrall 28 14 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Pietrosante 25 FB 13 0 3 0 0 0
Milt Plum 27 QB 14 14 2 1 0 0
Joe Schmidt*+ 30 MLB 14 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Pat Studstill 24 RH 14 0 2 3 0 0
Wayne H. Walker 26 RLB 14 0 1 47 0 47 1 1 0 0
Paul Ward 25 6 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Watkins 25 13 0 5 2 0 0
Ken Webb 27 14 0 3 0 0 0
Sam Williams 31 RDE 13 0 1 22 1 22 0 2 6 1
Team Total 26.6 14 24 269 2 47 26 31 96 3 4
Opp Total 14 31 34 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
Wayne H. Walker 26 RLB 14 0 37 9 64
Gail Cogdill* 25 SE 14 0 7 1 48
Dan Lewis 26 LH 12 0 6 1 42
Nick Pietrosante 25 FB 13 0 2 2 24
Pat Studstill 24 RH 14 0 4 24
Milt Plum 27 QB 14 14 1 5 21
Terry Barr 27 6 0 3 18
Tom Watkins 25 13 0 3 18
Jim Gibbons 26 TE 14 0 2 12
Dick LeBeau 25 RCB 14 0 1 1 12
Sam Williams 31 RDE 13 0 1 1 12
Earl Morrall 28 14 0 1 6
Ken Webb 27 14 0 1 6
Roger Brown*+ 25 RDT 14 0 2 4
Alex Karras* 27 LDT 14 0 1 2
Darris McCord 29 LDE 14 0 1 2
Team Total 26.6 14 14 19 3 2 37 14 4 315
Opp Total 14 6 11 19 14 1 177