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1963 Detroit Lions

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Record: 5-8-1, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 326 points (23.3/g), 5th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 265 points (18.9/g), 4th.
 Differential of 61 points (4.4/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 8.7-5.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 9th.

Coached by George Wilson (5-8-1)

1963 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 Sat September 14 box W 1-0 @ Los Angeles Rams 23 2 13 210 111 99 3 9 228 138 90 4
2 Sun September 22 box L 1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 10 31 7 147 80 67 4 15 316 112 204 4
3 Sun September 29 box L 1-2 Chicago Bears 21 37 10 278 238 40 4 22 307 203 104 2
4 Sun October 6 box W 2-2 San Francisco 49ers 26 3 10 231 119 112 3 7 61 -10 71 1
5 Sun October 13 box L 2-3 @ Dallas Cowboys 14 17 16 359 254 105 3 10 236 63 173 3
6 Sun October 20 box L 2-4 Baltimore Colts 21 25 12 161 70 91 2 14 256 113 143 1
7 Sun October 27 box W 3-4 Minnesota Vikings 28 10 21 419 203 216 3 10 166 80 86
8 Sun November 3 box W 4-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 45 7 27 509 308 201 3 9 133 66 67 4
9 Sun November 10 box L 4-5 @ Baltimore Colts 21 24 21 330 257 73 24 474 351 123 3
10 Sun November 17 box L 4-6 Los Angeles Rams 21 28 19 375 288 87 4 14 343 269 74 1
11 Sun November 24 box L 4-7 @ Minnesota Vikings 31 34 19 361 242 119 6 17 351 214 137 5
12 Thu November 28 box T 4-7-1 Green Bay Packers 13 13 16 276 188 88 15 294 263 31
13 Sun December 8 box W 5-7-1 Cleveland Browns 38 10 23 447 271 176 2 12 275 115 160 5
14 Sun December 15 box L 5-8-1 @ Chicago Bears 14 24 16 221 94 127 3 16 321 220 101 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 326 4324 854 5.1 230 202 406 2723 26 26 6.2 124 415 1601 11 3.9 91 40 14 15
Team Defense 265 3761 828 4.5 314 183 378 2197 17 24 5.2 109 405 1564 12 3.9 194 35 11 11
Lg Rank Offense 5 8 10 5 6 4 12 7 9 10 10 8 11 5
Lg Rank Defense 4 4 3 6 5 5 5 4 1 2 4 3 8 11

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%
Earl Morrall 29 QB 14 11 174 328 53.0 2621 24 7.3 14 4.3 75 8.0 6.8 15.1 187.2 86.2
Milt Plum 28 10 3 27 77 35.1 339 2 2.6 12 15.6 39 4.4 -2.4 12.6 33.9 18.7
Nick Pietrosante 26 12 0 1 1 100.0 37 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 37.0 37.0 37.0 3.1 118.7
Team Total 26.7 14 202 406 49.8 2997 26 6.4 26 6.4 75 7.4 5.1 14.8 214.1 69.0
Opp Total 14 183 378 48.4 2197 17 4.5 24 6.3 5.8 3.4 12.0 156.9 55.2 45 400 5.2 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
Dan Lewis 27 FB 14 0 133 528 2 27 4.0 37.7 9.5 15 115 7.7 0 30 1.1 8.2 643 2 2
Nick Pietrosante 26 12 0 112 418 5 22 3.7 34.8 9.3 16 173 10.8 0 24 1.3 14.4 591 5 4
Tom Watkins 26 LH 13 0 97 423 2 32 4.4 32.5 7.5 16 168 10.5 1 32 1.2 12.9 591 3 4
Earl Morrall 29 QB 14 11 26 105 1 18 4.0 7.5 1.9 105 1 5
Larry Ferguson 23 7 0 13 23 0 5 1.8 3.3 1.9 2 8 4.0 0 7 0.3 1.1 31 0 2
Ollie Matson 33 8 0 13 20 0 9 1.5 2.5 1.6 2 20 10.0 0 17 0.3 2.5 40 0 0
Nick Ryder 22 10 0 10 23 1 12 2.3 2.3 1.0 23 1 1
Milt Plum 28 10 3 9 26 0 13 2.9 2.6 0.9 26 0 0
Terry Barr* 28 RH 14 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 0.6 0.1 66 1086 16.5 13 75 4.7 77.6 1095 13 4
Yale Lary 33 RS 10 0 1 26 0 26 26.0 2.6 0.1 26 0 0
Gail Cogdill* 26 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 48 945 19.7 10 70 3.4 67.5 945 10 1
Jim Gibbons 27 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 412 12.9 1 32 2.3 29.4 412 1 0
Tom Hall 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 29 9.7 1 23 0.2 2.1 29 1 2
Dick Compton 23 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 41 20.5 0 22 0.2 3.2 41 0 1
Team Total 26.7 14 415 1601 11 32 3.9 114.4 29.6 202 2997 14.8 26 75 14.4 214.1 4598 37 26
Opp Total 14 405 1564 12 3.9 111.7 28.9 183 2197 12.0 17 13.1 156.9 3761 29 24

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
Tom Watkins 26 LH 13 0 32 399 1 90 12.5 21 447 0 33 21.3 1437
Larry Ferguson 23 7 0 11 108 0 25 9.8 9 231 0 49 25.7 370
Tom Hall 23 14 0 10 107 0 32 10.7 6 143 0 29 23.8 279
Dick Compton 23 13 0 2 11 0 8 5.5 1 13 0 13 13.0 65
Ollie Matson 33 8 0 3 61 0 30 20.3 101
Nick Ryder 22 10 0 3 33 0 21 11.0 56
Howard Cassady 29 2 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Ernie Clark 26 14 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Bruce Maher 26 LS 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Larry Vargo 24 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Team Total 26.7 14 57 635 1 90 11.1 45 949 0 49 21.1 6182
Opp Total 14 29 0 56 1206 0 21.5

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* 27 RLB 14 0 22 9 40.9% 29 29 100.0%
Yale Lary 33 RS 10 0 35 1713 73 0 48.9
Earl Morrall 29 QB 14 11 29 1143 55 0 39.4
Milt Plum 28 10 3 4 1 25.0% 13 13 100.0%
Dick Compton 23 13 0 2 85 44 0 42.5
Team Total 26.7 14 26 10 38.5% 42 42 100.0% 66 2941 73 0 44.6
Opp Total 14 24 13 54.2% 32 30 93.8% 83 3776 45.5

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
Terry Barr* 28 RH 14 0 4 1 0 0
Roger Brown*+ 26 RDT 14 0 1 20 0 20
Mike Bundra 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ernie Clark 26 14 0 0 3 0 0
Gail Cogdill* 26 SE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Compton 23 13 0 1 23 0 23 1 0 0 0
Larry Ferguson 23 7 0 2 0 0 0
Dennis Gaubatz 23 MLB 14 0 1 55 0 55 0 1 0 0
Jim Gibbons 27 TE 14 0 0 3 3 0
John Gordy* 28 RG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Hall 23 14 0 3 45 0 36 2 1 0 0
Night Train Lane 36 LCB 14 0 5 70 0 33 0 2 0 0
Yale Lary 33 RS 10 0 2 21 1 21 0 1 0 0
Dick LeBeau 26 RCB 14 0 5 158 1 70
Dan Lewis 27 FB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Gary Lowe 29 3 0 2 14 0 14
Bruce Maher 26 LS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Darris McCord 30 LDE 13 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 0 1
Earl Morrall 29 QB 14 11 5 0 0 0
Nick Pietrosante 26 12 0 4 0 0 0
Lucien Reeberg 21 RT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Nick Ryder 22 10 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Schmidt* 31 10 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Scholtz 26 9 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Vargo 24 14 0 1 42 1 42
Wayne H. Walker* 27 RLB 14 0 1 17 0 17
Tom Watkins 26 LH 13 0 4 1 0 0
Sam Williams 32 RDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Team Total 26.7 14 24 470 3 70 26 23 3 1 1
Opp Total 14 33 24 13 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Terry Barr* 28 RH 14 0 13 78
Gail Cogdill* 26 SE 14 0 10 60
Wayne H. Walker* 27 RLB 14 0 29 9 56
Nick Pietrosante 26 12 0 5 30
Tom Watkins 26 LH 13 0 2 1 1 24
Milt Plum 28 10 3 13 1 16
Dan Lewis 27 FB 14 0 2 12
Jim Gibbons 27 TE 14 0 1 6
Tom Hall 23 14 0 1 6
Yale Lary 33 RS 10 0 1 6
Dick LeBeau 26 RCB 14 0 1 6
Darris McCord 30 LDE 13 0 1 6
Earl Morrall 29 QB 14 11 1 6
Nick Ryder 22 10 0 1 6
Larry Vargo 24 14 0 1 6
Bruce Maher 26 LS 14 0 1 2
Team Total 26.7 14 11 26 1 1 3 42 10 1 326
Opp Total 14 12 17 30 13 2 265