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1965 Detroit Lions

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Record: 6-7-1, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 257 points (18.4/g), 12th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 295 points (21.1/g), 5th.
 Differential of -38 points (-2.7/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 5.9-8.1.

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

Coached by Harry Gilmer (6-7-1)

1965 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 19 box W 1-0 Los Angeles Rams 20 0 14 324 228 96 2 9 119 54 65 4
2 Sun September 26 box W 2-0 @ Minnesota Vikings 31 29 18 224 148 76 1 15 286 129 157 3
3 Sun October 3 box W 3-0 Washington Redskins 14 10 10 118 13 105 6 11 196 119 77 8
4 Sun October 10 box L 3-1 @ Baltimore Colts 7 31 14 155 89 66 4 17 363 294 69 2
5 Sun October 17 box L 3-2 Green Bay Packers 21 31 18 296 165 131 3 17 374 291 83 1
6 Sun October 24 box L 3-3 @ Chicago Bears 10 38 14 260 138 122 5 16 290 148 142 2
7 Sun October 31 box W 4-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 31 7 16 343 227 116 2 18 303 223 80 9
8 Sun November 7 box W 5-3 @ Green Bay Packers 12 7 12 180 52 128 4 8 68 -2 70 3
9 Sun November 14 box L 5-4 San Francisco 49ers 21 27 17 193 104 89 3 18 324 197 127 3
10 Sun November 21 box L 5-5 Chicago Bears 10 17 11 184 118 66 3 14 230 29 201 1
11 Thu November 25 box T 5-5-1 Baltimore Colts 24 24 17 264 77 187 1 22 280 154 126 3
12 Sun December 5 box L 5-6-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 17 16 300 155 145 1 20 357 209 148 1
13 Sun December 12 box L 5-7-1 Minnesota Vikings 7 29 8 135 106 29 4 15 274 199 75 2
14 Sun December 19 box W 6-7-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 35 28 19 327 214 113 2 10 93 53 40 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 257 3303 853 3.9 204 170 374 1834 14 26 4.6 93 453 1469 16 3.2 93 41 15 18
Team Defense 295 3557 802 4.4 336 190 344 2097 21 26 5.3 104 409 1460 9 3.6 210 46 20 22
Lg Rank Offense 12 14 12 7 14 13 12 13 4 11 5 13 11 6
Lg Rank Defense 5 1 2 2 2 6 3 2 4 3 1 3 2 3

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 30 QB 14 11 143 308 46.4 1710 12 3.9 19 6.2 55 5.6 3.2 12.0 122.1 51.2
George Izo 28 6 3 24 59 40.7 357 2 3.4 6 10.2 61 6.1 1.8 14.9 59.5 32.9
Tom Myers 22 1 0 3 5 60.0 16 0 0.0 1 20.0 8 3.2 -5.8 5.3 16.0 25.8
Bobby Felts 23 7 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Amos Marsh 26 13 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.4 14 170 374 45.5 2083 14 3.7 26 7.0 61 5.6 2.8 12.3 148.8 46.7
Opp Total 14 190 344 55.2 2097 21 6.1 26 7.6 6.1 3.3 11.0 149.8 62.4 49 411 5.3 1.8

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
Amos Marsh 26 13 0 131 495 6 62 3.8 38.1 10.1 17 159 9.4 2 48 1.3 12.2 654 8 4
Joe Don Looney 23 HB 9 0 114 356 5 35 3.1 39.6 12.7 12 109 9.1 1 47 1.3 12.1 465 6 7
Nick Pietrosante 28 FB 14 6 107 374 1 12 3.5 26.7 7.6 18 163 9.1 0 54 1.3 11.6 537 1 3
Tom Watkins 28 RET 11 0 29 95 0 12 3.3 8.6 2.6 5 53 10.6 0 28 0.5 4.8 148 0 3
Tom Nowatzke 23 14 0 27 73 1 14 2.7 5.2 1.9 5 45 9.0 1 22 0.4 3.2 118 2 1
Milt Plum 30 QB 14 11 21 37 3 15 1.8 2.6 1.5 37 3 5
Bobby Felts 23 7 0 20 58 0 6 2.9 8.3 2.9 3 28 9.3 0 17 0.4 4.0 86 0 1
Pat Studstill* 27 fl 14 7 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 28 389 13.9 3 55 2.0 27.8 385 3 0
Terry Barr 30 FL 7 7 1 -12 0 -12 -12.0 -1.7 0.1 24 433 18.0 3 61 3.4 61.9 421 3 0
George Izo 28 6 3 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.8 0.2 -5 0 1
Daryl Sanders 24 LT 14 14 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
Gail Cogdill 28 SE 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 247 12.4 0 33 2.2 27.4 247 0 0
Ron Kramer 30 te 14 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 206 11.4 1 23 1.3 14.7 206 1 0
Jim Gibbons 29 TE 13 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 111 9.3 2 24 0.9 8.5 111 2 0
John Henderson 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 140 17.5 1 31 0.7 11.7 140 1 0
Team Total 27.4 14 453 1469 16 62 3.2 104.9 32.4 170 2083 12.3 14 61 12.1 148.8 3552 30 27
Opp Total 14 409 1460 9 3.6 104.3 29.2 190 2097 11.0 21 13.6 149.8 3557 30 33

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 28 RET 11 0 23 234 0 41 10.2 17 584 0 94 34.4 966
Pat Studstill* 27 fl 14 7 5 47 0 17 9.4 10 257 0 42 25.7 689
Tom Vaughn 22 14 0 2 50 0 42 25.0 13 316 0 41 24.3 366
Bobby Felts 23 7 0 3 27 0 27 9.0 8 229 0 55 28.6 342
Tom Nowatzke 23 14 0 2 12 0 12 6.0 130
Bobby Smith 27 6 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Mike Lucci 26 llb 11 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.4 14 34 358 0 42 10.5 52 1416 0 94 27.2 5326
Opp Total 14 39 1 43 858 0 20.0

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
Pat Studstill* 27 fl 14 7 78 3335 69 0 42.8
Wayne H. Walker*+ 29 RLB 14 0 22 8 36.4% 33 33 100.0%
Team Total 27.4 14 22 8 36.4% 33 33 100.0% 78 3335 69 0 42.8
Opp Total 14 22 13 59.1% 36 36 100.0% 74 3175 42.9

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
Roger Brown* 28 RDT 14 0 0 4 10 0 1
Ernie Clark 28 LLB 14 4 1 7 0 7 0 1 0 0
Bobby Felts 23 7 0 1 0 0 0
John Gonzaga 32 10 0 0 1 0 0
John Gordy* 30 RG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Hand 25 14 0 0 3 0 0
John Henderson 22 12 0 0 1 0 0
Wally Hilgenberg 23 llb 13 3 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Hill 37 4 0 1 9 0 9
George Izo 28 6 3 1 0 0 0
Ron Kramer 30 te 14 7 0 1 0 0
Night Train Lane 38 7 0 0 1 0 0
Dick LeBeau* 28 LCB 14 0 7 84 1 30 0 2 23 0
Joe Don Looney 23 HB 9 0 7 3 0 0
Mike Lucci 26 llb 11 3 0 1 0 0
Bruce Maher 28 LS 14 0 4 76 0 35
Amos Marsh 26 13 0 4 0 0 0
Darris McCord 32 LDE 14 0 0 1 4 0
Tom Nowatzke 23 14 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Pietrosante 28 FB 14 6 3 0 0 0
Milt Plum 30 QB 14 11 5 0 0 0
Wayne Rasmussen 23 RS 14 0 5 122 2 50 0 1 0 0
Daryl Sanders 24 LT 14 14 0 4 0 0
Joe Schmidt 33 MLB 14 0 4 42 0 14
Bobby Smith 27 6 0 2 0 0 0
Bobby Thompson 26 RCB 11 0 2 3 0 3
Tom Vaughn 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Wayne H. Walker*+ 29 RLB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Watkins 28 RET 11 0 3 2 13 0
Sam Williams 34 RDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Team Total 27.4 14 26 343 3 50 27 32 50 0 1
Opp Total 14 26 33 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
Wayne H. Walker*+ 29 RLB 14 0 33 8 57
Amos Marsh 26 13 0 6 2 48
Joe Don Looney 23 HB 9 0 5 1 36
Terry Barr 30 FL 7 7 3 18
Milt Plum 30 QB 14 11 3 18
Pat Studstill* 27 fl 14 7 3 18
Jim Gibbons 29 TE 13 7 2 12
Tom Nowatzke 23 14 0 1 1 12
Wayne Rasmussen 23 RS 14 0 2 12
John Henderson 22 12 0 1 6
Ron Kramer 30 te 14 7 1 6
Dick LeBeau* 28 LCB 14 0 1 6
Nick Pietrosante 28 FB 14 6 1 6
Roger Brown* 28 RDT 14 0 1 2
Team Total 27.4 14 16 14 3 33 8 1 257
Opp Total 14 9 21 1 36 13 2 295