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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)
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1965 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Milt Plum | 30 | 8 | 11 | 143 for 308, 1,710 yards, 12 td, 19 int, & 21 rushes for 37 yards and 3 td | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 |
| HB | Joe Don Looney | 23 | 1 | 0 | 114 rushes for 356 yards, 5 td, & 12 catches for 109 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1964 |
| FB | Nick Pietrosante | 28 | 6 | 6 | 107 rushes for 374 yards, 1 td, & 18 catches for 163 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1959 |
| FL | Terry Barr | 30 | 8 | 7 | 24 catches for 433 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for -12 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 36th pick / 1957 |
| FL | Pat Studstill* | 27 | 4 | 7 | 28 catches for 389 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for -4 yards and 0 td | |
| SE | Gail Cogdill | 28 | 5 | 0 | 20 catches for 247 yards, 0 td | Detroit Lions / 6th / 63rd pick / 1960 |
| TE | Jim Gibbons | 29 | 7 | 7 | 12 catches for 111 yards, 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 61st pick / 1958 |
| TE | Ron Kramer | 30 | 8 | 7 | 18 catches for 206 yards, 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1957 |
| LT | Daryl Sanders | 24 | 2 | 14 | 4 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1963 |
| LG | Ted Karras | 31 | 7 | 0 | ||
| C | Ed Flanagan | 21 | Rook | 14 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
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| RG | John Gordy* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 24th pick / 1957 |
| RT | Roger Shoals | 27 | 2 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 34th / 267th pick / 1962 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Darris McCord | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 36th pick / 1955 |
| LDT | Alex Karras*+ | 30 | 7 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1958 |
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| RDT | Roger Brown* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 42nd pick / 1960 |
| RDE | Sam Williams | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 24th / 288th pick / 1956 |
| LLB | Ernie Clark | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 13th / 180th pick / 1963 |
| LLB | Wally Hilgenberg | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1964 |
| LLB | Mike Lucci | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| MLB | Joe Schmidt | 33 | 12 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 7th / 85th pick / 1953 |
| RLB | Wayne H. Walker*+ | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
| LCB | Dick LeBeau* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 58th pick / 1959 |
| RCB | Bobby Thompson | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1962 |
| LS | Bruce Maher | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 15th / 173rd pick / 1959 |
| RS | Wayne Rasmussen | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 9th / 117th pick / 1964 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Wayne H. Walker*+ | 29 | 7 | 0 | 8 of 22 field goals & 33 of 33 extra points | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
| P | Pat Studstill* | 27 | 4 | 7 | 78 punts for a 42.8 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Tom Watkins | 28 | 4 | 0 | 23 punt returns for a 10.2 average and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| KR | Tom Watkins | 28 | 4 | 0 | 17 kick returns for a 34.4 average and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Terry Barr | 30 | HB-DB-FL | 7 | 7 | 189 | 6-0 | Michigan | 8/10/1935 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 36th pick / 1957 |
| Roger Brown* | 28 | DT | 14 | 0 | 300 | 6-5 | Md-Eastern Shore | 5/1/1937 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 42nd pick / 1960 |
| Ernie Clark | 28 | LB | 14 | 4 | 220 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 8/11/1937 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 13th / 180th pick / 1963 |
| Gail Cogdill | 28 | SE-WR | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Washington State | 4/7/1937 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 63rd pick / 1960 |
| Bobby Felts | 23 | HB | 7 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 6/26/1942 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 71st pick / 1965 |
| Ed Flanagan | 21 | C | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 2/23/1944 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| Jim Gibbons | 29 | E-TE | 13 | 7 | 220 | 6-2 | Iowa | 9/26/1936 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 61st pick / 1958 |
| John Gonzaga | 32 | T-G-DE-DT | 10 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | none | 3/6/1933 | 9 | |
| John Gordy* | 30 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 6/17/1935 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 24th pick / 1957 |
| Larry Hand | 25 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Appalachian State | 7/10/1940 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 |
| John Henderson | 22 | WR-FL | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Michigan | 3/21/1943 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 63rd pick / 1965 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 23 | LB-G | 13 | 3 | 229 | 6-3 | Iowa | 9/19/1942 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1964 |
| Jimmy Hill | 37 | DB | 4 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Sam Houston State | 6/27/1928 | 10 | |
| George Izo | 28 | QB | 6 | 3 | 218 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 9/20/1937 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1960 |
| Alex Karras*+ | 30 | DT | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/15/1935 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1958 |
| Ted Karras | 31 | G-T-LB | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Indiana | 1/31/1934 | 7 | |
| Jim Kearney | 22 | DB | 7 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Prairie View | 1/21/1943 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| Ron Kramer | 30 | E-TE | 14 | 7 | 234 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/24/1935 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1957 |
| Night Train Lane | 38 | DB-E | 7 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Western Nebraska Community College-Scottsbluff | 4/16/1927 | 13 | |
| Dick LeBeau* | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 9/9/1937 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 58th pick / 1959 |
| Joe Don Looney | 23 | HB-FB | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Cameron,Oklahoma,TCU,Texas | 10/10/1942 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1964 |
| Mike Lucci | 26 | LB | 11 | 3 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh,Tennessee | 12/29/1939 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| Bruce Maher | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Detroit Mercy | 7/25/1937 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 15th / 173rd pick / 1959 |
| Amos Marsh | 26 | HB-FB | 13 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Oregon State | 5/7/1939 | 4 | |
| Darris McCord | 32 | DE-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 1/4/1933 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 36th pick / 1955 |
| Tom Myers | 22 | QB | 1 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 8/13/1943 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 46th pick / 1965 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 23 | FB-LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Indiana | 9/30/1942 | Rook | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 28 | FB | 14 | 6 | 225 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 9/10/1937 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1959 |
| Milt Plum | 30 | QB | 14 | 11 | 205 | 6-1 | Penn State | 1/20/1935 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 175 | 6-2 | South Dakota State | 6/7/1942 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 117th pick / 1964 |
| Jerry Rush | 23 | DT | 11 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 8/7/1942 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| Daryl Sanders | 24 | T | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 4/24/1941 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1963 |
| Joe Schmidt | 33 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Pittsburgh | 1/19/1932 | 12 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 85th pick / 1953 |
| Roger Shoals | 27 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Maryland | 12/13/1938 | 2 | Dallas Texans / 34th / 267th pick / 1962 |
| Jim Simon | 25 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 3/22/1940 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 71st pick / 1963 |
| Bobby Smith | 27 | DB | 6 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | UCLA | 7/5/1938 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1961 |
| Pat Studstill* | 27 | FL-HB-WR-P | 14 | 7 | 180 | 6-0 | Houston | 6/4/1938 | 4 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 26 | DB | 11 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Arizona | 3/30/1939 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1962 |
| Tom Vaughn | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Iowa State | 2/28/1943 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 5th / 57th pick / 1965 |
| Wayne H. Walker*+ | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Idaho | 9/30/1936 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
| Tom Watkins | 28 | HB | 11 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Iowa State | 10/23/1937 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| Bob Whitlow | 29 | C | 9 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | Arizona,Indiana | 2/15/1936 | 5 | |
| Sam Williams | 34 | DE-E-LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 3/9/1931 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 24th / 288th pick / 1956 |
| Team Total | 27.4 | 14 | 220.7 | 6-2.0 | 4.3 |