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1967 Detroit Lions
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Record: 5-7-2, Finished 3rd in NFL Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 260 points (18.6/g), 12th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 259 points (18.5/g), 5th.
Differential of 1 points (0.1/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 7.0-7.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 13th.
Coached by Joe Schmidt (5-7-2)
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1967 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 | Karl Sweetan | 25 | 1 | 8 | 74 for 177, 901 yards, 10 td, 11 int, & 17 rushes for 93 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 18th / 249th pick / 1965 |
| QB | Milt Plum | 32 | 10 | 6 | 86 for 172, 925 yards, 4 td, 8 int, & 6 rushes for 5 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 |
| HB | Amos Marsh | 28 | 6 | 6 | 58 rushes for 229 yards, 2 td, & 7 catches for 103 yards and 1 td | |
| HB | Tom Watkins | 30 | 6 | 6 | 106 rushes for 361 yards, 4 td, & 8 catches for 93 yards and 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| FB | Mel Farr* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 206 rushes for 860 yards, 3 td, & 39 catches for 317 yards and 3 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1967 |
| FL | Pat Studstill | 29 | 6 | 5 | 10 catches for 162 yards, 2 td | |
| FL | John Henderson | 24 | 2 | 4 | 13 catches for 144 yards, 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 63rd pick / 1965 |
| SE | Bill Malinchak | 23 | 1 | 6 | 26 catches for 397 yards, 4 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 39th pick / 1966 |
| SE | Gail Cogdill | 30 | 7 | 6 | 21 catches for 322 yards, 1 td | Detroit Lions / 6th / 63rd pick / 1960 |
| TE | Ron Kramer | 32 | 10 | 6 | 4 catches for 40 yards, 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1957 |
| TE | Jim Gibbons | 31 | 9 | 6 | 10 catches for 107 yards, 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 61st pick / 1958 |
| LT | Bill Cottrell | 23 | Rook | 10 | ||
| LG | Chuck Walton | 26 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 55th pick / 1963 |
| C | Ed Flanagan | 23 | 2 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
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| RG | John Gordy | 32 | 10 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 24th pick / 1957 |
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| RT | Charlie Bradshaw | 31 | 9 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 94th pick / 1957 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Darris McCord | 34 | 12 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 36th pick / 1955 |
| LDT | Alex Karras | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1958 |
| RDT | Jerry Rush | 25 | 2 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
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| RDE | Larry Hand | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 |
| LLB | Ernie Clark | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 13th / 180th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Mike Lucci | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| RLB | Wayne H. Walker | 31 | 9 | 5 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
| LCB | Lem Barney* | 22 | Rook | 0 | 10 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Dick LeBeau | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 58th pick / 1959 |
| LS | Bruce Maher | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 15th / 173rd pick / 1959 |
| RS | Tom Vaughn | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 57th pick / 1965 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Wayne H. Walker | 31 | 9 | 5 | 5 of 15 field goals & 11 of 11 extra points | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
| P | Lem Barney* | 22 | Rook | 0 | 47 punts for a 37.4 average, 0 blocked | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| PR | Tom Watkins | 30 | 6 | 6 | 15 punt returns for a 3.8 average and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| KR | Tom Watkins | 30 | 6 | 6 | 20 kick returns for a 20.6 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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| Lem Barney* | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Jackson State | 9/8/1945 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| Mike Bass | 22 | DB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Michigan | 3/31/1945 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 314th pick / 1967 |
| Charlie Bradshaw | 31 | T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Baylor | 3/13/1936 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 94th pick / 1957 |
| Ernie Clark | 30 | LB | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 8/11/1937 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 13th / 180th pick / 1963 |
| Gail Cogdill | 30 | SE-WR | 12 | 6 | 200 | 6-3 | Washington State | 4/7/1937 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 63rd pick / 1960 |
| Bill Cottrell | 23 | T-G-C | 14 | 10 | 255 | 6-4 | Delaware Valley | 9/18/1944 | Rook | |
| Mel Farr* | 23 | RB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | UCLA | 11/3/1944 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1967 |
| Bobby Felts | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 6/26/1942 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 71st pick / 1965 |
| Ed Flanagan | 23 | C | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 2/23/1944 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| Frank Gallagher | 24 | G | 13 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 3/2/1943 | Rook | |
| Jim Gibbons | 31 | E-TE | 14 | 6 | 220 | 6-2 | Iowa | 9/26/1936 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 61st pick / 1958 |
| Ron Goovert | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 2/15/1944 | Rook | |
| John Gordy | 32 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 6/17/1935 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 24th pick / 1957 |
| Larry Hand | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Appalachian State | 7/10/1940 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 |
| John Henderson | 24 | WR-FL | 14 | 4 | 195 | 6-3 | Michigan | 3/21/1943 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 63rd pick / 1965 |
| Lew Kamanu | 23 | DE | 9 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Weber State | 4/9/1944 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 88th pick / 1967 |
| Alex Karras | 32 | DT | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/15/1935 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1958 |
| Bob Kowalkowski | 24 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Virginia | 11/5/1943 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 95th pick / 1965 |
| Ron Kramer | 32 | E-TE | 11 | 6 | 234 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/24/1935 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1957 |
| Dick LeBeau | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 9/9/1937 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 58th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Lucci | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh,Tennessee | 12/29/1939 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| Bruce Maher | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Detroit Mercy | 7/25/1937 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 15th / 173rd pick / 1959 |
| Bill Malinchak | 23 | SE-WR | 14 | 6 | 200 | 6-1 | Indiana | 4/2/1944 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 39th pick / 1966 |
| Amos Marsh | 28 | HB-FB | 14 | 6 | 218 | 6-0 | Oregon State | 5/7/1939 | 6 | |
| John McCambridge | 23 | DE | 6 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Northwestern | 8/30/1944 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 6th / 144th pick / 1967 |
| Darris McCord | 34 | DE-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 1/4/1933 | 12 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 36th pick / 1955 |
| Mike Melinkovich | 25 | DE | 7 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Washington | 1/7/1942 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 236th pick / 1965 |
| Denis Moore | 23 | DT-DE | 5 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | USC | 7/18/1944 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 14th / 211th pick / 1966 |
| Paul Naumoff | 22 | LB | 14 | 6 | 215 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/3/1945 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 60th pick / 1967 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 25 | FB-LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Indiana | 9/30/1942 | 2 | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 |
| Milt Plum | 32 | QB | 9 | 6 | 205 | 6-1 | Penn State | 1/20/1935 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 25 | DB | 10 | 0 | 175 | 6-2 | South Dakota State | 6/7/1942 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 117th pick / 1964 |
| Jerry Rush | 25 | DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 8/7/1942 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| Roger Shoals | 29 | T | 4 | 4 | 260 | 6-4 | Maryland | 12/13/1938 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 34th / 267th pick / 1962 |
| Pat Studstill | 29 | FL-HB-WR-P | 7 | 5 | 180 | 6-0 | Houston | 6/4/1938 | 6 | |
| Karl Sweetan | 25 | QB | 10 | 8 | 203 | 6-1 | Texas A&M,Wake Forest | 10/2/1942 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 18th / 249th pick / 1965 |
| Bobby Thompson | 28 | DB | 12 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Arizona | 3/30/1939 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1962 |
| Tom Vaughn | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Iowa State | 2/28/1943 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 57th pick / 1965 |
| Wayne H. Walker | 31 | LB | 14 | 5 | 225 | 6-2 | Idaho | 9/30/1936 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
| Chuck Walton | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Iowa State | 7/7/1941 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 55th pick / 1963 |
| Tom Watkins | 30 | HB | 13 | 6 | 195 | 6-0 | Iowa State | 10/23/1937 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| Mike Weger | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 10/2/1945 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 9th / 218th pick / 1967 |
| Randy Winkler | 24 | T-G | 8 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Tarleton State | 7/18/1943 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 12th / 178th pick / 1966 |
| Garo Yepremian | 23 | K | 8 | 0 | 175 | 5-8 | none | 6/2/1944 | 1 | |
| Jerry Zawadzkas | 21 | TE | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Columbia | 1/3/1946 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 16th / 401st pick / 1967 |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 221.5 | 6-2.0 | 3.5 |