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Record: 6-6-0, Finished 3rd in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 254 points (21.2/g), 7th of 13 in the NFL.
Allowed 141 points (11.8/g), 1st.
Differential of 113 points (9.4/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 9.6-2.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 4th.
Simple Rating System: Total 10.8, Offense: -0.8, Defense: 11.6, SoS: 1.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Greasy Neale
Training Camp: UM North Central Agriculture School (Grand Rapids, Minnesota)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | TO | FL | 1stPy | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | |||
| Team Offense | 254 | 4014 | 885 | 4.5 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 231 | 121 | 285 | 1686 | 15 | 28 | 5.5 | 79 | 581 | 2328 | 13 | 4.0 | 142 |
| Team Defense | 141 | 3049 | 690 | 4.4 | 48 | 17 | 10 | 141 | 102 | 277 | 1446 | 10 | 31 | 4.8 | 65 | 391 | 1603 | 5 | 4.1 | 66 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sat | September 16 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | Cleveland Browns | 10 | 35 | 24 | 248 | 100 | 148 | 5 | 23 | 448 | 307 | 141 | 4 | ||
| 1 | Sun | September 24 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | @ | Chicago Cardinals | 45 | 7 | 26 | 439 | 163 | 276 | 4 | 12 | 265 | 155 | 110 | 12 | |
| 3 | Sat | October 7 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 56 | 20 | 20 | 473 | 175 | 298 | 1 | 23 | 455 | 329 | 126 | 6 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 24 | 14 | 28 | 460 | 206 | 254 | 4 | 6 | 225 | 160 | 65 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 10 | 17 | 362 | 175 | 187 | 4 | 13 | 306 | 205 | 101 | 6 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | W | 5-1 | Washington Redskins | 35 | 3 | 18 | 408 | 186 | 222 | 1 | 13 | 291 | 54 | 237 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | L | 5-2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 9 | 19 | 258 | 146 | 112 | 7 | 13 | 217 | 10 | 207 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | W | 6-2 | @ | Washington Redskins | 33 | 0 | 21 | 474 | 207 | 267 | 3 | 6 | 127 | 42 | 85 | 9 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | L | 6-3 | Chicago Cardinals | 10 | 14 | 16 | 292 | 89 | 203 | 2 | 16 | 323 | 133 | 190 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | L | 6-4 | @ | New York Giants | 3 | 7 | 17 | 258 | 89 | 169 | 2 | 6 | 164 | 30 | 134 | ||
| 11 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | L | 6-5 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 7 | 13 | 10 | 167 | 81 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 69 | 69 | |||
| 12 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | L | 6-6 | New York Giants | 7 | 9 | 15 | 262 | 156 | 106 | 6 | 9 | 204 | 66 | 138 | 3 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Tommy Thompson | 34 | QB | 12 | 12 | 6-6-0 | 107 | 239 | 44.8 | 1608 | 11 | 4.6 | 22 | 9.2 | 75 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 15.0 | 134.0 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 39 | Bill Mackrides | 25 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 46 | 30.4 | 228 | 4 | 8.7 | 6 | 13.0 | 59 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 16.3 | 28.5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 28.3 | 12 | 6-6-0 | 121 | 285 | 42.5 | 1836 | 15 | 5.3 | 28 | 9.8 | 75 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 15.2 | 153.0 | 42.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 102 | 277 | 36.8 | 1621 | 10 | 3.6 | 31 | 11.2 | 5.9 | 1.54 | 15.9 | 135.1 | 29.6 | 22 | 175 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 15 | Steve Van Buren | 30 | LH | 10 | 0 | 188 | 629 | 4 | 41 | 3.3 | 62.9 | 18.8 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 29 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 663 | 4 | 3 |
| 41 | Frank Ziegler | 27 | RH | 12 | 0 | 172 | 733 | 1 | 52 | 4.3 | 61.1 | 14.3 | 13 | 216 | 16.6 | 2 | 48 | 1.1 | 18.0 | 949 | 3 | 10 |
| 21 | Toy Ledbetter | 23 | 10 | 0 | 67 | 320 | 1 | 23 | 4.8 | 32.0 | 6.7 | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 2 | 29 | 0.4 | 8.1 | 401 | 3 | 2 | |
| 43 | Jim Parmer | 24 | 10 | 0 | 60 | 203 | 7 | 27 | 3.4 | 20.3 | 6.0 | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 1 | 59 | 0.6 | 10.3 | 306 | 8 | 2 | |
| 32 | Jack Myers | 26 | FB | 12 | 0 | 29 | 159 | 0 | 42 | 5.5 | 13.3 | 2.4 | 12 | 204 | 17.0 | 0 | 39 | 1.0 | 17.0 | 363 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Bill Mackrides | 25 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 82 | 0 | 18 | 3.9 | 10.3 | 2.6 | 82 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 11 | Tommy Thompson | 34 | QB | 12 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 34 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 27 | Clyde Scott | 26 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 46 | 0 | 22 | 3.5 | 46.0 | 13.0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 33 | Russ Craft | 31 | KR/LDH/PR | 12 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 19 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 66 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 | Pat McHugh | 31 | RDH | 12 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 40 | Frank Reagan | 31 | P/S | 12 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 40 | 18.3 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 55 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 45 | Joe Sutton | 26 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 35 | Pete Pihos* | 27 | RDE/RE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38 | 447 | 11.8 | 6 | 43 | 3.2 | 37.3 | 447 | 6 | 3 | |
| 83 | Jack Ferrante | 34 | LE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35 | 588 | 16.8 | 3 | 58 | 2.9 | 49.0 | 588 | 3 | 0 | |
| 80 | Neill Armstrong | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 1 | 36 | 0.7 | 10.3 | 124 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 85 | Billy Hix | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 20 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 28.3 | 12 | 581 | 2328 | 13 | 52 | 4.0 | 194.0 | 48.4 | 121 | 1836 | 15.2 | 15 | 59 | 10.1 | 153.0 | 4164 | 28 | 32 | |||
| Opp Total | 12 | 391 | 1603 | 5 | 4.1 | 133.6 | 32.6 | 102 | 1446 | 14.2 | 10 | 8.5 | 120.5 | 3049 | 15 | 32 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 33 | Russ Craft | 31 | KR/LDH/PR | 12 | 0 | 19 | 113 | 0 | 13 | 5.9 | 10 | 327 | 1 | 103 | 32.7 | 506 |
| 31 | Dan Sandifer | 23 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 155 | 0 | 39 | 10.3 | 4 | 89 | 0 | 36 | 22.3 | 244 | |
| 41 | Frank Ziegler | 27 | RH | 12 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 6.7 | 10 | 204 | 0 | 28 | 20.4 | 1173 |
| 45 | Joe Sutton | 26 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 75 | 0 | 14 | 8.3 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 97 | |
| 40 | Frank Reagan | 31 | P/S | 12 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 6.3 | 93 | |||||
| 15 | Steve Van Buren | 30 | LH | 10 | 0 | 5 | 110 | 0 | 26 | 22.0 | 773 | |||||
| 49 | Pat McHugh | 31 | RDH | 12 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 28 | 22.5 | 59 | |||||
| 36 | Joe Muha | 29 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 14.0 | 28 | ||||||
| 32 | Jack Myers | 26 | FB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 12.5 | 388 | |||||
| 89 | John Green* | 29 | LDE | 12 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | |||||
| 61 | Duke Maronic | 29 | LG | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | |||||
| Team Total | 28.3 | 12 | 52 | 401 | 0 | 39 | 7.7 | 38 | 867 | 1 | 103 | 22.8 | 5432 | |||
| Opp Total | 12 | 32 | 1 | 38 | 834 | 0 | 21.9 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 40 | Frank Reagan | 31 | P/S | 12 | 0 | 54 | 2270 | 68 | 0 | 42.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 65 | Cliff Patton | 27 | K | 12 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 47.1% | 33 | 32 | 97.0% | |||||||||||||||
| 36 | Joe Muha | 29 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 2 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 24.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 28.3 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 36.4% | 33 | 32 | 97.0% | 56 | 2318 | 68 | 1 | 41.4 | |||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 18 | 8 | 44.4% | 17 | 15 | 88.2% | 77 | 2995 | 38.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 41 | Frank Ziegler | 27 | RH | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 45 | Joe Sutton | 26 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 67 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 33 | Russ Craft | 31 | KR/LDH/PR | 12 | 0 | 7 | 70 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 40 | Frank Reagan | 31 | P/S | 12 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 36 | Joe Muha | 29 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | Steve Van Buren | 30 | LH | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 44 | Norm Willey | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 80 | Neill Armstrong | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 49 | Pat McHugh | 31 | RDH | 12 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Jack Myers | 26 | FB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Pete Pihos* | 27 | RDE/RE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 89 | John Green* | 29 | LDE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 31 | Dan Sandifer | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Tommy Thompson | 34 | QB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 60 | Chuck Bednarik*+ | 25 | MLB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | Toy Ledbetter | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Jay MacDowell | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Bill Mackrides | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Jim Parmer | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 79 | Vic Sears | 32 | LDT/LT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 76 | Bucko Kilroy | 29 | MG/RG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 67 | John Magee | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 65 | Cliff Patton | 27 | K | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Clyde Scott | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 70 | Al Wistert* | 30 | RDT/RT | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 53 | Alex Wojciechowicz | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 28.3 | 12 | 31 | 401 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 34 | 62 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 19 | 32 | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | Cliff Patton | 27 | K | 12 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 56 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Jim Parmer | 24 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Pete Pihos* | 27 | RDE/RE | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Steve Van Buren | 30 | LH | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Jack Ferrante | 34 | LE | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Toy Ledbetter | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Frank Ziegler | 27 | RH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| 80 | Neill Armstrong | 24 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 33 | Russ Craft | 31 | KR/LDH/PR | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 89 | John Green* | 29 | LDE | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Joe Muha | 29 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 40 | Frank Reagan | 31 | P/S | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Norm Willey | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 28.3 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 32 | 8 | 254 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 141 |