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1959 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-8-1, 5th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Wilson (3-8-1)

Points For: 203 (16.9/g) 11th of 12

Points Against: 275 (22.9/g) 8th of 12

Expected W-L: 3.9-8.1

SRS: -3.72 (10th of 12), SOS: 2.28

Defensive Coordinator: Buster Ramsey

Other Notable Asst.: Bob Dove (Ends Coach) and Ray McLean (Backfield Coach)

Stadium: Briggs Stadium

Partial Owner/President/General Manager: Edwin Anderson

Partial Owner: Lyle Fife

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	203	3456	727	4.8	46	19	198	136	328	1664	10	27	5.1	87	399	1792	13	4.5	90	65	496	21
Opp. Stats	275	3656	691	5.3	33	19	196	147	288	2094	19	14	7.3	103	403	1562	13	3.9	79	64	603	14
Lg Rank Offense	11	10			11	9	7		4	9	12	12	12		8	5	6	6
Lg Rank Defense	8	4			7	3	4		4	8	10	8	8		4	5	5	3

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 27		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Baltimore Colts	9	21	19	334	179	155	5	19	339	222	117
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	L		0-2	@	Green Bay Packers	10	28	14	224	142	82	5	10	263	150	113	2
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	L		0-3		Baltimore Colts	24	31	16	292	102	190	5	20	409	245	164	3
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	L		0-4		San Francisco 49ers	13	34	14	302	185	117	4	20	407	108	299	1
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	W		1-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	7	18	259	87	172	2	23	345	219	126	5
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	L		1-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	7	33	11	183	99	84	3	20	394	198	196	4
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	T		1-5-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	10	16	314	131	183	3	14	189	123	66	4
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	W		2-5-1		Los Angeles Rams	23	17	10	222	87	135	1	14	302	220	82	3
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	L		2-6-1		Chicago Bears	14	24	18	339	196	143	8	13	130	14	116	3
10	Thu	November 26		boxscore	L		2-7-1		Green Bay Packers	17	24	21	354	164	190	5	12	242	169	73	2
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	W		3-7-1		Chicago Cardinals	45	21	24	377	158	219	3	16	289	218	71	5
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	L		3-8-1	@	Chicago Bears	14	25	17	256	134	122	2	15	347	208	139	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Earl Morrall	25	QB	12	6	2-3-0	65	137	47.4	1102	5	3.6	6	4.4	79	8.0	6.8	17.0	91.8	69.1	228	0	0
2	Tobin Rote	31	QB	10	6	1-5-1	62	162	38.3	861	5	3.1	19	11.7	59	5.3	0.7	13.9	86.1	26.8	232	0	0
3	Jerry Reichow	25	E	9	0		9	27	33.3	168	0	0.0	2	7.4	41	6.2	2.9	18.7	18.7	24.9	7	0	0
4	Terry Barr	24	RDH	11	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0
5	Yale Lary	29	RDH	10	10		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	PB,AP-2
	Team Totals			12	12	3-8-1	136	328	41.5	1664	10	3.0	27	8.2	79	6.5	3.4	15.7	138.7	39.6	467	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Nick Pietrosante	22	FB	10	6	76	447	3	37	5.9	44.7	7.6	16	140	8.8	0	20	1.6	14.0	92	6.4	587	3	4
2	Howard Cassady	25	LH	12	12	52	203	1	18	3.9	16.9	4.3	15	316	21.1	4	59	1.3	26.3	67	7.7	519	5	2
3	Jim Gibbons	23	RE	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	31	431	13.9	1	38	2.6	35.9	31	13.9	431	1	2
4	Ken Webb	24	FB	12	4	60	222	2	29	3.7	18.5	5.0	12	201	16.8	0	67	1.0	16.8	72	5.9	423	2	5
5	Dave Middleton	26	LE	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	402	22.3	2	79	1.5	33.5	18	22.3	402	2	0
6	John Henry Johnson	30	FB	10	2	82	270	2	39	3.3	27.0	8.2	7	34	4.9	1	18	0.7	3.4	89	3.4	304	3	4
7	Dan Lewis	23	RH	11	10	49	199	2	20	4.1	18.1	4.5	5	75	15.0	0	30	0.5	6.8	54	5.1	274	2	3
8	Terry Barr	24	RDH	11	7	5	57	1	37	11.4	5.2	0.5	10	180	18.0	0	45	0.9	16.4	15	15.8	237	1	2
9	Jerry Reichow	25	E	9	0	13	98	0	46	7.5	10.9	1.4	7	118	16.9	1	32	0.8	13.1	20	10.8	216	1	0
10	Jim Doran	32	E	10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	191	13.6	1	25	1.4	19.1	14	13.6	191	1	0
11	Tobin Rote	31	QB	10	6	35	156	2	21	4.5	15.6	3.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	35	4.5	156	2	2
12	Earl Morrall	25	QB	12	6	26	112	0	22	4.3	9.3	2.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	26	4.3	112	0	7
13	Gene Cook	27	E	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	43	43.0	0	43	1.0	43.0	1	43.0	43	0	0
14	Yale Lary	29	RDH	10	10	1	18	0	18	18.0	1.8	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	18.0	18	0	2	PB,AP-2
15	Charlie Ane	28	C	11	11	0	10	0	10		0.9	0.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0		10	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	399	1792	13	46	4.5	149.3	33.3	136	2131	15.7	10	79	11.3	177.6	535	7.3	3923	23	33

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Howard Cassady	25	LH	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Jim David	32	LDH	12	12	2	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Bill Glass	24	RDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Alex Karras	24	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Bob Long	25	LLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Gary Lowe	25	SS	12	12	5	130	0	42	1	2	9	0	0.0	0
7	Gil Mains	30	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	3	14	0	0.0	0
8	Joe Schmidt	27	MLB	12	12	1	17	0	17	1	1	41	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
9	Charlie Ane	28	C	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0.0	0
10	Jim Gibbons	23	RE	12	11	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Ollie Spencer	28	RT	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
12	Yale Lary	29	RDH	10	10	3	0	0	0	2	2	38	1	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
13	Dan Lewis	23	RH	11	10	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Dave Middleton	26	LE	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Jim Martin	35	RLB	12	8	2	33	0	19	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Terry Barr	24	RDH	11	7	1	29	0	29	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Dick LeBeau	22	FS	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.0	0
18	Earl Morrall	25	QB	12	6	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Nick Pietrosante	22	FB	10	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Tobin Rote	31	QB	10	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ken Webb	24	FB	12	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	John Henry Johnson	30	FB	10	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Jim Steffen	23	DB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Gene Cronin	26	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0.0	0
25	Jim Doran	32	E	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0
26	Gerry Perry	29	DE	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	14	216	0	42	36	36	121	2	0.0	0

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