1955 Detroit Lions (NFL)

6th place Western Conference 3-9-0 .250

Paul Christman	Quarterbacks/Offensive Backs
Aldo Forte	Line
Buster Ramsey	Defense
George Wilson	Offense

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/19/1955	N	Philadelphia Eagles	8-14	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	48000
Wed	8/24/1955	N	Washington Redskins	17-14	W	Mobile, AL	Ladd Stadium	23000
Sun	8/28/1955	N	Chicago Cardinals	17-16	W	St. Louis, MO	Public High School Stadium	12261
Fri	9/2/1955	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-0	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	26402
Sat	9/10/1955	A	Cleveland Browns	19-3	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	29581
Sun	9/18/1955	H	New York Giants	27-17	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	34487
Sun	9/25/1955	A	Green Bay Packers	17-20	L	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	22217
Sat	10/1/1955	A	Baltimore Colts	13-28	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	40030
Sun	10/9/1955	H	Los Angeles Rams	10-17	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	54836
Sun	10/16/1955	H	San Francisco 49ers	24-27	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	50179
Sun	10/23/1955	A	Los Angeles Rams	13-24	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	68690
Sun	10/30/1955	A	San Francisco 49ers	21-38	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	44831
Sat	11/5/1955	H	Baltimore Colts	24-14	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	53874
Sun	11/13/1955	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	31-28	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	34441
Sun	11/20/1955	H	Chicago Bears	14-24	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	53610
Thu	11/24/1955	H	Green Bay Packers	24-10	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	51685
Sun	12/4/1955	A	Chicago Bears	20-21	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	39388
Sun	12/11/1955	H	New York Giants	19-24	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	45929

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
50	Charlie Ane	C-ROT	6-2	260	24	Compton JC; Southern California	12	10
62	George Atkins	ROG-LOG	6-1	215	23	Auburn	12	7
64	Bud Brooks	OG	6-0	210	25	Arkansas	1	1
88	Jim Cain	RDE	6-1	202	28	Alabama	12	12
67	Stan Campbell	LOG	6-0	226	25	Iowa State	7	0
34	Lew Carpenter	FB-ROH	6-2	209	23	Arkansas	12	12
24	Jack Christiansen	LS	6-1	190	27	Colorado State	9	9
76	Lou Creekmur	MG-OT-ROG	6-4	246	28	William & Mary	12	7
57	Leon Cunningham	RLB-LLB	6-2	210	24	South Carolina	8	3
25	Jimmy David	LDH	5-10	178	28	Colorado State	12	12
87	Dorne Dibble	ROE-LOE	6-2	195	26	Michigan State	8	7
83	Jim Doran	LOE	6-2	201	28	Iowa State	10	9
48	Dom Fucci	DH-P	5-11	190	27	Kentucky	12	0
85	Sonny Gandee	LDE-RLB	6-0	216	26	Ohio State	12	8
12	Harry Gilmer	QB	6-0	169	29	Alabama	8	2
23	Jug Girard	LOH-ROH-LOE-P	5-11	176	28	Wisconsin	12	6
82	Leon Hart	FB-LDE-RDE	6-5	257	27	Notre Dame	11	7
14	Bob Hoernschemeyer	ROH-LOH-FB	5-11	194	30	Indiana; Navy	5	2
89	Walt Jenkins	RDE-LDE	6-1	223	25	Wayne State (Michigan)	2	0
21	Carl Karilivacz	RS	6-0	188	25	Syracuse	12	12
22	Bobby Layne	QB	6-1	201	29	Texas	12	10
86	Bob Long	LDE-RDE	6-3	232	21	UCLA	10	3
72	Gil Mains	LDT-RDT	6-2	243	26	Murray State	12	6
61	Jim Martin	RLB-K	6-2	227	31	Notre Dame	9	7
78	Darris McCord	LDT-ROT-RDT-LOT	6-4	250	22	Tennessee	12	11
28	Dave Middleton	ROE-ROH	6-1	194	22	Auburn	12	11
52	Andy Miketa	C	6-1	210	26	North Carolina	12	7
74	Bob Miller	RDT	6-3	242	26	Virginia	12	12
68	Jim Ricca	MG	6-4	270	28	Georgetown (DC)	6	0
44	Lee Riley	LS	6-1	192	23	St. Bonaventure; Detroit Mercy	12	3
60	Jim Salsbury	MG-ROT-ROG	6-1	233	23	UCLA	12	11
56	Joe Schmidt	LLB	6-1	220	23	Pittsburgh	12	12
66	Harley Sewell	LOG	6-1	230	24	Texas	12	10
63	Dick Stanfel	LOT-ROG	6-3	236	28	San Francisco CC; San Francisco	9	9
20	Bill Stits	RDH-ROH	6-0	194	24	UCLA	12	12
54	Ted Topor	LB	6-1	225	25	Michigan	6	0
37	Doak Walker	LOH-K-P	5-11	173	28	Southern Methodist	12	7
48	Richie Woit	ROH	5-8	175	24	Arkansas State	1	0
79	Walt Yowarsky	LDE	6-2	234	27	Kentucky	2	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	12	Dave Middleton	B	Auburn
2	24	Jim Salsbury	G	UCLA
3	36	Darris McCord	T	Tennessee
4	39	Gordon Malloy	B	Miami (Florida)
3	48	Lee Riley	B	Detroit Mercy
5	60	Bud Brooks	G	Arkansas
6	72	Elijah Childers	T	Prairie View A&M
7	84	Bert Zagers	B	Michigan State
8	90	Leon Cunningham	C	South Carolina
8	96	Bill Walker	E	Maryland
8	97	Lamoine Holland	E	Rice
9	108	Walt Jenkins	T	Wayne State (Michigan)
10	120	Tom Gastall	B	Boston University
11	132	Herb McDermott	T	Iowa State
12	144	Dick Goist	B	Cincinnati
13	156	Don Henderson	T	Utah
14	168	Jerry Gajda	B	Benedictine (Kansas)
15	180	George Atkins	G	Auburn
16	192	Alan Marr	E	Bradley
17	204	Don Daly	B	Eastern Kentucky
18	216	Pat Oleksiak	B	Tennessee
19	228	Bob Muller	C	Eastern Kentucky
20	240	Fred Mahaffey	B	Denver
21	252	Jim Walters	T	Mississippi
22	264	George Albrecht	B	Maryland
23	276	George Galuska	B	Wyoming
24	288	Bob Flacke	G	Holy Cross
25	300	Dick Miller	T	Illinois
26	312	Duncan McDonald	B	Michigan
27	324	Mike Troka	B	Trinity (Connecticut)
28	336	Harry Lovell	G	South Carolina
29	348	Bill Dearing	B	Florida
30	359	Charlie Hatch	E	Utah State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	40	88	43	59
Opponents Totals	59	87	52	77

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		224	88	119	17	/ %	/ %	51	526
Opponents Totals		217	95	110	12	/ %	/ %	62	544

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Doak Walker	7	27	29	93.1	9	16	56.3	0	96
Lew Carpenter	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Dave Middleton	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Dorne Dibble	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jim Doran	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Sonny Gandee	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Leon Hart	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Hoernschemeyer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gil Mains	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bill Stits	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Long	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Jim Martin	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	29	27	29	93.1	9	17	52.9	1	230
Opponents Totals	36	35	36	97.2	8	23	34.8	0	275

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Martin	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Doak Walker	9	16	56.3	4/	2/	1/	2/	0/
Team Totals	9	17	52.9	4/	2/	1/	2/	0/
Opponents Totals	8	23	34.8	2/	3/	2/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lew Carpenter	137	543	4.0	49t	6
Dave Middleton	59	201	3.4	16	2
Bill Stits	46	165	3.6	15	0
Leon Hart	35	159	4.5	21	0
Bobby Layne	31	111	3.6	19	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	36	109	3.0	10	1
Doak Walker	23	95	4.1	51	2
Harry Gilmer	15	67	4.5	19	0
Jug Girard	10	27	2.7	10	0
Team Totals	392	1477	3.8	51	11
Opponents Totals	449	1851	4.1		16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bobby Layne	270	143	53.0	110	1830	6.8	12.8	77t	11	4.1	17	6.3		72	1758	61.8
Harry Gilmer	122	58	47.5	60	633	5.2	10.9	34t	2	1.6	4	3.3		60	573	55.1
Bill Stits	2	2	100.0	0	62	31.0	31.0	41	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	62	158.3
Bob Hoernschemeyer	2	1	50.0	0	17	8.5	17.0	17t	1	50.0	1	50.0	0	0	17	79.2
Jug Girard	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Doak Walker	3	0	0.0	3	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	400	204	51.0	174	2542	6.4	12.5	77t	15	3.8	22	5.5		132	2410	60.6
Opponents Totals	304	163	53.6	126	2304	7.6	14.1		18	5.9	15	4.9		140	2164	77.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Middleton	44	663	15.1	77t	3
Lew Carpenter	44	312	7.1	34t	2
Jim Doran	38	552	14.5	38t	2
Jug Girard	23	301	13.1	34	0
Doak Walker	22	428	19.5	70t	5
Dorne Dibble	14	179	12.8	44t	2
Leon Hart	9	54	6.0	14	1
Bob Hoernschemeyer	5	36	7.2	15	0
Bill Stits	5	17	3.4	14	0
Team Totals	204	2542	12.5	77t	15
Opponents Totals	163	2304	14.1		18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jack Christiansen	3	49	16.3	29	0
Jimmy David	3	44	14.7	28	0
Bill Stits	3	7	2.3	7t	1
Lee Riley	2	38	19.0	23	0
Carl Karilivacz	2	33	16.5	23	0
Jim Ricca	1	33	33.0	33	0
Doak Walker	1	20	20.0	20	0
Team Totals	15	224	14.9	33	1
Opponents Totals	22	306	13.9		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Jug Girard	56	2310	41.3	65	0
Doak Walker	9	362	40.2	49	0
Dom Fucci	2	72	36.0	55	0
Team Totals	67	2744	41.0	65	0	152	38.7
Opponents Totals	60	2436	40.6			224

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Lee Riley	14	107	7.6	20
Jack Christiansen	12	87	7.3	42
Jug Girard	9	25	2.8	7
Doak Walker	2	5	2.5	5
Jimmy David	1	0	0.0	0
Carl Karilivacz	1	0	0.0	0
Joe Schmidt	1	0	0.0	0
Bill Stits	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	41	224	5.5	42
Opponents Totals	42	152	3.6

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Dave Middleton	11	188	17.1	25
Jack Christiansen	7	169	24.1	35
Jug Girard	7	117	16.7	31
Lee Riley	5	111	22.2	30
Leon Hart	4	86	21.5	25
Lew Carpenter	4	78	19.5	24
Doak Walker	1	24	24.0	24
Jim Martin	1	14	14.0	14
Leon Cunningham	1	13	13.0	13
Ted Topor	1	13	13.0	13
Richie Woit	1	13	13.0	13
Sonny Gandee	1	7	7.0	7
Joe Schmidt	1	6	6.0	6
Team Totals	45	839	18.6	35
Opponents Totals	44	942	21.4

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
George Atkins	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Cain	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Lew Carpenter	6		0	0	0	0	0
Jack Christiansen	2		0	2	2	36	0
Jim Doran	2		0	0	0	0	0
Sonny Gandee	0	0	0	3	3	46	1
Harry Gilmer	2		0	1	1	6	0
Jug Girard	2		1	0	1	0	0
Leon Hart	2		2	0	2	0	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Layne	4		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Long	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Gil Mains	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Darris McCord	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Middleton	0	0	1	0	1	6	0
Bob Miller	0	0	0	2	2	7	0
Lee Riley	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Schmidt	0	0	0	8	8	17	0
Harley Sewell	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dick Stanfel	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Stits	4		1	2	3	0	0
Doak Walker	1		1	0	1	0	0
Richie Woit	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	28	19	9	24	33	118	2
Opponents Totals	33	24	9	19	28		1