1965 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-7-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Harry Gilmer (6-7-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1965 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 6-7-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Harry Gilmer (6-7-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1965 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 6 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing sixth in the NFL's West Division.
Detroit racked up 257 points, while the defensive squad yielded 295. Amos Marsh rushed for a team-leading 495 yards for the Lions, and Nick Pietrosante additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Milt Plum tossed for 1,710 yards. Pat Studstill hauled in 28 balls, while Terry Barr added 433 receiving yards.
The sticky-fingered defense led the way with 46 turnovers. Dick LeBeau picked off 7 opponent throws.
Harry Gilmer coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Plum | 308 | 143 | 46.4 | 1710 | 5.6 | 12 | 3.9 | 19 | 6.2 | 55 | 51.2 |
| George Izo | 59 | 24 | 40.7 | 357 | 6.1 | 2 | 3.4 | 6 | 10.2 | 61 | 32.9 |
| Tom Myers | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 8 | 25.8 |
| Amos Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Bobby Felts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 374 | 170 | 45.5 | 2083 | 5.6 | 14 | 3.7 | 26 | 7.0 | 61 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Marsh | 131 | 495 | 3.8 | 62 | 6 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 107 | 374 | 3.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Joe Looney | 114 | 356 | 3.1 | 35 | 5 |
| Tom Watkins | 29 | 95 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 27 | 73 | 2.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Bobby Felts | 20 | 58 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 21 | 37 | 1.8 | 15 | 3 |
| Daryl Sanders | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| George Izo | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| Totals | 453 | 1469 | 3.2 | 62 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 28 | 389 | 13.9 | 55 | 3 |
| Terry Barr | 24 | 433 | 18.0 | 61 | 3 |
| Gail Cogdill | 20 | 247 | 12.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Ron Kramer | 18 | 206 | 11.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 18 | 163 | 9.1 | 54 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | 17 | 159 | 9.4 | 48 | 2 |
| Jim Gibbons | 12 | 111 | 9.2 | 24 | 2 |
| Joe Looney | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 47 | 1 |
| John Henderson | 8 | 140 | 17.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Tom Watkins | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Bobby Felts | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 170 | 2083 | 12.3 | 61 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 78 | 3335 | 42.8 | 69 |
| Totals | 78 | 3335 | 42.8 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Watkins | 23 | 234 | 10.2 | 41 | 0 |
| Tom Vaughn | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby Felts | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 358 | 10.5 | 42 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Watkins | 17 | 584 | 34.4 | 94 | 0 |
| Tom Vaughn | 13 | 316 | 24.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 10 | 257 | 25.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Bobby Felts | 8 | 229 | 28.6 | 55 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Lucci | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 1416 | 27.2 | 94 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick LeBeau | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 50 | 2 |
| Bruce Maher | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ernie Clark | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 343 | 13.2 | 50 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryl Sanders | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Brown | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Larry Hand | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Looney | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Williams | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick LeBeau | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Tom Watkins | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Night Train Lane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gonzaga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darris McCord | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Lucci | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gordy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Kramer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Henderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Vaughn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milt Plum | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Amos Marsh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Izo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Felts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Pietrosante | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 32 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 57 | |||||||||
| Amos Marsh | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Joe Looney | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Pat Studstill | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Milt Plum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Terry Barr | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Wayne Rasmussen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Jim Gibbons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| John Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ron Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Roger Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 257 |
