1963 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-8-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Wilson (5-8-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1963 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 5-8-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Wilson (5-8-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1963 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1963 season with a record of 5 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.
Detroit racked up 326 points, while the defensive squad yielded 265. Earl Morrall tossed for 2,621 yards. Terry Barr hauled in 66 balls for 1,086 yards, while Gail Cogdill was targeted regularly, too.
Dan Lewis rushed for a team-leading 528 yards for the Lions, while Nick Pietrosante and Tom Watkins also aided the ground game.
Dick LeBeau and Night Train Lane each picked off 5 opponent throws.
George Wilson coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Morrall | 328 | 174 | 53.0 | 2621 | 8.0 | 24 | 7.3 | 14 | 4.3 | 75 | 86.2 |
| Milt Plum | 77 | 27 | 35.1 | 339 | 4.4 | 2 | 2.6 | 12 | 15.6 | 39 | 18.7 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 406 | 202 | 49.8 | 2997 | 7.4 | 26 | 6.4 | 26 | 6.4 | 75 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Lewis | 133 | 528 | 4.0 | 27 | 2 |
| Tom Watkins | 97 | 423 | 4.4 | 32 | 2 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 112 | 418 | 3.7 | 22 | 5 |
| Earl Morrall | 26 | 105 | 4.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Nick Ryder | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Larry Ferguson | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 415 | 1601 | 3.9 | 32 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Barr | 66 | 1086 | 16.5 | 75 | 13 |
| Gail Cogdill | 48 | 945 | 19.7 | 70 | 10 |
| Jim Gibbons | 32 | 412 | 12.9 | 32 | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 16 | 173 | 10.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Tom Watkins | 16 | 168 | 10.5 | 32 | 1 |
| Dan Lewis | 15 | 115 | 7.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 23 | 1 |
| Dick Compton | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Larry Ferguson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 202 | 2997 | 14.8 | 75 | 26 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Walker | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 56 |
| Milt Plum | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 16 |
| Totals | 42 | 42 | 100.0 | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 72 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Lary | 35 | 1713 | 48.9 | 73 |
| Earl Morrall | 29 | 1143 | 39.4 | 55 |
| Dick Compton | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 44 |
| Totals | 66 | 2941 | 44.6 | 73 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Watkins | 32 | 399 | 12.5 | 90 | 1 |
| Larry Ferguson | 11 | 108 | 9.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 10 | 107 | 10.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bruce Maher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 635 | 11.1 | 90 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Watkins | 21 | 447 | 21.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Larry Ferguson | 9 | 231 | 25.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 6 | 143 | 23.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Nick Ryder | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ernie Clark | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Vargo | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 949 | 21.1 | 49 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick LeBeau | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 70 | 1 |
| Night Train Lane | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Gary Lowe | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dennis Gaubatz | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Larry Vargo | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 1 |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Roger Brown | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Darris McCord | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bruce Maher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 470 | 19.6 | 70 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gibbons | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Clark | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Williams | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Night Train Lane | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lucien Reeberg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gordy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Maher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yale Lary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darris McCord | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Bundra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Schmidt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Scholtz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hall | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Gaubatz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Watkins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Compton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Morrall | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Ryder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Pietrosante | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Terry Barr | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||
| Gail Cogdill | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 56 | |||||||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Tom Watkins | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Milt Plum | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||
| Dan Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Darris McCord | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Yale Lary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Nick Ryder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Larry Vargo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bruce Maher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals | 11 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 326 |
