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1961 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-5-1, 2nd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Wilson (8-5-1)

Points For: 270 (19.3/g) 11th of 14

Points Against: 258 (18.4/g) 3rd of 14

Expected W-L: 7.4-6.6

SRS: 3.31 (5th of 14), SOS: 2.45

Defensive Coordinator: Don Shula

Other Notable Asst.: Ray McLean (Backfield Coach)

Stadium: Tiger Stadium

General Manager: Edwin Anderson

President/Chairman of the Board of Directors: William Clay Ford Sr.

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	270	4412	837	5.3	42	15	233	186	398	2544	14	27	6.4	122	439	1868	16	4.3	96	69	678	15
Opp. Stats	258	3938	797	4.9	41	12	222	203	385	2418	11	29	6.3	121	412	1520	14	3.7	89	39	381	12
Lg Rank Offense	11	9			9	7	12		6	7	12	10	9		7	8	5	9
Lg Rank Defense	3	3			7	12	4		8	6	1	2	6		4	2	9	2

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 17		boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	17	13	15	266	138	128	1	17	294	162	132	2
2	Sun	September 24		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Baltimore Colts	16	15	15	248	64	184	4	7	186	103	83	4
3	Sun	October 1		boxscore	L		2-1		San Francisco 49ers	0	49	16	291	236	55	6	23	317	139	178	2
4	Sun	October 8		boxscore	L		2-2		Chicago Bears	17	31	13	339	174	165	4	15	454	281	173	2
5	Sun	October 15		boxscore	W		3-2		Los Angeles Rams	14	13	14	311	159	152	4	11	244	164	80	3
6	Sun	October 22		boxscore	L		3-3		Baltimore Colts	14	17	11	208	132	76	1	18	313	225	88	4
7	Sun	October 29		boxscore	W		4-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	28	10	23	409	241	168		18	258	149	109	2
8	Sun	November 5		boxscore	T		4-3-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	20	22	402	265	137	3	14	326	213	113	2
9	Sun	November 12		boxscore	W		5-3-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	45	14	16	372	171	201	1	21	214	179	35	4
10	Sun	November 19		boxscore	W		6-3-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	37	10	20	351	179	172	3	8	126	57	69	3
11	Thu	November 23		boxscore	L		6-4-1		Green Bay Packers	9	17	18	279	172	107	5	13	277	151	126	2
12	Sun	December 3		boxscore	W		7-4-1	@	Chicago Bears	16	15	17	245	172	73	4	12	193	66	127	3
13	Sun	December 10		boxscore	W		8-4-1		Minnesota Vikings	13	7	15	295	175	120	4	18	251	135	116	6
14	Sun	December 17		boxscore	L		8-5-1		Philadelphia Eagles	24	27	18	396	266	130	2	27	485	394	91	2

Passing

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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	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jim Ninowski	25	QB	13	8	4-3-1	117	247	47.4	1921	7	2.8	18	7.3	84	7.8	5.06	16.4	147.8	53.0	21	212	7.84	6.38	3.88	0	0
2	Earl Morrall	27	QB	13	6	4-2-0	69	150	46.0	909	7	4.7	9	6.0	61	6.1	4.29	13.2	69.9	56.2	10	74	6.25	5.22	3.56	2	2
3	Howard Cassady	27	HB	14	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	8-5-1	186	398	46.7	2544	14	3.5	27	6.8	84	7.1	4.04	15.2	181.7	54.1	0	286	0.00	6.39	4.04	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Kicking

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Punting

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Defense & Fumbles

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Scoring Summary

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Touchdown Log

Opponent Touchdown Log

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