1964 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5-2
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Wilson (7-5-2)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1964 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 7-5-2
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Wilson (7-5-2)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1964 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1964 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses and 2 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.
Detroit scored 280 points, while the solid defense allowed 260. Milt Plum tossed for 2,241 yards. Terry Barr topped pass catchers, hauling in 57 balls for 1,030 yards, while Jim Gibbons and Gail Cogdill were targeted regularly as well.
Nick Pietrosante rushed for a team-leading 536 yards for the Lions, and Dan Lewis additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Yale Lary seized 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Plum | 287 | 154 | 53.7 | 2241 | 7.8 | 18 | 6.3 | 15 | 5.2 | 92 | 78.5 |
| Earl Morrall | 91 | 50 | 54.9 | 588 | 6.5 | 4 | 4.4 | 3 | 3.3 | 48 | 75.7 |
| Tom Watkins | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 58 | 58.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 58 | 158.3 |
| Sonny Gibbs | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Dan Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 386 | 206 | 53.4 | 2890 | 7.5 | 23 | 6.0 | 21 | 5.4 | 92 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Pietrosante | 147 | 536 | 3.6 | 21 | 4 |
| Dan Lewis | 122 | 463 | 3.8 | 28 | 1 |
| Tom Watkins | 80 | 218 | 2.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Earl Morrall | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 22 | 48 | 2.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Yale Lary | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Nick Ryder | 11 | 11 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 412 | 1414 | 3.4 | 28 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Barr | 57 | 1030 | 18.1 | 58 | 9 |
| Gail Cogdill | 45 | 665 | 14.8 | 57 | 2 |
| Jim Gibbons | 45 | 605 | 13.4 | 82 | 8 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 19 | 152 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dan Lewis | 11 | 129 | 11.7 | 92 | 1 |
| Tom Watkins | 10 | 125 | 12.5 | 37 | 1 |
| Pat Studstill | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 27 | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Nick Ryder | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Warren Wells | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Hugh McInnis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 206 | 2890 | 14.0 | 92 | 23 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Watkins | 16 | 238 | 14.9 | 68 | 2 |
| Pat Studstill | 17 | 137 | 8.1 | 36 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 402 | 11.5 | 68 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 29 | 708 | 24.4 | 53 | 0 |
| Tom Watkins | 16 | 368 | 23.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Nick Ryder | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Ernie Clark | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Monte Lee | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Simon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 1285 | 22.5 | 57 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Lary | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Dick LeBeau | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bruce Maher | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Alex Karras | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dennis Gaubatz | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Night Train Lane | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 267 | 12.1 | 30 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Watkins | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Sam Williams | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nick Pietrosante | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gail Cogdill | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Gordy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Schmidt | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yale Lary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.D. Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Karras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Maher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darris McCord | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gonzaga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Studstill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Milt Plum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 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 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 74 | |||||||||
| Terry Barr | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Jim Gibbons | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Tom Watkins | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Gail Cogdill | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Dan Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Milt Plum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Sam Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Nick Ryder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Dennis Gaubatz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 7 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 280 |
