1950 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-6
Finishing 4th in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Bo McMillin (6-6)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1950 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 6-6
Finishing 4th in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Bo McMillin (6-6)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1950 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1950 season with a record of 6 wins and 6 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's National Division.
The Lions scored 321 points, and the defensive squad yielded 285. Bobby Layne passed for 2,323 yards. Cloyce Box topped all receivers, hauling in 50 balls for 1,009 yards.
Bob Hoernschemeyer rushed for a team-leading 471 yards for Detroit, while Doak Walker also buoyed the ground attack.
The opportunistic defense manufactured 55 turnovers, topping in the league. Don Doll seized 12 opponent throws.
Bo McMillin coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 336 | 152 | 45.2 | 2323 | 6.9 | 16 | 4.8 | 18 | 5.4 | 82 | 62.1 |
| Fred Enke | 53 | 22 | 41.5 | 424 | 8.0 | 5 | 9.4 | 7 | 13.2 | 46 | 61.9 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 19 | 4.8 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 19 | 46.9 |
| Doak Walker | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 39.6 |
| Lindy Pearson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 403 | 176 | 43.7 | 2772 | 6.9 | 22 | 5.5 | 29 | 7.2 | 82 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 84 | 471 | 5.6 | 96 | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 83 | 386 | 4.7 | 30 | 5 |
| Bobby Layne | 56 | 250 | 4.5 | 30 | 4 |
| Ollie Cline | 69 | 227 | 3.3 | 41 | 2 |
| Wally Triplett | 14 | 92 | 6.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Lindy Pearson | 31 | 82 | 2.6 | 11 | 2 |
| John Panelli | 32 | 82 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Clarence Self | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Schroll | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gerry Krall | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 389 | 1626 | 4.2 | 96 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloyce Box | 50 | 1009 | 20.2 | 82 | 11 |
| Doak Walker | 35 | 534 | 15.3 | 43 | 6 |
| Leon Hart | 31 | 505 | 16.3 | 66 | 1 |
| John Greene | 22 | 368 | 16.7 | 46 | 2 |
| Dick Rifenburg | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 41 | 1 |
| Ollie Cline | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Gerry Krall | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 41 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Clarence Self | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Cain | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lindy Pearson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 176 | 2772 | 15.8 | 82 | 22 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 41 | 38 | 92.7 | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 62 |
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 43 | 39 | 90.7 | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 63 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Smith | 32 | 1310 | 40.9 | 60 |
| Doak Walker | 32 | 1278 | 39.9 | 61 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 42 |
| Totals | 68 | 2735 | 40.2 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Self | 12 | 129 | 10.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 11 | 94 | 8.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 29 | 0 |
| Don Doll | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Gerry Krall | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lindy Pearson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 389 | 10.8 | 29 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Triplett | 8 | 411 | 51.4 | 97 | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 10 | 225 | 22.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Clarence Self | 6 | 155 | 25.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Lindy Pearson | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 29 | 0 |
| Don Doll | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 31 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Rex Grossman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Cain | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Howie Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 1067 | 26.7 | 97 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Doll | 12 | 163 | 13.6 | 38 | 1 |
| Bob Smith | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 41 | 1 |
| Clarence Self | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 56 | 1 |
| Jack Lininger | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Schroll | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Joe Watson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Thurman McGraw | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Panciera | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 480 | 15.5 | 56 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurman McGraw | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Layne | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Enke | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney Hafen | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Smith | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Lindy Pearson | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Leon Hart | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Les Bingaman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Jaszewski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Greene | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Panelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Simmons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Watson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Cifelli | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Doll | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cloyce Box | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ollie Cline | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wally Triplett | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Schroll | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howie Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Self | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Krall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Lininger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doak Walker | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 41 | 94 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Doak Walker | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 128 | |||||
| Cloyce Box | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | |||||||||
| John Greene | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Ollie Cline | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Lindy Pearson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Wally Triplett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Leon Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Cain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Don Doll | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Clarence Self | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dick Rifenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 321 |
