1951 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-4-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (7-4-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1951 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 7-4-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (7-4-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1951 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1951 season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's National Division.
The Lions lit up the scoreboard for 336 points, and the defense gave up 259. Bob Hoernschemeyer rushed for a team-leading 678 yards for Detroit.
Bobby Layne passed for 2,403 yards. Leon Hart hauled in 35 balls, while Dorne Dibble added 613 receiving yards.
Bob Smith seized 3 opponent throws.
Buddy Parker coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 332 | 152 | 45.8 | 2403 | 7.2 | 26 | 7.8 | 23 | 6.9 | 63 | 67.6 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 46 | 11.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 131.3 |
| Doak Walker | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 29 | 5.8 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 99.2 |
| Fred Enke | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 22 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 351 | 158 | 45.0 | 2500 | 7.1 | 29 | 8.3 | 24 | 6.8 | 63 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 132 | 678 | 5.1 | 85 | 2 |
| Pat Harder | 101 | 380 | 3.8 | 28 | 6 |
| Doak Walker | 79 | 356 | 4.5 | 34 | 2 |
| Bobby Layne | 61 | 290 | 4.8 | 36 | 1 |
| Lindy Pearson | 22 | 88 | 4.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Pete D'Alonzo | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 410 | 1841 | 4.5 | 85 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Hart | 35 | 544 | 15.5 | 33 | 12 |
| Dorne Dibble | 30 | 613 | 20.4 | 47 | 6 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 23 | 263 | 11.4 | 48 | 3 |
| Doak Walker | 22 | 421 | 19.1 | 63 | 4 |
| Pat Harder | 17 | 193 | 11.4 | 26 | 2 |
| Bill Swiacki | 16 | 188 | 11.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 10 | 225 | 22.5 | 48 | 2 |
| Lindy Pearson | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 158 | 2490 | 15.8 | 63 | 29 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 44 | 43 | 97.7 | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 61 |
| Pat Harder | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 9 | |||
| Totals | 44 | 43 | 97.7 | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 70 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Christiansen | 18 | 343 | 19.1 | 89 | 4 |
| Doak Walker | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Don Doll | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 483 | 15.1 | 89 | 4 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 15 | 408 | 27.2 | 63 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 11 | 270 | 24.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Don Doll | 9 | 220 | 24.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Prchlik | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Barry French | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Art Murakowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 1053 | 23.4 | 63 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Smith | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Flanagan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ed Berrang | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vince Banonis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Doll | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 235 | 15.7 | 53 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Berrang | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dorne Dibble | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Jaszewski | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Layne | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Doll | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Smith | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thurman McGraw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Bingaman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete D'Alonzo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Doran | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Momsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Christiansen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Pat Harder | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lindy Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 97 | ||||||
| Leon Hart | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
| Pat Harder | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |||||||
| Dorne Dibble | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Jim Doran | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Prchlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 336 |
