1954 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Buddy Parker (9-2-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1954 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 9-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Buddy Parker (9-2-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1954 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 9 wins and 2 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Detroit piled up points with 337 points, while the defense gave up 189. Bobby Layne threw for 1,818 yards, and Tom Dublinski played quarterback, too. Dorne Dibble hauled in 46 balls for 768 yards.
Lew Carpenter rushed for a team-leading 476 yards for the Lions, and Bill Bowman also contributed to the rushing attack.
Jack Christiansen snatched 8 opponent throws.
Buddy Parker coached the team. The 1954 Detroit Lions lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 246 | 135 | 54.9 | 1818 | 7.4 | 14 | 5.7 | 12 | 4.9 | 55 | 77.3 |
| Tom Dublinski | 138 | 77 | 55.8 | 1073 | 7.8 | 8 | 5.8 | 7 | 5.1 | 66 | 79.2 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 81 | 11.6 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 14.3 | 66 | 86.0 |
| Doak Walker | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 395 | 215 | 54.4 | 2972 | 7.5 | 25 | 6.3 | 21 | 5.3 | 66 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lew Carpenter | 104 | 476 | 4.6 | 60 | 3 |
| Bill Bowman | 96 | 397 | 4.1 | 61 | 2 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 94 | 242 | 2.6 | 35 | 2 |
| Doak Walker | 32 | 240 | 7.5 | 38 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 30 | 119 | 4.0 | 34 | 2 |
| Tom Dublinski | 21 | 76 | 3.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Jug Girard | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Kercher | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 393 | 1608 | 4.1 | 61 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorne Dibble | 46 | 768 | 16.7 | 45 | 6 |
| Bill Bowman | 34 | 288 | 8.5 | 66 | 2 |
| Doak Walker | 32 | 564 | 17.6 | 66 | 3 |
| Jug Girard | 27 | 421 | 15.6 | 41 | 7 |
| Leon Hart | 24 | 377 | 15.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 20 | 153 | 7.6 | 26 | 1 |
| Lew Carpenter | 16 | 145 | 9.1 | 23 | 2 |
| Jim Doran | 10 | 203 | 20.3 | 49 | 4 |
| Cloyce Box | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 215 | 2972 | 13.8 | 66 | 25 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 76 |
| Jim Martin | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 79 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 63 | 2585 | 41.0 | 65 |
| Totals | 63 | 2585 | 41.0 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Christiansen | 23 | 225 | 9.8 | 61 | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 4 | 117 | 29.2 | 70 | 1 |
| Jug Girard | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 364 | 9.8 | 70 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 12 | 248 | 20.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 6 | 178 | 29.7 | 100 | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Gil Mains | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Harley Sewell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 822 | 21.1 | 100 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Christiansen | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Jim David | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Sonny Gandee | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Carl Karilivacz | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 30 | 1 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 372 | 12.4 | 33 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Miketa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harley Sewell | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bowman | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dorne Dibble | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sonny Gandee | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Stits | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Bingaman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Karilivacz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim David | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gil Mains | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon Hart | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Ane | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dove | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Dublinski | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lou Creekmur | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doak Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Doran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Christiansen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 126 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 106 | ||||||
| Jug Girard | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Dorne Dibble | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Bill Bowman | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Lew Carpenter | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Jim Doran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Leon Hart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Dublinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Harley Sewell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Carl Karilivacz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 337 |
