1955 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-9
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (3-9)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1955 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 3-9
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (3-9)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1955 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses, finishing sixth in the NFL's West Division.
Detroit scored 230 points, while the defensive squad yielded 275. Bobby Layne tossed for 1,830 yards. Lew Carpenter topped all receivers, hauling in 44 balls, while Dave Middleton added 663 receiving yards, while Jim Doran was targeted regularly as well.
Lew Carpenter rushed for a team-leading 543 yards for the Lions.
Jim David, Jack Christiansen and Bill Stits each intercepted 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 | 270 | 143 | 53.0 | 1830 | 6.8 | 11 | 4.1 | 17 | 6.3 | 77 | 61.8 |
| Harry Gilmer | 122 | 58 | 47.5 | 633 | 5.2 | 2 | 1.6 | 4 | 3.3 | 34 | 55.1 |
| Bill Stits | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 62 | 31.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 158.3 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 17 | 79.2 |
| Doak Walker | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 400 | 204 | 51.0 | 2542 | 6.4 | 15 | 3.8 | 22 | 5.5 | 77 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lew Carpenter | 137 | 543 | 4.0 | 49 | 6 |
| Dave Middleton | 59 | 201 | 3.4 | 16 | 2 |
| Bill Stits | 46 | 165 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 35 | 159 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 31 | 111 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 36 | 109 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 23 | 95 | 4.1 | 51 | 2 |
| Harry Gilmer | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 392 | 1477 | 3.8 | 51 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Middleton | 44 | 663 | 15.1 | 77 | 3 |
| Lew Carpenter | 44 | 312 | 7.1 | 34 | 2 |
| Jim Doran | 38 | 552 | 14.5 | 38 | 2 |
| Jug Girard | 23 | 301 | 13.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 22 | 428 | 19.5 | 70 | 5 |
| Dorne Dibble | 14 | 179 | 12.8 | 44 | 2 |
| Leon Hart | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 204 | 2542 | 12.5 | 77 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 29 | 27 | 93.1 | 16 | 9 | 56.2 | 54 |
| Jim Martin | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 29 | 27 | 93.1 | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 54 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 56 | 2310 | 41.2 | 65 |
| Doak Walker | 9 | 362 | 40.2 | 59 |
| Dom Fucci | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 55 |
| Totals | 67 | 2744 | 41.0 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Riley | 14 | 107 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 12 | 87 | 7.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim David | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Karilivacz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 224 | 5.5 | 42 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Middleton | 11 | 188 | 17.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 7 | 169 | 24.1 | 35 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Lee Riley | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Leon Cunningham | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Richie Woit | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ted Topor | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Sonny Gandee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 839 | 18.6 | 35 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Christiansen | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Jim David | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Lee Riley | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Carl Karilivacz | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Ricca | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 224 | 14.9 | 33 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Schmidt | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Stits | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sonny Gandee | 0 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Christiansen | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Miller | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Long | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leon Hart | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Cain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harley Sewell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Stanfel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Middleton | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Darris McCord | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Ricca | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Atkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Mains | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jug Girard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doak Walker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Layne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Doran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lee Riley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richie Woit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 34 | 118 | 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 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 96 | |||||
| Lew Carpenter | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Dave Middleton | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Dorne Dibble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jim Doran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Leon Hart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Sonny Gandee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Gil Mains | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bill Stits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bob Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 230 |
