1961 Detroit Lions Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-5-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Wilson (8-5-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1961 Detroit Lions Roster
1961 Detroit Lions Results

The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 8 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.

The Lions scored 270 points, and the stingy defense conceded 258. Jim Ninowski tossed for 1,921 yards. Gail Cogdill topped the receiving corps, hauling in 45 balls for 956 yards, while Terry Barr contributed to the receiving game, too.

Nick Pietrosante rushed for a team-leading 841 yards for Detroit.

Night Train Lane and Yale Lary each picked off 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
Jim Ninowski	247	117	47.4	1921	7.8	7	2.8	18	7.3	84	53.0
Earl Morrall	150	69	46.0	909	6.1	7	4.7	9	6.0	61	56.2
Howard Cassady	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	398	186	46.7	2830	7.1	14	3.5	27	6.8	84

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Nick Pietrosante	201	841	4.2	42	5
Dan Lewis	110	451	4.1	27	4
Jim Ninowski	33	238	7.2	40	5
Howard Cassady	31	131	4.2	14	1
Johnny Olszewski	30	109	3.6	15	0
Earl Morrall	20	86	4.3	25	0
Yale Lary	1	14	14.0	14	0
Ken Webb	7	6	0.9	3	1
Terry Barr	6	-8	-1.3	9	0
Totals	439	1868	4.3	42	16

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gail Cogdill	45	956	21.2	84	6
Jim Gibbons	45	566	12.6	36	1
Terry Barr	40	630	15.8	61	6
Nick Pietrosante	26	315	12.1	76	0
Glenn Davis	9	115	12.8	19	0
Dan Lewis	8	118	14.8	22	0
Pat Studstill	5	54	10.8	25	0
Howard Cassady	5	45	9.0	76	1
Johnny Olszewski	1	14	14.0	14	0
Sam Williams	1	10	10.0	10	0
Ken Webb	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	186	2830	15.2	84	14

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Jim Martin	26	25	96.2	30	15	50.0	70
Wayne Walker	6	6	100.0	3		0.0	6
Totals	32	31	96.9	33	15	45.5	76

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Yale Lary	52	2519	48.4	71
Earl Morrall	3	113	37.7	43
Pat Studstill	1	32	32.0	32
Totals	56	2664	47.6	71

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Howard Cassady	16	159	9.9	21
Jim Steffen	11	95	8.6	45
Pat Studstill	8	75	9.4	26
Jim Gibbons	1	14	14.0	14
Yale Lary	1	8	8.0	8
Night Train Lane	1	6	6.0	6
Totals	38	357	9.4	45

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pat Studstill	16	448	28.0	100	1
Jim Steffen	19	435	22.9	43	0
Howard Cassady	9	127	14.1	23	0
Johnny Olszewski	4	59	14.8	23	0
Bruce Maher	1	19	19.0	19	0
Sam Williams	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	50	1092	21.8	100	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Yale Lary	6	95	15.8	42	0
Night Train Lane	6	73	12.2	32	0
Gary Lowe	5	16	3.2	11	0
Joe Schmidt	4	38	9.5	26	1
Dick LeBeau	3	45	15.0	33	0
Wayne Walker	2	16	8.0	12	0
Darris McCord	1	11	11.0	11	0
Roger Brown	1	10	10.0	10	0
Bruce Maher	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	29	312	10.8	42	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Earl Morrall			6	3	0	0
Roger Brown		0	0	3	29	0
Alex Karras			0	2	0	0
Gary Lowe		0	0	2	0
Jim Gibbons			0	2	0
Wayne Walker		0	0	2	10
Howard Cassady			2	1	0
Dick LeBeau		0	0	1	0	0
Nick Pietrosante			7	1	0
Harley Sewell			0	1	0	0
Glenn Davis			1	1	0	0
Bill Glass			0	1	0	0
Carl Brettschneider			0	1	0	0
Bob Scholtz			0	1	0	0
Jim Ninowski			4	0	0
Ken Webb			1	0	0
Dan Lewis			4	0	0
Totals	0	0	25	22	39	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jim Martin									15	25	0			70
Terry Barr	0	6							0	0	0			36
Gail Cogdill		6							0	0	0			36
Jim Ninowski	5								0	0	0			30
Nick Pietrosante	5	0							0	0	0			30
Dan Lewis	4	0							0	0	0			24
Howard Cassady	1	1	0	0					0	0	0			12
Joe Schmidt						1			0	0	0			6
Jim Gibbons		1	0						0	0	0			6
Wayne Walker						0			0	6	0			6
Ken Webb	1	0							0	0	0			6
Pat Studstill		0	0	1					0	0	0			6
Gary Lowe						0			0	0	0		1	2
Totals	16	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	31	0	0	1	270