1967 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-7-2
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division
Coach: Joe Schmidt (5-7-2)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1967 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 5-7-2
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division
Coach: Joe Schmidt (5-7-2)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1967 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1967 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses and 2 ties, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division.
The Lions scored 260 points, and the defensive squad gave up 259. Mel Farr rushed for a team-leading 860 yards for Detroit.
Milt Plum passed for 925 yards, and Karl Sweetan spent time under center, too. Mel Farr topped the receiving corps, hauling in 39 balls, while Bill Malinchak added 397 receiving yards. Gail Cogdill contributed to the receiving game also.
Lem Barney picked off 10 opponent throws.
Joe Schmidt coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Plum | 172 | 86 | 50.0 | 925 | 5.4 | 4 | 2.3 | 8 | 4.7 | 43 | 54.5 |
| Karl Sweetan | 177 | 74 | 41.8 | 901 | 5.1 | 10 | 5.6 | 11 | 6.2 | 52 | 51.1 |
| Mel Farr | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 351 | 160 | 45.6 | 1826 | 5.2 | 14 | 4.0 | 19 | 5.4 | 52 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Farr | 206 | 860 | 4.2 | 57 | 3 |
| Tom Watkins | 106 | 361 | 3.4 | 28 | 4 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 70 | 288 | 4.1 | 15 | 4 |
| Amos Marsh | 58 | 229 | 3.9 | 25 | 2 |
| Karl Sweetan | 17 | 93 | 5.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Bobby Felts | 10 | 66 | 6.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 473 | 1902 | 4.0 | 57 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Farr | 39 | 317 | 8.1 | 31 | 3 |
| Bill Malinchak | 26 | 397 | 15.3 | 43 | 4 |
| Gail Cogdill | 21 | 322 | 15.3 | 52 | 1 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 21 | 145 | 6.9 | 25 | 2 |
| John Henderson | 13 | 144 | 11.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 10 | 162 | 16.2 | 37 | 2 |
| Jim Gibbons | 10 | 107 | 10.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Watkins | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 27 | 1 |
| Amos Marsh | 7 | 103 | 14.7 | 35 | 1 |
| Ron Kramer | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Chuck Walton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 160 | 1826 | 11.4 | 52 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Walker | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 26 |
| Garo Yepremian | 23 | 22 | 95.7 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 28 |
| Totals | 34 | 33 | 97.1 | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 54 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 47 | 1757 | 37.4 | 55 |
| Pat Studstill | 36 | 1602 | 44.5 | 78 |
| Totals | 83 | 3359 | 40.5 | 78 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Watkins | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Lem Barney | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Vaughn | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Felts | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 97 | 2.9 | 18 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Vaughn | 16 | 446 | 27.9 | 60 | 0 |
| Tom Watkins | 20 | 411 | 20.6 | 44 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Lem Barney | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Ron Goovert | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Zawadzkas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 1145 | 22.9 | 60 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Barney | 10 | 232 | 23.2 | 71 | 3 |
| Dick LeBeau | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Lucci | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Bruce Maher | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Hand | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 |
| Darris McCord | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Vaughn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 343 | 14.9 | 71 | 6 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Watkins | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Mel Farr | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick LeBeau | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Karras | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Milt Plum | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Karl Sweetan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Walton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darris McCord | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Clark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lem Barney | 0 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Felts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Nowatzke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Weger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Rasmussen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Mel Farr | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Tom Nowatzke | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Tom Watkins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Garo Yepremian | 2 | 22 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Walker | 5 | 11 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Bill Malinchak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Lem Barney | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Amos Marsh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Pat Studstill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Larry Hand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Karl Sweetan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mike Lucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bruce Maher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 260 |
