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Record: 9 - 2 - 1 (pythagorean: 10 - 2, .839) Coaching: Buddy Parker 9 - 2 - 1  (playoffs:0 - 1) 1954 Pro Bowl Players: G - Lou Creekmur HB - Doak Walker DHB - Jimmy David DHB - Bill Stits LB - LaVern Torgeson LB - Joe Schmidt DB - Jack Christiansen 1954 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-13 (13) - Dick Chapman, Rice, T   2-12 (25) - Jim Neaql, Michigan State, C   3-12 (37) - Bill Bowman, William & Mary, B   4-7 (44) - Bill Stits, UCLA, B   4-12 (49) - Howard McCants, Washington State, E   5-12 (61) - George Parozzo, William & Mary, T   6-2 (63) - Pence Dacuc, Southwest Texas State, B   6-12 (73) - Dick Kercher, Tulsa, B   7-12 (85) - Jack Cross, Utah, B   8-12 (97) - Milt Davis, UCLA, B   9-12 (109) - Bob Lawson, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, B   10-12 (121) - Jack Carroll, Holy Cross, E   11-12 (133) - Milt Scwenk, Washington State, T   12-12 (145) - Bob Hartman, Oregon State, T   13-12 (157) - Jim Swierczek, Marshall, B   14-12 (169) - Ray Novak, Nebraska, B   15-12 (181) - Kirk Hinderlider, Colorado State, E   16-12 (193) - Bob Chuoke, Houston, T   17-12 (205) - Rick Kaser, Toledo, B   18-12 (217) - Norm Hayes, Idaho, T   19-12 (229) - Buster Graves, Arkansas, T   20-12 (241) - Jim Durrant, Utah, G   21-12 (253) - Jack Kistler, Duke, B   22-12 (265) - Dewey Brundage, Brigham Young, E   23-12 (277) - Jack Shanafelt, Pennsylvania, T   24-12 (289) - Bobby Burrows, Duke, G   25-12 (301) - Dick Woit, Arkansas State, B   26-12 (313) - Jim George, Syracuse, T   27-12 (325) - Dick Rzeszut, Benedictine, C   28-12 (337) - Dolph Rutschman, Linfield, B   29-12 (349) - Mel Bertrand, Idaho, C   30-11 (360) - Ellis Horton, Eureka (IL), B
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 CHI 23 at DET 48 Week 3 LAM 3 at DET 21 Week 4 BLC 0 at DET 35 Week 5 DET 31 at SFO 37 Week 6 DET 27 at LAM 24 Week 7 DET 27 at BLC 3 Week 8 SFO 7 at DET 48 Week 9 DET 21 at GNB 17 Week 10 GNB 24 at DET 28 Week 11 PHI 13 at DET 13 Week 12 DET 24 at CHI 28 Week 13 DET 14 at CLE 10 League Championship DET 10 at CLE 56
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 337 4433 43 91 134 11 236   395 215 2972 25 21 0 147   393 1608 11   75 689 22 11 -- DEFENSE 189 3746 23 85 99 15 199   357 150 2390 10 30 0 164   397 1520 13   53 489 22 -- 12     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 37 364 2   OPP: 29 67 0   OWN: 39 822 1   OPP: 61 1257 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 63 2585 0 0 0   OPP: 65 2554   OWN: 43 43 12 23   OPP: 21 23 10 18
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Bobby Layne 12 246 135 54.9 1818 7.39 14 12 0 0 77.3   30 119 4.0 2 34   0 0 0.0 0 0 Tom Dublinski 12 138 77 55.8 1073 7.78 8 7 0 0 79.2   21 76 3.6 1 15   0 0 0.0 0 0 Bob Hoernschemeyer 11 7 3 42.9 81 11.57 3 1 0 0 86.0   94 242 2.6 2 35   20 153 7.7 1 26 Doak Walker 12 4 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0.0   32 240 7.5 1 31   32 564 17.6 3 66t Lew Carpenter 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   104 476 4.6 3 60t   16 145 9.1 2 23 Bill Bowman 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   96 397 4.1 2 61   34 288 8.5 2 66t Earl Girard 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   9 36 4.0 0 16   27 421 15.6 7 41t Dick Kercher 7 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 1 0.3 0 2   0 0 0.0 0 0 Bob Smith 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 1 0.3 0 1   0 0 0.0 0 0 Cloyce Box 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 20 20.0 0 20   6 53 8.8 0 14 Dorne Dibble 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   46 768 16.7 6 45t Leon Hart 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   24 377 15.7 0 40 Jim Doran 7 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   10 203 20.3 4 49   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Jack Christiansen 11 23 225 9.8 0 61t 1   5 102 20.4 27 0 Earl Girard 12 9 22 2.4 0 14 0   12 248 20.7 34 0 Doak Walker 12 4 117 29.3 0 70t 1   8 172 21.5 0 0 Joe Schmidt 12 1 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Bill Bowman 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   6 178 29.7 100t 1 Bob Hoernschemeyer 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   4 73 18.3 20 0 Lew Carpenter 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 46 23.0 25 0 Gil Mains 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 3 3.0 3 0 Harley Sewell 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Doak Walker 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 11 17 43 43 Jim Martin 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 1 6 0 0 Earl Girard 12 63 2585 65 0 0 0 0.0 41.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Jimmy David 12 0.0 0   7 74 25 0 Joe Schmidt 12 0.0 0   2 13 13 0 Bill Stits 12 0.0 0   6 73 23 0 LaVern Torgeson 12 0.0 0   2 33 33 0 Jack Christiansen 11 0.0 0   8 84 30t 1 Sonny Gandee 11 0.0 0   3 29 17 0 Carl Karilivacz 11 0.0 0   2 66 30t 1 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Charlie Ane 12 0 1 0 1 0 Les Bingaman 12 0 0 1 1 0 Bill Bowman 12 8 2 0 0 0 Cloyce Box 11 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Cain 12 0 0 2 0 0 Lew Carpenter 11 1 0 0 0 0 Jack Christiansen 11 1 0 0 0 0 Lou Creekmur 12 0 1 0 0 0 Jimmy David 12 0 0 1 33 0 Dorne Dibble 12 0 2 0 0 0 Jim Doran 7 1 0 0 0 0 Bob Dove 12 0 1 0 0 0 Tom Dublinski 12 5 1 0 0 0 Sonny Gandee 11 0 0 2 22 0 Earl Girard 12 0 0 0 0 0 Leon Hart 12 0 0 1 22 1 Bob Hoernschemeyer 11 3 0 0 0 0 Carl Karilivacz 11 0 0 1 0 0 Dick Kercher 7 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Layne 12 2 0 0 0 0 Gil Mains 12 0 1 0 8 0 Jim Martin 12 0 0 1 0 0 Thurman Mcgraw 6 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Miketa 12 0 2 0 0 0 Bob Miller 12 0 0 0 0 0 Gerry Perry 11 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Schmidt 12 0 0 0 0 0 Harley Sewell 12 0 0 2 24 1 Bob Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Smith 12 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Stanfel 6 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Stits 12 0 0 1 15 0 LaVern Torgeson 12 0 0 0 0 0 Hal Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0 Doak Walker 12 1 0 0 0 0

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