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Record: 8 - 5 - 1 (pythagorean: 7 - 7, .532) Coaching: George Wilson 8 - 5 - 1  1961 Pro Bowl Players: FB - Nick Pietrosante TE - Jim Gibbons DT - Alex Karras DHB - Dick Lane LB - Joe Schmidt S - Yale Lary K - Jim Martin 1961 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 2-9 (23) - Danny LaRose, Missouri, E   3-6 (34) - Dick Mills, Pittsburgh, T   3-10 (38) - Houston Antwine, Southern Illinois, G   4-9 (51) - Ron Hartline, Oklahoma, RB   5-10 (66) - Earl Faison, Indiana, E   5-14 (70) - Ron Puckett, Cal State-Los Angeles, T   8-9 (107) - Larry Muff, Benedictine, E   9-10 (122) - Bob Brooks, Ohio, RB   10-9 (135) - Errol Linden, Houston, E   11-10 (150) - Larry Vargo, Detroit, E   12-9 (163) - Tom Rodgers, Kentucky, B   13-10 (178) - Paul Hodge, Pittsburgh, LB   14-9 (191) - Charley Bowers, Arizona State, RB   15-10 (206) - Mike Lauber, Wisconsin-River Falls, E   16-9 (219) - Gus Krantz, Northern Michigan, T   17-10 (234) - Tom Goode, Mississippi State, LB   18-9 (247) - John Gregor, Montana, T   19-10 (262) - Gene Valesano, Northern Michigan, B   20-9 (275) - Tom Lewis, Lake Forest, B
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 DET 17 at GNB 13 Week 2 DET 16 at BLC 15 Week 3 SFO 49 at DET 0 Week 4 CHI 31 at DET 17 Week 5 LAM 13 at DET 14 Week 6 BLC 17 at DET 14 Week 7 DET 28 at LAM 10 Week 8 DET 20 at SFO 20 Week 9 DET 45 at SLC 14 Week 10 DET 37 at MIN 10 Week 11 GNB 17 at DET 9 Week 12 DET 16 at CHI 15 Week 13 MIN 7 at DET 13 Week 14 PHI 27 at DET 24
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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 270 4412 32 96 122 15 233   398 186 2830 14 27 0 286   439 1868 16   69 678 25 15 -- DEFENSE 258 3938 28 89 121 12 222   385 203 2744 11 29 0 326   412 1520 14   39 381 21 -- 12     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 38 357 0   OPP: 21 273 1   OWN: 50 1097 1   OPP: 49 1184 2     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 56 2664 0 0 0   OPP: 67 2880   OWN: 31 32 15 33   OPP: 28 28 20 34
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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 Jim Ninowski 13 247 117 47.4 1921 7.78 7 18 0 0 53.0   33 238 7.2 5 72t   0 0 0.0 0 0 Earl Morrall 13 150 69 46.0 909 6.06 7 9 0 0 56.2   20 86 4.3 0 25   0 0 0.0 0 0 Howard Cassady 14 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   31 131 4.2 1 14   5 45 9.0 1 76 Nick Pietrosante 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   201 841 4.2 5 42   26 315 12.1 0 76 Danny Lewis 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   110 451 4.1 4 27   8 118 14.8 0 22 Johnny Olszewski 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   30 109 3.6 0 15   1 14 14.0 0 14 Ken Webb 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   7 6 0.9 1 3   1 7 7.0 0 7 Terry Barr 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   6 -8 -1.3 0 9   40 630 15.8 6 61t Yale Lary 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 14 14.0 0 14   0 0 0.0 0 0 Gail Cogdill 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   45 956 21.2 6 84t Jim Gibbons 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   45 566 12.6 1 36 Glenn Davis 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   9 115 12.8 0 19 Pat Studstill 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   5 54 10.8 0 25 Sam Williams 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 10 10.0 0 10   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Howard Cassady 14 16 159 9.9 0 21 0   9 127 14.1 23 0 Jim Steffen 8 11 95 8.6 0 0 0   19 435 22.9 0 0 Pat Studstill 14 8 75 9.4 0 26 0   16 448 28.0 100t 1 Dick Lane 14 1 6 6.0 0 6 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Yale Lary 14 1 8 8.0 0 8 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Jim Gibbons 14 1 14 14.0 0 14 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Johnny Olszewski 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   4 59 14.8 23 0 Bruce Maher 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 19 19.0 19 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 Jim Martin 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 15 30 25 26 Wayne Walker 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 3 6 6 Yale Lary 14 52 2519 71 0 0 0 0.0 48.4   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Earl Morrall 13 3 113 43 0 0 0 0.0 37.7   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Pat Studstill 14 1 32 32 0 0 0 0.0 32.0   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 Roger Brown 14 0.0 0   1 10 10 0 Dick Lane 14 0.0 0   6 73 32 0 Yale Lary 14 0.0 0   6 95 42 0 Dick LeBeau 14 0.0 0   3 45 33 0 Gary Lowe 14 0.0 0   5 16 11 0 Darris McCord 14 0.0 0   1 11 11 0 Joe Schmidt 14 0.0 0   4 38 26 1 Wayne Walker 14 0.0 0   2 16 12 0 Bruce Maher 12 0.0 0   1 8 8 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Terry Barr 14 0 0 0 0 0 Carl Brettschneider 12 0 0 1 0 0 Roger Brown 14 0 0 3 29 0 Howard Cassady 14 2 1 0 0 0 Gail Cogdill 14 0 0 0 0 0 Glenn Davis 8 1 1 0 0 0 Jim Gibbons 14 0 2 0 0 0 Bill Glass 14 0 0 1 0 0 John Gonzaga 13 0 0 0 0 0 John Gordy 14 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Karras 14 0 0 2 0 0 Danny La rose 14 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Lane 14 0 0 0 0 0 Yale Lary 14 0 0 0 0 0 Dick LeBeau 14 0 0 1 0 0 Danny Lewis 13 4 0 0 0 0 Gary Lowe 14 0 0 2 0 0 Bruce Maher 12 0 0 0 0 0 Gil Mains 3 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Martin 13 0 0 0 0 0 Willie McClung 3 0 0 0 0 0 Darris McCord 14 0 0 0 0 0 Max Messner 14 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Mills 14 0 0 0 0 0 Earl Morrall 13 6 3 0 0 0 Jim Ninowski 13 4 0 0 0 0 Johnny Olszewski 14 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Pietrosante 14 7 1 0 0 0 Joe Schmidt 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Scholtz 14 0 1 0 0 0 Harley Sewell 14 0 1 0 0 0 Ollie Spencer 13 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Steffen 8 0 0 0 0 0 Pat Studstill 14 0 0 0 0 0 Wayne Walker 14 0 0 2 10 0 Paul Ward 8 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Webb 11 1 0 0 0 0 Bob Whitlow 6 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Williams 12 0 0 0 0 0

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