1958 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-7-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Wilson (4-7-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1958 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 4-7-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Wilson (4-7-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1958 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1958 season with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions scored 261 points, but the defensive squad yielded 276. Tobin Rote threw for 1,678 yards. Dave Middleton topped all receivers, hauling in 29 balls for 506 yards. Jim Doran, Howard Cassady and Jim Gibbons each contributed to the receiving game, too.
Tobin Rote rushed for a team-leading 351 yards for Detroit.
Joe Schmidt 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 | Tobin Rote | 257 | 118 | 45.9 | 1678 | 6.5 | 14 | 5.4 | 10 | 3.9 | 65 | 69.5 | Earl Morrall | 32 | 9 | 28.1 | 188 | 5.9 | 4 | 12.5 | 2 | 6.2 | 66 | 65.1 | Bobby Layne | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 171 | 6.6 | 1 | 3.8 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 48.7 | Gene Gedman | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 111 | 37.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 81 | 149.3 | Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 319 | 141 | 44.2 | 2148 | 6.7 | 20 | 6.3 | 14 | 4.4 | 81 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tobin Rote | 77 | 351 | 4.6 | 27 | 3 | John Johnson | 56 | 254 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 | Gene Gedman | 92 | 209 | 2.3 | 17 | 4 | Howard Cassady | 45 | 198 | 4.4 | 33 | 0 | Ken Webb | 56 | 172 | 3.1 | 22 | 2 | Dan Lewis | 25 | 131 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 | Earl Morrall | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 40 | 0 | Yale Lary | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Dave Middleton | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | Bobby Layne | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 364 | 1360 | 3.7 | 40 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dave Middleton | 29 | 506 | 17.4 | 46 | 3 | Jim Gibbons | 25 | 367 | 14.7 | 35 | 2 | Howard Cassady | 23 | 406 | 17.7 | 81 | 7 | Jim Doran | 22 | 495 | 22.5 | 65 | 4 | Gene Gedman | 14 | 106 | 7.6 | 24 | 3 | Ken Webb | 11 | 85 | 7.7 | 34 | 1 | Perry Richards | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 30 | 0 | John Johnson | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 18 | 0 | Tom Rychlec | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 33 | 0 | Dan Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 141 | 2148 | 15.2 | 81 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Jim Martin | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 49 | Gerry Perry | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 13 | Bobby Layne | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 30 | 93.8 | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 63 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Yale Lary | 27 | 196 | 7.3 | 71 | 1 | Terry Barr | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 22 | 0 | Howard Cassady | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 41 | 223 | 5.4 | 71 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Terry Barr | 4 | 197 | 49.2 | 86 | 1 | Ken Webb | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 | Gene Gedman | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 27 | 0 | Howard Cassady | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 39 | 0 | Dan Lewis | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 | Dave Whitsell | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | Lou Creekmur | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 | Alex Karras | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Dave Middleton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Jim Gibbons | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Tom Rychlec | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39 | 839 | 21.5 | 86 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Joe Schmidt | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 25 | 0 | Yale Lary | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 31 | 0 | Terry Barr | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 40 | 0 | Jim David | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | Bob Long | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 | Gary Lowe | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 | Wayne Walker | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 1 | Dave Whitsell | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22 | 328 | 14.9 | 40 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Tobin Rote | 7 | 3 | -6 | 0 | 0 | Joe Schmidt | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gil Mains | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Terry Barr | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Jim David | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Lowe | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Long | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Harley Sewell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Hogland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Cassady | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yale Lary | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Gedman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Whitsell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Rychlec | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stan Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alex Karras | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Ane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Layne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Webb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Lewis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 31 | 59 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 49 | Gene Gedman | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Howard Cassady | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Jim Doran | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dave Middleton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Ken Webb | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Tobin Rote | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Gerry Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | Jim Gibbons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Yale Lary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Terry Barr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bobby Layne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 261 |
