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 Roster
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. Howard Cassady, Jim Doran and Jim Gibbons each provided receiving help, 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
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:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Yale Lary	59	2524	42.8	62
Earl Morrall	1	25	25.0	25
Totals	60	2549	42.5	62

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
Tobin Rote			7	3	-6
Joe Schmidt		0	2	3	0	0
Gil Mains			0	3	18	0
Terry Barr		0	2	2	5
Jim David		0	1	2	0	0
Gary Lowe		0	0	2	0	0
Bob Long		0	1	2	5	0
Harley Sewell			0	2	0	0
Doug Hogland			0	2	0	0
Howard Cassady			3	1	0
Wayne Walker		0	0	1	34	1
Yale Lary		0	3	1	0
Gene Gedman			3	1	0
Dave Whitsell		0	1	1	0	0
Tom Rychlec			0	1	0	0
Stan Campbell			0	1	0	0
Alex Karras			0	1	3	0
Charlie Ane			0	1	0	0
Bobby Layne			2	1	0
John Johnson			3	0	0	0
Ken Webb			3	0	0
Dan Lewis			5	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	36	31	59	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jim Martin									7	28	0			49
Gene Gedman	4	3		0					0	0	0			42
Howard Cassady	0	7	0	0					0	0	0			42
Jim Doran		4							0	0	0			24
Dave Middleton	0	3		0					0	0	0			18
Ken Webb	2	1		0					0	0	0			18
Tobin Rote	3								0	0	0			18
Gerry Perry									4	1	0			13
Jim Gibbons		2		0					0	0	0			12
Wayne Walker						1	1		0	0	0			12
Yale Lary	0		1			0			0	0	0			6
Terry Barr			0	1		0			0	0	0			6
Bobby Layne	0								0	1	0			1
Totals	9	20	1	1	0	1	1	0	11	30	0	0	0	261