1960 Detroit Lions Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Wilson (7-5)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1960 Detroit Lions Roster
1960 Detroit Lions Results

The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1960 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.

Detroit ran up 239 points, while the defensive squad allowed 212. Nick Pietrosante rushed for a team-leading 872 yards for the Lions.

Jim Ninowski threw for 1,599 yards. Jim Gibbons hauled in 51 balls, while Gail Cogdill added 642 receiving yards.

Night Train Lane snatched 5 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
Jim Ninowski	283	134	47.3	1599	5.7	2	0.7	18	6.4	55	40.9
Earl Morrall	49	32	65.3	423	8.6	4	8.2	3	6.1	65	94.2
Terry Barr	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	333	166	49.8	2022	6.1	6	1.8	21	6.3	65

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Nick Pietrosante	161	872	5.4	57	8
Dan Lewis	92	438	4.8	74	1
Ken Webb	59	166	2.8	17	2
Jim Ninowski	32	81	2.5	14	5
Terry Barr	17	74	4.4	19	1
Earl Morrall	10	37	3.7	17	1
Howard Cassady	17	28	1.6	16	1
Yale Lary	1	19	19.0	19	0
Dave Middleton	3	-1	-0.3	1	0
Totals	392	1714	4.4	74	19

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Gibbons	51	604	11.8	65	2
Gail Cogdill	43	642	14.9	63	1
Howard Cassady	20	238	11.9	40	1
Nick Pietrosante	13	129	9.9	28	0
Dan Lewis	12	192	16.0	55	1
Ken Webb	10	68	6.8	25	0
Steve Junker	6	55	9.2	14	0
Dave Middleton	5	51	10.2	20	0
Terry Barr	5	26	5.2	11	1
Glenn Davis	1	17	17.0	17	0
Totals	166	2022	12.2	65	6

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Jim Martin	28	26	92.9	24	13	54.2	65
Totals	28	26	92.9	24	13	54.2	65

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Yale Lary	64	2802	43.8	63
Totals	64	2802	43.8	63

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Terry Barr	14	104	7.4	39
Jim Steffen	14	83	5.9	29
Howard Cassady	1	25	25.0	25
Bruce Maher	1	10	10.0	10
Yale Lary	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	31	227	7.3	39

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jim Steffen	8	225	28.1	55
Bruce Maher	10	214	21.4	35
Dan Lewis	10	202	20.2	26
Howard Cassady	4	82	20.5	28
Terry Barr	4	81	20.2	19
Nick Pietrosante	2	58	29.0	36
Ken Webb	3	38	12.7	14
Dick LeBeau	2	16	8.0	16
Totals	43	916	21.3	55

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Night Train Lane	5	102	20.4	80	1
Dick LeBeau	4	58	14.5	43	0
Yale Lary	3	44	14.7	22	0
Gary Lowe	2	49	24.5	26	0
Joe Schmidt	2	46	23.0	29	1
Max Messner	1	26	26.0	26	0
Wayne Walker	1	21	21.0	21	0
Bruce Maher	1	19	19.0	19	0
Totals	19	365	19.2	80	2

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Wayne Walker		0	0	4	0	0
Gary Lowe		0	0	2	0	0
Carl Brettschneider			0	1	5	0
Bill Glass			0	1	0	0
Bruce Maher		0	0	1	0	0
Ken Webb			2	1	0	0
Roger Brown			0	1	0	0
Willie McClung			0	1	0	0
Gail Cogdill			0	1	0	0
Nick Pietrosante			4	1	12	0
Joe Schmidt		0	0	1	14	1
Jim Ninowski			2	0	0	0
Earl Morrall			3	0	0	0
Dan Lewis			2	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	13	15	31	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
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	13	26	0			65
Nick Pietrosante	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Jim Ninowski	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Dan Lewis	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Joe Schmidt	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			12
Jim Gibbons	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Terry Barr	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Ken Webb	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Howard Cassady	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Night Train Lane	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Gail Cogdill	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Earl Morrall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Wayne Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Bruce Maher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Totals	19	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	13	26	0	0	2	237