Detroit Lions

9-3-0 • 2nd in Western Conference •
Logo for the 1956 Detroit Lions

PPG

25.0

2nd

OPP PPG

15.7

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

167.6

5th

PASS YDS/G

187.5

4th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

Team Regular Season

GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 12 300 4,206 815 5.2 2,011 507 4.0 2,250 301 7.5 7 55 247 122 111 14 66 668
Team Rank 2nd 3rd 1st 5th 5th 3rd 7th 4th 4th 5th 2nd 11th 1st 3rd 2nd 4th 9th 12th
Opponent 12 188 3,408 688 5.0 1,503 373 4.0 2,045 297 6.9 18 140 181 81 84 16
Opponent Rank 3rd 6th 1st 8th 3rd 1st 6th 7th 9th 5th 7th 4th 2nd 2nd 6th 9th
Net +112 +798 +127 +0.2 +508 +134 -0.1 +205 +4 +0.6 -11 -85 +66 +41 +27 -2 +66 +668
Net Rank 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 6th 3rd 6th 4th 3rd 10th 1st 3rd 1st 6th 9th 12th

Player Regular Season

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Bobby Layne Bobby Layne 12 129 244 52.9 20.3 1,909 7.8 159.1 9 3.7 17 7.0 70 62.0
Harry Gilmer Harry Gilmer 11 27 46 58.7 4.2 303 6.6 27.5 4 8.7 3 6.5 41 80.3
Jerry Reichow Jerry Reichow 8 3 6 50.0 0.8 19 3.2 2.4 0 0.0 1 16.7 14 17.4
Howard Cassady Howard Cassady 12 0 2 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0.0
Jug Girard Jug Girard 10 1 1 100.0 0.1 19 19.0 1.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 118.8
Don McIlhenny Don McIlhenny 9 0 1 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 39.6
Bill Stits Bill Stits 12 0 1 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0.0

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Gene Gedman Gene Gedman 12 135 11.3 479 3.5 39.9 7 33 150 621
Howard Cassady Howard Cassady 12 97 8.1 413 4.3 34.4 0 33 106 496
Don McIlhenny Don McIlhenny 9 87 9.7 372 4.3 41.3 3 30 95 442
Leon Hart Leon Hart 11 76 6.9 348 4.6 31.6 5 46 90 464
Bobby Layne Bobby Layne 12 46 3.8 169 3.7 14.1 5 20 46 169
Bill Bowman Bill Bowman 6 20 3.3 84 4.2 14.0 1 13 25 118
Jug Girard Jug Girard 10 17 1.7 67 3.9 6.7 0 11 20 100
Tom Tracy Tom Tracy 4 12 3.0 32 2.7 8.0 0 9 15 38
Harry Gilmer Harry Gilmer 11 8 0.7 19 2.4 1.7 0 6 8 19
Dave Middleton Dave Middleton 12 3 0.3 9 3.0 0.8 0 10 42 615
Bill Stits Bill Stits 12 3 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0 6 6 52
Yale Lary Yale Lary 12 1 0.1 10 10.0 0.8 0 10 1 10
Dorne Dibble Dorne Dibble 12 1 0.1 8 8.0 0.7 0 8 33 605
Jerry Reichow Jerry Reichow 8 1 0.1 1 1.0 0.1 0 1 5 64

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Dave Middleton Dave Middleton 12 39 3.3 606 15.5 50.5 5 56 42 615
Dorne Dibble Dorne Dibble 12 32 2.7 597 18.7 49.8 2 56 33 605
Jim Doran Jim Doran 11 25 2.3 448 17.9 40.7 0 70 25 448
Gene Gedman Gene Gedman 12 15 1.3 142 9.5 11.8 1 43 150 621
Leon Hart Leon Hart 11 14 1.3 116 8.3 10.5 1 29 90 464
Howard Cassady Howard Cassady 12 9 0.8 83 9.2 6.9 0 21 106 496
Don McIlhenny Don McIlhenny 9 8 0.9 70 8.8 7.8 2 21 95 442
Bill Bowman Bill Bowman 6 5 0.8 34 6.8 5.7 1 18 25 118
Jerry Reichow Jerry Reichow 8 4 0.5 63 15.8 7.9 1 41 5 64
Bill Stits Bill Stits 12 3 0.3 52 17.3 4.3 0 27 6 52
Jug Girard Jug Girard 10 3 0.3 33 11.0 3.3 0 16 20 100
Tom Tracy Tom Tracy 4 3 0.8 6 2.0 1.5 0 5 15 38

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Yale Lary Yale Lary 12 8 182 22.8 1 73
Jack Christiansen Jack Christiansen 12 8 109 13.6 0 33
Jim David Jim David 12 7 4 0.6 0 3
Bob Long Bob Long 12 2 47 23.5 0 40
Bill Stits Bill Stits 12 1 11 11 0 11
Joe Schmidt Joe Schmidt 12 1 7 7 0 7
Carl Karilivacz Carl Karilivacz 11 1 0 0 0 0

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Bobby Layne Bobby Layne 12 5 0 0 5 12 33 0 99
Gene Gedman Gene Gedman 12 7 1 0 8 0 0 0 48
Leon Hart Leon Hart 11 5 1 0 6 0 0 0 36
Don McIlhenny Don McIlhenny 9 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 30
Dave Middleton Dave Middleton 12 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 30
Jim Martin Jim Martin 12 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 15
Bill Bowman Bill Bowman 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 12
Dorne Dibble Dorne Dibble 12 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12
Jack Christiansen Jack Christiansen 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Yale Lary Yale Lary 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Jerry Reichow Jerry Reichow 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Howard Cassady Howard Cassady 12 16 382 23.9 0 13 83 6.4 0 34
Yale Lary Yale Lary 12 4 76 19.0 0 22 70 3.2 0 38
Jack Christiansen Jack Christiansen 12 6 116 19.3 0 6 73 12.2 1 66
Bill Stits Bill Stits 12 3 48 16.0 0 0 0 0
Jug Girard Jug Girard 10 0 0 0 2 7 3.5 0 5
Bill Bowman Bill Bowman 6 1 24 24.0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Ane Charlie Ane 12 1 19 19.0 0 0 0 0
Jim Salsbury Jim Salsbury 11 1 13 13.0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Reichow Jerry Reichow 8 1 9 9.0 0 0 0 0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Bobby Layne Bobby Layne 12 12 15 80.0 33 33 100.0 69
Jim Martin Jim Martin 12 4 10 40.0 3 3 100.0 15

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Yale Lary Yale Lary 12 42 1,698 40.4 41 0
Jug Girard Jug Girard 10 10 448 44.8 54 0

NFL 2023 Leaders

Playoff Pass Yards Leaders

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1,051

Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes

837

Goff

Jared Goff

774

Purdy

Brock Purdy

Playoff Rush Yards Leaders

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313

Pacheco

Isiah Pacheco

268

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

226

Jones

Aaron Jones

Playoff Rec Yards Leaders

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355

Kelce

Travis Kelce

274

Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown

262

Rice

Rashee Rice

Playoff Pass TD Leaders

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6

Mayfield

Baker Mayfield

6

Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes

5

Love

Jordan Love

Playoff Rush TD Leaders

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4

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

3

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

3

Pacheco

Isiah Pacheco

Playoff Rec TD Leaders

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3

Ferguson

Jake Ferguson

3

Kelce

Travis Kelce

2

Shakir

Khalil Shakir

Playoff QB Rating Leaders

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120.9

Stafford

Matthew Stafford

109.3

Stroud

C.J. Stroud

108.6

Love

Jordan Love

Playoff Sack Leaders

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3.0

Hutchinson

Aidan Hutchinson

3.0

Karlaftis

George Karlaftis

2.0

Hinish

Kurt Hinish

NFL 2023 Rankings

Playoff PPG Rankings

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Packers

34.5

Cowboys

32.0

Lions

28.7

Texans

27.5

Buccaneers

27.5

Bills

27.5

Playoff Opp PPG Rankings

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Ravens

13.5

Chiefs

15.8

Buccaneers

20.0

Bills

22.0

Texans

24.0

Rams

24.0

Playoff Total Yards Rankings

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Cowboys

510.0

Rams

425.0

Buccaneers

417.0

Lions

389.0

Chiefs

386.0

49ers

383.7

Playoff Rush Yards Rankings

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Bills

180.5

Ravens

155.0

Packers

139.5

Chiefs

128.0

49ers

125.3

Lions

125.0

Playoff Pass Yards Rankings

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Cowboys

403.0

Rams

367.0

Buccaneers

343.0

Browns

307.0

Lions

279.0

49ers

265.0

Playoff Sack Leaders

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Lions

8.0

Texans

7.0

Chiefs

7.0

Buccaneers

5.0

49ers

5.0

Packers

5.0

NFL 2023 Betting

Best Record ATS

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Lions

14-6

Chiefs

13-7-1

Rams

11-6-1

Ravens

12-7

Buccaneers

12-7

Raiders

10-6-1

Worst Record ATS

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Falcons

5-12

Panthers

5-11-1

Patriots

5-11-1

Chargers

6-11

Saints

6-10-1

Jets

6-10-1

NFL 2023 Division Standings

AFC North W L T PCT
1
Ravens Ravens
13 4 0 .765
2
Browns Browns
11 6 0 .647
AFC East W L T PCT
1
Bills Bills
11 6 0 .647
2
Dolphins Dolphins
11 6 0 .647
AFC West W L T PCT
1
Chiefs Chiefs
11 6 0 .647
2
Raiders Raiders
8 9 0 .471
AFC South W L T PCT
1
Texans Texans
10 7 0 .588
2
Jaguars Jaguars
9 8 0 .529
NFC North W L T PCT
1
Lions Lions
12 5 0 .706
2
Packers Packers
9 8 0 .529
NFC West W L T PCT
1
49ers 49ers
12 5 0 .706
2
Rams Rams
10 7 0 .588
NFC East W L T PCT
1
Cowboys Cowboys
12 5 0 .706
2
Eagles Eagles
11 6 0 .647
NFC South W L T PCT
1
Buccaneers Buccaneers
9 8 0 .529
2
Saints Saints
9 8 0 .529

NFL 2023 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
2/10
SF SF
@
KC KC
22-25
Sat
1/27
KC KC
@
BAL BAL
17-10
Sat
1/27
DET DET
@
SF SF
31-34
Sat
1/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
23-31
Sat
1/20
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
27-24

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
9/6
GB GB
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM