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1935 Detroit Lions

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Record: 7-3-2, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

1935 NFL Champions

Scored 191 points (15.9/g), 2nd of 9 in the NFL.
 Allowed 111 points (9.2/g), 5th.
 Differential of 80 points (6.7/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 9.4-2.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +32 (2.7/g), 3rd.

Coached by Potsy Clark (7-3-2)

1935 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri September 20 W 1-0 Philadelphia Eagles 35 0
2 Sun September 29 T 1-0-1 Chicago Cardinals 10 10
3 Sun October 6 L 1-1-1 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 10 12
4 Sun October 13 W 2-1-1 @ Boston Redskins 17 7
5 Sun October 20 L 2-2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 9 13
6 Wed October 30 W 3-2-1 Boston Redskins 14 0
7 Sun November 3 W 4-2-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 7 6
8 Sun November 10 L 4-3-1 @ Green Bay Packers 7 31
9 Sun November 17 W 5-3-1 Green Bay Packers 20 10
10 Sun November 24 T 5-3-2 @ Chicago Bears 20 20
11 Thu November 28 W 6-3-2 Chicago Bears 14 2
12 Sun December 1 W 7-3-2 Brooklyn Dodgers 28 0 13 307 80 227 1 3 87 25 62 1
Playoffs
Championship December 15 W 8-3-2 New York Giants 26 7

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 191 2693 674 4.0 121 57 142 920 9 20 6.5 532 1773 15 3.3 121 20 0
Team Defense 111 1970 624 3.2 58 181 931 8 25 5.1 443 1039 3 2.3 52 27
Lg Rank Offense 2 3 3 8 5 4 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1
Lg Rank Defense 5 2 1 5 6 7 6 4 4 2 1 1 4 4

Passing

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Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Glenn Presnell 30 tb 12 6 15 45 33.3 193 0 0.0 6 13.3 0 4.3 -1.7 12.9 16.1 8.1
Dutch Clark+ 29 TB 12 6 11 26 42.3 133 2 7.7 4 15.4 0 5.1 -1.0 12.1 11.1 44.7
Frank Christensen 25 BB 12 12 6 21 28.6 92 0 0.0 3 14.3 0 4.4 -2.0 15.3 7.7 5.8
Pug Vaughan 24 7 1 7 15 46.7 104 2 13.3 2 13.3 0 6.9 2.3 14.9 14.9 69.9
Doug Nott 24 5 2 2 10 20.0 35 0 0.0 2 20.0 0 3.5 -5.5 17.5 7.0 2.1
Ace Gutowsky 26 FB 12 7 5 9 55.6 95 2 22.2 1 11.1 0 10.6 7.8 19.0 7.9 92.4
Bill Shepherd 24 5 3 7 9 77.8 99 1 11.1 0 0.0 0 11.0 12.1 14.1 19.8 149.5
Ernie Caddel 24 WB 12 10 4 6 66.7 169 2 33.3 1 16.7 0 28.2 24.0 42.3 14.1 109.7
Buddy Parker 22 11 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.4 12 57 142 40.1 920 9 6.3 20 14.1 0 6.5 0.8 16.1 76.7 44.1
Opp Total 12 58 181 32.0 931 8 4.4 25 13.8 5.1 -0.6 16.1 77.6 25.4 0 0 5.1 -0.6

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Dutch Clark+ 29 TB 12 6 120 427 4 0 3.6 35.6 10.0 9 124 13.8 2 0 0.8 10.3 551 6 0
Ace Gutowsky 26 FB 12 7 102 296 2 0 2.9 24.7 8.5 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.8 305 2 0
Ernie Caddel 24 WB 12 10 87 450 6 0 5.2 37.5 7.3 10 171 17.1 0 0 0.8 14.3 621 6 0
Glenn Presnell 30 tb 12 6 71 225 0 0 3.2 18.8 5.9 3 73 24.3 1 48 0.3 6.1 298 1 0
Buddy Parker 22 11 2 59 156 0 0 2.6 14.2 5.4 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.1 168 0 0
Bill Shepherd 24 5 3 54 140 3 0 2.6 28.0 10.8 2 13 6.5 0 0 0.4 2.6 153 3 0
Pug Vaughan 24 7 1 13 51 0 0 3.9 7.3 1.9 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 1.3 60 0 0
Frank Christensen 25 BB 12 12 11 6 0 0 0.5 0.5 0.9 5 57 11.4 1 0 0.4 4.8 63 1 0
Tony Kaska 24 2 0 5 15 0 0 3.0 7.5 2.5 15 0 0
Gil LeFebvre 25 1 0 4 4 0 0 1.0 4.0 4.0 4 0 0
Steve Banas 28 1 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0 0 0
Doug Nott 24 5 2 3 3 0 0 1.0 0.6 0.6 3 0 0
Harry Ebding 29 11 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 128 16.0 1 0 0.7 11.6 128 1 0
John Schneller 24 RE 12 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 149 21.3 2 40 0.6 12.4 149 2 0
Butch Morse 25 12 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 63 10.5 0 0 0.5 5.3 63 0 0
Ed Klewicki 24 LE 11 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 112 28.0 2 0 0.4 10.2 112 2 0
Team Total 25.4 12 532 1773 15 0 3.3 147.8 44.3 57 920 16.1 9 48 4.8 76.7 2693 24 0
Opp Total 12 443 1039 3 2.3 86.6 36.9 58 931 16.1 8 4.8 77.6 1970 11 0

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Dutch Clark+ 29 TB 12 6 4 2 16 1 55
Ernie Caddel 24 WB 12 10 6 36
Glenn Presnell 30 tb 12 6 1 1 4 4 28
Bill Shepherd 24 5 3 3 18
Ace Gutowsky 26 FB 12 7 2 12
Ed Klewicki 24 LE 11 7 2 12
John Schneller 24 RE 12 9 2 12
Frank Christensen 25 BB 12 12 1 2 8
Harry Ebding 29 11 4 1 6
Team Total 25.4 12 15 9 1 22 5 187
Opp Total 12 3 8 10 7 1 111