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1936 Detroit Lions
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Record: 8-4-0, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 235 points (19.6/g), 2nd of 9 in the NFL.
Allowed 102 points (8.5/g), 2nd.
Differential of 133 points (11.1/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 10.5-1.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (1.0/g), 8th.
Coached by Potsy Clark (8-4-0)
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1936 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Mon | September 28 | W | 1-0 | Chicago Cardinals | 39 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sun | October 11 | W | 2-0 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Wed | October 14 | W | 3-0 | @ | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14 | 7 | 15 | 276 | 60 | 216 | 4 | 54 | 13 | 41 | |||
| 4 | Sun | October 18 | L | 3-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 18 | 20 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Sun | October 25 | L | 3-2 | @ | Chicago Bears | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Sun | November 1 | L | 3-3 | @ | New York Giants | 7 | 14 | 16 | 254 | 22 | 232 | 4 | 9 | 201 | 72 | 129 | ||
| 7 | Sun | November 8 | W | 4-3 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | November 15 | W | 5-3 | New York Giants | 38 | 0 | 17 | 397 | 56 | 341 | 3 | 14 | 196 | 79 | 117 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 22 | W | 6-3 | @ | Chicago Cardinals | 14 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Thu | November 26 | W | 7-3 | Chicago Bears | 13 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Sun | November 29 | L | 7-4 | Green Bay Packers | 17 | 26 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Sun | December 6 | W | 8-4 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Team Stats and Rankings
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 235 | 3703 | 737 | 5.0 | 170 | 61 | 146 | 818 | 6 | 23 | 5.6 | 591 | 2885 | 22 | 4.9 | 170 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Team Defense | 102 | 2454 | 640 | 3.8 | 70 | 194 | 1027 | 6 | 22 | 5.3 | 446 | 1427 | 3 | 3.2 | 35 | 13 | ||||
| Lg Rank Offense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Clark+ | 30 | TB | 12 | 6 | 38 | 71 | 53.5 | 467 | 4 | 5.6 | 6 | 8.5 | 0 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 12.3 | 38.9 | 57.7 | ||||||
| Glenn Presnell | 31 | tb | 12 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 41.7 | 221 | 2 | 5.6 | 7 | 19.4 | 0 | 6.1 | -2.1 | 14.7 | 18.4 | 41.3 | ||||||
| Ace Gutowsky | 27 | FB | 12 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15.4 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 30.8 | 0 | 1.6 | -12.2 | 10.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Bill Shepherd | 25 | fb | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 57 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 19.0 | 4.8 | 16.7 | ||||||
| Frank Christensen | 26 | BB | 11 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 3.7 | -3.8 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 5.6 | ||||||
| Ike Peterson | 27 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | -7.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Ernie Caddel | 25 | WB | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 30 | 7.5 | -15.0 | 30.0 | 2.7 | 18.7 | ||||||
| Wilbur White | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 12 | 61 | 146 | 41.8 | 818 | 6 | 4.1 | 23 | 15.8 | 30 | 5.6 | -1.1 | 13.4 | 68.2 | 34.4 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 70 | 194 | 36.1 | 1027 | 6 | 3.1 | 22 | 11.3 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 14.7 | 85.6 | 24.9 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Ace Gutowsky | 27 | FB | 12 | 6 | 191 | 827 | 6 | 0 | 4.3 | 68.9 | 15.9 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 857 | 6 | 0 |
| Dutch Clark+ | 30 | TB | 12 | 6 | 123 | 628 | 7 | 0 | 5.1 | 52.3 | 10.3 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 633 | 7 | 0 |
| Ernie Caddel | 25 | WB | 11 | 8 | 91 | 580 | 4 | 0 | 6.4 | 52.7 | 8.3 | 19 | 150 | 7.9 | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.6 | 730 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Shepherd | 25 | fb | 12 | 6 | 74 | 292 | 1 | 0 | 3.9 | 24.3 | 6.2 | 292 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Glenn Presnell | 31 | tb | 12 | 5 | 48 | 201 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 16.8 | 4.0 | 201 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Ike Peterson | 27 | 11 | 2 | 41 | 278 | 3 | 84 | 6.8 | 25.3 | 3.7 | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 316 | 3 | 0 | |
| Wilbur White | 24 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill McKalip | 29 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Parker | 23 | bb | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Christensen | 26 | BB | 11 | 7 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 56 | 1 | 0 |
| Harry Ebding | 30 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 194 | 19.4 | 3 | 0 | 0.9 | 17.6 | 194 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Schneller | 25 | RE | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 124 | 17.7 | 1 | 30 | 0.6 | 10.3 | 124 | 1 | 0 | |
| Butch Morse | 26 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 83 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Klewicki | 25 | LE | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 8.2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 12 | 591 | 2885 | 22 | 84 | 4.9 | 240.4 | 49.3 | 61 | 818 | 13.4 | 6 | 30 | 5.1 | 68.2 | 3703 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Opp Total | 12 | 446 | 1427 | 3 | 3.2 | 118.9 | 37.2 | 70 | 1027 | 14.7 | 6 | 5.8 | 85.6 | 2454 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Clark+ | 30 | TB | 12 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 73 | ||||||||
| Ace Gutowsky | 27 | FB | 12 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Caddel | 25 | WB | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| Harry Ebding | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Ike Peterson | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Presnell | 31 | tb | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
| Bill Shepherd | 25 | fb | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||
| Frank Christensen | 26 | BB | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Regis Monahan | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Del Ritchhart | 26 | C | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| John Schneller | 25 | RE | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 233 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 102 |