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1937 Detroit Lions

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Record: 7-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 180 points (16.4/g), 4th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 105 points (9.5/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 75 points (6.8/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 8.6-2.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +23 (2.1/g), 4th.

Coached by Dutch Clark (7-4-0)

Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)

Team Stats and Rankings

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 180 2705 604 4.5 120 44 120 631 4 18 5.3 484 2074 12 4.3 120 18 0
Team Defense 105 2133 552 3.9 59 165 804 4 24 4.9 387 1329 8 3.4 41 17
Lg Rank Offense 4 3 4 10 10 8 3 7 2 1 1 1 3 1
Lg Rank Defense 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 6 7 7 3 5

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri September 10 W 1-0 @ Cleveland Rams 28 0
2 Sun September 19 W 2-0 Chicago Cardinals 16 7
3 Sun October 3 L 2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 6 26
4 Sun October 10 W 3-1 Pittsburgh Pirates 7 3
5 Sun October 17 W 4-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 30 0 7 279 9 270 1 8 131 81 50 6
5 Sun October 24 L 4-2 @ Chicago Bears 20 28
7 Sun October 31 L 4-3 Green Bay Packers 13 14
8 Sun November 7 W 5-3 Cleveland Rams 27 7
8 Sun November 14 W 6-3 @ New York Giants 17 0 13 285 72 213 1 9 128 45 83 3
10 Sun November 21 W 7-3 @ Chicago Cardinals 16 7
11 Thu November 25 L 7-4 Chicago Bears 0 13

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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% 4QC GWD
Bill Shepherd 26 11 0 19 46 41.3 297 2 4.3 7 15.2 0 6.5 0.5 15.6 27.0 38.3 0 0
Dutch Clark+ 31 TB 11 11 19 39 48.7 202 1 2.6 3 7.7 0 5.2 2.2 10.6 18.4 40.8 0 0
Vern Huffman 23 BB 11 7 5 23 21.7 102 1 4.3 6 26.1 0 4.4 -6.4 20.4 9.3 20.5 0 0
Ace Gutowsky 28 FB 11 11 1 8 12.5 30 0 0.0 2 25.0 30 3.8 -7.5 30.0 2.7 3.1 0 0
Ernie Caddel 26 WB/PR/P/KR/K 11 11 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Team Total 24.4 11 44 120 36.7 631 4 3.3 18 15.0 30 5.3 -0.8 14.3 57.4 26.1 0 0
Opp Total 11 59 165 35.8 804 4 2.4 24 14.5 4.9 -1.2 13.6 73.1 20.7 0 0 4.9 -1.2 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
Ace Gutowsky 28 FB 11 11 128 361 1 0 2.8 32.8 11.6 361 1 0
Dutch Clark+ 31 TB 11 11 96 468 5 0 4.9 42.5 8.7 2 33 16.5 1 23 0.2 3.0 501 6 0
Bill Shepherd 26 11 0 93 325 2 0 3.5 29.5 8.5 325 2 0
Ernie Caddel 26 WB/PR/P/KR/K 11 11 76 429 3 0 5.6 39.0 6.9 9 80 8.9 0 0 0.8 7.3 509 3 0
Lloyd Cardwell 24 9 0 36 181 0 0 5.0 20.1 4.0 3 51 17.0 1 45 0.3 5.7 232 1 0
Vern Huffman 23 BB 11 7 35 187 0 0 5.3 17.0 3.2 8 104 13.0 0 0 0.7 9.5 291 0 0
Ed Klewicki+ 26 LE 11 11 10 53 0 0 5.3 4.8 0.9 8 134 16.8 0 0 0.7 12.2 187 0 0
Lee Kizzire 7 0 7 20 0 0 2.9 2.9 1.0 20 0 0
Chuck Hanneman 23 10 0 2 53 1 50 26.5 5.3 0.2 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.9 62 1 0
Butch Morse 27 RE 10 6 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 8 131 16.4 1 38 0.8 13.1 128 1 0
Harry Ebding 31 re 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 89 17.8 1 0 0.5 8.9 89 1 0
Team Total 24.4 11 484 2074 12 50 4.3 188.5 44.0 44 631 14.3 4 45 4.0 57.4 2705 16 0
Opp Total 11 387 1329 8 3.4 120.8 35.2 59 804 13.6 4 5.4 73.1 2133 12 0

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Dutch Clark+ 31 TB 11 11 5 1 6 6 1 45
Bill Shepherd 26 11 0 2 1 3 7 2 31
Regis Monahan 29 11 3 5 5 20
Ernie Caddel 26 WB/PR/P/KR/K 11 11 3 3 18
Harry Ebding 31 re 10 5 1 2 3 18
Lloyd Cardwell 24 9 0 1 1 6
Ace Gutowsky 28 FB 11 11 1 1 6
Chuck Hanneman 23 10 0 1 1 6
Vern Huffman 23 BB 11 7 1 1 6
Tom Hupke 27 11 0 1 1 6
Jack Johnson 28 LT 11 11 1 1 6
Ed Klewicki+ 26 LE 11 11 1 1 6
Butch Morse 27 RE 10 6 1 1 6
Team Total 24.4 11 12 4 4 3 23 18 8 180
Opp Total 11 8 4 12 3 105