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1938 Detroit Lions

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

Scored 119 points (10.8/g), 8th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 108 points (9.8/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 11 points (1.0/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 6.1-4.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +20 (1.8/g), 3rd.

Coached by Dutch Clark (7-4-0)

1938 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 9 W 1-0 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 7
2 Sun October 2 L 1-1 @ Cleveland Rams 17 21 12 298 131 167 3 172 91 81
3 Sun October 9 W 2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 17 7
4 Sun October 16 L 2-2 Washington Redskins 5 7
5 Sun October 23 W 3-2 Chicago Cardinals 10 0
6 Sun October 30 W 4-2 @ Chicago Bears 13 7
7 Sun November 6 W 5-2 Cleveland Rams 6 0
8 Sun November 13 L 5-3 Green Bay Packers 7 28
9 Sun November 20 W 6-3 @ Chicago Cardinals 7 3
10 Thu November 24 W 7-3 Chicago Bears 14 7 12 242 242 12 209 209
11 Sun December 4 L 7-4 Philadelphia Eagles 7 21

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 119 2640 620 4.3 129 49 148 747 3 16 5.0 472 1893 11 4.0 129 16 0
Team Defense 108 2186 543 4.0 77 205 1105 9 23 5.4 338 1081 6 3.2 36 13
Lg Rank Offense 8 5 5 10 10 10 2 8 1 1 2 1 2 1
Lg Rank Defense 2 4 1 7 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Vern Huffman 24 TB 11 8 27 85 31.8 382 2 2.4 8 9.4 0 4.5 0.5 14.1 34.7 15.9
Bill Shepherd 27 fb 9 3 8 32 25.0 167 0 0.0 6 18.8 0 5.2 -3.2 20.9 18.6 9.2
Dutch Clark 32 6 0 6 12 50.0 50 1 8.3 2 16.7 0 4.2 -2.5 8.3 8.3 49.3
Kent Ryan 23 9 0 2 9 22.2 27 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 3.0 3.0 13.5 3.0 39.6
Ace Gutowsky 29 FB 11 9 3 7 42.9 41 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 5.9 5.9 13.7 3.7 62.2
Ernie Caddel 27 7 4 2 2 100.0 45 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 22.5 22.5 22.5 6.4 118.7
Lloyd Cardwell* 25 WB 10 6 1 1 100.0 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 35.0 35.0 3.5 118.7
Team Total 25.2 11 49 148 33.1 747 3 2.0 16 10.8 35 5.0 0.4 15.2 67.9 17.9
Opp Total 11 77 205 37.6 1105 9 4.4 23 11.2 5.4 0.8 14.4 100.5 30.9 0 0 5.4 0.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Ace Gutowsky 29 FB 11 9 131 444 2 0 3.4 40.4 11.9 1 25 25.0 0 25 0.1 2.3 469 2 0
Bill Shepherd 27 fb 9 3 100 455 3 0 4.6 50.6 11.1 455 3 0
Lloyd Cardwell* 25 WB 10 6 73 294 4 0 4.0 29.4 7.3 9 138 15.3 1 0 0.9 13.8 432 5 0
Vern Huffman 24 TB 11 8 69 181 1 0 2.6 16.5 6.3 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.1 1.5 198 1 0
Kent Ryan 23 9 0 24 180 0 0 7.5 20.0 2.7 7 78 11.1 0 0 0.8 8.7 258 0 0
Paul Szakash 25 7 2 20 55 0 0 2.8 7.9 2.9 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 55 0 0
Dick Nardi 23 8 1 20 109 0 0 5.5 13.6 2.5 109 0 0
Ernie Caddel 27 7 4 14 38 1 0 2.7 5.4 2.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.9 44 1 0
Ed Klewicki 27 LE 10 8 10 76 0 0 7.6 7.6 1.0 3 57 19.0 0 0 0.3 5.7 133 0 0
Dutch Clark 32 6 0 7 25 0 0 3.6 4.2 1.2 25 0 0
Maury Patt 23 10 2 3 30 0 0 10.0 3.0 0.3 7 80 11.4 0 0 0.7 8.0 110 0 0
Chuck Hanneman 24 10 2 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.6 0.1 4 80 20.0 1 0 0.4 8.0 86 1 0
Monk Moscrip 25 RE 11 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 118 19.7 1 0 0.5 10.7 118 1 0
Fred Vanzo 22 BB 10 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 52 13.0 0 0 0.4 5.2 52 0 0
Butch Morse 28 8 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 55 18.3 0 0 0.4 6.9 55 0 0
Jim A. McDonald 23 11 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 41 20.5 0 0 0.2 3.7 41 0 0
Team Total 25.2 11 472 1893 11 6 4.0 172.1 42.9 49 747 15.2 3 25 4.5 67.9 2640 14 0
Opp Total 11 338 1081 6 3.2 98.3 30.7 77 1105 14.4 9 7.0 100.5 2186 15 0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Regis Monahan 30 K 9 1 5 4 80.0% 4 2 50.0%
Monk Moscrip 25 RE 11 6 1 0.0% 6 6 100.0%
Dutch Clark 32 6 0 2 2 100.0% 2 2 100.0%
Bill Shepherd 27 fb 9 3 2 1 50.0% 2 2 100.0%
Team Total 25.2 11 10 7 70.0% 14 12 85.7%
Opp Total 11 1 15 15 100.0%

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Lloyd Cardwell* 25 WB 10 6 4 1 30
Bill Shepherd 27 fb 9 3 3 2 1 23
Regis Monahan 30 K 9 1 2 4 14
Ace Gutowsky 29 FB 11 9 2 12
Monk Moscrip 25 RE 11 6 1 6 12
Dutch Clark 32 6 0 2 2 8
Ernie Caddel 27 7 4 1 6
Chuck Hanneman 24 10 2 1 6
Vern Huffman 24 TB 11 8 1 6
Team Total 25.2 11 11 3 12 7 117
Opp Total 11 6 9 15 1 108