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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)
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1938 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Vern Huffman | 24 | 1 | 8 | 69 rushes for 181 yards, 1 td, & 1 catch for 17 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 27th pick / 1937 |
| FB | Ace Gutowsky | 29 | 6 | 9 | 131 rushes for 444 yards, 2 td, & 1 catch for 25 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Bill Shepherd | 27 | 3 | 3 | 100 rushes for 455 yards, 3 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| BB | Fred Vanzo | 22 | Rook | 7 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 52 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1938 |
| WB | Lloyd Cardwell* | 25 | 1 | 6 | 73 rushes for 294 yards, 4 td, & 9 catches for 138 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1937 |
| LE | Ed Klewicki | 27 | 3 | 8 | 3 catches for 57 yards, 0 td, & 10 rushes for 76 yards and 0 td | |
| LT | Jack Johnson | 29 | 4 | 7 | ||
| LG | Sid Wagner | 26 | 2 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 8th pick / 1936 |
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| C | Dixie Stokes | 25 | 1 | 6 | ||
| C | Alex Wojciechowicz | 23 | Rook | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1938 |
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| RG | Bill Feldhaus | 26 | 1 | 6 | ||
| RT | Bob Reynolds | 24 | 1 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 52nd pick / 1936 |
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| RE | Monk Moscrip | 25 | Rook | 6 | 6 catches for 118 yards, 1 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 9th / 76th pick / 1936 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Regis Monahan | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 of 5 field goals & 2 of 4 extra points | |
| P | Lou Barle | 22 | Rook | 0 | ||
| PR | Lou Barle | 22 | Rook | 0 | ||
| KR | Lou Barle | 22 | Rook | 0 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Lou Barle | 22 | HB-QB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 6/23/1916 | Rook | |
| Ernie Caddel | 27 | WB | 7 | 4 | 199 | 6-2 | Stanford | 3/12/1911 | 5 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell* | 25 | WB-DB-FB | 10 | 6 | 195 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 4/19/1913 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1937 |
| George Christensen | 29 | T-G | 11 | 3 | 238 | 6-2 | Oregon | 12/13/1909 | 7 | |
| Dutch Clark | 32 | TB-DB | 6 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Colorado College | 10/11/1906 | 7 | |
| Bill Feldhaus | 26 | G-T | 11 | 6 | 226 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 12/8/1912 | 1 | |
| Les Graham | 22 | G | 11 | 2 | 215 | 6-0 | Tulsa | 7/1/1916 | Rook | |
| Ace Gutowsky | 29 | FB-TB | 11 | 9 | 201 | 5-11 | Oklahoma City | 8/2/1909 | 6 | |
| Chuck Hanneman | 24 | E | 10 | 2 | 220 | 6-0 | Eastern Michigan | 9/26/1914 | 1 | |
| Vern Huffman | 24 | BB-TB-HB-QB | 11 | 8 | 215 | 6-2 | Indiana | 12/18/1914 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 27th pick / 1937 |
| Jack Johnson | 29 | T | 10 | 7 | 216 | 6-4 | Utah | 11/28/1909 | 4 | |
| Ed Klewicki | 27 | E | 10 | 8 | 209 | 5-10 | Michigan State | 5/4/1911 | 3 | |
| Jack Mackenroth | 22 | C | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | North Dakota | 6/29/1916 | Rook | |
| Tony Matisi | 24 | T | 5 | 1 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 8/23/1914 | Rook | Pittsburgh Pirates / 4th / 29th pick / 1938 |
| Jim A. McDonald | 23 | B | 11 | 4 | 193 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 6/9/1915 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 2nd pick / 1938 |
| Regis Monahan | 30 | G-T | 9 | 1 | 216 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 11/15/1908 | 3 | |
| Butch Morse | 28 | E | 8 | 4 | 199 | 6-2 | Oregon | 12/5/1910 | 3 | |
| Monk Moscrip | 25 | E | 11 | 6 | 195 | 6-0 | Stanford | 9/17/1913 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 9th / 76th pick / 1936 |
| Dick Nardi | 23 | B | 8 | 1 | 200 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 9/25/1915 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 8th / 66th pick / 1938 |
| Maury Patt | 23 | E | 10 | 2 | 205 | 6-2 | Carnegie Mellon | 1/31/1915 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 5th / 47th pick / 1937 |
| Bill Radovich* | 23 | G | 10 | 4 | 238 | 5-10 | USC | 6/24/1915 | Rook | |
| Bob Reynolds | 24 | T | 11 | 8 | 221 | 6-4 | Stanford | 3/30/1914 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 52nd pick / 1936 |
| Bill Rogers | 25 | T | 7 | 3 | 243 | 5-11 | Villanova | 6/24/1913 | Rook | |
| Kent Ryan | 23 | HB | 9 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | Utah State | 2/2/1915 | Rook | |
| Bill Shepherd | 27 | B | 9 | 3 | 198 | 5-9 | Western Maryland | 12/4/1911 | 3 | |
| Dixie Stokes | 25 | C | 10 | 6 | 205 | 6-0 | Centenary | 8/24/1913 | 1 | |
| Paul Szakash | 25 | E-BB-FB | 7 | 2 | 213 | 6-0 | Montana | 5/5/1913 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 56th pick / 1938 |
| Fred Vanzo | 22 | BB-LB | 10 | 7 | 230 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 1/8/1916 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1938 |
| Sid Wagner | 26 | G | 11 | 9 | 192 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 10/29/1912 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 8th pick / 1936 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 23 | C-LB-E | 11 | 5 | 217 | 5-11 | Fordham | 8/12/1915 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1938 |
| Team Total | 25.2 | 11 | 210.9 | 6-0.5 | 1.6 |