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1940 Detroit Lions

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Record: 5-5-1, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 138 points (12.5/g), 7th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 153 points (13.9/g), 5th.
 Differential of -15 points (-1.4/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 4.8-6.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +22 (2.0/g), 2nd.

Coached by Potsy Clark (5-5-1)

1940 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 Sun September 15 box T 0-0-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 0 0 5 16 26 -10 5 2 14 14 2
2 Sun September 22 box L 0-1-1 Pittsburgh Pirates 7 10 13 231 44 187 4 11 209 37 172 1
3 Sun September 29 box W 1-1-1 Cleveland Rams 6 0 13 226 54 172 5 5 146 106 40 8
4 Sat October 5 box W 2-1-1 Chicago Cardinals 43 14 9 243 49 194 5 9 145 25 120 10
5 Sun October 13 box L 2-2-1 @ Chicago Bears 0 7 13 173 66 107 2 10 210 15 195 4
6 Sun October 20 box W 3-2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 23 14 13 277 168 109 4 12 301 221 80 9
7 Sun October 27 box L 3-3-1 Washington Redskins 14 20 18 330 193 137 7 8 271 65 206 7
8 Sun November 3 box L 3-4-1 @ Cleveland Rams 0 24 12 261 149 112 6 16 308 131 177 1
9 Sun November 10 box W 4-4-1 Chicago Bears 17 14 14 253 155 98 1 14 299 167 132 3
10 Sun November 17 box W 5-4-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 21 0 14 397 131 266 3 9 129 152 -23 4
11 Sun November 24 box L 5-5-1 Green Bay Packers 7 50 11 253 157 96 7 11 314 112 202

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 138 2634 622 4.2 133 86 195 1177 3 27 6.0 427 1457 12 3.4 133 27 0
Team Defense 153 2357 558 4.2 77 177 1034 6 29 5.8 381 1323 13 3.5 49 20
Lg Rank Offense 7 6 4 6 7 10 8 6 4 5 3 5 8 1
Lg Rank Defense 5 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 5 9 9 1 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Whizzer White+ 23 TB 11 9 35 80 43.8 461 0 0.0 12 15.0 0 5.8 -1.0 13.2 41.9 23.0
Cotton Price* 22 9 1 33 66 50.0 456 3 4.5 7 10.6 0 6.9 2.6 13.8 50.7 48.1
Dwight Sloan 26 tb 11 5 18 46 39.1 260 0 0.0 8 17.4 0 5.7 -2.2 14.4 23.6 18.7
Kent Ryan 25 10 4 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Lloyd Cardwell 27 WB 10 8 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 24.9 11 86 195 44.1 1177 3 1.5 27 13.8 0 6.0 0.0 13.7 107.0 29.5
Opp Total 11 77 177 43.5 1034 6 3.4 29 16.4 5.8 -1.2 13.4 94.0 34.4 0 0 5.8 -1.2

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
Whizzer White+ 23 TB 11 9 146 514 5 0 3.5 46.7 13.3 4 55 13.8 0 0 0.4 5.0 569 5 0
Howie Weiss 23 FB 11 4 79 298 3 0 3.8 27.1 7.2 4 56 14.0 0 0 0.4 5.1 354 3 0
Dwight Sloan 26 tb 11 5 58 225 0 0 3.9 20.5 5.3 225 0 0
Lloyd Cardwell 27 WB 10 8 48 186 2 0 3.9 18.6 4.8 20 349 17.5 1 0 2.0 34.9 535 3 0
Cotton Price* 22 9 1 42 122 2 0 2.9 13.6 4.7 122 2 0
Bill Shepherd 29 3 2 24 67 0 0 2.8 22.3 8.0 2 12 6.0 0 0 0.7 4.0 79 0 0
Kent Ryan 25 10 4 22 42 0 0 1.9 4.2 2.2 9 96 10.7 0 0 0.9 9.6 138 0 0
Paul Moore 22 7 0 2 4 0 0 2.0 0.6 0.3 4 29 7.3 1 14 0.6 4.1 33 1 0
Stillman Rouse 23 LE 10 5 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2 17 8.5 0 0 0.2 1.7 17 0 0
Bill Fisk 24 10 3 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 1.0 10 0 0
Fred Vanzo 24 BB 10 10 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 7 75 10.7 0 0 0.7 7.5 74 0 0
Jack Morlock 24 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 0
Chuck Hanneman 26 RE 9 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 224 16.0 0 0 1.6 24.9 224 0 0
Dave Diehl 22 10 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 131 10.9 0 0 1.2 13.1 131 0 0
Bill Callihan 24 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 42 10.5 0 0 0.4 4.2 42 0 0
Jack Johnson 31 LT 11 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 48 48.0 1 48 0.1 4.4 48 1 0
Les McDonald 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 20 20.0 0 20 1.0 20.0 20 0 0
Butch Morse 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.5 6.5 13 0 0
Team Total 24.9 11 427 1457 12 0 3.4 132.5 38.8 86 1177 13.7 3 48 7.8 107.0 2634 15 0
Opp Total 11 381 1323 13 3.5 120.3 34.6 77 1034 13.4 6 7.0 94.0 2357 19 0

Kicking & Punting

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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
Whizzer White+ 23 TB 11 9 1 0.0% 4 2 50.0% 52 2132 61 0 41.0
Chuck Hanneman 26 RE 9 6 4 2 50.0% 10 10 100.0%
Cotton Price* 22 9 1 4 4 100.0% 9 374 55 0 41.6
Kent Ryan 25 10 4 9 350 53 0 38.9
Dwight Sloan 26 tb 11 5 2 54 32 0 27.0
Steve Maronic 23 5 1 1 0.0%
Bill Shepherd 29 3 2 1 40 40 0 40.0
Team Total 24.9 11 6 2 33.3% 18 16 88.9% 73 2950 61 0 40.4
Opp Total 11 3 21 18 85.7%

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bill Callihan 24 10 1 2 18 0 0
Tony Calvelli 25 C 11 6 2 51 1 34
Lloyd Cardwell 27 WB 10 8 4 17 0 0
Bill Feldhaus 28 RG 11 11 1 10 0 10
Chuck Hanneman 26 RE 9 6 2 34 0 0
Glen Morris 28 4 2 1 20 0 20
Kent Ryan 25 10 4 6 65 0 0
Dwight Sloan 26 tb 11 5 1 4 0 4
Howie Weiss 23 FB 11 4 2 14 0 0
Whizzer White+ 23 TB 11 9 4 37 0 0
Socko Wiethe+ 28 LG 10 9 1 8 0 8
Alex Wojciechowicz 25 c 11 5 3 20 1 12
Team Total 24.9 11 29 298 2 34
Opp Total 11 0 -20

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Whizzer White+ 23 TB 11 9 5 2 32
Howie Weiss 23 FB 11 4 3 1 24
Lloyd Cardwell 27 WB 10 8 2 1 18
Chuck Hanneman 26 RE 9 6 10 2 16
Cotton Price* 22 9 1 2 4 16
Tony Calvelli 25 C 11 6 1 6
Dave Diehl 22 10 2 1 6
Jack Johnson 31 LT 11 6 1 6
Paul Moore 22 7 0 1 6
Alex Wojciechowicz 25 c 11 5 1 6
Team Total 24.9 11 12 3 1 2 1 16 2 136
Opp Total 11 13 6 18 3 153