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1940 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-5-1, 3rd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Potsy Clark (5-5-1)

Points For: 138 (12.5/g) 7th of 10

Points Against: 153 (13.9/g) 5th of 10

Expected W-L: 4.8-6.2

SRS: -0.80 (6th of 10), SOS: .56

Stadium: Briggs Stadium

Principal Owner: Fred Mandel

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	138	2634	622	4.2	27	0	133	86	195	1177	3	27	6.0		427	1457	12	3.4		0	259
Opp. Stats	153	2357	558	4.2	49	20		77	177	1034	6	29	5.8		381	1323	13	3.5		0	0
Lg Rank Offense	7	6			8	1	4		6	7	10	8	6		4	5	3	5
Lg Rank Defense	5	2			1	1	1		2	2	1	2	3		3	5	9	9

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
2	Sun	September 15		boxscore	T		0-0-1	@	Chicago Cardinals	0	0	5	16	26	-10	5	2	14		14	2
3	Sun	September 22		boxscore	L		0-1-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	7	10	13	209	37	172	4	11	231	44	187
4	Sun	September 29		boxscore	W		1-1-1		Cleveland Rams	6	0	13	226	54	172	5	5	150	106	44	8
5	Sat	October 5		boxscore	W		2-1-1		Chicago Cardinals	43	14	9	243	49	194	5	9	150	33	117	10
6	Sun	October 13		boxscore	L		2-2-1	@	Chicago Bears	0	7	13	173	66	107	2	10	210	15	195	4
7	Sun	October 20		boxscore	W		3-2-1	@	Green Bay Packers	23	14	13	277	168	109		12	301	221	80	9
8	Sun	October 27		boxscore	L		3-3-1		Washington Redskins	14	20	18	330	193	137	7	8	271	65	206	7
9	Sun	November 3		boxscore	L		3-4-1	@	Cleveland Rams	0	24	12	255	139	116	6	16	292	119	173
10	Sun	November 10		boxscore	W		4-4-1		Chicago Bears	17	14	14	253	155	98	1	14	299	167	132	3
11	Sun	November 17		boxscore	W		5-4-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	21	0	14	397	131	266	3	9	129	152	-23	4
12	Sun	November 24		boxscore	L		5-5-1		Green Bay Packers	7	50	11	255	159	96	7	11	314	112	202

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Whizzer White	23	TB	11	9	35	80	43.8	461	0	0.0	12	15.0	5.8	-1.0	13.2	41.9	23.0	0	0	AP-1
2	Cotton Price	22		9	1	33	66	50.0	456	3	4.5	7	10.6	6.9	3.0	13.8	50.7	48.1	1	1	PB
3	Dwight Sloan	26	TB	11	5	18	46	39.1	260	0	0.0	8	17.4	5.7	-2.2	14.4	23.6	18.7	0	0
4	Lloyd Cardwell	27	WB	10	8	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0
5	Kent Ryan	25		10	4	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0
	Team Totals			11	11	86	195	44.1	1177	3	1.5	27	13.8	6.0	0.1	13.7	107.0	29.5	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Awards
1	Whizzer White	23	TB	11	9	146	514	5		3.5	46.7	13.3	4	55	13.8	0		0.4	5.0	150	3.8	569	5	AP-1
2	Lloyd Cardwell	27	WB	10	8	48	186	2		3.9	18.6	4.8	20	349	17.5	1		2.0	34.9	68	7.9	535	3
3	Howie Weiss	23	FB	11	4	79	298	3		3.8	27.1	7.2	4	56	14.0	0		0.4	5.1	83	4.3	354	3
4	Dwight Sloan	26	TB	11	5	58	225	0		3.9	20.5	5.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	58	3.9	225	0
5	Chuck Hanneman	26	RE	9	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	224	16.0	0		1.6	24.9	14	16.0	224	0
6	Kent Ryan	25		10	4	22	42	0		1.9	4.2	2.2	9	96	10.7	0		0.9	9.6	31	4.5	138	0
7	Dave Diehl	22		10	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	131	10.9	0		1.2	13.1	12	10.9	131	0
8	Cotton Price	22		9	1	42	122	2		2.9	13.6	4.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	42	2.9	122	2	PB
9	Bill Shepherd	29		3	2	24	67	0		2.8	22.3	8.0	2	12	6.0	0		0.7	4.0	26	3.0	79	0
10	Fred Vanzo	24	BB	10	10	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	7	75	10.7	0		0.7	7.5	8	9.3	74	0
11	Jack Johnson	31	LT	11	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	48	48.0	1	48	0.1	4.4	1	48.0	48	1
12	Bill Callihan	24		10	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	42	10.5	0		0.4	4.2	4	10.5	42	0
13	Paul Moore	22		7	0	2	4	0		2.0	0.6	0.3	4	29	7.3	1	14	0.6	4.1	6	5.5	33	1
14	Les McDonald	26		1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	20	20.0	0	20	1.0	20.0	1	20.0	20	0
15	Stillman Rouse	23	LE	10	5	2	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.2	2	17	8.5	0		0.2	1.7	4	4.3	17	0
16	Butch Morse	30		2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.5	6.5	1	13.0	13	0
17	Bill Fisk	24		10	3	2	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.2	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	1.0	3	3.3	10	0
18	Jack Morlock	24		4	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			11	11	427	1457	12	-1	3.4	132.5	38.8	86	1177	13.7	3	48	7.8	107.0	513	5.1	2634	15

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bill Feldhaus	28	RG	11	11	1	10	0	10	0	0.0	0
2	Whizzer White	23	TB	11	9	4	37	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
3	Socko Wiethe	28	LG	10	9	1	8	0	8	0	0.0	0	AP-1
4	Lloyd Cardwell	27	WB	10	8	4	17	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Tony Calvelli	25	C	11	6	2	51	1	34	0	0.0	0
6	Chuck Hanneman	26	RE	9	6	2	34	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Dwight Sloan	26	TB	11	5	1	4	0	4	0	0.0	0
8	Alex Wojciechowicz	25	C	11	5	3	20	1	12	0	0.0	0
9	Kent Ryan	25		10	4	6	65	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Howie Weiss	23	FB	11	4	2	14	0	0	1	0.0	0
11	Glenn Morris	28		4	2	1	20	0	20	0	0.0	0
12	Bill Callihan	24		10	1	2	18	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			11	11	29	298	2	34	1	0.0	0

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