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1941 Detroit Lions
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Record: 4-6-1, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 121 points (11.0/g), 7th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 195 points (17.7/g), 6th.
Differential of -74 points (-6.7/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 2.7-8.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 5th.
Coached by Bill Edwards (4-6-1)
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1941 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 | Whizzer White | 24 | 3 | 8 | 89 rushes for 240 yards, 2 td, & 5 catches for 158 yards and 1 td | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 4th pick / 1938 |
| FB | Harry Hopp | 23 | Rook | 6 | 69 rushes for 202 yards, 1 td, & 2 catches for 7 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 20th pick / 1941 |
| BB | Bill Callihan | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 34 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 9th / 77th pick / 1939 |
| BB | Fred Vanzo | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 20 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1938 |
| WB | Dick Booth | 23 | Rook | 5 | 29 rushes for 80 yards, 1 td, & 7 catches for 103 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Bill Fisk | 25 | 1 | 8 | 9 catches for 140 yards, 2 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 21st pick / 1940 |
| LT | John Tripson* | 22 | Rook | 9 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 45th pick / 1941 |
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| LG | Augie Lio* | 23 | Rook | 7 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 30th pick / 1941 |
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| C | Alex Wojciechowicz | 26 | 3 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1938 |
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| RG | Socko Wiethe | 29 | 2 | 5 | ||
| RT | Tony Furst | 23 | 1 | 6 | ||
| RE | Paul Szakash | 28 | 3 | 7 | 3 catches for 77 yards, 0 td | Detroit Lions / 7th / 56th pick / 1938 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Augie Lio* | 23 | Rook | 7 | 0 of 5 field goals & 12 of 13 extra points | Detroit Lions / 4th / 30th pick / 1941 |
| P | Whizzer White | 24 | 3 | 8 | 48 punts for a 41.6 average, 0 blocked | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 4th pick / 1938 |
| PR | Whizzer White | 24 | 3 | 8 | 19 punt returns for a 13.8 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 4th pick / 1938 |
| KR | Whizzer White | 24 | 3 | 8 | 11 kick returns for a 25.9 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 4th pick / 1938 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Stan Andersen | 24 | T-E | 6 | 3 | 218 | 6-2 | Stanford | 9/14/1917 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 12th / 101st pick / 1940 |
| Stan Batinski | 24 | G-T | 8 | 3 | 215 | 5-10 | Temple | 3/4/1917 | Rook | |
| Steve Belichick | 22 | FB | 6 | 3 | 190 | 5-9 | Case Western Reserve | 1/7/1919 | Rook | |
| Dick Booth | 23 | B | 11 | 5 | 190 | 6-1 | Case Western Reserve | 7/13/1918 | Rook | |
| Maurice Britt | 22 | E | 9 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 6/29/1919 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 13th / 115th pick / 1941 |
| Bill Callihan | 25 | B-T | 11 | 6 | 217 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 5/15/1916 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 77th pick / 1939 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 28 | WB-DB-FB | 4 | 2 | 195 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 4/19/1913 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1937 |
| Clem Crabtree | 23 | T-G | 9 | 3 | 225 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 11/11/1918 | 1 | |
| Bill Fisk | 25 | E-DE | 11 | 8 | 200 | 6-0 | USC | 11/5/1916 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 21st pick / 1940 |
| Tony Furst | 23 | T | 10 | 6 | 217 | 6-1 | Dayton | 4/26/1918 | 1 | |
| Chuck Hanneman | 27 | E | 6 | 4 | 220 | 6-0 | Eastern Michigan | 9/26/1914 | 4 | |
| Harry Hopp | 23 | B | 10 | 6 | 209 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 12/13/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 20th pick / 1941 |
| Billy Jefferson | 23 | HB | 11 | 2 | 208 | 6-2 | Mississippi State | 3/17/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 12th / 105th pick / 1941 |
| John Jett | 23 | E | 5 | 0 | 225 | 6-7 | Wake Forest | 2/9/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 55th pick / 1941 |
| Augie Lio* | 23 | G-T | 11 | 7 | 234 | 6-0 | Georgetown (DC) | 4/30/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 30th pick / 1941 |
| Andy Logan | 23 | T-C | 9 | 1 | 230 | 6-0 | Case Western Reserve | 2/17/1918 | Rook | |
| Ned Mathews | 23 | WB-HB | 9 | 1 | 187 | 5-10 | UCLA | 8/11/1918 | Rook | |
| Jack Mattiford | 25 | G | 10 | 3 | 210 | 5-11 | Marshall | 6/24/1916 | Rook | |
| Paul Moore | 23 | BB-LB | 8 | 0 | 208 | 5-9 | Presbyterian | 1/23/1918 | 1 | |
| Robert Nelson | 21 | C-T-DT-LB | 9 | 2 | 214 | 6-1 | Baylor | 1/30/1920 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1941 |
| John Noppenberg | 24 | B | 2 | 0 | 196 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 9/8/1917 | 1 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 13th / 113th pick / 1940 |
| Dunc Obee | 23 | C | 3 | 0 | 215 | 5-11 | Dayton | 7/9/1918 | Rook | |
| Lloyd Parsons | 23 | B | 7 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Gustavus Adolphus,Minnesota | 6/10/1918 | Rook | |
| Ted Pavelec | 23 | G-T | 10 | 2 | 218 | 6-0 | Detroit Mercy | 11/4/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 10th / 85th pick / 1941 |
| Milt Piepul | 23 | FB | 11 | 2 | 215 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 9/14/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 11th / 95th pick / 1941 |
| Cotton Price | 23 | TB-DB-QB | 11 | 2 | 180 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 5/31/1918 | 1 | |
| Bill Radovich | 26 | G | 11 | 4 | 238 | 5-10 | USC | 6/24/1915 | 3 | |
| Alex Schibanoff | 22 | T | 2 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | Franklin & Marshall | 10/17/1919 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 14th / 125th pick / 1941 |
| Paul Szakash | 28 | E-BB-FB | 10 | 7 | 213 | 6-0 | Montana | 5/5/1913 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 56th pick / 1938 |
| Owen Thuerk | 23 | E | 3 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | none | 2/5/1918 | Rook | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 25 | FB-HB | 4 | 2 | 198 | 6-0 | Bucknell | 1/8/1916 | 2 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 11th / 92nd pick / 1939 |
| John Tripson* | 22 | T | 11 | 9 | 220 | 6-3 | Mississippi State | 9/17/1919 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 6th / 45th pick / 1941 |
| Emil Uremovich | 25 | T-DE-E | 10 | 1 | 233 | 6-2 | Indiana | 9/29/1916 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 93rd pick / 1941 |
| Fred Vanzo | 25 | BB-LB | 6 | 5 | 230 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 1/8/1916 | 3 | New York Giants / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1938 |
| Whizzer White | 24 | TB-HB | 11 | 8 | 187 | 6-1 | Colorado | 6/8/1917 | 3 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 4th pick / 1938 |
| Socko Wiethe | 29 | G-LB | 8 | 5 | 198 | 6-0 | Xavier (OH) | 10/17/1912 | 2 | |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 26 | C-LB-E | 10 | 9 | 217 | 5-11 | Fordham | 8/12/1915 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1938 |
| Team Total | 24.0 | 11 | 210.6 | 6-0.6 | 0.9 |