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1942 Detroit Lions

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Record: 0-11-0, Finished 5th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 38 points (3.5/g), 10th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 263 points (23.9/g), 10th.
 Differential of -225 points (-20.5/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 0.1-10.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -28 (-2.5/g), 10th.

Coached by Bill Edwards (0-3-0) and Bull Karcis (0-8-0)

1942 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 20 box L 0-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 0 13 9 117 59 58 4 11 208 109 99
2 Sun September 27 box L 0-2 Cleveland Rams 0 14 9 164 57 107 5 10 222 106 116 3
3 Sun October 4 box L 0-3 Brooklyn Dodgers 7 28 13 236 115 121 5 4 200 80 120 5
4 Sun October 11 box L 0-4 @ Green Bay Packers 7 38 13 254 70 184 6 17 412 305 107 2
5 Sun October 18 box L 0-5 Chicago Cardinals 0 7 9 179 65 114 3 12 261 138 123 1
6 Sun October 25 box L 0-6 Green Bay Packers 7 28 16 279 128 151 6 9 166 118 48
7 Sun November 1 box L 0-7 @ Chicago Bears 0 16 6 125 43 82 4 16 321 161 160 6
8 Sun November 8 box L 0-8 Pittsburgh Steelers 7 35 6 189 77 112 4 15 315 48 267 1
9 Sun November 15 box L 0-9 @ Cleveland Rams 7 27 17 346 114 232 3 8 285 160 125 2
10 Sun November 22 box L 0-10 Chicago Bears 0 42 10 144 63 81 12 8 362 270 92 5
11 Sun November 29 box L 0-11 Washington Redskins 3 15 7 113 94 19 4 18 293 128 165 3

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 38 2146 564 3.8 115 73 222 885 1 33 4.0 40 342 1261 4 3.7 67 56 23 8
Team Defense 263 3046 659 4.6 187 103 219 1623 22 18 7.4 51 440 1423 13 3.2 128 28 10 8
Lg Rank Offense 10 10 7 5 8 10 10 10 9 6 9 3 10 10
Lg Rank Defense 10 9 7 6 9 10 7 10 7 4 6 4 6 5

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%
Harry Hopp* 24 TB 10 5 20 68 29.4 258 0 0.0 13 19.1 50 3.8 -4.8 12.9 25.8 3.3
Chet Wetterlund 24 6 3 13 44 29.5 230 0 0.0 10 22.7 51 5.2 -5.0 17.7 38.3 9.3
Tom Colella 24 9 2 18 41 43.9 178 0 0.0 4 9.8 23 4.3 0.0 9.9 19.8 17.2
Ned Mathews 24 WB 9 6 6 22 27.3 53 1 4.5 2 9.1 18 2.4 -1.2 8.8 5.9 16.9
Murray Evans 23 10 1 7 17 41.2 64 0 0.0 1 5.9 15 3.8 1.1 9.1 6.4 27.6
Mickey Sanzotta 21 FB 10 5 4 15 26.7 45 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 3.0 3.0 11.3 4.5 39.6
Joe Stringfellow 24 9 2 5 13 38.5 67 0 0.0 2 15.4 21 5.2 -1.8 13.4 7.4 16.0
Bill Callihan 26 BB 11 10 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Johnny Hall 26 7 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.0 11 73 222 32.9 895 1 0.5 33 14.9 51 4.0 -2.6 12.3 81.4 8.2
Opp Total 11 103 219 47.0 1623 22 10.0 18 8.2 7.4 4.7 15.8 147.5 71.4 0 0 7.4 4.7

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
Mickey Sanzotta 21 FB 10 5 71 268 0 18 3.8 26.8 7.1 5 16 3.2 0 12 0.5 1.6 284 0 0
Harry Hopp* 24 TB 10 5 66 230 0 44 3.5 23.0 6.6 230 0 0
Frank Grigonis 26 10 2 37 131 1 12 3.5 13.1 3.7 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.1 1.7 148 1 0
Elmer Hackney 26 8 2 34 208 2 78 6.1 26.0 4.3 3 22 7.3 0 12 0.4 2.8 230 2 0
Tom Colella 24 9 2 23 51 0 34 2.2 5.7 2.6 51 0 0
Chet Wetterlund 24 6 3 23 6 0 12 0.3 1.0 3.8 6 0 0
Ned Mathews 24 WB 9 6 21 79 0 14 3.8 8.8 2.3 3 38 12.7 0 20 0.3 4.2 117 0 0
John Polanski 24 3 1 17 67 0 13 3.9 22.3 5.7 67 0 0
Joe Stringfellow 24 9 2 16 41 0 11 2.6 4.6 1.8 8 89 11.1 0 20 0.9 9.9 130 0 0
Harry Seltzer 23 6 1 14 44 0 24 3.1 7.3 2.3 2 23 11.5 0 16 0.3 3.8 67 0 0
Emil Banjavic 24 10 1 11 67 0 45 6.1 6.7 1.1 5 50 10.0 1 18 0.5 5.0 117 1 0
Lloyd Cardwell 29 7 2 6 78 1 80 13.0 11.1 0.9 5 135 27.0 0 51 0.7 19.3 213 1 0
Johnny Hall 26 7 3 2 -8 0 0 -4.0 -1.1 0.3 1 42 42.0 0 42 0.1 6.0 34 0 0
Murray Evans 23 10 1 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 2 32 16.0 0 19 0.2 3.2 31 0 0
Bill Fisk 26 LE 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 177 11.8 0 27 1.4 16.1 177 0 0
Paul Szakash 29 10 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 53 10.6 0 21 0.5 5.3 53 0 0
Charlie Behan 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 63 15.8 0 25 0.4 7.0 63 0 0
Bill Callihan 26 BB 11 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 48 12.0 0 17 0.4 4.4 48 0 0
Alex Wojciechowicz 27 RE 11 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 44 11.0 0 13 0.4 4.0 44 0 0
Gran Harrison 25 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 21 7.0 0 9 0.8 5.3 21 0 0
Larry Knorr 25 8 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 18 9.0 0 10 0.3 2.3 18 0 0
Perry Scott 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 1.0 7 0 0
Team Total 25.0 11 342 1261 4 80 3.7 114.6 31.1 73 895 12.3 1 51 6.6 81.4 2156 5 0
Opp Total 11 440 1423 13 3.2 129.4 40.0 103 1623 15.8 22 9.4 147.5 3046 35 20

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Harry Hopp* 24 TB 10 5 9 86 0 22 9.6 5 108 0 26 21.6 424
Ned Mathews 24 WB 9 6 7 82 0 26 11.7 5 97 0 30 19.4 296
Johnny Hall 26 7 3 4 38 0 13 9.5 4 86 0 23 21.5 158
Chet Wetterlund 24 6 3 3 26 0 10 8.7 5 89 0 26 17.8 121
Emil Banjavic 24 10 1 2 29 0 16 14.5 4 69 0 24 17.3 215
Tom Colella 24 9 2 2 14 0 10 7.0 4 74 0 25 18.5 139
Mickey Sanzotta 21 FB 10 5 5 46 0 18 9.2 330
Lloyd Cardwell 29 7 2 2 45 0 26 22.5 1 13 0 13 13.0 271
Alex Wojciechowicz 27 RE 11 6 3 30 0 14 10.0 74
John Polanski 24 3 1 2 49 0 25 24.5 116
Joe Stringfellow 24 9 2 2 54 0 41 27.0 184
Bill Fisk 26 LE 11 11 1 10 0 10 10.0 187
Elmer Hackney 26 8 2 1 4 0 4 4.0 234
Augie Lio* 24 RG 10 8 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Team Total 25.0 11 34 366 0 26 10.8 38 687 0 41 18.1 3209
Opp Total 11 32 0 15 388 1 25.9

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
Harry Hopp* 24 TB 10 5 27 1098 52 0 40.7
Tom Colella 24 9 2 16 609 63 0 38.1
Chet Wetterlund 24 6 3 11 449 56 0 40.8
Augie Lio* 24 RG 10 8 4 0.0% 5 5 100.0%
Joe Stringfellow 24 9 2 9 363 59 0 40.3
Emil Banjavic 24 10 1 5 235 58 0 47.0
Ted Pavelec 24 LG 10 9 2 1 50.0%
Bill Callihan 26 BB 11 10 1 44 44 0 44.0
Mickey Sanzotta 21 FB 10 5 1 42 42 0 42.0
Larry Sartori 25 10 2 1 42 42 0 42.0
Team Total 25.0 11 6 1 16.7% 5 5 100.0% 71 2882 63 0 40.6
Opp Total 11 9 2 22.2% 36 33 91.7% 69 2829 41.0

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
Emil Banjavic 24 10 1 1 15 0 15
Bill Callihan 26 BB 11 10 3 29 0 20
Lloyd Cardwell 29 7 2 2 40 0 40
Tom Colella 24 9 2 1 10 0 10
Slok Gill 24 11 2 1 9 0 9
Frank Grigonis 26 10 2 1 26 0 26
Johnny Hall 26 7 3 1 9 0 9
Harry Hopp* 24 TB 10 5 1 0 0 0
Augie Lio* 24 RG 10 8 1 9 0 9
John Polanski 24 3 1 1 20 0 20
Mickey Sanzotta 21 FB 10 5 2 16 0 10
Chet Wetterlund 24 6 3 1 0 0 0
Alex Wojciechowicz 27 RE 11 6 2 5 0 4
Team Total 25.0 11 18 188 0 40
Opp Total 11 20 10 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Elmer Hackney 26 8 2 2 12
Emil Banjavic 24 10 1 1 6
Lloyd Cardwell 29 7 2 1 6
Frank Grigonis 26 10 2 1 6
Augie Lio* 24 RG 10 8 5 5
Ted Pavelec 24 LG 10 9 1 3
Team Total 25.0 11 4 1 5 1 38
Opp Total 11 13 22 1 33 2 1 263