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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)
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1942 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 | Harry Hopp* | 24 | 1 | 5 | 66 rushes for 230 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 20th pick / 1941 |
| FB | Mickey Sanzotta | 21 | Rook | 5 | 71 rushes for 268 yards, 0 td, & 5 catches for 16 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 4th / 30th pick / 1942 |
| BB | Bill Callihan | 26 | 2 | 10 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 48 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 9th / 77th pick / 1939 |
| WB | Ned Mathews | 24 | 1 | 6 | 21 rushes for 79 yards, 0 td, & 3 catches for 38 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Bill Fisk | 26 | 2 | 11 | 15 catches for 177 yards, 0 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 21st pick / 1940 |
| LT | Alex Schibanoff | 23 | 1 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 14th / 125th pick / 1941 |
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| LT | George Speth | 24 | Rook | 5 | Detroit Lions / 18th / 165th pick / 1942 |
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| LG | Ted Pavelec | 24 | 1 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 85th pick / 1941 |
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| C | John Schiechl | 25 | 1 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 13th pick / 1940 |
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| RG | Augie Lio* | 24 | 1 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 30th pick / 1941 |
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| RT | Emil Uremovich | 26 | 1 | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 93rd pick / 1941 |
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| RE | Alex Wojciechowicz | 27 | 4 | 6 | 4 catches for 44 yards, 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1938 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Augie Lio* | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 of 4 field goals & 5 of 5 extra points | Detroit Lions / 4th / 30th pick / 1941 |
| P | Harry Hopp* | 24 | 1 | 5 | 27 punts for a 40.7 average, 0 blocked | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 20th pick / 1941 |
| PR | Harry Hopp* | 24 | 1 | 5 | 9 punt returns for a 9.6 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 20th pick / 1941 |
| KR | Harry Hopp* | 24 | 1 | 5 | 5 kick returns for a 21.6 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 20th pick / 1941 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Tony Arena | 24 | C-LB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 7/2/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 13th / 115th pick / 1942 |
| Emil Banjavic | 24 | WB-DB | 10 | 1 | 194 | 6-1 | Arizona | 9/19/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 9th / 75th pick / 1942 |
| Charlie Behan | 22 | E | 9 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Northern Illinois | 8/4/1920 | Rook | |
| Bill Callihan | 26 | B-T | 11 | 10 | 217 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 5/15/1916 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 77th pick / 1939 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 29 | WB-DB-FB | 7 | 2 | 195 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 4/19/1913 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1937 |
| Tom Chantiles | 26 | T | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | USC | 7/2/1916 | Rook | |
| Tom Colella | 24 | HB-TB | 9 | 2 | 187 | 6-0 | Canisius | 7/3/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 55th pick / 1942 |
| Murray Evans | 23 | BB-QB | 10 | 1 | 203 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons | 6/23/1919 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 6th / 45th pick / 1942 |
| Bill Fisk | 26 | E-DE | 11 | 11 | 200 | 6-0 | USC | 11/5/1916 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 21st pick / 1940 |
| Slok Gill | 24 | C-LB-G | 11 | 2 | 180 | 5-7 | Youngstown State | 3/8/1918 | Rook | |
| Hank Goodman | 25 | T | 11 | 1 | 230 | 6-4 | George Washington,St. Bonaventure,West Virginia | 4/18/1917 | Rook | |
| Frank Grigonis | 26 | FB | 10 | 2 | 190 | 5-10 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 10/10/1916 | Rook | |
| Elmer Hackney | 26 | FB | 8 | 2 | 205 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 7/8/1916 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 92nd pick / 1940 |
| Johnny Hall | 26 | WB-HB | 7 | 3 | 195 | 6-0 | TCU | 12/14/1916 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 79th pick / 1939 |
| Gran Harrison | 25 | E | 4 | 1 | 211 | 6-3 | Mississippi State | 7/1/1917 | 1 | |
| Harry Hopp* | 24 | B | 10 | 5 | 209 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 12/13/1918 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 20th pick / 1941 |
| Bill Kennedy | 23 | G | 11 | 3 | 200 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 3/13/1919 | Rook | |
| Larry Knorr | 25 | E | 8 | 2 | 192 | 6-2 | Alabama,Dayton | 4/22/1917 | Rook | |
| Augie Lio* | 24 | G-T | 10 | 8 | 234 | 6-0 | Georgetown (DC) | 4/30/1918 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 30th pick / 1941 |
| Ned Mathews | 24 | WB-HB | 9 | 6 | 187 | 5-10 | UCLA | 8/11/1918 | 1 | |
| Ted Pavelec | 24 | G-T | 10 | 9 | 218 | 6-0 | Detroit Mercy | 11/4/1918 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 85th pick / 1941 |
| John Polanski | 24 | FB | 3 | 1 | 211 | 6-2 | Wake Forest | 9/6/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 11th / 95th pick / 1942 |
| Keith Ranspot | 29 | E | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | SMU | 12/11/1913 | 2 | |
| Mickey Sanzotta | 21 | B | 10 | 5 | 188 | 5-9 | Case Western Reserve | 4/28/1921 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 30th pick / 1942 |
| Larry Sartori | 25 | G | 10 | 2 | 208 | 6-0 | Fordham | 8/20/1917 | Rook | |
| Alex Schibanoff | 23 | T | 6 | 6 | 218 | 6-1 | Franklin & Marshall | 10/17/1919 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 14th / 125th pick / 1941 |
| John Schiechl | 25 | C | 9 | 6 | 244 | 6-3 | Santa Clara | 8/22/1917 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 13th pick / 1940 |
| Perry Scott | 25 | E | 7 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Muhlenberg | 8/27/1917 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 15th / 135th pick / 1941 |
| Harry Seltzer | 23 | FB | 6 | 1 | 195 | 5-9 | Charleston (WV) | 3/26/1919 | Rook | |
| George Speth | 24 | T | 10 | 5 | 220 | 6-2 | Murray State | 7/25/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 18th / 165th pick / 1942 |
| Joe Stringfellow | 24 | TB | 9 | 2 | 185 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 3/10/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 12th / 105th pick / 1942 |
| Paul Szakash | 29 | E-BB-FB | 10 | 3 | 213 | 6-0 | Montana | 5/5/1913 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 56th pick / 1938 |
| Emil Uremovich | 26 | T-DE-E | 11 | 10 | 233 | 6-2 | Indiana | 9/29/1916 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 93rd pick / 1941 |
| Chet Wetterlund | 24 | TB-DB | 6 | 3 | 185 | 6-2 | Illinois Wesleyan | 3/19/1918 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 9th / 74th pick / 1942 |
| Socko Wiethe | 30 | G-LB | 6 | 0 | 198 | 6-0 | Xavier (OH) | 10/17/1912 | 3 | |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 27 | C-LB-E | 11 | 6 | 217 | 5-11 | Fordham | 8/12/1915 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1938 |
| Tony Zuzzio | 26 | G | 2 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Muhlenberg | 8/5/1916 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 25.0 | 11 | 205.5 | 6-0.5 | 0.9 |