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1943 Detroit Lions
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Record: 3-6-1, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 178 points (17.8/g), 6th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 218 points (21.8/g), 7th.
Differential of -40 points (-4.0/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 3.8-6.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-1.1/g), 9th.
Coached by Gus Dorais (3-6-1)
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1943 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 19 | box | W | 1-0 | Chicago Cardinals | 35 | 17 | 14 | 288 | 120 | 168 | 4 | 9 | 157 | 157 | 5 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 26 | box | W | 2-0 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 27 | 0 | 12 | 226 | 132 | 94 | 3 | 8 | 82 | 84 | -2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 3 | box | L | 2-1 | Chicago Bears | 21 | 27 | 14 | 182 | 77 | 105 | 3 | 13 | 396 | 267 | 129 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 10 | box | L | 2-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 35 | 8 | 208 | 137 | 71 | 5 | 22 | 445 | 206 | 239 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 17 | box | W | 3-2 | @ | Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 9 | 136 | 189 | -53 | 1 | 10 | 84 | 46 | 38 | 3 |
| 6 | Sun | October 24 | box | L | 3-3 | Green Bay Packers | 6 | 27 | 9 | 162 | 118 | 44 | 10 | 18 | 446 | 326 | 120 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 31 | box | L | 3-4 | @ | Chicago Bears | 14 | 35 | 12 | 257 | 125 | 132 | 4 | 18 | 481 | 241 | 240 | 5 |
| 8 | Sun | November 7 | box | T | 3-4-1 | New York Giants | 0 | 0 | 6 | 130 | 28 | 102 | 1 | 3 | 84 | 3 | 81 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 14 | box | L | 3-5-1 | @ | Washington Redskins | 20 | 42 | 10 | 250 | 170 | 80 | 6 | 12 | 286 | 180 | 106 | 2 |
| 10 | Sun | November 21 | box | L | 3-6-1 | @ | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers | 34 | 35 | 12 | 268 | 194 | 74 | 5 | 17 | 358 | 96 | 262 | 2 |
Team Stats and Rankings
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 178 | 2107 | 542 | 3.9 | 106 | 93 | 248 | 1290 | 11 | 37 | 5.2 | 46 | 294 | 817 | 10 | 2.8 | 49 | 42 | 5 | 11 |
| Team Defense | 218 | 2819 | 608 | 4.6 | 191 | 109 | 227 | 1606 | 16 | 19 | 7.1 | 54 | 381 | 1213 | 13 | 3.2 | 130 | 31 | 12 | 7 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Sinkwich | 23 | TB | 10 | 4 | 50 | 126 | 39.7 | 699 | 7 | 5.6 | 20 | 15.9 | 67 | 5.5 | -1.0 | 14.0 | 69.9 | 37.2 | ||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 26 | tb | 10 | 6 | 20 | 58 | 34.5 | 338 | 3 | 5.2 | 9 | 15.5 | 72 | 5.8 | -0.6 | 16.9 | 33.8 | 32.8 | ||||||
| Tom Colella | 25 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 31 | 35.5 | 103 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12.9 | 21 | 3.3 | -2.5 | 9.4 | 12.9 | 5.9 | |||||||
| Ned Mathews | 25 | WB | 10 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 76 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 19.0 | 7.6 | 84.0 | ||||||
| Harry Hopp | 25 | FB | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 85.4 | ||||||
| Murray Evans | 24 | BB | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 8 | 1.6 | -16.4 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Elmer Hackney | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | -1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 42.4 | |||||||
| Art Van Tone | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 7 | 2.3 | -12.7 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 2.8 | |||||||
| Bill Callihan | 27 | bb | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -22.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 10 | 93 | 248 | 37.5 | 1290 | 11 | 4.4 | 37 | 14.9 | 72 | 5.2 | -1.1 | 13.9 | 129.0 | 30.2 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 109 | 227 | 48.0 | 1606 | 16 | 7.0 | 19 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 14.7 | 160.6 | 60.2 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 4.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 23 | TB | 10 | 4 | 93 | 266 | 1 | 17 | 2.9 | 26.6 | 9.3 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 274 | 1 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 25 | FB | 10 | 9 | 56 | 99 | 3 | 16 | 1.8 | 9.9 | 5.6 | 17 | 229 | 13.5 | 3 | 67 | 1.7 | 22.9 | 328 | 6 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 26 | tb | 10 | 6 | 46 | 180 | 0 | 25 | 3.9 | 18.0 | 4.6 | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 1 | 33 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 225 | 1 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 25 | WB | 10 | 4 | 38 | 124 | 1 | 42 | 3.3 | 12.4 | 3.8 | 9 | 193 | 21.4 | 1 | 36 | 0.9 | 19.3 | 317 | 2 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 27 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 87 | 2 | 16 | 3.2 | 8.7 | 2.7 | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 16 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 138 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tom Colella | 25 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Callihan | 27 | bb | 10 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 3 | 40 | 0.8 | 10.8 | 125 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Corgan | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 30 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Van Tone | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 1 | 72 | 0.6 | 11.2 | 113 | 1 | 0 | |
| Murray Evans | 24 | BB | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 16 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Hightower | 25 | RE | 8 | 7 | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | -5.0 | -0.6 | 0.1 | 10 | 172 | 17.2 | 1 | 46 | 1.3 | 21.5 | 167 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Matheson | 23 | LG | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 156 | 12.0 | 1 | 46 | 1.4 | 17.3 | 156 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Fisk | 27 | LE | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 0 | 28 | 1.1 | 13.7 | 137 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Kuczynski | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 10 | 294 | 817 | 8 | 42 | 2.8 | 81.7 | 29.4 | 93 | 1290 | 13.9 | 11 | 72 | 9.3 | 129.0 | 2107 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Opp Total | 10 | 381 | 1213 | 13 | 3.2 | 121.3 | 38.1 | 109 | 1606 | 14.7 | 16 | 10.9 | 160.6 | 2819 | 29 | 23 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 26 | tb | 10 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 17 | 9.0 | 11 | 224 | 0 | 37 | 20.4 | 503 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 23 | TB | 10 | 4 | 11 | 228 | 0 | 77 | 20.7 | 5 | 128 | 0 | 43 | 25.6 | 630 |
| Ned Mathews | 25 | WB | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 9.3 | 7 | 246 | 1 | 98 | 35.1 | 600 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 10.5 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 28 | 18.7 | 92 | |
| Harry Hopp | 25 | FB | 10 | 9 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 30 | 19.0 | 378 |
| Elmer Hackney | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 20 | 18.0 | 214 | |
| Art Van Tone | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 19 | 15.7 | 160 | ||||||
| Bill Callihan | 27 | bb | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 130 | |||||
| Tom Colella | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5.5 | 34 | ||||||
| Gerry Conlee | 29 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | ||||||
| Bill Fisk | 27 | LE | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 142 | |||||
| Bob Keene | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 40 | ||||||
| Jack Matheson | 23 | LG | 9 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 175 | |||||
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 28 | C | 9 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | |||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 10 | 32 | 436 | 1 | 77 | 13.6 | 36 | 815 | 1 | 98 | 22.6 | 3358 | ||
| Opp Total | 10 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 615 | 0 | 21.2 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Harry Hopp | 25 | FB | 10 | 9 | 42 | 1643 | 60 | 0 | 39.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Augie Lio | 25 | LT | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | 23 | 21 | 91.3% | |||||||||||||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 23 | TB | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0.0% | 12 | 551 | 64 | 0 | 45.9 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Colella | 25 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 315 | 55 | 0 | 45.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 26 | tb | 10 | 6 | 4 | 184 | 56 | 0 | 46.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sam Busich | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | 24 | 22 | 91.7% | 65 | 2693 | 64 | 0 | 41.4 | ||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 10 | 3 | 30.0% | 30 | 29 | 96.7% | 66 | 2765 | 41.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Bill Callihan | 27 | bb | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Gerry Conlee | 29 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 26 | tb | 10 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Elmer Hackney | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 94 | 0 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Ben Hightower | 25 | RE | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Harry Hopp | 25 | FB | 10 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Al Kaporch | 30 | RT | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Augie Lio | 25 | LT | 10 | 9 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Ned Mathews | 25 | WB | 10 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 23 | TB | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Art Van Tone | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 28 | C | 9 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 10 | 19 | 304 | 2 | 63 | ||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 23 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hopp | 25 | FB | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 54 | |||||||
| Augie Lio | 25 | LT | 10 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 27 | |||||||||
| Bill Callihan | 27 | bb | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 24 | |||||||||
| Elmer Hackney | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Ned Mathews | 25 | WB | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 23 | TB | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 26 | tb | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ben Hightower | 25 | RE | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jack Matheson | 23 | LG | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Art Van Tone | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Sam Busich | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 178 | |||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 218 |