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1944 Detroit Lions

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Record: 6-3-1, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 216 points (21.6/g), 4th of 11 in the NFL.
 Allowed 151 points (15.1/g), 5th.
 Differential of 65 points (6.5/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 7.0-3.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.6/g), 3rd.

Coached by Gus Dorais (6-3-1)

1944 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 October 1 box L 0-1 @ Green Bay Packers 6 27 10 161 77 84 2 17 329 144 185 2
2 Sun October 8 box W 1-1 Brooklyn Tigers 19 14 9 318 158 160 3 13 261 148 113 4
3 Sun October 15 box L 1-2 Cleveland Rams 17 20 8 237 136 101 6 6 177 106 71 3
4 Sun October 22 box T 1-2-1 @ Chicago Bears 21 21 15 318 129 189 2 15 404 199 205 2
5 Sun October 29 box L 1-3-1 Green Bay Packers 0 14 10 196 93 103 5 11 227 112 115 3
6 Sun November 5 box W 2-3-1 @ Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers 27 6 12 277 194 83 5 13 284 112 172 9
7 Sun November 12 box W 3-3-1 Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers 21 7 8 119 41 78 1 17 338 177 161 5
8 Sun November 19 box W 4-3-1 Chicago Bears 41 21 10 324 170 154 3 19 314 167 147 4
9 Sun November 26 box W 5-3-1 @ Cleveland Rams 26 14 8 237 176 61 7 10 166 93 73 6
10 Sun December 3 box W 6-3-1 Boston Yanks 38 7 17 414 308 106 4 8 151 163 -12 4

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 216 2616 533 4.9 106 89 207 1475 16 28 7.1 47 326 1141 14 3.5 52 36 8 7
Team Defense 151 2658 649 4.1 195 106 246 1442 15 26 5.9 57 403 1216 7 3.0 129 42 16 9
Lg Rank Offense 4 4 7 7 3 3 9 2 9 5 4 5 8 4
Lg Rank Defense 5 7 10 10 10 9 5 4 9 7 4 3 3 2

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%
Frankie Sinkwich+ 24 TB 10 9 58 148 39.2 1060 12 8.1 20 13.5 57 7.2 1.9 18.3 106.0 52.0
Bob Westfall 25 FB 10 10 23 47 48.9 342 4 8.5 6 12.8 46 7.3 2.4 14.9 34.2 62.0
Jackie Lowther 22 8 0 7 10 70.0 54 0 0.0 2 20.0 13 5.4 -3.6 7.7 6.8 43.3
Elmer Hackney 28 10 1 1 1 100.0 19 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 19.0 19.0 19.0 1.9 118.7
Art Van Tone 26 WB 10 8 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.6 10 89 207 43.0 1475 16 7.7 28 13.5 57 7.1 1.8 16.6 147.5 53.8
Opp Total 10 106 246 43.1 1442 15 6.1 26 10.6 5.9 1.7 13.6 144.2 43.2 0 0 5.9 1.7

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
Frankie Sinkwich+ 24 TB 10 9 150 563 6 72 3.8 56.3 15.0 563 6 0
Bob Westfall 25 FB 10 10 65 277 3 75 4.3 27.7 6.5 16 218 13.6 2 45 1.6 21.8 495 5 0
Elmer Hackney 28 10 1 58 184 4 16 3.2 18.4 5.8 8 48 6.0 1 10 0.8 4.8 232 5 0
Art Van Tone 26 WB 10 8 25 30 1 26 1.2 3.0 2.5 9 237 26.3 4 43 0.9 23.7 267 5 0
Bob Keene 25 10 2 9 26 0 7 2.9 2.6 0.9 5 91 18.2 2 46 0.5 9.1 117 2 0
Jackie Lowther 22 8 0 9 18 0 11 2.0 2.3 1.1 18 0 0
Tony Aiello 23 4 0 6 22 0 5 3.7 5.5 1.5 22 0 0
Fred Dawley 23 2 0 2 16 0 13 8.0 8.0 1.0 16 0 0
Bill Callihan 28 BB 10 10 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 0.1 8 67 8.4 0 21 0.8 6.7 70 0 0
Buzz Trebotich 24 10 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 2 0 0
Jack Matheson 24 RE 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 361 15.7 3 44 2.3 36.1 361 3 0
Dave Diehl 26 LE 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 426 23.7 4 57 1.8 42.6 426 4 0
Wayne Clark 26 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 27 13.5 0 19 0.3 3.4 27 0 0
Team Total 25.6 10 326 1141 14 75 3.5 114.1 32.6 89 1475 16.6 16 57 8.9 147.5 2616 30 0
Opp Total 10 403 1216 7 3.0 121.6 40.3 106 1442 13.6 15 10.6 144.2 2658 22 25

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
Frankie Sinkwich+ 24 TB 10 9 11 148 0 25 13.5 6 144 0 31 24.0 855
Art Van Tone 26 WB 10 8 5 70 0 20 14.0 9 227 1 92 25.2 564
Bob Keene 25 10 2 7 128 0 25 18.3 4 93 0 27 23.3 338
Bob Westfall 25 FB 10 10 3 38 0 19 12.7 3 79 0 31 26.3 612
Bill Callihan 28 BB 10 10 3 46 0 20 15.3 116
Jackie Lowther 22 8 0 2 28 0 21 14.0 46
Tony Aiello 23 4 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 31
Al Kaporch 31 RG 10 10 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Sonny Liles 25 9 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Team Total 25.6 10 31 440 0 25 14.2 25 589 1 92 23.6 3645
Opp Total 10 20 0 39 898 0 23.0

Kicking & Punting

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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
Frankie Sinkwich+ 24 TB 10 9 8 2 25.0% 30 24 80.0% 45 1845 73 0 41.0
Jackie Lowther 22 8 0 5 205 58 0 41.0
Art Van Tone 26 WB 10 8 2 94 50 0 47.0
Bob Keene 25 10 2 1 30 30 0 30.0
Bob Westfall 25 FB 10 10 1 11 11 0 11.0
Team Total 25.6 10 8 2 25.0% 30 24 80.0% 54 2185 73 0 40.5
Opp Total 10 3 0.0% 22 19 86.4% 57 2041 35.8

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
John Greene 24 LG 9 5 2 22 0 15
Elmer Hackney 28 10 1 3 41 0 20
Al Kaporch 31 RG 10 10 1 1 0 1
Bob Keene 25 10 2 2 14 0 14
Sonny Liles 25 9 0 1 14 0 14
Jackie Lowther 22 8 0 1 32 0 32
Jack Matheson 24 RE 10 10 1 21 0 21
Frankie Sinkwich+ 24 TB 10 9 3 28 0 18
Art Van Tone 26 WB 10 8 4 16 0 11
Bob Westfall 25 FB 10 10 1 30 0 30
Alex Wojciechowicz 29 C 10 10 7 88 0 50
Team Total 25.6 10 26 307 0 50
Opp Total 10 25 9

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Frankie Sinkwich+ 24 TB 10 9 6 24 2 66
Art Van Tone 26 WB 10 8 1 4 1 36
Elmer Hackney 28 10 1 4 1 30
Bob Westfall 25 FB 10 10 3 2 30
Dave Diehl 26 LE 10 10 4 24
Jack Matheson 24 RE 10 10 3 18
Bob Keene 25 10 2 2 12
Team Total 25.6 10 14 16 1 24 2 216
Opp Total 10 7 15 19 151