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1946 Detroit Lions

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Record: 1-10-0, Finished 5th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 142 points (12.9/g), 9th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 310 points (28.2/g), 10th.
 Differential of -168 points (-15.3/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 1.5-9.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -16 (-1.5/g), 10th.

Coached by Gus Dorais (1-10-0)

1946 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 30 box L 0-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 14 34 12 156 173 -17 7 19 343 116 227 4
2 Sun October 6 box L 0-2 @ Washington Redskins 16 17 8 159 135 24 5 15 329 142 187 5
3 Sun October 13 box L 0-3 Chicago Cardinals 14 36 8 158 182 -24 3 23 394 263 131 4
4 Sun October 20 box L 0-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 35 10 111 95 16 3 20 434 312 122 5
5 Sun October 27 box L 0-5 @ Green Bay Packers 7 10 11 158 84 74 6 13 158 47 111 2
6 Sun November 3 box L 0-6 Los Angeles Rams 20 41 16 293 232 61 5 19 331 224 107 2
7 Sun November 10 box W 1-6 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 7 7 293 182 111 1 12 202 174 28
8 Sun November 17 box L 1-7 Green Bay Packers 0 9 6 81 49 32 2 20 319 95 224 1
9 Sun November 24 box L 1-8 @ Chicago Bears 6 42 11 205 178 27 6 24 362 101 261 1
10 Thu November 28 box L 1-9 Boston Yanks 10 34 15 266 124 142 3 18 424 282 142 2
11 Sun December 8 box L 1-10 Chicago Bears 24 45 16 266 240 26 4 20 377 219 158 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 142 2146 560 3.8 120 119 286 1674 11 33 5.9 59 274 472 8 1.7 49 45 12 12
Team Defense 310 3673 730 5.0 203 123 249 1975 20 13 7.9 78 481 1698 21 3.5 104 29 16 21
Lg Rank Offense 9 10 9 2 4 7 10 9 10 10 10 10 8 2
Lg Rank Defense 10 10 10 6 9 9 10 9 10 8 9 7 10 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. 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%
Dave Ryan 23 TB 11 6 73 154 47.4 965 6 3.9 17 11.0 88 6.3 2.1 13.2 87.7 41.1
Jim Callahan 26 tb 9 7 22 67 32.8 359 2 3.0 7 10.4 56 5.4 1.3 16.3 39.9 22.1
Billy deCorrevont 28 wb 9 5 8 19 42.1 155 2 10.5 2 10.5 70 8.2 5.5 19.4 17.2 66.7
Joel McCoy 26 10 0 6 18 33.3 72 0 0.0 4 22.2 34 4.0 -6.0 12.0 7.2 6.9
Elmer Madarik 24 WB 10 6 7 14 50.0 104 1 7.1 0 0.0 47 7.4 8.9 14.9 10.4 98.5
Bob Cifers 26 P 11 2 2 6 33.3 24 0 0.0 1 16.7 26 4.0 -3.5 12.0 2.2 6.9
Jim Jones 26 2 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 -11.3 0.0 0.0
Bob Westfall 27 10 3 1 2 50.0 -5 0 0.0 1 50.0 -5 -2.5 -25.0 -5.0 -0.5 16.7
Chuck DeShane 28 BB 10 6 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Mickey Sanzotta 25 10 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.1 11 119 286 41.6 1674 11 3.8 33 11.5 88 5.9 1.4 14.1 152.2 34.4
Opp Total 11 123 249 49.4 1975 20 8.0 13 5.2 7.9 7.2 16.1 179.5 81.3 0 0 7.9 7.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
Dave Ryan 23 TB 11 6 71 65 1 27 0.9 5.9 6.5 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5 0.1 -0.5 60 1 7
Camp Wilson 24 FB 10 5 64 207 3 15 3.2 20.7 6.4 7 62 8.9 0 26 0.7 6.2 269 3 6
Jim Callahan 26 tb 9 7 52 86 2 40 1.7 9.6 5.8 86 2 4
Bob Westfall 27 10 3 28 54 1 9 1.9 5.4 2.8 17 142 8.4 0 24 1.7 14.2 196 1 0
Joel McCoy 26 10 0 19 -29 0 15 -1.5 -2.9 1.9 -29 0 2
Billy deCorrevont 28 wb 9 5 8 -32 0 -5 -4.0 -3.6 0.9 10 278 27.8 2 72 1.1 30.9 246 2 4
Elmer Madarik 24 WB 10 6 8 7 0 4 0.9 0.7 0.8 6 38 6.3 0 20 0.6 3.8 45 0 0
Bob Cifers 26 P 11 2 8 18 0 6 2.3 1.6 0.7 4 178 44.5 4 70 0.4 16.2 196 4 2
Mickey Sanzotta 25 10 2 6 72 0 51 12.0 7.2 0.6 2 19 9.5 0 14 0.2 1.9 91 0 1
Ivan Schottel 25 10 3 4 12 0 5 3.0 1.2 0.4 4 147 36.8 1 70 0.4 14.7 159 1 0
Jim Jones 26 2 0 3 3 0 4 1.0 1.5 1.5 3 0 0
Chuck DeShane 28 BB 10 6 2 3 0 2 1.5 0.3 0.2 2 13 6.5 0 13 0.2 1.3 16 0 0
Gene Spangler 24 6 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
John Greene 26 11 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 289 13.1 2 88 2.0 26.3 289 2 0
Jack Matheson 26 RE 11 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 178 10.5 0 33 1.5 16.2 178 0 0
Ted Cremer 27 LE 11 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 179 11.9 0 39 1.4 16.3 179 0 0
Ed Frutig 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 72 9.0 2 17 1.1 10.3 72 2 0
Ralph Jones 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 84 21.0 0 29 0.4 7.6 84 0 0
Team Total 27.1 11 274 467 7 51 1.7 42.5 24.9 119 1674 14.1 11 88 10.8 152.2 2141 18 26
Opp Total 11 481 1698 21 3.5 154.4 43.7 123 1975 16.1 20 11.2 179.5 3673 41 31

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Dave Ryan 23 TB 11 6 7 57 0 18 8.1 16 332 0 51 20.8 449
Billy deCorrevont 28 wb 9 5 6 81 0 28 13.5 10 183 0 48 18.3 510
Jim Callahan 26 tb 9 7 6 71 0 22 11.8 8 174 0 28 21.8 331
Elmer Madarik 24 WB 10 6 5 71 0 21 14.2 5 131 0 40 26.2 247
Mickey Sanzotta 25 10 2 2 41 0 28 20.5 2 40 0 21 20.0 172
Gene Spangler 24 6 0 4 63 0 20 15.8 64
Bob Westfall 27 10 3 4 58 0 20 14.5 254
Jim Jones 26 2 0 3 44 0 21 14.7 47
John Greene 26 11 2 2 29 0 18 14.5 318
Joel McCoy 26 10 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 1 7 0 7 7.0 -14
Bob Cifers 26 P 11 2 1 3 0 3 3.0 199
Ed Frutig 26 7 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 89
Jack Matheson 26 RE 11 10 1 17 0 17 17.0 195
Ivan Schottel 25 10 3 1 20 0 20 20.0 179
Camp Wilson 24 FB 10 5 1 12 0 12 12.0 281
Team Total 27.1 11 28 332 0 28 11.9 59 1127 0 51 19.1 3600
Opp Total 11 33 0 28 601 0 21.5

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
Bob Cifers 26 P 11 2 30 1369 73 0 45.6
Camp Wilson 24 FB 10 5 22 868 69 1 39.5
Chuck DeShane 28 BB 10 6 1 0.0% 10 10 100.0%
Jack Helms 76 K 7 0 4 3 75.0% 6 4 66.7%
Billy deCorrevont 28 wb 9 5 5 293 81 0 58.6
Ivan Schottel 25 10 3 5 208 60 0 41.6
Jim Callahan 26 tb 9 7 4 182 63 0 45.5
Damon Tassos 23 RG 11 10 1 0.0% 3 3 100.0%
Jim Jones 26 2 0 1 -9 -9 0 -9.0
Team Total 27.1 11 6 3 50.0% 19 17 89.5% 67 2911 81 1 43.4
Opp Total 11 15 8 53.3% 41 38 92.7% 52 2096 40.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jim Callahan 26 tb 9 7 2 8 0 8 4 3 -37 0
Bob Cifers 26 P 11 2 2 2 3 0
Billy deCorrevont 28 wb 9 5 4 4 0 0
Chuck DeShane 28 BB 10 6 1 3 0 3
Leon Fichman 25 rt 11 5 0 2 2 0
Ed Frutig 26 7 0 0 2 -15 0
John Greene 26 11 2 0 1 0 0 1
Elmer Madarik 24 WB 10 6 3 75 0 31 0 1 5 0
Jack Matheson 26 RE 11 10 1 8 0 8
Joel McCoy 26 10 0 2 0 0 0
Dave Ryan 23 TB 11 6 4 105 0 44 7 4 16 1
Mickey Sanzotta 25 10 2 1 0 0 0
Damon Tassos 23 RG 11 10 1 30 0 30
Russ Thomas 22 LT 11 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Emil Uremovich 30 RT 11 6 0 4 24 0
Walt Vezmar 21 11 0 0 3 8 0
Lloyd Wickett 26 10 2 0 1 0 0
Camp Wilson 24 FB 10 5 6 0 0 0
Team Total 27.1 11 13 230 0 44 26 28 6 1 1
Opp Total 11 31 15 1

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bob Cifers 26 P 11 2 4 4 24
Camp Wilson 24 FB 10 5 3 3 18
John Greene 26 11 2 2 2 1 14
Jack Helms 76 K 7 0 4 3 13
Jim Callahan 26 tb 9 7 2 2 12
Billy deCorrevont 28 wb 9 5 2 2 12
Ed Frutig 26 7 0 2 2 12
Dave Ryan 23 TB 11 6 1 1 2 12
Chuck DeShane 28 BB 10 6 10 10
Ivan Schottel 25 10 3 1 1 6
Bob Westfall 27 10 3 1 1 6
Damon Tassos 23 RG 11 10 3 3
Team Total 27.1 11 7 11 1 19 17 3 1 142
Opp Total 11 21 20 38 8 1 310