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1947 Detroit Lions

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Record: 3-9-0, Finished 5th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 231 points (19.2/g), 8th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 305 points (25.4/g), 8th.
 Differential of -74 points (-6.2/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 4.1-7.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.8/g), 8th.

Coached by Gus Dorais (3-9-0)

1947 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 21 box L 0-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 10 17 14 278 165 113 5 14 283 194 89 6
2 Sun September 28 box L 0-2 @ Chicago Cardinals 21 45 20 315 167 148 4 26 564 430 134 2
3 Sun October 5 box W 1-2 @ Boston Yanks 21 7 11 260 161 99 3 13 280 161 119 5
4 Sun October 12 box L 1-3 Los Angeles Rams 13 27 17 383 285 98 4 19 406 110 296 4
5 Sun October 19 box L 1-4 @ Chicago Bears 24 33 21 371 262 109 4 21 460 354 106 3
6 Sun October 26 box L 1-5 @ Green Bay Packers 17 34 17 230 88 142 3 23 485 119 366 2
7 Sun November 2 box W 2-5 New York Giants 35 7 15 344 278 66 4 17 403 283 120 4
8 Sun November 9 box L 2-6 Chicago Cardinals 7 17 11 198 92 106 6 11 246 74 172 3
9 Sun November 16 box W 3-6 Washington Redskins 38 21 18 455 317 138 3 22 366 256 110 3
10 Sun November 23 box L 3-7 @ Los Angeles Rams 17 28 18 292 197 95 6 9 186 89 97 6
11 Thu November 27 box L 3-8 Chicago Bears 14 34 13 272 237 35 4 23 437 253 184 4
12 Sun December 7 box L 3-9 Green Bay Packers 14 35 14 282 197 85 6 22 289 107 182 1

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 231 3680 681 5.4 189 167 348 2446 23 34 7.0 93 333 1234 6 3.7 77 52 18 19
Team Defense 305 4405 771 5.7 344 156 310 2430 21 25 7.8 106 461 1975 18 4.3 220 43 18 18
Lg Rank Offense 8 7 7 3 4 3 9 5 10 8 9 7 9 7
Lg Rank Defense 8 10 10 7 9 9 6 9 9 9 7 9 6 4

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%
Clyde LeForce 24 qb 9 2 94 175 53.7 1384 13 7.4 20 11.4 79 7.9 3.5 14.7 153.8 65.0
Roy Zimmerman 29 QB 12 7 57 138 41.3 867 7 5.1 9 6.5 53 6.3 3.9 15.2 72.3 52.4
Joe Margucci 26 11 4 13 31 41.9 171 1 3.2 5 16.1 39 5.5 -1.4 13.2 15.5 31.2
Bill Dudley 28 LH 9 8 3 4 75.0 24 2 50.0 0 0.0 11 6.0 11.0 8.0 2.7 129.2
Team Total 25.8 12 167 348 48.0 2446 23 6.6 34 9.8 79 7.0 3.3 14.6 203.8 53.8
Opp Total 12 156 310 50.3 2430 21 6.8 25 8.1 7.8 4.9 15.6 202.5 65.7 0 0 7.8 4.9

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
Camp Wilson 25 FB 12 7 89 412 0 48 4.6 34.3 7.4 5 96 19.2 0 38 0.4 8.0 508 0 2
Bill Dudley 28 LH 9 8 80 302 2 28 3.8 33.6 8.9 27 375 13.9 7 64 3.0 41.7 677 9 4
Bob Westfall 28 12 3 34 132 1 18 3.9 11.0 2.8 2 19 9.5 0 14 0.2 1.6 151 1 1
Joe Margucci 26 11 4 26 97 1 26 3.7 8.8 2.4 10 125 12.5 1 79 0.9 11.4 222 2 1
Bob Wiese 24 12 2 20 61 0 21 3.1 5.1 1.7 5 53 10.6 0 24 0.4 4.4 114 0 2
Elmer Madarik 25 RH 8 5 19 29 1 9 1.5 3.6 2.4 4 75 18.8 0 26 0.5 9.4 104 1 0
Clyde LeForce 24 qb 9 2 18 143 0 32 7.9 15.9 2.0 143 0 7
Pete Kmetovic 28 11 1 14 23 0 6 1.6 2.1 1.3 6 143 23.8 2 53 0.5 13.0 166 2 0
Roy Zimmerman 29 QB 12 7 13 28 1 10 2.2 2.3 1.1 28 1 8
Joe Watt 28 8 4 11 7 0 7 0.6 0.9 1.4 4 104 26.0 2 75 0.5 13.0 111 2 0
Ken Reese 26 4 0 3 1 0 5 0.3 0.3 0.8 1 0 0
Bill Hillman 26 2 0 2 0 0 4 0.0 0.0 1.0 1 25 25.0 0 25 0.5 12.5 25 0 0
Tommy James 24 2 0 2 -1 0 2 -0.5 -0.5 1.0 -1 0 0
Bob DeFruiter 29 8 2 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.3 0.1 -2 0 0
Bill O'Brien 23 9 1 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 2 0 0
John Greene 27 LE 12 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 621 16.3 5 47 3.2 51.8 621 5 1
Kelley Mote 24 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 180 11.3 1 46 1.3 15.0 180 1 1
Cecil Souders 26 11 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 184 12.3 1 34 1.4 16.7 184 1 0
Ted Cremer 28 RE 12 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 117 9.0 1 32 1.1 9.8 117 1 0
Ralph Heywood 26 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 198 15.2 2 39 1.1 16.5 198 2 2
Ted Cook 25 le 11 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 111 15.9 1 29 0.6 10.1 111 1 0
Steve Sucic 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 20 20.0 0 20 0.2 4.0 20 0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 333 1234 6 48 3.7 102.8 27.8 167 2446 14.6 23 79 13.9 203.8 3680 29 29
Opp Total 12 461 1975 18 4.3 164.6 38.4 156 2430 15.6 21 13.0 202.5 4405 39 23

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
Bill Dudley 28 LH 9 8 11 182 1 84 16.5 15 359 0 78 23.9 1218
Joe Watt 28 8 4 8 115 0 28 14.4 4 68 0 24 17.0 294
Clyde LeForce 24 qb 9 2 6 78 0 36 13.0 4 98 0 36 24.5 319
Pete Kmetovic 28 11 1 3 26 0 19 8.7 4 62 0 29 15.5 254
Joe Margucci 26 11 4 2 23 0 13 11.5 5 94 0 23 18.8 339
Elmer Madarik 25 RH 8 5 1 7 0 7 7.0 3 49 0 19 16.3 160
Ted Cook 25 le 11 5 1 10 0 10 10.0 2 14 0 7 7.0 135
Camp Wilson 25 FB 12 7 3 46 0 18 15.3 554
John Greene 27 LE 12 6 2 19 0 10 9.5 640
Ken Reese 26 4 0 2 40 0 25 20.0 41
Bob Westfall 28 12 3 2 27 0 21 13.5 178
Bill Hillman 26 2 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 40
Tommy James 24 2 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 1
Kelley Mote 24 12 1 1 17 0 17 17.0 197
Merv Pregulman 25 C 12 9 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Steve Sucic 26 5 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 38
Frank Szymanski 24 12 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 34 452 1 84 13.3 50 926 0 78 18.5 5058
Opp Total 12 39 1 45 929 0 20.6

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
Roy Zimmerman 29 QB 12 7 11 5 45.5% 31 30 96.8% 49 2078 62 1 42.4
Bill Dudley 28 LH 9 8 15 657 62 0 43.8
Bob Wiese 24 12 2 1 61 61 0 61.0
Team Total 25.8 12 11 5 45.5% 31 30 96.8% 65 2796 62 1 43.0
Opp Total 12 15 5 33.3% 42 38 90.5% 55 2321 42.2

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
Stan Batinski 30 LG 12 9 0 1 0 0
Ben Chase 24 11 0 0 2 0 0
Ted Cook 25 le 11 5 2 0 0 0
Bob DeFruiter 29 8 2 3 8 0 7 0 1 0 0
Chuck DeShane 29 RG 11 10 0 1 0 0
Bill Dudley 28 LH 9 8 5 104 1 41 4 2 0 0
Jack Dugger 24 12 3 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 0
John Greene 27 LE 12 6 1 0 0 0
Ralph Heywood 26 12 1 2 1 0 0
Clyde LeForce 24 qb 9 2 3 13 0 10 7 2 0 0
Elmer Madarik 25 RH 8 5 0 1 0 0
Joe Margucci 26 11 4 1 0 0 0
Kelley Mote 24 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Merv Pregulman 25 C 12 9 2 9 0 9 0 2 0 0
Cecil Souders 26 11 4 0 1 0 0
Ed Stacco 22 10 0 0 2 0 0
Dick Stovall 25 11 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Szymanski 24 12 3 0 2 0 0
Bill Ward 26 4 2 0 2 0 0
Joe Watt 28 8 4 2 32 0 25
Bob Westfall 28 12 3 1 1 0 0
Bob Wiese 24 12 2 5 54 0 19 2 3 0 0
Camp Wilson 25 FB 12 7 2 1 4 0
Roy Zimmerman 29 QB 12 7 8 1 0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 25 226 1 41 29 29 4 0
Opp Total 12 23 5

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bill Dudley 28 LH 9 8 2 7 1 1 66
Roy Zimmerman 29 QB 12 7 1 30 5 51
John Greene 27 LE 12 6 5 30
Ralph Heywood 26 12 1 2 12
Pete Kmetovic 28 11 1 2 12
Joe Margucci 26 11 4 1 1 12
Joe Watt 28 8 4 2 12
Ted Cook 25 le 11 5 1 6
Ted Cremer 28 RE 12 10 1 6
Elmer Madarik 25 RH 8 5 1 6
Kelley Mote 24 12 1 1 6
Cecil Souders 26 11 4 1 6
Bob Westfall 28 12 3 1 6
Team Total 25.8 12 6 23 1 1 30 5 231
Opp Total 12 18 21 1 38 5 305