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1949 Detroit Lions

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Record: 4-8-0, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 237 points (19.8/g), 7th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 259 points (21.6/g), 5th.
 Differential of -22 points (-1.8/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 5.4-6.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 6th.

Coached by Bo McMillin (4-8-0)

1949 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 Fri September 23 box L 0-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 27 18 298 233 65 3 20 331 163 168 3
2 Mon October 3 box L 0-2 Philadelphia Eagles 14 22 13 135 33 102 3 25 327 91 236 4
3 Sat October 8 box L 0-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 14 17 262 210 52 3 18 272 66 206 4
4 Sun October 16 box L 0-4 Los Angeles Rams 10 21 17 294 180 114 5 15 294 208 86 5
5 Sun October 23 box W 1-4 @ Chicago Cardinals 24 7 16 336 210 126 5 10 276 117 159 8
6 Sun October 30 box L 1-5 @ Green Bay Packers 14 16 23 412 197 215 2 16 312 61 251 2
7 Sun November 6 box L 1-6 Chicago Cardinals 19 42 20 361 172 189 5 16 317 162 155 4
8 Sun November 13 box L 1-7 @ Chicago Bears 24 27 15 307 243 64 6 24 429 216 213 8
9 Sun November 20 box W 2-7 @ New York Giants 45 21 22 402 261 141 6 11 239 194 45 6
10 Thu November 24 box L 2-8 Chicago Bears 7 28 9 110 70 40 5 18 346 202 144 2
11 Sun December 4 box W 3-8 New York Bulldogs 28 27 17 326 145 181 2 20 278 223 55 2
12 Sun December 11 box W 4-8 Green Bay Packers 21 7 19 393 301 92 4 11 189 80 109 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 237 3335 838 4.0 206 178 399 1954 18 28 4.4 104 397 1381 9 3.5 81 49 21 21
Team Defense 259 3435 829 4.1 305 149 312 1608 14 32 4.8 85 491 1827 15 3.7 204 49 17 16
Lg Rank Offense 7 7 6 1 4 5 7 8 9 9 9 8 10 9
Lg Rank Defense 5 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 8 5 4 5 2 4

Passing

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Age Pos G GS 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%
Frank Tripucka 22 qb 6 4 62 145 42.8 833 9 6.2 14 9.7 64 5.7 2.0 13.4 138.8 42.8
Fred Enke 25 QB 12 7 63 142 44.4 793 6 4.2 5 3.5 58 5.6 4.4 12.6 66.1 61.7
Clyde LeForce 26 qb 11 1 53 112 47.3 665 3 2.7 9 8.0 40 5.9 2.6 12.5 60.5 41.7
Team Total 26.2 12 178 399 44.6 2291 18 4.5 28 7.0 64 5.7 3.0 12.9 190.9 49.0
Opp Total 12 149 312 47.8 1608 14 4.5 32 10.3 5.2 1.0 10.8 134.0 38.7 26 206 4.8 0.3

Rushing & Receiving

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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
Bill Dudley 30 LH 12 11 125 402 3 26 3.2 33.5 10.4 27 190 7.0 2 18 2.3 15.8 592 5 8
Camp Wilson 27 FB 12 6 68 222 1 24 3.3 18.5 5.7 6 31 5.2 0 19 0.5 2.6 253 1 3
Wally Triplett 23 RH 11 5 53 221 1 80 4.2 20.1 4.8 8 90 11.3 0 32 0.7 8.2 311 1 3
Fred Enke 25 QB 12 7 36 134 1 33 3.7 11.2 3.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.2 148 1 6
Bob Smith 24 12 2 33 162 0 20 4.9 13.5 2.8 2 16 8.0 0 12 0.2 1.3 178 0 4
Cloyce Box 26 rh 10 5 30 62 0 11 2.1 6.2 3.0 15 276 18.4 4 43 1.5 27.6 338 4 2
Clyde LeForce 26 qb 11 1 13 58 1 27 4.5 5.3 1.2 58 1 1
Frank Tripucka 22 qb 6 4 12 36 1 18 3.0 6.0 2.0 36 1 1
John Panelli 23 11 1 10 37 0 9 3.7 3.4 0.9 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 1.2 50 0 1
Don Doll 23 RET 12 1 8 25 1 10 3.1 2.1 0.7 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5 0.1 -0.4 20 1 2
John Hollar 27 fb 6 5 8 21 0 12 2.6 3.5 1.3 21 0 0
Mel Groomes 22 3 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.3 0.3 3 33 11.0 1 20 1.0 11.0 34 1 0
Bob Mann 25 LE 12 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 66 1014 15.4 4 64 5.5 84.5 1014 4 0
John Greene 29 RE 12 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 542 12.9 7 28 3.5 45.2 542 7 1
Kelley Mote 26 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 58 14.5 0 22 0.3 4.8 58 0 0
Barney Hafen 28 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 0.8 10 0 0
Chick Maggioli 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.8 9 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 397 1381 9 80 3.5 115.1 33.1 178 2291 12.9 18 64 14.8 190.9 3672 27 34
Opp Total 12 491 1827 15 3.7 152.3 40.9 149 1608 10.8 14 12.4 134.0 3435 29 31

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Don Doll 23 RET 12 1 5 52 0 21 10.4 21 536 0 56 25.5 608
Bill Dudley 30 LH 12 11 11 199 1 67 18.1 13 246 0 31 18.9 1037
Wally Triplett 23 RH 11 5 21 281 1 62 13.4 592
Bob Smith 24 12 2 2 25 0 33 12.5 7 172 0 38 24.6 375
Cloyce Box 26 rh 10 5 3 50 0 22 16.7 388
Jim Mello 29 10 0 3 37 0 20 12.3 37
John Panelli 23 11 1 1 16 0 16 16.0 66
Cecil Souders 28 lt 12 5 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Team Total 26.2 12 39 557 2 67 14.3 49 1064 0 56 21.7 5293
Opp Total 12 38 1 38 712 0 18.7

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
Bill Dudley 30 LH 12 11 14 5 35.7% 32 30 93.8% 34 1278 55 1 37.6
Frank Tripucka 22 qb 6 4 28 1074 50 1 38.4
Team Total 26.2 12 14 5 35.7% 32 30 93.8% 62 2352 55 2 37.9
Opp Total 12 15 5 33.3% 35 32 91.4% 59 2566 43.5

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Les Bingaman 23 12 1 0 1 0 0
Cloyce Box 26 rh 10 5 2 1 0 0
Howie Brown 27 RT 12 10 0 1 0 0
Chuck DeShane 31 8 1 1 0 0 0
Don Doll 23 RET 12 1 11 301 1 95 2 0 0 0
Bill Dudley 30 LH 12 11 8 1 -2 0
Fred Enke 25 QB 12 7 6 5 -3 0
Sam Goldman 33 8 1 0 1 1 0
John Greene 29 RE 12 11 1 0 0 0
Mel Groomes 22 3 0 1 25 0 25
George Hekkers 26 LT 12 6 1 0 0 0
Clyde LeForce 26 qb 11 1 1 1 0 0
Chick Maggioli 27 12 0 3 46 0 23 0 4 8 1
Jim Mello 29 10 0 3 61 0 28 0 3 25 0
Kelley Mote 26 12 1 0 1 0 0
John Panelli 23 11 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
Bob Pifferini 27 12 1 3 3 0 3 0 1 13 0
John Prchlik 24 12 2 0 1 0 0
Jack Simmons 25 C 12 11 0 1 0 0
Bob Smith 24 12 2 9 218 1 102 4 3 0 0
John Treadaway 32 7 0 1 1 0 0
Wally Triplett 23 RH 11 5 3 1 4 0
Frank Tripucka 22 qb 6 4 1 0 0 0
Camp Wilson 27 FB 12 6 3 0 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 32 656 2 102 34 27 46 1
Opp Total 12 42 31 14 1

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 30 LH 12 11 3 2 1 30 5 81
John Greene 29 RE 12 11 7 42
Cloyce Box 26 rh 10 5 4 24
Bob Mann 25 LE 12 11 4 24
Don Doll 23 RET 12 1 1 1 12
Wally Triplett 23 RH 11 5 1 1 12
Fred Enke 25 QB 12 7 1 6
Mel Groomes 22 3 0 1 6
Clyde LeForce 26 qb 11 1 1 6
Chick Maggioli 27 12 0 1 6
Bob Smith 24 12 2 1 6
Frank Tripucka 22 qb 6 4 1 6
Camp Wilson 27 FB 12 6 1 6
Team Total 26.2 12 9 18 2 1 2 30 5 237
Opp Total 12 15 14 1 32 5 1 259