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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

Training Camp: Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 4.1 204 149 312 1608 14 32 4.8 85 491 1827 15 3.7 103 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

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri September 23 boxscore L 0-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 27 18 298 233 65 3 20 331 163 168 3
2 Mon October 3 boxscore L 0-2 Philadelphia Eagles 14 22 13 135 33 102 3 25 327 91 236 4
3 Sat October 8 boxscore L 0-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 14 17 262 210 52 3 18 272 66 206 4
4 Sun October 16 boxscore L 0-4 Los Angeles Rams 10 21 17 294 180 114 5 15 294 208 86 5
5 Sun October 23 boxscore W 1-4 @ Chicago Cardinals 24 7 16 336 210 126 5 10 276 117 159 8
6 Sun October 30 boxscore L 1-5 @ Green Bay Packers 14 16 23 412 197 215 2 16 312 61 251 2
7 Sun November 6 boxscore L 1-6 Chicago Cardinals 19 42 20 361 172 189 5 16 317 162 155 4
8 Sun November 13 boxscore L 1-7 @ Chicago Bears 24 27 15 307 243 64 6 24 429 216 213 8
9 Sun November 20 boxscore W 2-7 @ New York Giants 45 21 22 402 261 141 6 11 239 194 45 6
10 Thu November 24 boxscore L 2-8 Chicago Bears 7 28 9 110 70 40 5 18 346 202 144 2
11 Sun December 4 boxscore W 3-8 New York Bulldogs 28 27 17 326 145 181 2 20 278 223 55 2
12 Sun December 11 boxscore W 4-8 Green Bay Packers 21 7 19 393 301 92 4 11 189 80 109 1

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Frank Tripucka 22 qb 6 4 62 145 42.8 833 9 6.2 14 9.7 64 5.7 2.6 13.4 138.8 42.8 0 0
Fred Enke 25 QB 12 7 63 142 44.4 793 6 4.2 5 3.5 58 5.6 4.8 12.6 66.1 61.7 0 0
Clyde LeForce 26 qb 11 1 53 112 47.3 665 3 2.7 9 8.0 40 5.9 2.9 12.5 60.5 41.7 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 178 399 44.6 2291 18 4.5 28 7.0 64 5.7 3.5 12.9 190.9 49.0 0 0
Opp Total 12 149 312 47.8 1814 14 4.5 32 10.3 5.8 2.10 12.2 151.2 41.5 26 206 4.8 1.3 7.7

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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
Bill Dudley 30 K/LH/P 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 PR/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 db 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 lb 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 KR 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 e 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Don Doll 23 KR 12 1 5 52 0 21 10.4 21 536 0 56 25.5 608
Bill Dudley 30 K/LH/P 12 11 11 199 1 67 18.1 13 246 0 31 18.9 1037
Wally Triplett 23 PR/RH 11 5 21 281 1 62 13.4 592
Bob Smith 24 db 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 lb 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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
Bill Dudley 30 K/LH/P 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bob Smith 24 db 12 2 9 218 1 102 0 0 4 3 0 0
Don Doll 23 KR 12 1 11 301 1 95 0 0 2 0 0 0
Fred Enke 25 QB 12 7 0 6 5 -3 0
Bill Dudley 30 K/LH/P 12 11 0 8 1 -2 0
Chick Maggioli 27 12 0 3 46 0 23 0 0 0 4 8 1
Jim Mello 29 10 0 3 61 0 28 0 0 0 3 25 0
Bob Pifferini 27 c 12 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 13 0
Wally Triplett 23 PR/RH 11 5 0 3 1 4 0
Cloyce Box 26 rh 10 5 0 2 1 0 0
Camp Wilson 27 FB 12 6 0 3 0 0 0
Clyde LeForce 26 qb 11 1 0 1 1 0 0
John Panelli 23 lb 11 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Treadaway 32 7 0 0 1 1 0 0
Les Bingaman 23 dg 12 1 0 0 1 0 0
Howie Brown 27 RT 12 10 0 0 1 0 0
Chuck DeShane 31 b 8 1 1 0 0 0 0
Sam Goldman 33 e 8 1 0 0 1 1 0
John Greene 29 RE 12 11 0 1 0 0 0
Mel Groomes 22 3 0 1 25 0 25 0
George Hekkers 26 LT 12 6 0 1 0 0 0
Kelley Mote 26 e 12 1 0 0 1 0 0
John Prchlik 24 dt 12 2 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Simmons 25 C 12 11 0 0 1 0 0
Frank Tripucka 22 qb 6 4 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 32 656 2 102 0 0 34 27 46 1
Opp Total 12 42 31 14 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bill Dudley 30 K/LH/P 12 11 3 2 1 6 30 5 81
John Greene 29 RE 12 11 7 7 42
Cloyce Box 26 rh 10 5 4 4 24
Bob Mann 25 LE 12 11 4 4 24
Don Doll 23 KR 12 1 1 1 2 12
Wally Triplett 23 PR/RH 11 5 1 1 2 12
Fred Enke 25 QB 12 7 1 1 6
Mel Groomes 22 3 0 1 1 6
Clyde LeForce 26 qb 11 1 1 1 6
Chick Maggioli 27 12 0 1 1 6
Bob Smith 24 db 12 2 1 1 6
Frank Tripucka 22 qb 6 4 1 1 6
Camp Wilson 27 FB 12 6 1 1 6
Team Total 26.2 12 9 18 2 1 2 32 30 5 237
Opp Total 12 15 14 1 32 5 1 259