We would love your feedback! Click here to fill out our brief Pro Football Reference Feedback Survey.

1940 Detroit Lions Game Log

Record: 5-5-1, 3rd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Potsy Clark (5-5-1)

Points For: 138 (12.5/g) 7th of 10

Points Against: 153 (13.9/g) 5th of 10

Expected W-L: 4.8-6.2

SRS: -0.80 (6th of 10), SOS: .56

Stadium: Briggs Stadium

Principal Owner: Fred Mandel

Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing									Rushing		Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Yds	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
2	Sun	September 15	boxscore	T		@	Chicago Cardinals	0	0	1	6	26	0	2	4.3	4.3	16.7	5.6	-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sun	September 22	boxscore	L			Pittsburgh Steelers	7	10	4	15	44	0	1	2.9	2.9	26.7	11.8	187	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Sun	September 29	boxscore	W			Cleveland Rams	6	0	7	18	54	0	4	3.0	3.0	38.9	7.4	172	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Sat	October 5	boxscore	W			Chicago Cardinals	43	14	5	11	49	0	2	4.5	4.5	45.5	18.9	194	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Sun	October 13	boxscore	L		@	Chicago Bears	0	7	7	15	66	0	1	4.4	4.4	46.7	31.5	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Sun	October 20	boxscore	W		@	Green Bay Packers	23	14	8	20	168	0	4	8.4	8.4	40.0	30.8	109	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Sun	October 27	boxscore	L			Washington Redskins	14	20	15	29	193	1	3	6.7	6.7	51.7	44.8	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Sun	November 3	boxscore	L		@	Cleveland Rams	0	24	9	24	149	0	5	6.2	6.2	37.5	19.6	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Sun	November 10	boxscore	W			Chicago Bears	17	14	12	25	155	1	0	6.2	6.2	48.0	81.2	98	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Sun	November 17	boxscore	W		@	Philadelphia Eagles	21	0	8	18	131	0	0	7.3	7.3	44.4	69.4	266	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Sun	November 24	boxscore	L			Green Bay Packers	7	50	10	24	157	1	5	6.5	6.5	41.7	38.4	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing									Rushing		Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Yds	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
2	Sun	September 15	boxscore	T		@	Chicago Cardinals	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.0	.0	0.0	0.0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sun	September 22	boxscore	L			Pittsburgh Steelers	7	10	4	9	37	0	1	4.1	4.1	44.4	16.7	172	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Sun	September 29	boxscore	W			Cleveland Rams	6	0	8	16	106	0	2	6.6	6.6	50.0	31.8	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Sat	October 5	boxscore	W			Chicago Cardinals	43	14	3	17	25	0	7	1.5	1.5	17.6	0.0	120	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Sun	October 13	boxscore	L		@	Chicago Bears	0	7	3	7	15	0	2	2.1	2.1	42.9	10.7	195	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Sun	October 20	boxscore	W		@	Green Bay Packers	23	14	15	32	221	2	7	6.9	6.9	46.9	51.2	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Sun	October 27	boxscore	L			Washington Redskins	14	20	6	16	65	1	5	4.1	4.1	37.5	31.5	206	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Sun	November 3	boxscore	L		@	Cleveland Rams	0	24	10	13	131	1	1	10.1	10.1	76.9	101.8	177	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Sun	November 10	boxscore	W			Chicago Bears	17	14	7	9	167	0	1	18.6	18.6	77.8	79.2	132	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Sun	November 17	boxscore	W		@	Philadelphia Eagles	21	0	13	38	152	0	2	4.0	4.0	34.2	25.3	-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Sun	November 24	boxscore	L			Green Bay Packers	7	50	7	13	112	2	0	8.6	8.6	53.8	122.4	202	4	0	0	0	0	0	0