1935 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 7-3-2 .700 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Potsy Clark |
| George Christensen | Assistant Coach |
| Red Smith | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/20/1935 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-0 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1935 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 10-10 | T | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 8200 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1935 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 10-12 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 10000 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1935 | A | Boston Redskins | 17-7 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 18737 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1935 | A | Green Bay Packers | 9-13 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 9500 | |
| Wed | 10/30/1935 | H | Boston Redskins | 14-0 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1935 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 7-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 5000 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1935 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-31 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 12200 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1935 | H | Green Bay Packers | 20-10 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 12500 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1935 | A | Chicago Bears | 20-20 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 14624 | |
| Thu | 11/28/1935 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-2 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1935 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 28-0 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 12000 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/15/1935 | H | New York Giants | 26-7 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 15000 | |
| Wed | 1/1/1936 | A | Pro All-Stars | 33-0 | W | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sun | 1/12/1936 | A | Westwood Cubs | 67-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sun | 1/19/1936 | A | American Legion Football League All-Stars | 42-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sun | 1/26/1936 | N | Green Bay Packers | 10-3 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sun | 2/9/1936 | A | Pop Warner's All-Stars | 30-6 | W | Honolulu, HI | Honolulu Stadium | ||
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Steve Banas | 6 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Caddel | 1 | WB-RDH | 6-2 | 199 | 24 | Stanford | 12 | 11 |
| Frank Christensen | 2 | BB-LDH-WB-RDH-QB-S | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | Utah | 12 | 12 |
| George Christensen | 14 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 238 | 26 | Oregon | 11 | 10 |
| Dutch Clark | 7 | TB-S-BB-LDH | 6-0 | 182 | 29 | Colorado College | 12 | 6 |
| Harry Ebding | 11 | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 199 | 29 | St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 4 |
| Ox Emerson | 20 | ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT | 5-11 | 203 | 28 | Texas | 7 | 7 |
| Roy Gagnon | 24 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 205 | 22 | Oregon | 4 | 0 |
| Ace Gutowsky | 5 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 201 | 26 | Oklahoma City | 12 | 7 |
| Tom Hupke | 22 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 192 | 25 | Alabama | 10 | 4 |
| Jack Johnson | 16 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 216 | 26 | Utah | 10 | 10 |
| Tony Kaska | 6 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 193 | 24 | Illinois Wesleyan | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Klewicki | 10 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 5-10 | 209 | 23 | Michigan State | 11 | 7 |
| Sam Knox | 21 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 213 | 25 | New Hampshire; Illinois | 9 | 8 |
| Gil LeFebvre | WB-RDH | 5-6 | 155 | 25 | none | 1 | 0 | |
| Buster Mitchell | 13 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 205 | 29 | Randolph JC; Davis & Elkins | 3 | 2 |
| Regis Monahan | 19 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 216 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 3 |
| Ray Morse | 27 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 199 | 25 | Oregon | 12 | 3 |
| Doug Nott | 9 | FB-LB-BB-LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 3 | 0 |
| Bill O'Neill | FB-LB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 1 | 0 | |
| Buddy Parker | 4 | FB-LB-QB-S-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 22 | Centenary | 11 | 2 |
| Glenn Presnell | 3 | TB-S-BB-LDH | 5-10 | 195 | 30 | Nebraska | 11 | 6 |
| Clare Randolph | 17 | C-LB | 6-2 | 204 | 28 | Indiana | 12 | 11 |
| Al Richins | 6 | OT-DT | 5-9 | 188 | 25 | Utah | 1 | 0 |
| John Schneller | 12 | ROE-RDE-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 204 | 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 9 |
| Bill Shepherd | 8 | FB-LB | 5-9 | 195 | 24 | McDaniel | 5 | 3 |
| Jim Stacy | 25 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Oklahoma | 12 | 3 |
| Jim Steen | 23 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Syracuse | 9 | 1 |
| Pug Vaughan | 8 | TB-S-BB-LDH-WB-RDH | 5-11 | 181 | 24 | Tennessee | 7 | 1 |
| Elmer Ward | 18 | C-LB-ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Utah State | 11 | 3 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 36 | 44 | 74 | 191 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 34 | 37 | 31 | 111 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 121 | / % | / % | 195 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 77 | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Clark | 6 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | 1 | 0 | 55 | ||
| Ernie Caddel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Glenn Presnell | 2 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Bill Shepherd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ace Gutowsky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Ed Klewicki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| John Schneller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Frank Christensen | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Harry Ebding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 5 | 2 | 191 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 7 | 1 | 111 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Presnell | 4 | 35 | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Dutch Clark | 1 | 43 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | |||
| Team Totals | 5 | 43 | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 1/ | 1/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Caddel | 87 | 450 | 5.2 | 6 | |
| Dutch Clark | 120 | 427 | 3.6 | 4 | |
| Ace Gutowsky | 102 | 296 | 2.9 | 2 | |
| Glenn Presnell | 71 | 225 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Buddy Parker | 59 | 156 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Bill Shepherd | 54 | 140 | 2.6 | 3 | |
| Pug Vaughan | 13 | 51 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Tony Kaska | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Frank Christensen | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Gil LeFebvre | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Doug Nott | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Banas | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 532 | 1773 | 3.3 | 15 | |
| Opponents Totals | 443 | 1039 | 2.3 | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Presnell | 45 | 15 | 33.3 | 24 | 193 | 4.3 | 12.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 13.3 | 8.1 | ||||
| Ernie Caddel | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 169 | 28.2 | 42.3 | 60t | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 109.7 | |||
| Dutch Clark | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 11 | 133 | 5.1 | 12.1 | 2 | 7.7 | 4 | 15.4 | 44.7 | ||||
| Pug Vaughan | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 6 | 104 | 6.9 | 14.9 | 2 | 13.3 | 2 | 13.3 | 69.9 | ||||
| Bill Shepherd | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 2 | 99 | 11.0 | 14.1 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 149.5 | ||||
| Ace Gutowsky | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 3 | 95 | 10.6 | 19.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 1 | 11.1 | 92.4 | ||||
| Frank Christensen | 21 | 6 | 28.6 | 12 | 92 | 4.4 | 15.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14.3 | 5.8 | ||||
| Doug Nott | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 6 | 35 | 3.5 | 17.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 2.1 | ||||
| Buddy Parker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 142 | 57 | 40.1 | 65 | 920 | 6.5 | 16.1 | 9 | 6.3 | 20 | 14.1 | 44.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 181 | 58 | 32.0 | 98 | 931 | 5.1 | 16.1 | 8 | 4.4 | 25 | 13.8 | 25.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Caddel | 10 | 171 | 17.1 | 0 | |||||
| Dutch Clark | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 2 | |||||
| Harry Ebding | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 1 | |||||
| John Schneller | 7 | 149 | 21.3 | 2 | |||||
| Ray Morse | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Christensen | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Klewicki | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Presnell | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 1 | |||||
| Bill Shepherd | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |||||
| Buddy Parker | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ace Gutowsky | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pug Vaughan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 57 | 920 | 16.1 | 9 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 931 | 16.1 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 9 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 552 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Presnell | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 552 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 21 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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