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1937 Detroit Lions (NFL)

3rd place • Western Division • 7-4-0 .636

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Head Coach: Dutch Clark

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	9/10/1937	A	Cleveland Rams	28-0	W		Cleveland, OH	League Park	15500
Sun	9/19/1937	H	Chicago Cardinals	16-7	W		Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	17000
Sun	10/3/1937	A	Green Bay Packers	6-26	L		Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	17553
Sun	10/10/1937	H	Pittsburgh Pirates	7-3	W		Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	16000
Sun	10/17/1937	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	30-0	W		Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	18000
Sun	10/24/1937	A	Chicago Bears	20-28	L		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	34530
Sun	10/31/1937	H	Green Bay Packers	13-14	L		Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	23000
Sun	11/7/1937	H	Cleveland Rams	27-7	W		Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	24800
Sun	11/14/1937	A	New York Giants	17-0	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	35790
Sun	11/21/1937	A	Chicago Cardinals	16-7	W		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	8576
Thu	11/25/1937	H	Chicago Bears	0-13	L		Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	24173

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Ernie Caddel	1	WB-RDH	6-2	199	26	Stanford	11	11
Lloyd Cardwell	3	BB-LDH-WB-RDH	6-2	195	24	Nebraska	9	0
Frank Christensen	2	BB-LDH-WB-RDH	6-1	199	27	Utah	8	4
George Christensen	26	ROT-RDT-ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	6-2	238	28	Oregon	10	5
Dutch Clark	7	TB-S	6-0	182	31	Colorado College	11	11
Hal Cooper	18	C-LB	5-10	207	25	Detroit Mercy	8	1
Harry Ebding	11	ROE-RDE	5-11	199	31	St. Mary's (California)	10	5
Ox Emerson	20	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	5-11	203	30	Texas	9	6
Bill Feldhaus	14	ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT	6-0	225	25	Cincinnati	11	5
Tom Fena	21	OG-DG	5-11	200	28	Denver	2	0
Ace Gutowsky	5	FB-LB-TB-S	5-11	201	28	Oklahoma City	11	11
Chuck Hanneman	12	LOE-LDE	6-0	212	23	Eastern Michigan	10	0
Vern Huffman	6	BB-LDH-TB-S	6-2	215	23	Indiana	10	7
Tom Hupke	22	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	5-10	192	27	Alabama	10	0
Jack Johnson	16	LOT-LDT	6-4	216	28	Utah	11	11
Lee Kizzire	23	FB-LB-BB-S-HB-DH	6-0	200	22	Wyoming	7	0
Ed Klewicki	10	LOE-LDE	5-10	209	25	Michigan State	11	11
Regis Monahan	19	LOG-LDG	5-10	216	29	Ohio State	11	3
Ray Morse	27	ROE-RDE	6-2	199	27	Oregon	10	6
Charlie Payne		WB-RDH	5-11	186	23	Detroit Mercy	1	0
Ray Reckmark	4	BB-LDH	6-0	198	23	Syracuse	1	0
Bob Reynolds	24	ROT-RDT	6-4	221	23	Stanford	9	8
Del Ritchhart	13	C-LB	6-0	195	27	Colorado	10	3
Bill Shepherd	9	FB-LB-TB-S	5-9	195	26	McDaniel	11	0
Jim Stacy	25	LOT-LDT	6-2	210	25	Oklahoma	10	0
Lee Stokes	17	C-LB	6-0	205	24	Centenary	11	7
Sid Wagner	15	ROG-RDG-L	5-11	192	25	Michigan State	11	6

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Lloyd Cardwell	B	Nebraska
2	17	Charley Hamrick	T	Ohio State
3	27	Vern Huffman	B	Indiana
4	37	Bill Glassford	G	Pittsburgh
5	47	Maury Patt	E	Carnegie Mellon
6	57	George Bell	G	Purdue
7	67	John Sprague	E	Southern Methodist
8	77	Elvin Sayre	C	Illinois
9	87	Larry Kelley	E	Yale
10	97	Kay Bell	T	Washington State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	21	82	54	23	180
Opponents Totals	19	30	7	49	105

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		120				/ %	/ %	19	139
Opponents Totals						/ %	/ %

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Dutch Clark	6	6	9	66.7	1			0	45
Bill Shepherd	3	7	8	87.5	2			0	31
Regis Monahan	0	5	5	100.0	5			0	20
Ernie Caddel	3	0	0		0			0	18
Harry Ebding	3	0	0		0			0	18
Lloyd Cardwell	1	0	0		0			0	6
Ace Gutowsky	1	0	1	0.0	0			0	6
Chuck Hanneman	1	0	0		0			0	6
Vern Huffman	1	0	0		0			0	6
Tom Hupke	1	0	0		0			0	6
Jack Johnson	1	0	0		0			0	6
Ed Klewicki	1	0	0		0			0	6
Ray Morse	1	0	0		0			0	6
Team Totals	23	18	23	78.3	8			0	180
Opponents Totals	14	12	14	85.7	3			0	105

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Regis Monahan	5				26	2/	3/	0/	0/	0/
Bill Shepherd	2				45	1/	0/	0/	1/	0/
Dutch Clark	1				9	1/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	8				45	4/	3/	0/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	3					1/	1/	1/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dutch Clark	96	468	4.9		5
Ernie Caddel	76	429	5.6		3
Ace Gutowsky	128	361	2.8		1
Bill Shepherd	93	325	3.5		2
Vern Huffman	35	187	5.3		0
Lloyd Cardwell	36	181	5.0		0
Ed Klewicki	10	53	5.3		0
Chuck Hanneman	2	53	26.5	50t	1
Lee Kizzire	7	20	2.9		0
Ray Morse	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	484	2074	4.3		12
Opponents Totals	387	1329	3.4		8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bill Shepherd	46	19	41.3	20	297	6.5	15.6		1	2.2	7	15.2				31.1
Dutch Clark	39	19	48.7	17	202	5.2	10.6		1	2.6	3	7.7				40.8
Vern Huffman	23	5	21.7	12	102	4.4	20.4		2	8.7	6	26.1				35.0
Ace Gutowsky	8	1	12.5	5	30	3.8	30.0	30	0	0.0	2	25.0				3.1
Ernie Caddel	4	0	0.0	4	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	120	44	36.7	58	631	5.3	14.3		4	3.3	18	15.0				26.1
Opponents Totals	165	59	35.8	82	804	4.9	13.6		5	3.0	24	14.5				22.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ernie Caddel	9	80	8.9	22	0		1	0
Ed Klewicki	8	134	16.8		0
Ray Morse	8	131	16.4		1
Vern Huffman	8	104	13.0		0
Harry Ebding	5	89	17.8	28t	1		2	0
Lloyd Cardwell	3	51	17.0		1
Dutch Clark	2	33	16.5	23	1		1	0
Chuck Hanneman	1	9	9.0	9	0		0	0
Team Totals	44	631	14.3		4
Opponents Totals	59	804	13.6		5

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vern Huffman					1
Tom Hupke					1
Bill Shepherd					1
Team Totals	25				3
Opponents Totals	18				1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Team Totals
Opponents Totals								455

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals			455			0
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
Harry Ebding							2
Jack Johnson							1
Ed Klewicki							1
Team Totals	17						4
Opponents Totals							0

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