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1938 Detroit Lions (NFL)

2nd place • Western Division • 7-4-0 .636

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Head Coach: Dutch Clark

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	9/9/1938	H	Pittsburgh Pirates	16-7	W		Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	17000
Sun	10/2/1938	A	Cleveland Rams	17-21	L		Cleveland, OH	Shaw Stadium	8012
Sun	10/9/1938	A	Green Bay Packers	17-7	W		Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	21698
Sun	10/16/1938	H	Washington Redskins	5-7	L		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	42855
Sun	10/23/1938	H	Chicago Cardinals	10-0	W		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	17917
Sun	10/30/1938	A	Chicago Bears	13-7	W		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	24356
Sun	11/6/1938	H	Cleveland Rams	6-0	W		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	31140
Sun	11/13/1938	H	Green Bay Packers	7-28	L		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	45139
Sun	11/20/1938	A	Chicago Cardinals	7-3	W		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	8279
Thu	11/24/1938	H	Chicago Bears	14-7	W		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	26278
Sun	12/4/1938	H	Philadelphia Eagles	7-21	L		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	18985

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
Lou Barle	25	BB-LDH	6-1	205	22	Minnesota-Duluth	1	0
Ernie Caddel	1	WB-RDH	6-2	199	27	Stanford	7	4
Lloyd Cardwell	3	WB-RDH-BB-LDH	6-2	195	25	Nebraska	10	6
George Christensen	14	ROT-RDT-LOT-DT	6-2	238	29	Oregon	11	3
Dutch Clark	7	TB-S	6-0	182	32	Colorado College	6	0
Bill Feldhaus	26	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	6-0	225	26	Cincinnati	11	6
Les Graham	23	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	6-0	215	22	Tulsa	11	2
Ace Gutowsky	5	FB-LB	5-11	201	29	Oklahoma City	11	9
Chuck Hanneman	12	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-0	212	24	Eastern Michigan	10	2
Vern Huffman	6	TB-S	6-2	215	24	Indiana	11	8
Jack Johnson	16	LOT-LDT	6-4	216	29	Utah	10	7
Ed Klewicki	10	LOE-LDE	5-10	209	26	Michigan State	10	8
Jack Mackenroth	29	C-LB	6-2	215	22	North Dakota	2	0
Tony Matisi	27	LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-2	230	24	Pittsburgh	5	1
Jim McDonald	20	BB-LDH	6-1	191	23	Ohio State	11	4
Regis Monahan	19	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	5-10	216	30	Ohio State	9	1
Ray Morse	13	ROE-RDE	6-2	199	28	Oregon	8	4
Monk Moscrip	11	ROE-RDE	6-0	192	25	Stanford	11	6
Dick Nardi	4	WB-RDH	5-10	200	23	Ohio State	8	1
Maury Patt	21	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-2	205	23	Carnegie Mellon	11	2
Bill Radovich	28	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	5-9	238	23	Southern California	10	4
Bob Reynolds	24	ROT-RDT	6-4	221	24	Stanford	11	8
Bill Rogers	18	LOT-LDT	5-11	243	25	Villanova	6	3
Kent Ryan	2	TB-S-WB-RDH-FB-LB	6-2	193	23	Utah State	7	0
Bill Shepherd	9	TB-S-FB-LB	5-9	195	27	McDaniel	9	3
Lee Stokes	17	C-LB	6-0	205	25	Centenary	10	6
Paul Szakash	8	FB-LB-BB-LDH	6-0	215	25	Montana	7	2
Fred Vanzo	22	BB-LDH	6-2	230	22	Northwestern	10	7
Sid Wagner	15	LOG-LDG	5-11	192	26	Michigan State	11	9
Alex Wojciechowicz	30	C-LB	5-11	217	23	Fordham	11	5

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Alex Wojciechowicz	C	Fordham
3	21	Pete Smith	E	Oklahoma
5	36	Andy Bershak	E	North Carolina
6	46	Karl Schleckman	T	Utah
7	56	Paul Szakash	B	Montana
8	66	Dick Nardi	B	Ohio State
9	76	Jim Sirtosky	G	Indiana
10	86	Ralph Wolf	C	Ohio State
11	96	Clarence Douglass	B	Kansas
12	106	Clint Frank	B	Yale

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	30	33	28	28	119
Opponents Totals	24	14	28	42	108

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		129				/ %	/ %		345
Opponents Totals						/ %	/ %

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Lloyd Cardwell	5	0	0		0	0			30
Bill Shepherd	3	2	2	100.0	1	2	50.0		23
Regis Monahan	0	2	4	50.0	4	5	80.0		14
Ace Gutowsky	2	0	0		0	0			12
Monk Moscrip	1	6	6	100.0	0	1	0.0		12
Dutch Clark	0	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0		8
Ernie Caddel	1	0	0		0	0			6
Chuck Hanneman	1	0	0		0	0			6
Vern Huffman	1	0	0		0	0			6
(Team)	-	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	14	12	14	85.7	7	10	70.0	1	119
Opponents Totals	15	15	15	100.0	1			0	108

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Regis Monahan	4	5	80.0	0	35	1/2	0/0	3/3	0/0	0/0
Dutch Clark	2	2	100.0	0	18	2/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0
Bill Shepherd	1	2	50.0	0	27	0/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0
Monk Moscrip	0	1	0.0	0		0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0
Team Totals	7	10	70.0	0	35	3/5	1/1	3/4	0/0	0/0
Opponents Totals	1					0/	1/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Shepherd	100	455	4.6		3
Ace Gutowsky	131	444	3.4		2
Lloyd Cardwell	73	294	4.0		4
Vern Huffman	69	181	2.6		1
Kent Ryan	24	180	7.5		0
Dick Nardi	20	109	5.5		0
Ed Klewicki	10	76	7.6		0
Paul Szakash	20	55	2.8		0
Ernie Caddel	14	38	2.7		1
Maury Patt	3	30	10.0		0
Dutch Clark	7	25	3.6		0
Chuck Hanneman	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	472	1893	4.0		11
Opponents Totals	338	1081	3.2		6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Vern Huffman	85	27	31.8	50	382	4.5	14.1		2	2.4	8	9.4				15.9
Bill Shepherd	32	8	25.0	18	167	5.2	20.9		0	0.0	6	18.8				9.2
Dutch Clark	12	6	50.0	4	50	4.2	8.3		1	8.3	2	16.7				49.3
Ace Gutowsky	7	3	42.9	4	41	5.9	13.7		0	0.0	0	0.0				62.2
Ernie Caddel	2	2	100.0	0	45	22.5	22.5	25	0	0.0	0	0.0				118.8
Kent Ryan	9	2	22.2	7	27	3.0	13.5	27	0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Lloyd Cardwell	1	1	100.0	0	35	35.0	35.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0				118.8
Team Totals	148	49	33.1	83	747	5.0	15.2		3	2.0	16	10.8				17.9
Opponents Totals	205	77	37.6	105	1105	5.4	14.4		9	4.4	23	11.2				30.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lloyd Cardwell	9	138	15.3		1
Maury Patt	7	80	11.4		0
Kent Ryan	7	78	11.1		0
Monk Moscrip	6	118	19.7		1
Chuck Hanneman	4	80	20.0		1
Fred Vanzo	4	52	13.0		0
Ed Klewicki	3	57	19.0		0
Ray Morse	3	55	18.3	23	0		2	0
Jim McDonald	2	41	20.5	35	0		1	0
Ace Gutowsky	1	25	25.0	25	0		1	0
Vern Huffman	1	17	17.0	17	0		0	0
Ernie Caddel	1	6	6.0	6	0		0	0
Paul Szakash	1	0	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	49	747	15.2		3
Opponents Totals	77	1105	14.4		9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals	23				0
Opponents Totals	16				0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Team Totals
Opponents Totals								280

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals			280			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
Team Totals	18			13			0
Opponents Totals		13					0

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