1939 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 6-5-0 .545 |
| Head Coach: Gus Henderson |
| Hunk Anderson | Line |
| Bill Howard | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/10/1939 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 21-13 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 15075 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1939 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 27-7 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 15515 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1939 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 17-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 9000 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | H | Cleveland Rams | 15-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 30096 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-26 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 22558 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | A | Chicago Bears | 10-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 30903 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1939 | H | New York Giants | 18-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 48492 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-23 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 42496 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | A | Cleveland Rams | 3-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 28142 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-31 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 36183 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1939 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-12 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 30699 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jim Austin | 29 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 199 | 26 | St. Mary's (California) | 10 | 1 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 83 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | North Carolina State | 3 | 0 |
| Hal Brill | 2 | HB-DH-TB-S | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Wichita State | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Calvelli | 66 | LOG-LDG-C-LB-ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 189 | 24 | San Mateo JC; Stanford | 7 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 3 | WB-RDH | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Nebraska | 10 | 8 |
| Ray Clemons | 55 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Central Oklahoma | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Diehl | 32 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 190 | 21 | Michigan State | 3 | 1 |
| Bill Feldhaus | 26 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Cincinnati | 10 | 10 |
| Ray George | 14 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 229 | 23 | Southern California | 11 | 11 |
| Gordon Gore | 10 | WB-RDH-TB-S-FB-LB | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 7 | 1 |
| Ray Hamilton | 42 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 212 | 23 | Arkansas | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 12 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 212 | 25 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 10 |
| Elvin Hutchison | 21 | BB-LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Whittier | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Johnson | 16 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 216 | 30 | Utah | 10 | 9 |
| Steve Maronic | 64 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | North Carolina | 10 | 2 |
| Phil Martinovich | 34 | BB-LDH | 5-10 | 220 | 24 | Pacific | 4 | 0 |
| Jim McDonald | 20 | WB-RDH-FB-LB | 6-1 | 191 | 24 | Ohio State | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Moore | 35 | LOE-DE | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | North Carolina | 10 | 0 |
| Monk Moscrip | 11 | LOE-DE | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Stanford | 11 | 10 |
| Johnny Pingel | 37 | TB-DB | 6-0 | 176 | 23 | Michigan State | 9 | 8 |
| Bill Radovich | 28 | ROG-DG | 5-9 | 238 | 24 | Southern California | 11 | 1 |
| Bill Rogers | 18 | LOT-DT | 5-11 | 243 | 26 | Villanova | 10 | 0 |
| Kent Ryan | 6 | WB-RDH-TB-S | 6-2 | 193 | 24 | Utah State | 6 | 2 |
| Bill Shepherd | 9 | FB-LB | 5-9 | 195 | 28 | McDaniel | 11 | 10 |
| Dwight Sloan | 36 | TB-S | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Arkansas | 10 | 1 |
| Paul Szakash | 8 | TB-S-BB-LDH-FB-LB | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | Montana | 11 | 1 |
| Cal Thomas | 75 | ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 217 | 24 | Tulsa | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Tonelli | 15 | C-LB-ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 215 | 22 | Southern California | 9 | 0 |
| Darrell Tully | 4 | TB-S-BB-LDH | 6-1 | 198 | 22 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 9 | 2 |
| Fred Vanzo | 22 | BB-LDH | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Northwestern | 10 | 10 |
| Howie Weiss | 5 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 207 | 22 | Wisconsin | 9 | 1 |
| Johnny Wiatrak | 13 | C-LB | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Washington | 1 | 0 |
| John Wiethe | 78 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 198 | 27 | Xavier (Ohio) | 11 | 11 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 30 | C-LB | 5-11 | 217 | 24 | Fordham | 11 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Johnny Pingel | B | Michigan State |
| 3 | 22 | Howie Weiss | B | Wisconsin |
| 5 | 37 | Steve Maronic | T | North Carolina |
| 6 | 47 | Joe Wendlick | E | Oregon State |
| 7 | 57 | Darrell Tully | B | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 8 | 67 | Dick Trzuskowski | T | Idaho |
| 9 | 77 | Bill Callihan | B | Nebraska |
| 10 | 87 | Ray George | T | Southern California |
| 11 | 97 | Tony Calvelli | C | Stanford |
| 12 | 107 | Jim Coughlan | E | Santa Clara |
| 13 | 117 | Prescott Hutchins | G | Oregon State |
| 14 | 127 | Art Means | G | Washington |
| 15 | 137 | Gene Hodge | E | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 16 | 147 | Bill Lazetich | B | Montana |
| 17 | 157 | Ralph Niehaus | T | Dayton |
| 18 | 167 | Marion Niemants | B | New Mexico |
| 19 | 177 | Tony Tonelli | G | Southern California |
| 20 | 187 | Jim McDonald | C | Illinois |
| 21 | 192 | Merrill Waters | E | Brigham Young |
| 22 | 197 | Al Howe | T | Xavier (Ohio) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 29 | 43 | 23 | 50 | 145 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 55 | 40 | 45 | 150 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 133 | / % | / % | 304 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Hanneman | 2 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 29 |
| Dwight Sloan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Lloyd Cardwell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Shepherd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Monk Moscrip | 1 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Phil Martinovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bill Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Pingel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Darrell Tully | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Paul Szakash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 1 | 145 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 5 | 2 | 150 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Hanneman | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 40 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Phil Martinovich | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 37 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Monk Moscrip | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 0 | 40 | 2/2 | 0/3 | 4/5 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 0/ | 4/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Shepherd | 105 | 420 | 4.0 | 2 | |
| Johnny Pingel | 74 | 301 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| Dwight Sloan | 79 | 225 | 2.8 | 4 | |
| Howie Weiss | 37 | 150 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 29 | 141 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Jim McDonald | 25 | 80 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Darrell Tully | 31 | 50 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| Fred Vanzo | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | |
| Kent Ryan | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 1 | |
| Paul Szakash | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Monk Moscrip | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gordon Gore | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| Bill Moore | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 406 | 1487 | 3.7 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 375 | 1203 | 3.2 | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Sloan | 102 | 45 | 44.1 | 54 | 658 | 6.5 | 14.6 | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 2.9 | 60.0 | ||||
| Johnny Pingel | 48 | 27 | 56.3 | 17 | 343 | 7.1 | 12.7 | 3 | 6.3 | 4 | 8.3 | 64.8 | ||||
| Darrell Tully | 75 | 20 | 26.7 | 42 | 356 | 4.7 | 17.8 | 2 | 2.7 | 13 | 17.3 | 16.2 | ||||
| Gordon Gore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Bill Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 227 | 92 | 40.5 | 115 | 1357 | 6.0 | 14.8 | 7 | 3.1 | 20 | 8.8 | 34.3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 217 | 92 | 42.4 | 111 | 1400 | 6.5 | 15.2 | 13 | 6.0 | 14 | 6.5 | 57.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Moscrip | 14 | 176 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Bill Shepherd | 14 | 143 | 10.2 | 1 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 13 | 250 | 19.2 | 47 | 2 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 12 | 257 | 21.4 | 2 | |
| Kent Ryan | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 1 | |
| Bill Moore | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 1 | |
| Jim Austin | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Jim McDonald | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Fred Vanzo | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 0 | |
| Howie Weiss | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Ray Hamilton | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| John Wiethe | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Gordon Gore | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Diehl | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Clemons | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 92 | 1357 | 14.8 | 7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 92 | 1400 | 15.2 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 14 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Pingel | 32 | 1368 | 42.8 | 65 | ||||||
| Bill Shepherd | 23 | 850 | 37.0 | 54 | ||||||
| Ray Clemons | 15 | 640 | 42.7 | 57 | ||||||
| Kent Ryan | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 40 | ||||||
| Dwight Sloan | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | ||||||
| Chuck Hanneman | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 75 | 40.6 | 65 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 379 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 379 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Moscrip | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 27 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 1 |
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