1941 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 4-6-1 .400 |
| Head Coach: Bill Edwards |
| Roy Miller | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 9/1/1941 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-7 | L | PIttsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 10917 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1941 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-23 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16734 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1941 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-14 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 19269 | |
| Sat | 9/27/1941 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 14-14 | T | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 17458 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1941 | H | Cleveland Rams | 17-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 26481 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1941 | A | Chicago Bears | 0-49 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 29980 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1941 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 30269 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1941 | A | Cleveland Rams | 14-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 10554 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1941 | A | New York Giants | 13-20 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27875 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1941 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-17 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 16306 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1941 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 28657 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1941 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 21-3 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 17051 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Stan Andersen | 82 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Stanford | 6 | 3 |
| Stan Batinski | 65 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 215 | 24 | Temple | 7 | 3 |
| Steve Belichick | 30 | FB-LB | 5-8 | 190 | 22 | Western Reserve | 6 | 3 |
| Dick Booth | 11 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Western Reserve | 11 | 5 |
| Maury Britt | 81 | OE-DE | 6-4 | 220 | 22 | Arkansas | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 25 | BB-S | 6-2 | 217 | 25 | Nebraska | 11 | 6 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 10 | WB-RDH | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Nebraska | 4 | 2 |
| Clem Crabtree | 72 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Wake Forest | 9 | 3 |
| Bill Fisk | 80 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 199 | 25 | Southern California | 11 | 8 |
| Tony Furst | 73 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Dayton | 10 | 6 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 68 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 212 | 27 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 4 |
| Harry Hopp | 31 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 209 | 23 | Nebraska | 10 | 6 |
| Billy Jefferson | 46 | TB-LDH | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | Mississippi State | 11 | 2 |
| John Jett | 82 | OE-DE | 6-7 | 225 | 23 | Wake Forest | 5 | 0 |
| Augie Lio | 61 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 234 | 23 | Georgetown (DC) | 11 | 7 |
| Andy Logan | 76 | OT-DT-C-LB | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Western Reserve | 7 | 1 |
| Ned Mathews | 12 | WB-RDH | 5-10 | 187 | 23 | UCLA | 9 | 1 |
| Jack Mattiford | 62 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 210 | 25 | Marshall | 10 | 3 |
| Paul Moore | 23 | BB-S | 5-9 | 207 | 23 | Presbyterian | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Nelson | 51 | C-LB | 6-1 | 214 | 21 | Baylor | 9 | 2 |
| John Noppenberg | 14 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 196 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 0 |
| Dunc Obee | 52 | C-LB | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | Dayton | 3 | 0 |
| Lloyd Parsons | 32 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Minnesota; Gustavus Adolphus | 7 | 0 |
| Ted Pavelec | 71 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 218 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 10 | 2 |
| Milt Piepul | 33 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Notre Dame | 11 | 2 |
| Cotton Price | 42 | TB-LDH-QB-S | 6-1 | 182 | 23 | Texas A&M | 11 | 2 |
| Bill Radovich | 66 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 238 | 26 | Southern California | 11 | 4 |
| Alex Schibanoff | 79 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 218 | 22 | Franklin & Marshall | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Szakash | 84 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 215 | 28 | Montana | 9 | 7 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 15 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Bucknell | 4 | 2 |
| John Tripson | 70 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 220 | 22 | Mississippi State | 11 | 9 |
| Emil Uremovich | 75 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 233 | 25 | Indiana | 10 | 1 |
| Fred Vanzo | 22 | BB-S-WB-RDH | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Northwestern | 6 | 5 |
| Whizzer White | 44 | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 187 | 24 | Colorado | 11 | 8 |
| John Wiethe | 68 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 198 | 29 | Xavier (Ohio) | 7 | 5 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 50 | C-LB | 5-11 | 217 | 26 | Fordham | 9 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Jim Thomason | B | Texas A&M |
| 2 | 15 | Gene Goodreault | E | Boston College |
| 3 | 20 | Harry Hopp | B | Nebraska |
| 4 | 30 | Augie Lio | G | Georgetown (DC) |
| 5 | 35 | Bob Nelson | C | Baylor |
| 6 | 45 | John Tripson | T | Mississippi State |
| 7 | 55 | John Jett | E | Wake Forest |
| 8 | 65 | Joe Manzo | T | Boston College |
| 9 | 75 | Jasper Davis | B | Duke |
| 10 | 85 | Ted Pavelec | T | Detroit Mercy |
| 11 | 95 | Milt Piepul | B | Notre Dame |
| 12 | 105 | Billy Jefferson | B | Mississippi State |
| 13 | 115 | Maury Britt | E | Arkansas |
| 14 | 125 | Alex Schibanoff | T | Franklin & Marshall |
| 15 | 135 | Perry Scott | E | Muhlenberg |
| 16 | 145 | George Sarris | C | Providence |
| 17 | 155 | Fred Gage | B | Wisconsin |
| 18 | 165 | Charlie Ishmael | B | Kentucky |
| 19 | 175 | Len Isberg | B | Oregon |
| 20 | 185 | Paul Friedlander | B | Carnegie Mellon |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28 | 13 | 31 | 49 | 121 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 64 | 41 | 59 | 195 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 86 | 51 | 29 | 6 | / % | / % | 52 | 455 | |
| Opponents Totals | 160 | 89 | 61 | 10 | / % | / % | 36 | 415 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Steve Belichick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Augie Lio | 1 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Bill Fisk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Jefferson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Booth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Maury Britt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 17 | 16 | 17 | 94.1 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | 0 | 121 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 195 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Hanneman | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 8 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Augie Lio | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | 0 | 8 | 1/8 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 2/ | 4/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 89 | 240 | 2.7 | 20 | 2 |
| Harry Hopp | 69 | 202 | 2.9 | 29 | 1 |
| Billy Jefferson | 56 | 164 | 2.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Steve Belichick | 28 | 118 | 4.2 | 11 | 2 |
| Dick Booth | 29 | 80 | 2.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Milt Piepul | 20 | 56 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 31 | 56 | 1.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Charley Price | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Lloyd Parsons | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Augie Lio | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| John Noppenberg | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 361 | 975 | 2.7 | 29 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 475 | 1416 | 3.0 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 62 | 22 | 35.5 | 35 | 338 | 5.5 | 15.4 | 47 | 2 | 3.2 | 5 | 8.1 | 31.5 | |||
| Billy Jefferson | 72 | 18 | 25.0 | 45 | 181 | 2.5 | 10.1 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 12.5 | 0.0 | |||
| Charley Price | 33 | 9 | 27.3 | 20 | 112 | 3.4 | 12.4 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12.1 | 1.6 | |||
| Dick Booth | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 2 | 135 | 16.9 | 27.0 | 71 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 106.3 | |||
| Ned Mathews | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 5 | 59 | 7.4 | 19.7 | 27 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 103.6 | |||
| Milt Piepul | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Harry Hopp | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 187 | 58 | 31.0 | 109 | 848 | 4.5 | 14.6 | 71 | 5 | 2.7 | 20 | 10.7 | 16.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 247 | 112 | 45.3 | 117 | 1605 | 6.5 | 14.3 | 9 | 3.6 | 18 | 7.3 | 48.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Fisk | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 32 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dick Booth | 7 | 103 | 14.7 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ned Mathews | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Andersen | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Whizzer White | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 71 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Callihan | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Hanneman | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 46 | 1 | ||||
| John Jett | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Szakash | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 47 | 0 | ||||
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Jefferson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Vanzo | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Belichick | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maury Britt | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45t | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Mattiford | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Parsons | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charley Price | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 58 | 848 | 14.6 | 71 | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 112 | 1605 | 14.3 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Mathews | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 51 | 1 |
| Augie Lio | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Wiethe | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Whizzer White | 1 | 82 | 82.0 | 82t | 1 |
| Bob Nelson | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Dick Booth | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Jefferson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Belichick | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Furst | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 327 | 18.2 | 82t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 215 | 10.8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 48 | 1997 | 41.6 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Jefferson | 20 | 750 | 37.5 | 72 | 0 | |||||
| Charley Price | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 50 | 0 | |||||
| Milt Piepul | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |||||
| Augie Lio | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |||||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Booth | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 79 | 3136 | 39.7 | 72 | 0 | 546 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 502 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 19 | 262 | 13.8 | 64 | 0 | |
| Billy Jefferson | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 23 | 0 | |
| Charley Price | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Steve Belichick | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 77t | 1 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 502 | 14.3 | 77t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 546 | 12.7 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 11 | 285 | 25.9 | 41 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 9 | 233 | 25.9 | 31 | 0 | |
| Dick Booth | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 0 | ||
| Billy Jefferson | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 1 | ||
| Charley Price | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | ||
| John Jett | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Belichick | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Paul Szakash | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Stan Andersen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Augie Lio | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 980 | 26.5 | 1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 609 | 22.6 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augie Lio | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 24 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0 |
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