1943 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 3-6-1 .333 |
| Head Coach: Gus Dorais |
| Joe Bach | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/12/1943 | N | New York Giants | 14-21 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 11000 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1943 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 35-17 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 23408 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1943 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 27-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 23768 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1943 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 48118 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1943 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-35 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 21396 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1943 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 7-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 15072 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1943 | H | Green Bay Packers | 6-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 41463 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1943 | A | Chicago Bears | 14-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 25187 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1943 | H | New York Giants | 0-0 | T | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 16992 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1943 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-42 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 35540 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1943 | A | Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-35 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 23338 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Stan Batinski | 65 | ROT-RDT-OG-DG | 5-10 | 215 | 26 | Temple | 8 | 1 |
| Sam Busich | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 189 | 30 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Callihan | 25 | BB-S | 6-2 | 217 | 27 | Nebraska | 10 | 4 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 10 | WB-RDH | 6-2 | 195 | 30 | Nebraska | 7 | 2 |
| Tommy Colella | 46 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 187 | 25 | Canisius | 8 | 0 |
| Gerry Conlee | 52 | C-LB | 5-11 | 203 | 29 | St. Mary's (California) | 10 | 2 |
| Mike Corgan | 17 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 188 | 25 | Notre Dame | 4 | 1 |
| Murray Evans | 23 | BB-S | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | Hardin-Simmons | 9 | 5 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 48 | TB-LDH | 5-9 | 174 | 25 | UCLA | 10 | 6 |
| Bill Fisk | 80 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 199 | 27 | Southern California | 10 | 9 |
| Elmer Hackney | 34 | WB-RDH-FB-LB | 6-1 | 202 | 27 | Kansas State | 10 | 2 |
| Ben Hightower | 86 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 184 | 25 | Sam Houston State | 9 | 7 |
| Harry Hopp | 44 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 209 | 25 | Nebraska | 10 | 9 |
| Al Kaporch | 76 | ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 215 | 30 | St. Bonaventure | 10 | 9 |
| Bob Keene | 45 | BB-S | 5-11 | 191 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 6 | 1 |
| Alex Ketzko | 64 | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 215 | 25 | Michigan State | 9 | 3 |
| Bert Kuczynski | 20 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 196 | 23 | Pennsylvania | 2 | 1 |
| Bob Layden | 81 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Cowley County JC; Southwestern (Kansas) | 4 | 0 |
| Sonny Liles | 62 | OG-DG | 5-9 | 188 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 0 |
| Augie Lio | 73 | ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 234 | 25 | Georgetown (DC) | 10 | 9 |
| Jack Matheson | 82 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 221 | 23 | Western Michigan | 9 | 3 |
| Riley Matheson | 83 | LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 207 | 29 | Cameron JC; Texas-El Paso | 10 | 9 |
| Ned Mathews | 42 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH-FB-LB | 5-10 | 187 | 25 | UCLA | 10 | 4 |
| Ed Opalewski | 71 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Pavelec | 71 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 218 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 5 | 3 |
| Lyle Rockenbach | 68 | LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 192 | 28 | Michigan State | 8 | 1 |
| Ernie Rosteck | 78 | C-LB | 6-1 | 218 | 21 | none | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Rubino | 66 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 208 | 22 | Wake Forest | 10 | 5 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 21 | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Georgia | 10 | 4 |
| Roy Stuart | 40 | OG-DG | 5-8 | 188 | 23 | Tulsa | 6 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 11 | WB-RDH | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 2 |
| Lloyd Wickett | 81 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 208 | 23 | Oregon State | 4 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 50 | C-LB | 5-11 | 217 | 28 | Fordham | 9 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Frankie Sinkwich | B | Georgia |
| 2 | 11 | Dave Schreiner | E | Wisconsin |
| 3 | 16 | Dick Ashcom | T | Oregon |
| 4 | 26 | Ralph Hamer | B | Furman |
| 5 | 31 | Lloyd Wickett | T | Oregon State |
| 6 | 41 | Jim Jones | B | Union (Tennessee) |
| 7 | 51 | Paul Sizemore | E | Furman |
| 8 | 61 | George Poschner | E | Georgia |
| 9 | 71 | Jack Irish | T | Arizona |
| 10 | 81 | Jack Fenton | B | Michigan State |
| 11 | 91 | Dick Renfro | B | Washington State |
| 12 | 101 | Bob Kolesar | G | Michigan |
| 13 | 111 | Del Huntsinger | B | Portland |
| 14 | 121 | Ellard Dernoncourt | E | St. Louis |
| 15 | 131 | Dick Woodward | E | Colorado |
| 16 | 141 | Marvin Bass | T | William & Mary |
| 17 | 151 | Vic Peelish | G | West Virginia |
| 18 | 161 | Chet Maeda | B | Colorado State |
| 19 | 171 | Bert Kuczynski | E | Pennsylvania |
| 20 | 181 | Al Scanland | B | Oklahoma State |
| 21 | 191 | Royal Lohry | B | Iowa State |
| 22 | 201 | Percy Holland | G | Louisiana State |
| 23 | 211 | Mike Fitzgerald | G | Missouri |
| 24 | 221 | Bill Remington | C | Washington State |
| 25 | 231 | Huel Hamm | B | Oklahoma |
| 26 | 241 | Irv Konapka | T | Idaho |
| 27 | 251 | Chuck Fears | T | UCLA |
| 28 | 261 | Bert Ekern | E | Missouri |
| 29 | 271 | Virgil Wagner | B | Millikin |
| 30 | 281 | Manny Kaplan | B | McDaniel |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 20 | 61 | 55 | 42 | 178 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 56 | 48 | 66 | 218 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 106 | 49 | 46 | 11 | / % | / % | 59 | 472 | |
| Opponents Totals | 130 | 69 | 54 | 7 | / % | / % | 58 | 501 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hopp | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Augie Lio | 0 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 2 | 11 | 18.2 | 0 | 27 |
| Bill Callihan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Elmer Hackney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ned Mathews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ben Hightower | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Art Van Tone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sam Busich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 2 | 12 | 16.7 | 0 | 178 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 218 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augie Lio | 2 | 11 | 18.2 | 0 | 33 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 12 | 16.7 | 0 | 33 | 1/7 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Sinkwich | 93 | 266 | 2.9 | 17 | 1 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 46 | 180 | 3.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 38 | 124 | 3.3 | 42 | 1 |
| Harry Hopp | 56 | 99 | 1.8 | 16 | 5 |
| Elmer Hackney | 27 | 87 | 3.2 | 16 | 2 |
| Tommy Colella | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 6 | 1 |
| Mike Corgan | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Murray Evans | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Hightower | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 294 | 817 | 2.8 | 42 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 381 | 1213 | 3.2 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Sinkwich | 126 | 50 | 39.7 | 56 | 699 | 5.5 | 14.0 | 67t | 7 | 5.6 | 20 | 15.9 | 37.2 | |||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 58 | 20 | 34.5 | 29 | 338 | 5.8 | 16.9 | 72 | 3 | 5.2 | 9 | 15.5 | 32.8 | |||
| Tommy Colella | 31 | 11 | 35.5 | 16 | 103 | 3.3 | 9.4 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12.9 | 5.9 | |||
| Harry Hopp | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 60 | 7.5 | 12.0 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 85.4 | |||
| Ned Mathews | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 8 | 76 | 6.3 | 19.0 | 33 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 84.0 | |||
| Art Van Tone | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 7 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 2.8 | |||
| Elmer Hackney | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | -1 | -0.3 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42.4 | |||
| Murray Evans | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 8 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Bill Callihan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 248 | 93 | 37.5 | 118 | 1290 | 5.2 | 13.9 | 72 | 11 | 4.4 | 37 | 14.9 | 30.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 227 | 109 | 48.0 | 99 | 1606 | 7.1 | 14.7 | 16 | 7.0 | 19 | 8.4 | 60.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hopp | 17 | 229 | 13.5 | 67t | 3 |
| Jack Matheson | 13 | 156 | 12.0 | 46 | 1 |
| Bill Fisk | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Ben Hightower | 10 | 172 | 17.2 | 46 | 1 |
| Ned Mathews | 9 | 193 | 21.4 | 36 | 1 |
| Bill Callihan | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 40t | 3 |
| Art Van Tone | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 72 | 1 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 33 | 1 |
| Elmer Hackney | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Murray Evans | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Corgan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bert Kuczynski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 93 | 1290 | 13.9 | 72 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 109 | 1606 | 14.7 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Mathews | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Art Van Tone | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ben Hightower | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gerry Conlee | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Kaporch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Augie Lio | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 304 | 16.0 | 63 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 436 | 11.8 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hopp | 42 | 1643 | 39.1 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 12 | 551 | 45.9 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 6 | 280 | 46.7 | 55 | 0 | |||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 65 | 2693 | 41.4 | 64 | 0 | 37.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 436 | 35.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Sinkwich | 11 | 228 | 20.7 | 77 | 0 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Art Van Tone | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bill Callihan | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 436 | 13.6 | 77 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 10.0 | 22 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Fenenbock | 11 | 224 | 20.4 | 37 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 7 | 246 | 35.1 | 98t | 1 | |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 43 | 0 | |
| Harry Hopp | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Elmer Hackney | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Gerry Conlee | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bill Fisk | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 815 | 22.6 | 98t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0 |
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