1946 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 5th place • Western Division • 1-10-0 .091 |
| Head Coach: Gus Dorais |
| Joe Bach | Line |
| Pete Cawthon | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/6/1946 | N | New York Giants | 20-22 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 10941 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1946 | A | Charlotte Clippers | 28-3 | W | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 13000 | |
| Thu | 9/19/1946 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-10 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 10000 | |
| Mon | 9/30/1946 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 14-34 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 14667 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | A | Washington Redskins | 16-17 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 33569 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 14-36 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 21939 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-35 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 27928 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-10 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 17073 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 20-41 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 34447 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 13621 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | H | Green Bay Packers | 0-9 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 21055 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | A | Chicago Bears | 6-42 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 24270 | |
| Thu | 11/28/1946 | H | Boston Yanks | 10-34 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 13010 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | H | Chicago Bears | 24-45 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 19579 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Stan Batinski | 65 | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 215 | 29 | Temple | 11 | 10 |
| Jim Callahan | 88 | TB-LDH-FB-LB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Texas Tech; Texas | 11 | 11 |
| Bob Cifers | 84 | BB-S | 5-11 | 201 | 26 | Tennessee | 10 | 2 |
| Ted Cremer | 21 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 209 | 27 | Auburn | 11 | 9 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 76 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 186 | 28 | Northwestern | 10 | 6 |
| Chuck DeShane | 17 | S-BB-K | 6-1 | 212 | 28 | Alabama | 9 | 9 |
| Leon Fichman | 46 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Alabama | 11 | 11 |
| Aldo Forte | 25 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 213 | 28 | Montana | 2 | 1 |
| Ed Frutig | 11 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Michigan | 11 | 11 |
| John Greene | 10 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Michigan | 11 | 2 |
| Elmer Hackney | 34 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 202 | 30 | Kansas State | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Helms | 52 | OE-DE-K | 6-4 | 215 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Jones | 42 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | Union (Tennessee) | 1 | 0 |
| Ralph Jones | 31 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Union (Tennessee); Alabama | 11 | 0 |
| Walt Jurkiewicz | 80 | C-LB | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Indiana | 9 | 1 |
| Elmer Madarik | 40 | WB-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 9 | 9 |
| Jack Matheson | 82 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 221 | 26 | Western Michigan | 11 | 11 |
| Vince Mazza | OE | 6-1 | 216 | 21 | none | 1 | 0 | |
| Joel McCoy | 85 | TB | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | Alabama | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Montgomery | 73 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | Texas A&M | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Rubino | 68 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 208 | 25 | Wake Forest | 11 | 1 |
| Dave Ryan | 44 | TB-LDH LB? | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Hardin-Simmons | 11 | 11 |
| Dom Sanzotta | 18 | WB | 5-9 | 190 | 25 | Western Reserve | 5 | 2 |
| Ivan Schottel | 55 | BB | 6-2 | 204 | 26 | Northwest Missouri State | 10 | 3 |
| Gene Spangler | 30 | HB | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Tulsa | 10 | 1 |
| Frank Szymanski | 83 | C-LB | 5-11 | 225 | 23 | Notre Dame | 11 | 11 |
| Damon Tassos | 6 | ROG-RDG-K | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Texas A&M | 11 | 11 |
| Russ Thomas | 71 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 237 | 22 | Ohio State | 10 | 9 |
| Emil Uremovich | 81 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 233 | 30 | Indiana | 11 | 11 |
| Walt Vezmar | 33 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 235 | 21 | Michigan State | 11 | 11 |
| Bob Westfall | 86 | FB | 5-8 | 190 | 27 | Michigan | 10 | 3 |
| Lloyd Wickett | 20 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 208 | 26 | Oregon State | 9 | 2 |
| Camp Wilson | 66 | FB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Tarleton State JC; Hardin-Simmons; Tulsa | 10 | 5 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | C | 5-11 | 217 | 31 | Fordham | 3 | 3 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Bill Dellastatious | B | Missouri |
| 3 | 22 | Russ Thomas | T | Ohio State |
| 5 | 38 | Dave Harris | E | Wake Forest |
| 6 | 47 | Joe Eddins | G | Auburn |
| 7 | 58 | Pete Berezney | T | Notre Dame |
| 8 | 67 | Keith DeCourcey | B | Oregon |
| 9 | 78 | Bill Hedges | T | West Texas A&M |
| 10 | 87 | Thornton Dixon | T | Ohio State |
| 11 | 98 | Bob Stevens | B | Oregon State |
| 12 | 107 | Pat Farris | T | Texas Tech |
| 13 | 118 | Paul Copoulos | B | Marquette |
| 14 | 127 | Ty Irby | B | Auburn |
| 15 | 138 | Pat Thrash | E | South Carolina |
| 16 | 147 | Kelley Mote | E | Duke |
| 17 | 158 | Bill Scruggs | B | Rice |
| 18 | 167 | Ben Wall | B | Central Michigan |
| 19 | 178 | Merlin Kispert | B | Minnesota |
| 20 | 187 | Don Malmberg | T | UCLA |
| 21 | 198 | Norm Maloney | E | Purdue |
| 22 | 207 | Jack Simmons | B | Detroit Mercy |
| 23 | 218 | Joe Pulte | E | Detroit Mercy |
| 24 | 227 | Bob Funderberg | B | Northwestern |
| 25 | 238 | Ed Stacco | T | Colgate |
| 26 | 247 | Roger Anderson | G | Georgia Tech |
| 27 | 258 | Chuck Murdock | E | Georgia Tech |
| 28 | 267 | Dick Van Dusen | C | Minnesota |
| 29 | 278 | Bill Agnew | B | California |
| 30 | 287 | Tom Panos | G | Utah |
| 31 | 293 | Orlando Palesse | E | Marquette |
| 32 | 297 | Otis Schellstede | G | Oklahoma State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 22 | 31 | 38 | 51 | 142 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 117 | 87 | 61 | 310 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 120 | 49 | 59 | 12 | / % | / % | 82 | 635 | |
| Opponents Totals | 203 | 104 | 78 | 21 | / % | / % | 100 | 912 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cifers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Camp Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Greene | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Jack Helms | 0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Jim Callahan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Decorrevont | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ed Frutig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dave Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chuck DeShane | 0 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ivan Schottel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Westfall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Damon Tassos | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 142 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 38 | 41 | 92.7 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 1 | 310 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Helms | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 34 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Chuck DeShane | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Damon Tassos | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 34 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 0 | 3/ | 3/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Wilson | 64 | 207 | 3.2 | 15 | 3 |
| Jim Callahan | 52 | 86 | 1.7 | 40 | 2 |
| Dom Sanzotta | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Dave Ryan | 71 | 65 | 0.9 | 27 | 1 |
| Bob Westfall | 28 | 54 | 1.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Bob Cifers | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Ivan Schottel | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 |
| Chuck De Shane | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Jones | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene Spangler | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joel McCoy | 19 | -29 | -1.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Decorrevont | 8 | -32 | -4.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 274 | 467 | 1.7 | 51 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 481 | 1698 | 3.5 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Ryan | 154 | 73 | 47.4 | 64 | 965 | 6.3 | 13.2 | 88t | 6 | 3.9 | 17 | 11.0 | 41.1 | |||
| Jim Callahan | 67 | 22 | 32.8 | 38 | 359 | 5.4 | 16.3 | 56t | 2 | 3.0 | 7 | 10.4 | 22.1 | |||
| Bill Decorrevont | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 9 | 155 | 8.2 | 19.4 | 70t | 2 | 10.5 | 2 | 10.5 | 66.7 | |||
| Elmer Madarik | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 7 | 104 | 7.4 | 14.9 | 47t | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 98.5 | |||
| Joel McCoy | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 8 | 72 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 6.9 | |||
| Bob Cifers | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 24 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 6.9 | |||
| Bob Westfall | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | -5 | -2.5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 16.7 | |||
| Chuck De Shane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Dom Sanzotta | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Jim Jones | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 286 | 119 | 41.6 | 134 | 1674 | 5.9 | 14.1 | 88t | 11 | 3.8 | 33 | 11.5 | 34.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 249 | 123 | 49.4 | 113 | 1975 | 7.9 | 16.1 | 20 | 8.0 | 13 | 5.2 | 81.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Greene | 20 | 289 | 14.5 | 88t | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jack Matheson | 17 | 178 | 10.5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Westfall | 17 | 142 | 8.4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Cremer | 15 | 179 | 11.9 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Decorrevont | 10 | 278 | 27.8 | 72t | 2 | ||||
| Ed Frutig | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Camp Wilson | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elmer Madarik | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Cifers | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 70t | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Jones | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ivan Schottel | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 70t | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chuck De Shane | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dom Sanzotta | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Spangler | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Ryan | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 119 | 1674 | 14.1 | 88t | 11 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 123 | 1975 | 16.1 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Ryan | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jim Callahan | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Damon Tassos | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck DeShane | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Russ Thomas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 230 | 17.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 430 | 13.0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cifers | 30 | 1369 | 45.6 | 73 | 0 | |||||
| Camp Wilson | 22 | 868 | 39.5 | 69 | 1 | |||||
| Bill Decorrevont | 5 | 293 | 58.6 | 81 | 0 | |||||
| Ivan Schottel | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Callahan | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Jones | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 67 | 2911 | 43.4 | 81 | 1 | 334 | 37.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 2095 | 40.3 | 332 | 32.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Ryan | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bill deCorrevont | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jim Callahan | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Elmer Madarik | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dom Sanzotta | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Joel McCoy | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bob Cifers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 332 | 11.9 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 334 | 10.1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Ryan | 15 | 308 | 20.5 | 51 | 0 | |
| Bill Decorrevont | 10 | 183 | 18.3 | 48 | 0 | |
| Camp Wilson | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 68 | 0 | |
| Jim Callahan | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 28 | 0 | |
| Elmer Madarik | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 40 | 0 | |
| Bob Westfall | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jim Jones | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dom Sanzotta | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Gene Spangler | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| John Greene | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Ivan Schottel | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Joel McCoy | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 59 | 1127 | 19.1 | 51 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 601 | 21.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Callahan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -37 | 0 | |
| Bob Cifers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bill deCorrevont | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Fichman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Frutig | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -15 | 0 |
| John Greene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Joel McCoy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Ryan | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 1 | |
| Dom Sanzotta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Uremovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 0 |
| Walt Vezmar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Lloyd Wickett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Camp Wilson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 1 |
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