1947 Detroit Lions (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/31/1947	H	Boston Yanks	14-47	L	Flint, MI	Atwood Stadium	12000
Wed	9/10/1947	N	Washington Redskins	14-23	L	Denver, CO	University of Denver Stadium	10000
Sat	9/13/1947	N	Los Angeles Rams	0-21	L	Indianapolis, IN	Butler Bowl	20852
Sun	9/21/1947	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-17	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	34681
Sun	9/28/1947	A	Chicago Cardinals	21-45	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	22245
Sun	10/5/1947	A	Boston Yanks	21-7	W	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	16097
Sun	10/12/1947	H	Los Angeles Rams	13-27	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	42955
Sun	10/19/1947	A	Chicago Bears	24-33	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	31960
Sun	10/26/1947	A	Green Bay Packers	17-34	L	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	23100
Sun	11/2/1947	H	New York Giants	35-7	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	28812
Sun	11/9/1947	H	Chicago Cardinals	7-17	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	25296
Sun	11/16/1947	H	Washington Redskins	38-21	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	17003
Sun	11/23/1947	A	Los Angeles Rams	17-28	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	17693
Thu	11/27/1947	H	Chicago Bears	14-34	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	27214
Sun	12/7/1947	H	Green Bay Packers	14-35	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	14055

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Stan Batinski	65	LOG-LDG	5-10	215	30	Temple	12	9
Ben Chase	44	OT-DT	6-3	235	24	Navy	11	0
Ted Cook	20	DH-LOE	6-2	195	25	Alabama	12	12
Ted Cremer	21	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	6-2	209	28	Auburn	12	9
Bob DeFruiter	39	DB-QB?	6-0	190	29	Nebraska	8	4
Chuck DeShane	17	ROG-RDG	6-1	212	29	Alabama	12	11
Bill Dudley	35	LOH-DB	5-10	175	26	Virginia	10	9
Jack Dugger	50	ROT-RDT	6-3	230	24	Ohio State	12	12
John Greene	10	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-0	210	27	Michigan	12	5
George Hekkers	34	OT-DT	6-4	229	24	Wisconsin	3	0
Ralph Heywood	31	ROE-RDE	6-2	205	26	Southern California	12	1
Bill Hillman	48	FB-LB	5-11	200	26	Tennessee	3	0
Bob Ivory	42	OG-DG	6-2	212	23	Detroit Mercy	4	0
Tommy James	22	HB-DH	5-10	184	24	Ohio State	2	0
Elmer Jones	73	ROG-RDG	6-0	224	27	Wake Forest	10	2
Pete Kmetovic	45	ROH-RDH	5-9	175	28	Stanford	11	1
Les Lear	51	LDG-LOG	5-11	225	29	Manitoba	9	9
Clyde LeForce	11	QB-S	5-11	176	24	Tulsa	11	8
Elmer Madarik	40	ROH-RDH	5-11	200	25	Detroit Mercy	9	4
Joe Margucci	81	ROH-RDH-QB-S	5-10	182	26	Santa Ana JC	11	4
Kelley Mote	78	LDE-LOE	6-2	189	24	South Carolina; Duke	12	12
Reed Nilsen	46	C-LB	6-0	230	26	Brigham Young	2	0
Bill O'Brien	62	ROH-RDH LB?	6-0	180	23	none	9	2
Mitch Olenski	82	ROT-RDT	6-3	222	27	Alabama	12	9
Merv Pregulman	67	LB-C	6-3	215	25	Michigan	12	12
Kenny Reese	48	HB-DH	5-11	175	26	Alabama	5	0
Floyd Rhea	34	OG-DG	5-11	218	27	Fullerton JC; Oregon	2	0
Dave Ryan	44	HB-DH	5-10	190	24	Hardin-Simmons	1	0
Johnny Sanchez	77	OT-DT	6-3	239	27	Los Angeles CC; San Francisco; Whittier; San Francisco	2	0
Cecil Souders	55	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	6-1	210	26	Ohio State	11	11
Ed Stacco	52	ROT-RDT	6-1	261	22	Colgate	11	0
Dick Stovall	12	LB-C	6-0	206	25	Abilene Christian	11	11
Steve Sucic	33	FB-LB	6-0	210	26	Illinois	5	0
Frank Szymanski	83	C-LB	5-11	225	24	Notre Dame	12	3
Russ Thomas	71	LOT-LDT	6-3	237	23	Ohio State	12	12
Walt Vezmar	33	OT-DT-OG-DG	5-11	235	22	Michigan State	2	0
Bill Ward	42	LOG-LDG	6-0	230	26	Washington State; Washington	5	3
Joe Watt	15	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	5-11	184	28	Syracuse	8	6
Bob Westfall	85	FB-LB	5-8	190	28	Michigan	12	3
Bob Wiese	75	FB-DB?	6-3	198	24	Michigan	12	12
Camp Wilson	66	FB-LB	6-1	200	25	Tarleton State JC; Hardin-Simmons; Tulsa	12	7
Roy Zimmerman	6	QB-S-K	6-2	201	29	San Jose State	12	7

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Glenn Davis	B	Army
2	12	Russ Thomas	T	Ohio State
3	14	Jim Kekeris	T	Missouri
4	24	Charley Hoover	C	Vanderbilt
5	26	Bob Chappuis	B	Michigan
6	36	Bernie Gallagher	T	Pennsylvania
7	46	Ed Grain	G	Pennsylvania
8	56	Harvey James	C	Miami (Florida)
9	66	Kale Alexander	T	South Carolina
10	76	Chalmers Elliott	B	Michigan
11	86	Pete Sullivan	T	Detroit Mercy
12	96	Gus Camarata	B	Northern Iowa
13	106	Walt Vezmar	G	Michigan State
14	116	Dick Hagen	E	Washington
15	126	J.W. Meeks	B	Texas A&M-Commerce
16	136	Reed Nilsen	C	Brigham Young
17	146	Tommy James	B	Ohio State
18	156	Ralph Maughan	E	Utah State
19	166	Buryl Baty	B	Texas A&M
20	176	Elmer Madar	E	Michigan
21	186	John White	E	Michigan
22	196	Carl Schuette	B	Marquette
23	206	Steve Cipot	T	St. Bonaventure
24	216	Billy Cadenhead	B	Alabama
25	226	Jim Cody	T	Texas A&M-Commerce
26	236	Earl Maves	B	Wisconsin
27	246	Bill Hillman	B	Tennessee
28	256	Arch Kelly	E	Detroit Mercy
29	266	Bob Tulis	T	Texas A&M
30	276	Howard McAfee	T	Tulane

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	45	64	24	98	231
Opponents Totals	72	76	75	82	305

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		189	77	93	19	/ %	/ %	78	704
Opponents Totals		220	96	106	18	/ %	/ %	112	1039

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Bill Dudley	11	0	0		0	0		66
Roy Zimmerman	1	30	31	96.8	5	11	45.5	51
John Greene	5	0	0		0	0		30
Ralph Heywood	2	0	0		0	0		12
Pete Kmetovic	2	0	0		0	0		12
Joe Margucci	2	0	0		0	0		12
Joe Watt	2	0	0		0	0		12
Ted Cook	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ted Cremer	1	0	0		0	0		6
Elmer Madarik	1	0	0		0	0		6
Kelley Mote	1	0	0		0	0		6
Cecil Souders	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bob Westfall	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	31	30	31	96.8	5	11	45.5	231
Opponents Totals	42	38	42	90.5	5	15	33.3	305

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Roy Zimmerman	5	11	45.5	0	40	1/5	2/2	1/1	1/3	0/0
Team Totals	5	11	45.5	0	40	1/5	2/2	1/1	1/3	0/0
Opponents Totals	5	15	33.3			2/	1/	2/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Camp Wilson	89	412	4.6	48	0
Bill Dudley	80	302	3.8	28	2
Clyde LeForce	18	143	7.9	32	0
Bob Westfall	34	132	3.9	18	1
Joe Margucci	26	97	3.7	26	1
Bob Wiese	20	61	3.1	21	0
Elmer Madarik	19	29	1.5	9	1
Roy Zimmerman	13	28	2.2	10	1
Pete Kmetovic	14	23	1.6	6	0
Joe Watt	11	7	0.6	7	0
Bill O'Brien	1	2	2.0	2	0
Kenny Reese	3	1	0.3	5	0
Bill Hillman	2	0	0.0	4	0
Tommy James	2	-1	-0.5	2	0
Bob DeFruiter	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	333	1234	3.7	48	6
Opponents Totals	461	1975	4.3		17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Clyde LeForce	175	94	53.7	61	1384	7.9	14.7	79t	13	7.4	20	11.4		175	1209	65.0
Roy Zimmerman	138	57	41.3	72	867	6.3	15.2	53	7	5.1	9	6.5		102	765	52.4
Joe Margucci	31	13	41.9	13	171	5.5	13.2	39	1	3.2	5	16.1		20	151	31.2
Bill Dudley	4	3	75.0	1	24	6.0	8.0	11	2	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	24	129.2
Team Totals	348	167	48.0	147	2446	7.0	14.6	79t	23	6.6	34	9.8				53.8
Opponents Totals	310	156	50.3	129	2430	7.8	15.6		21	6.8	25	8.1				65.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Greene	38	621	16.3	47	5
Bill Dudley	27	375	13.9	64t	7
Kelley Mote	16	180	11.3	46t	1
Cecil Souders	15	184	12.3	34	1		0	0
Ted Cremer	13	117	9.0	32	1		0	0
Ralph Heywood	13	198	15.2	39t	2		0
Joe Margucci	10	125	12.5	79t	1
Ted Cook	7	111	15.9	29	1		0	0
Pete Kmetovic	6	143	23.8	53t	2			0
Bob Wiese	5	53	10.6	24	0		0
Camp Wilson	5	96	19.2	38	0		0
Elmer Madarik	4	75	18.8	26	0		0	0
Joe Watt	4	104	26.0	75t	2
Bob Westfall	2	19	9.5	14	0	0	0
Bill Hillman	1	25	25.0	25	0	1	0	0
Steve Sucic	1	20	20.0	20	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	167	2446	14.6	79t	23
Opponents Totals	156	2430	15.6		21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Dudley	5	104	20.8	41t	1
Bob Wiese	5	54	10.8	19	0
Clyde LeForce	3	13	4.3	10	0
Bob DeFruiter	3	8	2.7	7	0
Joe Watt	2	32	16.0	25	0
Merv Pregulman	2	9	4.5	9	0
Ted Cook	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jack Dugger	1	6	6.0	6	0
Kelley Mote	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dick Stovall	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	25	226	9.0	41t	1
Opponents Totals	34	442	13.0		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Bill Dudley	15	657	43.8	62	0
Roy Zimmerman	49	2078	42.4	62	2
Bob Wiese	1	61	61.0	61	0
Team Totals	65	2796	43.0	62	2	584	28.0
Opponents Totals	55	2321	42.2			452	32.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Dudley	11	182	16.5	84t	1
Joe Watt	8	115	14.4		0
Clyde LeForce	6	78	13.0	36	0
Pete Kmetovic	3	26	8.7	19	0
Joe Margucci	2	23	11.5	13	0
Ted Cook	1	10	10.0	10	0
Merv Pregulman	1	9	9.0	9	0
Elmer Madarik	1	7	7.0	7	0
Tommy James	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	34	452	13.3	84t	1
Opponents Totals	39	584	15.0		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bill Dudley	15	359	23.9	78
Joe Margucci	5	94	18.8	23
Clyde Leforce	4	98	24.5	37
Joe Watt	4	68	17.0	24
Pete Kmetovic	4	62	15.5	29
Elmer Madarik	3	49	16.3	19
Camp Wilson	3	46	15.3	18
Kenny Reese	2	40	20.0	23
Bob Westfall	2	27	13.5	21
John Greene	2	19	9.5	10
Ted Cook	2	14	7.0	7
Steve Sucic	1	18	18.0	18
Kelley Mote	1	17	17.0	17
Bill Hillman	1	15	15.0	15
Frank Szymanski	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	50	926	18.5	78
Opponents Totals	45	929	20.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Stan Batinski	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ben Chase	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bob DeFruiter	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck DeShane	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Dudley	4		1	1	2	0	0
Jack Dugger	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Greene	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Heywood	2		1	0	1	0	0
Clyde LeForce	6		1	1	2	0	0
Elmer Madarik	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Margucci	1		0	0	0	0	0
Kelley Mote	1		0	2	2	0	0
Merv Pregulman	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Cecil Souders	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ed Stacco	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Frank Szymanski	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bill Ward	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Joe Watt	1		0	1	1	0	0
Bob Westfall	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bob Wiese	2		1	2	3	0	0
Camp Wilson	2		1	0	1	4	0
Roy Zimmerman	8		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	30	18	12	18	30	4	0
Opponents Totals	23	18	5	18	33		1

Joe Bach	Line
Bobby Winslow	Backfield