1948 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 5th place • Western Division • 2-10-0 .167 |
| Head Coach: Bo McMillin |
| Tim Temerario | Line |
| Lou Zarza | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 9/2/1948 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-37 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 14501 | |
| Tue | 9/7/1948 | H | New York Giants | 23-20 | W | Flint, MI | Atwood Stadium | 8500 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1948 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 38-10 | W | PIttsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 23398 | |
| Wed | 9/22/1948 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-44 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 12941 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1948 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-33 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 21403 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1948 | H | Boston Yanks | 14-17 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 18747 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1948 | A | Chicago Bears | 0-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 35425 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 27-34 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 17444 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-20 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 15045 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 20-56 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 22311 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | A | Washington Redskins | 21-46 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32528 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 13646 | |
| Thu | 11/25/1948 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 14-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 22099 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1948 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-42 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 25781 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1948 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-45 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 15237 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Billy Baumgardner | 11 | HB | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | Southwestern (Texas); Texas | 2 | 0 |
| Les Bingaman | 65 | ROG-MG | 6-3 | 272 | 22 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| Paul Briggs | 76 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 246 | 28 | Colorado | 12 | 2 |
| Howie Brown | 64 | LOG-MG | 5-11 | 220 | 26 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| Max Bumgardner | 36 | LDE | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Texas | 12 | 5 |
| Ted Cremer | 85 | LDE | 6-2 | 209 | 29 | Auburn | 4 | 0 |
| Chuck DeShane | 60 | LB-LOG | 6-1 | 212 | 30 | Alabama | 10 | 10 |
| Andy Dudish | 18 | LOH | 5-11 | 182 | 30 | Georgia | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 44/35 | LOH-LDH-ROH | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | Virginia | 7 | 5 |
| Jack Dugger | 74 | RDT-ROT-LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Ohio State | 12 | 7 |
| Howard Duncan | 53 | C | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Ellis | 28 | DB | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | Syracuse | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 24 | QB-LOH-DB | 6-1 | 201 | 24 | Arizona | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Gillette | 11 | RDH-ROH | 6-1 | 185 | 31 | Virginia | 10 | 10 |
| John Greene | 81 | ROE | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | Michigan | 12 | 11 |
| George Grimes | 42 | LDH-LOH | 5-10 | 190 | 26 | Virginia; North Carolina; Virginia | 10 | 9 |
| Mel Groomes | 17 | RDH-ROH | 6-0 | 172 | 21 | Indiana | 6 | 4 |
| Dale Hansen | 77 | LDT | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | Michigan State | 11 | 2 |
| Roger Harding | 55 | C | 6-2 | 211 | 25 | California | 12 | 4 |
| George Hekkers | 70 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 229 | 25 | Wisconsin | 12 | 11 |
| Ralph Heywood | 80 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Hunnicutt | 16 | FB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | South Carolina | 2 | 0 |
| Elmer Jones | 62 | LG | 6-0 | 224 | 28 | Wake Forest | 10 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 22 | QB-S | 5-11 | 176 | 25 | Tulsa | 12 | 4 |
| Elmer Madarik | 30 | FB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 3 | 1 |
| Bob Mann | 87 | LOE-S | 5-11 | 172 | 24 | Michigan | 12 | 1 |
| Bap Manzini | 53 | C | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | St. Vincent | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Margucci | 15 | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 182 | 27 | Santa Ana JC | 12 | 8 |
| Earl Maves | 12 | RH | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | Wisconsin; Michigan; Wisconsin | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Miklich | 63 | LB | 6-0 | 208 | 29 | Idaho | 8 | 1 |
| Kelley Mote | 83 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 189 | 25 | South Carolina; Duke | 12 | 12 |
| Merv Pregulman | 57 | LB-C-K | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Michigan | 11 | 8 |
| Ken Roskie | 30 | LB-FB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | South Carolina | 7 | 6 |
| Chuck Sarratt | 40 | LOH-QB-P | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Newberry; Oklahoma | 8 | 1 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 18 | LOH | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Ohio State | 5 | 2 |
| Ivan Schottel | 88 | LDE | 6-2 | 204 | 28 | Northwest Missouri State | 6 | 6 |
| Cecil Souders | 82 | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Stovall | 66 | MLB | 6-0 | 206 | 26 | Abilene Christian | 10 | 10 |
| Steve Sucic | 33 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Illinois | 2 | 2 |
| Russ Thomas | 71 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 237 | 24 | Ohio State | 12 | 11 |
| Bill Ward | 67 | ROG-MG | 6-0 | 230 | 27 | Washington State; Washington | 12 | 10 |
| Joe Watt | 14 | S-ROH | 5-11 | 184 | 29 | Syracuse | 11 | 10 |
| Bob Wiese | 38 | LB | 6-3 | 198 | 25 | Michigan | 3 | 3 |
| Camp Wilson | 35/16 | FB | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Tarleton State JC; Hardin-Simmons; Tulsa | 12 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Y.A. Tittle | QB | Louisiana State |
| 2 | 13 | George Quist | B | Stanford |
| 3 | 15 | Les Bingaman | T | Illinois |
| 4 | 25 | Jim Minor | T | Arkansas |
| 6 | 37 | Bob Williamson | T | Hobart |
| 7 | 47 | Fred Enke | B | Arizona |
| 7 | 53 | Moroni Schwab | T | Utah State |
| 9 | 67 | Don Doll | B | Southern California |
| 10 | 77 | Paul Cleary | E | Southern California |
| 11 | 87 | Fred Land | T | Louisiana State |
| 13 | 107 | Russ Steger | B | Illinois |
| 14 | 117 | Hal Enstice | B | Union (New York) |
| 15 | 127 | Pete Elliott | B | Michigan |
| 16 | 137 | Dave Templeton | G | Ohio State |
| 17 | 147 | Quentin Sickels | G | Michigan |
| 18 | 157 | Jim Spruill | T | Rice |
| 19 | 167 | Barney Hafen | E | Utah |
| 20 | 177 | Aldo Dellosobelle | T | Loyola Marymount |
| 21 | 187 | Dean Dill | B | Southern California |
| 22 | 197 | Jack McEwen | B | Colorado |
| 23 | 207 | Rebel Steiner | E | Alabama |
| 24 | 217 | Joe Suarez | G | St. Mary's (California) |
| 25 | 227 | Coy McGee | B | Notre Dame |
| 26 | 237 | Phil Alexander | T | South Carolina |
| 27 | 247 | Frank Pizza | T | Toledo |
| 28 | 257 | George Schutte | T | Southern California |
| 29 | 267 | Tony Pabalis | B | Central Michigan |
| 30 | 277 | Bob McCurry | C | Michigan State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 59 | 31 | 83 | 200 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 104 | 63 | 175 | 407 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 187 | 84 | 92 | 11 | / % | / % | 49 | 395 | |
| Opponents Totals | 253 | 135 | 103 | 25 | / % | / % | 94 | 894 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Merv Pregulman | 0 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 32 |
| John Greene | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Clyde LeForce | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Joe Margucci | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bob Mann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Camp Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Grimes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 26 | 28 | 92.9 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 200 |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 51 | 56 | 91.1 | 6 | 16 | 37.5 | 1 | 407 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merv Pregulman | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 32 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 32 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 16 | 37.5 | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Wilson | 157 | 612 | 3.9 | 38 | 2 |
| Fred Enke | 74 | 365 | 4.9 | 41 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 33 | 97 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 28 | 86 | 3.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 20 | 54 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Mann | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 19 | 38 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Sucic | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Margucci | 34 | 14 | 0.4 | 10 | 3 |
| George Grimes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Andy Dudish | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Chuck Sarratt | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Roskie | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mel Groomes | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 389 | 1360 | 3.5 | 41 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 495 | 2382 | 4.8 | 27 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Enke | 221 | 100 | 45.2 | 104 | 1328 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 51t | 11 | 5.0 | 17 | 7.7 | 139 | 1189 | 49.4 | |
| Clyde LeForce | 101 | 50 | 49.5 | 43 | 912 | 9.0 | 18.2 | 83 | 9 | 8.9 | 8 | 7.9 | 108 | 804 | 77.7 | |
| Chuck Sarratt | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 44 | 118.8 | |
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 324 | 151 | 46.6 | 147 | 2288 | 7.1 | 15.2 | 83 | 20 | 6.2 | 26 | 8.0 | 57.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 302 | 161 | 53.3 | 127 | 2176 | 7.2 | 13.5 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 4.6 | 84.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Margucci | 36 | 450 | 12.5 | 55t | 2 | ||||
| Bob Mann | 33 | 560 | 17.0 | 45 | 3 | ||||
| John Greene | 25 | 595 | 23.8 | 83 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Bill Dudley | 20 | 210 | 10.5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Kelley Mote | 13 | 212 | 16.3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde LeForce | 8 | 122 | 15.3 | 44 | 3 | ||||
| Ralph Heywood | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mel Groomes | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Souders | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Watt | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Camp Wilson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Enke | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Grimes | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Sarratt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 151 | 2288 | 15.2 | 83 | 20 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 161 | 2176 | 13.5 | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gillette | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 22 | 0 |
| George Grimes | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Merv Pregulman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 91 | 6.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 539 | 20.7 | 4 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Grimes | 28 | 1006 | 35.9 | 56 | 1 | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 23 | 825 | 35.9 | 68 | 0 | |||||
| Ralph Heywood | 11 | 372 | 33.8 | 0 | ||||||
| Chuck Sarratt | 5 | 166 | 33.2 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 67 | 2369 | 35.4 | 68 | 1 | 492 | 28.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 2268 | 40.5 | 289 | 34.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Margucci | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Joe Watt | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 18 | 0 | |
| Andy Dudish | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| George Grimes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Chuck Sarratt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 289 | 8.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 492 | 15.4 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Wilson | 10 | 248 | 24.8 | 36 | 0 | |
| Joe Watt | 12 | 180 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 10 | 204 | 20.4 | 47 | 0 | |
| Joe Margucci | 10 | 199 | 19.9 | 37 | 0 | |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Fred Enke | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 48 | 0 | |
| Kelley Mote | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Andy Dudish | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Ken Roskie | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Elmer Madarik | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bob Mann | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| John Greene | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Clyde Leforce | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 62 | 1154 | 18.6 | 48 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 908 | 23.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Bingaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Briggs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 1 | |
| Larry Ellis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Grimes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mel Groomes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Roger Harding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Mann | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Margucci | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelley Mote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Merv Pregulman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Roskie | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cecil Souders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Wiese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Camp Wilson | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 1 |
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