| 1949 Detroit Lions (NFL) | 
| 4th place • Western Division • 4-8-0 .333 | 
| Head Coach: Bo McMillin | 
| Tim Temerario | Line | 
| George Wilson | Ends | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 8/23/1949 | N | New York Bulldogs | 21-10 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 12984 | |
| Tue | 8/30/1949 | N | Washington Redskins | 7-31 | L | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 13985 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1949 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-45 | L | New Orleans, LA | City Park Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1949 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 41-21 | W | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 13000 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1949 | N | New York Giants | 21-6 | W | St. Paul, MN | Central High School Stadium | 7000 | |
| Fri | 9/23/1949 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 24-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 17878 | |
| Mon | 10/3/1949 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-22 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 20163 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1949 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-14 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 21355 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 10-21 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 19839 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 24-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 19490 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-16 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 6177 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 19-42 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 19465 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | A | Chicago Bears | 24-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 32716 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | A | New York Giants | 45-21 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 14661 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1949 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 22912 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | H | New York Bulldogs | 28-27 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 11956 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1949 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 9722 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Abe Addams | 85 | RDE | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Indiana | 1 | 0 | 
| Les Bingaman | 65 | MG | 6-3 | 272 | 23 | Illinois | 12 | 12 | 
| Cloyce Box | 11 | ROH-RDH | 6-4 | 220 | 26 | West Texas A&M | 11 | 4 | 
| Howie Brown | 64 | ROT | 5-11 | 220 | 27 | Indiana | 12 | 12 | 
| Mario DeMarco | 63 | LOG | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 12 | 
| Chuck DeShane | 60 | MLB-LLB | 6-1 | 212 | 31 | Alabama | 9 | 9 | 
| Don Doll | 44 | S-LOH | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Southern California | 12 | 12 | 
| Bill Dudley | 35 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Virginia | 12 | 10 | 
| Fred Enke | 24 | QB-S | 6-1 | 201 | 25 | Arizona | 12 | 6 | 
| Sam Goldman | 85 | RDE | 6-3 | 228 | 33 | Ohio State; Samford | 10 | 1 | 
| John Greene | 81 | ROE | 6-0 | 210 | 29 | Michigan | 12 | 12 | 
| Mel Groomes | 17 | LDH-ROH | 6-0 | 172 | 22 | Indiana | 6 | 0 | 
| Barney Hafen | 84 | LDE-RDE-LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 196 | 28 | Dixie JC; Utah | 12 | 0 | 
| George Hekkers | 70 | LOT-RDT | 6-4 | 229 | 26 | Wisconsin | 12 | 8 | 
| John Hollar | 36 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 223 | 27 | Appalachian State | 8 | 5 | 
| Clyde LeForce | 22 | QB-S | 5-11 | 176 | 26 | Tulsa | 12 | 2 | 
| Archie Maggioli | 19 | LDH-LOH-ROH | 5-10 | 178 | 27 | Indiana; Notre Dame; Illinois | 12 | 12 | 
| Bob Mann | 87 | LOE | 5-11 | 172 | 25 | Michigan | 12 | 12 | 
| Jim Mello | 38 | MLB | 5-10 | 190 | 29 | Notre Dame | 10 | 4 | 
| Kelley Mote | 83 | LDE-LOE | 6-2 | 189 | 26 | South Carolina; Duke | 12 | 12 | 
| John Panelli | 33 | LLB-FB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Notre Dame | 11 | 11 | 
| Bob Pifferini | 53 | RLB-C | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Modesto JC; San Jose State | 12 | 12 | 
| Ollie Poole | 88 | RDE | 6-3 | 220 | 27 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Mississippi | 3 | 1 | 
| John Prchlik | 75 | RDT | 6-4 | 234 | 24 | Yale | 12 | 12 | 
| Hal Prescott | RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 29 | Hardin-Simmons | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Roussos | 76 | LDT-LOT | 6-2 | 237 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 0 | 
| Al Russas | 86 | RDE | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Tennessee | 9 | 9 | 
| Jack Simmons | 73 | C-LB | 6-4 | 236 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 12 | 
| Bob Smith | 40 | RDH-ROH | 6-1 | 198 | 24 | Tulsa; Iowa | 12 | 10 | 
| Cecil Souders | 82 | LOT-LDT-LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | Ohio State | 12 | 5 | 
| Russ Thomas | 71 | LDT | 6-3 | 237 | 25 | Ohio State | 8 | 8 | 
| John Treadway | 76 | LDT-LOT | 6-4 | 258 | 32 | Lon Morris JC; Hardin-Simmons | 7 | 3 | 
| Wally Triplett | 18 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 173 | 23 | Penn State | 12 | 8 | 
| Frank Tripucka | 28 | QB-S | 6-2 | 192 | 22 | Notre Dame | 6 | 4 | 
| Bill Ward | 67 | ROG | 6-0 | 230 | 28 | Washington State; Washington | 12 | 12 | 
| Camp Wilson | 16 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Tarleton State JC; Hardin-Simmons; Tulsa | 12 | 6 | 
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 1 | 2 | John Rauch | QB | Georgia | 
| 2 | 12 | John Panelli | B | Notre Dame | 
| 3 | 22 | Lou Kusserow | B | Columbia | 
| 4 | 32 | Joe Sullivan | B | Dartmouth | 
| 5 | 42 | George Brodnax | E | Georgia Tech | 
| 6 | 52 | Bob Meinert | B | Oklahoma State | 
| 9 | 82 | Chuck Drazenovich | B | Penn State | 
| 10 | 92 | Bill Davis | G | Duke | 
| 11 | 102 | Ernie Settembre | T | Miami (Florida) | 
| 12 | 112 | Virgil Boteler | C | New Mexico | 
| 13 | 122 | Al Russas | E | Tennessee | 
| 14 | 132 | Dayle Panter | T | Utah State | 
| 15 | 142 | Bob Pifferini | C | San Jose State | 
| 16 | 152 | Kimball Merrill | T | Brigham Young | 
| 17 | 162 | Zealand Thigpen | B | Vanderbilt | 
| 18 | 172 | Bill Wehr | C | Denison | 
| 19 | 182 | Wally Triplett | B | Penn State | 
| 20 | 192 | Joe Romano | T | North Carolina | 
| 21 | 202 | Ray Lininger | C | Ohio State | 
| 22 | 212 | Gil Tobler | B | Utah | 
| 23 | 222 | Bob Patterson | G | Mississippi State | 
| 24 | 232 | Oswald Clark | E | Michigan | 
| 25 | 242 | Les Cowan | E | McMurry | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 59 | 54 | 21 | 103 | 237 | 
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 75 | 68 | 82 | 259 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 206 | 81 | 104 | 21 | / % | / % | 71 | 662 | |
| Opponents Totals | 204 | 103 | 85 | 16 | / % | / % | 73 | 700 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 6 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 0 | 81 | 
| John Greene | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Cloyce Box | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Mann | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Don Doll | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Wally Triplett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Fred Enke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mel Groomes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chick Maggioli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Camp Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 0 | 237 | 
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 32 | 35 | 91.4 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 1 | 259 | 
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 0 | 42 | 1/8 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 
| Team Totals | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 0 | 42 | 1/8 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 0/ | 1/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 125 | 402 | 3.2 | 22 | 3 | 
| Camp Wilson | 68 | 222 | 3.3 | 24 | 1 | 
| Wally Triplett | 53 | 221 | 4.2 | 80t | 1 | 
| Bob Smith | 33 | 162 | 4.9 | 20 | 0 | 
| Fred Enke | 36 | 134 | 3.7 | 33 | 1 | 
| Cloyce Box | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 11 | 0 | 
| Clyde LeForce | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 27 | 1 | 
| John Panelli | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 | 
| Frank Tripucka | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 19 | 1 | 
| Don Doll | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 10t | 1 | 
| John Hollar | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 | 
| Mel Groomes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 397 | 1381 | 3.5 | 80t | 9 | 
| Opponents Totals | 491 | 1827 | 3.7 | 16 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Enke | 142 | 63 | 44.4 | 74 | 793 | 5.6 | 12.6 | 58t | 6 | 4.2 | 5 | 3.5 | 145 | 648 | 61.7 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 145 | 62 | 42.8 | 69 | 833 | 5.7 | 13.4 | 64t | 9 | 6.2 | 14 | 9.7 | 82 | 751 | 42.8 | |
| Clyde LeForce | 112 | 53 | 47.3 | 50 | 665 | 5.9 | 12.5 | 40 | 3 | 2.7 | 9 | 8.0 | 110 | 555 | 41.7 | |
| Team Totals | 399 | 178 | 44.6 | 193 | 2291 | 5.7 | 12.9 | 64t | 18 | 4.5 | 28 | 7.0 | 337 | 1954 | 49.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 312 | 149 | 47.8 | 131 | 1814 | 5.8 | 12.2 | 14 | 4.5 | 32 | 10.3 | 206 | 1608 | 41.5 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Mann | 66 | 1014 | 15.4 | 64t | 4 | 0 | |||
| John Greene | 42 | 542 | 12.9 | 58t | 7 | ||||
| Bill Dudley | 27 | 190 | 7.0 | 18t | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cloyce Box | 15 | 276 | 18.4 | 43 | 4 | ||||
| Wally Triplett | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Camp Wilson | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kelley Mote | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Groomes | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Smith | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Doll | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Enke | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney Hafen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chick Maggioli | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Panelli | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 178 | 2291 | 12.9 | 64t | 18 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 149 | 1814 | 12.2 | 14 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Doll | 11 | 301 | 27.4 | 95t | 1 | 
| Bob Smith | 9 | 218 | 24.2 | 102t | 1 | 
| Jim Mello | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 28 | 0 | 
| Chick Maggioli | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 | 
| Bob Pifferini | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Mel Groomes | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 
| John Panelli | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Chuck DeShane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 32 | 656 | 20.5 | 102t | 2 | 
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 365 | 13.0 | 4 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 34 | 1278 | 37.6 | 55 | 1 | |||||
| Frank Tripucka | 28 | 1074 | 38.4 | 50 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2352 | 37.9 | 55 | 2 | 367 | 32.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 2564 | 43.5 | 557 | 31.8 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Triplett | 21 | 281 | 13.4 | 62t | 1 | |
| Bill Dudley | 11 | 199 | 18.1 | 67t | 1 | |
| Don Doll | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bob Smith | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 557 | 14.3 | 67t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 367 | 9.7 | 1 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Doll | 21 | 536 | 25.5 | 56 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 13 | 246 | 18.9 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bob Smith | 7 | 172 | 24.6 | 38 | 0 | |
| Cloyce Box | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jim Mello | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| John Panelli | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Cecil Souders | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1064 | 21.7 | 56 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 712 | 18.7 | 0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Bingaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Cloyce Box | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howie Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Don Doll | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |
| Fred Enke | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 0 | |
| Sam Goldman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 
| John Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Hekkers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Archie Maggioli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 
| Jim Mello | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 
| Kelley Mote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| John Panelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Pifferini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 
| John Prchlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jack Simmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bob Smith | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Treadway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Triplett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Camp Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 46 | 1 | 
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 1 | 
| Player Deaths | 
| NFL Boxscores | 
| NFL Game Officials | 
| NFL Training Camps | 
| NFL Roster Limits | 
| Pro Football Hall of Fame | 
| Super Bowl Scores | 
| Privacy Policy | 
| ©2006-2025 Pro Football Archives. All Rights Reserved. | 
| Last Updated: October 12, 2025 |