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Potsy Clark
George M. Clark
Born: March 20, 1894 in Carthage, IL
Died: November 8, 1972 in La Jolla, CA
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Coaching Results
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | W | L | T | G plyf | W plyf | L plyf | Rank | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 37 | Portsmouth Spartans | NFL | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 2 | |||||
| 1932 | 38 | Portsmouth Spartans | NFL | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .750 | 3 | |||||
| 1933 | 39 | Portsmouth Spartans | NFL | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 2 | |||||
| 1934 | 40 | Detroit Lions | NFL | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 2 | |||||
| 1935 | 41 | Detroit Lions | NFL | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .700 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | NFL Champions |
| 1936 | 42 | Detroit Lions | NFL | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 3 | |||||
| 1937 | 43 | Brooklyn Dodgers | NFL | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .300 | 4 | |||||
| 1938 | 44 | Brooklyn Dodgers | NFL | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .500 | 3 | |||||
| 1939 | 45 | Brooklyn Dodgers | NFL | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .400 | 3 | |||||
| 1940 | 46 | Detroit Lions | NFL | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 | 3 | |||||
| 10 yrs | 118 | 64 | 42 | 12 | .604 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.6 | Avg Finish | |||
| 7 yrs | DET | 85 | 53 | 25 | 7 | .679 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.3 | |||
| 3 yrs | BKN | 33 | 11 | 17 | 5 | .393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 |
Games over .500: 22
Super Bowl Wins: 0
Overall Championships: 1
Conference Championships: 0
Division Championships: 1
Team's Ranks
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Team Ranks in various categories, Lower ALWAYS indicates better performance.| Overall | Offense | Rushing Off | Passing Off | Defense | Rushing Def | Passing Def | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Tm | Tms | WL% | T/G | Pts± | Yds± | Yds | Pts | GvA | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | FL | Att | Yds | TD | Int | NY/A | Yds | Pts | TkA | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | FR | Att | Yds | TD | Int | nY/A |
| 1931 | DET | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1932 | DET | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1933 | DET | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 1934 | DET | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 1935 | DET | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 1936 | DET | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 1937 | BKN | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| 1938 | BKN | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| 1939 | BKN | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| 1940 | DET | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 yrs | %tile | 66 | 71 | 62 | 67 | 64 | 64 | 73 | 65 | 69 | 79 | 73 | 100 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 72 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 61 | 64 | 74 | 66 | |
| 7 yrs | DET | 78 | 76 | 78 | 81 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 91 | 85 | 100 | 46 | 56 | 60 | 75 | 73 | 90 | 80 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 84 | 77 | 83 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 80 | |
| 3 yrs | BKN | 40 | 60 | 27 | 33 | 37 | 33 | 70 | 33 | 43 | 50 | 47 | 100 | 27 | 37 | 27 | 70 | 57 | 20 | 33 | 50 | 47 | 37 | 43 | 27 | 27 | 63 | 30 | 30 | 67 | 33 | |