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1943 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-6-1, 3rd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Gus Dorais (3-6-1)

Points For: 178 (17.8/g) 6th of 10

Points Against: 218 (21.8/g) 5th of 10

Expected W-L: 3.8-6.2

SRS: -2.62 (6th of 10), SOS: 1.38

Other Notable Asst.: Joe Bach (Line Coach)

Stadium: Briggs Stadium

Principal Owner: Fred Mandel

Training Camp: West Shore Golf Club (Grosse Ile Township, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	178	2107	542	3.9	42	5	106	93	248	1290	11	37	5.2	46	294	817	10	2.8	49	59	472	11
Opp. Stats	218	2819	608	4.6	31	12	130	109	227	1606	16	19	7.1	54	381	1213	13	3.2	69	58	501	7
Lg Rank Offense	6	6			7	1	5		3	4	4	7	5		8	6	5	6
Lg Rank Defense	5	7			3	1	7		6	6	5	5	5		5	5	5	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19		boxscore	W		1-0		Chicago Cardinals	35	17	14	288	120	168	4	9	157	157		5
2	Sun	September 26		boxscore	W		2-0		Brooklyn Dodgers	27	0	12	226	132	94	3	8	82	84	-2	5
3	Sun	October 3		boxscore	L		2-1		Chicago Bears	21	27	14	182	77	105	3	13	396	267	129	4
4	Sun	October 10		boxscore	L		2-2	@	Green Bay Packers	14	35	8	208	137	71	5	22	445	206	239	1
5	Sun	October 17		boxscore	W		3-2	@	Chicago Cardinals	7	0	9	136	189	-53	1	10	84	46	38	3
6	Sun	October 24		boxscore	L		3-3		Green Bay Packers	6	27	9	162	118	44	10	18	446	326	120	4
7	Sun	October 31		boxscore	L		3-4	@	Chicago Bears	14	35	12	257	125	132	4	18	481	241	240	5
8	Sun	November 7		boxscore	T		3-4-1		New York Giants	0	0	6	130	28	102	1	3	84	3	81
9	Sun	November 14		boxscore	L		3-5-1	@	Washington Redskins	20	42	10	250	170	80	6	12	286	180	106	2
10	Sun	November 21		boxscore	L		3-6-1	@	Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers	34	35	12	268	194	74	5	17	358	96	262	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Frankie Sinkwich	23	TB	10	4	50	126	39.7	699	7	5.6	20	15.9	67	5.5	-0.5	14.0	69.9	37.2	0	0
2	Chuck Fenenbock	25	TB	10	6	20	58	34.5	338	3	5.2	9	15.5	72	5.8	-0.1	16.9	33.8	32.8	0	0
3	Tom Colella	25		8	0	11	31	35.5	103	0	0.0	4	12.9	21	3.3	-2.5	9.4	12.9	5.9	0	0
4	Ned Mathews	25	WB	10	4	4	12	33.3	76	1	8.3	0	0.0	33	6.3	8.0	19.0	7.6	84.0	0	0
5	Harry Hopp	25	FB	10	9	5	8	62.5	60	0	0.0	0	0.0	36	7.5	7.5	12.0	6.0	85.4	0	0
6	Murray Evans	24	BB	9	5	1	5	20.0	8	0	0.0	2	40.0	8	1.6	-16.4	8.0	0.9	0.0	0	0
7	Art Van Tone	25		10	2	1	3	33.3	7	0	0.0	1	33.3	7	2.3	-12.7	7.0	0.7	2.8	0	0
8	Bill Callihan	27	BB	10	4	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0		0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0	0	0
9	Elmer Hackney	27		10	2	1	3	33.3	-1	0	0.0	0	0.0	-1	-0.3	-0.3	-1.0	-0.1	42.4	0	0
	Team Totals			10	10	93	248	37.5	1290	11	4.4	37	14.9	72	5.2	-0.6	13.9	129.0	30.2	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Awards
1	Harry Hopp	25	FB	10	9	56	99	3	16	1.8	9.9	5.6	17	229	13.5	3	67	1.7	22.9	73	4.5	328	6
2	Ned Mathews	25	WB	10	4	38	124	1	42	3.3	12.4	3.8	9	193	21.4	1	36	0.9	19.3	47	6.7	317	2
3	Frankie Sinkwich	23	TB	10	4	93	266	1	17	2.9	26.6	9.3	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	0.8	94	2.9	274	1
4	Chuck Fenenbock	25	TB	10	6	46	180	0	25	3.9	18.0	4.6	5	45	9.0	1	33	0.5	4.5	51	4.4	225	1
5	Ben Hightower	25	RE	8	7	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.6	0.1	10	172	17.2	1	46	1.3	21.5	11	15.2	167	1
6	Jack Matheson	23	LG	9	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	156	12.0	1	46	1.4	17.3	13	12.0	156	1
7	Elmer Hackney	27		10	2	27	87	2	16	3.2	8.7	2.7	5	51	10.2	0	16	0.5	5.1	32	4.3	138	2
8	Bill Fisk	27	LE	10	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	137	12.5	0	28	1.1	13.7	11	12.5	137	0
9	Bill Callihan	27	BB	10	4	5	17	1	6	3.4	1.7	0.5	8	108	13.5	3	40	0.8	10.8	13	9.6	125	4
10	Art Van Tone	25		10	2	2	1	0	2	0.5	0.1	0.2	6	112	18.7	1	72	0.6	11.2	8	14.1	113	1
11	Murray Evans	24	BB	9	5	2	3	0	2	1.5	0.3	0.2	3	31	10.3	0	16	0.3	3.4	5	6.8	34	0
12	Bob Keene	24		5	1	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.2	0.2	1	27	27.0	0	27	0.2	5.4	2	14.0	28	0
13	Tom Colella	25		8	0	15	24	0	18	1.6	3.0	1.9	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	16	1.4	23	0
14	Mike Corgan	25		4	1	5	14	0	8	2.8	3.5	1.3	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.3	2.3	6	3.8	23	0
15	Lloyd Cardwell	30		7	2	3	6	0	2	2.0	0.9	0.4	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	1.3	4	3.8	15	0
16	Bert Kuczynski	23		2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.5	2.0	1	4.0	4	0
	Team Totals			10	10	294	817	8	42	2.8	81.7	29.4	93	1290	13.9	11	72	9.3	129.0	387	5.4	2107	19

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Harry Hopp	25	FB	10	9	2	40	1	40	0	0.0	0
2	Al Kaporch	30	RT	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Augie Lio	25	LT	10	9	1	-2	0	-2	0	0.0	0	AP-2
4	Alex Wojciechowicz	28	C	9	8	2	14	0	14	0	0.0	0
5	Ben Hightower	25	RE	8	7	1	9	0	9	0	0.0	0
6	Chuck Fenenbock	25	TB	10	6	1	28	0	28	0	0.0	0
7	Bill Callihan	27	BB	10	4	1	7	0	7	0	0.0	0
8	Ned Mathews	25	WB	10	4	4	44	0	22	0	0.0	0
9	Frankie Sinkwich	23	TB	10	4	1	39	1	39	0	0.0	0
10	Gerry Conlee	29		10	2	1	2	0	2	0	0.0	0
11	Elmer Hackney	27		10	2	2	94	0	63	0	0.0	0
12	Art Van Tone	25		10	2	2	29	0	24	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			10	10	19	304	2	63	0	0.0	0

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