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1947 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-9-0, 5th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Gus Dorais (3-9-0)

Points For: 231 (19.3/g) 8th of 10

Points Against: 305 (25.4/g) 8th of 10

Expected W-L: 4.1-7.9

SRS: -3.35 (6th of 10), SOS: 2.82

Other Notable Asst.: Joe Bach (Line Coach)

Stadium: Briggs Stadium

Principal Owner: Fred Mandel

Training Camp: Alma College (Alma, 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	231	3680	681	5.4	52	18	189	167	348	2446	23	34	7.0	93	333	1234	6	3.7	77	78	704	19
Opp. Stats	305	4405	771	5.7	43	18	220	156	310	2430	21	25	7.8	106	461	1975	18	4.3	96	112	1039	18
Lg Rank Offense	8	7			9	7	7		3	4	3	9	5		10	8	9	7
Lg Rank Defense	8	10			6	4	10		7	9	9	6	9		9	9	7	9

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 21		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	17	14	268	155	113	5	14	264	175	89	6
2	Sun	September 28		boxscore	L		0-2	@	Chicago Cardinals	21	45	20	297	149	148	4	26	553	419	134	2
3	Sun	October 5		boxscore	W		1-2	@	Boston Yanks	21	7	11	245	146	99	3	13	280	161	119	5
4	Sun	October 12		boxscore	L		1-3		Los Angeles Rams	13	27	17	311	213	98	4	19	389	93	296	4
5	Sun	October 19		boxscore	L		1-4	@	Chicago Bears	24	33	21	334	225	109	4	21	437	331	106	3
6	Sun	October 26		boxscore	L		1-5	@	Green Bay Packers	17	34	17	196	54	142	3	23	485	119	366	2
7	Sun	November 2		boxscore	W		2-5		New York Giants	35	7	15	329	263	66	4	17	361	241	120	4
8	Sun	November 9		boxscore	L		2-6		Chicago Cardinals	7	17	11	173	67	106	6	11	240	68	172	3
9	Sun	November 16		boxscore	W		3-6		Washington Redskins	38	21	18	438	300	138	3	22	341	231	110	3
10	Sun	November 23		boxscore	L		3-7	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	28	18	270	175	95	6	9	180	83	97	6
11	Thu	November 27		boxscore	L		3-8		Chicago Bears	14	34	13	260	225	35	4	23	424	240	184	4
12	Sun	December 7		boxscore	L		3-9		Green Bay Packers	14	35	14	262	177	85	6	22	289	107	182	1

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	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Clyde LeForce	24	QB	9	2	94	175	53.7	1384	13	7.4	20	11.4	79	7.9	4.3	14.7	153.8	65.0	175	0	0
2	Roy Zimmerman	29	QB	12	7	57	138	41.3	867	7	5.1	9	6.5	53	6.3	4.4	15.2	72.3	52.4	102	0	0
3	Joe Margucci	26		11	4	13	31	41.9	171	1	3.2	5	16.1	39	5.5	-1.1	13.2	15.5	31.2	20	0	0
4	Bill Dudley	26	LH	9	8	3	4	75.0	24	2	50.0	0	0.0	11	6.0	16.0	8.0	2.7	129.2		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	167	348	48.0	2446	23	6.6	34	9.8	79	7.9	4.0	14.6	203.8	57.4	297	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	Fmb	Awards
1	Bill Dudley	26	LH	9	8	80	302	2	28	3.8	33.6	8.9	27	375	13.9	7	64	3.0	41.7	107	6.3	677	9	4
2	John Greene	27	LE	12	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	38	621	16.3	5	47	3.2	51.8	38	16.3	621	5	1
3	Camp Wilson	25	FB	12	7	89	412	0	48	4.6	34.3	7.4	5	96	19.2	0	38	0.4	8.0	94	5.4	508	0	2
4	Joe Margucci	26		11	4	26	97	1	26	3.7	8.8	2.4	10	125	12.5	1	79	0.9	11.4	36	6.2	222	2	1
5	Ralph Heywood	26		12	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	198	15.2	2	39	1.1	16.5	13	15.2	198	2	2
6	Cecil Souders	26		11	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	184	12.3	1	34	1.4	16.7	15	12.3	184	1	0
7	Kelley Mote	24		12	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	180	11.3	1	46	1.3	15.0	16	11.3	180	1	1
8	Pete Kmetovic	28		11	1	14	23	0	6	1.6	2.1	1.3	6	143	23.8	2	53	0.5	13.0	20	8.3	166	2	0
9	Bob Westfall	28		12	3	34	132	1	18	3.9	11.0	2.8	2	19	9.5	0	14	0.2	1.6	36	4.2	151	1	1
10	Clyde LeForce	24	QB	9	2	18	143	0	32	7.9	15.9	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	7.9	143	0	7
11	Ted Cremer	28	RE	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	117	9.0	1	32	1.1	9.8	13	9.0	117	1	0
12	Bob Wiese	24		12	2	20	61	0	21	3.1	5.1	1.7	5	53	10.6	0	24	0.4	4.4	25	4.6	114	0	2
13	Ted Cook	25	LE	11	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	111	15.9	1	29	0.6	10.1	7	15.9	111	1	0
14	Joe Watt	28		8	4	11	7	0	7	0.6	0.9	1.4	4	104	26.0	2	75	0.5	13.0	15	7.4	111	2	1
15	Elmer Madarik	25	RH	8	5	19	29	1	9	1.5	3.6	2.4	4	75	18.8	0	26	0.5	9.4	23	4.5	104	1	0
16	Roy Zimmerman	29	QB	12	7	13	28	1	10	2.2	2.3	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	2.2	28	1	8
17	Bill Hillman	26		2	0	2	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	1	25	25.0	0	25	0.5	12.5	3	8.3	25	0	0
18	Steve Sucic	26		5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	20	20.0	0	20	0.2	4.0	1	20.0	20	0	0
19	Bill O'Brien	23		9	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
20	Ken Reese	26		4	0	3	1	0	5	0.3	0.3	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	0.3	1	0	0
21	Tommy James	24		2	0	2	-1	0	2	-0.5	-0.5	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-0.5	-1	0	0
22	Bob DeFruiter	29		8	2	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	333	1234	6	48	3.7	102.8	27.8	167	2446	14.6	23	79	13.9	203.8	500	7.4	3680	29	30

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Chuck DeShane	29	RG	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Stan Batinski	30	LG	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Merv Pregulman	25	C	12	9	2	9	0	9	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Bill Dudley	26	LH	9	8	5	104	1	41	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Camp Wilson	25	FB	12	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0.0	0
6	Roy Zimmerman	29	QB	12	7	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	John Greene	27	LE	12	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Ted Cook	25	LE	11	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Elmer Madarik	25	RH	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Joe Margucci	26		11	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Cecil Souders	26		11	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Joe Watt	28		8	4	2	32	0	25	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jack Dugger	24		12	3	1	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Frank Szymanski	24		12	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bob Westfall	28		12	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Bob DeFruiter	29		8	2	3	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Clyde LeForce	24	QB	9	2	3	13	0	10	7	2	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bill Ward	26		4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
19	Bob Wiese	24		12	2	5	54	0	19	2	3	0	0	0.0	0
20	Ralph Heywood	26		12	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Kelley Mote	24		12	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Ben Chase	24		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ed Stacco	22		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
24	Dick Stovall	25		11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	25	226	1	41	30	30	4	0	0.0	0

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