1936 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 8-4-0 .667 |
| Head Coach: Potsy Clark |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/2/1936 | A | College All-Stars | 7-7 | T | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 76361 | |
| Mon | 9/28/1936 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 39-0 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 15000 | |
| Fri | 10/2/1936 | H | Springfield Bicos | 48-6 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1936 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 17000 | |
| Wed | 10/14/1936 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-7 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 8000 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1936 | A | Green Bay Packers | 18-20 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 13500 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1936 | A | Chicago Bears | 10-12 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 27424 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1936 | A | New York Giants | 7-14 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 26243 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1936 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28-3 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1936 | H | New York Giants | 38-0 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1936 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 14-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 7579 | |
| Thu | 11/26/1936 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-7 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 22000 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1936 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17-26 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 22000 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1936 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-6 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 11000 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/2/1936 | College All-Stars | Postponed from 9/1 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ernie Caddel | 1 | WB-RDH-BB-LDH | 6-2 | 199 | 25 | Stanford | 12 | 8 |
| Frank Christensen | 2 | BB-LDH-WB-RDH | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | Utah | 11 | 7 |
| George Christensen | 14 | ROT-RDT-LDT | 6-2 | 238 | 27 | Oregon | 12 | 7 |
| Dutch Clark | 7 | TB-S-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 182 | 30 | Colorado College | 12 | 6 |
| Harry Ebding | 11 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 199 | 30 | St. Mary's (California) | 12 | 4 |
| Ox Emerson | 20 | ROG-RDG-LOG-RDG | 5-11 | 203 | 29 | Texas | 10 | 3 |
| Ace Gutowsky | 5 | FB-LB-BB-LDH | 5-11 | 201 | 27 | Oklahoma City | 12 | 6 |
| Tom Hupke | 22 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 192 | 26 | Alabama | 7 | 2 |
| Jack Johnson | 16 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 216 | 27 | Utah | 11 | 8 |
| Ed Klewicki | 10 | LOE-LDE | 5-10 | 209 | 24 | Michigan State | 11 | 8 |
| Sam Knox | 21 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 213 | 26 | New Hampshire; Illinois | 11 | 7 |
| Joe Kopcha | 18 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 221 | 31 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 12 | 7 |
| Bill McKalip | 8 | WB-RDH-LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | Oregon State | 10 | 4 |
| Regis Monahan | 19 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-OT-DT | 5-10 | 216 | 28 | Ohio State | 10 | 1 |
| Ray Morse | 27 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 199 | 26 | Oregon | 12 | 3 |
| Buddy Parker | 4 | BB-LDH | 6-0 | 193 | 23 | Centenary | 10 | 5 |
| Ken Petersen | 40 | WB-RDH-TB-S-BB-LDH | 5-8 | 185 | 27 | Gonzaga | 11 | 2 |
| Glenn Presnell | 3 | TB-S-BB-LDH | 5-10 | 195 | 31 | Nebraska | 12 | 5 |
| Clare Randolph | 17 | C-LB | 6-2 | 204 | 29 | Indiana | 10 | 4 |
| Del Ritchhart | 13 | C-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Colorado | 11 | 8 |
| John Schneller | 12 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 204 | 25 | Wisconsin | 12 | 8 |
| Bill Shepherd | 9 | FB-LB | 5-9 | 195 | 25 | McDaniel | 12 | 6 |
| Jim Stacy | 25 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Oklahoma | 10 | 5 |
| Jim Steen | 23 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Syracuse | 11 | 4 |
| Sid Wagner | 15 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 192 | 24 | Michigan State | 5 | 4 |
| Wilbur White | 30 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 168 | 24 | Colorado State | 3 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Sid Wagner | G | Michigan State |
| 2 | 17 | Chuck Cheshire | B | UCLA |
| 3 | 26 | Andy Pilney | B | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 35 | Sheldon Beise | B | Minnesota |
| 5 | 44 | Kavanaugh Francis | C | Alabama |
| 6 | 53 | Abe Mickal | B | Louisiana State |
| 7 | 62 | Charley Wasicek | T | Colgate |
| 8 | 71 | Dale Rennebohm | C | Minnesota |
| 9 | 80 | Bob Train | E | Yale |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34 | 96 | 38 | 67 | 235 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 102 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 170 | / % | / % | 290 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Clark | 7 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 4 | 0 | 73 | ||
| Ace Gutowsky | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Ernie Caddel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Harry Ebding | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Ken Petersen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Glenn Presnell | 1 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Bill Shepherd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Frank Christensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Regis Monahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Del Ritchhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| John Schneller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jack Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Wilbur White | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 26 | 32 | 81.3 | 5 | 1 | 235 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 7 | 0 | 102 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Clark | 4 | 28 | 0/ | 4/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Glenn Presnell | 1 | 31 | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Team Totals | 5 | 31 | 0/ | 4/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 1/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Gutowsky | 191 | 827 | 4.3 | 6 | |
| Dutch Clark | 123 | 628 | 5.1 | 7 | |
| Ernie Caddel | 91 | 580 | 6.4 | 4 | |
| Bill Shepherd | 74 | 292 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Ken Petersen | 41 | 278 | 6.8 | 3 | |
| Glenn Presnell | 48 | 201 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| Bill McKalip | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Buddy Parker | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Wilbur White | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Frank Christensen | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 591 | 2885 | 4.9 | 22 | |
| Opponents Totals | 446 | 1427 | 3.2 | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Clark | 71 | 38 | 53.5 | 27 | 467 | 6.6 | 12.3 | 4 | 5.6 | 6 | 8.5 | 57.7 | ||||
| Glenn Presnell | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 14 | 221 | 6.1 | 14.7 | 2 | 5.6 | 7 | 19.4 | 41.3 | ||||
| Bill Shepherd | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 5 | 57 | 6.3 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 16.7 | |||
| Ernie Caddel | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 30 | 7.5 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 18.8 | |||
| Frank Christensen | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 22 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 5.6 | |||
| Ace Gutowsky | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 7 | 21 | 1.6 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 30.8 | 0.0 | |||
| Wilbur White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Ken Petersen | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 146 | 61 | 41.8 | 62 | 818 | 5.6 | 13.4 | 6 | 4.1 | 23 | 15.8 | 34.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 194 | 70 | 36.1 | 102 | 1027 | 5.3 | 14.7 | 7 | 3.6 | 22 | 11.3 | 26.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Caddel | 19 | 150 | 7.9 | 1 | |
| Harry Ebding | 10 | 194 | 19.4 | 45t | 3 |
| Ken Petersen | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| John Schneller | 7 | 124 | 17.7 | 28 | 1 |
| Ray Morse | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Ed Klewicki | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 58 | 0 |
| Frank Christensen | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Wilbur White | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Ace Gutowsky | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Buddy Parker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill McKalip | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dutch Clark | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 61 | 818 | 13.4 | 6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 1027 | 14.7 | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Ritchhart | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 21 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 585 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 585 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Shepherd | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 20 | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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