1936 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Potsy Clark (8-4)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1936 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 8-4
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Potsy Clark (8-4)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1936 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1936 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions piled up points with 235 points, and the solid defense allowed 102. Ace Gutowsky rushed for a team-leading 827 yards for Detroit, and Dutch Clark also aided the ground game.
Dutch Clark threw for 467 yards. Ernie Caddel hauled in 19 balls, while Harry Ebding added 194 receiving yards.
Potsy Clark coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Clark | 71 | 38 | 53.5 | 467 | 6.6 | 4 | 5.6 | 6 | 8.5 | 0 | 57.7 |
| Glenn Presnell | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 221 | 6.1 | 2 | 5.6 | 7 | 19.4 | 0 | 41.3 |
| Bill Shepherd | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 57 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Ernie Caddel | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 30 | 18.8 |
| Frank Christensen | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 22 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 5.6 |
| Ace Gutowsky | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 21 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 30.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ike Peterson | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilbur White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 146 | 61 | 41.8 | 818 | 5.6 | 6 | 4.1 | 23 | 15.8 | 30 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Gutowsky | 191 | 827 | 4.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Dutch Clark | 123 | 628 | 5.1 | 0 | 7 |
| Ernie Caddel | 91 | 580 | 6.4 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Shepherd | 74 | 292 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Ike Peterson | 41 | 278 | 6.8 | 84 | 3 |
| Glenn Presnell | 48 | 201 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill McKalip | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Parker | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbur White | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Christensen | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 591 | 2885 | 4.9 | 84 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Caddel | 19 | 150 | 7.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Ebding | 10 | 194 | 19.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Ike Peterson | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schneller | 7 | 124 | 17.7 | 30 | 1 |
| Butch Morse | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Klewicki | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Christensen | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wilbur White | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 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 |
| Totals | 61 | 818 | 13.4 | 30 | 6 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Clark | 19 | 4 | 31 | ||||
| Glenn Presnell | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Bill Shepherd | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 41 |
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Dutch Clark | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 73 | ||||||||
| Ace Gutowsky | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Ernie Caddel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Harry Ebding | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Ike Peterson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Glenn Presnell | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Bill Shepherd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
| John Schneller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Regis Monahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Del Ritchhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Frank Christensen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233 |
