1939 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Gus Henderson (6-5)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1939 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 6-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Gus Henderson (6-5)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1939 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1939 season with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions chalked up 145 points, and the defense allowed 150. Bill Shepherd rushed for a team-leading 420 yards for Detroit.
Dwight Sloan threw for 658 yards, while Johnny Pingel and Darrell Tully threw the ball, too. Monk Moscrip hauled in 14 passes, while Chuck Hanneman added 257 receiving yards.
Gus Henderson coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Sloan | 102 | 45 | 44.1 | 658 | 6.5 | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 2.9 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Darrell Tully | 75 | 20 | 26.7 | 356 | 4.7 | 2 | 2.7 | 13 | 17.3 | 0 | 16.2 |
| Johnny Pingel | 48 | 27 | 56.2 | 343 | 7.1 | 3 | 6.2 | 4 | 8.3 | 0 | 64.8 |
| Gordon Gore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Bill Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 227 | 92 | 40.5 | 1357 | 6.0 | 7 | 3.1 | 20 | 8.8 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Shepherd | 105 | 420 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnny Pingel | 74 | 301 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dwight Sloan | 79 | 225 | 2.8 | 0 | 4 |
| Howie Weiss | 37 | 150 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 29 | 141 | 4.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim McDonald | 25 | 80 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Tully | 31 | 50 | 1.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Vanzo | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Ryan | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Szakash | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Monk Moscrip | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Moore | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gordon Gore | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 406 | 1487 | 3.7 | 8 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Moscrip | 14 | 176 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Shepherd | 14 | 143 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 13 | 250 | 19.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 12 | 257 | 21.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Kent Ryan | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Moore | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Austin | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McDonald | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Vanzo | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Weiss | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Hamilton | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Socko Wiethe | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon Gore | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Diehl | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Clemons | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 92 | 1357 | 14.8 | 20 | 7 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Hanneman | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 17 |
| Phil Martinovich | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 9 | |||
| Monk Moscrip | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9 | |
| Paul Szakash | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 18 | 14 | 77.8 | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 35 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Pingel | 32 | 1368 | 42.8 | 65 |
| Bill Shepherd | 23 | 850 | 37.0 | 54 |
| Ray Clemons | 15 | 640 | 42.7 | 57 |
| Kent Ryan | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 40 |
| Dwight Sloan | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 |
| Totals | 75 | 3044 | 40.6 | 65 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Chuck Hanneman | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 29 | |||||||||
| Dwight Sloan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Bill Shepherd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Lloyd Cardwell | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Monk Moscrip | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
| Kent Ryan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Phil Martinovich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Pingel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bill Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Darrell Tully | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 |
