1941 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-6-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Bill Edwards (4-6-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1941 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 4-6-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Bill Edwards (4-6-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1941 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1941 season with a record of 4 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions scored 121 points, but the defense yielded 195. Whizzer White rushed for a team-leading 240 yards for Detroit, while Harry Hopp also buoyed the ground attack.
Whizzer White threw for 338 yards. Bill Fisk topped all receivers, hauling in 9 balls, while Whizzer White added 158 receiving yards.
Ned Mathews picked off 5 opponent throws.
Bill Edwards coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 62 | 22 | 35.5 | 338 | 5.5 | 2 | 3.2 | 5 | 8.1 | 47 | 31.5 |
| Billy Jefferson | 72 | 18 | 25.0 | 181 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 12.5 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Dick Booth | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 135 | 16.9 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 71 | 106.3 |
| Cotton Price | 33 | 9 | 27.3 | 118 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12.1 | 19 | 2.4 |
| Ned Mathews | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 59 | 7.4 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 103.6 |
| Milt Piepul | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 118.8 |
| Harry Hopp | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 187 | 58 | 31.0 | 854 | 4.6 | 5 | 2.7 | 20 | 10.7 | 71 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 89 | 240 | 2.7 | 20 | 2 |
| Harry Hopp | 69 | 202 | 2.9 | 29 | 1 |
| Billy Jefferson | 56 | 164 | 2.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Steve Belichick | 28 | 118 | 4.2 | 11 | 2 |
| Dick Booth | 29 | 80 | 2.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Milt Piepul | 20 | 56 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 31 | 56 | 1.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 16 | 36 | 2.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Lloyd Parsons | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Augie Lio | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| John Noppenberg | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 361 | 975 | 2.7 | 29 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Fisk | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 32 | 2 |
| Dick Booth | 7 | 103 | 14.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Whizzer White | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 71 | 1 |
| Stan Andersen | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 24 | 0 |
| John Jett | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 46 | 1 |
| Bill Callihan | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Paul Szakash | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Fred Vanzo | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Jefferson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Maurice Britt | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 1 |
| Jack Mattiford | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Steve Belichick | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Lloyd Parsons | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 58 | 854 | 14.7 | 71 | 5 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Hanneman | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 7 |
| Augie Lio | 13 | 12 | 92.3 | 5 | 0.0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 17 | 16 | 94.1 | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 19 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 48 | 1997 | 41.6 | 63 |
| Billy Jefferson | 20 | 750 | 37.5 | 72 |
| Cotton Price | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 60 |
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 50 |
| Milt Piepul | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 |
| Augie Lio | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 |
| Dick Booth | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 |
| Totals | 79 | 3136 | 39.7 | 72 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 19 | 262 | 13.8 | 64 | 0 |
| Steve Belichick | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 77 | 1 |
| Billy Jefferson | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 502 | 14.3 | 77 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 11 | 285 | 25.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 9 | 233 | 25.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Jefferson | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 101 | 1 |
| Dick Booth | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Belichick | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| John Noppenberg | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| John Jett | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Szakash | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Stan Andersen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Augie Lio | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 995 | 26.2 | 101 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Mathews | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 42 | 1 |
| Augie Lio | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Socko Wiethe | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Whizzer White | 1 | 82 | 82.0 | 82 | 1 |
| Robert Nelson | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Dick Booth | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Jefferson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Belichick | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Furst | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 327 | 18.2 | 82 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Whizzer White | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
| Steve Belichick | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Augie Lio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Chuck Hanneman | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| Billy Jefferson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Bill Fisk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Ned Mathews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Dick Booth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Maurice Britt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
