1942 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 0-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Bill Edwards (0-3)
Coach: Bull Karcis (0-8)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1942 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 0-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Bill Edwards (0-3)
Coach: Bull Karcis (0-8)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1942 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1942 season with a record of 0 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions struggled to score 38 points, worst in the circuit, and the shaky defensive squad surrendered 263, most in the league. Mickey Sanzotta rushed for a team-leading 268 yards for Detroit, while Elmer Hackney and Harry Hopp additionally aided the ground game.
Harry Hopp threw for 258 yards, and Chet Wetterlund played quarterback also. Bill Fisk hauled in 15 balls for 177 yards.
Bill Callihan intercepted 3 opponent throws.
Bill Edwards and Bull Karcis coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hopp | 68 | 20 | 29.4 | 258 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 19.1 | 50 | 3.3 |
| Chet Wetterlund | 44 | 13 | 29.5 | 230 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 22.7 | 51 | 9.3 |
| Tom Colella | 41 | 18 | 43.9 | 178 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9.8 | 23 | 17.2 |
| Joe Stringfellow | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 67 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 21 | 16.0 |
| Murray Evans | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 64 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 15 | 27.6 |
| Ned Mathews | 22 | 6 | 27.3 | 53 | 2.4 | 1 | 4.5 | 2 | 9.1 | 18 | 16.9 |
| Mickey Sanzotta | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 45 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 39.6 |
| Johnny Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Bill Callihan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 222 | 73 | 32.9 | 895 | 4.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 33 | 14.9 | 51 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Sanzotta | 71 | 268 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 66 | 230 | 3.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 34 | 208 | 6.1 | 78 | 2 |
| Frank Grigonis | 37 | 131 | 3.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Ned Mathews | 21 | 79 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 80 | 1 |
| Emil Banjavic | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 45 | 0 |
| John Polanski | 17 | 67 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Colella | 23 | 51 | 2.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Harry Seltzer | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Joe Stringfellow | 16 | 41 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Chet Wetterlund | 23 | 6 | 0.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Murray Evans | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Johnny Hall | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 342 | 1261 | 3.7 | 80 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Fisk | 15 | 177 | 11.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Joe Stringfellow | 8 | 89 | 11.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 5 | 135 | 27.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Paul Szakash | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Emil Banjavic | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Mickey Sanzotta | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Behan | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Gran Harrison | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Murray Evans | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Harry Seltzer | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Knorr | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Hall | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Frank Grigonis | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Perry Scott | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 73 | 895 | 12.3 | 51 | 1 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Pavelec | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | |||
| Augie Lio | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 5 | |
| Totals | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 8 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hopp | 27 | 1098 | 40.7 | 52 |
| Tom Colella | 16 | 609 | 38.1 | 63 |
| Chet Wetterlund | 11 | 449 | 40.8 | 56 |
| Joe Stringfellow | 9 | 363 | 40.3 | 59 |
| Emil Banjavic | 5 | 235 | 47.0 | 58 |
| Bill Callihan | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 |
| Larry Sartori | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 |
| Mickey Sanzotta | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 |
| Totals | 71 | 2882 | 40.6 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hopp | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Mickey Sanzotta | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnny Hall | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Emil Banjavic | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Chet Wetterlund | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Colella | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 366 | 10.8 | 26 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hopp | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Chet Wetterlund | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnny Hall | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Tom Colella | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Emil Banjavic | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Joe Stringfellow | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 41 | 0 |
| John Polanski | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Fisk | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Augie Lio | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 687 | 18.1 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Callihan | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Mickey Sanzotta | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Grigonis | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| John Polanski | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Emil Banjavic | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Colella | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Slok Gill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Hall | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Augie Lio | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Wetterlund | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 188 | 10.4 | 40 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Elmer Hackney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Lloyd Cardwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Frank Grigonis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Emil Banjavic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Augie Lio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Ted Pavelec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
