1947 Detroit Lions Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Gus Dorais (3-9)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1947 Detroit Lions Roster
1947 Detroit Lions Results

The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.

The Lions scored 231 points, but the defensive squad yielded 305. Clyde LeForce passed for 1,384 yards. John Greene topped all receivers, hauling in 38 balls for 621 yards.

Camp Wilson rushed for a team-leading 412 yards for Detroit.

Bill Dudley and Bob Wiese each intercepted 5 opponent throws.

Gus Dorais coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Clyde LeForce	175	94	53.7	1384	7.9	13	7.4	20	11.4	79	65.0
Roy Zimmerman	138	57	41.3	867	6.3	7	5.1	9	6.5	53	52.4
Joe Margucci	31	13	41.9	171	5.5	1	3.2	5	16.1	39	31.2
Bill Dudley	4	3	75.0	24	6.0	2	50.0	0	0.0	11	129.2
Totals	348	167	48.0	2446	7.0	23	6.6	34	9.8	79

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Camp Wilson	89	412	4.6	48	0
Bill Dudley	80	302	3.8	28	2
Clyde LeForce	18	143	7.9	32	0
Bob Westfall	34	132	3.9	18	1
Joe Margucci	26	97	3.7	26	1
Bob Wiese	20	61	3.0	21	0
Elmer Madarik	19	29	1.5	9	1
Roy Zimmerman	13	28	2.2	10	1
Pete Kmetovic	14	23	1.6	6	0
Joe Watt	11	7	0.6	7	0
Bill O'Brien	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ken Reese	3	1	0.3	5	0
Bill Hillman	2	0	0.0	4	0
Tommy James	2	-1	-0.5	2	0
Bob DeFruiter	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	333	1234	3.7	48	6

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
John Greene	38	621	16.3	47	5
Bill Dudley	27	375	13.9	64	7
Kelley Mote	16	180	11.2	46	1
Cecil Souders	15	184	12.3	34	1
Ralph Heywood	13	198	15.2	39	2
Ted Cremer	13	117	9.0	32	1
Joe Margucci	10	125	12.5	79	1
Ted Cook	7	111	15.9	29	1
Pete Kmetovic	6	143	23.8	53	2
Camp Wilson	5	96	19.2	38	0
Bob Wiese	5	53	10.6	24	0
Joe Watt	4	104	26.0	75	2
Elmer Madarik	4	75	18.8	26	0
Bob Westfall	2	19	9.5	14	0
Bill Hillman	1	25	25.0	25	0
Steve Sucic	1	20	20.0	20	0
Totals	167	2446	14.6	79	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Roy Zimmerman	31	30	96.8	11	5	45.5	45
Totals	31	30	96.8	11	5	45.5	45

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Roy Zimmerman	49	2078	42.4	62
Bill Dudley	15	657	43.8	62
Bob Wiese	1	61	61.0	61
Totals	65	2796	43.0	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Dudley	11	182	16.5	84	1
Joe Watt	8	115	14.4	28	0
Clyde LeForce	6	78	13.0	36	0
Pete Kmetovic	3	26	8.7	19	0
Joe Margucci	2	23	11.5	13	0
Ted Cook	1	10	10.0	10	0
Merv Pregulman	1	9	9.0	9	0
Elmer Madarik	1	7	7.0	7	0
Tommy James	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	34	452	13.3	84	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bill Dudley	15	359	23.9	78
Clyde LeForce	4	98	24.5	36
Joe Margucci	5	94	18.8	23
Joe Watt	4	68	17.0	24
Pete Kmetovic	4	62	15.5	29
Elmer Madarik	3	49	16.3	19
Camp Wilson	3	46	15.3	18
Ken Reese	2	40	20.0	25
Bob Westfall	2	27	13.5	21
John Greene	2	19	9.5	10
Steve Sucic	1	18	18.0	18
Kelley Mote	1	17	17.0	17
Bill Hillman	1	15	15.0	15
Ted Cook	2	14	7.0	7
Frank Szymanski	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	50	926	18.5	78

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Dudley	5	104	20.8	41	1
Bob Wiese	5	54	10.8	19	0
Clyde LeForce	3	13	4.3	10	0
Bob DeFruiter	3	8	2.7	7	0
Joe Watt	2	32	16.0	25	0
Merv Pregulman	2	9	4.5	9	0
Ted Cook	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jack Dugger	1	6	6.0	6	0
Kelley Mote	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dick Stovall	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	25	226	9.0	41	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Bob Wiese		0	2	3	0	0
Merv Pregulman		0	0	2	0	0
Clyde LeForce		0	7	2	0	0
Ben Chase			0	2	0	0
Kelley Mote		0	1	2	0
Bill Ward			0	2	0	0
Bill Dudley		0	4	2	0
Frank Szymanski			0	2	0	0
Ed Stacco			0	2	0	0
Bob Westfall			1	1	0
Elmer Madarik			0	1	0
Stan Batinski			0	1	0	0
Camp Wilson			2	1	4	0
Chuck DeShane			0	1	0	0
Bob DeFruiter		0	0	1	0	0
Roy Zimmerman			8	1	0
Ralph Heywood			2	1	0
Cecil Souders			0	1	0
Jack Dugger		0	0	1	0	0
Joe Margucci			1	0	0
John Greene			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	29	29	4	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bill Dudley	2	7	1	0		1			0	0	0			66
Roy Zimmerman	1								5	30	0			51
John Greene		5		0					0	0	0			30
Joe Watt	0	2	0	0		0			0	0	0			12
Joe Margucci	1	1	0	0					0	0	0			12
Ralph Heywood		2							0	0	0			12
Pete Kmetovic	0	2	0	0					0	0	0			12
Elmer Madarik	1	0	0	0					0	0	0			6
Bob Westfall	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Kelley Mote		1		0		0			0	0	0			6
Ted Cook		1	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Ted Cremer		1							0	0	0			6
Cecil Souders		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	6	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	30	0	0	0	231