1948 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Bo McMillin (2-10)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1948 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 2-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Bo McMillin (2-10)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1948 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1948 season with a record of 2 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions scored 200 points, but the shaky defensive squad conceded 407, most in the circuit. Fred Enke threw for 1,328 yards. Joe Margucci topped the receiving corps, hauling in 36 balls, while John Greene added 595 receiving yards. Bob Mann provided receiving help as well.
Camp Wilson rushed for a team-leading 612 yards for Detroit.
Jim Gillette picked off 6 opponent throws.
Bo McMillin coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Enke | 221 | 100 | 45.2 | 1328 | 6.0 | 11 | 5.0 | 17 | 7.7 | 51 | 49.4 |
| Clyde LeForce | 101 | 50 | 49.5 | 912 | 9.0 | 9 | 8.9 | 8 | 7.9 | 83 | 77.7 |
| Charley Sarratt | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 118.8 |
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 324 | 151 | 46.6 | 2288 | 7.1 | 20 | 6.2 | 26 | 8.0 | 83 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Wilson | 157 | 612 | 3.9 | 38 | 2 |
| Fred Enke | 74 | 365 | 4.9 | 41 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 33 | 97 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 28 | 86 | 3.1 | 18 | 1 |
| Joe Watt | 20 | 54 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Mann | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 19 | 38 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Sucic | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Margucci | 34 | 14 | 0.4 | 10 | 3 |
| George Grimes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Andy Dudish | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Charley Sarratt | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Roskie | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mel Groomes | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 389 | 1360 | 3.5 | 41 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Margucci | 36 | 450 | 12.5 | 55 | 2 |
| Bob Mann | 33 | 560 | 17.0 | 45 | 3 |
| John Greene | 25 | 595 | 23.8 | 83 | 5 |
| Bill Dudley | 20 | 210 | 10.5 | 22 | 6 |
| Kelley Mote | 13 | 212 | 16.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 8 | 122 | 15.2 | 44 | 3 |
| Ralph Heywood | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Cecil Souders | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Mel Groomes | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Camp Wilson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| George Grimes | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Charley Sarratt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 151 | 2288 | 15.2 | 83 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merv Pregulman | 27 | 26 | 96.3 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 32 |
| George Grimes | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 28 | 26 | 92.9 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 32 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Grimes | 28 | 1006 | 35.9 | 56 |
| Bill Dudley | 23 | 825 | 35.9 | 68 |
| Ralph Heywood | 11 | 372 | 33.8 | 0 |
| Charley Sarratt | 5 | 166 | 33.2 | 43 |
| Totals | 67 | 2369 | 35.4 | 68 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Margucci | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Andy Dudish | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| George Grimes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charley Sarratt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 289 | 8.8 | 22 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Wilson | 10 | 248 | 24.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 10 | 204 | 20.4 | 47 | 0 |
| Joe Margucci | 10 | 199 | 19.9 | 37 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 12 | 180 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Andy Dudish | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ken Roskie | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Kelley Mote | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Mann | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| John Greene | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 1154 | 18.6 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gillette | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 22 | 0 |
| George Grimes | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Merv Pregulman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 91 | 6.5 | 26 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Enke | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dudley | 0 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Mann | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roger Harding | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Camp Wilson | 6 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |||
| Cecil Souders | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Merv Pregulman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Roskie | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Hansen | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Watt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde LeForce | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kelley Mote | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Bingaman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wiese | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Briggs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Margucci | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Grimes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Ellis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Groomes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 34 | 51 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bill Dudley | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Merv Pregulman | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 32 | |||||||||
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| John Greene | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Joe Margucci | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Bob Mann | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Camp Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| George Grimes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
