1949 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Bo McMillin (4-8)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1949 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 4-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Bo McMillin (4-8)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1949 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1949 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions racked up 237 points, but the defensive squad gave up 259. Frank Tripucka passed for 833 yards, while Fred Enke and Clyde LeForce spent time under center also. Bob Mann hauled in 66 balls for 1,014 yards.
Bill Dudley rushed for a team-leading 402 yards for Detroit.
The larcenous defense created 49 turnovers. Don Doll seized 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Tripucka | 145 | 62 | 42.8 | 833 | 5.7 | 9 | 6.2 | 14 | 9.7 | 64 | 42.8 |
| Fred Enke | 142 | 63 | 44.4 | 793 | 5.6 | 6 | 4.2 | 5 | 3.5 | 58 | 61.7 |
| Clyde LeForce | 112 | 53 | 47.3 | 665 | 5.9 | 3 | 2.7 | 9 | 8.0 | 40 | 41.7 |
| Totals | 399 | 178 | 44.6 | 2291 | 5.7 | 18 | 4.5 | 28 | 7.0 | 64 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 125 | 402 | 3.2 | 26 | 3 |
| Camp Wilson | 68 | 222 | 3.3 | 24 | 1 |
| Wally Triplett | 53 | 221 | 4.2 | 80 | 1 |
| Bob Smith | 33 | 162 | 4.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 36 | 134 | 3.7 | 33 | 1 |
| Cloyce Box | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 27 | 1 |
| John Panelli | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Don Doll | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 10 | 1 |
| John Hollar | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Mel Groomes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 397 | 1381 | 3.5 | 80 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Mann | 66 | 1014 | 15.4 | 64 | 4 |
| John Greene | 42 | 542 | 12.9 | 28 | 7 |
| Bill Dudley | 27 | 190 | 7.0 | 18 | 2 |
| Cloyce Box | 15 | 276 | 18.4 | 43 | 4 |
| Wally Triplett | 8 | 90 | 11.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Camp Wilson | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Kelley Mote | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Mel Groomes | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Bob Smith | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Barney Hafen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chick Maggioli | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Doll | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 178 | 2291 | 12.9 | 64 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 34 | 1278 | 37.6 | 55 |
| Frank Tripucka | 28 | 1074 | 38.4 | 50 |
| Totals | 62 | 2352 | 37.9 | 55 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Triplett | 21 | 281 | 13.4 | 62 | 1 |
| Bill Dudley | 11 | 199 | 18.1 | 67 | 1 |
| Don Doll | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 557 | 14.3 | 67 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Doll | 21 | 536 | 25.5 | 56 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 13 | 246 | 18.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 7 | 172 | 24.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 20 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Cecil Souders | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 1064 | 21.7 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Doll | 11 | 301 | 27.4 | 95 | 1 |
| Bob Smith | 9 | 218 | 24.2 | 102 | 1 |
| Jim Mello | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Chick Maggioli | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Pifferini | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mel Groomes | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chuck DeShane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 656 | 20.5 | 102 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Enke | 6 | 5 | -3 | 0 | |||
| Chick Maggioli | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Mello | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Smith | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Prchlik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Pifferini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Simmons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Bingaman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kelley Mote | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Triplett | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Cloyce Box | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Howie Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Treadaway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Goldman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dudley | 8 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||
| Camp Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Hekkers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Doll | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Panelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 27 | 46 | 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 81 | ||||||
| John Greene | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Cloyce Box | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Bob Mann | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Don Doll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Wally Triplett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Fred Enke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Mel Groomes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Chick Maggioli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bob Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Camp Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 237 |
