Team Summary [+]
1939 Detroit Lions
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Record: 6-5-0, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 145 points (13.2/g), 6th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 150 points (13.6/g), 3rd.
Differential of -5 points (-0.5/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 5.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.5/g), 8th.
Coached by Gus Henderson(6-5-0)
Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- Jim Austin
PR/KR · · St. Mary's (CA)
- Connie Mack Berry
e · · North Carolina State
- Hal Brill
tb · · Wichita State
- Tony Calvelli
c · · Coll. Of San Mateo; Stanford
- Lloyd Cardwell
WB · · Nebraska
- Ray Clemons
g · · Central Oklahoma
- Dave Diehl
e · · Michigan St.
- Bill Feldhaus
RG · · Cincinnati
- Ray George
RT · · USC
- Gordon Gore
hb · · Southwestern Oklahoma State
- Ray Hamilton
re · · Arkansas
- Chuck Hanneman
RE/K · · Eastern Michigan
- Elvin Hutchison
hb · · Whittier
- Jack Johnson
LT · · Utah
- Steve Maronic
t · · North Carolina
- Phil Martinovich
fb · · Pacific
- Jim A. McDonald
b · · Ohio State
- Bill Moore
e · · North Carolina
- Monk Moscrip
LE · · Stanford
- Johnny Pingel
P/tb · · Michigan State
- Bill Radovich
g · · USC
- Bill Rogers
t · · Villanova
- Kent Ryan
hb · · Utah State
- Bill Shepherd
FB · · McDaniel
- Dwight Sloan
TB · · Arkansas
- Dixie Stokes
c · · Centenary
- Paul Szakash
e · · Montana
- Cal Thomas
g · · Tulsa
- Tony Tonelli
c · · USC
- Darrell Tully
tb · · Texas A&M-Commerce
- Fred Vanzo
BB · · Northwestern
- Howie Weiss
fb · · Wisconsin
- John Wiatrak
c · · Cooke Co. J.C.; Washington
- Socko Wiethe
LG · · Xavier (OH)
- Alex Wojciechowicz
C · · Fordham
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