Team Summary [+]
1940 Detroit Lions
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Record: 5-5-1, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 138 points (12.5/g), 7th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 153 points (13.9/g), 5th.
Differential of -15 points (-1.4/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 4.8-6.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +22 (2.0/g), 2nd.
Coached by Potsy Clark(5-5-1)
Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- Bill Callihan
PR/KR · · Nebraska
- Tony Calvelli
C · · Coll. Of San Mateo; Stanford
- Lloyd Cardwell
WB · · Nebraska
- Clem Crabtree
t · · Wake Forest
- Dave Diehl
e · · Michigan St.
- Bill Feldhaus
RG · · Cincinnati
- Bill Fisk
le · · USC
- Tony Furst
t · · Dayton
- Johnny Hackenbruck
t · · Oregon State
- Chuck Hanneman
RE/K · · Eastern Michigan
- Jack Johnson
LT · · Utah
- Steve Maronic
t · · North Carolina
- Les McDonald
e · · Nebraska
- Paul Moore
bb · · Presbyterian
- Jack Morlock
wb · · Marshall
- Glen Morris
e · · Colorado State
- Butch Morse
e · · Oregon
- Cotton Price
tb · · Texas A&M
- Bill Radovich
g · · USC
- Bill Rogers
t · · Villanova
- Stillman Rouse
LE · · Missouri
- Kent Ryan
hb · · Utah State
- Bill Shepherd
b · · McDaniel
- Dwight Sloan
tb · · Arkansas
- Harry Smith
RT · · USC
- Harry Speelman
g · · Michigan State
- Cal Thomas
g · · Tulsa
- Sam Tsoutsouvas
c · · Ventura J.C.; Oregon State
- Fred Vanzo
BB · · Northwestern
- Howie Weiss
FB · · Wisconsin
- Whizzer White
TB/P · · Colorado
- Socko Wiethe
LG · · Xavier (OH)
- Bob Winslow
de · · Modesto J.C.; USC
- Alex Wojciechowicz
c · · Fordham
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