1944 Detroit Lions Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-3-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Gus Dorais (6-3-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1944 Detroit Lions Roster
1944 Detroit Lions Results

The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1944 season with a record of 6 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.

Detroit racked up 216 points, while the defense allowed 151. Frankie Sinkwich rushed for a team-leading 563 yards for the Lions.

Frankie Sinkwich tossed for 1,060 yards. Jack Matheson hauled in 23 balls, while Dave Diehl added 426 receiving yards.

Alex Wojciechowicz seized 7 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
Frankie Sinkwich	148	58	39.2	1060	7.2	12	8.1	20	13.5	57	52.0
Bob Westfall	47	23	48.9	342	7.3	4	8.5	6	12.8	46	62.0
Jackie Lowther	10	7	70.0	54	5.4	0	0.0	2	20.0	13	43.3
Elmer Hackney	1	1	100.0	19	19.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	118.8
Art Van Tone	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	207	89	43.0	1475	7.1	16	7.7	28	13.5	57

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Frankie Sinkwich	150	563	3.8	72	6
Bob Westfall	65	277	4.3	75	3
Elmer Hackney	58	184	3.2	16	4
Art Van Tone	25	30	1.2	26	1
Bob Keene	9	26	2.9	7	0
Tony Aiello	6	22	3.7	5	0
Jackie Lowther	9	18	2.0	11	0
Fred Dawley	2	16	8.0	13	0
Bill Callihan	1	3	3.0	3	0
Buzz Trebotich	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	326	1141	3.5	75	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jack Matheson	23	361	15.7	44	3
Dave Diehl	18	426	23.7	57	4
Bob Westfall	16	218	13.6	45	2
Art Van Tone	9	237	26.3	43	4
Bill Callihan	8	67	8.4	21	0
Elmer Hackney	8	48	6.0	10	1
Bob Keene	5	91	18.2	46	2
Wayne Clark	2	27	13.5	19	0
Totals	89	1475	16.6	57	16

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Frankie Sinkwich	30	24	80.0	8	2	25.0	30
Totals	30	24	80.0	8	2	25.0	30

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Frankie Sinkwich	45	1845	41.0	73
Jackie Lowther	5	205	41.0	58
Art Van Tone	2	94	47.0	50
Bob Keene	1	30	30.0	30
Bob Westfall	1	11	11.0	11
Totals	54	2185	40.5	73

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Frankie Sinkwich	11	148	13.5	25
Bob Keene	7	128	18.3	25
Art Van Tone	5	70	14.0	20
Bob Westfall	3	38	12.7	19
Jackie Lowther	2	28	14.0	21
Al Kaporch	1	14	14.0	14
Tony Aiello	1	9	9.0	9
Sonny Liles	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	31	440	14.2	25

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Art Van Tone	9	227	25.2	92	1
Frankie Sinkwich	6	144	24.0	31	0
Bob Keene	4	93	23.2	27	0
Bob Westfall	3	79	26.3	31	0
Bill Callihan	3	46	15.3	20	0
Totals	25	589	23.6	92	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Alex Wojciechowicz	7	88	12.6	50
Art Van Tone	4	16	4.0	11
Elmer Hackney	3	41	13.7	20
Frankie Sinkwich	3	28	9.3	18
John Greene	2	22	11.0	15
Bob Keene	2	14	7.0	14
Jackie Lowther	1	32	32.0	32
Bob Westfall	1	30	30.0	30
Jack Matheson	1	21	21.0	21
Sonny Liles	1	14	14.0	14
Al Kaporch	1	1	1.0	1
Totals	26	307	11.8	50

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Frankie Sinkwich	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	0			66
Art Van Tone	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Elmer Hackney	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Bob Westfall	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Dave Diehl	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Jack Matheson	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Bob Keene	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Totals	14	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	24	0	0	0	216