1946 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Gus Dorais (1-10)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1946 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 1-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Gus Dorais (1-10)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1946 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1946 season with a record of 1 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
Detroit stumbled, scoring only 142 points, while the leaky defense allowed 310, most in the circuit. Dave Ryan passed for 965 yards. John Greene topped pass catchers, hauling in 22 balls for 289 yards.
Camp Wilson rushed for a team-leading 207 yards for the Lions.
Dave Ryan seized 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Ryan | 154 | 73 | 47.4 | 965 | 6.3 | 6 | 3.9 | 17 | 11.0 | 88 | 41.1 |
| Jim Callahan | 67 | 22 | 32.8 | 359 | 5.4 | 2 | 3.0 | 7 | 10.4 | 56 | 22.1 |
| Billy deCorrevont | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 155 | 8.2 | 2 | 10.5 | 2 | 10.5 | 70 | 66.7 |
| Elmer Madarik | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 104 | 7.4 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 47 | 98.5 |
| Joel McCoy | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 72 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 34 | 6.9 |
| Bob Cifers | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 26 | 6.9 |
| Chuck DeShane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Mickey Sanzotta | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Jim Jones | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 286 | 119 | 41.6 | 1674 | 5.9 | 11 | 3.8 | 33 | 11.5 | 88 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Wilson | 64 | 207 | 3.2 | 15 | 3 |
| Jim Callahan | 52 | 86 | 1.7 | 40 | 2 |
| Mickey Sanzotta | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Dave Ryan | 71 | 65 | 0.9 | 27 | 1 |
| Bob Westfall | 28 | 54 | 1.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Bob Cifers | 8 | 18 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Ivan Schottel | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 |
| Chuck DeShane | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Jones | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene Spangler | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joel McCoy | 19 | -29 | -1.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Billy deCorrevont | 8 | -32 | -4.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 274 | 467 | 1.7 | 51 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Greene | 22 | 289 | 13.1 | 88 | 2 |
| Jack Matheson | 17 | 178 | 10.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 17 | 142 | 8.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Ted Cremer | 15 | 179 | 11.9 | 39 | 0 |
| Billy deCorrevont | 10 | 278 | 27.8 | 72 | 2 |
| Ed Frutig | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 17 | 2 |
| Camp Wilson | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 70 | 4 |
| Ivan Schottel | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 70 | 1 |
| Ralph Jones | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Mickey Sanzotta | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck DeShane | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Ryan | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 119 | 1674 | 14.1 | 88 | 11 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Helms | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 13 |
| Chuck DeShane | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | |
| Damon Tassos | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 19 | 17 | 89.5 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 26 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cifers | 30 | 1369 | 45.6 | 73 |
| Camp Wilson | 22 | 868 | 39.5 | 69 |
| Billy deCorrevont | 5 | 293 | 58.6 | 81 |
| Ivan Schottel | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 60 |
| Jim Callahan | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 63 |
| Jim Jones | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 |
| Totals | 67 | 2911 | 43.4 | 81 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy deCorrevont | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Callahan | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Ryan | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Mickey Sanzotta | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Joel McCoy | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 332 | 11.9 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Ryan | 16 | 332 | 20.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Billy deCorrevont | 10 | 183 | 18.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Jim Callahan | 8 | 174 | 21.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Gene Spangler | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Jones | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Mickey Sanzotta | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Greene | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Ivan Schottel | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ed Frutig | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Camp Wilson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joel McCoy | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 59 | 1127 | 19.1 | 51 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Ryan | 4 | 105 | 26.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jim Callahan | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Damon Tassos | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck DeShane | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Russ Thomas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 13 | 230 | 17.7 | 44 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy deCorrevont | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emil Uremovich | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Ryan | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Callahan | 0 | 4 | 3 | -37 | 0 | ||
| Walt Vezmar | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Frutig | 0 | 2 | -15 | 0 | |||
| Leon Fichman | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Cifers | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| John Greene | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elmer Madarik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Wickett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel McCoy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Camp Wilson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Sanzotta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bob Cifers | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Camp Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| John Greene | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
| Jack Helms | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Billy deCorrevont | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Dave Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jim Callahan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Ed Frutig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Chuck DeShane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Bob Westfall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Ivan Schottel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Damon Tassos | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Totals | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 142 |
