1942 Detroit Lions Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 0-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Bull Karcis (0-8)
Coach: Bill Edwards (0-3)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1942 Detroit Lions Roster
1942 Detroit Lions Results

The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1942 season with a record of 0 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.

The Lions struggled to score 38 points, worst in the circuit, while the shaky defensive squad surrendered 263, most in the league. Mickey Sanzotta rushed for a team-leading 268 yards for Detroit, while Elmer Hackney and Harry Hopp additionally aided the ground game.

Harry Hopp threw for 258 yards, and Chet Wetterlund played quarterback also. Bill Fisk hauled in 15 balls for 177 yards.

Bill Callihan intercepted 3 opponent throws.

Bull Karcis and Bill Edwards coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Harry Hopp	68	20	29.4	258	3.8	0	0.0	13	19.1	50	3.3
Chet Wetterlund	44	13	29.5	230	5.2	0	0.0	10	22.7	51	9.3
Tom Colella	41	18	43.9	178	4.3	0	0.0	4	9.8	23	17.2
Joe Stringfellow	13	5	38.5	67	5.2	0	0.0	2	15.4	21	16.0
Murray Evans	17	7	41.2	64	3.8	0	0.0	1	5.9	15	27.6
Ned Mathews	22	6	27.3	53	2.4	1	4.5	2	9.1	18	16.9
Mickey Sanzotta	15	4	26.7	45	3.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	39.6
Johnny Hall	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Bill Callihan	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	222	73	32.9	895	4.0	1	0.5	33	14.9	51

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mickey Sanzotta	71	268	3.8	18	0
Harry Hopp	66	230	3.5	44	0
Elmer Hackney	34	208	6.1	78	2
Frank Grigonis	37	131	3.5	12	1
Ned Mathews	21	79	3.8	14	0
Lloyd Cardwell	6	78	13.0	80	1
Emil Banjavic	11	67	6.1	45	0
John Polanski	17	67	3.9	13	0
Tom Colella	23	51	2.2	34	0
Harry Seltzer	14	44	3.1	24	0
Joe Stringfellow	16	41	2.6	11	0
Chet Wetterlund	23	6	0.3	12	0
Murray Evans	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Johnny Hall	2	-8	-4.0	0	0
Totals	342	1261	3.7	80	4

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Fisk	15	177	11.8	27	0
Joe Stringfellow	8	89	11.1	20	0
Lloyd Cardwell	5	135	27.0	51	0
Paul Szakash	5	53	10.6	21	0
Emil Banjavic	5	50	10.0	18	1
Mickey Sanzotta	5	16	3.2	12	0
Charlie Behan	4	63	15.8	25	0
Bill Callihan	4	48	12.0	17	0
Alex Wojciechowicz	4	44	11.0	13	0
Ned Mathews	3	38	12.7	20	0
Elmer Hackney	3	22	7.3	12	0
Gran Harrison	3	21	7.0	9	0
Murray Evans	2	32	16.0	19	0
Harry Seltzer	2	23	11.5	16	0
Larry Knorr	2	18	9.0	10	0
Johnny Hall	1	42	42.0	42	0
Frank Grigonis	1	17	17.0	17	0
Perry Scott	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	73	895	12.3	51	1

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Ted Pavelec				2	1	50.0	3
Augie Lio	5	5	100.0	4		0.0	5
Totals	5	5	100.0	6	1	16.7	8

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harry Hopp	27	1098	40.7	52
Tom Colella	16	609	38.1	63
Chet Wetterlund	11	449	40.8	56
Joe Stringfellow	9	363	40.3	59
Emil Banjavic	5	235	47.0	58
Bill Callihan	1	44	44.0	44
Larry Sartori	1	42	42.0	42
Mickey Sanzotta	1	42	42.0	42
Totals	71	2882	40.6	63

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harry Hopp	9	86	9.6	22
Ned Mathews	7	82	11.7	26
Mickey Sanzotta	5	46	9.2	18
Lloyd Cardwell	2	45	22.5	26
Johnny Hall	4	38	9.5	13
Emil Banjavic	2	29	14.5	16
Chet Wetterlund	3	26	8.7	10
Tom Colella	2	14	7.0	10
Totals	34	366	10.8	26

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harry Hopp	5	108	21.6	26
Ned Mathews	5	97	19.4	30
Chet Wetterlund	5	89	17.8	26
Johnny Hall	4	86	21.5	23
Tom Colella	4	74	18.5	25
Emil Banjavic	4	69	17.2	24
Joe Stringfellow	2	54	27.0	41
John Polanski	2	49	24.5	25
Alex Wojciechowicz	3	30	10.0	14
Lloyd Cardwell	1	13	13.0	13
Bill Fisk	1	10	10.0	10
Elmer Hackney	1	4	4.0	4
Augie Lio	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	38	687	18.1	41

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bill Callihan	3	29	9.7	20
Lloyd Cardwell	2	40	20.0	40
Mickey Sanzotta	2	16	8.0	10
Alex Wojciechowicz	2	5	2.5	4
Frank Grigonis	1	26	26.0	26
John Polanski	1	20	20.0	20
Emil Banjavic	1	15	15.0	15
Tom Colella	1	10	10.0	10
Slok Gill	1	9	9.0	9
Johnny Hall	1	9	9.0	9
Augie Lio	1	9	9.0	9
Harry Hopp	1	0	0.0	0
Chet Wetterlund	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	18	188	10.4	40

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Elmer Hackney	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Lloyd Cardwell	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Frank Grigonis	1	0				0			0	0	0			6
Emil Banjavic	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Augie Lio				0		0			0	5	0			5
Ted Pavelec									1	0	0			3
Totals	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	38