1937 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Dutch Clark (7-4)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1937 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 7-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Dutch Clark (7-4)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1937 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1937 season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions scored 180 points, while the stingy defense yielded 105. Dutch Clark rushed for a team-leading 468 yards for Detroit, while Ernie Caddel and Ace Gutowsky additionally aided the ground game.
Bill Shepherd threw for 297 yards, and Dutch Clark threw the ball, too. Ernie Caddel topped all receivers, hauling in 9 passes, while Ed Klewicki added 134 receiving yards.
Dutch Clark coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Shepherd | 46 | 19 | 41.3 | 297 | 6.5 | 2 | 4.3 | 7 | 15.2 | 0 | 38.3 |
| Dutch Clark | 39 | 19 | 48.7 | 202 | 5.2 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 7.7 | 0 | 40.8 |
| Vern Huffman | 23 | 5 | 21.7 | 102 | 4.4 | 1 | 4.3 | 6 | 26.1 | 0 | 20.5 |
| Ace Gutowsky | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 30 | 3.1 |
| Ernie Caddel | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 120 | 44 | 36.7 | 631 | 5.3 | 4 | 3.3 | 18 | 15.0 | 30 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Clark | 96 | 468 | 4.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Ernie Caddel | 76 | 429 | 5.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Ace Gutowsky | 128 | 361 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Shepherd | 93 | 325 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Vern Huffman | 35 | 187 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 36 | 181 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 50 | 1 |
| Ed Klewicki | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Kizzire | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Morse | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 484 | 2074 | 4.3 | 50 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Caddel | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Klewicki | 8 | 134 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Morse | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 38 | 1 |
| Vern Huffman | 8 | 104 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Ebding | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 45 | 1 |
| Dutch Clark | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 631 | 14.3 | 45 | 4 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regis Monahan | 5 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| Bill Shepherd | 7 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Dutch Clark | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 42 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hupke | 1 | ||||
| Vern Huffman | 1 | ||||
| Bill Shepherd | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Johnson | 1 | ||||||
| Harry Ebding | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Ed Klewicki | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Dutch Clark | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 45 | ||||||||
| Bill Shepherd | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||
| Regis Monahan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Caddel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Harry Ebding | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Jack Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Hupke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ed Klewicki | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Ace Gutowsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Butch Morse | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Chuck Hanneman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Lloyd Cardwell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Vern Huffman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
