1938 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
1938 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 7-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Dutch Clark (7-4)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1938 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1938 season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions ran up 119 points, while the rigid defensive squad conceded 108. Bill Shepherd rushed for a team-leading 455 yards for Detroit, and Ace Gutowsky also contributed to the rushing attack.
Vern Huffman passed for 382 yards. Lloyd Cardwell hauled in 9 balls for 138 yards.
Dutch Clark coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vern Huffman | 85 | 27 | 31.8 | 382 | 4.5 | 2 | 2.4 | 8 | 9.4 | 0 | 15.9 |
| Bill Shepherd | 32 | 8 | 25.0 | 167 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 18.8 | 0 | 9.2 |
| Dutch Clark | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 50 | 4.2 | 1 | 8.3 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 49.3 |
| Ernie Caddel | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Ace Gutowsky | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 41 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 62.2 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 118.8 |
| Kent Ryan | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 27 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 148 | 49 | 33.1 | 747 | 5.0 | 3 | 2.0 | 16 | 10.8 | 35 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Shepherd | 100 | 455 | 4.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Ace Gutowsky | 131 | 444 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 73 | 294 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Vern Huffman | 69 | 181 | 2.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Kent Ryan | 24 | 180 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Nardi | 20 | 109 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Klewicki | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Szakash | 20 | 55 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Caddel | 14 | 38 | 2.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Maury Patt | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Clark | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 472 | 1893 | 4.0 | 6 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Cardwell | 9 | 138 | 15.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Maury Patt | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Ryan | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Monk Moscrip | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Vanzo | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Klewicki | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Morse | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McDonald | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ace Gutowsky | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Vern Huffman | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ernie Caddel | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Szakash | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 747 | 15.2 | 25 | 3 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regis Monahan | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 14 |
| Dutch Clark | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 8 |
| Bill Shepherd | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 5 |
| Monk Moscrip | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 14 | 12 | 85.7 | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 33 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Bill Shepherd | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||
| Regis Monahan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Ace Gutowsky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Monk Moscrip | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dutch Clark | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Chuck Hanneman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Vern Huffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ernie Caddel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
