1943 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-6-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Gus Dorais (3-6-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1943 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 3-6-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Gus Dorais (3-6-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1943 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1943 season with a record of 3 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions netted 178 points, but the defense conceded 218. Frankie Sinkwich threw for 699 yards. Harry Hopp hauled in 17 balls for 229 yards.
Frankie Sinkwich rushed for a team-leading 266 yards for Detroit.
Ned Mathews picked off 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Sinkwich | 126 | 50 | 39.7 | 699 | 5.5 | 7 | 5.6 | 20 | 15.9 | 67 | 37.2 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 58 | 20 | 34.5 | 338 | 5.8 | 3 | 5.2 | 9 | 15.5 | 72 | 32.8 |
| Tom Colella | 31 | 11 | 35.5 | 103 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12.9 | 21 | 5.9 |
| Ned Mathews | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 76 | 6.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 84.0 |
| Harry Hopp | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 60 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 85.4 |
| Murray Evans | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Art Van Tone | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 7 | 2.8 |
| Bill Callihan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -1 | 42.4 |
| Totals | 248 | 93 | 37.5 | 1290 | 5.2 | 11 | 4.4 | 37 | 14.9 | 72 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Sinkwich | 93 | 266 | 2.9 | 17 | 1 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 46 | 180 | 3.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 38 | 124 | 3.3 | 42 | 1 |
| Harry Hopp | 56 | 99 | 1.8 | 16 | 3 |
| Elmer Hackney | 27 | 87 | 3.2 | 16 | 2 |
| Tom Colella | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 6 | 1 |
| Mike Corgan | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Murray Evans | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Hightower | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 294 | 817 | 2.8 | 42 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hopp | 17 | 229 | 13.5 | 67 | 3 |
| Jack Matheson | 13 | 156 | 12.0 | 46 | 1 |
| Bill Fisk | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Ben Hightower | 10 | 172 | 17.2 | 46 | 1 |
| Ned Mathews | 9 | 193 | 21.4 | 36 | 1 |
| Bill Callihan | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 40 | 3 |
| Art Van Tone | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 72 | 1 |
| Elmer Hackney | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 33 | 1 |
| Murray Evans | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Corgan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bert Kuczynski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Colella | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 93 | 1290 | 13.9 | 72 | 11 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augie Lio | 23 | 21 | 91.3 | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 27 |
| Sam Busich | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 24 | 22 | 91.7 | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | 28 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hopp | 42 | 1643 | 39.1 | 60 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 12 | 551 | 45.9 | 64 |
| Tom Colella | 7 | 315 | 45.0 | 55 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 56 |
| Totals | 65 | 2693 | 41.4 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Sinkwich | 11 | 228 | 20.7 | 77 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Ned Mathews | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Colella | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 436 | 13.6 | 77 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Mathews | 7 | 246 | 35.1 | 98 | 1 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 11 | 224 | 20.4 | 37 | 0 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gerry Conlee | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Fisk | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 815 | 22.6 | 98 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Mathews | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Art Van Tone | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 1 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ben Hightower | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gerry Conlee | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Kaporch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Augie Lio | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 304 | 16.0 | 63 | 2 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Harry Hopp | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Augie Lio | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
| Bill Callihan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Elmer Hackney | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ben Hightower | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Art Van Tone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Sam Busich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 |
