| Cleveland Rams at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 15, 1944 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 21115 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 50 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland RamsCLE | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Art Van Tone 34 pass from Frankie Sinkwich (Frankie Sinkwich kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Frankie Sinkwich 5 run (Frankie Sinkwich kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Frankie Sinkwich 18 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Albie Reisz 27 run (Walt West kick blocked) | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Steve Pritko 9 pass from Tommy Colella (Walt West kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Steve Pritko 48 pass from Albie Reisz (Walt West kick) | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||
| 38 | LOE/DE | Floyd Konetsky |
| 40 | LOT/DT | Chet Pudloski |
| 41 | LOG/DG | Les Lear |
| 39 | C/LB | Mike Scarry |
| 19 | ROG/DG | Tom Corbo |
| 42 | ROT/DT | Jake Fawcett |
| 30 | ROE/DE | Steve Pritko |
| 35 | BB/DB | John Karrs |
| 34 | TB/DB | Tommy Colella |
| 24 | HB/DB | Jim Gillette |
| 12 | FB/LB | Harvey Jones |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 84 | LOE/DE | Dave Diehl |
| 71 | LOT/DT | Ed Opalewski |
| 65 | LOG/DG | Stan Batinski |
| 50 | C/LB | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 75 | ROG/DG | Al Kaporch |
| 77 | ROT/DT | Luke Lindon |
| 82 | ROE/DE | Jack Matheson |
| 25 | BB/DB | Bill Callihan |
| 21 | TB/DB | Frankie Sinkwich |
| 11 | WB/DB | Art Van Tone |
| 86 | FB/LB | Bob Westfall |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Mike Kabealo | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Albie Reisz | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Harvey Jones | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Walt West | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Roy Huggins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 1 | |
| Art Van Tone | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||||||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Steve Pritko | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 53 | 2 |
| Jim Benton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Harvey Jones | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Westfall | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Art Van Tone | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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