| Detroit Lions at Cleveland Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 26, 1944 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: League Park Attendance: 7462 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| Cleveland RamsCLE | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Lou Zontini 1 run (Lou Zontini kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Diehl 57 pass from Frankie Sinkwich (Frankie Sinkwich kick blocked) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Jim Gillette 1 run (Lou Zontini kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Diehl 33 pass from Frankie Sinkwich (Frankie Sinkwich kick failed) | 12 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Elmer Hackney 4 run (Frankie Sinkwich kick) | 19 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Diehl 5 pass from Frankie Sinkwich (Frankie Sinkwich kick) | 26 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 84 | LOE/DE | Dave Diehl |
| 60 | LOT/DT | Joe D'Orazio |
| 10 | LOG/DG | John Greene |
| 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 |
| 45 | WB/DB | Bob Keene |
| 86 | FB/LB | Bob Westfall |
| Cleveland Rams | ||
| 38 | LOE/DE | Floyd Konetsky |
| 40 | LOT/DT | Chet Pudloski |
| 33 | LOG/DG | Riley Matheson |
| 39 | C/LB | Mike Scarry |
| 32 | ROG/DG | Bill Rieth |
| 42 | ROT/DT | Jake Fawcett |
| 30 | ROE/DE | Steve Pritko |
| 35 | BB/DB | John Karrs |
| 34 | TB/DB | Tommy Colella |
| 16 | HB/DB | Mike Kabealo |
| 12 | FB/LB | Harvey Jones |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 16 | 30 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Westfall | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 4t | 1 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Walt West | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Jim Gillette | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Lou Zontini | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 8 | 1 |
| John Karrs | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Kabealo | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Harvey Jones | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Albie Reisz | 10 | -13 | -1.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Cleveland Rams | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Diehl | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 57t | 3 |
| Jack Matheson | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Jim Benton | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Harvey Jones | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Steve Pritko | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Keene | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Harvey Jones | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
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