| Washington Redskins at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1940 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: University of Detroit Stadium Attendance: 28909 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 49 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington Redskins | Jimmy Johnston 65 run (Bob Masterson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington Redskins | Bob McChesney 9 pass from Frank Filchock (Bo Russell kick blocked) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Paul Moore 14 pass from Cotton Price (Chuck Hanneman kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Howie Weiss 78 fumble recovery (Chuck Hanneman kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Washington Redskins | Dick Todd 51 run (Bo Russell kick) | 20 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Dick Todd | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 61 | 1 |
| WAS | Jimmy Johnston | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 66 | 1 |
| WAS | Frank Filchock | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| WAS | Bob Seymour | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| WAS | Sammy Baugh | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| WAS | Jim Meade | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| WAS | Bob Hoffman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| WAS | Wilbur Moore | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| WAS | Wayne Millner | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| DET | Whizzer White | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| DET | Howie Weiss | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| DET | Cotton Price | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 9 | |
| DET | Dwight Sloan | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Lloyd Cardwell | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| DET | Kent Ryan | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| WAS | Frank Filchock | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 3 | 45 | 5.0 | 1 | 48.2 | |||
| WAS | Sammy Baugh | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | 10.7 | |||
| DET | Cotton Price | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 127 | 6.4 | 1 | 47.3 | |||
| DET | Dwight Sloan | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 104.2 | |||
| DET | Whizzer White | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 21 | 5.3 | 21 | 0 | 9.4 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Jimmy Johnston | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| WAS | Dick Todd | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| WAS | Charley Malone | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| WAS | Jim Meade | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| WAS | Bob McChesney | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| DET | Lloyd Cardwell | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 |
| DET | Whizzer White | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Dave Diehl | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DET | Paul Moore | 1 | ||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Erny Pinckert | 1 | 26 | 32.0 | 26 | 0 |
| WAS | Dick Todd | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| WAS | Bob Hoffman | 1 | 0 | |||
| DET | Chuck Hanneman | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Lloyd Cardwell | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| WAS | Dick Todd | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 44 | 0 |
| WAS | Jim Meade | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| DET | Whizzer White | 3 | 143 | 47.7 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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