| Brooklyn Dodgers at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 4, 1942 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 12598 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 71 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 25 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn DodgersBKN | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BKN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Merl Condit 13 run (Merl Condit kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Merl Condit 40 interception return (Dean McAdams kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Emil Banjavic 5 pass from Ned Mathews (Augie Lio kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Merl Condit 45 run (Dean McAdams kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 4 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Eddie Rucinski 20 pass from Dean McAdams (Thurmon Jones kick) | 28 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| 99 | LOE/DE | Perry Schwartz |
| 25 | LOT/DT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 27 | LOG/DG | George Kinard |
| 14 | C/LB | Tom Robertson |
| 28 | ROG/DG | Jim Sivell |
| 29 | ROT/DT | Walt Merrill |
| 28 | ROE/DE | Eddie Rucinski |
| 30 | BB/DB | Rhoten Shetley |
| 60 | TB/DB | Dean McAdams |
| 35 | HB/DB | Merl Condit |
| 9 | FB/LB | Pug Manders |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 80 | LOE/DE | Bill Fisk |
| 78 | LOT/DT | Alex Schibanoff |
| 71 | LOG/DG | Ted Pavelec |
| 52 | C/LB | Johnny Schiechl |
| 66 | ROG/DG | Bill Kennedy |
| 75 | ROT/DT | Emil Uremovich |
| 88 | ROE/DE | Larry Knorr |
| 25 | BB/DB | Bill Callihan |
| 44 | TB/DB | Harry Hopp |
| 14 | WB/DB | Johnny Hall |
| 42 | FB/LB | Dom Sanzotta |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Merl Condit | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 45 | 2 |
| Dean McAdams | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Vetter | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gerry Courtney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobbie Robertson | 6 | -2 | -0.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dom Sanzotta | 16 | 75 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
| John Polanski | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 10 | 6 | 0.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Frank Grigonis | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Eddie Rucinski | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Perry Schwartz | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bobbie Robertson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Merl Condit | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Emil Banjavic | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Johnny Hall | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Frank Grigonis | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Larry Knorr | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dom Sanzotta | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Merl Condit | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Gerry Courtney | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dom Sanzotta | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Dean McAdams | 7 | 373 | 53.3 | 64 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Emil Banjavic | 3 | 153 | 51.0 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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