| Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 8, 1942 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 16679 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 51 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Elmer Hackney 1 run (Augie Lio kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Curt Sandig 8 run (Armand Niccolai kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Tom Brown 9 lateral from Walt Kichefski 15 pass from Bill Dudley (Jack Sanders kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bill Dudley 37 run (Jack Sanders kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dick Riffle 1 run (Jack Sanders kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Lamas 29 fumble recovery (George Somers kick) | 35 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 31/41 | LE | Tony Bova |
| 48 | LT | Elbie Schultz |
| 44 | LG | Jack Sanders |
| 42/21 | C | Chuck Cherundolo |
| 55 | RG | Milt Simington |
| 36 | RT | John Woudenberg |
| 45 | RE | Walt Kichefski |
| 35 | TB | Bill Dudley |
| 15 | BB | Vern Martin |
| 11 | HB | Curt Sandig |
| 12 | FB | Dick Riffle |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 80 | LE | Bill Fisk |
| 73 | LT | George Speth |
| 66 | LG | Bill Kennedy |
| 52 | C | Johnny Schiechl |
| 61 | RG | Augie Lio |
| 75 | RT | Emil Uremovich |
| 81 | RE | Joe Stringfellow |
| 40 | TB | Chet Wetterlund |
| 25 | BB | Bill Callihan |
| 12 | WB | Ned Mathews |
| 34 | FB | Elmer Hackney |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Andy Tomasic | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 37t | 1 |
| Dick Riffle | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 11 | 1 |
| Curt Sandig | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 12 | 1 |
| George Gonda | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Hoague | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Elmer Hackney | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 78 | 1 |
| Frank Grigonis | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Harry Seltzer | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chet Wetterlund | 4 | -9 | -2.3 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bill Dudley | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 40 | 5.7 | 0 | 61.6 | |||
| Andy Tomasic | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Curt Sandig | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 60.4 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chet Wetterlund | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Tommy Colella | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 76.6 | |||
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 | 50 | 0 | 95.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Walt Kichefski | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Curt Sandig | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Brown | 1 | ||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lloyd Cardwell | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Bill Fisk | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Curt Sandig | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Andy Tomasic | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Augie Lio | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Curt Sandig | 5 | 177 | 35.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Andy Tomasic | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 58 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chet Wetterlund | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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