| Chicago Bears at Cleveland Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 8, 1944 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: League Park Attendance: 15750 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland RamsCLE | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Lou Zontini 39 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Abe Croft 67 pass from Gene Ronzani (Pete Gudauskas kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Lou Zontini 6 run (Walt West kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Jim Benton 23 fumble recovery (Walt West kick failed) | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Tommy Colella 20 FG | 7 | 19 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| 23 | LOE/DE | Connie Mack Berry |
| 19 | LOT/DT | Dom Sigillo |
| 17 | LOG/DG | Pete Gudauskas |
| 20 | C/LB | Fred Mundee |
| 14 | ROG/DG | George Zorich |
| 26 | ROT/DT | Al Hoptowit |
| 30 | ROE/DE | George Wilson |
| 6 | QB/DB | Gene Ronzani |
| 44 | LOH/DB | Bob Margarita |
| 29 | ROH/DB | Doug McEnulty |
| 3 | FB/LB | Jim Fordham |
| Cleveland Rams | ||
| 38 | LOE/DE | Floyd Konetsky |
| 40 | LOT/DT | Chet Pudloski |
| 33 | LOG/DG | Riley Matheson |
| 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 |
| 16 | HB/DB | Mike Kabealo |
| 12 | FB/LB | Harvey Jones |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Margarita | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Long | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Gary Famiglietti | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Fordham | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gene Ronzani | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Tipp Mooney | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Glenn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Jim Gillette | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Albie Reisz | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Walt West | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Kabealo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Lou Zontini | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6t | 1 |
| Harvey Jones | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Roy Huggins | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Bernard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Karrs | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Cleveland Rams | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Margarita | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Abe Croft | 1 | 67 | 67.0 | 67t | 1 |
| Rudy Smeja | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| George Wilson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Steve Pritko | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Lou Zontini | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Jim Benton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Harvey Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Roy Huggins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Harvey Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Riley Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
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