| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 12, 1944 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 13239 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 43 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh SteelersC-P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | C-P | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Art Van Tone 1 run (Frankie Sinkwich kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Frankie Sinkwich 3 run (Frankie Sinkwich kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh SteelersC-P | Bob Thurbon 1 run (Conway Baker kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Frankie Sinkwich 12 run (Frankie Sinkwich kick) | 0 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 41 | LE | Tony Bova |
| 69 | LT | Gil Duggan |
| 48 | LG | Elbie Schultz |
| 50 | C | Al Wukits |
| 39 | RG | John Perko |
| 79 | RT | Chet Bulger |
| 45 | RE | Walt Kichefski |
| 66 | TB | Johnny Grigas |
| 53 | HB | George Magulick |
| 28 | BB | Walt Rankin |
| 75 | LH | Eddie Rucinski |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 84 | LE | Dave Diehl |
| 65 | LT | Stan Batinski |
| 10 | LG | John Greene |
| 50 | C | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 75 | RG | Al Kaporch |
| 77 | RT | Luke Lindon |
| 82 | RE | Jack Matheson |
| 21 | TB | Frankie Sinkwich |
| 25 | BB | Bill Callihan |
| 11 | WB | Art Van Tone |
| 86 | FB | Bob Westfall |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Johnny Grigas | 25 | 123 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Johnny Popovich | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Thurbon | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 |
| Eddie Rucinski | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Magulick | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 2 | |
| Bob Westfall | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Lowther | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 2 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 41 | 3.4 | 0 | 9.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tony Bova | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Eddie Rucinski | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Thurbon | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 32 | 0 |
| George Magulick | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Kichefski | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Popovich | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Westfall | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Dave Diehl | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Sonny Liles | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bob Thurbon | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Keene | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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