| Detroit Lions at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 23, 1945 Location: West Allis, WI |
| Venue: Wisconsin State Fair Park Attendance: 5461 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Chuck Fenenbock 35 opponents fumble recovery (Bill Callihan kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Ryan 35 FG | 10 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 10 | LE | John Greene |
| 71 | LT | Mike Kostiuk |
| 65 | LG | Stan Batinski |
| 50 | C | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 75 | RG | Al Kaporch |
| 77 | RT | Luke Lindon |
| 82 | RE | Jack Matheson |
| 48 | TB | Chuck Fenenbock |
| 25 | BB | Bill Callihan |
| 11 | WB | Art Van Tone |
| 86 | FB | Bob Westfall |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| 19 | LE | Eddie Rucinski |
| 64 | LT | Gil Duggan |
| 22 | LG | Conway Baker |
| 43 | C | Marshall Robnett |
| 45 | RG | Mitch Ucovich |
| 73 | RT | Chet Bulger |
| 29 | RE | Joe Carter |
| 24 | QB | Paul Collins |
| 33 | LH | Johnny Knolla |
| 49 | RH | Bill Reynolds |
| 39 | FB | Al Drulis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Westfall | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Dave Ryan | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Andy Farkas | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 12 | 7 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Art Van Tone | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Keene | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Leo Cantor | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Collins | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| Bill Reynolds | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Knolla | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Vince Oliver | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Walt Watt | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 1 | 88 | 5.9 | 0 | 26.5 | |||
| Dave Ryan | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 | 5.6 | ||
| Cotton Price | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Bill Callihan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Paul Collins | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 2 | 35 | 2.7 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Leo Cantor | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 22 | 4.4 | 22 | 0 | 5.8 | ||
| Johnny Knolla | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Vince Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Matheson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 |
| John Greene | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Leo Cantor | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Walt Watt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Carter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Leo Cantor | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Joe Krol | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Carol Blackwell | 8 | 324 | 40.5 | 52 | 0 |
| Johnny Knolla | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
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