| Philadelphia Eagles at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1945 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 22580 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 46 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Westfall 31 pass from Chuck Fenenbock (Bill Callihan kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Steve Van Buren 69 run (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Roy Zimmerman 48 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jack Matheson 10 blocked punt recovery (Bill Callihan kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Steve Van Buren 26 run (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Westfall 14 pass from Chuck Fenenbock (Bill Callihan kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | John Greene 4 pass from Cotton Price (Bill Callihan kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Jack Ferrante 4 pass from Roy Zimmerman (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 24 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| 83 | LE | Jack Ferrante |
| 79 | LT | Vic Sears |
| 60 | LG | Eddie Michaels |
| 50 | C | Bap Manzini |
| 63 | RG | Bruno Banducci |
| 70 | RT | Al Wistert |
| 81 | RE | Don McDonald |
| 7 | QB | Roy Zimmerman |
| 40 | HB | Abe Karnofsky |
| 15 | LH | Steve Van Buren |
| 44 | FB | Ben Kish |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 10 | LE | John Greene |
| 71 | LT | Mike Kostiuk |
| 65 | LG | Stan Batinski |
| 50 | C | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 75 | RG | Al Kaporch |
| 81 | RT | Emil Uremovich |
| 82 | RE | Jack Matheson |
| 42 | TB | Andy Farkas |
| 25 | BB | Bill Callihan |
| 33 | WB | Jim Thomason |
| 86 | FB | Bob Westfall |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Steve Van Buren | 10 | 93 | 9.3 | 69t | 2 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Erdlitz | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Ben Kish | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Mel Bleeker | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Allie Sherman | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 4 | -18 | -4.5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Westfall | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Andy Farkas | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 7 | -11 | -1.6 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Roy Zimmerman | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 3 | 106 | 8.2 | 1 | 67.0 | |||
| Allie Sherman | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | -6 | -2.0 | -6 | 0 | 2.8 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 17 | 4 | 23.5 | 1 | 87 | 5.1 | 2 | 63.1 | |||
| Cotton Price | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 38 | 5.4 | 1 | 60.4 | |||
| Bill Callihan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Abe Karnofsky | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Jack Ferrante | 1 | ||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Westfall | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 31t | 2 |
| John Greene | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Andy Farkas | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Diehl | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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