| Cleveland Rams at Chicago Bears |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 21, 1945 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 28273 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland RamsCLE | 6 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Don Greenwood 11 run (Bob Waterfield kick blocked) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Tommy Colella 3 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Fred Gehrke 10 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 20 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Margarita 1 run (Pete Gudauskas kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Margarita 42 pass from Sid Luckman (Pete Gudauskas kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Hugh Gallarneau 2 run (Pete Gudauskas kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Don Greenwood 8 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 27 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Jim Benton 21 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 34 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Tommy Colella 18 pass from Albie Reisz (Bob Waterfield kick) | 41 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||
| 49 | LOE/DE | Jim Benton |
| 40 | LOT/DT | Elbie Schultz |
| 31 | LOG/DG | Art Mergenthal |
| 39 | C/LB | Mike Scarry |
| 27 | ROG/DG | Mike Lazetich |
| 42 | ROT/DT | Gil Bouley |
| 30 | ROE/DE | Steve Pritko |
| 10 | QB/DB | Steve Nemeth |
| 34 | LOH/DB | Tommy Colella |
| 24 | ROH/DB | Jim Gillette |
| 66 | FB/LB | Don Greenwood |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| 76 | LOE/DE | Rudy Smeja |
| 46 | LOT/DT | Al Babartsky |
| 15 | LOG/DG | Forrest Masterson |
| 66 | C/LB | Johnny Schiechl |
| 17 | ROG/DG | Pete Gudauskas |
| 1 | ROT/DT | Lee Artoe |
| 36 | ROE/DE | Jack Morton |
| 6 | QB/DB | Gene Ronzani |
| 44 | LOH/DB | Bob Margarita |
| 32 | ROH/DB | Al Grygo |
| 25 | FB/LB | Jackie Hunt |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Don Greenwood | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 11t | 2 |
| Tommy Colella | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Gillette | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Margarita | 19 | 91 | 4.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Edgar Jones | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Al Grygo | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tipp Mooney | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jackie Hunt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||||||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Jim Benton | 7 | 151 | 21.6 | 41 | 1 |
| Tommy Colella | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 18t | 1 |
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Red Hickey | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Steve Pritko | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Margarita | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 42t | 1 |
| Ray McLean | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| George Wilson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Grygo | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Harvey Jones | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jackie Hunt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
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