| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 11, 1945 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 24798 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | John Greene 24 pass from Dave Ryan (Bill Callihan kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Margarita 37 pass from Sid Luckman (Pete Gudauskas kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Ken Kavanaugh 30 pass from Sid Luckman (Pete Gudauskas kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Hugh Gallarneau 36 pass from Sid Luckman (Pete Gudauskas kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Westfall 1 run (Bill Callihan kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Wilson 10 pass from Sid Luckman (Pete Gudauskas kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | John Greene 63 pass from Cotton Price (Bill Callihan kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Andy Farkas 4 pass from Bill Callihan (Bill Callihan kick) | 28 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Westfall 2 run (Bill Callihan kick) | 35 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 10 | LOE/DE | John Greene |
| 12 | LOT/DT | Dick Mesak |
| 65 | LOG/DG | Stan Batinski |
| 22 | C/LB | Bob Nelson |
| 73 | ROG/DG | Bill Radovich |
| 81 | ROT/DT | Emil Uremovich |
| 82 | ROE/DE | Jack Matheson |
| 25 | BB/DB | Bill Callihan |
| 44 | TB/DB | Dave Ryan |
| 17 | WB/DB | Chuck DeShane |
| 34 | FB/LB | Elmer Hackney |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| 76 | LOE/DE | Rudy Smeja |
| 99 | LOT/DT | Jim Daniell |
| 82 | LOG/DG | Tom Roberts |
| 16 | C/LB | Rudy Mucha |
| 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 |
| 8 | ROH/DB | Hugh Gallarneau |
| 3 | FB/LB | Jim Fordham |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Westfall | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 6 | 2 |
| Andy Farkas | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Callihan | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Dave Ryan | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Booth | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Margarita | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 13 | 17 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Tipp Mooney | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Fordham | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 7 | -19 | -2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Greene | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 63t | 2 |
| Andy Farkas | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Dick Booth | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ed Frutig | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| George Wilson | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 18 | 1 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 30t | 1 |
| Bob Margarita | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 37t | 1 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Bob Swisher | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Margarita | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Al Grygo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Gudauskas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Swisher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
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