| Cleveland Rams at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1945 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 18000 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland RamsCLE | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Steve Pritko 10 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Fred Gehrke 21 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Chet Bulger 9 opponents fumble recovery (Joe Kuharich kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Jim Benton 21 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Jim Poole 21 pass from Paul Christman (Joe Kuharich kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Jim Benton 36 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Eddie Rucinski 5 pass from Paul Christman (Joe Kuharich kick) | 28 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Don Greenwood 2 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 35 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||
| 38 | LE | Floyd Konetsky |
| 40 | LT | Elbie Schultz |
| 11 | LG | Riley Matheson |
| 39 | C | Mike Scarry |
| 41 | RG | Les Lear |
| 42 | RT | Gil Bouley |
| 30 | RE | Steve Pritko |
| 10 | QB | Steve Nemeth |
| 19 | LH | George Koch |
| 24 | RH | Jim Gillette |
| 66 | FB | Don Greenwood |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| 48 | LE | Jim Poole |
| 64 | LT | Gil Duggan |
| 69 | LG | Ray Apolskis |
| 21 | C | Billy Campbell |
| 17 | RG | Joe Kuharich |
| 73 | RT | Chet Bulger |
| 19 | RE | Eddie Rucinski |
| 20 | QB | Joe Vodicka |
| 50 | LH | Leo Cantor |
| 45 | RH | Frank Seno |
| 40 | FB | Walt Rankin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Jim Gillette | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 21t | 1 |
| Don Greenwood | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 |
| Tommy Colella | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| George Koch | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Walt Zirinsky | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albie Reisz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat West | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Leo Cantor | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 4 | -25 | -6.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 0 | 229 | 14.3 | 3 | 151.0 | |||
| Albie Reisz | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 | 47.9 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Paul Christman | 44 | 19 | 43.2 | 2 | 294 | 6.7 | 2 | 62.1 | |||
| Leo Cantor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Jim Benton | 4 | 128 | 32.0 | 38 | 2 |
| Steve Pritko | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Ray Hamilton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Eddie Rucinski | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 35 | 1 |
| Billy Dewell | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Leo Cantor | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 1 | ||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Leo Cantor | 4 | 129 | 32.3 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
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