| Boston Yanks at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 28, 1946 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 13010 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 33 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston YanksBOS | 7 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 34 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston YanksBOS | Bob Davis 21 pass from Paul Governali (Nick Scollard kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Westfall 2 run (Jack Helms kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Boston YanksBOS | Gary Famiglietti 1 run (Nick Scollard kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jack Helms 25 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Boston YanksBOS | Don Currivan 24 pass from Paul Governali (Nick Scollard kick blocked) | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Boston YanksBOS | Hal Crisler 3 pass from Paul Governali (Nick Scollard kick) | 27 | 10 |
| 4 | Boston YanksBOS | Abe Karnofsky 35 run (Nick Scollard kick) | 34 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 23 | LOE | Sam Goldman |
| 44 | LOT | Tom Dean |
| 35 | LOG | Johnny Badaczewski |
| 45 | LOG | Rocco Canale |
| 32 | C | Joe Domnanovich |
| 47 | ROT | Ralph Calcagni |
| 24 | ROE | Hal Crisler |
| 4 | QB | Paul Governali |
| 10 | LOH | Bob Davis |
| 11 | ROH | Jim Gillette |
| 15 | FB | Johnny Grigas |
| Defense | ||
| 24 | DE | Hal Crisler |
| 23 | DE | Sam Goldman |
| 47 | DT | Ralph Calcagni |
| 44 | DT | Tom Dean |
| 45 | DG | Rocco Canale |
| 33 | DG | Joe Zeno |
| 32 | LB | Joe Domnanovich |
| 15 | LB | Johnny Grigas |
| 10 | DB | Bob Davis |
| 11 | DB | Jim Gillette |
| 14 | DB | Mike Micka |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 21 | LOE | Ted Cremer |
| 71 | LOT | Russ Thomas |
| 65 | LOG | Stan Batinski |
| 83 | C | Frank Szymanski |
| 6 | ROG | Damon Tassos |
| 46 | ROT | Leon Fichman |
| 82 | ROE | Jack Matheson |
| 84 | BB | Bob Cifers |
| 18 | WB | Dom Sanzotta |
| 88 | FB | Jim Callahan |
| 44 | TB | Dave Ryan |
| Defense | ||
| 11 | DE | Ed Frutig |
| 82 | DE | Jack Matheson |
| 46 | DT | Leon Fichman |
| 81 | DT | Emil Uremovich |
| 6 | DG | Damon Tassos |
| 33 | DG | Walt Vezmar |
| 44 | LB | Dave Ryan |
| 83 | LB | Frank Szymanski |
| 88 | DB | Jim Callahan |
| 17 | DB | Chuck DeShane |
| 30 | DB | Gene Spangler |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Howie Maley | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Johnny Grigas | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 1 |
| Paul Governali | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dom Sanzotta | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Dave Ryan | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Westfall | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 |
| Camp Wilson | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Callahan | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||||||||
| Paul Governali | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 1 | 282 | 10.4 | 3 | 113.5 | |||
| Howie Maley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Dave Ryan | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 2 | 129 | 5.6 | 0 | 25.4 | |||
| Bob Cifers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Hal Crisler | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Don Currivan | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 57 | 1 |
| Bob Davis | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 37 | 1 |
| Howie Maley | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Westfall | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Ted Cremer | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Ryan | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Howie Maley | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 47 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Cifers | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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