| Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1947 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 34681 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 84 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Dudley 24 pass from Roy Zimmerman (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Val Jansante 15 pass from Walt Slater (Joe Glamp kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Roy Zimmerman 18 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Repko 48 opponents fumble recovery (Joe Glamp kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Glamp 35 FG | 10 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 11 | DB | Clyde LeForce |
| Offense | ||
| 10 | LOE | John Greene |
| 71 | LOT | Russ Thomas |
| 65 | LOG | Stan Batinski |
| 83 | C | Frank Szymanski |
| 17 | ROG | Chuck DeShane |
| 50 | ROT | Jack Dugger |
| 21 | ROE | Ted Cremer |
| 6 | QB | Roy Zimmerman |
| 35 | LOH | Bill Dudley |
| 40 | ROH | Elmer Madarik |
| 85 | FB | Bob Westfall |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Kelley Mote |
| 71 | LDT | Russ Thomas |
| 17 | MG | Chuck DeShane |
| 50 | RDT | Jack Dugger |
| 55 | RDE | Cecil Souders |
| 67 | LB | Merv Pregulman |
| 12 | LB | Dick Stovall |
| 20 | DB | Ted Cook |
| 35 | DB | Bill Dudley |
| 11 | DB | Clyde LeForce |
| 75 | DB | Bob Wiese |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Val Jansante |
| 75 | LOT | Jack Wiley |
| 72 | LOG | Bill Moore |
| 21 | C | Chuck Cherundolo |
| 65 | ROG | John Mastrangelo |
| 79 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 28 | ROE | Bob Davis |
| 33 | BB | Charley Seabright |
| 31 | TB | Walt Slater |
| 17 | WB | Joe Glamp |
| 37 | FB | Steve Lach |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Charley Mehelich |
| 75 | LDT | Jack Wiley |
| 72 | MG | Bill Moore |
| 79 | RDT | Frank Wydo |
| 28 | RDE | Bob Davis |
| 25 | LLB | Al Drulis |
| 33 | MLB | Charley Seabright |
| 21 | RLB | Chuck Cherundolo |
| 42 | LDH | Paul White |
| 44 | RDH | Tony Compagno |
| 31 | S | Walt Slater |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Camp Wilson | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Wiese | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Johnny Clement | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Walt Slater | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Sullivan | 11 | 17 | 1.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Lach | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Roy Zimmerman | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 115 | 8.2 | 1 | 5 | 72.0 | ||
| Clyde LeForce | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 50 | 7.1 | 0 | 5 | 28.0 | ||
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Walt Slater | 21 | 6 | 28.6 | 3 | 71 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 | 65.2 | ||
| Johnny Clement | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 81 | 9.0 | 0 | 19 | 76.6 | ||
| Bob Sullivan | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 42 | 8.4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 30.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 24t | 1 |
| Cecil Souders | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 34 | 0 |
| John Greene | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Joe Margucci | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Val Jansante | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 20 | 1 |
| Steve Lach | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Sullivan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Wiese | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Merv Pregulman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Stovall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bob Cifers | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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