| Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 12, 1947 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 42955 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 72 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 13 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | LLB | Gerry Cowhig | ||
| 18 | LDH | Fred Gehrke | ||
| 36 | MLB | Pat West | ||
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Harmon 14 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jim Benton 26 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick failed) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Dudley 33 pass from Clyde LeForce (Roy Zimmerman kick failed) | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Red Hickey 27 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 20 | 6 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Pete Kmetovic 53 pass from Roy Zimmerman (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 20 | 13 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Harmon 32 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 27 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Ray Hamilton |
| 20 | LOT | Dick Huffman |
| 11 | LOG | Riley Matheson |
| 22 | C | Fred Naumetz |
| 43 | ROG | Roger Eason |
| 79 | ROT | Bill Smyth |
| 42 | ROE | Jack Zilly |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 34 | LOH | Mel Bleeker |
| 33 | ROH | Jack Banta |
| 36 | FB | Pat West |
| Defense | ||
| 46 | LDE | Frank Hubbell |
| 40 | LDT | Elbie Schultz |
| 11 | MG | Riley Matheson |
| 66 | RDT | Gil Bouley |
| 44 | RDE | Ray Hamilton |
| 9 | LLB | Gerry Cowhig |
| 36 | MLB | Pat West |
| 58 | RLB | Jack Finlay |
| 18 | LDH | Fred Gehrke |
| 7 | RDH | Bob Waterfield |
| 98 | S | Tom Harmon |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | LOE | Ted Cook |
| 71 | LOT | Russ Thomas |
| 65 | LOG | Stan Batinski |
| 67 | C | Merv Pregulman |
| 73 | ROG | Elmer Jones |
| 82 | ROT | Mitch Olenski |
| 21 | ROE | Ted Cremer |
| 6 | QB | Roy Zimmerman |
| 35 | LOH | Bill Dudley |
| 81 | ROH | Joe Margucci |
| 85 | FB | Bob Westfall |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Kelley Mote |
| 71 | LDT | Russ Thomas |
| 51 | MG | Les Lear |
| 50 | RDT | Jack Dugger |
| 55 | RDE | Cecil Souders |
| 67 | LB | Merv Pregulman |
| 12 | LB | Dick Stovall |
| 20 | DB | Ted Cook |
| 39 | DB | Bob DeFruiter |
| 35 | DB | Bill Dudley |
| 75 | DB | Bob Wiese |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dick Hoerner | 15 | 66 | 4.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Harmon | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 32t | 1 |
| Dante Magnani | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Kenny Washington | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Gerry Cowhig | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mel Bleeker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pat West | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Margucci | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Camp Wilson | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kenny Reese | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 3 | 110 | 6.9 | 3 | 17 | 72.4 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Clyde LeForce | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 1 | 163 | 7.8 | 1 | 47 | 82.0 | ||
| Roy Zimmerman | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 2 | 122 | 8.1 | 1 | 25 | 46.4 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Red Hickey | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 27t | 1 |
| Jim Benton | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 26t | 1 |
| Tom Harmon | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Jack Banta | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Greene | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 45 | 1 |
| Ralph Heywood | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Kelley Mote | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Camp Wilson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Pete Kmetovic | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53t | 1 |
| Cecil Souders | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob DeFruiter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tom Harmon | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob DeFruiter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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