| Washington Redskins at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 16, 1947 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 17003 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 36 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Kelley Mote 46 pass from Clyde LeForce (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bob Nussbaumer 22 pass from Sammy Baugh (Dick Poillon kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Elmer Madarik 3 run (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Roy Zimmerman 20 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Dudley 4 run (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Joe Watt 75 pass from Clyde LeForce (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dick Poillon 2 run (Dick Poillon kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Joe Watt 11 pass from Clyde LeForce (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Joe Duckworth 2 pass from Sammy Baugh (Dick Poillon kick) | 21 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 17 | LOE | Don Avery |
| 51 | LOT | Fred Boensch |
| 16 | LOG | John Steber |
| 53 | C | Al DeMao |
| 36 | ROG | Hank Harris |
| 19 | ROT | Jim Peebles |
| 22 | ROE | Doug Turley |
| 33 | QB | Sammy Baugh |
| 99 | LOH | Eddie Saenz |
| 41 | ROH | Dick Todd |
| 32 | FB | Sal Rosato |
| Defense | ||
| 45 | LDE | Paul McKee |
| 19 | LDT | Jim Peebles |
| 42 | MG | John Adams |
| 17 | RDT | Don Avery |
| 18 | RDE | Joe Duckworth |
| 38 | LLB | Jack Jenkins |
| 60 | MLB | Bill Gray |
| 55 | RLB | Ki Aldrich |
| 14 | LDH | Tom Farmer |
| 41 | RDH | Dick Todd |
| 25 | S | Dick Poillon |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LOE | Kelley Mote |
| 71 | LOT | Russ Thomas |
| 42 | LOG | Bill Ward |
| 67 | C | Merv Pregulman |
| 17 | ROG | Chuck DeShane |
| 82 | ROT | Mitch Olenski |
| 21 | ROE | Ted Cremer |
| 11 | QB | Clyde LeForce |
| 20 | LOH | Ted Cook |
| 15 | ROH | Joe Watt |
| 75 | FB | Bob Wiese |
| 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 |
| 15 | DB | Joe Watt |
| 75 | DB | Bob Wiese |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jim Castiglia | 12 | 51 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Jenkins | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Poillon | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Youel | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Farmer | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Eddie Saenz | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Camp Wilson | 17 | 76 | 4.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Clyde LeForce | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Margucci | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pete Kmetovic | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 1 |
| Joe Watt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sammy Baugh | 31 | 21 | 67.7 | 1 | 172 | 5.5 | 2 | 14 | 89.7 | ||
| Jim Youel | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 84 | 10.5 | 0 | 11 | 77.1 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Clyde LeForce | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 2 | 317 | 13.2 | 3 | 17 | 111.1 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Bob Nussbaumer | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 22t | 1 |
| Joe Duckworth | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 55 | 1 |
| Tom Farmer | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Jim Castiglia | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Eddie Saenz | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| George Wilde | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Jenkins | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Paul McKee | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dick Poillon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Elmer Madarik | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 26 | 0 |
| John Greene | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 75t | 2 |
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Kelley Mote | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46t | 1 |
| Pete Kmetovic | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob DeFruiter | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Ki Aldrich | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob DeFruiter | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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