| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: September 22, 1948 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 12941 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 63 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 44 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | RDH | Mel Groomes | ||
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Hoffman 2 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Hoffman 1 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Fred Gehrke run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Joe Margucci 32 pass from Fred Enke (Merv Pregulman kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 14 FG | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Red Hickey 16 pass from Jim Hardy (Bob Waterfield kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Fears 4 pass from Jim Hardy (Bob Waterfield kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Fears 35 interception return (Bob Waterfield kick failed) | 7 | 44 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Kelley Mote |
| 71 | LOT | Russ Thomas |
| 64 | LOG | Howie Brown |
| 57 | C | Merv Pregulman |
| 67 | ROG | Bill Ward |
| 76 | ROT | Paul Briggs |
| 87 | ROE | Bob Mann |
| 24 | QB | Fred Enke |
| 44/35 | LOH | Bill Dudley |
| 15 | ROH | Joe Margucci |
| 33 | FB | Steve Sucic |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ivan Schottel |
| 71 | LDT | Russ Thomas |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 74 | RDT | Jack Dugger |
| 82 | RDE | Cecil Souders |
| 60 | LB | Chuck DeShane |
| 57 | LB | Merv Pregulman |
| 66 | MLB | Dick Stovall |
| 44/35 | LDH | Bill Dudley |
| 17 | RDH | Mel Groomes |
| 14 | S | Joe Watt |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 20 | LOT | Dick Huffman |
| 77 | LOG | Bob David |
| 23 | C | Jack Martin |
| 43 | ROG | Roger Eason |
| 66 | ROT | Gil Bouley |
| 79 | ROE | Bill Smyth |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 18 | LOH | Fred Gehrke |
| 33 | ROH | Jack Banta |
| 9 | FB | Gerry Cowhig |
| Defense | ||
| 46 | LDE | Frank Hubbell |
| 20 | LDT | Dick Huffman |
| 43 | MG | Roger Eason |
| 66 | RDT | Gil Bouley |
| 79 | RDE | Bill Smyth |
| 31 | LB | Dick Hoerner |
| 22 | LB | Fred Naumetz |
| 55 | DB | Tom Fears |
| 12 | DB | Les Horvath |
| 13 | DB | Kenny Washington |
| 7 | DB | Bob Waterfield |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Fred Enke | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Sucic | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Camp Wilson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Mel Groomes | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Margucci | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Fred Gehrke | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 24 | 1 |
| Dick Hoerner | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Kenny Washington | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Les Horvath | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 |
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Pat West | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Fred Enke | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 3 | 148 | 5.7 | 1 | 25 | 34.3 | ||
| Clyde LeForce | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 85.4 | |
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 1 | 94 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 | ||
| Jim Hardy | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 97 | 8.8 | 2 | 0 | 78.4 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Joe Margucci | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 32t | 1 |
| Ralph Heywood | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Kelley Mote | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bob Mann | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 28 | 1 |
| Jack Zilly | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Smyth | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Larry Brink | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Red Hickey | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Joe Watt | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tom Fears | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 1 | |
| Fred Naumetz | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Les Horvath | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Joe Margucci | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Mann | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jack Banta | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoffman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
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