| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: September 23, 1949 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 17878 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 65 F Humidty: 97% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 10 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Fears 16 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Dudley 1 run (Bill Dudley kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 31 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Groomes 7 pass from Fred Enke (Bill Dudley kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 4 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Dudley 42 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 38 pass from Fred Enke (Bill Dudley kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 19 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bob Waterfield kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 46 FG | 24 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Bob Mann |
| 82 | LOT | Cecil Souders |
| 63 | LOG | Mario DeMarco |
| 73 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 67 | ROG | Bill Ward |
| 64 | ROT | Howie Brown |
| 81 | ROE | John Greene |
| 24 | QB | Fred Enke |
| 35 | LOH | Bill Dudley |
| 11 | ROH | Cloyce Box |
| 16 | FB | Camp Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Kelley Mote |
| 76 | LDT | John Treadway |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 88 | RDE | Ollie Poole |
| 33 | LLB | John Panelli |
| 60 | MLB | Chuck DeShane |
| 53 | RLB | Bob Pifferini |
| 19 | LDH | Chick Maggioli |
| 44 | S | Don Doll |
| 18 | RDH | Wally Triplett |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 20 | LOT | Dick Huffman |
| 84 | LOG | Hal Dean |
| 23 | C | Jack Martin |
| 27 | ROG | Mike Lazetich |
| 86 | ROT | Ed Champagne |
| 60 | ROE | Bob Shaw |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 40 | LOH | Elroy Hirsch |
| 13 | ROH | Tank Younger |
| 31 | FB | Dick Hoerner |
| Defense | ||
| 46 | LDE | Frank Hubbell |
| 20 | LDT | Dick Huffman |
| 27 | MG | Mike Lazetich |
| 66 | RDT | Gil Bouley |
| 56 | RDE | Jack Zilly |
| 9 | LLB | Gerry Cowhig |
| 57 | MLB | Don Paul |
| 22 | RLB | Fred Naumetz |
| 17 | LDH | George Sims |
| 33 | S | Jerry Williams |
| 34 | RDH | Don Currivan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Cloyce Box | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Camp Wilson | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Mel Groomes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Hollar | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 15 | 71 | 4.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Dick Hoerner | 20 | 53 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Fred Enke | 37 | 18 | 48.6 | 1 | 233 | 6.3 | 2 | 30 | 75.6 | ||
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 3 | 108 | 5.7 | 1 | 11 | 34.4 | ||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 76 | 9.5 | 1 | 10 | 133.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Mann | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Cloyce Box | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 1 | |
| Mel Groomes | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Bill Dudley | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| John Greene | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Kelley Mote | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tom Fears | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Bob Shaw | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Groomes | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Gerry Cowhig | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Currivan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 6 | 253 | 42.2 | 52 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Wally Triplett | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Vitamin Smith | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bill Dudley | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 0 | ||
| Cloyce Box | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
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