| Detroit Lions at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 20, 1949 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 14661 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 60 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 17 pass from Frank Tripucka (Bill Dudley kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Gene Roberts 1 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Mann 41 pass from Frank Tripucka (Bill Dudley kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Dudley 24 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Coates 12 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Emlen Tunnell 55 interception return (Ben Agajanian kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Camp Wilson 8 run (Bill Dudley kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Dudley 1 run (Bill Dudley kick) | 31 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Chick Maggioli 7 opponents fumble recovery (Bill Dudley kick) | 38 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | John Greene 6 pass from Frank Tripucka (Bill Dudley kick) | 45 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Bob Mann |
| 70 | LOT | George Hekkers |
| 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 |
| 40 | ROH | Bob Smith |
| 16 | FB | Camp Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Kelley Mote |
| 71 | LDT | Russ Thomas |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 86 | RDE | Al Russas |
| 33 | LLB | John Panelli |
| 60 | MLB | Chuck DeShane |
| 53 | RLB | Bob Pifferini |
| 19 | LDH | Chick Maggioli |
| 44 | S | Don Doll |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LOE | Bill Swiacki |
| 77 | LOT | Jim White |
| 62 | LOG | Carl Butkus |
| 79 | C | Tex Coulter |
| 61 | ROG | Ed Royston |
| 78 | ROT | Al DeRogatis |
| 82 | ROE | Ray Poole |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 49 | LOH | Ray Coates |
| 35 | ROH | Gene Roberts |
| 12 | FB | Bob Greenhalgh |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Dick Duden |
| 77 | LDT | Jim White |
| 62 | MG | Carl Butkus |
| 78 | RDT | Al DeRogatis |
| 82 | RDE | Ray Poole |
| 74 | LLB | Don Ettinger |
| 52 | MLB | John Cannady |
| 76 | RLB | Jon Baker |
| 49 | LDH | Ray Coates |
| 20 | RDH | Noah Mullins |
| 45 | S | Emlen Tunnell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Camp Wilson | 17 | 55 | 3.2 | 8t | 1 |
| Bill Dudley | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Fred Enke | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Wally Triplett | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Greenhalgh | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Gene Roberts | 12 | 15 | 1.2 | 5 | 1 |
| Ray Coates | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Salscheider | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 4 | 150 | 6.8 | 3 | 0 | 76.0 | ||
| Fred Enke | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 1 | 99 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 46.6 | ||
| Clyde LeForce | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 12 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 3 | 194 | 7.8 | 1 | 31 | 61.5 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Mann | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 1 | |
| John Greene | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Cloyce Box | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Fred Enke | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ray Coates | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 50 | 1 |
| Bill Swiacki | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Gene Roberts | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Ray Poole | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Salscheider | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Pifferini | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 36 | 1 |
| Noah Mullins | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Clete Fischer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Mallouf | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Ray Coates | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bob Smith | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | ||
| Don Doll | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Salscheider | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Gene Roberts | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Ed Kolman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Clete Fischer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
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