| New York Bulldogs at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: November 27, 1949 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 38052 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 60 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York BulldogsNYB | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYB | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | RDH | Ed Smith | ||
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Fred Gehrke 16 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Vitamin Smith 23 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New York BulldogsNYB | Ralph Heywood 21 pass from Bobby Layne (Nick Scollard kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Fears 30 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | New York BulldogsNYB | Bobby Layne 1 run (Nick Scollard kick failed) | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Fears 31 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Fears 15 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | New York BulldogsNYB | Nick Scollard 5 pass from John Rauch (Nick Scollard kick) | 20 | 35 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Don Currivan 40 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bob Waterfield kick) | 20 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | ||
| 18 | S | John Rauch |
| Offense | ||
| 38 | LOE | Bill Chipley |
| 44 | LOT | John Nolan |
| 36 | LOG | Fritz Barzilauskas |
| 34 | C | Joe Domnanovich |
| 70 | ROG | John Weaver |
| 51 | ROT | Carroll Vogelaar |
| 83 | ROE | Ralph Heywood |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 15 | LOH | Paul Shoults |
| 10 | ROH | Joe Golding |
| 80 | FB | Joe Osmanski |
| Defense | ||
| 8 | LDE | Sam Tamburo |
| 20 | LDT | Frank Gaul |
| 84 | MG | Stan Batinski |
| 64 | RDT | Tom Blake |
| 27 | RDE | Nick Scollard |
| 26 | LB | Larry Olsonoski |
| 61 | LB | Merv Pregulman |
| 34 | MLB | Joe Domnanovich |
| 4 | LDH | Jim Canady |
| 18 | S | John Rauch |
| 11 | RDH | Ed Smith |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 20 | LOT | Dick Huffman |
| 84 | LOG | Hal Dean |
| 23 | C | Jack Martin |
| 54 | ROG | Ray Yagiello |
| 66 | ROT | Gil Bouley |
| 60 | ROE | Bob Shaw |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 18 | LOH | Fred Gehrke |
| 13 | ROH | Tank Younger |
| 31 | FB | Dick Hoerner |
| Defense | ||
| 46 | LDE | Frank Hubbell |
| 20 | LDT | Dick Huffman |
| 86 | MG | Ed Champagne |
| 79 | RDT | Bill Smyth |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Paul Shoults | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 15 | 37 | 2.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Joe Golding | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Wade | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Ed Smith | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| John Rauch | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gerry Cowhig | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 1 | 128 | 8.5 | 1 | 7 | 76.5 | ||
| John Rauch | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 93 | 11.6 | 1 | 0 | 142.2 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 0 | 267 | 11.1 | 5 | 0 | 140.1 | ||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 79 | 19.8 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | ||
| Bobby Thomason | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Ralph Heywood | 6 | 161 | 26.8 | 1 | |
| Joe Osmanski | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Wade | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Chipley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nick Scollard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tom Fears | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 31t | 3 |
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 30 | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jack Zilly | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Don Currivan | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Bob Shaw | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Gerry Cowhig | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | ||||||
| Tom Blake | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Nick Scollard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Paul Shoults | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Golding | 0 | 1 | 1L | 0 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | ||||||
| Paul Shoults | 6 | 144 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Chipley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Vitamin Smith | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | ||
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