| New York Giants at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 5, 1939 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 48492 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 47 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Chuck Hanneman 34 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Phil Martinovich 37 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Tuffy Leemans 47 pass from Len Barnum (Ward Cuff kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Phil Martinovich 19 FG | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Al Owen 6 pass from Ed Danowski (Ken Strong kick) | 14 | 9 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Kent Ryan 6 pass from Dwight Sloan (kick failed) | 14 | 15 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Phil Martinovich 33 FG | 14 | 18 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LOE/LDE | Jim Poole |
| 50 | LOT/LDT | Ed Widseth |
| 2 | LOG/LDG | Johnny Dell Isola |
| 7 | C/MG | Mel Hein |
| 42 | ROG/RDG | Orville Tuttle |
| 44 | ROT/RDT | Ox Parry |
| 21 | ROE/RDE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 4 | TB/S | Tuffy Leemans |
| 10 | HB/LDH | Len Barnum |
| 14 | WB/RDH | Ward Cuff |
| 28 | FB/LB | Nello Falaschi |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 11 | LOE/LDE | Monk Moscrip |
| 16 | LOT/LDT | Jack Johnson |
| 78 | LOG/LDG | John Wiethe |
| 30 | C/MG | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 26 | ROG/RDG | Bill Feldhaus |
| 14 | ROT/RDT | Ray George |
| 12 | ROE/RDE | Chuck Hanneman |
| 36 | TB/S | Dwight Sloan |
| 22 | BB/LDH | Fred Vanzo |
| 6 | WB/RDH | Kent Ryan |
| 9 | FB/LB | Bill Shepherd |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Len Barnum | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dwight Sloan | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Shepherd | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Darrell Tully | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Jim McDonald | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Howie Weiss | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Szakash | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Vanzo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 53 | 1 |
| Jim Poole | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Dale Burnett | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Al Owen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Shepherd | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| Howie Weiss | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Jim McDonald | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Austin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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