| Detroit Lions at Cleveland Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 3, 1940 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 18881 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland RamsCLE | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Johnny Drake 2 run (Chet Adams kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Jim Benton 9 pass from Johnny Drake (Vic Spadaccini kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Marty Slovak 3 run (Johnny Drake kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Chet Adams 29 FG | 0 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 57 | LOE/DE | Glenn Morris |
| 16 | LOT/DT | Jack Johnson |
| 48 | LOG/DG | John Wiethe |
| 42 | C/LB | Tony Calvelli |
| 28 | ROG/DG | Bill Feldhaus |
| 33 | ROT/DT | Harry Smith |
| 12 | ROE/DE | Chuck Hanneman |
| 34 | TB/DB | Bill Callihan |
| 37 | BB/DB | Cotton Price |
| 3 | WB/DB | Lloyd Cardwell |
| 6 | FB/LB | Kent Ryan |
| Cleveland Rams | ||
| 34 | LOE/DE | Chet Adams |
| 39 | LOT/DT | Stan Andersen |
| 30 | LOG/DG | Barney McGarry |
| 15 | C/LB | Johnny Haman |
| 31 | ROG/DG | Ted Livingston |
| 21 | ROT/DT | Boyd Clay |
| 19 | ROE/DE | Paul McDonough |
| 10 | WB/DB | Gaylon Smith |
| 5 | TB/DB | Marty Slovak |
| 1 | HB/DB | Olie Cordill |
| 38 | FB/LB | Len Janiak |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Whizzer White | 14 | 67 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Dwight Sloan | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Cotton Price | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Howie Weiss | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Moore | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Johnny Drake | 17 | 75 | 4.4 | 1 | |
| Marty Slovak | 16 | 51 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Len Janiak | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Parker Hall | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Olie Cordill | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maury Patt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Cleveland Rams | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Diehl | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Howie Weiss | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Kent Ryan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Paul McDonough | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Benton | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Olie Cordill | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Len Janiak | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Drake | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Kent Ryan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Dante Magnani | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Marty Slovak | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Hank Rockwell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Whizzer White | 3 | 144 | 48.0 | 0 | |
| Kent Ryan | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
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