| Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 17, 1940 Location: Philadelphia, PA Venue: Shibe Park Attendance: 6327 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Lloyd Cardwell 30 run (Chuck Hanneman kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Whizzer White 7 run (Chuck Hanneman kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Whizzer White 5 run (Chuck Hanneman kick) | 21 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 12 | LOE/DE | Chuck Hanneman |
| 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 |
| 32 | ROE/DE | Dave Diehl |
| 24 | TB/DB | Whizzer White |
| 22 | BB/DB | Fred Vanzo |
| 3 | WB/DB | Lloyd Cardwell |
| 36 | FB/LB | Dwight Sloan |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| 12 | LOE/DE | Herschel Ramsey |
| 31 | LOT/DT | Phil Ragazzo |
| 15 | LOG/DG | Clem Woltman |
| 21 | C/LB | Chuck Cherundolo |
| 35 | ROG/DG | Dick Bassi |
| 19 | ROT/DT | George Somers |
| 17 | ROE/DE | Joe Carter |
| 8 | TB/DB | Davey O'Brien |
| 45 | HB/DB | Dick Riffle |
| 11 | BB/DB | Franny Murray |
| 44 | FB/LB | Frank Emmons |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Howie Weiss | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Whizzer White | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 2 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 1 | |
| Dwight Sloan | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 0 | |
| Cotton Price | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Kent Ryan | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Dick Riffle | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Elmer Hackney | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Bukant | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Frank Emmons | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Davey O'Brien | 7 | -30 | -4.3 | 0 | |
| Foster Watkins | 4 | -32 | -8.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lloyd Cardwell | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Diehl | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Whizzer White | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Don Looney | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Carter | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Herschel Ramsey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Wendlick | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lloyd Cardwell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Whizzer White | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 0 | |
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
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