| Detroit Lions at Cleveland Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 15, 1942 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: League Park Attendance: 4029 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland RamsCLE | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Lloyd Cardwell 80 run (Augie Lio kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Len Janiak 16 pass from Parker Hall (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland RamsCLE | George Platukis 6 pass from Parker Hall (Chet Adams kick blocked) | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Dante Magnani 18 pass from Parker Hall (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Gaylon Smith 50 run (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 80 | LOE/DE | Bill Fisk |
| 73 | LOT/DT | George Speth |
| 71 | LOG/DG | Ted Pavelec |
| 51 | C/LB | Sloko Gill |
| 61 | ROG/DG | Augie Lio |
| 75 | ROT/DT | Emil Uremovich |
| 81 | ROE/DE | Joe Stringfellow |
| 25 | BB/DB | Bill Callihan |
| 40 | TB/DB | Chet Wetterlund |
| 10 | WB/DB | Lloyd Cardwell |
| 42 | FB/LB | Dom Sanzotta |
| Cleveland Rams | ||
| 30 | LOE/DE | Jim Benton |
| 34 | LOT/DT | Chet Adams |
| 11 | LOG/DG | Riley Matheson |
| 47 | C/LB | Bill Conkright |
| 45 | ROG/DG | Roy Stuart |
| 65 | ROT/DT | Joe Pasqua |
| 63 | ROE/DE | Joe Gibson |
| 55 | BB/DB | Art Elston |
| 32 | TB/DB | Parker Hall |
| 69 | WB/DB | Dante Magnani |
| 37 | FB/LB | Len Janiak |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dom Sanzotta | 17 | 87 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 80t | 1 |
| Frank Grigonis | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Chet Wetterlund | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Emil Banjavic | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Gaylon Smith | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 50t | 1 |
| Dante Magnani | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Len Janiak | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Corby Davis | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| George Morris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Parker Hall | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | |
| Bill Lazetich | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 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 | |||||
| Bill Fisk | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Larry Knorr | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Dante Magnani | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 18 | 1 |
| George Platukis | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Ben Hightower | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Len Janiak | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Jim Benton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Roy Stuart | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Riley Matheson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 115 | 57.5 | 63 | 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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