| Detroit Lions at Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 5, 1944 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 17743 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh SteelersC-P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | C-P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Art Van Tone 19 pass from Bob Westfall (Frankie Sinkwich kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Westfall 13 pass from Frankie Sinkwich (Frankie Sinkwich kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Frankie Sinkwich 5 run (Frankie Sinkwich kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Art Van Tone 10 pass from Frankie Sinkwich (Frankie Sinkwich kick blocked) | 27 | 0 |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh SteelersC-P | Tony Bova 8 pass from Johnny Grigas (Conway Baker kick failed) | 27 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 84 | LOE/DE | Dave Diehl |
| 65 | LOT/DT | Stan Batinski |
| 10 | LOG/DG | John Greene |
| 50 | C/LB | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 75 | ROG/DG | Al Kaporch |
| 77 | ROT/DT | Luke Lindon |
| 82 | ROE/DE | Jack Matheson |
| 25 | BB/DB | Bill Callihan |
| 21 | TB/DB | Frankie Sinkwich |
| 11 | WB/DB | Art Van Tone |
| 86 | FB/LB | Bob Westfall |
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 41 | LOE/DE | Tony Bova |
| 69 | LOT/DT | Gil Duggan |
| 48 | LOG/DG | Elbie Schultz |
| 50 | C/LB | Al Wukits |
| 39 | ROG/DG | John Perko |
| 29 | ROT/DT | Ted Doyle |
| 45 | ROE/DE | Walt Kichefski |
| 28 | BB/DB | Walt Rankin |
| 75 | LOH/DB | Eddie Rucinski |
| 39 | HB/DB | Bob Thurbon |
| 66 | TB/LB | Johnny Grigas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Elmer Hackney | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Lowther | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Johnny Grigas | 30 | 117 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| George Magulick | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Eddie Rucinski | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Thurbon | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Bernie Semes | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Diehl | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 21 | 2 |
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bernie Semes | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 1 |
| George Magulick | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Clint Wager | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Thurbon | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Currivan | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Art Van Tone | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| George Magulick | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bob Thurbon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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