| Detroit Lions at Chicago Cardinals |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 28, 1947 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 22245 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 67 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 7 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Mal Kutner 9 pass from Paul Christman (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Roy Zimmerman 1 run (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Harder 5 run (Pat Harder kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Dudley 27 pass from Clyde LeForce (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Babe Dimancheff 44 pass from Paul Christman (Pat Harder kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Harder 3 run (Pat Harder kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Elmer Angsman 3 run (Pat Harder kick) | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Harder 25 FG | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Ted Cremer 2 pass from Clyde LeForce (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 21 | 38 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Jeff Burkett 17 pass from Ray Mallouf (Pat Harder kick) | 21 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 11 | DB | Clyde LeForce |
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Cecil Souders |
| 71 | LOT | Russ Thomas |
| 65 | LOG | Stan Batinski |
| 67 | C | Merv Pregulman |
| 17 | ROG | Chuck DeShane |
| 50 | ROT | Jack Dugger |
| 20 | ROE | Ted Cook |
| 6 | QB | Roy Zimmerman |
| 35 | LOH | Bill Dudley |
| 40 | ROH | Elmer Madarik |
| 66 | FB | Camp Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Kelley Mote |
| 71 | LDT | Russ Thomas |
| 17 | MG | Chuck DeShane |
| 50 | RDT | Jack Dugger |
| 55 | RDE | Cecil Souders |
| 67 | LB | Merv Pregulman |
| 12 | LB | Dick Stovall |
| 20 | DB | Ted Cook |
| 35 | DB | Bill Dudley |
| 11 | DB | Clyde LeForce |
| 75 | DB | Bob Wiese |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | LOE | Billy Dewell |
| 11 | LOT | Chet Bulger |
| 76 | LOG | Loyd Arms |
| 32 | C | Vince Banonis |
| 75 | ROG | Ray Apolskis |
| 77 | ROT | Stan Mauldin |
| 80 | ROE | Mal Kutner |
| 44 | QB | Paul Christman |
| 62 | LOH | Charley Trippi |
| 99 | ROH | Marshall Goldberg |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Joe Parker |
| 50 | LDT | Joe Coomer |
| 76 | MG | Loyd Arms |
| 77 | RDT | Stan Mauldin |
| 51 | RDE | Pop Ivy |
| 20 | LLB | Buster Ramsey |
| 32 | RLB | Vince Banonis |
| 19 | LDH | Charlie Smith |
| 24 | LS | Red Cochran |
| 99 | RS | Marshall Goldberg |
| 80 | RDH | Mal Kutner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Wiese | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Margucci | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Camp Wilson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Bill Hillman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Harder | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 26 | 2 |
| Charley Trippi | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Smith | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Mallouf | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Red Cochran | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Clyde LeForce | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 1 | 133 | 6.0 | 2 | 3 | 87.9 | ||
| Roy Zimmerman | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 1 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | 15 | 32.3 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Paul Christman | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 0 | 320 | 13.3 | 2 | 0 | 137.5 | ||
| Ray Mallouf | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 110 | 15.7 | 1 | 11 | 153.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Ted Cook | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 20 | 0 |
| John Greene | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Wiese | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Kelley Mote | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Hillman | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Cecil Souders | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Margucci | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ted Cremer | 1 | ||||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Mal Kutner | 7 | 160 | 22.9 | 41 | 1 |
| Billy Dewell | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Jeff Burkett | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 1 | |
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Buster Ramsey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
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