| Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 9, 1955 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 54836 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 68 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dan Towler 1 run (Les Richter kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Les Richter 42 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 14 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Boyd 12 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Les Richter kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 17 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 73 | LOT | Bobby Cross |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 63 | ROG | John Hock |
| 79 | ROT | Glenn Holtzman |
| 82 | ROE | Bob Boyd |
| 11 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 27 | LOH | Ron Waller |
| 40 | ROH | Elroy Hirsch |
| 32 | FB | Dan Towler |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Paul Miller |
| 62 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 60 | MG | Jack Ellena |
| 65 | RDT | Art Hauser |
| 84 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 67 | LLB | Les Richter |
| 58 | RLB | Bob Griffin |
| 49 | LDH | Ed Hughes |
| 25 | LS | Don Burroughs |
| 43 | RS | Will Sherman |
| 22 | RDH | Hall Haynes |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jim Doran |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 52 | C | Andy Miketa |
| 63 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 78 | ROT | Darris McCord |
| 87 | ROE | Dorne Dibble |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 23 | LOH | Jug Girard |
| 28 | ROH | Dave Middleton |
| 34 | FB | Lew Carpenter |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Sonny Gandee |
| 72 | LDT | Gil Mains |
| 60 | MG | Jim Salsbury |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 61 | RLB | Jim Martin |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 44 | LS | Lee Riley |
| 21 | RS | Carl Karilivacz |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ron Waller | 21 | 98 | 4.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 16 | 49 | 3.1 | 14 | 1 |
| Tom McCormick | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Corky Taylor | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Middleton | 19 | 68 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 2 | 129 | 5.6 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 47.2 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 45 | 26 | 57.8 | 3 | 273 | 6.1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 47.7 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 17 | 8.5 | 17t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Corky Taylor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Waller | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom McCormick | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Doran | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 29 | 1 |
| Dave Middleton | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Will Sherman | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Don Burroughs | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Carl Karilivacz | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jimmy David | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lee Riley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Gene Lipscomb | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Leon Hart | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
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