| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1957 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 77314 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 79 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tank Younger 3 run (Paige Cothren kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Norm Van Brocklin 1 run (Paige Cothren kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Norm Van Brocklin 1 run (Paige Cothren kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 12 FG | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jerry Reichow 9 pass from Tobin Rote (Bobby Layne kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Leon Clarke 14 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Paige Cothren kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dick Daugherty 32 interception return (Paige Cothren kick) | 17 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Dave Middleton |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 50 | ROT | Charlie Ane |
| 83 | ROE | Jim Doran |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 26 | LOH | Gene Gedman |
| 80 | ROH | Jerry Reichow |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 70 | LDT | Ray Krouse |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 72 | RDE | Gil Mains |
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 57 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 21 | RDH | Carl Karilivacz |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | LOE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 75 | LOT | Bob Fry |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 58 | C | Bob Griffin |
| 65 | ROG | John Houser |
| 73 | ROT | Ken Panfil |
| 84 | ROE | Leon Clarke |
| 11 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 24 | LOH | Tommy Wilson |
| 82 | ROH | Bob Boyd |
| 35 | FB | Tank Younger |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Paul Miller |
| 71 | LDT | Frank Fuller |
| 65 | RDT | Art Hauser |
| 80 | RDE | Billy Ray Smith |
| 57 | LLB | Bob Dougherty |
| 48 | MLB | Les Richter |
| 50 | RLB | Dick Daugherty |
| 44 | LDH | Jesse Whittenton |
| 25 | LS | Don Burroughs |
| 43 | RS | Will Sherman |
| 29 | RDH | Del Shofner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Leon Hart | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ron Waller | 10 | 66 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 19 | 58 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 2 | 193 | 6.0 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 45.4 | |
| Tobin Rote | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 56 | 4.7 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 56.2 | |
| Gene Gedman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 1 | 103 | 7.4 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 86.3 | |
| Ron Waller | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | 17.5 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Doran | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Steve Junker | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Leon Clarke | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 30 | 1 |
| Ron Waller | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Carl Karilivacz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dick Daugherty | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Jesse Whittenton | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Les Richter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jon Arnett | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
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