| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 26, 1958 Location: Los Angeles, CA Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 81703 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 69 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Paige Cothren 16 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Terry Barr 86 lateral from Gene Gedman 18 kickoff return (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Del Shofner 11 pass from Billy Wade (Paige Cothren kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 15 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Howard Cassady 35 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Doran 56 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jon Arnett 13 run (Paige Cothren kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Will Sherman 28 interception return (Paige Cothren kick) | 28 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 14 FG | 31 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Wayne Walker 33 interception return (Jim Martin kick) | 38 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Gerry Perry 8 FG | 41 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jim Doran |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 67 | ROG | Stan Campbell |
| 73 | ROT | Ken Russell |
| 87 | ROE | Jim Gibbons |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 40 | LOH | Howard Cassady |
| 84 | ROH | Dave Middleton |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 72 | RDT | Gil Mains |
| 85 | RDE | Gene Cronin |
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 57 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 28 | LS | Yale Lary |
| 24 | RS | Jack Christiansen |
| 41 | RDH | Terry Barr |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LOE | Lamar Lundy |
| 75 | LOT | Bob Fry |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 51 | C | John Morrow |
| 63 | ROG | Buck Lansford |
| 73 | ROT | Ken Panfil |
| 84 | ROE | Leon Clarke |
| 9 | QB | Billy Wade |
| 26 | LOH | Jon Arnett |
| 29 | ROH | Del Shofner |
| 34 | FB | Joe Marconi |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Glenn Holtzman |
| 77 | LDT | George Strugar |
| 71 | RDT | Frank Fuller |
| 55 | RDE | Lou Michaels |
| 57 | LLB | Bill Jobko |
| 48 | MLB | Les Richter |
| 50 | RLB | Dick Daugherty |
| 44 | LDH | Jimmy Harris |
| 25 | LS | Don Burroughs |
| 43 | RS | Will Sherman |
| 21 | RDH | Alex Bravo |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Howard Cassady | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jon Arnett | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 13t | 1 |
| Joe Marconi | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Waller | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Wade | 3 | -14 | -4.7 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 2 | 184 | 7.4 | 56t | 3 | 24 | 79.0 | |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 118.8 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Billy Wade | 34 | 15 | 44.1 | 6 | 225 | 6.6 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 36.6 | |
| Frank Ryan | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | |
| Jon Arnett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Howard Cassady | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 35t | 1 |
| Dave Middleton | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 19 | 1 |
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 56t | 1 |
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Del Shofner | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 33 | 1 |
| Lamar Lundy | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Ron Waller | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 63 | 0 |
| Jim Phillips | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Joe Schmidt | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jimmy David | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Will Sherman | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Don Burroughs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Del Shofner | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Waller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |||||||
| Gene Gedman | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 0 | 86 | 86Lt | 1 | |||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Jon Arnett | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | |||||||
| Tommy Wilson | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ron Waller | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Jon Arnett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
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