| Cleveland Rams at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 29, 1940 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: University of Detroit Stadium Attendance: 15347 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 71 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Whizzer White 20 run (Whizzer White kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Parker Hall | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Johnny Drake | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Dante Magnani | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Paul McDonough | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Whizzer White | 15 | 94 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Howie Weiss | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Dwight Sloan | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Bill Shepherd | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Kent Ryan | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Stillman Rouse | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 5 | -10 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||||||||
| Parker Hall | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 74 | 7.4 | 0 | 82.9 | |||
| Ken Heineman | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 12 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Gaylon Smith | 2 | 1 | 40.0 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | 45.8 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Whizzer White | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 3 | 24 | 2.0 | 0 | 2.8 | |||
| Cotton Price | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 16.7 | |||
| Dwight Sloan | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 | 95.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Jim Benton | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Wilson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Drake | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Shepherd | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Whizzer White | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Fisk | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Diehl | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kent Ryan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Whizzer White | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Olie Cordill | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Whizzer White | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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