| Cleveland Rams at Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1944 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 20968 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | 3 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 30 |
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | C-P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Rams | Lou Zontini 27 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland Rams | Mike Kabealo 6 run (Walt West kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland Rams | Jim Benton 10 pass from Tommy Colella (Lou Zontini kick blocked) | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | Elbie Schultz 18/52 kickoff return (Conway Baker kick) | 16 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | Eddie Rucinski 40 pass from Coley McDonough (Conway Baker kick) | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | Johnny Grigas 3 run (Conway Baker kick) | 16 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland Rams | Jim Benton 18 pass from Tommy Colella (Walt West kick) | 23 | 21 |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | Johnny Butler 67 pass from Coley McDonough (Conway Baker kick) | 23 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland Rams | Jim Benton 5 pass from Albie Reisz (Walt West kick) | 30 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Mike Kabealo | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 6t | 1 |
| CLE | Lou Zontini | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| CLE | Walt West | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| CLE | Roy Huggins | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| CLE | John Petchel | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| CLE | Tommy Colella | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| CLE | Harvey Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| CLE | Albie Reisz | 5 | -30 | -6.0 | 0 | |
| C-P | Johnny Grigas | 16 | 42 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| C-P | Johnny Butler | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
| C-P | Bob Thurbon | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| C-P | Coley McDonough | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| C-P | Bernie Semes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| C-P | Walt Masters | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| CLE | Albie Reisz | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 50 | 5.6 | 1 | 78.2 | |||
| CLE | Tommy Colella | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 63 | 10.5 | 2 | 150.0 | |||
| CLE | John Karrs | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 23 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 | 22.2 | ||
| C-P | Coley McDonough | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 3 | 182 | 11.4 | 67t | 2 | 91.2 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Jim Benton | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 23 | 3 |
| CLE | Steve Pritko | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
| CLE | Walt West | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| C-P | Eddie Rucinski | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 40t | 1 |
| C-P | Johnny Grigas | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 36 | 0 |
| C-P | Johnny Butler | 1 | 67 | 67.0 | 67t | 1 |
| C-P | Tony Bova | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| C-P | Bob Thurbon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Riley Matheson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| C-P | Bob Thurbon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| C-P | Johnny Butler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| C-P | John Martin | 6 | 184 | 30.7 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| C-P | Elbie Schultz | 1 | ||||
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