| Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 9, 1938 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: University of Detroit Stadium Attendance: 17000 |
| Weather: Obscured Temp: 61 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Shepherd 27 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Ernie Caddel 5 run (Regis Monahan kick failed) | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Lloyd Cardwell 5 run (Monk Moscrip kick) | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Whizzer White 3 run (Armand Niccolai kick) | 7 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| 53 | LOE/LDE | Ed Manske |
| 30 | LOT/LDT | Joe Cardwell |
| 18 | LOG/LDG | Byron Gentry |
| 11 | C/MG | Mike Basrak |
| 39 | ROG/RDG | John Perko |
| 29 | ROT/RDT | Jack Robinson |
| 42 | ROE/RDE | Billy Wilson |
| 47 | BB/S | Izzy Weinstock |
| 24 | TB/LDH | Whizzer White |
| 27 | WB/RDH | Tuffy Thompson |
| 44 | FB/LB | Stu Smith |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 10 | LOE/LDE | Ed Klewicki |
| 16 | LOT/LDT | Jack Johnson |
| 15 | LOG/LDG | Sid Wagner |
| 17 | C/MG | Lee Stokes |
| 26 | ROG/RDG | Bill Feldhaus |
| 24 | ROT/RDT | Bob Reynolds |
| 13 | ROE/RDE | Ray Morse |
| 9 | TB/S | Bill Shepherd |
| 22 | BB/LDH | Fred Vanzo |
| 1 | WB/RDH | Ernie Caddel |
| 5 | FB/LB | Ace Gutowsky |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Whizzer White | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Tuffy Thompson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Swede Hanson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bull Karcis | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Farrell | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Max Fiske | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Stu Smith | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| Tom Burnette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Izzy Weinstock | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Davidson | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ed Klewicki | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Maury Patt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ace Gutowsky | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Caddel | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 1 | |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Kent Ryan | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Dick Nardi | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Shepherd | 9 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Whizzer White | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Paul McDonough | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Dom Cara | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lloyd Cardwell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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