| Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| 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 | LE | Ed Manske |
| 30 | LT | Joe Cardwell |
| 18 | LG | Byron Gentry |
| 11 | C | Mike Basrak |
| 39 | RG | John Perko |
| 29 | RT | Jack Robinson |
| 42 | RE | Billy Wilson |
| 24 | TB | Whizzer White |
| 47 | BB | Izzy Weinstock |
| 27 | WB | Tuffy Thompson |
| 44 | FB | Stu Smith |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 10 | LE | Ed Klewicki |
| 16 | LT | Jack Johnson |
| 15 | LG | Sid Wagner |
| 17 | C | Lee Stokes |
| 26 | RG | Bill Feldhaus |
| 24 | RT | Bob Reynolds |
| 13 | RE | Ray Morse |
| 9 | TB | Bill Shepherd |
| 22 | BB | Fred Vanzo |
| 1 | WB | Ernie Caddel |
| 5 | FB | 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 | |||||||||||
| Max Fiske | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 0 | 63 | 5.7 | 0 | 56.2 | |||
| Frank Filchock | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 8.3 | |||
| Whizzer White | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Vern Huffman | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 19 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 | 46.9 | ||
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 | 95.8 | ||
| Bill Shepherd | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | 75.0 | ||
| 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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