| Philadelphia Eagles at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 4, 1938 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 18985 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 43 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Joe Carter 52 lateral from Bill Hewitt 13 pass from Dave Smukler (Dave Smukler kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Jay Arnold 6 pass from Dave Smukler (Dave Smukler kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bill Hewitt 25 pass from Dave Smukler (Dave Smukler kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Ace Gutowsky 2 run (Dutch Clark kick) | 21 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| 56 | LE | Bill Hewitt |
| 35 | LT | Drew Ellis |
| 21 | LG | Herschel Stockton |
| 10 | C | Maurice Harper |
| 27 | RG | George Rado |
| 15 | RT | Clem Woltman |
| 17 | RE | Joe Carter |
| 31 | TB | Emmett Mortell |
| 14 | BB | Woody Dow |
| 34 | WB | Jay Arnold |
| 13 | FB | Dave Smukler |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 10 | LE | Ed Klewicki |
| 18 | LT | Bill Rogers |
| 15 | LG | Sid Wagner |
| 17 | C | Lee Stokes |
| 28 | RG | Bill Radovich |
| 24 | RT | Bob Reynolds |
| 11 | RE | Monk Moscrip |
| 6 | TB | Vern Huffman |
| 22 | BB | Fred Vanzo |
| 4 | WB | Dick Nardi |
| 5 | FB | Ace Gutowsky |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Emmett Mortell | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Dave Smukler | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Dick Riffle | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Bukant | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Kent Ryan | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 0 | |
| Ace Gutowsky | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Ernie Caddel | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Paul Szakash | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Shepherd | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Dick Nardi | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Klewicki | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Vern Huffman | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Dave Smukler | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 102 | 10.2 | 3 | 125.8 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Kent Ryan | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Vern Huffman | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Bill Shepherd | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Joe Carter | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 | ||||||
| Bill Hewitt | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 | ||||||
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Ernie Caddel | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 45 | 22.5 | 25 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Ace Gutowsky | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| Ernie Caddel | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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