| New York Giants at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 5, 1939 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 48492 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 47 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Chuck Hanneman 34 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Phil Martinovich 37 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Tuffy Leemans 47 pass from Len Barnum (Ward Cuff kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Phil Martinovich 19 FG | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Al Owen 6 pass from Ed Danowski (Ken Strong kick) | 14 | 9 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Kent Ryan 6 pass from Dwight Sloan (kick failed) | 14 | 15 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Phil Martinovich 33 FG | 14 | 18 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LE | Jim Poole |
| 50 | LT | Ed Widseth |
| 2 | LG | Johnny Dell Isola |
| 7 | C | Mel Hein |
| 42 | RG | Orville Tuttle |
| 44 | RT | Ox Parry |
| 21 | RE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 4 | TB | Tuffy Leemans |
| 10 | HB | Len Barnum |
| 14 | WB | Ward Cuff |
| 28 | FB | Nello Falaschi |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 11 | LE | Monk Moscrip |
| 16 | LT | Jack Johnson |
| 78 | LG | John Wiethe |
| 30 | C | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 26 | RG | Bill Feldhaus |
| 14 | RT | Ray George |
| 12 | RE | Chuck Hanneman |
| 36 | TB | Dwight Sloan |
| 22 | BB | Fred Vanzo |
| 6 | WB | Kent Ryan |
| 9 | FB | Bill Shepherd |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Len Barnum | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dwight Sloan | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Shepherd | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Darrell Tully | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Jim McDonald | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Howie Weiss | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Szakash | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Vanzo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Ed Danowski | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 0 | 93 | 7.2 | 1 | 102.4 | |||
| Len Barnum | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 47 | 9.4 | 47t | 1 | 105.8 | ||
| Tuffy Leemans | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 103.1 | |||
| Eddie Miller | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 16.7 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Dwight Sloan | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 199 | 8.0 | 1 | 98.6 | |||
| Darrell Tully | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 68 | 6.8 | 0 | 24.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 103.1 | |||
| Tuffy Leemans | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 53 | 1 | ||||||
| Jim Poole | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |||||||
| Hank Soar | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |||||||
| Dale Burnett | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |||||||
| Al Owen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 | ||||||
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Shepherd | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | |||||||
| Howie Weiss | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |||||||
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6t | 1 | ||||||
| Jim McDonald | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Austin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Bill Shepherd | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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