| Detroit Lions at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 9, 1941 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 27875 |
| Weather: Obscured Temp: 50 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Jim Lee Howell 42 pass from Tuffy Leemans (Ward Cuff kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Andy Marefos 11 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Steve Belichick 8 run (kick blocked) | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 22 FG | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Tuffy Leemans 2 run (Ward Cuff kick) | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Steve Belichick 8 run (Augie Lio kick) | 13 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 80 | LE | Bill Fisk |
| 70 | LT | John Tripson |
| 66 | LG | Bill Radovich |
| 50 | C | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 68 | RG | John Wiethe |
| 73 | RT | Tony Furst |
| 84 | RE | Paul Szakash |
| 46 | TB | Billy Jefferson |
| 11 | HB | Dick Booth |
| 25 | BB | Bill Callihan |
| 33 | FB | Milt Piepul |
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LE | Jim Poole |
| 33 | LT | John Mellus |
| 44 | LG | Ben Sohn |
| 7 | C | Mel Hein |
| 32 | RG | Len Younce |
| 60 | RT | Monk Edwards |
| 21 | RE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 2 | TB | Len Eshmont |
| 26 | BB | Nello Falaschi |
| 14 | WB | Ward Cuff |
| 4 | FB | Tuffy Leemans |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Steve Belichick | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 8t | 2 |
| Whizzer White | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Cotton Price | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Milt Piepul | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Lloyd Parsons | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Booth | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Jefferson | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 14 | 50 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Ward Cuff | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Len Eshmont | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Andy Marefos | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Hank Soar | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| George Franck | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kay Eakin | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Howie Yeager | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Whizzer White | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 38 | 4.8 | 0 | 74.0 | |||
| Billy Jefferson | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | -4 | -0.8 | 0 | 47.9 | |||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Cotton Price | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 108.3 | ||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 2 | 65 | 8.1 | 1 | 67.2 | |||
| Ed Danowski | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 109.7 | |||
| Kay Eakin | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ned Mathews | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Whizzer White | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jim Lee Howell | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 42t | 1 |
| Howie Yeager | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Dom Principe | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Whizzer White | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 62 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kay Eakin | 4 | 198 | 49.5 | 56 | 0 |
| George Franck | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
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