| Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 8, 1942 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 16679 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 51 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Elmer Hackney 1 run (Augie Lio kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Curt Sandig 8 run (Armand Niccolai kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Tom Brown 9 pass from Bill Dudley (Jack Sanders kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bill Dudley 37 run (Jack Sanders kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Dick Riffle 1 run (Jack Sanders kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Joe Lamas 29 fumble recovery (George Somers kick) | 35 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Andy Tomasic | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 34 | 0 |
| PIT | Bill Dudley | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 37t | 1 |
| PIT | Dick Riffle | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 11 | 1 |
| PIT | Curt Sandig | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 12 | 1 |
| PIT | George Gonda | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 19 | 0 |
| PIT | Joe Hoague | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Elmer Hackney | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 78 | 1 |
| DET | Frank Grigonis | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DET | Tommy Colella | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| DET | Harry Seltzer | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Harry Hopp | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Ned Mathews | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Chet Wetterlund | 4 | -9 | -2.3 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Bill Dudley | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 40 | 5.7 | 0 | 61.6 | |||
| PIT | Andy Tomasic | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| PIT | Curt Sandig | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 60.4 | ||
| DET | Chet Wetterlund | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| DET | Tommy Colella | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 76.6 | |||
| DET | Harry Hopp | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 | 50 | 0 | 95.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Walt Kichefski | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PIT | Curt Sandig | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PIT | Tom Brown | 1 | ||||
| DET | Lloyd Cardwell | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| DET | Bill Fisk | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Curt Sandig | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 42 | 0 |
| PIT | Andy Tomasic | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| DET | Augie Lio | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Curt Sandig | 5 | 177 | 35.4 | 42 | 0 |
| PIT | Andy Tomasic | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 58 | 0 |
| DET | Chet Wetterlund | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 56 | 0 |
| DET | Tommy Colella | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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