| Brooklyn Dodgers at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 26, 1943 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 23768 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 64 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn DodgersBKN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BKN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Harry Hopp 1 run (Augie Lio kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Ben Hightower 25 pass from Frankie Sinkwich (Augie Lio kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Augie Lio 43 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Augie Lio 17 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Elmer Hackney 30 blocked punt recovery (Augie Lio kick) | 0 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| 13 | LE | Ray Wehba |
| 25 | LT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 21 | LG | Jake Fawcett |
| 8 | C | Bill Conkright |
| 33 | RG | Pete Owens |
| 30 | RT | Herm Schmarr |
| 14 | RE | Keith Ranspot |
| 32 | QB | Joe Setcavage |
| 23 | LH | George Cafego |
| 35 | RH | Merl Condit |
| 9 | FB | Pug Manders |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 80 | LE | Bill Fisk |
| 73 | LT | Augie Lio |
| 83 | LG | Riley Matheson |
| 50 | C | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 66 | RG | Tony Rubino |
| 76 | RT | Al Kaporch |
| 86 | RE | Ben Hightower |
| 23 | QB | Murray Evans |
| 48 | LH | Chuck Fenenbock |
| 42 | RH | Ned Mathews |
| 44 | FB | Harry Hopp |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Pug Manders | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Jodie Marek | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Marshall Edwards | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Heineman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Merl Condit | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Cecil Johnson | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 3 | -11 | -3.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean McAdams | 4 | -24 | -6.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 8 | 1 |
| Mike Corgan | 1 | 8 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Ben Hightower | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||
| Dean McAdams | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 2 | 44 | 3.4 | 0 | 21.5 | |||
| George Cafego | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 2.4 | |||
| Ken Heineman | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 59.4 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 0 | 64 | 4.9 | 1 | 73.9 | |||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 66 | 11.0 | 0 | 36.1 | |||
| Tommy Colella | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| George Webb | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Merl Condit | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Keith Ranspot | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Marshall Edwards | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Matheson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bill Fisk | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ben Hightower | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Art Van Tone | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Lew Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Merl Condit | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| George Cafego | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Merl Condit | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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