| Detroit Lions at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1943 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 15072 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 40 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 29 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Harry Hopp 67 pass from Frankie Sinkwich (Augie Lio kick) | 7 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 80 | LE | Bill Fisk |
| 64 | LT | Alex Ketzko |
| 83 | LG | Riley Matheson |
| 50 | C | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 73 | RG | Augie Lio |
| 76 | RT | Al Kaporch |
| 86 | RE | Ben Hightower |
| 48 | TB | Chuck Fenenbock |
| 25 | BB | Bill Callihan |
| 42 | WB | Ned Mathews |
| 44 | FB | Harry Hopp |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| 51 | LE | Eddie Rucinski |
| 60 | LT | Gil Duggan |
| 22 | LG | Conway Baker |
| 37 | C | Vaughn Stewart |
| 31 | RG | Gordon Wilson |
| 70 | RT | Chet Bulger |
| 63 | RE | Freeman Rexer |
| 36 | TB | Joe Bukant |
| 28 | BB | Walt Rankin |
| 11 | WB | Cal Purdin |
| 66 | FB | Johnny Grigas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Elmer Hackney | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 8 | -7 | -0.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 6 | -31 | -5.2 | 0 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 8 | -32 | -4.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Grigas | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Joe Bukant | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Hall | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cal Purdin | 5 | -3 | -0.6 | -1 | 0 |
| Walt Masters | 3 | -9 | -3.0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Cahill | 9 | -29 | -3.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tommy Colella | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 0 | 93 | 7.2 | 0 | 76.8 | |||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 6 | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 79 | 13.2 | 1 | 135.4 | |||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 17 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Art Van Tone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Ronnie Cahill | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Walt Masters | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 19 | 6.3 | 19 | 0 | 16.7 | ||
| Cal Purdin | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 58.3 | ||
| Johnny Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ned Mathews | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 67t | 1 |
| Ben Hightower | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Fisk | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Eddie Rucinski | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Johnny Hall | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 102 | 51.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 102 | 51.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Cal Purdin | 4 | 225 | 56.3 | 72 | 0 |
| Cal Purdin | 4 | 225 | 56.3 | 72 | 0 |
| John Martin | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 35 | 0 |
| John Martin | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
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