| Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1943 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 23338 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh SteelersP-P | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | P-P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh SteelersP-P | Johnny Butler 4 run (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh SteelersP-P | Jack Hinkle 1 run (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Ned Mathews 98 kickoff return (Augie Lio kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Harry Hopp 88 run (Augie Lio kick blocked) | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh SteelersP-P | Bob Thurbon 2 run (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Elmer Hackney 7 run (Augie Lio kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Harry Hopp 88 lateral from Ned Mathews run (Augie Lio kick) | 27 | 21 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh SteelersP-P | Larry Cabrelli 7 pass from Roy Zimmerman (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 27 | 28 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh SteelersP-P | Roy Zimmerman 2 run (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 27 | 35 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Art Van Tone 72 pass from Chuck Fenenbock (Augie Lio kick) | 34 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 80 | LE | Bill Fisk |
| 71 | LT | Ted Pavelec |
| 83 | LG | Riley Matheson |
| 52 | C | Gerry Conlee |
| 73 | RG | Augie Lio |
| 76 | RT | Al Kaporch |
| 86 | RE | Ben Hightower |
| 21 | TB | Frankie Sinkwich |
| 25 | BB | Bill Callihan |
| 11 | WB | Art Van Tone |
| 44 | FB | Harry Hopp |
| Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 85 | LE | Tony Bova |
| 79 | LT | Vic Sears |
| 71 | LG | Elbie Schultz |
| 52 | C | Ray Graves |
| 60 | RG | Eddie Michaels |
| 76 | RT | Bucko Kilroy |
| 84 | RE | Larry Cabrelli |
| 7 | QB | Roy Zimmerman |
| 27 | LH | Johnny Butler |
| 43 | RH | Jack Hinkle |
| 44 | FB | Ben Kish |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| Harry Hopp | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 3 | 1 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Hinkle | 13 | 132 | 10.2 | 56 | 1 |
| Bob Thurbon | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 17 | 2 |
| Johnny Butler | 19 | 55 | 2.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Ernie Steele | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 2 | 100 | 9.1 | 0 | 53.4 | |||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 2 | 94 | 11.8 | 1 | 82.3 | |||
| Ned Mathews | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Roy Zimmerman | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 1 | 96 | 7.4 | 1 | 71.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Art Van Tone | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 72t | 1 |
| Jack Matheson | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Larry Cabrelli | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 21 | 1 |
| Bob Thurbon | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bob Thurbon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dean Steward | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | |||||
| Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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