| Cleveland Rams at Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1944 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 20968 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | 3 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 30 |
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | C-P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Rams | Lou Zontini 27 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland Rams | Mike Kabealo 6 run (Walt West kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland Rams | Jim Benton 10 pass from Tommy Colella (Lou Zontini kick blocked) | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | Elbie Schultz 18 lateral from Bob Thurbon 52 kickoff return (Conway Baker kick) | 16 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | Eddie Rucinski 40 pass from Coley McDonough (Conway Baker kick) | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | Johnny Grigas 3 run (Conway Baker kick) | 16 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland Rams | Jim Benton 18 pass from Tommy Colella (Walt West kick) | 23 | 21 |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | Johnny Butler 67 pass from Coley McDonough (Conway Baker kick) | 23 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland Rams | Jim Benton 5 pass from Albie Reisz (Walt West kick) | 30 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||
| 38 | LE | Floyd Konetsky |
| 40 | LT | Chet Pudloski |
| 33 | LG | Riley Matheson |
| 39 | C | Mike Scarry |
| 19 | RG | Tom Corbo |
| 42 | RT | Jake Fawcett |
| 30 | RE | Steve Pritko |
| 34 | TB | Tommy Colella |
| 16 | HB | Mike Kabealo |
| 35 | BB | John Karrs |
| 21 | FB | Walt West |
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 75 | LE | Eddie Rucinski |
| 69 | LT | Gil Duggan |
| 22 | LG | Conway Baker |
| 21 | C | Marshall Robnett |
| 17 | RG | Al Merkovsky |
| 29 | RT | Ted Doyle |
| 45 | RE | Walt Kichefski |
| 66 | TB | Johnny Grigas |
| 23 | LH | Johnny Butler |
| 28 | BB | Walt Rankin |
| 39 | HB | Bob Thurbon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Roy Huggins | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Harvey Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Kabealo | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 6t | 1 |
| John Petchel | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Albie Reisz | 5 | -30 | -6.0 | 0 | |
| Walt West | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Lou Zontini | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Johnny Butler | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 16 | 42 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Walt Masters | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
| Coley McDonough | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Bernie Semes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Thurbon | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||||||||
| Tommy Colella | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 63 | 10.5 | 2 | 150.0 | |||
| John Karrs | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 23 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 | 22.2 | ||
| Albie Reisz | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 50 | 5.6 | 1 | 78.2 | |||
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Coley McDonough | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 3 | 182 | 11.4 | 67t | 2 | 91.2 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||||||
| 9/24/1944 | 1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL) | A | C-P | 30-28 | W | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||||||
| Johnny Butler | 1 | 67 | 67.0 | 67t | 1 | |||||
| Bob Thurbon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Martin | 6 | 184 | 30.7 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Elbie Schultz | 1 | |||||
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