| Brooklyn Tigers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1944 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 15702 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 58 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn TigersBKN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BKN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Brooklyn TigersBKN | Ray Hare 65 pass from Charlie McGibbony (Bruiser Kinard kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Frankie Sinkwich 4 run (Frankie Sinkwich kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Frankie Sinkwich 72 run (Frankie Sinkwich kick failed) | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Westfall 1 run (Frankie Sinkwich kick failed) | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Brooklyn TigersBKN | Pug Manders 1 run (Bruiser Kinard kick) | 7 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Tigers | ||
| 28 | LE | Bob Masterson |
| 25 | LT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 24 | LG | Floyd Rhea |
| 57 | C | George Smith |
| 17 | RG | Tony Leon |
| 38 | RT | George Doherty |
| 55 | RE | Joe Carter |
| 11 | TB | Charlie McGibbony |
| 26 | BB | Bill Brown |
| 42 | HB | Ray Hare |
| 9 | FB | Pug Manders |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 84 | LE | Dave Diehl |
| 71 | LT | Ed Opalewski |
| 65 | LG | Stan Batinski |
| 50 | C | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 75 | RG | Al Kaporch |
| 77 | RT | Luke Lindon |
| 82 | RE | Jack Matheson |
| 21 | TB | Frankie Sinkwich |
| 25 | BB | Bill Callihan |
| 11 | WB | Art Van Tone |
| 86 | FB | Bob Westfall |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Tigers | |||||
| Pug Manders | 21 | 66 | 3.1 | 13 | 1 |
| Charlie McGibbony | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Hare | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Frank Sachse | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Reynolds | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 16 | 135 | 8.4 | 2 | |
| Elmer Hackney | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Art Van Tone | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Tigers | |||||||||||
| Charlie McGibbony | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 3 | 113 | 9.4 | 1 | 57.3 | |||
| Frank Sachse | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 15 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 1 | 160 | 9.4 | 0 | 51.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Tigers | |||||
| Bill LaFitte | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ray Hare | 1 | ||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Diehl | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Tigers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Tigers | |||||
| Charlie McGibbony | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Tigers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Tigers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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