November 18, 1945 - Cleveland Rams at Chicago Cardinals

Cleveland Rams at Chicago Cardinals

Game Statistics & Box Score

Date: November 18, 1945
Location: Chicago, IL
Venue: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 18000

Score By Quarters	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Cleveland RamsCLE	14	7	7	7	35
Chicago CardinalsCHIC	0	14	0	7	21

Qtr	Team	Scoring Plays	CLE	CHIC
1	Cleveland RamsCLE	Steve Pritko 10 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick)	7	0
1	Cleveland RamsCLE	Fred Gehrke 21 run (Bob Waterfield kick)	14	0
2	Chicago CardinalsCHIC	Chet Bulger 9 opponents fumble recovery (Joe Kuharich kick)	14	7
2	Cleveland RamsCLE	Jim Benton 21 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick)	21	7
2	Chicago CardinalsCHIC	Jim Poole 21 pass from Paul Christman (Joe Kuharich kick)	21	14
3	Cleveland RamsCLE	Jim Benton 36 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick)	28	14
4	Chicago CardinalsCHIC	Eddie Rucinski 5 pass from Paul Christman (Joe Kuharich kick)	28	21
4	Cleveland RamsCLE	Don Greenwood 2 run (Bob Waterfield kick)	35	21

TEAM STATS	TOP	FD	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rdDownEff	4thDownEff	PEN	PENY	FUM	Lost
CLE		13	6	6	1	/	/	9	65	5	3
CHIC		19	4	12	3	/	/	7	55	5	3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cleveland Rams
Jim Gillette	6	52	8.7	52	0
Fred Gehrke	6	44	7.3	21t	1
Don Greenwood	11	38	3.5	6	1
Tommy Colella	6	15	2.5	6	0
George Koch	1	4	4.0	4	0
Walt Zirinsky	2	2	1.0	2	0
Jack Jacobs	1	0	0.0	0	0
Albie Reisz	1	0	0.0	0	0
Pat West	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Bob Waterfield	4	-7	-1.8		0
Team Totals	39	147	3.8		2
Chicago Cardinals
Leo Cantor	8	34	4.3	16	0
Frank Seno	6	27	4.5	12	0
Walt Rankin	4	8	2.0	5	0
Ernie Bonelli	3	6	2.0	2	0
Bus Mertes	1	1	1.0	1	0
Paul Christman	4	-25	-6.3		0
Team Totals	26	51	2.0		0

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	RTG
Cleveland Rams
Bob Waterfield	16	11	68.8	0	229	14.3		3	151.0
Albie Reisz	3	1	33.3	0	13	4.3	13	0	47.9
Team Totals	19	12	63.2	0	242	12.7		3	146.4
Chicago Cardinals
Paul Christman	44	19	43.2	2	294	6.7		2	62.1
Leo Cantor	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0		0	39.6
Team Totals	45	19	42.2	2	294	6.5		2	60.8

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cleveland Rams
Jim Benton	4	128	32.0	38	2
Steve Pritko	4	46	11.5	16	1
Jim Gillette	2	13	6.5	7	0
Don Greenwood	1	42	42.0	42	0
Ray Hamilton	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	12	242	20.2		3
Chicago Cardinals
Eddie Rucinski	6	101	16.8	35	1
Billy Dewell	5	54	10.8	14	0
Frank Seno	3	82	27.3	36	0
Leo Cantor	3	28	9.3	12	0
Walt Rankin	1	9	9.0	9	0
Jim Poole					1
Team Totals	19	294	15.5		2

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cleveland Rams
Fred Gehrke	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	2				0
Chicago Cardinals
Team Totals	0	0			0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Cleveland Rams
Team Totals	6		37.9
Chicago Cardinals
Leo Cantor	4	129	32.3	38	0
Team Totals	4	128	32.0