| New York Giants at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 2, 1947 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 28812 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 59 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Dudley 1 run (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Dudley 1 pass from Roy Zimmerman (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Joe Margucci 14 run (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Joe Margucci 79 pass from Clyde LeForce (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 28 | 0 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | George Cheverko 20 pass from Paul Governali (Ken Strong kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Cecil Souders 20 pass from Clyde LeForce (Roy Zimmerman kick) | 35 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | LOE | Ted Cook |
| 71 | LOT | Russ Thomas |
| 51 | LOG | Les Lear |
| 67 | C | Merv Pregulman |
| 17 | ROG | Chuck DeShane |
| 82 | ROT | Mitch Olenski |
| 55 | ROE | Cecil Souders |
| 11 | QB | Clyde LeForce |
| 35 | LOH | Bill Dudley |
| 62 | ROH | Bill O'Brien |
| 66 | FB | Camp Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Kelley Mote |
| 71 | LDT | Russ Thomas |
| 51 | MG | Les Lear |
| 50 | RDT | Jack Dugger |
| 55 | RDE | Cecil Souders |
| 67 | LB | Merv Pregulman |
| 12 | LB | Dick Stovall |
| 20 | DB | Ted Cook |
| 35 | DB | Bill Dudley |
| 15 | DB | Joe Watt |
| 75 | DB | Bob Wiese |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LOE | Tex Coulter |
| 1 | LOT | Frank Cope |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Dobelstein |
| 51 | C | Chet Gladchuk |
| 60 | ROG | Len Younce |
| 77 | ROT | Jim White |
| 82 | ROE | Ray Poole |
| 21 | BB | Joe Sulaitis |
| 41 | TB | Paul Governali |
| 12 | WB | Dave Brown |
| 42 | FB | Jimmy Blumenstock |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Mead |
| 79 | LDT | Tex Coulter |
| 67 | MG | Bob Dobelstein |
| 77 | RDT | Jim White |
| 82 | RDE | Ray Poole |
| 60 | LLB | Len Younce |
| 20 | MLB | John Cannady |
| 51 | RLB | Chet Gladchuk |
| 12 | LDH | Dave Brown |
| 10 | RDH | Howie Livingston |
| 44 | S | Frank Reagan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Margucci | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 14t | 1 |
| Clyde LeForce | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Camp Wilson | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 4 | 1 |
| Pete Kmetovic | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kenny Reese | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gene Roberts | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 46 | 0 |
| George Franck | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Governali | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Brown | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Roy Zimmerman | 10 | 8 | 80.0 | 0 | 143 | 14.3 | 1 | 15 | 152.1 | ||
| Clyde LeForce | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 3 | 20 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 93.8 | ||
| Joe Margucci | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 19.8 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Paul Governali | 44 | 17 | 38.6 | 2 | 238 | 5.4 | 1 | 42 | 45.4 | ||
| Frank Reagan | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 70.1 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| John Greene | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Cecil Souders | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Joe Margucci | 1 | 79 | 79.0 | 79t | 1 |
| Pete Kmetovic | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Ted Cook | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ralph Heywood | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Howie Livingston | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 25 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Frank Liebel | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ted Cook | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Frank Reagan | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Frank Reagan | 5 | 193 | 38.6 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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