| New York Giants at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1947 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 24050 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 60 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 10 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | MLB | John Cannady | ||
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Len Younce 22 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Fred Gehrke 17 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Mel Bleeker 35 opponents fumble recovery (Fred Gehrke kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Fred Gehrke 66 punt return (Fred Gehrke kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Poole 1 pass from Paul Governali (Len Younce kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Pat West 1 run (Fred Gehrke kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 15 FG | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Kenny Washington 23 run (Fred Gehrke kick) | 10 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LOE | Tex Coulter |
| 75 | LOT | Bill Schuler |
| 66 | LOG | Bill Hachten |
| 20 | C | John Cannady |
| 60 | ROG | Len Younce |
| 90 | ROT | Vic Carroll |
| 82 | ROE | Ray Poole |
| 21 | BB | Joe Sulaitis |
| 44 | TB | Frank Reagan |
| 10 | WB | Howie Livingston |
| 22 | FB | Duke Iversen |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Mead |
| 79 | LDT | Tex Coulter |
| 67 | MG | Bob Dobelstein |
| 90 | RDT | Vic Carroll |
| 82 | RDE | Ray Poole |
| 60 | LLB | Len Younce |
| 20 | MLB | John Cannady |
| 51 | RLB | Chet Gladchuk |
| 21 | LDH | Joe Sulaitis |
| 10 | RDH | Howie Livingston |
| 44 | S | Frank Reagan |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 49 | LOE | Jim Benton |
| 20 | LOT | Dick Huffman |
| 84 | LOG | Hal Dean |
| 22 | C | Fred Naumetz |
| 43 | ROG | Roger Eason |
| 66 | ROT | Gil Bouley |
| 79 | ROE | Bill Smyth |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 98 | LOH | Tom Harmon |
| 33 | ROH | Jack Banta |
| 36 | FB | Pat West |
| Defense | ||
| 46 | LDE | Frank Hubbell |
| 40 | LDT | Elbie Schultz |
| 11 | MG | Riley Matheson |
| 66 | RDT | Gil Bouley |
| 44 | RDE | Ray Hamilton |
| 16 | LLB | Bob Hoffman |
| 36 | MLB | Pat West |
| 58 | RLB | Jack Finlay |
| 18 | LDH | Fred Gehrke |
| 7 | RDH | Bob Waterfield |
| 98 | S | Tom Harmon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Gene Roberts | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Art Faircloth | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Governali | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Mel Bleeker | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Pat West | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Kenny Washington | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 23t | 1 |
| Les Horvath | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Harmon | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Paul Governali | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 4 | 158 | 5.4 | 1 | 70 | 34.0 | ||
| Art Faircloth | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 | ||
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Jim Hardy | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 2 | 110 | 7.3 | 0 | 18 | 20.8 | ||
| Johnny Ksionzyk | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 17 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Liebel | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Jack Mead | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Poole | 1 | ||||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jack Banta | 1 | 64 | 64.0 | 64 | 0 |
| Steve Pritko | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gil Bouley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ray Hamilton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Benton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Les Horvath | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Zilly | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Vic Carroll | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tom Harmon | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mel Bleeker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Reagan | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jack Banta | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
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