| New York Bulldogs at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1949 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 11956 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 39 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 25 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York BulldogsNYB | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Wally Triplett 62 punt return (Bill Dudley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York BulldogsNYB | Bill Chipley 9 pass from Bobby Layne (Nick Scollard kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Frank Tripucka 1 run (Bill Dudley kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | John Greene 58 pass from Fred Enke (Bill Dudley kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | New York BulldogsNYB | Joe Golding 65 interception return (Nick Scollard kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | New York BulldogsNYB | Ralph Heywood 3 pass from Bobby Layne (Nick Scollard kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | New York BulldogsNYB | Ralph Heywood 16 pass from Bobby Layne (Nick Scollard kick blocked) | 27 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | John Greene 8 pass from Frank Tripucka (Bill Dudley kick) | 27 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | ||
| 18 | S | John Rauch |
| Offense | ||
| 38 | LOE | Bill Chipley |
| 44 | LOT | John Nolan |
| 36 | LOG | Fritz Barzilauskas |
| 34 | C | Joe Domnanovich |
| 70 | ROG | John Weaver |
| 51 | ROT | Carroll Vogelaar |
| 83 | ROE | Ralph Heywood |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 15 | LOH | Paul Shoults |
| 10 | ROH | Joe Golding |
| 80 | FB | Joe Osmanski |
| Defense | ||
| 8 | LDE | Sam Tamburo |
| 20 | LDT | Frank Gaul |
| 84 | MG | Stan Batinski |
| 64 | RDT | Tom Blake |
| 27 | RDE | Nick Scollard |
| 26 | LB | Larry Olsonoski |
| 61 | LB | Merv Pregulman |
| 34 | MLB | Joe Domnanovich |
| 4 | LDH | Jim Canady |
| 18 | S | John Rauch |
| 11 | RDH | Ed Smith |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Bob Mann |
| 70 | LOT | George Hekkers |
| 63 | LOG | Mario DeMarco |
| 73 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 67 | ROG | Bill Ward |
| 64 | ROT | Howie Brown |
| 81 | ROE | John Greene |
| 28 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 35 | LOH | Bill Dudley |
| 18 | ROH | Wally Triplett |
| 16 | FB | Camp Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Kelley Mote |
| 70 | LDT | George Hekkers |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 86 | RDE | Al Russas |
| 33 | LLB | John Panelli |
| 38 | MLB | Jim Mello |
| 53 | RLB | Bob Pifferini |
| 19 | LDH | Chick Maggioli |
| 44 | S | Don Doll |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Joe Osmanski | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Golding | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Shoults | 7 | -3 | -0.4 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Fred Enke | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 | |
| Camp Wilson | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 40 | 25 | 62.5 | 2 | 223 | 5.6 | 3 | 46 | 81.6 | ||
| John Rauch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 29 | 8 | 27.6 | 1 | 87 | 3.0 | 1 | 9 | 36.7 | ||
| Fred Enke | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 58 | 19.3 | 58t | 1 | 0 | 121.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Ralph Heywood | 14 | 151 | 10.8 | 2 | |
| Bill Chipley | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 1 | |
| Joe Osmanski | 3 | -13 | -4.3 | -1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Mann | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| John Greene | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 58t | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Joe Golding | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Don Doll | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Chick Maggioli | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | ||||||
| Paul Shoults | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Wally Triplett | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 1 | ||
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | ||||||
| Joe Golding | 2 | 31 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shoults | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Wade | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Don Doll | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jim Mello | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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