| Detroit Lions at New York Yanks Game Statistics |
| Date: September 29, 1950 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 11096 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 63 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| New York YanksNYY | 7 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 44 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NYY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York YanksNYY | George Taliaferro 22 pass from George Ratterman (Chet Adams kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Smith 35 interception return (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | Sherman Howard 36 pass from George Ratterman (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | Sherman Howard 31 pass from George Ratterman (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | New York YanksNYY | Safety, Bobby Layne tackled in end zone by Duke Iversen | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | New York YanksNYY | Jack Russell 6 pass from George Ratterman (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 1 run (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | Sherman Howard 89 kickoff return (Chet Adams kick) | 14 | 37 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | George Taliaferro 5 run (Chet Adams kick) | 14 | 44 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Lindy Pearson 2 run (Doak Walker kick) | 21 | 44 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 71 | LOT | Chet Bulger |
| 64 | LOG | Howie Brown |
| 53 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 60 | ROG | Joe Soboleski |
| 70 | ROT | Gus Cifelli |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 33 | FB | John Panelli |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Barney Hafen |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 33 | LLB | John Panelli |
| 57 | MLB | Jack Lininger |
| 36 | RLB | Bill Schroll |
| 44 | LDH | Don Doll |
| 11 | S | Clarence Self |
| 12 | RDH | Dan Sandifer |
| New York Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 66 | LOE | Art Weiner |
| 47 | LOT | Martin Ruby |
| 24 | LOG | Joe Signaigo |
| 22 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 51 | ROG | Ed Sharkey |
| 36 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 4 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 20 | LOH | George Taliaferro |
| 76 | ROH | Buddy Young |
| 86 | FB | Zollie Toth |
| Defense | ||
| 16 | LDE | Jack Russell |
| 47 | LDT | Martin Ruby |
| 21 | MG | Johnny Clowes |
| 36 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 15 | LLB | Duke Iversen |
| 51 | MLB | Ed Sharkey |
| 24 | RLB | Joe Signaigo |
| 17 | LDH | Pete Layden |
| 81 | S | Spec Sanders |
| 10 | RDH | Joe Golding |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lindy Pearson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| John Panelli | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Sherman Howard | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 39 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 8 | 1 |
| Zollie Toth | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 30 | 10 | 33.3 | 2 | 118 | 3.9 | 30 | 0 | 57 | 18.5 | |
| Fred Enke | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 61 | 15.3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | |
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 2 | 264 | 9.1 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 94.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Greene | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Jerry Krall | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Danny Edwards | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 45 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 36t | 2 |
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Art Weiner | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Dan Sandifer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 8 | 349 | 43.6 | 61 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 6 | 273 | 45.5 | 63 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Don Doll | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Fred Enke | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Barney Poole | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | |||||
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