| New York Yanks at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1950 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 30206 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 41 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YanksNYY | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 14 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYY | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 17 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 65 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | George Taliaferro 26 pass from George Ratterman (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Ollie Cline 41 run (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 1 run (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 30 run (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Hoernschemeyer 96 run (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | Zollie Toth 10 pass from John Rauch (Chet Adams kick) | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 21 pass from Fred Enke (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 49 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 66 | LOE | Art Weiner |
| 47 | LOT | Martin Ruby |
| 24 | LOG | Joe Signaigo |
| 22 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 65 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 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 | ||
| 12 | LDE | Bruce Alford |
| 47 | LDT | Martin Ruby |
| 21 | MG | Johnny Clowes |
| 36 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 84 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 51 | LLB | Bob Kennedy |
| 51 | MLB | Ed Sharkey |
| 24 | RLB | Joe Signaigo |
| 31 | LDH | Bennie Aldridge |
| 81 | S | Spec Sanders |
| 10 | RDH | Joe Golding |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 72 | LOT | Floyd Jaszewski |
| 76 | LOG | Lou Creekmur |
| 53 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 64 | ROG | Howie Brown |
| 70 | ROT | Gus Cifelli |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 30 | FB | Ollie Cline |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Barney Hafen |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 51 | LLB | Joe Watson |
| 57 | MLB | Jack Lininger |
| 36 | RLB | Bill Schroll |
| 44 | LDH | Don Doll |
| 11 | S | Clarence Self |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Zollie Toth | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 20 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 17 | 198 | 11.6 | 96t | 1 |
| Ollie Cline | 8 | 83 | 10.4 | 41t | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 30t | 1 |
| Lindy Pearson | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| John Rauch | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 0 | 212 | 7.6 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 96.1 | |
| George Ratterman | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 2 | 97 | 5.4 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 35.9 | |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 1 | 171 | 9.5 | 65t | 2 | 9 | 106.5 | |
| Fred Enke | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 43 | 10.8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 128.1 | |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Lindy Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Buddy Young | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 31 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 43 | 1 |
| Danny Edwards | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Art Weiner | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Barney Poole | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leon Hart | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | 65t | 3 |
| John Greene | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Lininger | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Clarence Self | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 7 | 317 | 45.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Howie Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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