| Detroit Lions at New York Yanks Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1951 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 24194 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 44 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 37 |
| New York YanksNYY | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYY | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 13 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York YanksNYY | Harvey Johnson 28 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 18 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | New York YanksNYY | Buddy Young 39 pass from John Rauch (Harvey Johnson kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 7 run (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Hoernschemeyer 22 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 49 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 7 run (Doak Walker kick failed) | 10 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Bill Swiacki |
| 72 | LOT | Floyd Jaszewski |
| 76 | LOG | Lou Creekmur |
| 53 | C | LaVern Torgeson |
| 64 | ROG | Dan Rogas |
| 70 | ROT | Gus Cifelli |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Jim Martin |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 63 | MG | Bob Momsen |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 83 | RDE | Jim Doran |
| 55 | LLB | Jack Lininger |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 11 | LDH | Clarence Self |
| 44 | LS | Don Doll |
| 19 | RS | Jack Christiansen |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| New York Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | LOE | Dan Garza |
| 47 | LOT | Paul Mitchell |
| 21 | LOG | Johnny Clowes |
| 22 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 7 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 71 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 4 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 18 | QB | John Rauch |
| 76 | LOH | Buddy Young |
| 46 | ROH | Sherman Howard |
| 86 | FB | Zollie Toth |
| Defense | ||
| 51 | LDE | Art Tait |
| 39 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 35 | MG | Jim Champion |
| 36 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 84 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 15 | LLB | Duke Iversen |
| 45 | RLB | Ross Nagel |
| 31 | LDH | Bennie Aldridge |
| 33 | LS | Darrel Meisenheimer |
| 10 | RS | Joe Golding |
| 3 | RDH | Paul Crowe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 12 | 2 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Lindy Pearson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Zollie Toth | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 26 | 9 | 34.6 | 0 | 152 | 5.8 | 49t | 3 | 14 | 93.8 | |
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| John Rauch | 44 | 14 | 31.8 | 2 | 151 | 3.4 | 39t | 1 | 14 | 31.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 49t | 2 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 22t | 1 |
| Lindy Pearson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Swiacki | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Danny Edwards | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dan Garza | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill O'Connor | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 0 | 18 | 18L | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Vince Banonis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 6 | 279 | 46.5 | 73 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 6 | 208 | 34.7 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Don Doll | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Bill O'Connor | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
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