| New York Yanks at Detroit Lions 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Lions | 10 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYY | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Doak Walker 13 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York Yanks | Harvey Johnson 28 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Doak Walker 18 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | New York Yanks | Buddy Young 39 pass from John Rauch (Harvey Johnson kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Pat Harder 7 run (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Bob Hoernschemeyer 22 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Doak Walker 49 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Pat Harder 7 run (Doak Walker kick failed) | 10 | 37 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Pat Harder | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 12 | 2 |
| DET | Jim Doran | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| DET | Doak Walker | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Lindy Pearson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| NYY | Zollie Toth | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| NYY | Sherman Howard | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| NYY | Buddy Young | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| NYY | Al Pollard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| NYY | George Taliaferro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 26 | 9 | 34.6 | 0 | 152 | 5.8 | 49t | 3 | 14 | 93.8 | |
| NYY | John Rauch | 44 | 14 | 31.8 | 2 | 151 | 3.4 | 39t | 1 | 14 | 31.5 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Doak Walker | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 49t | 2 |
| DET | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 22t | 1 |
| DET | Lindy Pearson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Bill Swiacki | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DET | Pat Harder | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| NYY | Danny Edwards | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| NYY | Dan Garza | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| NYY | Buddy Young | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 39t | 1 |
| NYY | Zollie Toth | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| NYY | Bill O'Connor | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NYY | Bruce Alford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| NYY | Al Pollard | 0 | 18 | 18L | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Leon Hart | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DET | Dick Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Bob Smith | 6 | 279 | 46.5 | 73 | 0 |
| DET | Doak Walker | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Don Doll | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 26 | 0 |
| NYY | Bill O'Connor | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
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