| New York Yanks at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1951 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 21807 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 71 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YanksNYY | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYY | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 19 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | Buddy Young 48 pass from Bob Celeri (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 15 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | Harvey Johnson 38 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 9 run (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | New York YanksNYY | Zollie Toth 6 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 16 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | Zollie Toth 1 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 24 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 17 | QB | Bob Celeri |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 85 | RDE | Ed Berrang |
| 74 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 11 | LDH | Clarence Self |
| 44 | LS | Don Doll |
| 19 | RS | Jack Christiansen |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Zollie Toth | 17 | 41 | 2.4 | 16 | 2 |
| Bob Celeri | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Lindy Pearson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 0 | 223 | 7.4 | 53 | 1 | 18 | 80.3 | |
| John Rauch | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 15 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 44 | 20 | 45.5 | 2 | 306 | 7.0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 57.6 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Sherman Howard | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Dan Garza | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill O'Connor | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Danny Edwards | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48t | 1 |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dorne Dibble | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 39 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 31 | 2 |
| Doak Walker | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 6 | 280 | 46.7 | 51 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 3 | 100 | 33.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Don Doll | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Wayne Siegert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Prchlik | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Barry French | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
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