| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1954 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 74315 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 64 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tank Younger 28 run (Les Richter kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 33 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tank Younger 3 run (Les Richter kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Dorne Dibble 16 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 22 opponents fumble recovery (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 24 FG | 20 | 14 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dan Towler 2 run (Les Richter kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Les Richter 11 FG | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Hoernschemeyer 3 run (Doak Walker kick) | 27 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Dorne Dibble |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 52 | C | Andy Miketa |
| 63 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 50 | ROT | Charlie Ane |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 49 | QB | Tom Dublinski |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 33 | FB | Bill Bowman |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 70 | LDT | Gerry Perry |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 21 | RS | Carl Karilivacz |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 73 | LOT | Bobby Cross |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 66 | ROG | Harry Thompson |
| 70 | ROT | Charley Toogood |
| 82 | ROE | Bob Boyd |
| 11 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 21 | LOH | Skeet Quinlan |
| 40 | ROH | Elroy Hirsch |
| 35 | FB | Tank Younger |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Duane Wardlow |
| 62 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 64 | MG | Stan West |
| 78 | RDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 84 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 76 | LLB | Harland Svare |
| 57 | RLB | Don Paul |
| 22 | LDH | Hall Haynes |
| 29 | LS | Jack Dwyer |
| 43 | RS | Will Sherman |
| 48 | RDH | Don Doll |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lew Carpenter | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Bill Bowman | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tank Younger | 18 | 140 | 7.8 | 28t | 2 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 13 | 115 | 8.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 10 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 1 | 177 | 8.0 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 73.5 | |
| Tom Dublinski | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 2 | 14 | 2.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 1 | 170 | 8.1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dorne Dibble | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 16t | 1 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tom Fears | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jack Dwyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 57 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Will Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 29 | 0 | |
| Will Sherman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
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