1942 - Week 1
Cleveland at Chi Cards
Played at Comiskey Park on Sunday, September 13, 1942
Cleveland (1-0)
Total Net Yards 262
Penalties - Yards 4-20
Time of Possession 31:51
Total Turnovers 2
Passing C/A YDS TD INT
Parker Hall 12/17 198 1 1
Jack Jacobs 3/6 23 1 0
Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
Gaylon Smith 12 22 0 5
Parker Hall 8 4 0 4
Len Janiak 5 17 0 11
Corby Davis 3 3 0 3
George Morris 2 11 0 7
Jack Jacobs 2 3 0 2
Receiving REC YDS TD LG
Jim Benton 5 111 1 48
Dante Magnani 3 29 0 14
Ben Hightower 3 25 1 14
Joe Gibson 1 16 0 16
Len Janiak 1 6 0 6
Johnny Wilson 1 21 0 21
Warren Plunkett 1 13 0 13
Defense T-A SCK INT FF
Roy Stuart 6-0 0 0 0
Riley Matheson 6-1 0 0 0
Wilfred Thorpe 3-0 0 0 0
Herb Godfrey 3-0 0 0 0
Dante Magnani 3-1 0 0 0
Bill Conkright 3-1 0 0 0
Jack Jacobs 2-1 0 0 1
George Morris 2-0 0 0 0
Chet Adams 1-1 0 0 0
Parker Hall 1-0 0 0 0
Gaylon Smith 1-0 0 1 0
Bill Lazetich 1-0 0 0 0
Larry Brahm 1-1 0 1 0
Jake Fawcett 1-0 0 0 0
Len Janiak 1-0 0 0 0
Maury Patt 1-0 0 0 0
Hank Rockwell 0-0 0 1 0
Joe Pasqua 0-1 0 0 0
Kicking FG LG XP PTS
Chet Adams 1/1 35 0/0 3
Boyd Clay 0/0 0 3/3 3

2nd and 5 from Cleveland's 46
Cleveland is expecting a pass
They are watching Goldberg for a possible pass
Steve Lach is the ball carrier
Lach is hit in the backfield
but he's still on his feet
He heads toward the sideline and is hit again
Knocked down by Riley Matheson after gaining 4 yards
Key 3rd and 1
That's the end of the ballgame
Easy win for Cleveland, 24-0
Chi Cards drops to 0-1
Cleveland improves to 1-0
Jim Benton has been voted today's MVP
Receiving: 5 Catches, 111 Yds, 1 TD.
Chi Cards (0-1)
Total Net Yards 156
Penalties - Yards 8-59
Time of Possession 28:09
Total Turnovers 3
Passing C/A YDS TD INT
Bud Schwenk 5/16 45 0 3
Johnny Knolla 0/6 0 0 0
Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
Bud Schwenk 12 49 0 12
Marshall Goldberg 8 17 0 5
Johnny Knolla 4 36 0 14
Steve Lach 3 9 0 4
Johnny Martin 2 5 0 3
Bob Morrow 2 7 0 5
Receiving REC YDS TD LG
Steve Lach 1 1 0 1
Pop Ivy 1 20 0 20
Bill Daddio 1 14 0 14
Marshall Goldberg 1 4 0 4
Al Coppage 1 6 0 6
Defense T-A SCK INT FF
Conway Baker 5-0 0 0 0
Steve Lach 5-0 0 1 0
Buddy Parker 4-4 0 0 0
Milt Popovich 4-0 0 0 0
Johnny Martin 3-1 0 0 0
Joe Allton 3-1 0 0 0
Ray Apolskis 3-1 0 0 0
Vince Banonis 3-1 0 0 0
Ernie Wheeler 2-0 0 0 1
Johnny Knolla 2-0 0 0 0
Marshall Goldberg 2-0 0 0 0
Bill Daddio 2-0 0 0 0
Lloyd Cheatham 2-0 0 0 0
Gil Duggan 1-0 0 0 0
Al Coppage 1-1 0 0 0
Carl Olson 1-1 0 0 0
Gordon Wilson 1-1 0 0 0
Joe Bukant 1-0 0 0 0
Chet Bulger 0-1 0 0 0
Bob Morrow 0-1 0 0 0
Pop Ivy 0-1 0 0 0
Bud Schwenk 0-1 0 0 0
Champ Seibold 0-1 0 0 0
Kicking FG LG XP PTS
Bill Daddio 0/0 0 0/0 0