| Week 1 1951 1951 gms | Fri:Rams 54 Yanks 14 |
Eagles 17 @Cardinals 14 |
Lions 35 Redskins 17 |
Bears 31 @Packers 20 |
49ers 24 Browns 10 |
Mon:Giants 13 @Steelers 13 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins (0-1-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Detroit Lions (1-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| WAS | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Redskins | Bill Dudley 23 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Lions | Jim Doran 43 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Redskins | Chuck Drazenovich 1 yard rush (Bill Dudley kick) | 10 | 7 |
| Lions | Bobby Layne 12 yard rush (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| 3rd | Redskins | Chuck Drazenovich 1 yard rush (Bill Dudley kick) | 17 | 14 |
| Lions | Bob Hoernschemeyer 5 yard rush (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 21 | |
| 4th | Lions | Doak Walker 20 yard rush (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 28 |
| Lions | Pat Harder 5 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bobby Layne | DET | 20 | 26 | 310 | 2 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Bill Swiacki | DET | 10 | 121 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||