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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns - December 26th, 1954
Detroit Lions 10 at Cleveland Browns 56
Sunday, December 26, 1954
Detroit Lions 10, Cleveland Browns 56| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (9-3-1) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cleveland Browns (10-3-0) | 14 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
Scoring
| DET | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Doak Walker 36 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| CLE | Ray Renfro 35 yard pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| CLE | Pete Brewster 8 yard pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 3 | 14 | |
| 2nd | CLE | Otto Graham 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 3 | 21 |
| DET | Bill Bowman 5 yard rush (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 21 | |
| CLE | Otto Graham 5 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 28 | |
| CLE | Ray Renfro 31 yard pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 35 | |
| 3rd | CLE | Otto Graham 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 42 |
| CLE | Fred Morrison 12 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 49 | |
| 4th | CLE | Chet Hanulak 10 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 56 |
Team Stats
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-152-1 | 45-140-5 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-44-195-0-6 | 9-12-163-3-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-16 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 179 | 163 |
| Total yards | 331 | 303 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-63 | 4-40 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bobby Layne | DET | 18 | 42 | 177 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Lew Carpenter | DET | 8 | 64 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Dorne Dibble | DET | 4 | 63 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Bill Bowman | DET | 7 | 61 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jug Girard | DET | 5 | 57 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Doak Walker | DET | 3 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Leon Hart | DET | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | DET | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tom Dublinski | DET | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | -11 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Otto Graham | CLE | 9 | 12 | 163 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Ray Renfro | CLE | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 94 | 2 | 35 | ||||||
| Pete Brewster | CLE | 2 | 53 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Chet Hanulak | CLE | 5 | 44 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Maurice Bassett | CLE | 8 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Fred Morrison | CLE | 10 | 19 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Billy Reynolds | CLE | 6 | 16 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dante Lavelli | CLE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dub Jones | CLE | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| George Ratterman | CLE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jack Christiansen | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||
| Jug Girard | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Schmidt | DET | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Doak Walker | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Len Ford | CLE | 2 | 45 | 0 | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| John Kissell | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Konz | CLE | 2 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike McCormack | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Walt Michaels | CLE | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Don R. Paul | CLE | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Reynolds | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
Detroit Lions Starting Lineup
| Bobby Layne | QB |
| Bill Bowman | FB |
| Doak Walker | LH |
| Lew Carpenter | RH |
| Dorne Dibble | LE |
| Lou Creekmur | LT |
| Harley Sewell | LG |
| Andy Miketa | C |
| Jim Martin | RG |
| Charlie Ane | RT |
| Jug Girard | RE |
| Bob Dove | LDE |
| Bob Miller | LDT |
| Les Bingaman | MG |
| Gil Mains | RDT |
| Jim Cain | RDE |
| Joe Schmidt | LLB |
| LaVern Torgeson | RLB |
| Carl Karilivacz | DB |
| Jack Christiansen | DB |
| Jim David | DB |
| Bill Stits | DB |
Cleveland Browns Starting Lineup
| Otto Graham | QB |
| Maurice Bassett | FB |
| Chet Hanulak | LH |
| Billy Reynolds | RH |
| Pete Brewster | LE |
| Lou Groza | LT |
| Abe Gibron | LG |
| Frank Gatski | C |
| Chuck Noll | RG |
| John Sandusky | RT |
| Dante Lavelli | RE |
| Carlton Massey | LDE |
| John Kissell | LDT |
| Mike McCormack | MG |
| Don Colo | RDT |
| Len Ford | RDE |
| Tom Catlin | LLB |
| Walt Michaels | RLB |
| Tommy James | DB |
| Ken Konz | DB |
| Warren Lahr | DB |
| Don R. Paul | DB |