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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Cleveland Browns at Detroit Lions - December 29th, 1957
Cleveland Browns 14 at Detroit Lions 59
Sunday, December 29, 1957
Cleveland Browns 14, Detroit Lions 59| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (9-3-1) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Detroit Lions (10-4-0) | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 59 |
Scoring
| CLE | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Jim Martin 31 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DET | Tobin Rote 1 yard rush (Jim Martin kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| DET | Gene Gedman 1 yard rush (Jim Martin kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| 2nd | CLE | Jim Brown 29 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 17 |
| DET | Steve Junker 26 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 24 | |
| DET | Terry Barr 19 yard interception return (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 31 | |
| 3rd | CLE | Lew Carpenter 5 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 31 |
| DET | Jim Doran 78 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 14 | 38 | |
| DET | Steve Junker 23 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 14 | 45 | |
| 4th | DET | Dave Middleton 32 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 14 | 52 |
| DET | Howard Cassady 16 yard pass from Jerry Reichow (Jim Martin kick) | 14 | 59 |
Team Stats
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-218-2 | 36-142-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-21-112-0-4 | 13-21-296-5-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 95 | 296 |
| Total yards | 313 | 438 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-60 | 7-52 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lew Carpenter | CLE | 14 | 82 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Milt Plum | CLE | 5 | 12 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jim Brown | CLE | 20 | 69 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Pete Brewster | CLE | 3 | 52 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Preston Carpenter | CLE | 4 | 43 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tommy O'Connell | CLE | 4 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 19 | ||||||||
| Ray Renfro | CLE | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Chet Hanulak | CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tobin Rote | DET | 12 | 19 | 280 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Steve Junker | DET | 5 | 109 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Jim Doran | DET | 3 | 101 | 1 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Howard Cassady | DET | 8 | 48 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| John Henry Johnson | DET | 7 | 34 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Dave Middleton | DET | 1 | 32 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Gene Gedman | DET | 12 | 28 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Tom Tracy | DET | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Reichow | DET | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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 | |||
| Jim Brown | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 0 | 50 | |||||||||
| Milt Campbell | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||
| Don R. Paul | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Reynolds | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Terry Barr | DET | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gene Cronin | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim David | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Henry Johnson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Yale Lary | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Bob W. Long | DET | 1.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Gil Mains | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerry Perry | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Schmidt | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Cleveland Browns Starting Lineup
| Tommy O'Connell | QB |
| Jim Brown | FB |
| Ray Renfro | LH |
| Lew Carpenter | RH |
| Pete Brewster | LE |
| Lou Groza | LT |
| Herschel Forester | LG |
| Art Hunter | C |
| Fred Robinson | RG |
| Mike McCormack | RT |
| Preston Carpenter | RE |
| Bill Quinlan | LDE |
| Bob Gain | LDT |
| Don Colo | RDT |
| Len Ford | RDE |
| Galen Fiss | LLB |
| Vince Costello | MLB |
| Walt Michaels | RLB |
| Junior Wren | DB |
| Ken Konz | DB |
| Warren Lahr | DB |
| Don R. Paul | DB |
Detroit Lions Starting Lineup
| Tobin Rote | QB |
| John Henry Johnson | FB |
| Gene Gedman | LH |
| Howard Cassady | RH |
| Jim Doran | LE |
| Lou Creekmur | LT |
| Harley Sewell | LG |
| Frank Gatski | C |
| Stan Campbell | RG |
| Ken Russell | RT |
| Steve Junker | RE |
| Darris McCord | LDE |
| Ray Krouse | LDT |
| Gil Mains | RDT |
| Gene Cronin | RDE |
| Bob W. Long | LLB |
| Joe Schmidt | MLB |
| Roger Zatkoff | RLB |
| Carl Karilivacz | DB |
| Jack Christiansen | DB |
| Yale Lary | DB |
| Jim David | DB |