| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (5-4-1) | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Cleveland Browns (8-1-1) | 7 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 51 degrees, relative humidity 60%, wind 9 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| DET | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Browns | Jim Brown 6 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Lions | Dan Lewis 92 yard pass from Milt Plum (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| Lions | Jim Gibbons 4 yard pass from Milt Plum (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Browns | Lou Groza 38 yard field goal | 14 | 10 |
| Browns | Jim Brown 2 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 17 | |
| Lions | Terry Barr 39 yard pass from Milt Plum (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 21 | 17 | |
| Browns | Lou Groza 47 yard field goal | 21 | 20 | |
| 3rd | Browns | Paul Warfield 8 yard pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 27 |
| 4th | Browns | Lou Groza 36 yard field goal | 21 | 30 |
| Browns | Walter Beach 65 yard interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 37 |
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-106-0 | 37-218-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-29-239-3-2 | 15-25-179-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-14 | 4-27 |
| Net pass yards | 225 | 152 |
| Total yards | 331 | 370 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-63 | 5-26 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Milt Plum | DET | 15 | 27 | 236 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dan Lewis | DET | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Nick Pietrosante | DET | 14 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gail Cogdill | DET | 5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Barr | DET | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Watkins | DET | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Gibbons | DET | 5 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sonny Gibbs | DET | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Brown | CLE | 24 | 147 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Ryan | CLE | 15 | 25 | 179 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Warfield | CLE | 5 | 92 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Green | CLE | 11 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Collins | CLE | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Brewer | CLE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Wally Hilgenberg | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Alex Karras | DET | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Yale Lary | DET | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Studstill | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Walter Beach | CLE | 2 | 65 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walter Roberts | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Yale Lary | DET | 5 | 245 | 49.0 | 0 | ||||
| Wayne H. Walker | DET | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gary Collins | CLE | 3 | 148 | 49.3 | 0 | ||||
| Lou Groza | CLE | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |