| League Championship - Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 28, 1952 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 50934 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 30 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 2 run (Pat Harder kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 67 run (Pat Harder kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Harry Jagade 7 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 36 FG | 17 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 62 | LOG | Jim Martin |
| 51 | C | Vince Banonis |
| 60 | ROG | Dick Flanagan |
| 70 | ROT | Gus Cifelli |
| 80 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 45 | ROH | By Bailey |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Blaine Earon |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 83 | RDE | Jim Doran |
| 60 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 53 | MLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 40 | RLB | Bob Smith |
| 25 | LCB | Jimmy David |
| 44 | S | Don Doll |
| 24 | RCB | Jack Christiansen |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 62 | ROG | Lin Houston |
| 78 | ROT | John Sandusky |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 14 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 20 | LOH | Ken Carpenter |
| 26 | ROH | Ray Renfro |
| 32 | FB | Harry Jagade |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Young |
| 74 | LDT | Bob Gain |
| 60 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 79 | RDT | Jerry Helluin |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 34 | LLB | Walt Michaels |
| 54 | MLB | Tommy Thompson |
| 50 | RLB | Hal Herring |
| 24 | LCB | Warren Lahr |
| 15 | S | Bert Rechichar |
| 43 | RCB | Tommy James |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 67t | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| Pat Harder | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Harry Jagade | 15 | 104 | 6.9 | 29 | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 0 | 68 | 7.6 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 98.1 | |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 1 | 191 | 5.5 | 32 | 0 | 34 | 60.5 | |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Pat Harder | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Swiacki | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Rex Bumgardner | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy David | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 6 | 245 | 40.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Marion Motley | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Jim Doran | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
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