| Cleveland Browns at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1957 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 55814 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 29 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 27 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 10 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 58 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 27 FG | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | John Henry Johnson 4 run (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 75 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 62 | LOG | Herschel Forester |
| 56 | C | Art Hunter |
| 63 | ROG | Fred Robinson |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 40 | ROE | Preston Carpenter |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 26 | LOH | Ray Renfro |
| 30 | ROH | Lew Carpenter |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Bill Quinlan |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Gain |
| 70 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 18 | LDH | Bobby Freeman |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RS | Junior Wren |
| 20 | RDH | Don Paul |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jim Doran |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 67 | ROG | Stan Campbell |
| 50 | ROT | Charlie Ane |
| 88 | ROE | Steve Junker |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 26 | LOH | Gene Gedman |
| 40 | ROH | Howard Cassady |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 70 | LDT | Ray Krouse |
| 72 | RDT | Gil Mains |
| 68 | RDE | Gene Cronin |
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 57 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 21 | RDH | Carl Karilivacz |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 16 | 38 | 2.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Chet Hanulak | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 59 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Tobin Rote | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 1 | 190 | 9.0 | 58t | 1 | 8 | 83.4 | |
| Johnny Borton | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 7.3 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 97.2 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 0 | 89 | 5.6 | 40 | 1 | 13 | 72.1 | |
| Bobby Layne | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 15 | 2.5 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 42.4 | |
| Gene Gedman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Preston Carpenter | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58t | 1 |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Chet Hanulak | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Middleton | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 40 | 1 |
| John Henry Johnson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Junker | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Kenny Konz | 5 | 187 | 37.4 | 49 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Chet Hanulak | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Gene Gedman | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
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