| League Championship - Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 26, 1954 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 43827 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 52 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cleveland Browns | 14 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Doak Walker 36 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Ray Renfro 35 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Darrel Brewster 8 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Otto Graham 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Bill Bowman 5 run (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Otto Graham 5 run (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Ray Renfro 31 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Otto Graham 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 42 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Fred Morrison 12 run (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 49 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Chet Hanulak 10 run (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 56 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lew Carpenter | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 50 | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Dublinski | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Chet Hanulak | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 23 | 1 |
| Otto Graham | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 8 | 3 |
| Mo Bassett | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 12t | 1 |
| Billy Reynolds | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 42 | 18 | 42.9 | 6 | 177 | 4.2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 |
| Tom Dublinski | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 81.3 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 2 | 163 | 13.6 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lew Carpenter | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 37t | 2 |
| Pete Brewster | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 45 | 1 |
| Mo Bassett | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Len Ford | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 6 | 248 | 41.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jug Girard | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 2 | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jug Girard | 3 | 0 | 52 | 17.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 0 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 3 | 0 | 85 | 28.3 | 46 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO |
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