| League Championship - Cleveland Browns at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 27, 1953 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 54577 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 35 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Doak Walker 1 run (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Lou Groza 13 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Doak Walker 23 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Harry Jagade 9 run (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Lou Groza 15 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Lou Groza 43 FG | 16 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Jim Doran 33 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 16 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Harry Jagade | 15 | 102 | 6.8 | 30 | 1 |
| Dub Jones | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Reynolds | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 11L | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 17 | 51 | 3.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3L | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 15 | 2 | 13.3 | 2 | 20 | 1.3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 118.8 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 2 | 179 | 7.2 | 33t | 1 | 2 | 15 | 51.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Doran | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 33t | 1 |
| Cloyce Box | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ken Gorgal | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy David | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Carl Karilivacz | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 53 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 197 | 49.3 | 72 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| George Young | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jug Girard | 2 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Don Colo | 0.5 |
| Len Ford | 0.5 |
| Jim Doran | 1.0 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 1.0 |
| Jim Cain | 1.0 |
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