| Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1954 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 34168 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 23 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Dorne Dibble 26 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 44 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jug Girard 11 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Dorne Dibble |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 52 | C | Andy Miketa |
| 62 | ROG | Jim Martin |
| 50 | ROT | Charlie Ane |
| 23 | ROE | Jug Girard |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 34 | ROH | Lew Carpenter |
| 33 | FB | Bill Bowman |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 72 | LDT | Gil Mains |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 37 | RS | Doak Walker |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 65 | ROG | Chuck Noll |
| 78 | ROT | John Sandusky |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 14 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 44 | LOH | Chet Hanulak |
| 46 | ROH | Billy Reynolds |
| 30 | FB | Mo Bassett |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Carlton Massey |
| 72 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 74 | MG | Mike McCormack |
| 70 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 50 | LLB | Tom Catlin |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RS | Tommy James |
| 20 | RDH | Don Paul |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bobby Layne | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mo Bassett | 21 | 55 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Chet Hanulak | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Dub Jones | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Reynolds | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 36 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 183 | 5.1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 83.4 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 15 | 2.5 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Bill Bowman | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Chet Hanulak | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy James | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 9 | 307 | 34.1 | 44 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 10 | 400 | 40.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Gorgal | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
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