| Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics | 
| Date: November 9, 1958 Location: Cleveland, OH | 
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 75563 | 
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 45 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 23 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CLE | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 43 FG | 3 | 0 | 
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 11 FG | 3 | 3 | 
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 37 FG | 6 | 3 | 
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Gibbons 4 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 13 | 3 | 
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Howard Cassady 34 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 20 | 3 | 
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 13 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 27 | 3 | 
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 48 FG | 30 | 3 | 
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 12 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 30 | 10 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jim Doran | 
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur | 
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell | 
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane | 
| 67 | ROG | Stan Campbell | 
| 73 | ROT | Ken Russell | 
| 87 | ROE | Jim Gibbons | 
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote | 
| 40 | LOH | Howard Cassady | 
| 26 | ROH | Gene Gedman | 
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson | 
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord | 
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras | 
| 72 | RDT | Gil Mains | 
| 85 | RDE | Gene Cronin | 
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long | 
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt | 
| 57 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff | 
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David | 
| 28 | LS | Yale Lary | 
| 43 | LS | Gary Lowe | 
| 41 | RDH | Terry Barr | 
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster | 
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza | 
| 64 | LOG | Jim Ray Smith | 
| 56 | C | Art Hunter | 
| 65 | ROG | Chuck Noll | 
| 78 | ROT | Willie McClung | 
| 40 | ROE | Preston Carpenter | 
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum | 
| 45 | LOH | LeRoy Bolden | 
| 26 | ROH | Ray Renfro | 
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown | 
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Willie Davis | 
| 79 | LDT | Bob Gain | 
| 70 | RDT | Don Colo | 
| 84 | RDE | Bill Quinlan | 
| 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 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 12 | 0 | 
| Gene Gedman | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 11 | 0 | 
| Tobin Rote | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | 
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Danny Lewis | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | 
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 24 | 0 | 
| Bobby Mitchell | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 26 | 0 | 
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| LeRoy Bolden | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 
| Milt Plum | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 22 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 0 | 246 | 8.2 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 116.8 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 63 | 7.0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 123.8 | |
| Jim Ninowski | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 60 | 7.5 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 35.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Doran | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 | 
| Howard Cassady | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 34t | 1 | 
| Jim Gibbons | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 1 | 
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 13t | 1 | 
| Dave Middleton | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 46 | 0 | 
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Preston Carpenter | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | 
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 24 | 1 | 
| Jim Brown | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 
| Bobby Mitchell | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | 
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 132 | 44.0 | 52 | 0 | 
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dick Deschaine | 5 | 234 | 46.8 | 53 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Gene Gedman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| LeRoy Bolden | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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