Cleveland Browns 14 at Detroit Lions 59

Sunday, December 29,1957

	1	2	3	4	Final
Cleveland Browns (9-2-1)	0	7	7	0	14
Detroit Lions (8-4-0)	17	14	14	14	59

Game Info
Stadium	Briggs Stadium
Roof	outdoors
Attendance	55,263

Scoring

			CLE	DET
1st	Lions	Jim Martin 31 yard field goal	0	3
	Lions	Tobin Rote 1 yard rush (Jim Martin kick)	0	10
	Lions	Gene Gedman 1 yard rush (Jim Martin kick)	0	17
2nd	Browns	Jim Brown 29 yard rush (Lou Groza kick)	7	17
	Lions	Steve Junker 26 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick)	7	24
	Lions	Terry Barr 19 yard interception return (Jim Martin kick)	7	31
3rd	Browns	Lew Carpenter 5 yard rush (Lou Groza kick)	14	31
	Lions	Jim Doran 78 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick)	14	38
	Lions	Steve Junker 23 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick)	14	45
4th	Lions	Dave Middleton 32 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick)	14	52
	Lions	Howard Cassady 16 yard pass from Jerry Reichow (Jim Martin kick)	14	59

Team Stats

	CLE	DET
First downs	17	22
Rush-yards-TDs	38-218-2	36-142-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	9-21-112-0-4	13-21-296-5-0
Sacked-yards	2-17	0-0
Net pass yards	95	296
Total yards	313	438
Fumbles-lost	2-2	3-1
Turnovers	6	1
Penalties-yards	4-60	7-52

Passing, Rushing, & Receiving

		Passing						Rushing				Receiving				Fumbles
	Tm	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Fmb	FL
Lew Carpenter	CLE							14	82	1	27	1	8	0	8
Milt Plum	CLE	5	12	51	0	2	18	3	46	0	20
Jim Brown	CLE							20	69	1	29
Pete Brewster	CLE											3	52	0	19
Preston Carpenter	CLE											4	43	0	18
Tommy O'Connell	CLE	4	8	61	0	2	19
Ray Renfro	CLE							1	21	0	21	1	9	0	9
Chet Hanulak	CLE	0	1	0	0	1	0									1
Milt Campbell	CLE															1
		Passing						Rushing				Receiving				Fumbles
	Tm	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Fmb	FL
Tobin Rote	DET	12	19	280	4	0	78	7	27	1	17					1
Steve Junker	DET											5	109	2	26	1
Jim Doran	DET											3	101	1	78
Howard Cassady	DET							8	48	0	21	2	22	1	16
John Henry Johnson	DET							7	34	0	19	1	16	0	16
Dave Middleton	DET											1	32	1	32
Gene Gedman	DET							12	28	1	9					1
Tom Tracy	DET											1	16	0	16
Jerry Reichow	DET	1	2	16	1	0	16	1	0	0	0

Defense

		Def Interceptions				Sacks & Tackles			Fumbles
	Tm	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Sk	Tkl	Ast	FR	Yds	TD
Don Paul	CLE	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	-5	0
		Def Interceptions				Sacks & Tackles			Fumbles
	Tm	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Sk	Tkl	Ast	FR	Yds	TD
Terry Barr	DET	1	19	1	19		0	0	1	0	0
Gene Cronin	DET	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
Jim David	DET	1	0	0	0		0	0
John Henry Johnson	DET	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0
Bob Long	DET	1	17	0	17	0.5	0	0
Gil Mains	DET	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0
Gerry Perry	DET	1	0	0	0		0	0
Tobin Rote	DET	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0
Joe Schmidt	DET	1	2	0	2		0	0

Kick/Punt Returns

		Kick Returns					Punt Returns
	Tm	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Lng	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng
Jim Brown	CLE	4	106	26.5	0	50
Milt Campbell	CLE	1	19	19.0	0	19
Billy Reynolds	CLE	3	58	19.3	0	20	2	1	0.5	0	1
		Kick Returns					Punt Returns
	Tm	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Lng	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng
Terry Barr	DET						1	0	0.0	0	0
Yale Lary	DET	3	75	25.0	0	25	2	13	6.5	0	10

Kicking & Punting

		Scoring				Punting
	Tm	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng
Lou Groza	CLE	2	2			0	0		0
Ken Konz	CLE					4	142	35.5	43
		Scoring				Punting
	Tm	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng
Yale Lary	DET					4	145	36.3	47
Jim Martin	DET	8	8	1	2	0	0		0

Starting Lineups

Cleveland Browns
	Pos
Tommy O'Connell	QB
Jim Brown	FB
Ray Renfro	LH
Lew Carpenter	RH
Pete Brewster	LE
Lou Groza	LT
Herschel Forester	LG
Art Hunter	C
Fred Robinson	RG
Mike McCormack	RT
Preston Carpenter	RE
Bill Quinlan	LDE
Bob Gain	LDT
Don Colo	RDT
Len Ford	RDE
Galen Fiss	LLB
Vince Costello	MLB
Walt Michaels	RLB
Ken Konz	DB
Junior Wren	DB
Don Paul	DB
Warren Lahr	DB

Detroit Lions
	Pos
Tobin Rote	QB
John Henry Johnson	FB
Gene Gedman	LH
Howard Cassady	RH
Jim Doran	LE
Lou Creekmur	LT
Harley Sewell	LG
Frank Gatski	C
Stan Campbell	RG
Ken Russell	RT
Steve Junker	RE
Darris McCord	LDE
Ray Krouse	LDT
Gil Mains	RDT
Gene Cronin	RDE
Bob Long	LLB
Joe Schmidt	MLB
Roger Zatkoff	RLB
Jack Christiansen	DB
Yale Lary	DB
Carl Karilivacz	DB
Jim David	DB