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| Lou Groza kicked 5 FG |
Weather-28 degrees, 11 mph WNW, light snow
The Browns got off to a quick start, easily handling Detroit to win their 3rd NFL Championship, 29-16. Cleveland took the opening kickoff and drove 8 plays to the game's first touchdown, a 1-yard plunge from Billy Reynolds. Detroit QB Bobby Layne was intercepted on the next play from scrimmage, and Cleveland scored 3 plays later to take a 14-0 lead.
The Browns would eventually take a 20-0 lead and controlled the pace of the game throughout. Cleveland becomes the first NFL team to win 3 championships in THPF.
Detroit Lions.....(11-3)-0-3-7-6-16
Cleveland Browns.(13-1)-14-6-0-9-29
Cle-Reynolds 1 run (Groza Kick)
Cle-Renfro 11 pass from Graham (Groza Kick)
Cle-Groza 24 FG
Cle-Groza 27 FG
Det-Walker 13 FG
Det-Box 25 pass from Layne (Walker Kick)
Cle-Groza 18 FG
Cle-Groza 32 FG
Det-Gedman 4 pass from Layne (Pass Failed)
Cle-Groza 14 FG
Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Det-Hoernschemeyer-11-79-0 (123-613-7), Gedman-7-27-0 (97-279-3), Walker-9-24-0 (84-374-2), Layne-6-16-0 (105-363-0)
Cle-Renfro-13-64-0 (84-450-4), Jagade-14-52-0 (112-433-4), Reynolds-10-28-1 (92-373-4), Graham-4-15-0 (54-189-6), Carpenter-1-3-0 (51-205-4), Jones-1-0-0 (33-34-0)
Passing
Det-Layne-21-11-136-2-1 (307-143-2,335-19-22)
Cle-Graham-21-14-180-1-0 (304-200-3,139-14-9)
Receiving
Det-Hart-3-37-0 (31-550-8), Dibble-2-33-0 (18-307-3), Hoernschemeyer-2-22-0 (25-304-2), Gedman-2-7-1 (16-128-1), Box-1-25-1 (19-460-3), Walker-1-12-0 (33-552-3)
Cle-Renfro-4-53-1 (46-809-6), Lavelli-3-35-0 (53-878-6), Brewster-2-28-0 (38-726-5), Jagade-2-21-0 (23-224-0), Reynolds-1-19-0 (11-155-0), Jones-1-14-0 (29-433-0), Gillom-1-10-0 (8-90-0)
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