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| Ed Brown drove the Bears to the winning FG |
Weather-4 degrees, 8 mph NNW
George Blanda kicked a 32-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Bears to their first NFL Title, 27-24. Chicago trailed at the half, 17-3, but would take advantage of a pair of Detroit turnovers to get back in the game in the third quarter. Bears QB Ed Brown scrambled 7 yards early in the fourth quarter to give Chicago a 24-17 lead, but Detroit drove the length of the field on the ensuing drive to tie the game.
After exchanging punts, Chicago took possession on their 20-yard line with 87 seconds remaining and their full complement of timeouts. Brown had a key pair of completions to Harlon Hill; the first came on the first play of the drive for 23 yards, the second on a third and nine for 24 yards gave the Bears the ball on the Detroit 32. Two plays later, Blanda's FG clinched the title for Chicago.
Detroit Lions....(10-4)-7-10-0-7-24
Chicago Bears.(11-2-1)-3-0-14-10-27
Det-Middleton 21 pass from Layne (Layne Kick)
Chi-Blanda 14 FG
Det-Hart 8 run (Layne Kick)
Det-Layne 12 FG
Chi-Jeter 9 pass from Brown (Blanda Kick)
Chi-Casares 15 run (Blanda Kick)
Chi-Brown 7 run (Blanda Kick)
Det-Cassady 1 run (Layne Kick)
Chi-Blanda 32 FG
Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Det-Hart-7-60-1 (93-457-8), Gedman-15-27-0 (165-633-7), McIlhenny-1-11-0 (92-408-3), Cassady-10-6-1 (118-432-1), Layne-4-3-0 (54-175-5), Middleton-1-1-0 (5-28-0)
Chi-Casares-18-72-1 (272-1,306-14), Jeter-7-8-0 (78-424-3), Brown-2-8-1 (47-172-3), Hoffman-3-4-0 (63-286-2)
Passing
Det-Layne-19-12-170-1-1 (280-150-2,228-10-19)
Chi-Brown-24-14-223-1-0 (210-124-2,137-16-13)
Receiving
Det-Middleton-3-49-1 (45-701-6), Dibble-3-49-0 (37-703-2), Doran-2-36-0 (29-514-0), Gedman-2-23-0 (17-165-1), Reichow-1-13-0 (5-76-1), Hart-1-0-0 (7-132-1)
Chi-Hill-6-130-0 (57-1,360-13), Schroeder-3-48-0 (26-384-1), Casares-3-37-0 (29-339-3), Dooley-3-19-0 (9-76-1), McColl-2-17-0 (27-347-4), Jeter-2-7-1 (8-66-1), Hoffman-1-9-0 (8-94-0)
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