1952 - Week 6
Cleveland Browns at Detroit Lions
At Briggs Stadium Sunday, November 2, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Cleveland Browns 7 7 3 17 34
Detroit Lions 10 7 0 7 24
Scoring Plays Browns Lions
1st Quarter
Lions 12:29 Harder 30 yd. Field Goal ( 3-6, 1:31 ) 0 3
Browns 8:05 Motley 28 yd. run ( Groza Kick ) ( 8-81, 4:18 ) 7 3
Lions 5:20 Box 7 yd. pass from Layne ( Harder Kick ) ( 7-70, 2:39 ) 7 10
2nd Quarter
Lions 13:58 Harder 3 yd. run ( Harder Kick ) ( 7-59, 4:11 ) 7 17
Browns 9:46 Motley 19 yd. pass from Graham ( Groza Kick ) ( 9-70, 4:05 ) 14 17
3rd Quarter
Browns 7:26 Groza 28 yd. Field Goal ( 5-33, 1:45 ) 17 17
4th Quarter
Browns 14:15 Groza 10 yd. Field Goal ( 11-77, 5:31 ) 20 17
Lions 13:20 Box 54 yd. pass from Layne ( Harder Kick ) ( 2-58, 0:55 ) 20 24
Browns 7:34 Jagade 6 yd. run ( Groza Kick ) ( 10-79, 5:38 ) 27 24
Browns 1:05 Motley 3 yd. run ( Groza Kick ) ( 14-60, 5:12 ) 34 24

MVP: Otto Graham QB (Cleveland)
Passing: 313 Yds, 1 TD, 105 Rating, Rushing: 32 Yds

Unavailable
CLE: D.Phelps (DB), D.Lavelli (END)
DET: P.Summerall (DE), J.C.Hill (DB), D.Walker (HB\K\DB), J.Christiansen (KR\PR\CB), B.Miller (DT)
Temp: 42°. Cloudy. Wind 5 mph (Crosswind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Cleveland Browns Detroit Lions
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
15:00 0:56 CLE 26 2 3 Fumble 14:04 1:35 CLE 29 3 6 Field Goal
12:29 4:24 CLE 19 8 81 Touchdown 8:05 2:45 DET 30 7 70 Touchdown
5:20 2:03 CLE 28 3 -9 Punt 3:17 4:19 DET 41 7 59 Touchdown
13:58 4:12 CLE 30 9 70 Touchdown 9:46 4:14 DET 20 7 52 Interception
5:32 4:21 CLE 23 11 72 Fumble 1:11 1:11 DET 5 3 22 End of Half
12:52 2:24 CLE 32 4 20 Punt 15:00 2:08 DET 20 3 7 Punt
9:15 1:49 CLE 46 5 33 Field Goal 10:28 1:13 DET 20 4 12 Punt
4:50 5:35 CLE 20 11 77 Field Goal 7:26 2:36 DET 38 6 34 Missed FG
13:20 5:46 CLE 21 10 79 Touchdown 14:15 0:55 DET 42 2 58 Touchdown
6:25 5:20 CLE 40 14 60 Touchdown 7:34 1:09 DET 33 3 3 Punt
0:17 0:17 CLE 21 1 -1 End of Game 1:05 0:48 DET 23 7 39 Interception
37:07 CLE 28 78 485 22:53 DET 31 52 362
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Cleveland Browns 7:23 8:33 9:03 12:08 37:07
Detroit Lions 7:37 6:27 5:57 2:52 22:53
Team Statistics Browns Lions
Total Points 34 24
1st Downs 29 19
Rushing 13 4
Passing 16 12
Penalty 0 3
3rd-Down Conversions 10-15 3-9
4th-Down Conversions 1-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 7-80 1-5
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0
Time Of Pos. 37:07 22:53
Total Net Yards 514 321
Total Plays 78 52
Average Gain 6.6 6.2
Net Yards Rushing 201 76
Rushes 45 18
Avg. Per Rush 4.5 4.2
Net Yards Passing 313 245
Completions 21 15
Attempts 33 32
Completion % 63.6 46.9
Yards Per Completion 14.9 17.4
Times Sacked 0 2
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 4 3
Rushing 3 1
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 3-3
Field Goals 2-2 1-2
Cleveland Browns Detroit Lions
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Marion Motley 11 50 4.5 28 2 Pat Harder 7 22 3.1 13 1
Ken Carpenter 8 42 5.2 10 0 Bob Hoernschemeyer 5 11 2.2 4 0
Sherman Howard 8 31 3.9 16 0 Jug Girard 2 6 3.0 4 0
Otto Graham 7 32 4.6 14 0 Byron Bailey 2 15 7.5 15 0
Dub Jones 6 9 1.5 5 0 Bobby Layne 2 22 11.0 18 0
Chick Jagade 3 20 6.7 8 1
Ray Renfro 2 17 8.5 12 0
Totals 45 201 4.5 28 3 Totals 18 76 4.2 18 1
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Otto Graham 33 21 313 0 0 1 35 0 105 Bobby Layne 32 15 261 2 16 2 54 2 70
Totals 33 21 313 0 0 1 35 0 105 Totals 32 15 261 2 16 2 54 2 70
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Mac Speedie 6 108 18.0 28 0 Cloyce Box 5 145 29.0 54 2
Dub Jones 6 122 20.3 35 0 Jim Doran 2 21 10.5 12 0
Ray Renfro 3 21 7.0 9 0 Pat Harder 2 17 8.5 11 0
Marion Motley 2 29 14.5 19 1 Leon Hart 2 14 7.0 10 0
Ken Carpenter 2 7 3.5 6 0 Bill Swiacki 2 41 20.5 26 0
Horace Gillom 1 18 18.0 18 0 Jug Girard 2 23 11.5 12 0
Chick Jagade 1 8 8.0 8 0
Totals 21 313 14.9 35 1 Totals 15 261 17.4 54 2
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Bill Willis 7 - - - - - - 1 - Yale Lary 17 - - - - - - 1 -
Hal Herring 4 - - - - - - 1 - Jim Robert Smith 15 - - - - - - 3 1
Tommy James 4 - - - - - - - - Jim David 9 - - - - - - - -
Derrell Palmer 4 - - - - 1 - - - Dick Flanagan 8 - - - - 1 - - -
Ed Sharkey 3 - - - 1 - - - - Jim Martin 7 - - - - - - - -
Warren Lahr 3 2 12 - - - - 1 - Lavern Torgeson 6 - - - - 1 - - 1
Don Shula 3 - - - - - - 3 - Don Doll 5 - - - - - - - -
Bob Gain 2 - - - - - - - - Vince Banonis 3 - - - - - - - -
Bert Rechichar 2 - - - 1 - - 1 - Thurman McGraw 2 - - - - 1 1 - -
Rex Bumgardner 2 - - - - - - - - Blaine Earon 2 - - - - - - - -
Len Ford 2 - - - - 1 - - - John Prchlik 2 - - - - - - - -
Horace Gillom 1 - - - - - 1 - - Les Bingaman 1 - - - - - - - -
John Kissell 1 - - - - - - - - Sonny Gandee 1 - - - - - - - -
Tommy W. Thompson 1 - - - - - - - -
Walt Michaels - - - - - - - 1 -
Totals 39 2 12 - 2 2 1 8 - Totals 78 - - - - 3 1 4 2
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Ken Carpenter 3 2 0 0 0 Les Bingaman 0 0 0 1 0
Don Shula 0 0 1 0 -1 Jim Robert Smith 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 3 2 1 0 -1 Totals 0 0 0 2 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Horace Gillom 2 93 46.5 1 0 48 Jim Robert Smith 3 145 48.3 0 0 56
Totals 2 93 46.5 1 0 48 Totals 3 145 48.3 0 0 56
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Ray Renfro 2 48 24.0 0 32 0 Clyde Scott 1 5 5.0 0 5 0
Ken Carpenter 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
Totals 3 59 19.7 0 32 0 Totals 1 5 5.0 0 5 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Ray Renfro 2 26 13.0 14 0 Yale Lary 3 78 26.0 37 0
Bert Rechichar 1 18 18.0 18 0 Clyde Scott 2 51 25.5 30 0
Ken Carpenter 1 22 22.0 22 0
Rex Bumgardner 1 20 20.0 20 0
Totals 5 86 17.2 22 0 Totals 5 129 25.8 37 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Lou Groza 2 2 28 4 4 Pat Harder 2 1 30 3 3
Totals 2 2 28 4 4 Totals 2 1 30 3 3