NFL Championship Game, 1957

Infobox NFLChamp
year=1957


caption=
visitor=Cleveland Browns
home=Detroit Lions
visitor_qtr1=0
visitor_qtr2=7
visitor_qtr3=7
visitor_qtr4=0
visitor_total=14
home_qtr1=17
home_qtr2=14
home_qtr3=14
home_qtr4=14
home_total=59
date=December 29, 1957
stadium=Briggs Stadium
city=Detroit, MI

The 1957 National Football League championship game was the 25th annual championship game. The NFL title game was held on December 29, 1957 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan. The game was the fourth pairing of the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns in the championship game. The Lions have not appeared in or won a championship game since.

The Browns had won the Eastern Conference with a record of 9-2-1 while the Lions had to play a playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers in the previous week.

Game summmary

While the Lions were without injured starting quarterback Bobby Layne, backup QB Tobin Rote filled in admirably, throwing four touchdown passes, completing 12 of 19 passes for 280 yards, and running in for another touchdown. [Chuck Heaton, "Lions Crush Browns, 59-14", Cleveland Plain Dealer December 29, 1957, Plain Dealer Browns' History Database Accessed 12/12/2007, http://www.cleveland.com/brownshistory/plaindealer/index.ssf?/browns/more/history/19571229BROWNS.html]

Detroit Lions 59, Cleveland Browns 14

Scoring
*DET - FG Martin 31
*DET - Rote 1 yard run (Martin kick)
*DET - Gedman 1 yard run (Martin kick)
*CLE - Brown 29 yard run (Groza kick)
*DET - Junker 26 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
*DET - Barr 19 yard interception (Martin kick)
*CLE - Carpenter 5 yard run (Groza kick)
*DET - Doran 78 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
*DET - Junker 23 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
*DET - Middleton 32 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
*DET Cassady yard pass from Reichow (Martin kick)

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