Sunday, December 4, 1949
| NYY | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lions | Wally Triplett 62 yard punt return (Bill Dudley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Bulldogs | Bill Chipley 9 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Nick Scollard kick) | 7 | 7 |
| Lions | Frank Tripucka 1 yard rush (Bill Dudley kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| Lions | John Greene 58 yard pass from Fred Enke (Bill Dudley kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| 3rd | Bulldogs | Joe Golding 65 yard interception return (Nick Scollard kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4th | Bulldogs | Ralph Heywood 3 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Nick Scollard kick) | 21 | 21 |
| Bulldogs | Ralph Heywood 16 yard pass from Bobby Layne (kick failed) | 27 | 21 | |
| Lions | John Greene 8 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (Bill Dudley kick) | 27 | 28 |
| NYY | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-55-0 | 43-181-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-41-223-3-2 | 9-32-145-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 223 | 145 |
| Total yards | 278 | 326 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-15 | 9-65 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Ralph Heywood | NYY | 14 | 151 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||