Sunday, October 21, 1951
| NYY | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lions | Doak Walker 19 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Yanks | Buddy Young 48 yard pass from Bob Celeri (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 3 |
| Lions | Leon Hart 15 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| Yanks | Harvey Johnson 38 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Lions | Pat Harder 9 yard rush (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 17 |
| Yanks | Zollie Toth 6 yard rush (Harvey Johnson kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| Lions | Leon Hart 16 yard pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 24 | |
| 4th | Yanks | Zollie Toth 1 yard rush (Harvey Johnson kick) | 24 | 24 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Bobby Layne | DET | 20 | 44 | 306 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dorne Dibble | DET | ||||||||||||||